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Offline Legion

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #75 on: May 16, 2019, 10:33:31 AM »
D 1-1.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #76 on: May 16, 2019, 10:36:04 AM »
To think Derby are going to be a pushover again is a big mistake.

I think we’ve looked tired and lacklustre for a few games now. Let’s hope we can get our spark back - particularly in front of goal.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #77 on: May 16, 2019, 10:47:28 AM »
To think Derby are going to be a pushover again is a big mistake.

I think we’ve looked tired and lacklustre for a few games now. Let’s hope we can get our spark back - particularly in front of goal.

We've no excuses.  Plenty of time to recover from the last match, and a full squad to choose from.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #78 on: May 16, 2019, 12:30:05 PM »
I can see this being a high scoring game - 4-2 hopefully to us -  the Media will be desperate for Frank Lampard's Derby to be promoted

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #79 on: May 16, 2019, 12:46:23 PM »
I’m not too worried. Leeds were shocking at the back last night. We have a good defence now and presumably Whelan back in so we’ll be much harder to get through.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #80 on: May 16, 2019, 12:51:26 PM »
Every time I've seen Derby, they've been awful at defending corners, should be able to score against them with Abraham and Mings to aim for.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #81 on: May 16, 2019, 01:00:11 PM »
I can see this being a high scoring game - 4-2 hopefully to us -  the Media will be desperate for Frank Lampard's Derby to be promoted

I'm not going to bother looking on a Derby forum but I bet they feel the media want captain Jack Grealish to fire his boyhood team to the premier league Roy of the Rovers fashion.

Unless by 'the media' you mean Danny Murphy and Robbie Savage, those spunk trumpets will be crossing all twelve fingers for "Lamps".

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #82 on: May 16, 2019, 01:02:51 PM »
The big plus is Derby aren't going to be able to bully us, like West Brom did at times. Set pieces aren't going to be the same concern as the semi. With a lot of young players in the team, it's imperative that we quell any kind of good start for them. Last year, we only started playing after half time and that can't happen again. Ashley Cole starting is also a huge plus for us, so we need a completely different set up on our right side to take advantage.

There are a few different options, El Ghazi on right and AA on left is the safest. Kodjia seems to be benefiting on here by not playing much recently. Sub at best for me. Green no way and AA on right no way either.

My preference is to move McGinn slightly over to the right and try and get Elmo in behind Cole on overlap. Hourihane has to start, finals are for winning and he is one of our primary goal threats. Whelan to come back in for Green and Grealish much higher up near Abraham. There are no excuses, our ball playing midfielders simply have to dominate theirs.

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Elmo, Tuanzebe, Mings, Hause
-----------Whelan, Hourihane
----McGinn, Grealish, El Ghazi
----------------Abraham

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #83 on: May 16, 2019, 01:40:18 PM »
Where’s the poll?

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #84 on: May 16, 2019, 02:01:14 PM »
It will be a hard game for us form go out of the window in a one off game but I'm confident going into the final if we play like we have been doing.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #85 on: May 16, 2019, 02:02:29 PM »

-------------------Steer
Elmo, Tuanzebe, Mings, Hause
-----------Whelan, Hourihane
----McGinn, Grealish, El Ghazi
----------------Abraham


Exactly the team I'd go for.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #86 on: May 16, 2019, 02:30:34 PM »
Given how little Green and Adomah offer I’ll third that.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #87 on: May 16, 2019, 02:34:02 PM »

-------------------Steer
Elmo, Tuanzebe, Mings, Hause
-----------Whelan, Hourihane
----McGinn, Grealish, El Ghazi
----------------Abraham


Exactly the team I'd go for.

It does solve the Green or Adomah question. Neither is very effective.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #88 on: May 16, 2019, 03:10:08 PM »
Works for me. My only concern would be about whether it allows McGinn to get involved enough in the middle.

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Re: Championship Play-off Final : Pre-Match Thread
« Reply #89 on: May 16, 2019, 03:22:50 PM »
I'd prefer to have McGinn in the midfield with both Conor and Whelan to start with, with El Ghazi providing width on the right and Jack roaming from a sort of inside left starting position. Hause behind him would provide more legs than Taylor imo, meaning we could still stretch them with overlaps, while off the ball Jack, Anwar, McGinn and Tammy could press as a unit knowing they have a bit of a shield. I think this starting system would also be flexible should we need to change to either more defensive or more attacking during the game.

 


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