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1 hour ago, MickD said:

No, a Barnsley win puts them both level with us, and worse goal differences.  

But with a game in hand and the opportunity to go 3 points ahead of us.

19 minutes ago, ram59 said:

Hopefully, this will dent Barnsley's confidence a little. Lately, everything has been going their way, but tonight they were 2 up and cruising, then fell back to earth.

Every Barnsley fan and player will be feeling gutted atm.

At no point tonight were they cruising. Bolton much the better team. Barnsley didn't impress in the slightest when we played them the other week and tonight has done nothing to change that. 

20 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

We don't play Barnsley though and if they win their game in hand, they're above us.

I don't see how tonight can be viewed as anything other than the best outcome.

Any other outcome could have ended with one team 3 points ahead of us.

25 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said:

Only saw last 15, it was like the Alamo.

Who would have a thunk it, teams with slender leads come under lots of pressure at the end of games, so its not just us.

I'll be honest and say that I don't see us beating Bolton based on their performance tonight. 

10 minutes ago, ap04 said:

Still best in the league on xG, write these off at your peril.

What does the Lucky Database show though?

29 minutes ago, Srg said:

So where’s the difference in that than say our performance on Tuesday where no one looked bothered either? Seems to be just picking one abject performance and using it to justify it. Many players have had shockers this season and still play the next game. 

I didn't see Tuesday being down to lack of effort, just very sloppy play.

Fornahs performance against was Bradford was just complete lack of effort.

11 minutes ago, Srg said:

Can we at least criticise Warne for his handling of Fornah? Guy has shown a fair amount of promise and doesn’t get a look in. He’s actually here after this season too, which is a novelty in our midfield. 

You can yes but that would completely overlook his appearance against Bradford where he showed zero interest in being on the pitch.

Oh dear...

Been flicking channels and my choices are Troy Deeney, Clinton Morrison and Stuart Broad?!?! or Alan Shearer.

Would be interested to hear Bartons thoughts on them!

2 hours ago, Gaspode said:

Turning speed and acceleration of an oil tanker - that one passage of play undoes all the good will his recent perfomances have generated....

There are going to be times when your defenders get outpaced, look at Cashin at Lincoln away. That's absolutely no excuse for Wildsmiths idiotic challenge. 

As slow as he is, if you look at the still picture of the penalty decision, Bradley was back to cover Wildsmith.

14 minutes ago, Crewton said:

I'd like to highlight the performance of the referee and his "barely there" assistants as a contributing factor in the team's collapse. In his last 4 games, he'd handed out 25 yellow cards and 3 red cards. Last night, he booked Bradley for his first foul (which wasn't either a professional foul or a reckless tackle) after Charlton had committed 6 fouls already iirc. After that, it felt like nothing short of GBH would get a Charlton in the book. Well, they certainly tried hard to live down to that standard, but the ref wasn't interested. His indifference to their thuggery certainly contributed to that second half performance because, unlike against Stevenage, the players were completely knocked out of their stride by these tactics. It all made me wonder if the ref had been told that he'd been too free and easy with the cards of late and accordingly took a more hands off approach.

Had no control of the game at any point. The players were basically just doing as they pleased. 

When he was telling players where to take free kicks from they were just walking off.

Their player went down injured off the pitch, rolled back on and then walked 40 yards to the touchline, all while the referee just stood their watching. 

My favourite though was the free kick he gave us for a late challenge on Nelson which he 100% did not see and only gave because of the crowds reaction. 

13 minutes ago, Dcfcsr92 said:

How many times has he saved us before that tho 1 mistake? 

Well isn't that the job of a goalkeeper. 

He was in poor form and was rightly dropped.

I think if Vickers was fit he'd be back in the team again on Saturday, correctly in my opinion because Wildsmith has been poor last 2 games again.

15 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

More like not knowing who is where, doing what, in the defence in front of you.

Yeah that's probably what caused him to make a completely reckless challenge that he had no need to make. 

9 minutes ago, Dcfcsr92 said:

Its what you get when you lose confindce because the manager dropped him!

He did exactly the same thing at Oxford before he was dropped. Absolutely brain dead.

