Did you think we were going to throw that lead away?

[Weststander]

Derby only had two shots on target throughout the whole game. It got a bit tense but I was confident that we could hold out.

This.

Couldn't see a poor (offensively) Derby team scoring twice, and there always the chance of an albion 3rd with a sucker punch.

I also felt we upped the ante and ran the clock down well in stoppage time. Lessons learnt from the lucky Bolton ending.

 

[Westdene Wonder]

After scoring twice in 25 mins thought we would have a comfortable match,Derby did not trouble our goal in the first half and expected we would have a fresh forward on in the second half,however bringing on Dicker and Crofts Derby pushed more players forward and could well have scored more than one goal so we ended up with another nervy ending.

 

[8ace]

Loved this. It proper f***ed the useless Lino up too! He was visably confused! be great if anyone has any YouTube footage of it?

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[BensGrandad]

After scoring twice in 25 mins thought we would have a comfortable match,Derby did not trouble our goal in the first half and expected we would have a fresh forward on in the second half,however bringing on Dicker and Crofts Derby pushed more players forward and could well have scored more than one goal so we ended up with another nervy ending.

This is the point that I was making about Gus and his substitutions he invites pressure with the substitutions that he makes.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

This is the point that I was making about Gus and his substitutions he invites pressure with the substitutions that he makes.

Nothing to do with players coming back after injury (Buckley) or Barnes being totally shattered from leading the line then?

 

[BensGrandad]

sorry duplicate post

 

[BensGrandad]

Nothing to do with players coming back after injury (Buckley) or Barnes being totally shattered from leading the line then?

Isnt that the point of having a squad so that tired/under performing players can be replaced with out having a negative affect on the team in general. Why would Barnes have been shattered is he not fit for 90 mins. The biggest disappointment has been the poor form of Crofts. Lua Lua was a obvious like for like replacement for Buckley but Dicker for Orlandi totally different players but instead of Dicker filling in and giving them less room in midfield he wandered all over the pitch and allowed their midfield to do what they wanted was that on Gus instructions.

 

[Weststander]

LuaLua flopped when he came on.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Isnt that the point of having a squad so that tired/under performing players can be replaced with out having a negative affect on the team in general. Why would Barnes have been shattered is he not fit for 90 mins. The biggest disappointment has been the poor form of Crofts. Lua Lua was a obvious like for like replacement for Buckley but Dicker for Orlandi totally different players but instead of Dicker filling in and giving them less room in midfield he wandered all over the pitch and allowed their midfield to do what they wanted was that on Gus instructions.

I think your predjudice against Dicker is showing as I didn't see him wandering all over the pitch. I thought the substitutions were about right. Derby got a free kick which resulted in a goal which then gave them some impetus to attack. As I said previously, they had only had two shots on target throughout the whole game which shows how well we had defended.

 

[BensGrandad]

My prejudice against Dicker? I think that he is an excellent defensive midfielder and should have sat on Jacobs and stemmed their flow. Instead of taking off Lopez and replacing him with the ineffectual Crofts I would have put Hoskins on in place of Barnes, who for whatever reason was knackered and told Hoskins to hold the ball in their half instead of giving it to their keeper to keep launching it forward.

You say they had 2 shots what about the back header from El Abd that TK had to catch on the line although he was in the net himself.

 

[Gullys Cats]

Oh yes, and then go on and win it..... Vivid imagination!

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

Had a few kittens in the last 10 minutes but generally felt they didn't have enough threat to make the pressure count.

Point was, we should have been out of sight by the hour mark. I love Orlandi, and he's scoring some cracking goals for us now, but boy has he missed some sitters too. Can't believe how that double chance didn't go in. If we'd gone 3-0 up early on in the second half, I think we could have pushed on and scored four or five.