Derby County (A) - Sunday 8th March [3pm KO]

[Wood26]

If brereton comes out second half I’m going home

[dallydally]

Should have started with Johnson. He'd have been well up for it

[Tom]

Travis

Bennett

Brereton

Arma

Rothwell

None of them could complain about being hauled off, problem is we can only make 3 subs, for me Rothwell and Travis off for BJ and Buckley at half time followed by Samuel for Brereton

[Darwen Rover 007]

Missing Lenihan massively... 

Mowbray at fault for not having even a half decent CB as back up to Lenihan and Williams..

Bennett / Gallagher and Beereton are utterly diabolical!!

[AdamRochina]

pathetic performance by pretty much the entire 11.  bennett and brereton are just utter utter dreadful footballers but its ok they are nice guys aint they mowbray

[Bigdoggsteel]

Ya Rothwell and Armstrong have been bad.

Is Armstrong sulking? 

[G Somerset Rover]

3 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

I agree but he has to make 2 though.

Johnson needs to come on in the middle and Brereton needs to be subbed and removed from professional football.

Get behind him FFS!

We need to cut our losses on the lad come the summer and get anything we can. He will never ever in a million years make a decent footballer.

[RevidgeBlue]

4 minutes ago, Stuart said:

Embarrassing.

Mowbray doesn’t want promotion. All about managing expectations now.

Yup.

Panic over. They can start thinking about the summer hols now.

Lovely jubbly.

[Ewood Ace]

Nyambe looks like the only player who wants to make the play offs. 

[OldEwoodBlue]

Apparently Rothwell picked up a yellow that half. It must have been for his effort.

[BlackburnEnd75]

His change to put rothwell in centre mid with travis, move downing to left back and bell further forward made things worse

[jim mk2]

Entirely predictable - why do we bother getting our hopes up?

Still, we're making progress according to the manager's fan club

[Dreams of 1995]

Our problem with Travis is because nobody else is doing the dirty work. This was 100% a game for Johnson. 
 

We need a miracle in the second half but I just don’t see it happening. 

[Oldgregg86]

4 minutes ago, superniko said:

Let’s be honest today isn’t the issue. Drawing at home to Swansea and Stoke is. We should be in the top 6 already. 

 No I agree but it is a part of the issue. We all knew what needed to be done today and that was not good enough 

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

Rothwell has been anonymous. Again. When is he going to produce on any kind of consistent basis?

Brereton just isn’t good enough. Sad to see him so out of his depth. Bennett likewise.

Fair play to Bell. He’s done alright,

Get Johnson on and shore things up. This could easily be 4/5 otherwise.

 

[BlackburnEnd75]

It may not be the biggest problem of that half but gallagher on the wing is beyond a joke now. What on earth is the logic, it literally never works?

[davulsukur]

Just now, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Get behind him FFS!

We need to cut our losses on the lad come the summer and get anything we can. He will never ever in a million years make a decent footballer.

I agree. Any opportunity to get rid in the summer we need to take it.

He better not appear for the second half

[Bigdoggsteel]

1 minute ago, Ewood Ace said:

Nyambe looks like the only player who wants to make the play offs. 

Travis?

[whalleyrover]

2 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

seriously needs a clear out in the summer,there are a dozen players in the squad who  ar`nt up to it in character or ability

Mowbray said that of last summer and did nothing to sort out problems. 

Birmingham loaned Hogan in January and he has scored 6, whilst we don't strengthen. 

Any clear out starts with Mowbray, Lowe, Cheston, Sylvester and Suhail

[Exiled in Toronto]

Injuries and suspensions catching up with us at the back. Nyambe not fast enough out to close down the shooter for both of them, plus the downside of playing Downing in centre mid exposed by Travis’s early booking. I feel with Johnson and Lenihan it’d be 0-0.

Can we finally see the back of Joe Rothwell? Completely peripheral until setting up Derby’s second with his usual sloppiness. Waste of a shirt at this level unless it’s against some crap team at home. And with Armstrong misfiring the last 2/3 games we have become toothless as no-one else is capable of stepping up.

[Bigdoggsteel]

1 minute ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Our problem with Travis is because nobody else is doing the dirty work. This was 100% a game for Johnson. 
 

We need a miracle in the second half but I just don’t see it happening. 

Ya,Johnson should have started. What is wrong with Rothwell? Where is the lad from last season 

[jim mk2]

Derby had a tough match in the FA Cup only a few days ago yet they seem less tired and more motivated than us.

Why ?????

[BlackburnEnd75]

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

Travis?

Yeah I'm with. Travis getting some criticism from.some but he is so overrun in the middle. Hes working his balls off In there.

[Amo]

7 minutes ago, Yoogo said:

Which has got what to do with today's first half, exactly? If anything, Bell has been a real threat going forward and put some decent crosses in. I'm not sure he deserves criticism in comparison to others. Frankly, I think we're missing Darragh big time. I don't think Tosin is mature enough to be organising the defence, despite his abilities.

Looking at the bigger picture. The fact we're still starting the pair of them shows a serious lack in judgement from the manager and underscores his failure to bolster the backline.

[simongarnerisgod]

im`e struggling to contain my disgust at that half,one thing i can`t abide is lack of effort in footballers,can they really look at each other and say that was the most  i can give,i can understand lack of ability,i can understand lack of skill but one thing i can`t take is lack of effort and courage,id`e put them all on the list,that is if you can get rid of them