Team v Sheffield Wed Wednesday Dec 11 2019
Hamer, Bogle, Davies, Forsyth, Malone.
Evans, Holmes, Knight
Lawrence, Martin. Whitaker
Substitutes. Wisdom, Roos. Lowe. Knight, Paterson, Waghorn,
Conditions: Cold and windy and wet. Mid winter
Pitch: Immaculate
Attendance. 26,203
Ref. Steve Martin.
There is some lost ground to make up after a couple of lack-lustre performances. The rejuvenation of Tom Lawrence is stalling. It will be of great benefit if he can get back the his improved form following his ‘incident’. Above all we need a huge improvement in chance taking - and maybe a bit more luck than of late. 3 points is essential.
In the event, this was the most dire opening performance I have seen from Derby in several years. For 10 minutes the ball never left Derby’s half. Sheffield completely dominated. Derby made mistake after mistake and bad pass after bad pass, until, with 22 minutes gone, another bad pass to Barry Bannan saw him give the ball to Fletcher who, with no hindrance or challenge from any Derby player, lashed the ball past Hamer’s despairing dive. OMG. What a goal to donate this raring to go, dominant side from Yorkshire. The wonder is that they didn’t add two or three to the total with Derby fortunate to go in at HT only the one goal down.
Thank goodness - Cocu, somehow stiffened them up during the break. They came out with more energy, vigour and attacking intention and from then on Derby were if anything, superior to Sheffield. They had more possession, kept the ball well and looked the more likely to score. Wednesday were also the dirtier and more time wasting side. Their speciality seemed to be to nudge, push, barge and generally disrupt any Derby player who was about to receive a pass. Several time such fouls caused possession to be lost and the Referee never spotted what was going off.
Knight and Whitaker were substituted by Waggy and Marriott. They had done well I thought, and it was good to see some new blood on the pitch (not real blood, it wasn’t that sort of game). Derby continued their attacking style until Marriott was brought down on one of his surges in the area. The ref duly gave the penalty which Chris Martin slammed into the vacant corner as the goalie dived the wrong way. It was a deserved equaliser and with 10 minutes to go, Derby tried to win the three points and in fact came almost near doing so.
Hamer did Ok and the defence also (except for the gift). Bogle does wonders in attack approach work but always seems to put in a terrible final ball. Never beats the first defender, never finds a team-mate and never has a decent shot. He needs specific coaching and he needs shooting practice and instructions to shoot when he can. Fossie was prominent but his distribution was not brilliant. Davies was a bit below par I thought as were a few of Derby’s players especially in the first half. Lawrence was dreadful. Nothing like the player he can be. He was not interested and needs to sort himself out.
The ref was poor (but fair with his incompetence) and that served only to underline the disappointing feeling when heading for the disastrous car parking and traffic situation. I was almost sorry to have wasted an evening, - the goal we got and the 2nd half performance made amends to some extent.
For Those Who Could not Attend
posted on 12/12/19
VC10 I can't attend out there in the sticks as I will be on the train on Saturday.
posted on 12/12/19
If I remember rightly, when I was seventeen I used to cycle out to the Horseshoes for a pint or two. They would serve you if you looked approximately old enough. I went from Findern to Mickleover to collect some mates and off we went. Once I rode straight into a tree on the way back. I saw it coming at me from a mile off but I was unable to get out of its path.
posted on 12/12/19
If it used to be called the 3 Horseshoes, it was part of our crawl on a Friday night, when I first started to drive. Had several floundering dates there, if I remember correctly.
Just had a look at the website & didnt recognise it at all. Certainly wasnt a gastropub in those days
posted on 12/12/19
Yes it used to be called The Three Horseshoes and us old locals still call it that. It had got rather run down and the owner wanted to turn it into a house. We fought against this and it got taken over by Berkeley Inns who have done a terrific job turning it into a good pub for drinking or a good meal. Mel goes there for his Christmas dinner, but he scoots through the bar so we can’t give him any advice!
Thinking about the pub has given me a thirst, so I think I’ll go for pint before the big push tonight.
posted on 12/12/19
Ang, you forgot to put the bit in brackets. More fake news!
I knew someone would do that when I typed it.
posted on 12/12/19
comment by VC10Ram (U18980)
posted 16 minutes ago
Yes it used to be called The Three Horseshoes and us old locals still call it that. It had got rather run down and the owner wanted to turn it into a house. We fought against this and it got taken over by Berkeley Inns who have done a terrific job turning it into a good pub for drinking or a good meal. Mel goes there for his Christmas dinner, but he scoots through the bar so we can’t give him any advice!
Thinking about the pub has given me a thirst, so I think I’ll go for pint before the big push tonight.
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Mel scoots through the bar? My dogs used to scoot and the vision of Mel dragging his bum across the carpet is one I can't seem to shake.
posted on 12/12/19
You spotted it, VC
Others on the crawl were (dont know if theyre still there)
The (Black) Cow, Ostrich and finishing up at the Bluebell for last orders on a Friday, with Jazz on the radio
posted on 12/12/19
comment by lastapostleofvidal (U1491)
posted 1 hour, 54 minutes ago
If I remember rightly, when I was seventeen I used to cycle out to the Horseshoes for a pint or two. They would serve you if you looked approximately old enough. I went from Findern to Mickleover to collect some mates and off we went. Once I rode straight into a tree on the way back. I saw it coming at me from a mile off but I was unable to get out of its path.
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Hahaha!!!!!
posted on 12/12/19
comment by 🏁 AngVanDerRaam 🏁 (U17428)
posted 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
You spotted it, VC
Others on the crawl were (dont know if theyre still there)
The (Black) Cow, Ostrich and finishing up at the Bluebell for last orders on a Friday, with Jazz on the radio
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The Black Cow is now The Cow and doing well. The Bluebell is still going but is in for a refurb after Christmas. The Ostrich is still open but has gone down the nick in the last few years, I used to go there but I haven't been for ages.
If a pub is run right, they do well. If they haven't a clue and the beer is rubbish they go out of business. Bit like football clubs, but most hang on.
posted on 12/12/19
comment by VC10Ram (U18980)
If a pub is run right, they do well. If they haven't a clue and the beer is rubbish they go out of business. Bit like football clubs, but most hang on.
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In an urban VC yes I'd agree. Not really the same for those in the middle of nowhere like all the ones shut along the northern end of the A515.