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Didn’t he sustain a really really bad knee injury at Northampton ?

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He’d be a fool not to.

That’s what you get when you go looking for proven experienced talent at this level and not bargain basement signings. He’s been around the block long enough to be all those things. How he’d go on with our corners is another story.

That’s my thinking about him but it’ll be interesting to see how he does back at Brighton.

You’ve forgotten to mention DeNeve , understandable I suppose. I agree with you regarding Alebioso, he’s a better all round player than Brittain.

Speaking of shoving - it was going on throughout the game as was the new fashion for shirt pulling at every opportunity.

How many will be back for the next home game ? The first half was terrible and the second half wasn’t a lot better.

21,658 at Bolton yesterday. That Cozier-Duberry scored 2 and made the other 2 in a 4-0 win. Did we loan him a season too soon ?

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Given the fact we have no game for 2 weeks Gueye could also do with a run out.

I could have played in goal for us yesterday. I could have watched those two headers sail in. Did he have a save to make after those ? Unfortunately I could have played in goal for Derby equally.

I don’t think Baath is the answer as a starting player. I think Derby have found that out if they’re starting with Sanderson instead of him. Handy to bring on for the last 10 minutes though if you’re holding on to a slender lead.

They offer for the pass from the central defence ok but then they give them the ball back straight away. I was sat there yesterday watching both teams either put ball after ball out of play or to an opponent and the thought came into my head - the increase in the level of athleticism in modern football has not been matched by an increase in the level of footballing ability. That’s in spite of the modern pitches being like bowling greens, the ball being lighter, the refs protecting the skilful players etc. Now that “ playing out from the back “ appears to have fallen out of fashion we’ve no coherent plans to replace it.

He was really easy to ignore. He looked like a fish riding a bike for two seasons at least.

It was a low bar today mate.

Today wasn’t much of an advertisement for championship level football. If I had a £1 for every miss placed pass by both teams I’d be rich. A game of two halves. We hardly turned up in the first half. No pace, no tempo, too much walking football. We were getting bullied all over the pitch, the ref was partly responsible for that. Apart from the pen he gave us next to nothing. 4 minutes added time ? Really ? For the first goal - the one player that shouldn’t be getting a free header is Morris. Did somebody say we’ve just signed a set piece coach ? I thought playing Hedges as a centre half was a really really strange move. Has he ever played there before in his life ? Playing either of Pickering or Ribeiro there would have been a better bet in my opinion. Nobody played well but some were better than others, Ohashi never gave up and scored a well taken penalty. Alebioso kept trying without much joy. After that I’m struggling. Of course a team with a fit and available Toth, Wharton, Carter, Tronstad and Cantwell would look much stronger and would allow some of the starters today to be on the bench. Let’s not forget that. However 2 of those players will not play again this year and how long Carter lasts this time is anybodies guess. Pears looked nervous without making any real clangers. To be honest I don’t think either keeper had to make a serious save all game. DeNeve ? Playing at a level beyond his ability. Don’t let him take another corner. Same with Henriksson, not at this level as a starting player. Nobody in centre mid impressed, nobody was capable of carrying the ball forward and committing opponents. Morishita ? Better than Dolan ? Not for me. Too lightweight in a bruisers league. Gudjohnsen ? He was Badjohnsen today. I know he got next to no service but you’ve get to get involved more than that today. None of the subs made much of impression. I got the feeling we could have played whilst midnight and not got an equaliser. At least the Rovers book I bought before the game looks like money well spent.

Has anybody bought or even seen the new book ? Is it worth buying ?

The other downer is him getting tapped up players from other clubs whilst he’s away. Apart from during the Jack Walker era Rovers players getting international recognition has been great for the players involved, not so good for the club.

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I was down that end when it happened. I think he kicked the hoardings.

There’s a reason why he’s behind those players.

I’m not a fan of his as an out and out winger. He isn’t particularly quick, he doesn’t seem to have a trick or two in his locker, he’s not particularly aggressive, he doesn’t have many assists and he certainly doesn’t score enough goals. Where he’s playing now gets the best out of him,. He’s diligent in regards to positional play, he’ll do all the running that is required for that position, his passing is fairly good, he doesn’t get on the wrong side of the officials so he doesn’t have to worry about yellow cards reducing his effectiveness. The left wing back shirt is his at the moment as far as I can see.

But would Ismael have changed the system if the Cantwell injury hadn’t have forced his hand ?

You don’t take your captain and your goalkeeper off with “ fake injuries “.