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April 21st
Pride Park
Derby
I dunno, easy isn't it really? Win this and then another one and another then we might go to Wembley? Premature? Maybe. Optimistic? A little. Realistic? Mmmmm......đ¤
After the debacle of Sunderland, we entered new realms of total fury after the debacle debacle debacle of Burton. Words failed most of us and only the passage of a week has assuaged the most extreme of feelings.
But don't let a small thing like that distract you. Saturday is Middlesbrough and all to play for.
Richard Keogh is pushing for a recall and is chafing at the bit. Weimann should be ok but apparently former Pride Park favourite Patrick Bamford is crocked.
Things to discuss:-
# Was the Windrush immigrants debacle the fault of the Home Office?
# Was Arsene right to go?
# Who is the most boorish poster on/from the Florest board?
# Is it time to cut the lawns?
Team:-
Carson, Keogh, Davies, Forsyth, Wisdom, Huddlestone, Lawrence, Johnson, Olsson, Vydra, Nugent.
Subs: Roos (gk), Pearce, Ledley, Hanson, Palmer, Weimann, Jerome
Derby County 1 - 2 Middlesbrough
posted on 21/4/18
Just back from PP.
Looked good for the first 15 and the formation looked promising.
Then it looked less better. We're not good enough and I said back in November that we flattered to deceive.
Too late to change but we need to take more risks, gamble more, play higher. Nobody had an absolute stinker and at times Wisdom looked quite good. Huddz looked dead towards the end, Vydra was ineffective, Forsyth tried hard but was up against Troare which was a massive imbalance, Davies MOTM again.
We have flattered all season, however the ironic thing is that we could still meet Brough in the play- offs đđđđđ
However.......
posted on 21/4/18
It's happening again, it's happening again đđđđđđ¤Łđ¤Łđ
posted on 21/4/18
Just back from PP. It was a good and even contest until Boro scored.
From our point of view too many heads went down as soon as we were behind. We never looked likely to equalise and it was 83 minutes before we tested their keeper.
Agree with view's comments on Davies and Wisdom. I also thought Lawrence put a shift in.
Can't agree about Fozzie though. Yes he was up against a better player but he let it rattle him. Well before he completely sold himself in the build-up to Boro's second he'd lost his head and was lunging in wildly, desperately and usually unsuccessfully, and when he got on the ball he was just booting it anywhere, whether under pressure or not.
Also thought the ref was very poor... not biased, just very random. It was often difficult to triangulate what I was seeing, the rules of the game and the things he did (or didn't) blow for.
posted on 21/4/18
comment by Nottmtrucker (U7327)
posted 14 minutes ago
It's happening again, it's happening again đđđđđđ¤Łđ¤Łđ
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Relegation fight?
posted on 21/4/18
The play-offs are a lottery, granted. Not sure what the stats say, but I would suggest options are:
a. Strong third place, having just missed out on auto's and treating the other clubs with justified arrogant disdain.
Or
b. Mid table all season and then a storming, perfectly timed late run, hitting the play-offs full of confidence.
Not
c. Flirting with auto's before calamitous collapse and then making play-offs by skin of teeth.
Still, as we know, a lottery
posted on 21/4/18
Game live on Sky, Tuesday night.
posted on 21/4/18
comment by Igør we have wellies. (U1993)
posted about a minute ago
Game live on Sky, Tuesday night.
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Have a large brandy ready for FT Igor
posted on 21/4/18
Cardiff aren't all that. Set piece team.
posted on 21/4/18
And we are NOT a set piece team. Which will be interesting!
posted on 21/4/18
The most amaxing stat is that we have been on an absolutely stinking run and still could finish either 5th or 11th