Derby......what are you expecting..??

[sydney]

in true Albion tradition i am expecting a surprise win.....you...??

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I've put surprise win, but in reality it won't be....a surprise that is. I'm expecting a good win.

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Steve McClaren to bust out his Dutch accent for old time sake.

 

[Foul Play Rocks]

I've gone 3.2 to the Albion on the score predictor so I'm hoping for a bloody good game.

 

[Taybha]

No Martin no Bent Probably no Russel but no doubt Lingaaaard will play a blinder , 2-1

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Surprise win, after Fulham beat them I think they will be up for it. Should be an exciting match.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Defeat as usual to Derby.

Mitigated by Middlesbrough beating Millwall.

 

[nwgull]

Defeat as usual to Derby.

Mitigated by Middlesbrough beating Millwall.

This. Will be ok if our good GD doesn't take too much of a hit.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Bogey team. Lingard and Bent will score if they play but despite this, I'm going for a draw.

 

[Hampster Gull]

The Hewton machine gets into gear and we give a bloody nose to the derby boys

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Defeat as usual to Derby.

Mitigated by Middlesbrough beating Millwall.

This. I'll be pleased if we scrape a draw.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

1-0 either way

 

[SteveTheSeagull]

Derby is our bogey team so wheel loose.

 

[Titanic]

A thorough mauling.

 

[Biscuit]

Derby are class whereas we are only good in patches, and about average for the rest.

I expect a very solid, 2-0 Derby win, where they hardly get out of second gear. We, in turn, will miss a flurry of gilt-edged opportunities. We don't put anything in the net so Derby never really need to raise their game. The Albion faithful will take this as an indicator that 'on another day' we might have scored one of our half dozen good chances and the game could have panned out very differently. It's also a great indicator of just how well we can hold ourselves against the bigger teams in the division - completely ignoring that for the last two seasons we were one of the bigger teams in the division. This analysis, of course, completely misses the fact that Derby are never worried about us scoring, and should we by some miracle manage it, they'll up their game and find the net.

A draw, would be a superb result. The only way I can see it happen is if Derby lead 1-0 until the last minute where we sneak an equaliser, thus leaving Derby with very little time to get back into the game.

I live in hope.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

I would take a point right now.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I would take a point right now.

Yep

 

[goldstone68]

Gone with the surprise win, because you have got to have a little faith.

 

[8ace]

were loose

 

[Lifelong Supporter]

A draw would be a good result for us. Derby need to win and we will be hard pressed to stop them. Expect the manager to mention after our loss the number of games we have been playing and hint at the shortage of real quality for this division that we have got in the squad. We can usually compete but competing is not always getting a result. Quality gets that and we do not have enough of it.