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We lost the midfield because we were no longer pressing from the front, or driving forward with the ball throigh the middle after McGoldrick came off.
It should have been Sibley and Dobbin coming on for McGoldrick and Barkhuizen

Sibley was pushed wide left, so he was completely ineffective. I suspect that if he'd been brought on as a direct replacement for McGoldrick in the centre, he'd have been far more useful. 

The subs weakened the flanks. They then played triangles round our midfield and we had no answer. It wasn't the players that came on, it was the positions they were played in. 
Although we weren't dominant before the subs, we were competitive. Afterwards, we were just poor.

Sibley was pushed wide left, so he was completely ineffective. I suspect that if he'd been brought on as a direct replacement for McGoldrick in the centre, he'd have been far more useful. 

I wonder how things will work out with Collins? At present, he looks like he could go for another hundred games without scoring.
You can't fault his effort. Indeed he clearly wants to score and is doing everything he can to make it happen. He visibly tenses as soon as he goes into the box. As the cliche states, he's trying too hard.
His past record suggests that he is more than capable of scoring goals at this level. The problem is that the manager can only afford to give him a certain amount of before dropping him. Once that happens, it's possible that he might never get the game time to play himself back into form.
In his favour is that results have been good, even with a misfiring centre-forward. For now, Rosenior has the luxury of not needing to drop Collins. However,  Collins needs his form to pick before we hit a sticky patch or he'll just be a low rent Derek Hales.

I wonder how things will work out with Collins? At present, he looks like he could go for another hundred games without scoring.
You can't fault his effort. Indeed he clearly wants to score and is doing everything he can to make it happen. He visibly tenses as soon as he goes into the box. As the cliche states, he's trying too hard.
His past record suggests that he is more than capable of scoring goals at this level. The problem is that the manager can only afford to give him a certain amount of before dropping him. Once that happens, it's possible that he might never get the game time to play himself back into form.
In his favour is that results have been good, even with a misfiring centre-forward. For now, Rosenior has the luxury of not needing to drop Collins. However,  Collins needs his form to pick before we hit a sticky patch or he'll just be a low rent Derek Hales.

So we're going to test their resolve by making an offer of zero pounds?
I think I may have spotted an issue with this story.
 
 

Only the East Stand is open

Sshhh, I was hoping that no one had noticed. That’s what happens when you skim read ?

So we're going to test their resolve by making an offer of zero pounds?
I think I may have spotted an issue with this story.
 
 

Unless I've misunderstood things, we have a wage cap and can't pay transfer or loan fees. The wage cap will be set to bring the club into profit on a conservative estimation of turnover. I doubt that estimation would have included the excellent attendances that we have had so far. It certainly won't have included a lucrative trip to Anfield. We absolutely must be running at a profit.
I believe that the business plan restrictions are set for at least this season and maybe even next. Therefore, whatever transfer fees we make won't actually help anything other than the balance sheet. We could get £20m for Knight and not be able to spend a penny of it - although Mr Clowes might get a well deserved dividend. The only way I can see us selling  any first team player is if they are desperate to leave - unless there's some sort of swap deal available (if that's even allowed).

So we're going to test their resolve by making an offer of zero pounds?
I think I may have spotted an issue with this story.
 
 

So we're going to test their resolve by making an offer of zero pounds?
I think I may have spotted an issue with this story.
 
 

So we're going to test their resolve by making an offer of zero pounds?
I think I may have spotted an issue with this story.
 
 

So we're going to test their resolve by making an offer of zero pounds?
I think I may have spotted an issue with this story.
 
 

So we're going to test their resolve by making an offer of zero pounds?
I think I may have spotted an issue with this story.
 
 

So we're going to test their resolve by making an offer of zero pounds?
I think I may have spotted an issue with this story.
 
 

So we're going to test their resolve by making an offer of zero pounds?
I think I may have spotted an issue with this story.
 
 

The problem is, every one of these extra requirements just make it harder for legitimate buyers to actually complete a purchase.  If Quantuma had insisted on this, and the £5m non-refundable deposit, and every other suggestion in this thread, there's a decent chance that we'd have to got to May with no interested parties at all and Quantuma would have started liquidation proceedings.  Don't forget that at the point Kirchner was named preferred bidder, negotiations with credits weren't even complete (since HMRC etc wouldn't commit to anything until they had an actual bidder to talk to).  So you're asking buyers to hand over millions without even knowing for sure what they're buying.  And I'm sure "The purchaser has pulled out because conditions imposed by Quantuma made a deal unviable" headlines would have been treated wonderfully by Derby fans.
The problem is that none of the other bidders were offering anything like enough either.  Ashley was apparently offering low £20ms for the entire thing, stadium included, which was nowhere near enough.  At least Kirchner had what appeared to be a viable plan to get a deal over the line.  You can say it was a poor choice by the admins, but you're basically criticising them for not liquidating us months ago.

