The Arch Deacon Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Yeah,yeah, yeah, there's only one stat that counts and all that....blah blah! But seriously, only 17% possession first half!?!? This is Brentford we're playing. 4th from bottom of the Championship! Not mid 70's Brazil! We are so poor at just doing the simple stuff like passing a ball to a team mate!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarRam Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Positives.. Ledley... We are 1-0 up away from home.. We have withstood the pressure... We could try cheering for a change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, SuperDerbySuperRams said: On a positive note, Lawrence looks really bright again I thought he was pretty good against brum,one of our fee positives on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Just now, JaguarRam said: Positives.. Ledley... We are 1-0 up away from home.. We have withstood the pressure... We could try cheering for a change? Don't be daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Just now, JaguarRam said: Positives.. Ledley... We are 1-0 up away from home.. We have withstood the pressure... We could try cheering for a change? Wouldn't be for very long tho with 17 percent possession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiddingsRam Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Just now, The Arch Deacon said: Yeah,yeah, yeah, there's only one stat that counts and all that....blah blah! But seriously, only 17% possession first half!?!? This is Brentford we're playing. 4th from bottom of the Championship! Not mid 70's Brazil! We are so poor at just doing the simple stuff like passing a ball to a team mate!!! Yeah your spot on there ! Id rather be 1-0 down as long as weve had a lot of the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackNwhites Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, Kernow said: Reading comments on here without knowing the score and you'd think we were a few down at half time. I don't know if those commenting on how bad it is are watching, or if they've just seen the 83% v 17% and drawn their own conclusions but here's a couple of comments from Brentford fans... "Derby are strong and organised and break quickly. Call it anti football if you like, but it looks very professional to me." "Derby defending very well, came with a game plan and are sticking to it very well." Other comments suggesting they've been very poor and look like 'relegation fodder'. You of course have the usual comments slating the way we're playing, described as 'northern cloggers' by one chap. Fascinating how the same game can be portrayed so differently based on who you follow. They're right, we've defended really well and we've had to against all that possession. But, as a Derby fan, it's horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, JaguarRam said: Positives.. Ledley... We are 1-0 up away from home.. We have withstood the pressure... We could try cheering for a change? Fat chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo jones Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 1 minute ago, The Arch Deacon said: Yeah,yeah, yeah, there's only one stat that counts and all that....blah blah! But seriously, only 17% possession first half!?!? This is Brentford we're playing. 4th from bottom of the Championship! Not mid 70's Brazil! We are so poor at just doing the simple stuff like passing a ball to a team mate!!! Your comment would be alright if Brentford hadn't been one of the best possession football teams in this division for a few years now. So making out their crap is wrong (4th bottom) 17% is staggeringly low though, keeping the ball for a bit second half might not be a bad idea ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaguarRam Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Yep I am naive.. I forgot that focusing on any positives is no way to support any team.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, Kernow said: Reading comments on here without knowing the score and you'd think we were a few down at half time. I don't know if those commenting on how bad it is are watching, or if they've just seen the 83% v 17% and drawn their own conclusions but here's a couple of comments from Brentford fans... "Derby are strong and organised and break quickly. Call it anti football if you like, but it looks very professional to me." "Derby defending very well, came with a game plan and are sticking to it very well." Other comments suggesting they've been very poor and look like 'relegation fodder'. You of course have the usual comments slating the way we're playing, described as 'northern cloggers' by one chap. Fascinating how the same game can be portrayed so differently based on who you follow. How many of them are watching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne_Ram Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Dirties down to 10 men at Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Just now, blackNwhites said: They're right, we've defended really well and we've had to against all that possession. But, as a Derby fan, it's horrible. I agree it may not be the best to watch, but it's not easy to go away to many teams in this league. Brentford stands out as one of the sides we never really seem to do well against away from home except from a couple years ago when we scored three in about five minutes. We've not been brilliant away from home, and if we want to have any chance of a productive season we need to pick points up away from home, I don't care how they come. Use the home games to be more expressive and attacking, but I don't think we'll see many Hull-type of performances away from home this season. Any points away to teams like Brentford, regardless of where they are in the league, is a good result - they're a good side. If it means having 20% possession but taking something home, then so be it. A long, long way to go but if things finish as they are now, including the possession stats I expect plenty will be moaning endlessly about tonight, but I won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Let's see if we can get under 10% possession and win, sexy football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDerbySuperRams Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Huddlestone is playing poorly again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenBr Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 19 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: We shouldn’t only be having 15% possession for Christ sake, Brentford aren’t Barcelona! Thought rowett said things would change away from home, we need to try and control a bit of football. Not everything has to be played at 100mph or we achieve nothing. I don't disagree with what you say, but there was an article on the BBC today about teams ball possession so far this season and Brentford are 81st on there - one of only a couple of Championship teams in the top 100. (above Arsenal as well) Possession appears to be one of their strengths and usually I would say it is what you do with it that counts but if we only have 15% we won't have many opportunities to do anything with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, cosmic said: How many of them are watching? You'll have to ask them, but more chance of them than us. They could of course just be looking at the possession stats and thinking wow all that possession and we're losing, we're s***. Derby fans look at the statistic and think how are we still holding on?! We're s***... Same game, same stats, completely opposite perspectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsRam77 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 1 minute ago, SuperDerbySuperRams said: Huddlestone is playing poorly again RD or are u there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsy1884 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 How many times have teams come to PPS sat back and frustrated us. Worked a charm numerous times. We are not a possession team anymore so grab and early goal and defend well nothing to argue with that. If we went toe for toe we would be on the end of another 4-0 battering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arch Deacon Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, jimbo jones said: Your comment would be alright if Brentford hadn't been one of the best possession football teams in this division for a few years now. So making out their crap is wrong (4th bottom) 17% is staggeringly low though, keeping the ball for a bit second half might not be a bad idea ? Never said they're crap, and take your point they're a decent team. But this is Derby we're talking about. 30,000 plus every home game. An expensive squad and a club with rightly high expectations. 17% possession????? Let's stop offering excuses for less than mediocre football!!! We deserve better surely, ffs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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