Right - I've not been on our forum yet, I've not read any of your threads that will no doubt wind me up and I've not hung out with a load of Unitedites post match (drove back to my own boozer in Darley Dale), so coming on here with a fresh mind after the game, albeit I listened to a bit of Radio Sheff on the way back.
You came to do a job and you did it - pretty effectively. In the first half, I think we dicked you football wise and looked by far the better side, albeit without the vital cutting edge. Second half, a bit more edgy an more of a level playing field. The football wasn't attractive by any stretch, certainly in the last 30 and when you went down to 10 you honestly looked the more likely to score.
You definitely set up defensively and to hit us on the break, which for some reason we don't seem able to cope with. You deserved a point ultimately and all there was between us were two world class saves. To be honest, I didn't see Wildsmiths from Donaldson, but how Moore got up to save yours from Reach (was it?) is beyond me.
Our players need to sharpen up a bit, not good enough and I think Wilder could possibly have made a couple of more intelligent substitutions - for you, I think Rhodes is a spent force and Wallace is a thug, but that's my only little dig - apart from the double decker parked in our half Let's put this 2nd string nonsense to bed, you had enough talent on the pitch it was 11 men v 11/10 men, all capable footballers.
So, all in all, honours even at the Lane, but I'll take 4 points over the season, no animosity and a tense, if not pretty Derby. You can hold your heads high and I'll begrudgingly wish you well for the rest of the season.
Oh and I though Chris Wilder was quite humble in his appraisal of you on the radio, maybe he does have a bit of class?
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