| DERBY COUNTY v LEYTON ORIENT League 1 #44 |
| Saturday 13th April 2024, 1500 Pride Park, Derby |
Play against a team in the lower half of the league and we stumble. Raise the expectations and then dash them again. Contribute to raised blood pressure, increased heartbeats and strange palpitations in the gut regions.
The Derby Way.
Still, a chance to reinforce our gowing belief for a climatic event at Pride Park on the last day of the season v Carlisle - (sold out).
Hindsight is a great thing and we can all look back at the modest start to the season and lost points to inferior opposition but we are, where we are - which isn't really a great revelation but maybe apathway to preserving our sanity.
Is this a must win game or will be ok with a point? I started to spend the play-off fund last week - all of a sudden I will now have to dip into the child benefit to replace it.
How will it work out on Saturday? I genuinely don't know. All I know is that come 5.00pm, nothing will be resolved.
| Team: Wildsmith (GK), Wilson, Bradley, Cashin, Collins, Mendez-Laing (C), Smith, Thompson, Sibley, Adams, Nelson |
| Subs: Vickers (GK), Hourihane, Barkhuizen, Waghorn, Washington, Fornah, Blackett-Taylor |