Heisenberg Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Saturday 27th January 2024. 3pm kick-off. Believe this is the first time I have ever started a match day thread… Will it start with us going on another long unbeaten run or turn out to be very short lived? Let’s hope it’s the former! UTR! 🐏 LeedsCityRam, Mimester, Ghost of Clough and 22 others 2 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 For the last few games I've tried to guess what lineup Warne would pick. Just in case Warne has been looking at my team to help him with his own selection, this time I'm going with my own team... Wildsmith Wilson Nelson Cashin Elder Bird Thompson Sibley Mendez-Laing Blackett-Taylor Collins Subs: Vickers, Bradley, Ward, Hourihane, DRobinson, Barkhuizen, Weston 433 because it gives us the control in midfield we need (and we havent got another senior striker to play alongside Collins). The front 3 ince chosen are our biggest goal threats available. Wilson starts at RB but gets moved to RW when Mendez-Laing and Blackett-Taylor have tired - Ward on at RB and Barkhuizen LW. Wildsmith in goal will instill more confidence in the defence and the crowd. A youthful midfield 3 to provide energy, with Bird at the base to actually link our defence and midfield together. Hourihane to find a new role as super-sub... coming on late to shut games down or to provide something different from set-pieces. Meanwhile, DRobinson is eased into L1 football. Carl Sagan, angieram, Gabby'sThighs and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 20 minutes ago, Heisenberg said: Saturday 27th January 2024. 3pm kick-off. Believe this is the first time I have ever started a match day thread… Will it start with us going on another long unbeaten run or turn out to be very short lived? Let’s hope it’s the former! UTR! 🐏 We needed a new thread starter to motivate the squad after a couple of poor performances. With your courage to jump in and get the thread going you've shown you are the right poster to bring in the new golden age of matchday threads. We'll give you until the end of the season <hopefully> SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said: We needed a new thread starter to motivate the squad after a couple of poor performances. With your courage to jump in and get the thread going you've shown you are the right poster to bring in the new golden age of matchday threads. We'll give you until the end of the season <hopefully> You having a pop? 😪 Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1976 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Vickers Wilson Nelson Cashin Elder Bird Thompson Hourihane NML Collins CBT 4-3-3, would probably have Wildsmith in but Vickers hasn’t done too much wrong and Warne won’t drop him. Could put Sibley at left back with being at home but thought Elder was best of a bad bunch on Tuesday and if TJJ had been fit I would have played him instead of Collins?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 27 minutes ago, Boycie said: You having a pop? 😪 Looked like the team had been on the pop last night...... Boycie, Steve How Hard? and RadioactiveWaste 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Not been able to get across the M1 much this season, but I’m making this one. Plus, my dad has recovered enough from surgery to be at Pride Park too, so will enjoy the match regardless! I hope Warne looks at our midfield quickly, as it’s an obvious area of weakness. We need a ball winning player in there, or a playmaker that can drive through the middle. Either of those will help! Tamworthram, HorsforthRam and Nishfan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Less than 2,000 tickets available for home fans. SKRam, Derby4Me and Eoghan1884 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topram Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Looked like they were very unlucky to lose at a Bolton and have been on a great run, will need a big reaction from Tuesday to get 3 points Premier ram, Crewton and Tamworthram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said: We needed a new thread starter to motivate the squad after a couple of poor performances. With your courage to jump in and get the thread going you've shown you are the right poster to bring in the new golden age of matchday threads. We'll give you until the end of the season <hopefully> Thank you kind sir 🤝 RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) 2 hours ago, Boycie said: You having a pop? 😪 Well, the form had dropped off dramatically and it would be unfair to lay the blame at your door, but on the other hand, we could just blame whoever started the thread. I think my record on matchday thread starts is something like started 3, lost 3. 5 minutes ago, Heisenberg said: Thank you kind sir 🤝 It's OK, I'll blame you next time we lose 🧐. It's not fair, i know, but I'm a small man, a petty man, posting on an internet forum. 🍻 Edited January 24 by RadioactiveWaste Comrade 86, Caerphilly Ram and DiggerB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black ('n' White) Sheep Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Hoping for a reaction! Wildsmith Wilson Nelson Cashin Elder Robinson Bird Thompson Mendez-Laing Blackett-Taylor Collins Pace. Energy... and... from what I've seen of him in the academy... Robbo may be just the kind of midfielder we need in the middle of the pitch (you never really know until they get some senior minutes). COYR 🐏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Sheriff Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Would like to see fornah in for bird. Feel the lad deserves a run of games to see how good/average he actually is. Bird was exceptional vs Fleetwood but since then a passenger most games. Hourihane is more of a goal threat then bird so he stays for me. NegativeCreep and S8TY 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 4 minutes ago, The_Sheriff said: Hourihane is more of a goal threat then bird so he stays for me. I think agent Curtis is more of a goal threat than Max atm..... S8TY and SKRam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramboy63 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 13 hours ago, Topram said: Looked like they were very unlucky to lose at a Bolton and have been on a great run, will need a big reaction from Tuesday to get 3 points Yes i mentioned this in a post a day or so ago,i have a relation who is a Bolton season ticket holder and he reckoned Cheltenham was one of the best sides he had seen at home and they were very fortunate to beat them 1-0. However if we do not get the three points here then forget the top two for me its play offs at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 13 hours ago, Topram said: Looked like they were very unlucky to lose at a Bolton and have been on a great run, will need a big reaction from Tuesday to get 3 points In terms of actual results, they’re on a good run for a team near the bottom but their record for the last 5 games is exactly the same as our “poor” run: W2, D1, L2. The worry is, as you and others have pointed out, it seems they could well have got something out of the Bolton game and they also beat Portsmouth (at home) recently. Let’s hope they’re playing us at the wrong time (from their perspective) and whatever good form they’re on is swept aside by our big and positive reaction to the last two games. Here’s hoping anyway. COYR. I know nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Think one could add that both Portsmouth and Bolton have been poor recently. This weekend is hugely important and I hope there will be a big crowd urging Derby to victory. If the fans give up they can’t bemoan the team’s lack of effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 4 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: Think one could add that both Portsmouth and Bolton have been poor recently. This weekend is hugely important and I hope there will be a big crowd urging Derby to victory. If the fans give up they can’t bemoan the team’s lack of effort. Mmm, I don’t entirely agree. Yes, it would be good if the crowd don’t “give up” but I don’t think that is sufficiently mitigating for the players to lack effort. Can you imagine the post match player interview “yes we didn’t try hard enough but that the fans fault” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKRam Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 So current form guide suggests this could be a closer game than some perhaps expect. Could be a nervy Saturday afternoon ahead. If this has been our ‘wobble’ let’s hope we can wobble right out of it Ken Tram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerphilly Ram Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Fornah is in these training pics (and possibly Bardell in the background of the Robinson/CBT pic) so hopefully fit enough to be involved on Sat as we could do with fresh legs in my opinion; Crewton and NegativeCreep 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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