Just watched the highlights on RamsTV, and the thing that stands out for me was the togetherness of the players......every good passage of play, every save was appreciated and acknowledged by another player, either by fist bump, or a pat on the back.....when we click properly I really believe we are gonna spank teams......bring on the Kenneth Williams emoji ????

Loved that; tenacity and entertainment. Every player contributed. It struck me that our team tonight cost an undisclosed fee thought to be £150,000 nine years ago. We deservedly beat a yo-yo team costing tens of millions. 
Some random player thoughts - McGoldrick is very efficient. For 90% of the time he barely manages a jog. But when he can make a difference he suddenly comes alive. He looks like a very smart player to me.
Sibley looks very sharp and motivated. I can't see how he can be dropped for Saturday.  
Oduroh was defensively superb. OK, he did nothing going forward other than sensible passes into midfield, but as a defensive full back he was brilliant. He fought for every ball and tackled and harried like a veteran. Even when he misjudged the flight or Git on the wrong side, within a second, he'd got back at the attacker. No West Brom player got any time on the ball when they were close to him. It was almost odd to see a full back busting a gut to stop crosses coming over.
I'm really looking forward to Saturday now.

Loved that; tenacity and entertainment. Every player contributed. It struck me that our team tonight cost an undisclosed fee thought to be £150,000 nine years ago. We deservedly beat a yo-yo team costing tens of millions. 
Some random player thoughts - McGoldrick is very efficient. For 90% of the time he barely manages a jog. But when he can make a difference he suddenly comes alive. He looks like a very smart player to me.
Sibley looks very sharp and motivated. I can't see how he can be dropped for Saturday.  
Oduroh was defensively superb. OK, he did nothing going forward other than sensible passes into midfield, but as a defensive full back he was brilliant. He fought for every ball and tackled and harried like a veteran. Even when he misjudged the flight or Git on the wrong side, within a second, he'd got back at the attacker. No West Brom player got any time on the ball when they were close to him. It was almost odd to see a full back busting a gut to stop crosses coming over.
I'm really looking forward to Saturday now.

Loved that; tenacity and entertainment. Every player contributed. It struck me that our team tonight cost an undisclosed fee thought to be £150,000 nine years ago. We deservedly beat a yo-yo team costing tens of millions. 
Some random player thoughts - McGoldrick is very efficient. For 90% of the time he barely manages a jog. But when he can make a difference he suddenly comes alive. He looks like a very smart player to me.
Sibley looks very sharp and motivated. I can't see how he can be dropped for Saturday.  
Oduroh was defensively superb. OK, he did nothing going forward other than sensible passes into midfield, but as a defensive full back he was brilliant. He fought for every ball and tackled and harried like a veteran. Even when he misjudged the flight or Git on the wrong side, within a second, he'd got back at the attacker. No West Brom player got any time on the ball when they were close to him. It was almost odd to see a full back busting a gut to stop crosses coming over.
I'm really looking forward to Saturday now.

Loved that; tenacity and entertainment. Every player contributed. It struck me that our team tonight cost an undisclosed fee thought to be £150,000 nine years ago. We deservedly beat a yo-yo team costing tens of millions. 
Some random player thoughts - McGoldrick is very efficient. For 90% of the time he barely manages a jog. But when he can make a difference he suddenly comes alive. He looks like a very smart player to me.
Sibley looks very sharp and motivated. I can't see how he can be dropped for Saturday.  
Oduroh was defensively superb. OK, he did nothing going forward other than sensible passes into midfield, but as a defensive full back he was brilliant. He fought for every ball and tackled and harried like a veteran. Even when he misjudged the flight or Git on the wrong side, within a second, he'd got back at the attacker. No West Brom player got any time on the ball when they were close to him. It was almost odd to see a full back busting a gut to stop crosses coming over.
I'm really looking forward to Saturday now.

Loved that; tenacity and entertainment. Every player contributed. It struck me that our team tonight cost an undisclosed fee thought to be £150,000 nine years ago. We deservedly beat a yo-yo team costing tens of millions. 
Some random player thoughts - McGoldrick is very efficient. For 90% of the time he barely manages a jog. But when he can make a difference he suddenly comes alive. He looks like a very smart player to me.
Sibley looks very sharp and motivated. I can't see how he can be dropped for Saturday.  
Oduroh was defensively superb. OK, he did nothing going forward other than sensible passes into midfield, but as a defensive full back he was brilliant. He fought for every ball and tackled and harried like a veteran. Even when he misjudged the flight or Git on the wrong side, within a second, he'd got back at the attacker. No West Brom player got any time on the ball when they were close to him. It was almost odd to see a full back busting a gut to stop crosses coming over.
I'm really looking forward to Saturday now.