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Not all of Millwalls fans are knuckle Draggers.   Comment posted by SingleWhiteLion, today at 18:30SingleWhiteLion 18:30 "Just got back from the game and disappointed that we didn'

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Drove down this morning, left the car at the hotel in north London, jumped on the tube to London Bridge. Breakfast at Borough market then into the Old Thameside inn for liquid refreshment.

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That was a stonking performance from the Rams today. I know people are critical of us for our lack of results, and our alleged lack of quality, but given the circumstances, and the squad we've been le

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36 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

I don't even agree with that. The players we have are playing well the majority of games - where would we really be in the league? Also you can see that the youngsters are getting more experience, Knighty is starting to hit his stride. Bielik might give us a lift. Baldock is getting better as he gets more games, his movement up front was better. Stretton is scoring again. CKR is fit. ...

Those are all good points Roy, The bad ones are...possible -21 points, Shockingly poor officials which look to be involving us more that others(no proof tho), Woodwork hit too many times, Lack of goals, Penaltys denied for whatever reason(no conspiracy tho), Unsafe keepers, Discapline.

If we can stay within touching distance until sold around the new year, Maybe just maybe we can delve into the transfer market and bolster a very thin squad.

We can't afford to many more Blackburn and Barnsley games tho.

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2 minutes ago, Unlucky Alf said:

If we can stay within touching distance until sold around the new year, Maybe just maybe we can delve into the transfer market and bolster a very thin squad.

We can't afford to many more Blackburn and Barnsley games tho.

Got to take it one game at a time. No good for any player saying 'just wait until January'. We can do it, we need to keep trying. We should have scored more today. #believe

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41 minutes ago, alram said:

yep, we were completely capable but as i say, with more quality you turn draws into wins and losses into draws.

The overall picture speaks for itselfs, we are 3rd lowest scorers not because of the way we set up but because we have no quality. It was not much different last year when we were lowest scorers with probably better strikers than we have now.

We are not playing like a relegation team but we have the quality of a relegation team.

We have earned 18 points this season with a threadbare cobbled together squad....only 8 points off the play off positions...so no we aren't a relegation team..but we will probably be relegated because of the deduction not performances.

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That was a stonking performance from the Rams today. I know people are critical of us for our lack of results, and our alleged lack of quality, but given the circumstances, and the squad we've been left with we did well, and should have won the match today.

And for probably the first time this season the reason we didn't get a penalty is that there weren't any penalty incidents to shout about. I actually thought that the ref was absolutely even-handed and fair ----- and then he blew the whistle.

It is very interesting that he was very quick with the card for Byrne for what was a clash of bodies rather than a foul. Perhaps the Millwall player made a bit of a meal of it. More on that later. But earlier Wallace pulled Ebosele back when he would have been clean away, but no card. How he stayed on the pitch I have no idea, because he committed about 6 or 7 yellow card offences, most of which not even warranting a free kick. It has happened in just about every match against Derby, and he never, ever gets a yellow card. Millwall should have been down to 10 men way before half time. Unless it is the fact that there are two Wallaces playing for Millwall, and they are both dirty 0ytnvod**£"@@'s. On numerous occasions a high ball forward by Derby would result in the Derby player jumping for the ball, and just after take-off he would be shoved in the back making him lurch forwards and jump under the ball, allowing an easy Millwall clearance. This kept happening right in front of the ref time and time and time again, with nothing every given. What's wrong with the man in the middle? And he was totally conned by Bennett again for the sending off. All Byrne did was run across his path to put him off his stride. If Bennett has simply jinked to his right he would have been clean away, but dived in totally the wrong direction and then urged the ref to get his cards out. The ref simply couldn't wait to oblige, in contrast to his treatment of Millwall offenders, where he simply wouldn't get his cards out at all. It is telling that Millwall players were congratulating Bennett for getting his opponent sent off, almost as if that was his intention all along - hence making a meal of the offence for the first booking.

And to the match: despite the claims of lack of quality, there was a large amount of great passing, with very few occasions of being sloppy with the ball. Some of our link up play was really good, and with just a bit of luck we could have got the second goal we needed so much. I though "Here we go again" with Baldock in the first 15 minutes when, although running around a lot, wasted several good moves. He got better, and managed a number of shots on target, a huge improvement. A bit of confidence and he will find the net. However, as Roy Mac5 said, Stretton is scoring for fun, yet he didn't even make the squad - somewhat curious when we are struggling to score goals. 

Yet again Max Bird excelled, and has regained that ability to step into space to receive the ball, and always wants to go forwards - such a contrast to earlier in the season, and to much of last season as well. Brilliant, Max. I was thinking of him for man of the match, but that has to go to Ebosele, for his bets performance to date The only thing he did wrong was during that end to end run in the second half, when he ended up running the ball out of play. He should have bent his run in front of the defender to draw the foul, and timed right it would have happened inside the box, then we would have got our blatant penalty shout turned down! We have got standards to maintain, after all! And he went to left back after Byrne went off, and did well there as well. A superb performance. Jason Night put a hefty shift in as well, and again, only one thing wrong really - he shot when through on goal should have been a couple of feet higher so the keeper's leg couldn't block the shot.

Sadly, something I mentioned before struck again - our total inability to mark wide players, so they are always in acres of space, and we then have to race across the pitch to try and close them down, by which time the damage is done. I don't think it is zonal marking  because nobody is marking the zone that the winger is in. It simply that we seem to pull our fullbacks in towards the middle of the park to condense things there. But it leaves to door wide open for wingers and full backs to exploit.

After Wednesday night this performance was a tremendous reaction, and to be the team threatening to score after going down to ten men was a terrific sight for the fans. We need some luck, and although people say that you make your own luck, we are busting a gut but the shelves are empty at the luck shop. It is also said that when you are under the cosh, Lady Luck smiles but turns away. The number of times we block a shot and the ball falls to the feet of another striker for a simple tap in, yet for us several times today we'd have a shot blocked and the ball just would fall near a Rams player.

There is still hope because these players are capable of more, and we are due some decisions going our way, and a few luck bounces as well. Watch out, whoever it happens against!

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3 hours ago, Unlucky Alf said:

Not all of Millwalls fans are knuckle Draggers.

 

Comment posted by SingleWhiteLion, today at 18:30SingleWhiteLion

18:30

"Just got back from the game and disappointed that we didn't beat 10 men but fair play to Derby, their players showed bottle and no lack of skill. Also a decent turn out from their supporters who support a club that due to the circumstances are going to have a difficult season so respect to them too. Hope Derby stay up because the Championship will be more the poorer without them"

Starting to well up, the Mrs must be chopping onions in the kitchen!!

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2 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

There's lots of games left, ridiculous to write us off at this stage!

I’m not writing us off? I’m just saying a point isn’t enough in the position we are in, if we are going to survive we need to be winning these type of games.,

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8 hours ago, Crewton said:

Does anyone still not think that the awful refereeing decisions are strangely one-sided? 

Law of averages we just can’t keep getting shafted by officials every week and it’s not just the big decisions in the game it’s the little fouls the opposition get then 30 secs later the same kind of foul on our players and the Refs wave play on. It can’t just be poor officials as these things would even out and they’re clearly not.

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The law of averages isn't an actual law so there is no increased likelihood that if we perceive that we have been shafted by refereeing decisions in the first half of the season then for the second half we will get more favourable decisions likewise. 

This though should not reinforce the theory of bias against the club and for reference the referees are not employed by the EFL.

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