v Derby County (a) - 8/3/2025

[Neal]

13 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Did we bottle it, or did they score with pretty much their only shot on target and the referee allowed them to kick us off the pitch?

Just my opinion pal. At the end of the day, he didn't do enough to win the game. They took their chance, we didn't create enough to win it. I thought the manager failed to deliver the intensity and performance for such an occasion. We all know now that he was seemingly wanting to get out the door ASAP and was distracted by matters off the field all the while saying empty words to us all, so it probably wasn't as important to him as it was to us... Which was displayed on the pitch. It was the reservation and lack of balls to just throw everything at it in the 2nd half that really left a sour taste in my mouth. 

Edited Wednesday at 12:44 by Neal

[Mattyblue]

Their place last season was a bottle job, that one wasn’t, just better players being more clinical

[philipl]

Reading the local Derby rag, they have an insane amount of injuries going into this game.

[Mercer]

Rarely has the first goal been so important as it will be on Saturday.

Think whoever scores first will win the match.

Rovers lose and our season is over, Derby lose and they are gone.  It's that simple - forget all the rhetoric.

High stakes - let's see who has the cajones.  Sadly, I don't see it being Rovers.

[miqaayil]

24 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Rarely has the first goal been so important as it will be on Saturday.

Think whoever scores first will win the match.

Rovers lose and our season is over, Derby lose and they are gone.  It's that simple - forget all the rhetoric.

High stakes - let's see who has the cajones.  Sadly, I don't see it being Rovers.

nah...we'll win by 2 goals

[lraC]

27 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Rarely has the first goal been so important as it will be on Saturday.

Think whoever scores first will win the match.

Rovers lose and our season is over, Derby lose and they are gone.  It's that simple - forget all the rhetoric.

High stakes - let's see who has the cajones.  Sadly, I don't see it being Rovers.

One good thing about this, is that Derby can ill afford to draw this now, let alone lose it, as they are already a fair margin, adrift of safety.

Given how we know how Eustace plays, I think it is safe to say, he will be looking to keep it tight and try to scrape a 1-0 win.

Plenty are saying that he knows our players, which of course is correct, but the players know him too, so hopefully that, along with the desire to get one over their old boss, will mean we get the much needed win and keep our hopes alive.

[sharpysharps86]

3 hours ago, Mercer said:

Rarely has the first goal been so important as it will be on Saturday.

Think whoever scores first will win the match.

Rovers lose and our season is over, Derby lose and they are gone.  It's that simple - forget all the rhetoric.

High stakes - let's see who has the cajones.  Sadly, I don't see it being Rovers.

I didn't realise Derby were starting to look cut adrift at the bottom.

I'm sure Rovers will hand them a lifeline 😂.

[simongarnerisgod]

i absolute refuse to believe that the  injury ravaged,cast adrift and confidence drained derby can beat us.derby 0 rovers 4,mahkter to run riot, grab all 4 goals.strip down to his slip and jump into the away end😂

[Penwortham Blue]

20 hours ago, windymiller7 said:

Travis team talk for me. VI has done what he needs to on the training pitch, let Trav rally the troops.

We're probably not quite there but I feel a bit if a Chris Samba moment against Wolves coming on! COYB

Hopefully it be a better rallying call than that issued at Swansea and before the Norwich match. Travis has been really good this season but he has a history of his form dropping off when most needed and last two matches, he has been really poor. If ever we needed a Captain to step up and pull his team with him, it is this Saturday and then right through to the season’s end.

[NeilInBristol]

3 hours ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Hopefully it be a better rallying call than that issued at Swansea and before the Norwich match. Travis has been really good this season but he has a history of his form dropping off when most needed and last two matches, he has been really poor. If ever we needed a Captain to step up and pull his team with him, it is this Saturday and then right through to the season’s end.

He's not had tronstad and it's been missing.

Batth back too so Travis can now focus on in front not behind. 

Pears yet again exposed when batth not playing.

If we get tronstad and Travis together for derby with batth behind we should be good 

[RoversTilliDie]

9 hours ago, NeilInBristol said:

He's not had tronstad and it's been missing.

Batth back too so Travis can now focus on in front not behind. 

Pears yet again exposed when batth not playing.

If we get tronstad and Travis together for derby with batth behind we should be good 

Batth has also been missing an unsung hero.

[Cuppliance]

Saw an article this morning how Derby have a huge setback. One of their best-rated players, Ozoh, is predicted to be out for the remainder of the season after a late injury against Millwall.

"Massive blow for Eustace" and Derby's chance of survival after injury news

[LeftWinger]

18 hours ago, Mercer said:

Rarely has the first goal been so important as it will be on Saturday.

Think whoever scores first will win the match.

This is the same for every Rovers game to be fair.

We've played 39 games this season, the side scoring first has won 29 of them. 

[RoversTilliDie]

What a performance from Alison, against PSG. If we had him between the sticks, we'd be top of the Championship. I'm going 0-3 to Rovers against Derby.

[RoversTilliDie]

2 minutes ago, LeftWinger said:

This is the same for every Rovers game to be fair.

We've played 39 games this season, the side scoring first has won 29 of them. 

It's what's been missing from Rovers for a while, that fight back spirit,when you go behind.

[MarkBRFC]

56 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

It's what's been missing from Rovers for a while, that fight back spirit,when you go behind.

Weirdly this has actually been one of our better seasons for that in recent years.

Still only 8 Points won from going behind though so far.

[RoversTilliDie]

2 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

Weirdly this has actually been one of our better seasons for that in recent years.

Still only 8 Points won from going behind though so far.

There heads seem to go down, when they go behind, not enough fight back spirit for me.

[RoversTilliDie]

1 minute ago, RoversTilliDie said:

There heads seem to go down, when they go behind, not enough fight back spirit for me.

After saying that, more of last Saturday against Norwich please, never say die bang in the back of the net.

[M_B]

2 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

Weirdly this has actually been one of our better seasons for that in recent years.

Still only 8 Points won from going behind though so far.

Suppose the number of times you go behind has to be as much of a factor as how many points you gain.

[MarkBRFC]

2 minutes ago, M_B said:

Suppose the number of times you go behind has to be as much of a factor as how many points you gain.

From what I can see we have gone behind in 19 games this season.

That's ended up in 1 win, 5 draws and 13 defeats.

Somehow better than recent seasons, but still poor if you want to be at the top end of a league.

[...]

This could be us ...

 

 

[MarkBRFC]

15 minutes ago, ... said:

This could be us ...

 

 

It never will be unfortunately. 

[rigger]

1 hour ago, M_B said:

Suppose the number of times you go behind has to be as much of a factor as how many points you gain.

If you don't go behind in any games, you will gain no points from losing positions.

[Exiled_Rover]

24 minutes ago, ... said:

This could be us ...

 

 

I wish the Venkys were half as good as Mike Ashley.

[NeilInBristol]

1 hour ago, M_B said:

Suppose the number of times you go behind has to be as much of a factor as how many points you gain.

Yeh that's a good stat.

We do we concede first so frequently. Makes the job harder.

Is our clubs ambition actually to win football matches?(Not talking about the players )