i-Ram Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 It needs an old head to steer us to safety now. A 6 game unbeaten run with a good number of ugly draws is planned. 8 points will do it. First up Blackburn. We might actually score here, but a 0 - 0 will do. Not worth a tenner (or even an overseas discount) to watch this one on Rams TV. Depending on the TBA kick off time I would suggest you watch the build-up to, or the post-ceremony analysis, of the Royal Funeral. Much more excitement. Hope Gregory and Clarke are available. Too early for Markle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Upbeat...I like it. A solid plan... Who's the 6th unbeaten match after we've won the 5 remaining league games? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Upbeat...I like it. A solid plan... Who's the 6th unbeaten match after we've won the 5 remaining league games? ? I have arranged a behind closed doors friendly against Reading Ladies so we can get much more in the box experience. There will be no matchday thread for that one smartarse ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodley Ram Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 positive here, I have feeling we are going to win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Duck knows what to do here really. Ideally you’d make a fair few changes after the Norwich game, to try and actually add some goal threat to the side. Unfortunately we don’t seem to have any players capable of bringing that in the squad... in fact, we don’t have very many available options at all with all the injuries. Trying to scrape together something that’s potentially a bit different, this is what I’ve come up with: Roos Macdonald Wisdom Mengi Forsyth Roberts Bird Sibley Jozwiak Kazim-Richards Cresswell Think Roos was harshly dropped when Marshall came back, so I’d like to see him back in the side as I think he’s had the better season of the two. Macdonald struggled a bit going forward at times, but he’ll have to stay in the side unless Byrne is back, as I’m not sure we can trust Ebosele enough defensively just yet in this system. Still not sure about Wisdom next to Mengi, we’re lacking a bit in the air there, but there’s no other options at the moment so they’ll have to continue as they are. Roberts and Jozwiak aren’t particularly well suited to a 4-4-2 imo, in terms of fulfilling their defensive responsibilities, but neither are any of our other options, so they’ll have to remain in the side - despite not doing enough in the final third for me yesterday. Biggest change is in the centre of the park. Shinnie lacks in technical ability too much for me, and slows the play down, so I’d bring Sibley in so we’re not so defensive in midfield. That extra attacking threat supporting the front two could make a big difference, it might actually give the opposition something to worry about as Louie has the ability to catch their defence out. Final change is to take Lawrence out the team - he was totally ineffective out of position up front, as expected, so Cresswell gets his chance to provide Kazim-Richards with a proper strike partner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 30 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Duck knows what to do here really. Ideally you’d make a fair few changes after the Norwich game, to try and actually add some goal threat to the side. Unfortunately we don’t seem to have any players capable of bringing that in the squad... in fact, we don’t have very many available options at all with all the injuries. Trying to scrape together something that’s potentially a bit different, this is what I’ve come up with: Roos Macdonald Wisdom Mengi Forsyth Roberts Bird Sibley Jozwiak Kazim-Richards Cresswell Think Roos was harshly dropped when Marshall came back, so I’d like to see him back in the side as I think he’s had the better season of the two. Macdonald struggled a bit going forward at times, but he’ll have to stay in the side unless Byrne is back, as I’m not sure we can trust Ebosele enough defensively just yet in this system. Still not sure about Wisdom next to Mengi, we’re lacking a bit in the air there, but there’s no other options at the moment so they’ll have to continue as they are. Roberts and Jozwiak aren’t particularly well suited to a 4-4-2 imo, in terms of fulfilling their defensive responsibilities, but neither are any of our other options, so they’ll have to remain in the side - despite not doing enough in the final third for me yesterday. Biggest change is in the centre of the park. Shinnie lacks in technical ability too much for me, and slows the play down, so I’d bring Sibley in so we’re not so defensive in midfield. That extra attacking threat supporting the front two could make a big difference, it might actually give the opposition something to worry about as Louie has the ability to catch their defence out. Final change is to take Lawrence out the team - he was totally ineffective out of position up front, as expected, so Cresswell gets his chance to provide Kazim-Richards with a proper strike partner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Energy in midfield is the key in this one. That was definitely our undoing in the reverse fixture. They have a very energetic midfield and if we don't at least match that then it's game over. A good start to the game would help too as their confidence will be fragile as they are on a run similar to us. Press them high and force them into mistakes. The higher up the field we win the ball the better. Let's face it, we ain't great at transitioning the ball up there ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsCityRam Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Unchanged in terms in personnel unless Clarke & Byrne are fit, in which case they come in for Mengi & McDonald. I'd like to see Roberts & Jozwiak swap wings occasionally just to mix things up and offer different threats to their full backs. Lawrence to stay central as thats where he's most dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteroseram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Sorry if I've missed it being said already, do we know when the games being moved to? I'm assuming different time same day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Probably just Byrne for Macdonald on Saturday. I would leave CKR out and give Creswell a chance but WR won't. Colin would be a good impact sub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I