Quote Originally Posted by AucklandRover View Post
For the first 20 minutes, we looked ok, but we fell apart after Sibley's goal.
Mowbray has admitted himself that he got the balance wrong, and I did say before the match that I thought four attackers was not a good idea with quick opponents and our best defender missing.
Sometimes, you have to start with nil-nil in mind (as we did at Derby LAST season).
OK - we missed two decent chances early on, but we looked pretty clueless after that.
Fair play to Derby. Their passing was excellent. Many things seemed to click for them today - in the way they did for us in the match at Sheffield.
In the build-up, I mentioned my worry that we have too many players who are not effective in backs-to-the-wall situations, and that really showed up.
Derby where and are ****e. Our inpet attitude from the manager all the way down to 10 of the 11 players made them look half decent. We where absolutely woeful. From start to finish. I know numerous Rovers fans who have travelled all over the country who for the very first time, turned off the game in disgust. And where unable to watch that 2nd half.
I'd like to know what on earth they did in training all week.