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Some very nice balls played down the channels by Madsen but not a lot on the end of them today. Deserved the defeat.
The Kone miss is one that I hope by the second half of the season he has more experience because he was totally unmarked and had time to bring that down. He'll learn. It looked so easy when he started but the Championship is a big leap up again. I'm sure he'll be fine but he needs to find the net soon. We also need to feed him a bit better.
We looked tired today, lethargic even. Nothing clicked and Derby fully deserved it. Another game we lose with more possession and no answer to a low block. Hopefully Stephan will find a way to beat this type of team. There are a few of them out there.
Ipswich will be tough but at least they will actually come at us more and that should create more room.
Honest as always. An off day, struggled with the low block. Didn't compete as they wanted to. I like the post match reaction today from him and Stephan. They know the issues. No need to panic. No need to blame. Just get it sorted and react next time. On the plus side, his hair is really lush now! :)
Varane is a very good player and perhaps as Hayden hasn't played a lot of football before coming here this season they are managing his minutes but I must say that so far Hayden and Madsen have looked really solid in the midfield. I have faith in Varane. We know he is a good player.
I agree with most of this. Just feel sorry for the fans and the lower paid staff around the club. It's always the fans and the lower paid staff that pay the price.
I have no idea why but I feel strangely confident about this one. No science to it or reason. They aren't a bad team with some very experienced players, a good manager (as we know), at home and a score to settle for the 4 nil defeat. However, for some reason, given our resources and pace at the moment I feel quietly confident. Plus we seem to just play better away now and seem better set up to deal with playing away.
Of course, all of this may unravel tomorrow if we don't apply ourselves and have that 'intensity' that we sometimes have and sometimes leave at home.
My only concern is that puke mustard and various shades of pink are 'unique designs' we agree upon. I'm not saying there is no place somewhere for puke mustard and pink but perhaps the designers need to listen to the fans as well. It would be nice to go back to hooped sleeves and variations of blue and white, red and black and green and white hoops as a standard. But then, perhaps I'm just old and out of touch, which to be fair, maybe the case.
I think it is more that have a very intelligent player who realised that at this level you have to put it about, dish it out and be smart and quick on the ball. He said in a pre-season interview that he didn't feel he had done himself justice and wanted to prove he was worthy of a place. I think he was perhaps overwhelmed last year by the physicality of it all and at 6 foot 4 has realised that you have to use that advantage on the pitch and trust yourself. 100% a totally different player now and the basic thing is that he has adapted to it all and believes in himself. Long may it continue.
Well we know the formula now. If we threaten to have more possession we give the ball back the other team, let them have more of it and hey presto we win every time.
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