kevinhectoring
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12 hours ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:
He absolutely needs to be replaced unfortunately.
He massively bottled it against Plymouth when he could and should have brought Rooney on and didn't.
He’ll be given the chance to improve surely. don’t think any decisions will be made before the World Cup.
He’ll be hoping things will fall into place. It’s unlikely they will, because his approach doesn’t really work for these players.
So it needs a change of formation, to get more out of Bird, to play to Knight’s strengths and to secure our possession higher up the pitch. Not sure that’ll happen though
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48 minutes ago, Rich84 said:
Could be a divorce looming now......
I think LR has a few more games yet to prove himself
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LR needs to find a system that works for these players. This one doesn’t
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21 minutes ago, TomG said:
Have we actually come close to scoring an away goal this season?
Yes
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Wrong balance between pace and energy vs experience
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This game has completely changed. Could easily get a couple
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37 minutes ago, plymouthram said:
when will we win an away game.
After didzy comes on
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Lincoln can’t keep up this pace. We’ll tire them out if we control the ball
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5 hours ago, Kokosnuss said:
The last 30 years? They haven't won the league since 1927 (before that it was 1909), the FA Cup since 1955 and their only European title is an Anglo-Italian cup win in 1973. They've spent a quarter of their entire history playing below the top level.
How long can you be massive underachievers before you accept that your level is the one you've consistently been at for the majority of the past 100+ years?
Are we really holding something they achieved 5 years short of a century ago as evidence to their size as a club?
What success exactly is it that's being brought back? Ah yes, the glory days of 1905-1909 & 1996-1997. 7 seasons out of 129 years.
They had a couple of flash-in-the-pan spells under Dalgliesh(?) & Keegan where they challenged for the Premiership title (as it was called all 25 years ago) but they were seasons in which the club overachieved, they weren't the norm, nor an indication of their true level.
Their true level is lower to upper-mid table "Premier League" , with the odd flirtation with the top two, and the occasional drop down to a lower level. Exactly as it has been for the past 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90+ years.
Victim of the north south divide. Massive gate, but season ticket cost well below average for the division. Wealthy owners will change all that
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8 hours ago, Brailsford Ram said:
Kevin, is it really surprising that most people on here struggle to take you seriously? You question the sanity of others while exposing your own insanity simultaneously. Please try engaging your brain before uttering your crap if that is possible with you. It would be a relief for you and certainly for the rest of us.
Please send a substantive response if you’ve got one. Don’t bother if you’ve not got the wherewithal. I won’t hold my breath
Well let’s wait and see, Nostradamus. Your form on here when you go big on your hobby horses is not impressive. Last I read from you DC was selling down his holding in the club promptly after purchase. Well that didn’t happen. I won’t mention your prognostications on Rooney.
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22 hours ago, Brailsford Ram said:
But the longer he waits for further evidence as you see it, the greater the risk that Liam Rosenior may be tempted elsewhere
Rooney’s pr machine created the illusion that Everton and the rest of the world was just dying to whisk the great man away from under our noses. And that his remaining with Derby (he didn’t) was an extraordinary display of loyalty. And look where he ended up.
LR has nowhere near the same profile, and is unproven as a manager. So any sane individual will see that his sole focus just now will be to secure the Derby job. Because the likelihood of similar opportunities coming his way - ie opportunities to manage teams that are or should be in the Championship - is not at all high
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On 26/08/2022 at 13:40, TomTom92 said:
Looking like Alex Neil is going to Stoke, if this materialises will Sunderland look at LR?
Seems very unlikely anyone will want to tempt LR away. Whilst he’s clearly an impressive individual he is as yet unproven as a manager.
Unless (that is) you subscribe to the line that he was the main football force in the management team during the ‘Rooney era’, in which case his track record is not a smash hit.
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If Robinson gets stuck into them again we’ll once more be where we want to be - batting second on a day 3 pitch
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Could have some serious fixture congestion later in the season - tough for our senior players. Wonder how much Liam will factor player rotation into his plans.
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19 hours ago, CBX1985 said:
Makes sense. Not so much for Derby, but any games in London are going to be a nightmare due to Policing requirements (all world leaders flying in for an event that will not have had a set date attached.
