We share our jinx stories YT! It is nearly 50 years since I last saw City win their last match at Boothferry Park in the 65/66 promotion season just before I left the UK. Since then I have attended about a dozen matches on visits back across the years and the winless streak continues. I deliberately avoided coming over for the Wembley play off game even though I was desperate to be there. Could not resist the FA Cup final though!
Hope Hernandez is on the bench tonight again. Would like to see Harry involved, maybe Robertson needs a rest and they could play a back 3 with Dave switching flanks, Elmo back in on the other side. Would be dubious about Huddlestone playing two games close together but for the fact it's Derby and he will want to impress against one of his former teams
Not sure why you'd want Hernandez on the bench again, he's had essentially a week's rest. Needs to be playing. Him and Aluko up top would be good pace, Diame on the bench to give him a rest.
Maybe give another match off to get him revved up to the max, he will be on at some point anyway. I don't think his form prior to being dropped justified him playing
id like to see hernandez in, not sure who I would drop but I think theres only so many times you get away with starting without an out and out forward. it worked on Saturday but wont every time
Ironically, we played more football down the middle on Saturday, rather than just lumping balls into the box from out wide. Something which would have suited Abel.
We would all love to see a 3-5-2. But our last team won, so obviously it'll stay the same (unfortunately). Because Derby and Bristol City are identical and require the same tactics.
Same team unless Clucas isnt fit then either swap for Maloney or put Aluko on the wing and bring Hernandez back in
We need to just go and play positively. The rest will take care of itself. I think City will win 2-1.
Maybe, but this is why we seem to get caught out so often, we don't spring enough tactical surprises and rely on the same players in the same formation week in week out. I just have a feeling that if we set up the exact same way we did against Bristol City, Derby will just work it out. They have a very strong CM, maybe bring Meyler in for Thudd (assuming David has got all the ****ness out of his system).
