vonwright Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Just now, vonwright said: I though Cocu showed signs of what I expected, he just couldn't adapt to the players not having the level of technical skill his system required. So it ended up us keeping the ball in our own half with completely unthreatening passes until we inevitably made a mistake, threw a goal away, and had absolutely no way of scoring ourselves. (I think Cocu's plan was to wait until all our players magically became Barcelona-level technical footballers. Which surprisingly they never did.) RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Cocu and Te Wierik both struggled with the step up in tempo and physicality between the Dutch and English leagues (struggled in slightly different ways of course). They aren't the first to struggle with that and they won't be the last. Derby4Me and RadioactiveWaste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europia Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 6 hours ago, vonwright said: I think Cocu's plan was to wait until all our players magically became Barcelona-level technical footballers Still waiting..... vonwright 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Bradley will be sound at this level. Get the mistakes out the way early doors then given support and confidence he'll be in the running for POTS. Maybe its me old memory banks playing up but i always used to think we gave players a few games before we decided they were poor. Mick Brolly got a season ffs! Premier ram, jono and DerbyAleMan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 11 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: Bradley will be sound at this level. Get the mistakes out the way early doors then given support and confidence he'll be in the running for POTS. Maybe its me old memory banks playing up but i always used to think we gave players a few games before we decided they were poor. Mick Brolly got a season ffs! He’s had a rotten start, his confidence will have taken a hell of a knock. He’s never been quick and now with our growing injury list there won’t be the option to re integrate him gradually or pick him for particular opponents . It’s up to him, Warne and us to give him the confidence he will need. Getting on his back won’t help much. Just hope he has a stormer next time out and they are working on communication in training. Oh and can we have a back 4 now ! uttoxram75 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 On 03/09/2023 at 09:16, Gerry Daly said: To compare Bradley to Keogh is just ridiculous. Keogh had some faults but he was a top championship defender. Played 300 odd games for us at that level. Bradley isn’t good enough for league 1 at the moment. Craig Forsyth was preferred to him yesterday to start alongside Nelson to replace Cashin. That says it all doesn’t it? A 35 year old left back preferred to him. Then when we had no option but to bring him on he produces another howler. He may improve but he’s 32 so I think that’s unlikely. We have dropped a clanger 32? The way his play has been described I assumed he was about 40..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerbyAleMan Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 I think the international break will do him good, also can see him being a big player for us still, some players just take a little longer to settle, like Curtis Davis did, also Craig Short took a while, Sonny has not become a bad player overnight, apart from the 1 mistake against Bolton, he had a decent game. Lets get behind the lad, and support him through this tough start he has had. DCFC1388, Curtains, Caerphilly Ram and 5 others 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trappatoni Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Thing is unless we play a back 3 he is behind Nelson and Cashin - if we do play a 3 then the evidence is it suits none of those 3. Chris_Martin and DCFC Kicks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamLad1884 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Nelson will go RB next game, Bradley and Cashin will look solid. Quote me, @ me, laugh at me but I don’t buy that he’s just not up for it. When we don’t have any choice about playing him they will get him integrated into this team. jono, DerbyAleMan, Premier ram and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool_as_custard Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 24 minutes ago, RamLad1884 said: Nelson will go RB next game, Bradley and Cashin will look solid. Quote me, @ me, laugh at me but I don’t buy that he’s just not up for it. When we don’t have any choice about playing him they will get him integrated into this team. I expect PW to use the lack of any fit RBs currently to move Korey Smith back there so it isn't as obvious he is dropping him from the midfield. The whole blend has not looked right in there yet this season, Hourihane is captain so won't be the first to be dropped and we have Fornah and Embleton waiting in the wings with more pace, power, agility and (possibly) ability. Then Bird and Thompson will return and I suspect Smith might then be at the bottom of quite a long midfield list. Nelson didn't look comfortable at RB when he was pushed out there in one game. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Carnero and Caerphilly Ram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Derby Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 There’s a player in there somewhere. He’ll be our next Igor. CBRammette and Premier ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimtastic56 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 07/09/2023 at 11:16, trappatoni said: Thing is unless we play a back 3 he is behind Nelson and Cashin - if we do play a 3 then the evidence is it suits none of those 3. We are all eating a bit of humble pie tonight . He must keep it up till the end of the season now . MarsdenRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerbyAleMan Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I thought he was outstanding today alongsude Nelson and Cashin, it looked a solid back 3, well done to all 3. jimtastic56, jono, RamontheMoor and 8 others 8 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 On 07/09/2023 at 18:53, Abu Derby said: There’s a player in there somewhere. He’ll be our next Igor. It took a while but you could be right! (Not looks wise though 😉) Was worried Warne may injure him getting a piggyback though Archied 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Played well today. Hopefully the corner is turned and he's a dependable part of the defense from now on. He had a terrible start here but it looks like that's over now. If the other defenders believe in him, then so will everyone else. Keep it up lad. DerbyAleMan, jono, jimtastic56 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Played well today. Long may it continue! DerbyAleMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstaRam Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Deserves credit for his effort. He's probably suffering the most out of all of us that things went so catastrophically wrong in his early season I'd think. Hope for his sake that he becomes more important to the team in the future. I would think he is fine with a slightly more defensive midfield in front of him. (However, it was awfully close that he scored an own goal against Charlton, so it is as usual small margins that apply in football's historiography). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck- Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 He was fabulous against Charlton. Winning headers, getting his body in the way, and looking comfortable on the ball. I’ve been one of those who doubted him - he was getting caught out of position and completely missing headers far too often in previous games. Let’s hope that yesterday’s Bradley is the one who shows up for the rest of the season. It looks like there’s still a player in there after all. Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Were we playing a high defensive line today, as it looked like that was the main problem for him earlier in the season. Often getting caught for pace and not able to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydaz22 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 1 hour ago, ck- said: He was fabulous against Charlton. Winning headers, getting his body in the way, and looking comfortable on the ball. I’ve been one of those who doubted him - he was getting caught out of position and completely missing headers far too often in previous games. Let’s hope that yesterday’s Bradley is the one who shows up for the rest of the season. It looks like there’s still a player in there after all. He still can’t run and he makes me nervous but he was ok yesterday. The Scarlet Pimpernel and jimtastic56 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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