SmythRam

22 minutes ago, Lord Willard said:

Or you could say, we secured 5th place with 2 games spare, where you had to get result out of your last two games. 

Little bit ridiculous. You're pretty much saying your players wasn't bothered about the last 2 games, if they was you'd be miles ahead of us.

Both sides can twist it ie. poor refereeing decisions, conditions, injuries etc. for a reason why they didn't get more points.

There was 2 points in it in the end, which suggests little between them. Whether it's 0 points, 2 points or 30 points, it doesn't give any advantage going into this game.

18 hours ago, Visiting Ram said:

Anticipated Derby team but we have injury concerns at this point

                     Roos

Bogle Keogh Tomori Cole 

              Johnson 

         Mount  Wilson 

Bennett  Waghorn Lawrence 

if Bryson is fit he would go into midfield with Wilson on the right and Bennett to the bench

but if we go all out attack which is rather exciting to watch

                      Roos

Bogle Keogh Tomori Cole

                  Johnson

          Mount   Wilson

Waghorn Marriott Lawrence 

 

Even if Bryson is fit, i think he'd struggle to get in the squad at the moment.

20 hours ago, omariqy said:

. I imagine Ledley will be play for them as Huddlestone struggled with the legs of Grealish and McGinn at Pride Park. 

 

Not a chance of Ledley playing as he doesn't play for Derby.

It will be Bradley Johnson. He has been back in the side towards the end of the season and been absolutely brilliant.

Derby have officially sold out their allocation. A lot unhappy with the ticketing system but hey ho!

Visiting Ram makes good points. Pretty useless looking into any sort of playoff position stats. We finished 3rd and undeservedly beat WBA in the final. We then finished 3rd and played QPR off the park in the final losing to their only shot on target.

It is 100% how the teams turn up on the day. Past meetings are irrelevant in a play off final, there is no way of predicting it.

Despite that I still expect Villa to win, but after Wednesday anything is possible!

12 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said:

Hi smhthram, out of interest, why is Carson  not playing, wasn't he your player of the season last year?

Mix between out of form and injuries gave Roos a chance. Roos played well and seems much better with his feet.

34 minutes ago, Teale's 'tache said:

Welcome, and congratulations yourselves! Hoping for a good game of football between us after the madness of the semis, wouldn't mind a decent ref too!

I'd love to know how you think you'll set up/lineups etc.

Best of luck!

Wednesday threw a spanner in the works as we tried a diamond and it bloody worked! Now when Waghorn is fit and now Marriott looks to be in form.. god knows who to go for!

Possibly;

Roos

Bogle Keogh Tomori Cole

               Johnson

    Mount.              Wilson

               Lawrence

      Bennett.       Marriott

Which would mean dropping Holmes who is brilliant! Possibly Waghorn in for Bennett but Bennett has been outstanding recently.

So not much of a help to you there!

Afternoon all.

Congrats on making the playoff final. You have every reason to be confident here as you are massive favourites. The feel amongst us Rams is that we almost have no right to be here but we're enjoying the ride!

Word of warning though. At the moment we are nothing like the Derby you have played previously. On our day we can beat anybody, although our defence is a bit of a calamity at times (especially from set-pieces).

Our best forum if you want to pop by is dcfcfans.co.uk

May the best team win!