Derby County v Blues - **Match Thread & Chat** -

[bluenosekev]

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Pride Park Stadium, Saturday 24 November (5.20pm kick-off)
Derby County vs. Blues
npower Championship
Pride Park Stadium
Saturday 24 November, 2012 - 5.20pm kick-off

Tickets are now on general sale.

Note the tea-time kick off as the game is live on sky TV.

There will be a live stream for the game in the Private Area!

I think we can win the game, I dont rate Derby therefore we should be bringing the three points back to Brum.

Thoughts?


kro.

[lindis]

a 3-1 win for us as we are up and down this season.


Great with a TV game again.

[Raters]

It's on TV, so we'll lose

[hootie63]

It's on TV, so we'll lose

my feeling exactly, dread watching us on TV

[Raters]

It's on TV, so we'll lose

my feeling exactly, dread watching us on TV

I won't be watching, not the same as being there.

[bluenosekev]

Will watch it on my laptop.

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[evergreen blue]

I'll be watching on my P C. My dinner on my desk, and pudding at half time. Subject that is to all the moans and complaints and what have you.

And washing up after.

[bluenoseghag]

Just hope we play a bit better than we did the last time we were on tv

[hootie63]

Curtis Davies is fit and back in contention for a start v Derby and Paul Caddis resumes full training tomorrow and could be fit to play v Middlesbrough.


Two bits of good news for a change

[evergreen blue]

If Davies is available. What's our back four going to be ? Anything our Clarky can dream up I suppose.?

We might win this one, perhaps, could be , possibly. It will depend if they turn up or not.

[bluenosekev]

TEAM NEWS

Derby manager Nigel Clough may rest youngster Jeff Hendrick for the visit of Birmingham.
Forward Jamie Ward, who has missed the last nine matches, is still recovering from a hamstring injury.
Birmingham defender Curtis Davies is available again after recovering from an ankle injury, while loan signing Robert Hall could make his debut.
Right-back Paul Caddis is back in training after a shoulder injury but the game comes too soon for him.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head
• These clubs have been facing each other for 127 years and there is only two wins between them; Derby 40, Birmingham 38, with 30 draws.
• Derby's 2-1 win in last season's corresponding fixture is their only victory in nine league clashes with Blues.
• Four goals were shared when these clubs last met in March, but if five feature this time, it would take the total generated in league matches between the pair to 300.

Derby County

• Nigel Clough's mid-table Rams are anxious to avoid three successive league defeats, last endured in February.
• But they are also aiming to complete three successive home league wins, last enjoyed in January.
• With 18 (17 yellow, one red), Derby players have been shown fewer cards than any other club in Championship matches, with the exception of Hull (13 yellows).

Birmingham City

• Birmingham have managed two wins in nine Championship matches, and lie just three places above the drop zone.
• Only seven of their 20 league goals from the 17 matches have been scored in the first-half.
• Hayden Mullins is hoping to start a league match for the 500th time in his career and Wade Elliott is targeting his 500th club career start.

[baron von bluenose]

ithink we should expect win at derby 3.1 super blues

[hootie63]

Butland; Spector, Caldwell, Davies, Robinson; Burke, Mullins, Morrison, Elliott; Zigic, King.

Blues bench this evening: Doyle, Ibanez, Hancox, Diop, Hall, Reilly, Lovenkrands.

[RoyalBlueGardner]

I envisage Blues winning this by 3-2......lose and Clarkey tw@t must go

[hootie63]

Well Well well i think we have been here before, out of the game in the First half no attempts on Goal, no real threat and lucky to go in only 1-0 down. Then come second half a totally different team transformed show passion and a will to win only to be let down by bad defending once again and a thing that is becoming a all to familiar theme.
When will they come out and play from the first whistle, When will they come out and show a desire to win the first ball, When will they stop conceding sloppy goals,

oh and Final Score Derby 3 Blues 2

[bluenosekev]

Got what we deserved which was fekk all.

Nobody had a good game.

Zigic was probaly our man of the match, at least he tried !


Lee Clark

[hootie63]

Blues game 26.44mins in

[bluenoseghag]

Blues game 26.44mins in

Those highlights make it look like we actually turned up for the first 80 mins, which we really didnt

[Raters]

Had a chat to a guy who was there.

Said it was the normal, first half poor, second much better.

Always beter to take a match report from someone who was there, highlights are always missleading

[hootie63]

Obviously only watched it on TV but yes we were poor first half and improved second half but what let us down was the fact that our players seem very reluctant to put pressure on any opposing player with the ball. We are so stand-offish which just helps the opposition in their decision making.

[Raters]

Obviously only watched it on TV but yes we were poor first half and improved second half but what let us down was the fact that our players seem very reluctant to put pressure on any opposing player with the ball. We are so stand-offish which just helps the opposition in their decision making.

Agree mate (not based on saturday as I wasn't there)

This has been a theme for more than just this season though

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