Good first half but wasteful. Second half lower energy and West Ham formation change nullified us. Should have made subs earlier but lack of quality in the gifted goal and lost with our final ball shows the issue. But can accept losing this way rather than kamikaze football.
I know we lost but I don’t expect to stay up. I think we will enjoy this brand of football from here. Hopefully we can work out how to score and then put a lot of goals in next year.
Yeah from what I’ve read about him, and seen so far, he seemed the like the perfect choice to have come in for this season. Too late now of course, but I think we might just beat Derbys record now by a couple of points
Yeah, we may be in the market in January. I find it interesting because I'm sure I've heard multiple times that Tall Paul isn't fit enough to play 90 minutes. I assume Sulemana must train like an absolute monster because he's never done anything memorable on the pitch. On the plus side, for the first time this season I think we deserved more from that game than we got. Once we're into January and the players build up their fitness we might be half-decent.
Some solid positives to take from this performance, but a stark reminder that the managerial change should have been made ages ago.
Dibs really should have squared it instead of shooting, that was pretty frustrating. A far better performance though. If we’d been playing like that all season, we’d be in a much better position. KWP, Lesley and Tall Paul the standouts today. Aribo still looks stuck in the RM style. We looked understandably knackered from about 75 in.
Shame Archer didn't come on, he seems like one of the only players that can create a goal out of nothing.
Pretty infuriating seeing what Tall Paul and Big Les can offer us (shooting aside). One frozen out for weeks the other seemingly for years. What a waste.
Was interesting the commentators calling Aribo out for not being prepared to go forward. Just want to say most players played well. Except Sulemana.
Not only Mane. Remember Pele? It will come from him I reckon once Ivan has got ‘into’ them somewhat more. Encouraged if disappointed
Plenty of positives, Tall Paul a real handful and I'm sure he just needs a run in the team also we looked much better defensively. Negatives were for me AA and when he came on Sulamana ( why??? ) almost as useless as BBD! Think we're almost 100% relegated but I really don't mind if we continue to show this level of fight and determination for the rest of the season. Much better than the putrid dross being served up by RM. Juric has inherited a pretty poor squad but I hope after that showing, won't ship 5 goals a game and be an easy 3 points week in week out. As a side note I thought Tall Paul ( okay he missed some half chances ) was our motm with his general hold up play, how in the Lords name didn't blinker vision RM see this???
Really is depressing to think that we could and should have done this months ago. To see the players actually attack regularly and create clear chances consistently, I felt like someone who’d been gaslighted for months and now I can see the truth, they can attack, they can compete.
Entertaining game. Especially first half. Lost energy levels when Fernandes and Adarma went off. At least we know this result was down to the squad's ability, rather than a clown manager. Keep the squad together and Juric, and we will be fine next season in the Champ. And please convince Tall Paul to stay.
