Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
The shortsightedness of the average fan. We've brought in players with recent serious injury issues. Pre season before anyone had been signed there was a list of available players. I highlighted the injury issues and many thought I was being harsh. Elder now needs surgery. Embleton too. Others we brought in have also been injured again. Disallow Wigan's winner, and it should have been and grant us the 2 penalties were were, wrongly denied at Bolton and deny them their incorrectly given one and we would now be 3rd. Half the squad is new and it hasn't come together quickly whereas Pompey's 14 new signings appears to have gelled quickly. It happens.

IMO, we looked a team against Cambridge and it was the best 90 minutes of football we've played this season so far. However, it was a case of close but no cigar. They came with a game plan which they executed very well. Many looked at the fixture and thought we'd waltz over "little old Cambridge". They are behind us on GD and are not going to be blown away. There are those elsewhere on social media saying we should win the next 2 games easily. Cheltenham away on Saturday should be a win. They have just the one point and no goals. Typical DCFC banana skin but we should get the 3 points. Blackpool away tomorrow? They are a point ahead of us. Won 0-1 at Barnsley at the weekend. That is not going to be the cakewalk many seem to think it will be (social media in general not specifically here). 4 points from the 2 games would be good, all 6 would be an excellent performance.

So many Derby fans need to have a good long think about where we currently are and stop expecting us to hammer sides who are around us in the table. This squad is still in the "slowly coming together" stage. 27000 gates don't mean you're going to hammer every opponent. Fans online seem to forget that there are 11 opposition players on the park who are intent on getting at least a draw out of the game. Big crowds or the fact "we are massive everywhere we go" don't guarantee a win or a performance.

Realism seems to have died out.
Well said