no_loyalty
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We should beat these but they have a front pair of Yates and Harness, players who always seem to score against us like Piroe and Gallagher. I would take a draw here, if we can beat Sunderland on Saturday.
No EMC or MVE in the training pictures
Definitely played right wing back and was very good
Because that's football for you.I just don't get it.
Derby would be delighted with a point. In the last 10 games form table we're clear top by 3 points. Derby are 24th. Their injury problems make ours look like nothing. Yet some seem to think we will be lucky to get a point
Uptick? Do you mean improvement? Are you American?It won't be an easy game but out of the 3 (Oxford, Stoke & Derby), I was always most confident for this game.
Derby are dog shit, the win over Blackburn is not an uptick in form. The two goals came early when Blackburn hadn't switched on and both were from shocking defending. Add to the fact, Eustace was playing his old team and would have had an upper hand. It was a one off. Speaking to Derby fans and they say that he has made, little or no difference since joining.
It'll be a tight game and not pretty but I think we'll edge it by a single goal.
Most of our remaining games are against sides with something to play at the bottom and top. In a way I prefer that because it means we can't be complacent and have to be at our bestOn paper a great chance to put some distance between us and 6/7th. But this league dont work like that and every chance we lose and Bristol beat Sheff Utd.
Wonder if we might use the squad a bit with this one. Get the likes of Wright and Sheaf more time and give people the full week to recover if they’re carrying a niggle. Maybe even go back to a three at the back if MvE isn’t fit with Eccles wide right (we won’t it’ll be Lats but Eccles is the better option IMO)
Winning 11 out of 12 means we beat Sunderland as well as Derby. I’ll take it!!I think it will be 1-1, for no better reason than the fact it would be insane for us to win 11 out of 12.
I really want us to win this though, with a run of three really tough games coming up although I fancy us to get four points from those.
I don't assume or expect a win. I would question anyone who ever expects a win especially away. It's this happy with a point thing. Win tonight and we will pull away from the sides below us unless Sheffield United and Burnley lose. Just what we need with our next 3 games. It would take the pressure off.Because that's football for you.
Would anyone have predicted Leeds to lose at Portsmouth on Sunday? Leeds were on a 17 game unbeaten run.
Anyone can beat anyone, on the day.
We will slip up at some point for sure, because that's how the game of football works. That's the charm of it. You just know that if you are a small club for instance, you CAN beat one of the top clubs. Look at Plymouth v Liverpool in the cup, they won that game, much to everyone's surprise.
Since that Liverpool game though, where Plymouth played very, very well, that have just one win in 7 and are now 6 points adrift at the bottom.
I think fans are rightly worried, that if MVE was to be missing tonight, that will leave us vulnerable down that right flank.
We also haven't played that well in the last two games, despite pulling out victories.
We should win tonight for sure, but there's no guarantees in this game.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if this ended in a draw and I don't think anyone has said we would be lucky to get a point, have they? Just that they wouldn't be surprised if we only got a draw out of it.
Full strength squad and us on our game, then sure, yes, we should win and I would be confident too, but we do always leak in goals and make a number of mistakes at the back. If MVE is missing and it's Lati in, I would expect those mistakes to increase,. unfortunately.
We can't just assume we will continue on this run. The likelihood is that we are going to slip up at some point and following the Sky Blues, you just know we always have it in us to lose games we should definitely be winning.
Be fabulous if we pull out another victory tonight.
To be fair, Derby have a much worse injury list than we do. Think Yates is there only fit striker, and they've had a few ruled out for the rest of the season. Think Derby would snatch your hands off for a draw tonight.Result here will depend on the extent of the injury list making for selection choices - Rudoni , MVE and EMC possibly out - Wright Sheaf not fully match fit
I'm almost certain that shit fucker Yates will blunder in another scruffy goal against us... unless Frank feels like breaking the Yates curse too.To be fair, Derby have a much worse injury list than we do. Think Yates is there only fit striker, and they've had a few ruled out for the rest of the season. Think Derby would snatch your hands off for a draw tonight.
Result here will depend on the extent of the injury list making for selection choices - Rudoni , MVE and EMC possibly out - Wright Sheaf not fully match fit
That looks a good side!Working on the assumption that MVE and EMC need a break at the very least.
Is harsh as pushes Sakamoto out but don’t think he could play any of the positions in the formation and feel without Milan I’m not overly comfortable with a fullback.
Eccles did well here before so feel he could play this one before we switch back to a 4-3-3 as others have said.
If wright/ sheaf not fit to start would play BTA and Allen
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It's not "happy" with a point. But you would take a point over a defeat wouldn't you and it's a game we could well slip up in.I don't assume or expect a win. I would question anyone who ever expects a win especially away. It's this happy with a point thing. Win tonight and we will pull away from the sides below us unless Sheffield United and Burnley lose. Just what we need with our next 3 games. It would take the pressure off.
Or his legsI'm almost certainly that shit fucker Yates will blunder in another scruffy goal against us... unless Frank feels like breaking the Yates curse too.
They have 10 players out and massive injury problems. We should be winning in all honesty and it would be a disappointment if we dontSome fans don't look at the big picture. Expected us to smash hull with their new manager and then even criticised that we won but not dominated . Hull have gone on to do quite well with new manager
Derby got a big win under eustace. He's done well at Brum and Blackburn before. He could get a tune out of derby too. Draw won't be end of world
I understand that and somewhat agree but when you have won 9/10 I think no matter who you play the odds get tougher to keep a winning run going on and on. Staying unbeaten would still give me lots of positivesThey have 10 players out and massive injury problems. We should be winning in all honesty and it would be a disappointment if we dont
Surely if MVE was serious he wouldn't of been doing his war charge with Sakamoto at the end. The physios would of had him wrapped up
Tough game for Brizzle and Albion tonight away at Bramall Lane and Turf Moor respectively!
Blackburn away at Stoke tomorrow and a win at home to QPR could bring Middlesbrough back into play
A big chance for us tonight ahead of three tough games
It’s a new game against new opposition, not a dice roll.I understand that and somewhat agree but when you have won 9/10 I think no matter who you play the odds get tougher to keep a winning run going on and on. Staying unbeaten would still give me lots of positives
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