I actually thought it was one of Luca's poorer games. I thought he gave the ball away more than he usually does. Though they are very few and far between.
I've voted for Earl. Philips will take the plaudits because of his goals, but for me, our back 3 looked extremely comfortable all afternoon, with Earl being the standout performer of the 3.
I agree that he probably wasn’t as efficient on the ball as he typically is but I thought he was still very good at winning the ball back and offering protection in front of the defence.
Find it slightly weird that Cadden hasn’t had a single vote on here yet on Twitter, he got man of the match. I thought he was okay today but there would be a few I’d pick over him for man of the match. Trust the BBS judgement!
Good solid team performance and Philips was a positive force scoring twice so I was a bit surprised when Luca Connell was named at Oakwell.
Just before Cadden was taken off he was getting far too easily beaten by Derby's no 2. Bringing him off and putting Williams there with O'Keeffe joining Cotter on the right was a shrewd move by Collins and for me, ensured the win.
Closing soon. Surprised that there’s no votes for Jordan thought he played very well and demonstrated to Cadden how to cross low and dangerously rather than low and aimlessly.
It was interesting seeing Cadden vs Wilson on that side of the pitch, because they were teammates on opposite flanks for Forest Green Rovers the season before last. That season, Wilson had the second most crosses into the box in the division after Cadden, though they both got the same number of assists, suggesting Cadden was often in a better position to get balls into the box, but his quality of crossing was worse.
Appreciate that but Pines was much less consistent and got 3 votes. Luca was only ok and got one. He wasn’t my MOM either