37 minutes ago, David said:

2 and 3, bit young for all that, if I look away for 10 seconds one of them would be on the pitch 

*Awaits incoming snipe about Warne not letting youngsters on the pitch*

21 hours ago, DerbyRevolution said:

every time we log in to renew, it sends me to the edit profile section to add a title gender and city. and its changed my address back to an old one, I know its been right at some point this season as we've had tickets delivered to the new address. anyone else getting this?

Maybe you've got your gender wrong madam?

15 hours ago, Bris Vegas said:

I think if we pick maximum points from the next two home games we’ll be clear favourites for second spot.

We’ll have 10 games remaining, five at home and five away.

And we’ll have Bolton at home.

Reading and Blackpool at home won’t be easy. Nor will Pompey, Bristol Rovers and Wycombe away.

But of those 10 games, four are easy in Northampton, Cambridge, Carlisle and Leyton Orient. 

Win the next two plus the four easy and that is the six of eight wins we probably need for promotion.

Leyton Orient are top of the form table over the last 10 games.

21 hours ago, SKRam said:

On a brighter note that’s cracking Queen tune 

Wonder if we will ever lose a match again where it isn't because the manager is rubbish, his tactics are pathetic or the players are awful?

1 hour ago, duncanjwitham said:

To be fair, I don’t think FFP existed when he was at Chelsea, so there was no incentive to fiddle with amortisation models.  Plus the club always claimed that it was the introduction of FRS102, which slightly tweaked reporting requirements, that sparked the change in our method.  Whether people choose to believe that may vary of course…

Correct on both accounts!

2 hours ago, Blondest Goat said:

Warne has made us a difficult team to beat but we are pretty woeful on the ball given the players at his disposal.  How many chances do we create from open play?  We've been bang average in possession for weeks now so I don't think there is a lot of credit to give to Warne for our attacking output.

Despite that we are 2 goals behind the top scorers in the division who just 8 weeks ago were the best team to ever visit Pride Park and certainties for promotion.

5 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said:

It looks like he spent 4 years as an auditor at KPMG, followed by 7 years as Head of Statutory Reporting at Chelsea prior to joining us as CFO. He only stepped up as CEO in 2018 after being on the board from 2017.

John Vicars was COO up until his retirement at the end of the 17/18 season. Sam Rush was CEO up until 2017. David Williams and John Kirkland were also on the board from 2017 to 2019. I wonder how much of a say Pearce actually had when he club opted to change amortisation policy and selling the stadium.

I know our auditor had definitely been doing his job longer than 4 years, so would have been just as qualified as Pearce for suggesting the change of amortisation. 

Funny that Pearce never suggested it at Chelsea given their record on spending too.

8 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

"Stephen Pearce, who has been part of Derby County’s executive team since joining the club in 2013, was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in August 2018.

Pearce is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the ICAEW,

[When you become an ICAEW member, you will be able to call yourself an ICAEW Chartered Accountant and use the globally respected ACA designatory letters after your name.

...This is no ordinary achievement, and your premium qualification sets you apart as a member of a highly influential and respected professional body which connects you to a wider global community of financial experts.]

...having trained with big four accountancy firm KPMG. He also has a Bachelor of Science with Honours degree from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST).

Pearce has 18 years of experience within the football industry starting life as an auditor with clients including Manchester City FC and Chelsea FC. Prior to joining Derby, Pearce held the position of Head of Statutory Reporting at Premier League side Chelsea for seven years between October 2006 and September 2013. Pearce also holds a position on the EFL Board as a Championship Club Director, following his appointment in June 2019.

That's good, can start referring to myself as highly qualified on here then.

32 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Or that the CEO Pearce - a highly qualified accountant - might have put the idea forward to those accountants.

Yeah he might have done.

How 'highly qualified' is he out of interest?

1 hour ago, Herdwick Ram said:

Incorrect, it's the directors who decide the accounting policies ( which are clearly stated in the Financial Statements ), and it's the Auditors responsibilty to test these policies when forming their opinion as to whether the accounts show a "true and fair" view.

It would be entirely inappropriate to "come up" with a policy, and then audit it too, and would compromise their independence.

 

That doesn't mean that the accountants/auditors could not suggest new policies. 

Recommending a fully compliant policy to a client is hardly compromising their independence.