Derby County Versus Crewe Alexandra - Match Day Thread - ( FA Cup 1st Rd Replay )

[Srg]

No issue with losing this game, just don’t see the point in this line up. Should have had at least 2 or 3 u21s in there. 

[Walkley Ram]

Just now, Srg said:

No issue with losing this game, just don’t see the point in this line up. Should have had at least 2 or 3 u21s in there. 

Saving our better players for games that matter.

[Van der MoodHoover]

1 minute ago, Srg said:

No issue with losing this game, just don’t see the point in this line up. Should have had at least 2 or 3 u21s in there. 

Particularly if they're just going to stroll around thinking it's a gimme.

Get some desire out on the pitch.......(perhaps it's time for Eva after all)

[RoyMac5]

1 minute ago, oodledoodle said:

Saving our better players for games that matter.

We've not run enough apparently? RD was telling us how they'd been given the stats on how some players ran lots and lots in the Barnsley game. But they thought not this match, but that was earlyish on. We need to run more?

[Elwood P Dowd]

2 minutes ago, oodledoodle said:

Saving our better players for games that matter.

I'm happy with that as long as we win those "games that matter"

[Srg]

Just now, Van der MoodHoover said:

Particularly if they're just going to stroll around thinking it's a gimme.

Get some desire out on the pitch.......(perhaps it's time for Eva after all)

Exactly. This is basically why it went poorly first time round. Just learning and gaining nothing doing this. 

[Walkley Ram]

Just now, Elwood P Dowd said:

I'm happy with that as long as we win those "games that matter"

Do you want spoilers?

[DiggerB]

39 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Isn't this basically our first choice defence and midfield?

2 goals from outside the box from rowe. Who's picking up?

Not Smith. He’s having a terrible game. Not on his own though. No life in us. Crewe want it more!

[InstaRam]

We are very unpredictable.

[Elwood P Dowd]

Just now, oodledoodle said:

Do you want spoilers?

If its good news and you can financialy gaurantee the accuracy of the spoilers, yes please 😂

[Srg]

2 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

We've not run enough apparently? RD was telling us how they'd been given the stats on how some players ran lots and lots in the Barnsley game. But they thought not this match, but that was earlyish on. We need to run more?

Mad concept, but maybe our old players who legs have questionably gone anyway can’t really hack the heavy running workload when there’s 2 games every week and a little more rotation would have been sensible. 

[Rample]

Just now, DiggerB said:

Not Smith. He’s having a terrible game. Not on his own though. No life in us. Crewe want it more!

Gamble by sticking Fapetu on, let him have a go at showing he can do it again.

 

[Van der MoodHoover]

2 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

We've not run enough apparently? RD was telling us how they'd been given the stats on how some players ran lots and lots in the Barnsley game. But they thought not this match, but that was earlyish on. We need to run more?

We perhaps need Warne to figure out that if the team run lots 3 days prior, then it's more likely than not that they won't be able to run as much today.....

A simplistic analysis maybe, but the obvious answers are often the right ones....

[RoyMac5]

1 minute ago, Srg said:

Mad concept, but maybe our old players who legs have questionably gone anyway can’t really hack the heavy running workload when there’s 2 games every week and a little more rotation would have been sensible. 

Mad concept, outplay them at football. I think of all the ex-Derby players that wouldn't have gotten into a Warne squad and I'm thinking who is right here...

[plymouthram]

1 minute ago, Rample said:

Gamble by sticking Fapetu on, let him have a go at showing he can do it again.

 

Also Weston and Brown, give them more than 15 mins please.

[Walkley Ram]

Right, I'm gonna be honest. I'd like Derby to score some goals.

[CBRammette]

Just now, RoyMac5 said:

Mad concept, outplay them at football. I think of all the ex-Derby players that wouldn't have gotten into a Warne squad and I'm thinking who is right here...

The first to spring to mind is the one and only Chris Martin

[Rich3478]

3 minutes ago, Srg said:

Mad concept, but maybe our old players who legs have questionably gone anyway can’t really hack the heavy running workload when there’s 2 games every week and a little more rotation would have been sensible. 

I don’t think that’s the case, surely we’d at least be able to start the game with energy and then run out?

Think we’re just inconsistent 

[Matchday Fred]

1 minute ago, Srg said:

Mad concept, but maybe our old players who legs have questionably gone anyway can’t really hack the heavy running workload when there’s 2 games every week and a little more rotation would have been sensible. 

We have players who will not offer up the discretionary hard running effort in every game.  They will put it in when they are put under pressure and there is fan unrest, but invariably we win those games, the pressure is off for the next game, and they revert to type. This could explain the inconsistency. Our midfield is pretty much made up of these types.
 

An Arteta, Guardiola, Clough have the ability to squeeze the juice in every game, and typically are good at recruiting the type of player that looks after themselves and will run hard because they want to

[Chris_Martin]

4 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

We perhaps need Warne to figure out that if the team run lots 3 days prior, then it's more likely than not that they won't be able to run as much today.....

A simplistic analysis maybe, but the obvious answers are often the right ones....

why does our entire game hinge on running round a lot though...