Carl Sagan Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 17 hours ago, Curtains said: https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2020/09/rams-working-hard-on-the-training-pitch-ahead-of-norwich-city-clash?ajs_uid=2e589658-73ec-9f7e-3095-e46ed52dfbcf&utm_campaign=11861357_Wednesday email 300920&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Derby County Football Club&dm_i=239Q,728A5,GGU9QN,SIEHW,1 It's good to see Bielik featuring in so many of the training images. Maybe he's targeting after the international break (we start things up home to Watford on Friday 16th). And there's been some focus in Ibe too in social media so perhaps we're looking at the same for him. The Norwich game is difficult because only the same players who lost 0-4 at home to Blackburn will be available, but a win would be massive for morale at Moor Farm over the next fortnight. Lose and we wait another two weeks in the relegation zone with the proverbial "nil points" hanging over us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard246 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Leave Rooney out for this one needs to get fit. Marshall Bryne Wisdom Clarke Forsyth Whittaker Holmes Shinnie Knight Jozwiak Marriott 4-5- 1 keep it tight and break from midfield. Happy Days 1-0 to the Rams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 52 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: It's good to see Bielik featuring in so many of the training images. Maybe he's targeting after the international break (we start things up home to Watford on Friday 16th). And there's been some focus in Ibe too in social media so perhaps we're looking at the same for him. The Norwich game is difficult because only the same players who lost 0-4 at home to Blackburn will be available, but a win would be massive for morale at Moor Farm over the next fortnight. Lose and we wait another two weeks in the relegation zone with the proverbial "nil points" hanging over us. Oh well. An improved performance would be good. International break just at the right time for Derby mate. Norwich will be tough but you never know. Come on you Rams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, Curtains said: Oh well. An improved performance would be good. International break just at the right time for Derby mate. Norwich will be tough but you never know. Come on you Rams take a scruffy point if we could grind one out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboto Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Call me a blind faith optimist, but I have a funny feeling that we will win this one. No stats or facts to back it up. But just feel that things have been quiet at the club this week apart from the training montages and the pre-match presser just now and I hope to see a very different body language from the players on Saturday. Confidence has seemed low. We've started the last couple of matches well and then disappeared as soon as we've conceded. The management team are handling themselves with dignity and haven't put the blame on any individuals at all and I hope that the players can repay the faith with a solid performance. Clarke will be back in defence. Pretty sure Fozzy will just about get the nod ahead of Buchanan and one of Wisdom and Te Wierik needs to win the other CB shirt with a solid performance. I have slightly more faith in Wisdom at RCB at the moment. Midfield, if Rooney is undroppable, then he needs to show more commitment. I think Bird will be rested again if he's had a knock all week. Shinnie in next Rooney for some bite and energy. Jozwiak, Sibley and Knight ahead of them. They need service and the ball being passed forward for them to do anything though. No new striker in time, which is disappointing, but I'm ok with that if whoever does come in proves to be an astute signing. The season is longer than the first few weeks. Maybe JHI from the start, or even Whittaker up top if Marriott isn't ready, like he wasn't last weekend. Marriott has been in a lot of training pics though, so I expect him to start again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 17 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said: take a scruffy point if we could grind one out I don’t know why I just have a good feeling about this game mate. No harm in being optimistic ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Van der MoodHoover Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 51 minutes ago, Curtains said: I don’t know why I just have a good feeling about this game mate. No harm in being optimistic ? I wrote elsewhere....we won there under Frank, we won there under Rowett the season before. Cocu for the hat-trick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topram Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Marshall Bryne Wisdom Te Weirk Clarke Fozzy Evans Shinnie Jozwaik Marriott knight bit different but more fight in the middle think Rooney and Bird need a break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 On 27/09/2020 at 07:41, LeedsCityRam said: There's no magic bullet here in terms of line up but think the midfield needs some work. We're too soft through the middle & would therefore bring Shinnie to sit in there & offer some protection. Like most, I'd bring Clarke back to the starting XI. Wisdom alongside him although was sorely tempted to put Evans in. I've also gone with Whittaker wide right...Knight isnt working out there at all. Ahead of Shinnie, I'd put Knight for his work rate & box to box threat but also Bird. Max looked promising there v Luton and his ability to control tempo & intercept moves would be much more beneficial higher up the park. He's also comfortable receiving the ball with his back to pressing midfielders. Knight to work himself into the ground & Sibley and/or Holmes to come on in last 20/30 mins when game is stretched. Up top we need more strength & presence. Marriott isnt working out & ankle injury could well still be an issue. I'd give Hector-Ingram his full debut, with a brief to hold the ball as much as possible for others to play off. His pace should also prevent Norwich playing too high. I like that, but it will only work if Bird and knight want to get to the edge of the area and we stop being so ponderous with the ball. It isn’t sidey backwards that is the problem. It’s moving the ball at pace, running off the ball so that the defence doesn’t reform .. when it does, THAT is when you get sidey backwards. AFTER We fail to move fast. It’s tempo ! ...IMO ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alty_Ram Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Would love for the optimists to be right but I really can't see anything other than a comprehensive defeat I'm afraid. None of our problems have gone away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Is it just me that can barely look at pictures of Bielik without thinking not GeorgeThorne,please not George Thorne. Going to have a couple of quid on the Rams feeling confident, And Norwich to offset me losing my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Norwich have accepted an offer for Godfrey. Thankfully, I doubt he’ll be playing this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted McMinn Football Genius Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Just putting it out there, no reds so far this season from Tw@well. You all know what’s coming don’t ya ??♂️??♂️??♂️ I won’t ever get past his performance against the Gumps where he disallowed 2 perfectly good goals to award penalty’s. Which we subsequently missed. This bloke has been stealing a living for far to long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gee SCREAMER !! Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ted McMinn Football Genius said: Just putting it out there, no reds so far this season from Tw@well. You all know what’s coming don’t ya ??♂️??♂️??♂️ I won’t ever get past his performance against the Gumps where he disallowed 2 perfectly good goals to award penalty’s. Which we subsequently missed. This bloke has been stealing a living for far to long. For your enjoyment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I was thinking that this be great game for evens as he like to break from midfield which will help support Marriott and homes a bit or selby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertRam Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 My winning/drawing team for Saturday.. we are coming away with something! Marshall Byrne TVW Clarke Forsythe Evans Shinnie Joswiak Rooney Lawrence Marriott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 This is our last preseason game. Season really starts after the international break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsCityRam Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 15 hours ago, jono said: I like that, but it will only work if Bird and knight want to get to the edge of the area and we stop being so ponderous with the ball. It isn’t sidey backwards that is the problem. It’s moving the ball at pace, running off the ball so that the defence doesn’t reform .. when it does, THAT is when you get sidey backwards. AFTER We fail to move fast. It’s tempo ! ...IMO ? Absolutely. I think Knight would naturally be in that position anyway but important Bird follows him. Do believe he would be a lot more effective playing higher up the pitch & think we saw v Luton (second half) & his early chance v Blackburn that he can contribute. I would also hope the youthful zest of both would see a lot more movement & energy in there. Urgency with the ball is essential but so is getting that platform by not losing possession - my hope with that XI is that Hector-Ingram & Bird (receiving the ball in midfield) are able to shield the ball when we break & then bring others into play before their defence is able to set. I suspect some of the sluggish movement is because there often isn't a platform to play off or the defence has been allowed to regain its shape. Hopefully Godfrey's absence in view of his imminent move unsettles Norwich's discipline in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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