JJs dms

Some people on here are pretty harsh on Collins tonight. Not sure what game some are watching if they think he played poorly.
Chased absolutely everything down. Couple of lovely touches. The one chance we created for him. He scored from.
Doesn't matter who's upfront in this team with the service they get. Some of the crosses from Barkhuizen were a hate crime. He did everything I'd want my centre forward to do. Worked his arse off, led the line, had one chance and took it. Fully deserved his goal.
Thought the first 10 minutes of the first half we couldn't get going, but credit to Lincoln for starting on the front foot. But after that I thought we took control and deservedly took the lead. 
Can't legislate for Ward giving that penalty away. But it just highlights for me what I knew. He's not an out and out right back. But it gave Lincoln a massive lift and they came out second half and started well again. But again after 10 minutes we took control and deservedly won. 
Wildsmith hasn't had a save to make and other than a really good block from Cashin, they never troubled us.
I heard one fan moaning outside the ground that it's not "sexy football". Hate to break it to you mate but sexy football doesn't exist in this league. It's all about winning and getting out of it. 
Much better performance than Saturday. Big win against a decent side.
I honestly think people are disappointed not to see us play teams off the park for 90 minutes. Which is never going to happen.
Wilson did well when he came on. Nelson and Cashin outstanding.
Get to January in touching distance of the top and we've got a great chance if we can strengthen well.
Up The Rams!
Merry Christmas to you all. Hope you and your families have a good one.
 

I know work rate is something anyone can do but Collins was phenomenal in that aspect tonight.
Some good touches under pressure and a good goal which closed the game out.
I think that’s harsh to say he didn’t play well.

Thought Warne did well tonight. Good decisions. As someone else said his interview made a lot of sense too. 
 
good goals. Sibley Wilson cashin and Nelson played well. 
personally thought Collins was fine and did finsih well which was good to see. 13 goals (admittedly a fair few in Papa johns pop idol st Johnstones paint confederations cup) 
wish we didn’t flaming drop those  two pints .. 
January on and off the pitch vital but so are these next three games 
good to see thommo back - another rnidfield option 
 
hapoy Christmas you filthy animals hope you are all well and enjoy the next weeks or so
DTID

Promotion seasons are rare and brilliant. Dont wait until the end to enjoy it, Get to every game you can and sing your heart out for 98 minutes, then when you are old, you will remember these days like us lot do the Clough, Cox and Smith days.
Come on you great big beautiful Rams.

Pleased they're miserable, of course and I hope their next appointment fails abysmally.
I have to question the Cooper love-in though. Absolutely fluked promotion with some awful officiating, and a lot of luck against a poor set of play off opponents.
44 signings, hundreds of millions spent, to finish 16th ahead of some basket case clubs and even more of the same this time.

We were bang average today and our game management was very poor, along with a slow tempo and not executing basic skills to a professional standard. But it’s 16 points from 18 so we can’t complain too much. The recruitment in the Jan Window is crucial to us gaining automatic promotion.

droned on about it again, about 10 % of the crowd probably remember or saw it happen. Such a pity the three promoted teams are so crap

I don't care too much about "watching Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal". I only Match of The Day (fast forwarding through the the pundits bits of course) for something to watch.
I yearn for the day when the "big clubs" disappear off to some mega bucks super league. 

Yeah agree we haven’t got much option. Feel like we’re missing that magic in the middle but can’t see us pursuing that kind of player until Hourihane has gone.

Today is a bit more ammunition to show Smith and Hourihane doesn’t work as a pairing. Wasn’t much coincidence the goals came when Fornah was on. 

Going to the pub on the way home from Nottingham station for a couple of celebratory pints whilst watching the dejected Forest fans reflecting on their latest defeat.

The bit in bold is something I’ve been mulling over.
I don’t think Warne is a good long term planner or strategist, he focuses on short term wins.  This may explain his promotions followed by immediate relegations.  In some way, who can blame him when you see the flak for a defeat.  I think we’ll see less U21 layers used in the EFL Trophy, which is a shame as it’s an ideal stage to gain experience.  He wants the short term wins.  He’s more Mourinho than Fergie - Mourinho built teams for the short term, Fergie built clubs to leave a legacy.
For what it’s worth I wouldn’t say I’m pro-Warne but I’m pro-stability as I do think give a manager time we’ll benefit in the long run.  But I’m wavering as to whether Warne is that manager.
 

It is old school, but if you have a winger very good at crossing, and a centre forward who is good in the air, it can be a great sight to behold. Unfortunately we have neither. With the players we have it seems the least obvious way of achieving success.

