Gas vs Derby

Our defence has been excellent lately,with Beefy and Lewis Gibson looking a good pairing.

Beefy was strong with Taylor in the 4th tier and alongside Lewis hes hit form again.

I think Quansah a very good player,but maybe Beefy is a better defensive partner for Lewis.Our former Bluebird (maybe playing them next season),I think judges high balls coming at defence better than our Liverbird who does'nt always attack the ball when he could.His recovery tackle may be perfect,but that would'nt be necessary if he had won the ball with his head.

Quansah is a class player,don't get me wrong,would love him to be at with us next season,but possibly he's
too much like Lewis Gibson,againstcertain opposition ,in certain circumstances.

In Gibson with Quansah we have Bobby Moore with Bobby Moore.

In Gibson and Beefy we have Bobby Moore and Charlton J.

The 66 pairing stronger defensively.

Ha!🙂I maybe inventing a 'problem' here when there is
none ,but anyway,in short I think Beefy has been very good lately and has earnt selection.

Derby County today with Sheffield Wednesday Tuesday
Fantastic!

Hopefully Aaron's bruised foot is now better.

We know we can give em a game,cheered on by a noisey Mem crowd.

Come on Rovers!

We’re as good as safe after a blinding Easter.

Just going to enjoy the game, win, lose or draw.

We have played Derby County 28 times, W9, D6 & L13, Biggest wins 5-2 & 4-1, Defeats 4-1 & 1-4 with 4 x 1-1 & 2 x 0-0.

Derby County were founded in 1884, are known as The Rams and play at Pride Park Stadium which has a capacity of 33,597.

Their most famous era was of course under Brian Clough and his very own 'Watson' Peter Taylor from 1967 to 1973.
Clough's frequent outspoken comments against football's establishment eventually led to him falling out with the board of directors at the club, and Clough and Taylor left in October 1973.
Such was their impact on the club that, 37 years later, a 9 ft (2.75 metres) bronze statue of the pair was erected outside Pride Park in commemoration of their legacy.

Derby's primary rival clubs are Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Leeds United. Forest, based in Nottingham, 14 miles (23 km) east of Derby, are by far the fiercest rivals.

Football Hall Of Fame 2002-2017
Brian Clough, Peter Doherty, Peter Shilton, Dave Mackay, Steve Bloomer, Francis Lee, Raich Carter, Hughie Gallacher, John Robertson & Frank Lampard.

Past Legendary Managers were, Jimmy Methven, George Jobey, Stuart McMillan, Brian Clough, Arthur Cox, Jim Smith and Nigel Clough...

Honours include: 1st/Prem x 2, 2nd Div x 4, 3rd Tier x 1, FA Cup x 1, Charity Shield x 1, Texaco & Watney Cups x 1 each.

Derby are currently in 7th place and the mighty Gas are in 14th, will be tough today but we can extend our winning run to 3 at a packed Mem.

COYB - How many of you are backing the runners today in the GN at 5.15pm.

Jed Ward.

Onward and upward.
Jedward and Grantward.

Why do we always make it hard for ourselves?

Derby are very well disciplined and looking the better team, especially their central defenders who are dominating.

We're not helping ourselves by failing to do the basics. Some of our passing is embarrassingly amateurish.

Disappointing so far but at 0-1 we're still in it so maybe Barton can fire them up for the second half.

1-1 Evans (pen)