Derby v Qpr | Match Thread

[djp]

There’s nothing wrong with Nardi it’s the shocking midfield and Rb the problem were lightweight slow in too many positions miss the physicality of both Dykes and Hayden and Willock stronger than Saito which says how lightweight he is Dembele ok but needs to sort his crossing out too

As for Anderson and Madsen I fancy my 2 yr old granddaughter over 10 yds to beat them and knock them of the ball pathetic

The midfield without Colback in there is certainly a worry. Agree that the Madsen signing is looking a bit dodgy right now, especially as he was our “big money” signing of the summer, hope he can turn it around as at moment he looks like a dud, when we signed him we were told how versatile he was, I was thinking Ned Zelic, hope I am wrong.

To be fair to Saito, against Hull he was putting himself about a bit and was probably the best of a bad bunch that night.

But yeah agree, it’s a concern we have replaced fairly reliable Championship experience with players that have potential to play in Championship. “Computer said yes”

[SheepRanger]

It really is the midfield. Frey actually did well in pushing their backline back and that should have dragged our whole team up the field. But, our dreadful slow midfield refused to budge so there was a massive gap. It seemed that Andersen had the role of breaking forward to join Frey but he was so slow and feeble it was easy for Derby to stay compact and keep Frey isolated. The lack of pace and energy is diabolical - christ knows what they did on that Spanish training camp, maybe they joined Marti for 10 days of paella and Estrella???? But, simple fact is we look like a plodding powder-puff team in a league of big strong athletic men.

Perhaps we forgot to click the athletic box in the data filter?

[Abseits]

It really is the midfield. Frey actually did well in pushing their backline back and that should have dragged our whole team up the field. But, our dreadful slow midfield refused to budge so there was a massive gap. It seemed that Andersen had the role of breaking forward to join Frey but he was so slow and feeble it was easy for Derby to stay compact and keep Frey isolated. The lack of pace and energy is diabolical - christ knows what they did on that Spanish training camp, maybe they joined Marti for 10 days of paella and Estrella???? But, simple fact is we look like a plodding powder-puff team in a league of big strong athletic men.

[72bus]

Me and son went yesterday as soon as Anderson in team it was deflated
we were bullied
they just wanted it more
marti has too look at finding A WAY to get BEST out of these and HIS players

In one .... They wanted it more .

[Steptoe]

Me and son went yesterday as soon as Anderson in team it was deflated
we were bullied
they just wanted it more
marti has too look at finding A WAY to get BEST out of these and HIS players

[shaggy24]

What has happened defensively though? Yes Clarke Salter is badly missed but it’s pretty much the same defence from last season which was solid, except the keeper. As much as Nardi is a good shot stopper is he part of the problem here? I mean the defence look unorganised and nervous as ####, so do they have faith in the man behind them? Never thought I would say this but perhaps Begovic is missed? Time to give Walsh a go maybe, I thought he was excellent at Coventry last game of season

There’s nothing wrong with Nardi it’s the shocking midfield and Rb the problem were lightweight slow in too many positions miss the physicality of both Dykes and Hayden and Willock stronger than Saito which says how lightweight he is Dembele ok but needs to sort his crossing out too

As for Anderson and Madsen I fancy my 2 yr old granddaughter over 10 yds to beat them and knock them of the ball pathetic

[djp]

What has happened defensively though? Yes Clarke Salter is badly missed but it’s pretty much the same defence from last season which was solid, except the keeper. As much as Nardi is a good shot stopper is he part of the problem here? I mean the defence look unorganised and nervous as ####, so do they have faith in the man behind them? Never thought I would say this but perhaps Begovic is missed? Time to give Walsh a go maybe, I thought he was excellent at Coventry last game of season

[SheepRanger]

Still fuming about Madsen's rubbish pass today and Andersen losing possession on the edge of the box in the last game.

You would ###### players in your amatuer team for doing these things, yet they are pro footballers.

It ####ing beggars belief that these ####ers get paid to play football

[72bus]

No desire to bust a gut in this team

[Qpr staines]

Saito very lightweight and madsen I thought was going to be some player but he his very disappointing who scouted him he didn't even bother jumping for a header and lost out to a much smaller player hopefully chair will get up to speed and jcs is back but worrying times and hull got spanked by Norwich so goes to show how bad we are

[72bus]

We are far to lightweight , I was looking how much more muscular and fitter derby were .
saito was second best and barged off a ball in the 1st half then hid for the rest of his time on the pitch
Anderson and Madsen are a disgrace , no pace , no energy and no hope .
We sit back and have no desire to win , the football is all over the place and our shape at time is non existent.
Definitely need Clark salter back , can't see where the next win is coming from , Marti needs to seriously work on our lack of movement when we have the ball.
It's lacklustre and boring to watch .

[LoftusRoadLad]

The only light coming thro is our sick beds are emptying.

[Stanfan]

Worrying. Giving such terrible goals away. First half both teams were pedestrian. I even thought at one point we needed kakay back and would improve right back slot. Celar did look sharper. Dembele looks a shadow. Chair a plus . If he’s back next game JCS at CB and Jimmy to RB. I hope palace sell eze soon although his value may be dropping out of England squad!

[Abseits]

Jesus Christ! What a week! We're at a stage where players should be finding a rhythm and the team clicking but we're a horrible disjointed mess and all over the place. Not one outfield player was better than 5 out of 10 today. Last Saturday was garbage but we hid behind the sending off but there's no excuse this week. Both weeks we've been done by teams coming out after half-time with a bit of bite/thrust and we've wilted.
A smattering of team came over at full-time to sheepishly acknowledge us but were greeted with a muted response from 80% and quite loud booing from 20%. Deservedly so too. During the raucous noisy first half my impression was that the Marti Cifueutes song was only gaining traction with 60% of singers - it was definitely not getting the lusty airing it normally gets.
I dunno what can be done, Marti rolled the dice with subs and Celar and Frey up top but it had zero effect - I suppose the issue is slow football and a lightweight midfield. Quite a list to address.

[DJ Hooper W12]

I would just be so happy with mid table mediocrity, relegation scraps every season are just depressing, I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought it might be different this season but so far we look worse than ever and in big trouble!

Exactly right the highlight of Saturday now is the beer before the game