I remember it well. They had a catering van up in the corner of the terrace that served beer, from where we watched the Rams fightback, pints in hand. That corner has gone now I'm guessing.

I saw someone dropping you outside the ground .

There's my dream of fa cup glory gone again for another year I know a lot of supporters don't seem too bothered about the cup anymore but I didn't realise the players felt the same! Don't normally comment but that was woeful
 
 

The captain debate is a boring one, an armband doesn't make you shout, scream, organise or anything any differently than you would anyway. If you're a leader, if you're vocal, then that's what you do regardless. Now it's certainly possible that we don't really have that type of player in the squad, other than maybe Bradley who can't really play football anymore.
There is a debate that the main problem in the team right now is not even James Collins anymore, it's the insistence on playing Korey Smith and Conor Hourihane together. Neither of them have the legs anymore, they don't cover enough ground, they don't close down with any intent, when they're bypassed they can't get back, they don't move off the ball to make angles for passes... At the moment, Hourihane is in the team as he's slightly more creative, particularly from dead balls, but I have zero idea why Smith is as well when Fornah is sat on the bench. It makes literally no sense. Until we stop this, we will have these inconsistent dud performances where teams with more athleticism and stamina outwork us.

The bigger problem is Warne's signings AREN'T playing. Last season's squad wasn't good enough to finish top 6 playing the way Warne wanted. From that most used 11, we've lost McGoldrick, Knight and Roberts, replacing them with Nelson and Nyambe being regualrs, whislt Bradley, Wilson, Fornah and Barkhuizen are close together for that final 11th spot.
We started the summer wanting to recruit for 5 at the back. We got our defensive players in early, but repeatedly missed out on a number of midfield and attacking players. 523, 532, 5212, etc, we kept changing on our number 1 formation based on who we moved on to next. We stopped going for mobile forwards suited to Warne's pressing game, and started to target the older but clinical forwards. They still chose to go elsewhere.
By the end of the transfer window, we had missed out on so many targets, that the squad we had left were mostly suited to 4 at the back, resulting in playing 4231 most weeks. Since we went through the entire summer not planning to play with wingers, we were then put in an awkward position of needing wingers. Our last throw of the dice was trying to tempt Blackett-Taylor away from Charlton on deadline day.
It means that we now have :
Some defenders who were signed to play in a different system. Failed to improve on the best 11 from last season Inadequate depth in key positions Signed injury prone players That may go some way towards explaining the inconsistency of play. The other key reason is player selection, as I explained I an earlier post today - a lack of players in the team who can create from open play without resorting to crosses.

There's my dream of fa cup glory gone again for another year I know a lot of supporters don't seem too bothered about the cup anymore but I didn't realise the players felt the same! Don't normally comment but that was woeful
 
 

There's my dream of fa cup glory gone again for another year I know a lot of supporters don't seem too bothered about the cup anymore but I didn't realise the players felt the same! Don't normally comment but that was woeful
 
 

What is scandalous is a midfield that completely failed. They allowed the opposition midfielders to run past them, our deepest sat midfielder didn't do enough to close down these runs, they didn't move the ball quickly, failed to win enough 50 50 challenges and the biggest failure their ability to pass the ball to a team mate.
The midfield is the engine that drives the team. Unfortunately our's is misfiring and definitely needs at least one of the pistons replacing.

We had leadership on the pitch? f*** me, I'd never have guessed......

A 3-0 win. Nothing to moan about. Going to be a quiet evening. May as well close the thread now.

Great result today. Really pleased again to see us hunting in packs to win the ball back. NML is in a rich vein of form and had their defence on toast first half. Hope the knock is enough to prevent him flying out with Gautemala, but not bad enough to be out for long. Wilson deputised admirably. He’s becoming a new favourite, and looking to be a bit of a bargain. Props to Collo for being where a striker should and getting the benefits- c*** on duck!
 
Thought both FB/CH pairings worked really well together today to snuff out what little threat Barnsley posed. I was very surprised with the opposition to be fair. For all their possession they were pretty toothless, and what threat they did have was largely from the ref giving them every chance with some poor decisions first half. 
 
Today just might’ve been the turning point the coaching team, the squad and the fans needed!
 
 

Two games spring to mind, both already mentioned. 
First, the 4-2 victory over Newcastle in 1976, 4 excellent goals and a feeling of invincibility, the double was well and truly on.
Second, that Wednesday 3-3 draw live on a Monday night tv, I was buzzing that much that when I got home at about 11pm, I had to watch the full recording in normal time, to live through it again. So unusual to feel that way after a game that we didn't win.