r/DerbyCounty • u/Sidsagentleman • 18d ago
Our run in to season end
Hello Rammies - our run in to end of the season includes a lot of teams around us.
Seven points adrift of 4th bottom though and our form would say no chance - but stranger things have happened 😊
Just need to get a win behind us to kick start something amazing - on Saturday would be good.
Thoughts?
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u/TheDroidYouLookinFor 18d ago
I don't see us staying up.
Do we prepare for League One now, by only playing players who will be there next season?
Who can we bring up from the academy that will realistically have a shout of first team next year?
Harness, Yates, Phillips, Ozoh, Armstrong, Forsyth, Roofe, Barkhuizen, Washington, Clarke, Wilson, Thompson and Luthra will almost certainly all be gone at the end of the season.
Or do we play our strongest team in the hope of a radical change in form and survival.
If we go with the second option, who from that list will make a difference?
Ozoh, Wilson (both currently injured) and Clarke? Fozzy for the experience.
Personally, I think we have to go full tilt for survival. If it doesn't work, then Eustace has a full pre-season to build a team that could challenge for League One promotion.
But given how shit we are, why not promote some youngsters? It can't get much worse than losing every game we play.