Matchday Thread: Stoke v Derby

[MadAmster]

Poor 1st half. Not enough forward thinking. Too many awful passes. Well taken penalty gave them the lead.

Joke of an equaliser but we'll accept that every day of the week.

2nd half was better but we again had too many poor passes. More urgency, better movement off the ball. Their winner should have been chalked off for the barge on Phillips who, in all honesty shouldn't have been on the park. Booked for his first foul after coming on, he then creamed one of theirs on the edge of the box. I agree with PW, we couldn't have complained if he'd seen a 2nd yellow.

Must do better at Coffintree midweek. What is starting to get a bot worrying is we've just spent a week working towards this game and there's next to nothing 1st half. Make changes and we do better 2nd half. Why can't we come out and play from the off.

JWZ. 6. Silly penalty to give away. Made up for it with some excellent saves.
Ward. 3. Poor positioning. Poor passing. Poor tackling.
Nelson. 6. Decent game but another whose passing was not up to scratch.
Cashin. 6. Same as Nels.
Forsyth. 4. Slightly better than Ward but guilty of a same mistakes.
Harness. 6. Adequate but no more.
Osborn. 6. Huffed and puffed but ll to no avail.
Adams. 7. Our best player on the day.
Jackson. 5. Not his best game for us.
Yates. 5. He's supposed to be out centre forward. I'd like him to spend more time centrally. Workrate alone is NOT enough.
NML. 5. The odd flash but off it.

Phillips. 4. Fouls. Lucky to stay on the park. Today showed why he's a bench sitter, IMO. Must do better.
Goudmiijn. 4. Ineffective.
Brown. 6. Adequate.
Collins. 4. 12 minutes of nothing really positive and gave away something like 4 fouls.
Elder. 6. Came on and did reasonably well. He'll start at Coffintree midweek

[Andy_Faber]

Shocking, only Adams and Elder should avoid a *******ing. Why can’t any of them weight or direct a pass? Are they using different balls at Moor Farm?

[ramAnag]

Poor 1st half. Not enough forward thinking. Too many awful passes. Well taken penalty gave them the lead.

Joke of an equaliser but we'll accept that every day of the week.

2nd half was better but we again had too many poor passes. More urgency, better movement off the ball. Their winner should have been chalked off for the barge on Phillips who, in all honesty shouldn't have been on the park. Booked for his first foul after coming on, he then creamed one of theirs on the edge of the box. I agree with PW, we couldn't have complained if he'd seen a 2nd yellow.

Must do better at Coffintree midweek. What is starting to get a bot worrying is we've just spent a week working towards this game and there's next to nothing 1st half. Make changes and we do better 2nd half. Why can't we come out and play from the off.

JWZ. 6. Silly penalty to give away. Made up for it with some excellent saves.
Ward. 3. Poor positioning. Poor passing. Poor tackling.
Nelson. 6. Decent game but another whose passing was not up to scratch.
Cashin. 6. Same as Nels.
Forsyth. 4. Slightly better than Ward but guilty of a same mistakes.
Harness. 6. Adequate but no more.
Osborn. 6. Huffed and puffed but ll to no avail.
Adams. 7. Our best player on the day.
Jackson. 5. Not his best game for us.
Yates. 5. He's supposed to be out centre forward. I'd like him to spend more time centrally. Workrate alone is NOT enough.
NML. 5. The odd flash but off it.

Phillips. 4. Fouls. Lucky to stay on the park. Today showed why he's a bench sitter, IMO. Must do better.
Goudmiijn. 4. Ineffective.
Brown. 6. Adequate.
Collins. 4. 12 minutes of nothing really positive and gave away something like 4 fouls.
Elder. 6. Came on and did reasonably well. He'll start at Coffintree midweek

Tbf to Phillips the first was never a yellow…although the second could have been a straight red. More bad officiating.
Agree with the rest…although I’m struggling to remember a meaningful contribution from Harness.