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Birmingham City vs Derby County Matchday Thread


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Must be one of the easiest teams to play against for a couple of years now.

Soak them up, press their defence, and Derby will cave / give you a present. Rinse and repeat. 

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Derby want to play Risk and Reward football passing it about at the back. I’d love to know when we’ve had reward from this tactic? 
Sibely off Stretton on and go 2 up front. Stop pissing about at the back and go for it, Toothless so far 

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Biggest gripe about football strikes again. Aimlessly passing the ball around the back leading to a needless error. Unless you're a top class footballer, passing around the back for the sake of it needs to go. It's championship football. Awfulness.

Shame the ref won't give us anything either. 

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Thought for the first half of that half we were the better team, playing some lovely stuff but then jist stopped.

Yes it was a poor back pass from Buchanan, Roos made a decent save but for me Jagielka shouldnt be letting that ball bounce across him, he has to be clearing it.

Need to get back on the front foot 2nd half, we have got in behind their left wingback a lot and can target that area, we're not out of this. Buchanan needs to offer more down the left.

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Just now, QuitYourJibbaJivin said:

Did the commentator really just describe Lawrence as a free kick specialist?

He tries to copy Ronaldo who is equally crap at freekicks.

One absolute screamer for every 100 freekicks. 

Solskjaer said earlier that Ronaldo hits the target with 99 of every 100 shots from outside the box. Absolute rubbish.

The knuckleball technique which they try is massively overrated.

The best and most successful  freekick takers use the inside of their foot. Might not generate as much power, but far more accurate.

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Oh Derby and long throws. When we signed world-record holder for long throw-ins, Rory Delap, Jim Smith refused to ever let him take a long throw despite it being such a weapon. When Delap was sold to Stoke and terrorized the Premier League with his long throws, defences worked out the way to counteract it was not to give away any throw-ins in your own half. Derby are kicking it out for a throw all the time. Use.your.brains.

Meanwhile how was that not a foul and booking for the vicious charge in Byrne's back on the side of the box? We will get nothing from this ref. I hope he looks at half-time at the coverage of the sandwich on Sibley, that foul on Byrne, and all the fouls on Morrison, and realizes he's been taken for a mug by Birmingham. But somehow I doubt it...

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