Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
I don’t think I have used the word ‘slump’ have I?

I think our form in 2024 has been a concern. P13, W6, D2, L5 is not promotion form and 20/39 available points isn’t going to get us promotion.

Personally I find it a little odd that you excuse the Barnsley defeat on the grounds of us being ‘unlucky’ but say of the ‘lucky’ Stevenage defeat
that it’s the ‘result that matters’. Ultimately I suppose it’s always the result that matters but I do believe we have been worryingly inconsistent this year for a team with our ambitions.

No true, the word you used was collapse.

We ahve been inconsistent its true, but then given we have scraped a team together on limited resources and suffered a fair few injuries, that's probably not surprising.

Some games you win, some you lose, some deservedly so, others not so much, was the point I was trying to make with the Barnsley and Stevenage. I would rather the team play badly and win, than perform well and lose, but its football and anything can and does happen.

One can take a point of view and say derby are "lucky" to be where they are, due to various factors, but equally one can say in some games Derby have been unlucky not get at least a pt or all 3 pts.

I guess given my expectations were always on a top 6 finish, I am fairly sanguine about whats happening, frustrated that the team just don't seem on occasion to be consistent throughout a match, but have enough realism to look at how other "big" clubs fared - Ipswich for example never finished higher than 9th in 3 seasons, before getting promotion in their 4th, to understand that actually Derby aren't doing too badly at all.

Obviously I hope it all comes together and we can secure 2nd spot.