Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Derby County Friendly (H) @ 3 pm Saturday 9 July 2022

These would be mid table championship without points deduction Medes Laing has been superb. Plenty of positives on the attacking side

 

We haven’t really had an attacking side Park.

 

Osadebe looks lively. Looks to pick the ball up and pass and move, looking for one twos. Good energy.

Harratt playing on the shoulder of the last defender. Needs a little though ball. Walker might be the chap to get him through.

 

"From what I am hearing" obviously he didn't go, God forbid his reply if he'd have been there.

 

This here is the problem with our fans, Hendrie is a bog standard average L2 defender. We're not wanting bog standard or average, we should be wanting and signing the best players for league 2. He has let us down last season just like the rest of them did. We can do better than him and must do better than him down the right.

 

Very true but is there any need to target them ???
I am sure in an ideal world we would be paying huge fees and offering players mega wages to come here ........ x sadly we are a club without huge finances and have to rely on players who ain’t the best but will come in and do a job for us ............... I mean had we got a decent full back on decent money folk would start moaning about other positions not being ............. Luke Hendrie will do a good job for us next season

 

I know you watched the game. Just your first comment was Hendrie is back up only and then went onto slate or fullbacks (and rightfully so on yesterdays showing). Both our first choice full backs are head and shoulders above what we saw yesterday. I do genuinely think Hendrie will be first choice RB this coming season.

 

He’s never really had a bad game in his two spells. He’s a solid 6-7/10 every week versus other right backs 4-5/10.

 

We will be okay with Hendrie at RB. Steady away. Likewise at LB when Ridehalgh is fit or even Foulds.

Getting the right CB pairing found in preseason is the key now.

You could do a poll amongst the fans right now and it wouldn’t be a clear cut result. Hughes won’t be any wiser yet either.

 

Ki

The amount of time you see a decent cross and remark that that was begging for the likes of Bobby or Hanson on the end of it. I think it's a bit of both in that you need a cross and a good run for it to work but generally id say the full back or winger is doing his job if he's consistently putting the ball in the right areas. Upto strikers to be taking advantage of the good service

 

I thought Hendrie did ok in terms of putting crosses in the box. There was one game end of season when he put in a dangerous cross, got it straight back. Put in another right on the money and we scored. Forgotten the game.

Hendries name mentioned loads for crosses in match reports here.
https://www.skysports.com/bradford-city-results/2021-22

Glad I hadn’t been imagining stuff. The stats quoted earlier sound bollocks. Looked at the last half dozen games……

Tranmere (1-1) - set up Walker’s goal.
Sutton (4-1) - set up Vernam goal
carlisle (2-0) - his crosses set up two good Walker chances

he’s fine for L2.

 

What do you expect them to do trevor. Put it on the telly for £5 , whilst trying to sell match day admission at £10.
Its a preseason friendly, if you can not or don't want to be there. Pay Derby the £1 for rams tv

 

Aye not half! Day and half that one.

 

Took the wife that day. I was probably more worried than her, she just thought it was hilarious all those silly men chasing each other up and down the pitch.

 

On the mend I hope.

 

He mentioned 60/30 and then swap around in the next friendly, so everyone's had a 60 minute stint, in the next week.

 

best laugh out loud today. What next teams should be announced early for every league game?

 

I don’t know if it’s just me but the team (inc bench) is still looking very weak and inexperienced in a lot of places. We need 2-3 more good experienced pros for me. Not journeymen like Theo, but solid players with 100/200+ games under their belts (a Liddle, a Bullock etc).

 

To say they didn't know if they would be playing football this season and signed many new players that was my point.

 

This half is basically the real Derby team, with a couple of good signings thrown in.

Second half might be different, don't know many of those names.