Laughter's the best cure for losing Reds

THEY were having a laugh at Oakwell, training ahead of Derby County v Barnsley tonight.

Manager Andy Ritchie and assistant Rick Holden went for light relief - "a bit of head tennis and a kick-around" in the wake of the loss to Coventry.
Barnsley's slump to the bottom three is serious but Ritchie wants his players positive and turned the heat off them briefly.
Derby, under boss Billy Davies, are midtable but they've only won one Championship match at their Pride Park HQ.
Said Ritchie: "There's a lot of respect for their manager, I think he's a super coach and a great guy. They've get several good players, especially the front three - Steve Howard, Arturo Lupoli and Jon Stead.
"They're good going forward and strong in midfield."
Tonight has special significance for Barnsley winger Michael McIndoe. As a Doncaster Rovers' player, he was on loan at Pride Park at the end of last season.
"I'm looking forward to going back to Derby, it will be the first time back there since I left. They're a great club," he commented.
"Although I was there for only a short period of nine games, I felt I played a little part in keeping the club up last year. They've got great supporters down there and they've got some fantastic players so it should be an exciting game.
"The chairman left, the manager left and the club had a lot of financial difficulties so it wasn't the right time for me to stay there. If I'm being honest, I'm happy to be here with Barnsley."
Derby will be missing defender Michael Johnson.
Centre-back Johnson limped out of the weekend's 2-2 draw with Cardiff at Ninian Park after complaining of a hamstring problem with just 21 minutes gone.
But Darren Moore, who missed out at Cardiff while serving a one-game suspension, is a ready-made replacement.
Striker Paul Peschisolido is an estimated fortnight away from completing his recovery from a thigh injury, while midfielder Bob Malcolm is expected to remain sidelined until January after ankle surgery.

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Did they lift that from Coachmans training report?

 

Ritchie should hang his head in shame.

Trying to lift the spirits of the players with a light hearted training session?
He obviously has no idea what he's doing.

As Johnny Couchman would probably state - the squad should have been made to climb Ben Nevis before doing bleep tests & lorry pulling.
They had a full day to recover afterwards - what is the Manager thinking?

I, for one, think that any Manager who has limited resources shouldn't consider team morale to be of any importance.

FFS sideways.
On a stick.
Au gratin.
In a soup.
Avec fois gras et sauternes.

 

RE: Ritchie should hang his head in shame.

They should be made to lift the Stones of McGlashien.

With their foreskin.

 

Foreskin?

They all share the same one?

I also think Nick Colgan is an Irish Jew.
Just look at that nose.

The hardest thing Ritchie could force them to do is find work for Jay.