Match Day Thread Derby v Hull City

Did enough second half to win that game last night but sometimes Lady Luck isn’t on your side and the car crash second goal for them killed us.. Difficult to knock individuals or the side especially when it’s been doing so well with a patched up team so I will only suggest the tighter we are at the back the more impact our injured match winners will have when they are eventually match fit.

We go again.


UTT.

 

Thanks for the tip. Worked great. Got away quickly too. I rolled up half an,hour before kick off and got a space no problem

 

I never said Ajayi was in the wrong. It's Pandur's fault, I've said that a few times now. But the ball was right there to be gotten rid of in any direction Ajayi wanted. He could probably even have turned with it. Pandur shouldn't have called for it, but at the same time if Ajayi's aware of what ends up around him, then he likely deals with it himself.

 

If panda called out he was a long way back from Ajayi when he did. Not even on screen when ajayi turned his back on the action going on around him. Panda I don't suppose does much sprinting compared to the forward who had just come on for them. A whole combination of things and they got lucky. Move on.

 

Hey a goalkeeping error cost a point. Hold the back page. Very unfortunate for the team but it happens. It’s been a good run and the luck ran out. I don’t get this abuse of a goalie when a mistake happens. Strikers can miss a hat full of chances and you draw nil nil and get a point. One bad error by the goalie and it’s no points but who gets all the stick. It’s a team game and we should not bastardize the goalie for an error. I speak this as an ex centre forward not a goalie.

 

I think any other game and that goal doesn't happen. Wind catches the ball so Egan misses the header. From there, Ajayi could have dealt with it but didn't, rightly or wrongly, Pandur shouts for the ball but the ball seemed to slow down and he then slips. It was that kind of pitch, even the ref fell over. If he fumbled a shot into the net I would be more worried. If an outfield player slips, there are usually not the consequences. I think the luck was just against us but a win on Saturday would be 6 points from 3 and that's promotion form.

 

Egan misses to many headers for my liking.

 

Maybe he’s a bit rusty…

 

I think Egan and Hughes can both be guilty of that at times but I thought they both had good games yesterday.

 

There are positives to take in that the second half we were dominant and after 80 mins you could only see one team winning it. It was a calamitous and costly mistake and you’d hope you maybe get one of them a season. I’d rather that than a string of abject performances where you can’t see where the improvement is coming from.

I think Pandur is a good gk at this level but we would benefit from some legitimate competition in his position in January.

Long way to go yet, on to Saturday.

 

Egan attempted to head the ball
I just felt he wasnt tall enough
Ajayi could have cleared but Pandur was in the better position until he slipped
The reason for the goal was a pure accident

 

Without getting caught up in all of the detail regarding individual performances (Pandur/Ajayi/Joseph etc) overall I'd much rather see the brand of football we have now and accept we'll make ****-ups, than watch the utter ****e we have over the past couple of seasons. Really looking forward to a 6-8 game stretch when we have all of our besties available, still think we're nailed on 4th