Kamprapport fra en fans i Derby igår, som jeg synes gir et godt bilde av situasjonen:
"I was there yesterday and had a great view from their main stand and deary me we huff and puff. We are so predictable on the offence- look for Snoddy. We have now become a Hoofball team happy to just send the ball as far from our goal as possible. Surely the players don't practice this? Well to me it certainly looks like SG wants them to send it long because watching him yesterday he is either stood there looking lost in the "technical area" or screaming at them to" send it".I am no purist and do believe it should be horses for courses but once the ball is airbourne possession becomes a lottery.Good footballers-Snoddy,McCormac,Keough, want it to feet.If all the manager can do "technically" is repeatedly wave arms screaming "come on" I am afraid things have become desparate.Are the players not listening Monday to Friday at Thorpe Arch? Is there something wrong within? Who knows.Moving Lees to right back was a mistake(how is that fair on him or Connolly?).Neither impress in that position, again we concede in Connolly's space.Brown IS getting better, however Clayton looks kitten weak, a shadow of the player in the early weeks.Aidy has pace but someone needs to tell him to look up.Becchio- jesus where do you start,if he was a horse he would be put down, in his defence he used to thrive off dead ball line crosses into the box and pull backs,unfortunately since the loss of Gradel we have no one capable to deliver.Becchio even annoyed me with his diving antics yesterday.I am afraid we are in a massive slump, we can,t even beat below average teams so unless QUALITY is bought (not loaned) in Jan I fear for us. It feels like the Club is die- ing.So over to you Mr Bates show some ambition, your 80 years old and you aint got long left mate- you can't take it with you.If funds were to be released however I really don't think SG should be the man to spend it ,his eye for [/i] talent is clearly very blurred. It saddens me to say but I think its time for a total change of manager and coaching staff.Who? I don't know, but it needs to the right guy and a more tactically switched on leader.MOT"