kevinhectoring
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kevinhectoring reacted to Ghost of Clough in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
Odoruh was released by Man City because he wasn't good enough to get into the side we just lost to.
Dobbin was playing for a side which lost 7-0 to these on the last day of last season.
Roberts was a CB at U21 level last season, and is now learning to play LWB.
Osula was playing a level below PL2 (Mam City U21s) last season in thr PDL.
Rooney wasn't even a regular for Burnley U21s last season.
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kevinhectoring reacted to Jourdan in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
We did start an eleven with players with plenty of Championship experience, this is true.
But does experience count for much if you are playing in such an unfamiliar set up?
In games like this, it is rather easy to look like a group of strangers.
A new style, a new formation, no partnerships, little to no familiarity, varying levels of fitness and match sharpness, players playing in makeshift positions, little to no incentive or motivation.
You can see why we might come unstuck against a group that play week in, week out together and come into such a game extremely motivated compared to our players. They see it as a proving ground. They might even see it as a shop window in many ways.
Warne obviously has his eyes on Friday and clearly so did the players. Not good but understandable.
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kevinhectoring reacted to Gee SCREAMER !! in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
We drew really. Another pointless add on to this joke competition.
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kevinhectoring reacted to Big Trav in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
How thats not a foul is beyond me, Leads with his elbow on Collins. Sloppy defending again though, shows our depth is crap
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kevinhectoring reacted to Yani P in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
We need to get the ball in the box more..they won't cope with that..
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kevinhectoring reacted to Ghost of Clough in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
Due to the injury to Hourihane, one of Bird, Knight and Sibley were always going to start.
No matter what some of you want, a lot of people (including our manager) still want to win this game and hopefully win the competition as a whole. We won't be playing anyone outside of our first team squad if we can avoid it.
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kevinhectoring got a reaction from Ghost of Clough in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
Brilliant ball by McGoldrick
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kevinhectoring reacted to Yani P in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
Think it's a false 6 he is walking on his hands..
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kevinhectoring got a reaction from ck- in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
What an idiotic post do you have any idea how good this lot is ?
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kevinhectoring got a reaction from Tamworthram in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
What an idiotic post do you have any idea how good this lot is ?
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kevinhectoring reacted to Yani P in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
Get in....1-1
Didz with a screamer from 2 yards...
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kevinhectoring got a reaction from SKRam in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
What an idiotic post do you have any idea how good this lot is ?
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kevinhectoring got a reaction from Hoppo in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
What an idiotic post do you have any idea how good this lot is ?
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kevinhectoring got a reaction from Carl Sagan in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
these Man City youngsters will have masses of talent. But they can still be bossed and bullied by seasoned pros. I think Warne had that in mind when he picked the team
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kevinhectoring reacted to chezzyram in Derby v Man City U21s Matchday Thread
Shouldn't be too mobile at that age
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kevinhectoring reacted to Crewton in Accrington Stanley v Derby County Matchday Thread
Hourihane wasn't dropped, though based on overall form rather than for giving a penalty away, he possibly could have been. Knight gave a clumsy penalty away at Lincoln which led to us losing the game, so that's two mistakes - does that equal one stupid handball.
It's a daft proposition anyway, dropping a player for one costly error. It's not as if they're a load of Claude Davises.
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kevinhectoring reacted to Ghost of Clough in Accrington Stanley v Derby County Matchday Thread
Ligament damage. No idea how serious
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kevinhectoring reacted to Carl Sagan in Accrington Stanley v Derby County Matchday Thread
Someone handles the ball for no reason in our own area, not under pressure, to give away the penalty that leads to us losing the game, and you don't think that should lead to being dropped? I can't think of a better reason to be dropped. I would not allow such utter stupidity if I were manager and players would need to see there must be sanctions for losing your head.
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kevinhectoring reacted to jono in Is long ball always bad?
Yes ! That whole make yourself available ethos. Put yourself in a position to receive a pass. We didn’t do enough of that .. it was more like “here I am, now make a once in 10 games raking defence splitter, avoiding the 3 players covering me”
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kevinhectoring got a reaction from jono in Is long ball always bad?
This is why under Rooney and LR we played lots of sideways and backwards football. Midfielders were not energetic enough and did not offer a forward pass option. It’s still a problem for us. Hourihane does not look for the ball as he should. And it’s not Max Bird’s strength.
As for the long ball, if it’s all long-ball-down-the-middle then you need a Shearer or at least a Chris Martin. Which we don’t have. We’ve been quite effective with the crossfield long ball (eg to NML, Barks also looks for it) which is less likely to lose possession.
If you’ve got a balanced squad, surely mixing it up is hardest to play against
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kevinhectoring got a reaction from hintonsboots in Mr William Osula
Will he know who it’s about? I doubt he’s been called Mr Osula in his entire life
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kevinhectoring reacted to Ghost of Clough in Is long ball always bad?
1. Most comments tend to relate to having control of the game (or not as the case may be). Long balls, to forwards to don't win the ball in the air very much is pointless as the ball ends up coming straight back and having to defend against another wave of attack, often without resetting in time.
2. The occasional long ball behind the defence is useful, but it has to be with purpose, not aimless into the corner with little chance of getting something from it.
3. A quick glance at the stats will show teams towards the bottom tend to have less of the ball than those at the top. This is shown by actually looking at the stats in more detail, where only 3 sides in the top half of the table are in the bottom 12 possession stats. Ipswich are the leaders in possession and are 2nd, whereas Morecombe are 24th in the table and 24th in the possession ranking.
The other thing is, having possession doesn't mean you can't go long very often, just like having little of the ball doesn't mean you go long all the time. Yet, we see a similar trend. 5 out of the current top 6 are in the bottom 12 for long balls per pass attempt (Portsmouth are 13th lowest), whilst only 3 of the top 12 are in the top 12 for successful long passes per pass attempt.
You also have the belief that possession means fewer goals. However, there's a general trend of more possession = more goals. Ipswich are the obvious example, leading the charts in both, whereas Morecombe are bottom in both. Only 3 sides with less than 50% possession have scored more than 15 goals, whereas 6 with more than 50% have.
4. Since you're asking people if they want to stay in L1 for a long time or having a better chance of going up, the answer would be choosing the option which involves playing a possession based side with shorter passing.
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kevinhectoring got a reaction from Anag Ram in Wildsmith
The answer to the second question must be ‘no’ (I think there’s a separate 6 second rule that applies to the keeper).
Look forward to someone answering the first question. I suspect there’s no offence but that if anyone did it, the obstruction rule would be changed to cover it (don’t think it does at the moment)
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kevinhectoring reacted to Blondest Goat in Accrington Stanley v Derby County Matchday Thread
Who needs Hourihane and his match winners eh?