The Derby Post Match Thread

Damien10 said:
I agree, he normally shows his class when in possession. However today when in possession he was poor and played like he was having a mess about in a park. He was taking way to long on the ball and overcoplicating things.
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Ye, he's not a No.10 for sure. I'd like to know everybodies opinion on when he should begin to be phased out, if he should only start certain games and be an impact sub or keep as is and who or what type of player should replace him. Soriano must surely be on the ball with it.
 
Just have to mention that Clattenburg annoys the shit out of me. Rojo is a dirty **** as well, I look forward to his stamp being replayed 24/7 for the next week like Mario's until he gets his ban...
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
What did we learn from that? That Pellegrini is increrdibly conservative when he doesn't need to be (Nacho on for Bony about twenty to twenty five minutes to the end - it was staring everyone in the face) and madly risk taking when he shouldn't be (no Kompany on Wednesday). We also learnt that we're not as good a team when our two world class players are out - surprise. We also learnt that the rags are not our rivals for the title. In other words, everything that we already knew.
Dire game — already forgotten. I'll take that point and ask no further questions. Now I'll just sit back with a drink, and look contemplatively at that table…
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Natcho didn't get a kick when he came on & didn't look like getting one.

Why would an extra 20 mins of that have helped ?
 
United close to their best and we were distinctly average at best , what does that tell you . . . We shouldn't struggle to win this league only arsenal pose a real threat
 
Happy with the result given the injuries we have, sure the performance could have been better but given the result there last season we were never going to be very expansive. The key today was not to hand them the advantage, we closed the game down quite well, in hindsight the decision to start with Sterling instead of Navas was not right and maybe Bony should have come off earlier but be honest with no Aguero, Silva and Kompany and Kolarov only just getting back to fitness i was always going to be a struggle.

I think the time is coming though where we need to look at what our prefered starting line up would be if everyone is fit because there are some tough decisions to make.
 
oakiecokie said:
I truly am shocked that people actually think that was a "good point" today.For me it was two points dropped as its so clear that we have the stronger squad but we had players who turned in some terrible performances today.The defence were superb,as was both Ferno and Nandi,but we can`t carry on with 4-5 players being so below par.
They were there for the taking and I am sick of the piss poor excuses that we didn`t win because we had two of our best players missing.We had enough quality to turn in a better performance against a truly bog standard team.
Obviously my expectation are higher than some Blues on here.
A point away against a poor team is not in my opinion a "good point" but two dropped.
But carry on all you happy clappers.
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In no way am i defending them you say a poor team yet they are not and have improved from last season yet we didnt have the quality there to win Bony just doesn't cut it we may as well not had a striker out there.

Nothing to do with happy clapping just a fair assessment that a point was enough against a team that has improved whilst we had 2 of our best players out of the team.
 
oakiecokie said:
I truly am shocked that people actually think that was a "good point" today.For me it was two points dropped as its so clear that we have the stronger squad but we had players who turned in some terrible performances today.The defence were superb,as was both Ferno and Nandi,but we can`t carry on with 4-5 players being so below par.
They were there for the taking and I am sick of the piss poor excuses that we didn`t win because we had two of our best players missing.We had enough quality to turn in a better performance against a truly bog standard team.
Obviously my expectation are higher than some Blues on here.
A point away against a poor team is not in my opinion a "good point" but two dropped.
But carry on all you happy clappers.
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The point is good when you consider how many of our players never performed to the level they normally play to, the Rags will probably see it as 2 points lost and that we were for the taking.

Different game with Silva
 
Yates said:
Ye, he's not a No.10 for sure. I'd like to know everybodies opinion on when he should begin to be phased out, if he should only start certain games and be an impact sub or keep as is and who or what type of player should replace him. Soriano must surely be on the ball with it.
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He should be phased out slowly from now. If Silva had been fit & we had to gind a centre mid place for Yaya, Utd would have run straight through us.
 
Very happy considering we only drew. Beforehand I would have accepted a draw with Silva and Aguero out. What pleased me was how solid we looked and how well Otamendi played. Komps, Otamendi, Fernanado and Fernandinho were outstanding and kept it compact. I feared the worst for Vincent and Fernandinho once booked but both were composed in the 2nd half.

You cant win every game and with our injuries we are doing ok without our main talismen. Psychologically we are in a good place still top of the league. Important to follow this up with wins against Norwich and Villa
 
cleavers said:
I can't believe what I'm reading on this thread. All week people have been moaning like f**k that we don't respect opponents, are too open blah de f**king blah, and when the manager does exactly what people wanted, we suddenly don't attack enough.
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By far and away, the most important thing today was not to lose and let them get above us. If we could get all three points then well and good but we had to get a point. Very pragmatic from a manager that I didn't think did pragmatic.
 
I'll take that point all day long. If the vermin wanted to win the league they had to have three today. Arsenal look far more impressive to me this year.

Class effort by Evil Otto. Fernando good too. If he keeps playing well and Delph can stay healthy then we can afford to use Yaya much more in spots and keep him rested.

Delph and the two Ferns in tough away fixtures from here on out? Yaya as an impact sub in matches like that? Deffo no Yaya in the 10 role. Normally don't like to make judgments on a sample size of two matches but you almost can do that for "Yaya as a 10" I think.
 
a tough fixture out of the way and in the process restricted a title contender to one point from a home game,this with an injury riddled squad, back to the top,well done city
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
By far and away, the most important thing today was not to lose and let them get above us. If we could get all three points then well and good but we had to get a point. Very pragmatic from a manager that I didn't think did pragmatic.
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Alleluia! I remember the days when a point at The Swamp would have been the highlight of the season. A point's a point! Takes us back to the top! Back in our hands again!!
 
For those criticising De Bruyne, it was clear to me that United's plan was to get three players straight on to him whenever he had the ball. In spite of that, he still managed 2 or 3 good crosses that we didn't capitalise on. Had Silva also been playing they couldn't have concentrated so much on nullifying De Bruyne.
 
oakiecokie said:
Really !! You class them as a good side.Thats not with Blue Tinted specs on.Have a look at the United thread time and time again.Virtually every page is awash with negatives about how poor they are and now we get a point and all of a sudden the fucking happy clappers are delighted.
They were there for the taking but too many players were well below par today.
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They are difficult to break down on the whole. They are not as bad as some on here make them out to be. Boring yes but organised and hard to score against.

A nil nil draw at the swamp at this stage of the season is not the end of the world for me. We didn't play great but usually when we don't play great, we lose.
 
Well were still top and i for one willtake that
Thought otamendi. Was outstanding and unlucky at the death
Let the press scream and create that their rag darlings didnt win, so what?
We will beat Norwich and today will be seen as a good point
We cant win every week
Blimey 10 years ago or so we held out at the swamp0-0 whilst constantly fighting relegation ffs some of u get real
 
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