RamNut Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Stop hating on Granty! He'll have a great season ahead and will shut you + the haters up. Go on Granty Speak English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Speak English.Racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Stopped reading at page 10, sorry. Quick report, Grimsby barely had a touch all game, in fact the second half only the keeper probably touched the ball. Crazy couple of minutes took both chances. Best players? Albentosa, Keogh and Sammon. Oh and with regards to the chants, Shackell, Sammon, was all in good humour, wasn't a bad atmosphere in the ground at all even at 2-0 down. Clement gave us a wave as did Sammon. Great turn out from Derby, even if one bloke slept through the game, even when Derby scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I am driving up there. Taking a foster lad to his first ever game. Will be dining/drinking/watching cricket in the badly named Nottingham House Hotel before the game.I take my hat off to people who foster, hope he enjoyed the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I take my hat off to people who foster, hope he enjoyed the gameSage has got thyme on his hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 He knows his onions that true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shang Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Highlights just went up on RamsPlayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamLad1884 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Anyone know if thornes injured or not now? Seeing as he was limping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Anyone know if thornes injured or not now? Seeing as he was limping Clement said after the game, "One of the positives is that we didn't have any injuries." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I wasn't worried before as Grimsby was only the first pre-season game but having just watched the highlights on Rams Player I'm even less worried.Johnny Russell scored a great free-kick and we appeared to have lots of chances. Ince, Calero, Hendrick, Albentosa, Baird and Russell had good efforts. Bent, Hughes and Ince all had good opportunities inside the penalty area but a heavy touch cost them. And Grimsby nearly gifted us an own goal.Lots of positives in a short highlights piece.Both goals were poor and defensively we should've done better. Clement and Peacock will know what they have to work on in training.Watching the highlights reminded me of what I don't like about this 4-3-3 (DM) system. When we have possession in our own half both CBs go wide, the FBs push on down the line, and the DM drops into the hole. Spreads the play wide and exploits the flanks as long as we retain possession. As soon as we concede possession there's a gaping gap at the back for the opposition to exploit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloughandtaylor Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Grant- 6 calamitous mix up with shotton nearly costing a goalChristie- 4 awful Keogh- 5 averageShotton- 3 Atrocious Warnock- 5 averageHughes, Thorne, Hanson- 6 Ince- 7 usual bright sparkBent- 5 sluggishCalero- 7 some very good defensive work also Carson- 6 good claim at strikers feet and decent punchForsyth- 6 got forward well needs to improve final ballPearce and Alby- 7 solid enoughIsaac- 7 very good for first team debutBaird- 8 MOM didn't put a foot wrong. Unfortunately I can see him becoming 1st choice RB, would he be wasted there?Brys and Jeff- 7 both goodRussell- 8 excellent work rate as per. Brilliant free kickSammon- 7 decent hold up play and work rateWeimann- 7 energetic and creative Nope that is the position he played at WBA so my mate tells we.Shotton and Christie just playing the same as they did end of last season, wonder what PC made of the pair!Baird at RB deffo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I take my hat off to people who foster, hope he enjoyed the gameI didn't take him in the end. Long story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAT Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I wasn't worried before as Grimsby was only the first pre-season game but having just watched the highlights on Rams Player I'm even less worried.Johnny Russell scored a great free-kick and we appeared to have lots of chances. Ince, Calero, Hendrick, Albentosa, Baird and Russell had good efforts. Bent, Hughes and Ince all had good opportunities inside the penalty area but a heavy touch cost them. And Grimsby nearly gifted us an own goal.Lots of positives in a short highlights piece.Both goals were poor and defensively we should've done better. Clement and Peacock will know what they have to work on in training.Watching the highlights reminded me of what I don't like about this 4-3-3 (DM) system. When we have possession in our own half both CBs go wide, the FBs push on down the line, and the DM drops into the hole. Spreads the play wide and exploits the flanks as long as we retain possession. As soon as we concede possession there's a gaping gap at the back for the opposition to exploit.True but I think any offensive style of play is going to leave you vulnerable at the back. You just have to make sure you keep possession as much as possible. When we do that we stifle teams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 You have roads in Grimsby?? If we lose the next game Clement can pack his bags , this is relegation form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I think maybe we need to fight and scape a little bit more for the ball I our own box which jake buxton does well at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuniverse Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 True but I think any offensive style of play is going to leave you vulnerable at the back. You just have to make sure you keep possession as much as possible. When we do that we stifle teams!Agree but under McClaren I think we were too open and gung-ho. Possible to attack leaving solid defensive shape behind. Only need to go gung-ho and open it up when chasing a game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irobinson Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Clement said after the game, "One of the positives is that we didn't have any injuries."yeah last time - they said George just had a dead leg!! and look what happened!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAT Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Agree but under McClaren I think we were too open and gung-ho. Possible to attack leaving solid defensive shape behind. Only need to go gung-ho and open it up when chasing a game!Yeah. I think someone posted a few days ago about the 'gung-ho- approach coming in at the end of the season because we had no defence so we had to score 4 to get a win. I think we'll be more solid this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 yeah last time - they said George just had a dead leg!! and look what happened!!He still hasn't fully recovered from it.Must have been one hell of a kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I've just wrote up my player ratings, which will be up soon enough, but I think there is a big swing of opinion on here. The first-half mirrored the last three months of last season. The back four just wasn't in tune with each other. the midfield was poor - Hughes, Hanson and Thorne lost the ball so many times. Bent had next to no service, the only time he really touched the ball was when he came into midfield. Ince and Calero worked really hard, Calero especially. The second-half was much improved; the tempo, the passing, the movement was a lot more in tune. I had Albentosa as my man of the match, he was a completely different beast to last season. I had him pegged as a poor footballer, but he had very good control and range of passing. I'm optimistic that he could have a part to play this season, Shackell or not. Pearce didn't have too much to do but was very solid. I'll be honest, if the season started tomorrow they would be my back two. It could and will all change, I imagine. Baird, as someone else has touched on, was very good too. He played the role well and reminded me of Eustace, which is the biggest compliment I could give him. Bryson and Hendrick were allowed the freedom to attack - Hendrick was the better out the two.Russell and Weimann worked really hard and put in a lot of ground work. Sammon was decent too - he had a good touch and troubled their defence no end. He just doesn't look a goal threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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