have to say that I was a bit surprised not to see Cresswell brought on as sub on Saturday when we were chasing the game and had so few options up front. I thought he was one of the youngsters who handled the Chorley game well and would like to see him get a bit of time on the pitch these last few games. Not sure he's ready for starting, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, angieram said: I have to say that I was a bit surprised not to see Cresswell brought on as sub on Saturday when we were chasing the game and had so few options up front. I thought he was one of the youngsters who handled the Chorley game well and would like to see him get a bit of time on the pitch these last few games. Not sure he's ready for starting, though. If the rest of the team wasn't so inexperienced, we probably would have seen more of him. I think it's also one of the reasons Buchanan has been dropped (especially wit Mengi being the LCB). Cresswell is great at applying a pressing game (as you know) and will force errors, which works well when we have any 3 of Lawrence, Sibley, Jozwiak and Roberts playing. Injury List: Clarke - misses next 1 game Waghorn - misses next 1 game Edmundson - Back for the final 2 or 3 games Ibe - Doubt he'll play for the first team this season Gregory - Out for rest of season Stretton - Out for rest of season Davies - Out for rest of season Bielik - Out for rest of season (and a good chunk of next season)Senior players available for this game: G: Roos, Marshall D: Byrne,Wisdom, Mengi, Forsyth, Buchanan M: Bird, Knight, Shinnie, Baningime W: Lawrence, Jozwiak, Sibley, Roberts F: Kazim (just) My team for this game: Roos Byrne Wisdom Mengi Buchanan Bird Shinnie Roberts Sibley Lawrence Kazim Subs: Marshall, McDonald, Forsyth, Knight, Watson, Baningime, Jozwiak, Shonibare, Cresswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwram1973 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I may be wrong, but haven't all fixtures been moved because of the Funeral? Just read it's only the KO time being moved. As you were ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 10 hours ago, Millenniumram said: Duck knows what to do here really. Ideally you’d make a fair few changes after the Norwich game, to try and actually add some goal threat to the side. Unfortunately we don’t seem to have any players capable of bringing that in the squad... in fact, we don’t have very many available options at all with all the injuries. Trying to scrape together something that’s potentially a bit different, this is what I’ve come up with: Roos Macdonald Wisdom Mengi Forsyth Roberts Bird Sibley Jozwiak Kazim-Richards Cresswell Think Roos was harshly dropped when Marshall came back, so I’d like to see him back in the side as I think he’s had the better season of the two. Macdonald struggled a bit going forward at times, but he’ll have to stay in the side unless Byrne is back, as I’m not sure we can trust Ebosele enough defensively just yet in this system. Still not sure about Wisdom next to Mengi, we’re lacking a bit in the air there, but there’s no other options at the moment so they’ll have to continue as they are. Roberts and Jozwiak aren’t particularly well suited to a 4-4-2 imo, in terms of fulfilling their defensive responsibilities, but neither are any of our other options, so they’ll have to remain in the side - despite not doing enough in the final third for me yesterday. Biggest change is in the centre of the park. Shinnie lacks in technical ability too much for me, and slows the play down, so I’d bring Sibley in so we’re not so defensive in midfield. That extra attacking threat supporting the front two could make a big difference, it might actually give the opposition something to worry about as Louie has the ability to catch their defence out. Final change is to take Lawrence out the team - he was totally ineffective out of position up front, as expected, so Cresswell gets his chance to provide Kazim-Richards with a proper strike partner. Christ Lawrence injured now too, we just don’t have any luck with injuries ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said: If the rest of the team wasn't so inexperienced, we probably would have seen more of him. I think it's also one of the reasons Buchanan has been dropped (especially wit Mengi being the LCB). Cresswell is great at applying a pressing game (as you know) and will force errors, which works well when we have any 3 of Lawrence, Sibley, Jozwiak and Roberts playing. Injury List: Clarke - misses next 1 game Waghorn - misses next 1 game Edmundson - Back for the final 2 or 3 games Ibe - Doubt he'll play for the first team this season Gregory - Out for rest of season Stretton - Out for rest of season Davies - Out for rest of season Bielik - Out for rest of season (and a good chunk of next season)Senior players available for this game: G: Roos, Marshall? Byrne,Wisdom, Mengi, Forsyth, Buchanan M: Bird, Knight, Shinnie, Baningime W: Lawrence, Jozwiak, Sibley, Roberts F: Kazim (just) My team for this game: Roos Byrne Wisdom Mengi Buchanan Bird Shinnie Roberts Sibley Lawrence Kazim Subs: Marshall, McDonald, Forsyth, Knight, Watson, Baningime, Jozwiak, Shonibare, Cresswell Yep, I would go with that if Clarke unavailable ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said: Yep, I would go with that if Clarke unavailable ? Sadly, Rooney said it's unlikely he'll be available. Responding to Gibbo's question on how many will return from injury: "Probably one. Probably Nathan Byrne. The rest are big doubts. Waggy and.. Matt Clarke potentially, but...erm they'll be big doubts. Very doubtful they'll make it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Edit - wrong kick off time confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Jimbo Ram said: Christ Lawrence injured now too, we just don’t have any luck with injuries ? He may as well be injured if he’s playing up front. May as well have 10 men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 "Derby's Championship clash against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park has been brought forward a day and will now be played on Friday, kick off 6pm." DT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Think I’m going to Hull on Friday. I’m not sure what will be more depressing. An afternoon there, or the evening watching this match... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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