Match thread Derby County v WBA 23 Jan 2026

[Bombers right foot]

Bit of luck for a change against Derby

[Omegstrat6]

A scrappy game but at least we didn't give up, showed some character tonight and who cares how we got the point. Lots to do still, especially in front of goal, but a draw away at Derby certainly not to be scoffed at and I'm sure the travelling fans will feel like it's a bit of a victory.

[stargazer_1962]

Board access has been painful all night so gave up until now.
So glad we have stopped the run of defeats

[Leicesterbaggie]

Well, that went well. Griffiths would have swallowed that ball. Stupid, stupid decision. Same problems accessing the board by the way.

[baggieal]

At least the players wanted it but oh dear such a shocking lack of quality all over the pitch!

[TipperaryBaggie]

I thought Iling Jnr had a tremendous game tonight. You can see him being a top Premiership player at Villa. The sooner the feckin better!

[kettering_baggie]

First off, whoever runs this board needs to get some education on the subject, they’re useless.

Very pleased we managed to stop the run of defeats and for once, it was us getting the last minute goal. Derby were really terrible, though, fortunately for us. Ramsay’s formation is not very nice and why Ailing gets into the team ahead of Bostock is beyond me; not even on the bench! With Grant going off, Bostock would have been the ideal replacement.

[Prando]

+1 with issues trying to access the board. (Had a peep at the dark side)

Pleased to see a continued effort from the players - Illing apart. So disappointed not to see Bostock on the bench - what must the lad think.??

Any road up, let?s hope we may build on this.

Full marks for our supporters tonight.

[Baggie smudge]

I totally agree it was a really strange decision to put the new goalkeeper in straight away. That didn?t really make any sense at all to me.
Overall though I thought we played pretty well tonight considering the amount of pressure on the team to get something from the game and stop the rot. With all the negativity and talk of new records being broken etc I felt the whole team put a shift in and thoroughly deserved at least a point.
The fans who were there obviously felt that too
On to the next cup final!🤞🏻

[baggieal]

First off, whoever runs this board needs to get some education on the subject, they’re useless.

Very pleased we managed to stop the run of defeats and for once, it was us getting the last minute goal. Derby were really terrible, though, fortunately for us. Ramsay’s formation is not very nice and why Ailing gets into the team ahead of Bostock is beyond me; not even on the bench! With Grant going off, Bostock would have been the ideal replacement.

Absolutely shocking Bostock dropped from the bench after Swansea. Not great for confidence for a young talented lad and he?s the future. Wallace will be put out to graze come June and Junior will hopefully f uck off back to the Vile.

Knowing Nestor Wallace will get a new contract!

[Omegstrat6]

At least the players wanted it but oh dear such a shocking lack of quality all over the pitch!

A battling performance across the pitch which was great to see and we were markedly tighter defensively but totally agree about the lack of quality, especially in midfield and in front of goal where Price, Maja and Illing Junior should all have done better.

Junior did show effort and made some good runs to be fair but he too often scuffs balls and how many balls did he give away that let Derby through? Would like to see Ollie Bostock given his chance instead.

Diakite, I thought, did ok defensively in midfield and Molumby was his normal battling self but we so badly need a creative midfield player.

Lots of huffing and puffing but not enough creativity or quality in finishing but I guess the most important thing tonight was the point and the demonstration of some desire and passion that was so lacking on Tuesday.

Maybe we should also remind ourselves that Ramsay has only been here 11 days with two games played and little time with the players on the training ground so too early to really judge what he can do with the squad available to him. Given the pressure of our league position let us just hope this is the game that sees us genuinely start to turn the corner!

[Omegstrat6]

I thought Iling Jnr had a tremendous game tonight. You can see him being a top Premiership player at Villa. The sooner the feckin better!

😂

[SwedishBaggie]

Good with a point, but, winless for 6 games now (win on penalties vs Swansea statistically a draw). It?ll be tough avoiding relegation with this bunch.

[stargazer_1962]

Its not usual that I care about the other clubs fixtures but with us in this position its an important day

[Omegstrat6]

Its not usual that I care about the other clubs fixtures but with us in this position its an important day

So true! Especially given how many of those clubs closest to us have games in hand as well.The nature of the Championship is that a few wins can see clubs leapfrog up the table a few places but can equally mean that a run of losses can see them drop a few. Not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination.