Views from Merthyr Imp following the 1-1 draw away at Derby County in League One: “The highest ever attendance for an away match with Derby County.
The first league point gained in an away match with Derby County (at the 13th attempt).
Equals the best-ever result away to Derby County (and the scorer in the last 1-1 draw there also wore the no. 11 shirt).
Difficult to choose a man of the match – any of the back five (except possibly Poole) or Rushworth.
As others have said, I thought Plange would have been a good change for Diamond but he didn’t do anything like as well. Let’s see what he can do in House’s place against Portsmouth.”
You can discuss what has been said in this article HERE, as well as many other topics on our 100% Imps forum!
Prior to the match, we published a quiz about the last time the two sides met at Pride Park, which can be found HERE, and there is also another 15-question quiz at the bottom of this article! Have a go at both and share your results on Twitter if you’re on there!
More views from our Match Thread:
imps_joe: “A very good point.
Sounds like they were definitely there for the taking had we not gone down to 10.
Hilarious that they had a last-minute goal rules for offside.
Another draw in the bag!”
mikeosullivan: “All our back six were immense. Only one mistake – Poole playing their goalscorer onside. Other than that they were all just about flawless.
Terrific fight and application. House will be a big miss on Saturday as Plange did not look suited to that roll at all. What a difference in three weeks. Montsma and Erhahan have galvanised us.”
Luke Imp: “We’ve had some poor away days this season – Cambridge, Vale, Burton and Posh immediately spring to mind (Chippenham in the Cup), but on the flip side there’s been Ipswich, Barnsley, Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Accrington, Oxford, Portsmouth and now Derby.
Got to say, after three years of having a sieve of a defence it’s nice to have some belief in our defensive work not just as a back five but also as a team full stop. Build from the back!”
hulloutpost: “Saw the best of both sides of our game either side of the sending-off. Players and management should be very proud of themselves tonight. Very encouraging, we are in good shape. Onwards.”
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— Vital Lincoln City (@VitalLincoln) February 17, 2023
Pride Park
League One
14/02/2023 8:45 pm
Attendance: 25829
Referee: Scott Oldham
| Derby County | Lincoln City | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourihane 69' | Shodipo 43' | ||||||
| 1. Wildsmith | 1. Rushworth | ||||||
| 12. Smith | 15. O'Connor | ||||||
| 15. Roberts | 51' | 5. Jackson | |||||
| 3. Forsyth (c) | 4. Montsma | ||||||
| 6. Cashin | 2. Poole (c) | ||||||
| 4. Hourihane | 24. Roughan | ||||||
| 11. Medez-Laing | 12. Erhahon | ||||||
| 38. Knight | 10. Bishop | 64' | |||||
| 10. McGoldrick | 18. House | ||||||
| 18. Dobbin | 45' | 27. Diamond | 77' | ||||
| 9. Collins | 45' | 11. Shodipo | 58' | ||||
Substitutes |
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| 32. McGee (GK) | 29. Wright (GK) | ||||||
| 33. Davies | 3. Boyes | ||||||
| 17. Sibley | 51' | 22. Eyoma | |||||
| 16. Thompson | 6. Sanders | 64' | |||||
| 23. White | 45' | 21. Sørensen | 58' | ||||
| 7. Barkhuizen | 45' | 9. Plange | 77' | ||||
| 22. Springett | 7. Vernam | ||||||
Game Statistics |
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| 21 | Goal attempts | 9 |
| 7 | On Target | 5 |
| 5 | Corners | 2 |
| 8 | Fouls | 7 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 73 | % | 27 |