S25/26| The Official Match Thread | Derby 2 Swansea 0 | Att: 27,841 | 14/02/26 | The EFL Championship | Pride Park Stadium

[Swansea93]

Solid first half without creating to much, Derby offered nothing, let’s hope we carry it on in the second half.

 

[eteb]

Let's win this match first

Going to lose games mate. Theres
Not been one game under him where we've been the worse side I don't think

 

[Pegojack]

Neat play all over the field from us, but as their commentator said, Ackers hasn't had to make one save. We've got to be more ruthless in the final third. Ben is struggling to keep a lid on Angemang too. Interesting to see what Vic does second half.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

We're a proper football team. I think we'll struggle to keep matos come summer

I hope he gets some decent players. Imagine what he could do with the likes of Sinclair and Dyer on the wings. Sort those wings out and we could fly rather than mess up a lot of our good positions. He’s done wonders with the overall team play.

 

[Menston4128]

He's played as well as I've ever seen him since Matos joined

He is defeninatly improving under Matos and you can see he's trying to cross more and earlier, however his cross still needs some work.

The worst was when he hit Stamenic.

 

[eteb]

I hope he gets some decent players. Imagine what he could do with the likes of Sinclair and Dyer on the wings. Sort those wings out and we could fly rather than mess up a lot of our good positions. He’s done wonders with the overall team play.

Eom looks much better now. A decent rw would get us in the playoffs this season. Need an upgrade in summer

 

[Jackareme]

We look vulnerable to a set piece or a long ball - and they have the perfect referee to assist.
However they look vulnerable to our press and transitions. With our bench and some Derby players getting tired and potentially losing shape and concentration- there is a chance of a win here.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Franco looking like the player that won those awards his first season.
Game will no doubt be played at a much more frantic tempo 2nd half if the Derby players can get Eustace's boot out of their arse. Not sure a more frantic game hurts us though as this walking pace football isn't getting us many shots on goal.

 

[NWJack]

Eom looks much better now. A decent rw would get us in the playoffs this season. Need an upgrade in summer

Why is he any better than Ronald? We've had one goal and 1 or 2 assists in 30 games from them both. Both are equally pwp

 

[Rhoshilljacks]

The ambition has to be to keep Matos and add a sprinkle of quality, stating the obvious.
We are very close to being a seriously good team, just lacking a ruthless edge (Eom, love him but he’s cost us a couple of goals with poor execution). Making this bunch of playoff contenders look like a pub team.
Could still lose but should be clear.

 

[Muteswan]

13,000 online for today’s game apparently

 

[Pegojack]

Nah Pegs, we'll munch them second half if we don't give them anything before half time.

I think their manager will (a) give them a right bollocking in the dressing room and (b) reorganise to make life more difficult for us. Their top scorer is itching to come off the bench too.

 

[monmouth]

I know this is the kind of game we inevitably lose, and it may well happen, but I'm so happy watching this. They are like Brizzle, they are going nowhere fast with their garbage, but remember what we did at Gashton, let them roll all over us without a whimper. Night and Day. If we had reliable cutting edges I'd put money on us getting into the playoffs.

Anyway, sod the pessimism today, I'm painting by numbers, and I'm still sticking to a win 0-2.

 

[MrSwerve]

What I'd give for Matos from August

'Matos from August' sounds like a great band name.

 

[jack_lord]

my stream is down - any dodgy ones out there?