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    re: It surprises me that...

    Quote Originally Posted by RamBamFan
    Not many people are pointing out the obvious tactical error from Saturday, which was playing long ball?

    How many of the following players are over six foot? Diame, Huddlestone, Livermore, Davies, Dawson.

    Now how many of these players are over six foot? Martin, Russell, Ince, Bryson, Hughes, Johnson.

    I'll give you a clue, Hull have a lot more. So who's going to win the ball more often when every time a Derby defender is hoofing the ball towards Martin (who himself might be over six foot but struggles to win headers)?

    If Derby had played the ball on the ground then we'd have destroyed a slow Hull team but DW wanted to play the route one football that he prefers.

    Carrying on, Butterfield playing instead of Johnson would have been better for playing the ball on the floor instead of an unfit and less talented Johnson.
    Well, a more direct style is what most fans seemed to want, and arguably hastened PC's dimise. As DW is

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    re: It surprises me that...

    He did it the Darren Waffle way?

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    re: It surprises me that...

    Quote Originally Posted by Toggles
    Not many people are pointing out the obvious tactical error from Saturday, which was playing long ball?

    How many of the following players are over six foot? Diame, Huddlestone, Livermore, Davies, Dawson.

    Now how many of these players are over six foot? Martin, Russell, Ince, Bryson, Hughes, Johnson.

    I'll give you a clue, Hull have a lot more. So who's going to win the ball more often when every time a Derby defender is hoofing the ball towards Martin (who himself might be over six foot but struggles to win headers)?

    If Derby had played the ball on the ground then we'd have destroyed a slow Hull team but DW wanted to play the route one football that he prefers.

    Carrying on, Butterfield playing instead of Johnson would have been better for playing the ball on the floor instead of an unfit and less talented Johnson.
    Well, a more direct style is what most fans seemed to want, an

  4. #14
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    re: It surprises me that...

    Quote Originally Posted by RamBamFan
    Not many people are pointing out the obvious tactical error from Saturday, which was playing long ball?

    How many of the following players are over six foot? Diame, Huddlestone, Livermore, Davies, Dawson.

    Now how many of these players are over six foot? Martin, Russell, Ince, Bryson, Hughes, Johnson.

    I'll give you a clue, Hull have a lot more. So who's going to win the ball more often when every time a Derby defender is hoofing the ball towards Martin (who himself might be over six foot but struggles to win headers)?

    If Derby had played the ball on the ground then we'd have destroyed a slow Hull team but DW wanted to play the route one football that he prefers.

    Carrying on, Butterfield playing instead of Johnson would have been better for playing the ball on the floor instead of an unfit and less talented Johnson.
    Well, a more direc

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