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This was poor game from two pretty poor teams. We got off to a very good start and could easily have been 2-0 up in the first 7 minutes, a couple of very good shots outside the area which skided on the wet surface. We allowed Derby back in. They did their homework on Tarrabt who was man marked by Savage, and all night he didn;t really get pass him. Adel got frustrated, but was responsible for laying on some good passes, one to Simpson and one which led to the goal for Cook. The goal came on the stroke of half time and it came minutes after a tactical switch by Warnock, because for much of the half, Cook played on the right !! First half was full of poor performances, none more so than Gorkss who couldn't find a rangers shirt with any of his passing. If it had been Ramage making those passes he would have got booed from the masses.
Second half we did not start well and on the back foot. Not sure why Simpson was moved out to wide right, as when ever he moves out to the wings he is incredibly ineffective and we were playing into the hands of Derby. Savage pretty much controlled the midfield and when the ball was not ending up in midfield, we tended to kick the ball miles up into the air. Not pretty and extremley ineffective, as we didn't have the height to win the balls, until German came on. Derby deserved the equaliser and was concerned they would go on and win it.
Fair play to the Rangers faithful because after 75 minutes much of the crowd then started to get behind the team and we played probably our best football. Vine hits the bar and we have plenty of shots on goal either blocked by defenders or saved by Bywater. We still decided to pump the ball in the air much of the time and I'd expect we might see more of this in months to come.
Today Warnock was tactically undone by a younger Clough, he got his tactics spot on, whereas we tended to play into Derby;'s hands. Okay some will point to German's shirt being pulled or the referree making some wrong decisions, but I'd rather look at the bigger picture. In the summer, we needa big clearout, I'd consider offers for all defenders accept Connolly and maybe Gorkss, Faurlin I still think is class and Cookie is coming good, you can add Tarrabt and Simpson (played in his rightful position) and you have 6 players that are good enough to take us to the next level. That goes to show what is needed in the summer if we are to be serious candidates for promotion next season.
I'm not including German because he is very young and will improve and needs to stay with us and hopefully Rowlands coming back to this best. Players like Legiterwood, Stewart, Hogan and even Buzsacky would be good squad players, but wouldn't be in my first 11 next season. If we cannot beat Derby this season with the Warnock effect, then next season when the effect wears off a little, it will be extremely difficult if changes are not made.
We are still to play the football that I so much enjoyed back in October, in fact we are a long way off it.
Second half we did not start well and on the back foot. Not sure why Simpson was moved out to wide right, as when ever he moves out to the wings he is incredibly ineffective and we were playing into the hands of Derby. Savage pretty much controlled the midfield and when the ball was not ending up in midfield, we tended to kick the ball miles up into the air. Not pretty and extremley ineffective, as we didn't have the height to win the balls, until German came on. Derby deserved the equaliser and was concerned they would go on and win it.
Fair play to the Rangers faithful because after 75 minutes much of the crowd then started to get behind the team and we played probably our best football. Vine hits the bar and we have plenty of shots on goal either blocked by defenders or saved by Bywater. We still decided to pump the ball in the air much of the time and I'd expect we might see more of this in months to come.
Today Warnock was tactically undone by a younger Clough, he got his tactics spot on, whereas we tended to play into Derby;'s hands. Okay some will point to German's shirt being pulled or the referree making some wrong decisions, but I'd rather look at the bigger picture. In the summer, we needa big clearout, I'd consider offers for all defenders accept Connolly and maybe Gorkss, Faurlin I still think is class and Cookie is coming good, you can add Tarrabt and Simpson (played in his rightful position) and you have 6 players that are good enough to take us to the next level. That goes to show what is needed in the summer if we are to be serious candidates for promotion next season.
I'm not including German because he is very young and will improve and needs to stay with us and hopefully Rowlands coming back to this best. Players like Legiterwood, Stewart, Hogan and even Buzsacky would be good squad players, but wouldn't be in my first 11 next season. If we cannot beat Derby this season with the Warnock effect, then next season when the effect wears off a little, it will be extremely difficult if changes are not made.
We are still to play the football that I so much enjoyed back in October, in fact we are a long way off it.
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