Black ('n' White) Sheep

Get the lads on shooting practice in training and nothing else... how many chances do we need to actually get a goal?!

... and that's what Sibbo brings to the table!

12 minutes ago, LazloW said:

Don’t know about WBA’s team, but ours suggests we are concentrating on the League ?.  Not too fussed though, good to see different players getting a chance and who knows, something positive might come out of ‘the experiment’! 

If nothing else, it’s a night out watching football. Could be worse. 

It seems like neither side is too bothered about getting through looking at the line ups ?. Should be an interesting game.

Good to see McGoldrick starting. See what he offers through the middle. It may be that his game suits the way we play better than JC's... we'll see!

I won't be gutted if we get knocked out. But it would be nice to see us have a go! COYR! ?

What strikers are out there? I reckon we could do with one more to give us a choice. I'm not seeing many realistic options left on the free agents list... so a youngster on loan might be our best bet?

Dan Jebbison from Sheff Utd? Brad Young from Villa? George Hirst from Leicester? Jude Soonsup-Bell from Chelsea?... All young players with good reputations that could benefit from regular first-team football.

6 minutes ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

A system that leads to 27 shots away from home. I’ll have that any day of the week. 

I'd have preferred having 1 shot and winning 1-0, but I get what you mean... I still believe that if we keep playing like that every week, it'll click soon.

This is so frustrating! It's a great save... It's just wide... It's blocked on the line... I'm sick of seeing it!

2 minutes ago, LazloW said:

It's almost as if all those pundits who say it takes time for a team to gel, particularly with so many new players, were right all along.  Five games in, just five games. The thing to take heart in is that we have had a very good chance of winning all five games. It will take time, but it will come. Patience. We're not going to win the league in August.

Every game's worth 3 points mate regardless of whether it's in August or next May. I think people are just frustrated at out-playing teams and not making it count.

Stick it in the ducking net FFS! 

I thought there was some sort of agenda against us with refereeing last season... but maybe it's just the standard of refereeing in general that's that bad!

Let's pretend, let's pretend, let's pretend we've scored a goal!

Dobbin playing just off Collins with NML and Barkhuizen out wide by the looks of it... excited to see how they link up together. A positive move getting another 'attack-minded' player in there. COYR! ?

Just play someone that will run from midfield please! Whether that's Knight being put further forward or Sibbo starting... I'd go with this:

                    Wildsmith
 Smith  Stearman  Cashin  Forsyth
          Knight  Bird  Hourihane
Mendez-Laing  Collins  Barkhuizen

COYR ?

Hmmm... we're playing alright but the lack of goals still concerns me.

I'm all for a 'footballing philosophy', but we need a Plan B for when that isn't working (against teams that are just going to put everyone behind the ball and try to hit on the break).

Whether that's getting a 'big 6'5" brick poo house' striker to bring on for the last 10mins to go more direct and push for a win remains to be seen... that's what I'd do... but that's probably why I'm not a football manager!

Is every team getting this amount of injury time put on at the end of their games? It seems to be excessive every week in our games!

Hate defensive subs like that!... Would have preferred an extra midfielder on than a defender... that seems to be where we're losing out!

Dobbin and McGoldrick double substitution? On for Barkhuizen and Collins? The front line could do with some freshening up!

Oh FFS. Come on Derby, hold it together!

Hmm... seems to be the return of the ? referees this week!

Just now, jcidaho said:

Just need sibs to bang in a long one

The StearGOAT strikes!

I'd start with this:

                   Wildsmith
   Knight  Davies  Cashin  Forsyth
                        Bird
              Sibley  Hourihane
Mendez-Laing  Collins  Barkhuizen

Subs: Loach, Smith, Roberts, Dobbin, Stearman, Cybulski, Rooney

Fozzy for his crossing ability. Sibbo as we 100% need someone that's going to make runs from midfield.

Predicting JC up front to get off the mark today.

COYR! ?

7 hours ago, Rample said:

Wonder if Solomon will be out on loan soon.

CB is one of the areas (along with on the wings) that we're a bit short of in the U21s... we could do with bringing another one in rather than letting one out on loan at the minute.

In this order:

Middlesbrough
Wycombe
Forest
Leeds
Leicester

Burton and Forest Green... born in Burton, been to Forest Green a few times as I noticed they were trying to do something different and thoroughly enjoy myself every time I go.

Did I ever think 10 years ago that we'd be in the same league as both of them?... No chance!