kevinhectoring

15 minutes ago, Rich3478 said:

Happy with the team, looks more positive and attacking. Just need to make sure the front four get the ball as quickly as possible. Pace was badly needed.

Hoping to see Fozzy popping up in their box to bury a couple of NML crosses. Want to see some variation to make ourselves difficult to defend against 

2 hours ago, Brailsford Ram said:

There's more than enough in the two Forbes articles and the one from Freightway for me to say what I have said on here.

Kirchner's got more than enough on his plate in the States to worry about what you or I think.

And for what it's worth I think he's a fat thieving con man and I hope he ends up in the penitentiary. 

Will be interesting to see the facts in due course - if they emerge 

51 minutes ago, Brailsford Ram said:

But what beggars belief here is the situation in the USA. Kirchner had engaged in his now known dodgy antics well before Christmas.

Do you know what his dodgy antics were? Did he use slync money? Did he lie about Stretford’s participation? Did he lie about his own wealth?

It’s no surprise he’s been sacked, but I’m not aware anyone has reliably reported why he was sacked. What’s your take?

On 14/08/2022 at 23:51, sage said:

It would appear that he may have transferred money from his business to his bank account,  shown proof,  then moved it back. 

I was suspicious from the start,  but he showed proof. He managed to get £80m out of Gokdman Sacha. 

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. 

We’ve yet to see what money was used

He owns a chunk of a company that Goldman has decided is worth continuing to support. His investment in it is likely to be worth 10s of millions. Don’t think we’ve been told that he actually used slync cash have we? It’s just been insinuated. 

What we do know is that he was carrying  on as if he were a billionaire  and that he got tangled up with Paul Stretford. 
 

wonder whether DC assumed when he bought the club that the 1.6m needed to be repaid. 

34 minutes ago, Wistaston Ram said:

They certainly were not garbage. Well organised, played as a team and defended for their lives. Yes, most of their players do not individually match up to our team, but they make the most of their limited resources and in my opinion deserved their point.

Didn’t feel it was like the charlton game, thought they were more difficult to penetrate. We’ll face this a lot, there’ll be plenty of teams who will be targeting 1 point from each of their games with us. It’ll be interesting to see what LR does - Bird more advanced? (he can make the passes others don’t see), more focus on dead ball situations in attack ? organise a better high press ?  Sit deeper out of possession and look for fast transition. Feel Dobbin will improve with experience and he could become important as a 60 minute sub as defences tire. Fitness levels are not good in this league 

8 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

No sponsor?

Apparently not. Waiting for the right deal allegedly.  
Lively start from the dogs but when West Ham settle into the game it’ll change big time

1 hour ago, RAM1966 said:

I appreciate we've not had as much time to prepare, if its down to fitness that's fair enough.

As I've said, its not a major criticism, its just an observation that LR seems to be at the moment struggling with addressing second half tactical changes.

I'd really like LR to succeed, he's stayed when he could of gone to Blackpool.  He's still learning as a manager and 6 points out of 9 is not a bad return either, so Im not lambasting him just yet.

Your point is well made

first half yesterday was not one way traffic - Barnsley had some lucid intervals where they overloaded and played through us in midfield. So with a 2 goal lead,  when that happened again in the second half and continued, we needed to change shape. I don’t think we did,  until a substitution that was made too late

for those who say it’s fitness: then why weren’t subs made earlier ?

And for those who say: we’ve had little pre season prep, the inevitable response sadly is: can’t you remember seeing the same last season? And the season before ?  

2 hours ago, Eddie said:

It must seriously screw with your head, Mr Negative, whenever Derby win.

Well 2 things

— if you ignore everything I say that is positive then I’ll probably seem pretty negative

- the key thing about these early games is how we’re developing - they show us how the season is likely to play out. The result isn’t everything

25 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said:

Are you mad? Collins was a far easier chance. He was three yards out. Their header was far from a sitter considering he was climbing over players to reach the ball and he was underneath the ball.

 

Quite mad but that’s not the point. Listen to Shaun B’s commentary on ramstv.
 

6 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said:

What was the other sitter? The early second half one was one of the worst misses you will see this season.

But I don’t recall another one? Certainly no more presentable that the Collins miss.

Captain’s header in ? 75th minute ?

Collins’ was no more than a half chance imho, goal was covered, but the beauty of the move heightened the disappointment  (plus, he’s had a few half chances... ) 

16 minutes ago, Dean (hick) Saunders said:

Crazy that if we had converted a few of the easy chances we have had (this season) we would be clear at the top without hitting second gear..

Barnsley missed two sitters 

12 minutes ago, DerbyRam! said:

How bad was the Cashin tackle? Didnt see it. Should we have been playing with 10 men?

Shaun Barker intimated it could have been red. Yellow probably fair 

Cashin and Stearman were the highlights. And when we were on top, lots of attractive football. The move that led to Collins’ chance was beautiful. But we needed to change our shape in the second half but didn’t - shades of last season and that’ll really hurt us away from home. Again. Not seeing enough telepathy on the pitch - especially up front -  but it’s early days 

17 minutes ago, Rammy03 said:

Is it over yet

Yes you can come out from behind the sofa 

Stearman og and motm?

Disappointing 15 mins on the pitch and in the dugout 

2 minutes ago, LincsRam said:

Magoldrick warming up on the touch line.

Not what we want. About 20 mins ago we wanted Fozzy on and Knight in midfield 

Love these little surprises as players pop up in unexpected areas. Stearman doing it now. Bit of a Liam trademark 

3 minutes ago, LincsRam said:

Another bad start by us in the 2nd half.

Foul by Cashin on Thomas, gave an oscar winning performance, cashin carded, think it was a foul but the reaction got it, ofc up and running after a minute of magic spray.

From the FK, cross into the box, free header across the box and the Barnsely player who should have scored blazes over.

 

Cashin could have been sent off 

Let’s hope that Barnsley miss was a pivotal moment 

10 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

Mendez-Laing has a weird tendency never to pass to Sibley. It's quite striking.

Sibley’s first start, forwards still developing their understanding, it’ll get better.  ANd NML has an almost festy like urge to go for the byline and cross. 

Today the two teams seem to be reenacting the invention of rugby 

Cashin is really stepping up in CD’s absence 

1 minute ago, LincsRam said:

They look tidy going forward but well dodgy at the back

They are playing through us in midfield. A bit worrying 

5 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

Sibbo's already had 2 shots. Hurrah for this thing called shooting.

He needed to dink not shoot  with the first one