Animal is a Ram Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: Not convinced by Elsnik on the left wing. And a lot of our players are going down very easily, Gordon, Hanson and Martin among them. Villa score after the Rams don't take several opportunities to clear the danger, including two saves from Barnes. TBF Villa are being very physical, Hanson and Blackman have both taken some heavy knocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, SaintRam said: Head tennis in the box is always a bit bizarre to watch. Happens quite a lot in U23 football. Heading is banned in youth football in America and that's bound to be the case within five years in the UK. No one can risk the future concussion lawsuits. The whole game will change - this will feed through into the senior game too - and will lose something, but in the end fast skillfull football played on the deck will still be good to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKWORTHRAM Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Nothing like a hastily arranged friendly to get players in the shop window. Interesting that Martin was ruled out the remaining friendlies the other day through injury but fit to start today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritty Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: Not convinced by Elsnik on the left wing. And a lot of our players are going down very easily, Gordon, Hanson and Martin among them. Villa score after the Rams don't take several opportunities to clear the danger, including two saves from Barnes. Martin went down easily??? Surely not??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Just now, Animal is a Ram said: Aye, ever get the feeling it's just not thought about at academy level? Always looks like nobody's quite sure I think it's a few things. Firstly I think a lot of defending is experience. You get the impression a lot of the dallying in defense is players thinking about their training, who's meant to go for it etc. - they don't want to leave their position and then duck it up - where as with experienced defenders its all just instinct. Keogh and Davies will happily run completely out of position to get rid of the ball. Defenses are commonly unstable at U23 level, so there's the natural loss of comfortable communication that comes with changing who's on either side of you. Also, the concept of a commanding GK at U23 level is basically unheard of, and that makes a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Hanson with a bit of skill 1 - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Great goal by Hanson tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, SaintRam said: Hanson also looks poor. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papahet Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Best thing Hanson’s done since Carrow Road. Jammy git Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Lovely finish from Jamie Hanson. Bit of pinball after a corner. Half time Derby 1-1 Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Great work from Thorne on the right edge of the box, after a lot of Derby pressure, and then a fine goal from Jamie Hanson. 1-1 at halftime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Good for him. Poor half before that. Needs to show that sort of calmness far more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramit Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Am as impressed with Sibley as i am discouraged by Blackman. Hanson doing well, seems to thrive on high tempo, which to me is a good sign. Thorne has been too far back i think but moved further ahead in the last ten minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, ramit said: Am as impressed with Sibley as i am discouraged by Blackman. Hanson doing well, seems to thrive on high tempo, which to me is a good sign. Thorne has been too far back i think but moved further ahead in the last ten minutes. Like many a young fullback, seems like the area he needs to work on is the defensive side of things. Defends well enough when he's forced into a one on one, but tracking his runners seems to be a weakness (based on this one half game). Very comfortable and calm on the ball though. Speedy too. Lots of potential. Possibly more as a winger but lets see how he progresses. I don't know what it is with Derby and full backs. I reckon one of our main scouts is a full-back specialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Gritty said: Martin went down easily??? Surely not??? Not. There's been some robust tackling from Villa. Not worth getting clattered from behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 No hosepipe ban there then. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihangel Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, ramit said: Am as impressed with Sibley as i am discouraged by Blackman. Hanson doing well, seems to thrive on high tempo, which to me is a good sign. Thorne has been too far back i think but moved further ahead in the last ten minutes. Agree with you assessment, Blackman really isn't showing much interest which is really disappointing - Made no effort to chase back once he'd lost the ball, bottled a headed challenge. Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 minute ago, SaintRam said: Like many a young fullback, seems like the area he needs to work on is the defensive side of things. Defends well enough when he's forced into a one on one, but tracking his runners seems to be a weakness (based on this one half game). Very comfortable and calm on the ball though. Speedy too. Lots of potential. Possibly more as a winger but lets see how he progresses. I don't know what it is with Derby and full backs. I reckon one of our main scouts is a full-back specialist. I believe Sibley played mostly CM and occasionally LM/LW before moving to LB last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: I believe Sibley played mostly CM and occasionally LM/LW before moving to LB last season Good to know! Wasn't aware of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 22 minutes ago, SaintRam said: Tbf the U23s never stopped playing like that. Wassall's always been a student of it. You know, thinking about it @Animal is a Ram - this is probably why the youth have taken to Lampard's system so well. They've been playing it all their time at Derby, unlike many of the first teamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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