Police from all over UK are going to be required in the Capital for it and that will diminish local Police, and make London games impossible. Normally when there are big events (Jubilees, Summits etc), they are known years in advance when they are held and games are arranged accordingly to be most conducive. This will not be the case this time, and could cause real unnecessary pressures. Let's wait until after Her Majesty's funeral for football.
Fair enough. Mind you, makes the decision to postpone this weekend’s games look very odd
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On 05/09/2022 at 18:50, ram59 said:
Impressive performances in Poland's likely 3 or 4 games in the world cup would likely attract a bid from a top league team from one of the top nations. If there is a release clause in the loan contract, Derby could take advantage or keep him, depending on how our season is progressing.
His performance on Saturday after so little training is encouraging, but staying fit is the big challenge.
Maybe with the ongoing injury concerns he’ll end up at a top polish side
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Boris proroguing Parliament and other Brexit issues showed how close we can come to a constitutional crisis these days. Wouldn’t rule out our new King having some pretty difficult calls to make. He might be a lot less passive than his dear old Mum has been when it comes to matters of politics
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2 hours ago, Leeds Ram said:
At Chelsea he'll be a footnote and out the door soon enough,
Dunno Boehly has a habit of staying with managers long term (if his NFL history is anything to go by)
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15 hours ago, LittleEatonRam said:
When you have 7 or 8 clubs competing for 4 CL places then half of them will lose out and have their delusions of grander burst in front of their eyes. For me this is what is happening to Leicester now, and may happen to Newcastle in the future too.
The stars aligned for Leicester They had good owners, good management and lots of luck. For Newcastle for the last 30 years the turds have aligned. That’s changing and if they get it right they’ll be at the top table
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12 hours ago, GenBr said:
Newcastle fans have always had delusions of grandeur. Gonna be even worse if the petro state can't achieve their rightful place a the top of English football
11 minutes ago, Abu Derby said:They are increasing the capacity of their shed by 8000. Seats that won’t ever be required.
They’re a massive club, massive under achievers for years.
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1 hour ago, Ambitious said:
I wasn’t at the Plymouth game so can’t comment, but I haven’t seen us get outmuscled in any of the other games I’ve seen this season.
I’ve seen us pass the ball A LOT and work the ball from left to right, perhaps passively, but never thought we looked non-combative or that it actually mattered. Before Plymouth, we had conceded three goals in six games too.
We’re not giving teams many opportunities, at least good opportunities - amongst the best in the league in that regard (even factoring the Plymouth game). When you look at the possession metrics too, we’re one of three teams - Ipswich and Fleetwood - who play heavily in the opposition half. We’re also one of only three teams - Ipswich and Bristol Rovers - who don’t allow the opposition to play in their half in any area more than them.
I think there is an overreaction to the Plymouth game, which is easier for me to analyse the season as a collective when I wasn’t there, but I would personally put that down to the fact we took out a midfielder for McGoldrick, effectively playing 4-2-4 which makes our midfield undermanned in that situation.
Don’t think we are out muscled in midfield. Or out played. It’s more that we are out run and out numbered
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8 hours ago, Blondest Goat said:
I think we can get away with the Bird / Hourihane combo in midfield. Plus I think Rosenior will start with that anyway.
Will be interesting to see whether he reacts to the Plymouth game. This starting line up might give us an idea whether he will stick with his planned shape and personnel or whether he will be more flexible and continue to look for our best set up.
The weakness in midfield has been evident in a few games now, especially second half. Will be frustrating if he insistently sticks with what we’ve seen before if it continues not to work. And it will lead to comparisons with last season’s management style where it seemed lessons were not learned and there was a stubbornness in team selection.
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10 hours ago, The_Sheriff said:
Hourihane is renowned for having a wand of a left foot but on saturday it was anything but
Nothing wrong with his left foot. But Shaun Barker told us all we needed to know first game of the season. Hourihane ‘drifts in and out of games’. So we’ve got a problem if he’s not alongside a real worker in midfield. And that’s compounded if some of those around him are tiring senior players
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Yes. This set up does not get the best out of two key players - Bird and Knight. That’s a big price to pay