| DERBY COUNTY v CHARLTON ATHLETIC League 1 # 31 |
| Pride Park Stadium 1500 Saturday 18th February 2023 |
| A sort of chastened Derby look to get back to winning ways after two disappointing games. Just a feeling of being lacklustre has crept in and on Tuesday we looked jaded and unimaginitive for the first 75 minutes. |
| So, looking for a reaction against Charlton on Saturday followed by three out of the next four matches at home. We're still a fortress but the bulwarks are starting to creak. |
| Will the manager of the month curse continue? Will the February slump rear its head - again and again? Well it has but we are still there and where were we 10 months ago? |
| We know Max Bird will be out for at least 2 more weeks. I think Warne will shake the team up a bit - the likes of Didzy cannot sustain three tough matches in a week. Harvey to start? |
| Charlton are the archetypal mid league team - a bit like Lincoln - they know that they need to start picking up wins to have a sniff of the play-offs. However this is not their 26,000 attendance cup final - which seems that every more minor team (and the refs) have to make it their big day out. |
| And a big for Craig Forsyth. MotM on Tuesday but an ever present who has done his stuff in a unspectacular and modest way in a position he has grown fantastically into . |
| Team news:- Wildsmith (GK), Forsyth (C), Hourihane, Cashin, Barkhuizen, McGoldrick, Mendez-Laing, Smith, Sibley, White, Knight |
| Subs:- McGee (GK), Collins, Roberts, Thompson, Dobbin, Springett, Davies |