windermereROYAL TBH at half time I said to my mate Derby didn`t have much about them and their chances of keeping up their present form over a long period were minimal, but good old Reading made them look very good in the 2nd half, but they didn`t hurt us until Southwood`s clanger, I stand by my HT statement, they are a very limited side who will go down.
ZipHoundMr Angry Derby aren't a "piss poor" side; far from it.
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lets be honest, they were rubbish. Barely threatened until Southwood threw one in. One of the worse sides to come here this year
I thought they were a solid side. Well organised, resilient, physically fit but lacking flair. They kept going and fully deserved the point.
windermereROYAL TBH at half time I said to my mate Derby didn`t have much about them and their chances of keeping up their present form over a long period were minimal, but good old Reading made them look very good in the 2nd half, but they didn`t hurt us until Southwood`s clanger, I stand by my HT statement, they are a very limited side who will go down.
Snowflake RoyalwindermereROYAL TBH at half time I said to my mate Derby didn`t have much about them and their chances of keeping up their present form over a long period were minimal, but good old Reading made them look very good in the 2nd half, but they didn`t hurt us until Southwood`s clanger, I stand by my HT statement, they are a very limited side who will go down.
They'll go down because they've been docked 21 points, not because of how good they are.
If we'd been docked 21, not 6, we'd be practically in L1 already.
HoundSnowflake RoyalwindermereROYAL TBH at half time I said to my mate Derby didn`t have much about them and their chances of keeping up their present form over a long period were minimal, but good old Reading made them look very good in the 2nd half, but they didn`t hurt us until Southwood`s clanger, I stand by my HT statement, they are a very limited side who will go down.
They'll go down because they've been docked 21 points, not because of how good they are.
If we'd been docked 21, not 6, we'd be practically in L1 already.
Difficult to say though absolutely. I don't think the Derby fans thought much of Rooney at all until they hit rock bottom with the points deductions. His win percentage is still only about 25% (Pauno is about 38% if Wiki is to be believed). To an extent its probably freed them up a bit, knowing that its a bit of a lost cause and the pressure is off. And fair play they've responded pretty well recently. Even with that, their points return is pretty similar to ours without deductions.
Though I suspect you're right in that we'd probably have crumbled with a 21pt deduction rather than reacted positively from it
Royal Rother TBH I turned to my son about 5 seconds before their 1st goal and said "you realise this is going to end up 2-2, isn't it?".
HoundSnowflake RoyalwindermereROYAL TBH at half time I said to my mate Derby didn`t have much about them and their chances of keeping up their present form over a long period were minimal, but good old Reading made them look very good in the 2nd half, but they didn`t hurt us until Southwood`s clanger, I stand by my HT statement, they are a very limited side who will go down.
They'll go down because they've been docked 21 points, not because of how good they are.
If we'd been docked 21, not 6, we'd be practically in L1 already.
Difficult to say though absolutely. I don't think the Derby fans thought much of Rooney at all until they hit rock bottom with the points deductions. His win percentage is still only about 25% (Pauno is about 38% if Wiki is to be believed). To an extent its probably freed them up a bit, knowing that its a bit of a lost cause and the pressure is off. And fair play they've responded pretty well recently. Even with that, their points return is pretty similar to ours without deductions.
Though I suspect you're right in that we'd probably have crumbled with a 21pt deduction rather than reacted positively from it
StrandedHoundSnowflake Royal They'll go down because they've been docked 21 points, not because of how good they are.
If we'd been docked 21, not 6, we'd be practically in L1 already.
Difficult to say though absolutely. I don't think the Derby fans thought much of Rooney at all until they hit rock bottom with the points deductions. His win percentage is still only about 25% (Pauno is about 38% if Wiki is to be believed). To an extent its probably freed them up a bit, knowing that its a bit of a lost cause and the pressure is off. And fair play they've responded pretty well recently. Even with that, their points return is pretty similar to ours without deductions.
Though I suspect you're right in that we'd probably have crumbled with a 21pt deduction rather than reacted positively from it
Derby's biggest problem will be if they start to get close. They have no pressure on them at the moment as they are "gone" but if they say pick up another 3 or 4 wins quickly whilst those above them continue to scratch around, then they will almost be favourites to stay up and complete the great escape - that is a massive shift in pressure.
HoundStrandedHound
Difficult to say though absolutely. I don't think the Derby fans thought much of Rooney at all until they hit rock bottom with the points deductions. His win percentage is still only about 25% (Pauno is about 38% if Wiki is to be believed). To an extent its probably freed them up a bit, knowing that its a bit of a lost cause and the pressure is off. And fair play they've responded pretty well recently. Even with that, their points return is pretty similar to ours without deductions.
Though I suspect you're right in that we'd probably have crumbled with a 21pt deduction rather than reacted positively from it
Derby's biggest problem will be if they start to get close. They have no pressure on them at the moment as they are "gone" but if they say pick up another 3 or 4 wins quickly whilst those above them continue to scratch around, then they will almost be favourites to stay up and complete the great escape - that is a massive shift in pressure.
You could argue until Southwood's blunder that actually they did crumble a bit against us as soon as they got a real glimpse of a chance of safety. And we were pretty much there for the taking and they didn't complete the job
Stranded Defensively they are excellent but they don't score enough. Was only the 5th time they have managed more than 1 in a game (5 in 25 games). In comparison we have scored at least twice in 10 of our 23.
On the flip side, we have failed to score in 7 games, Derby 8.
Big difference is clean sheets - Derby have 9 from 25, we have 3 from 23.
We are both in trouble for different reasons, we can score regularly enough but can't defend. They can defend but can't score.
bcubedStranded Defensively they are excellent but they don't score enough. Was only the 5th time they have managed more than 1 in a game (5 in 25 games). In comparison we have scored at least twice in 10 of our 23.
On the flip side, we have failed to score in 7 games, Derby 8.
Big difference is clean sheets - Derby have 9 from 25, we have 3 from 23.
We are both in trouble for different reasons, we can score regularly enough but can't defend. They can defend but can't score.
Perhaps a merger is the answer
StrandedbcubedStranded Defensively they are excellent but they don't score enough. Was only the 5th time they have managed more than 1 in a game (5 in 25 games). In comparison we have scored at least twice in 10 of our 23.
On the flip side, we have failed to score in 7 games, Derby 8.
Big difference is clean sheets - Derby have 9 from 25, we have 3 from 23.
We are both in trouble for different reasons, we can score regularly enough but can't defend. They can defend but can't score.
Perhaps a merger is the answer
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