THE SUPER CLARETS vs Derby County - Match Thread

[Commy]

Sheff Utd lose

[Conroy92]

Absolutely horrifying performance from the linesmen

[IanMcL]

All over 0 0

Come on Middlesbrough

[BabylonClaret]

Bloody awful last r minutes. Ball.must have been unplayable for about 45 seconds

[Casper2]

Bloody awful game

[willsclarets]

Absolute shocker of a game. Hate playing Eustace sides.

[whiffa]

Come on 'boro!

[TPClaret]

Good point against a horrible team.

[Boss Hogg]

What a dire game.

[Darnhill Claret]

We just didn't play very well at all after the first 20 or so minutes, so onwards and upwards.

[Conroysleftfoot]

Another point gained.

[burnleymik]

Weak pathetic ref allowed them to kick us up and down the pitch all game.

That said we need to be creating more against opposition like that.

[BurnleyFC]

Feels like a missed opportunity against a pretty awful side.

[Commy]

Azaz just played a ball right across the Leeds goal and they all stood and watched.

[Tufty]

Told you so...0-0. You just sense it early on.

[IanMcL]

Come on Boro

[ecc]

We'll take a point from that.

[BobSykes]

Sheffield United save our blushes again then. The wheels really do look to be coming off there.

Come on Boro, still time there I suppose.

[ArmchairDetective]

Really didn't understand the tactic of constantly lumping diagonal balls to our attackers against a defence that was clearly better in the air than us.

Not our finest night. But another point and another clean sheet.

[burnley007]

I can't remember watching a worse game of football in many years.
Awful pitch, awful Derby tactics, shite from us.

[whiffa]

Switched over to the Leeds game and the surface looks like a snooker table compared to what we've just played on.

[IanMcL]

28 undefeated

[Nonayforever]

That's not a bad point all things considered.

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Always going to be a tough game. A bunch of cloggers on a Sunday league pitch, but it's a point gained with Sheff Utd losing.

[nyclaret]

We just weren't very good. 6pts from the next two games needed.

[Murger]

Missed opportunity, especially with the Sheff Utd result.

[Commy]

We play footballing teams now until Millwall.

[Pearcey]

Massive opportunity missed tonight but fair play to Derby, they scrapped for everything.

[CoolClaret]

After a promising start, we were brought down to their level, which was a bit disappointing. However, considering the result at Bramall Lane, it's not the worst point.

[ElectroClaret]

The Blades result is fabulous for us.

[Robbie_painter]

Scruffy horrible point that will end up getting you promoted.

[BabylonClaret]

To be fair they worked very hard and put 11 men behind the ball most of thw game but second half the ref was bloody awful.

Anyway another point

[tarkys_ears]

28 undefeated

[Bacchus]

It's not a bad point. Derby have been on a decent run, fighting for their lives. Tough watch but scrapping points out of games like this could be the difference in the end.

[boyyanno]

Sheffield United save our blushes again then. The wheels really do look to be coming off there.

Come on Boro, still time there I suppose.

Again?

[Commy]

James went down and was taken off. Not sure if injured or just a precaution.

[Nonayforever]

Losing Foster was a blow.

[boatshed bill]

Sheffield United save our blushes again then. .

Why would we be blushing, it's a point gained?

[SouthamptonClaret]

Poor excuse blaming the pitch. It isn’t great. But the ball has been passed about along the deck all night without an issue.

I didn't blame the pitch, I was just pointing out various factors that made this a difficult game. We weren't good enough and reverted back to the over cautious style we've adopted most of the season. First time Parker has put Foster on with Flemming and he got injured so very unlucky in that regard

[Colburn_Claret]

Disappointing, but not unexpected. It was unlikely we were going to win every game, and this was one of the harder ones.
We need to give the lads a good rest before Friday. We looked slow.

[ArmchairDetective]

Why is that not Steve Coogan

[NickBFC]

A disappointing result, but it was a tricky game against a dogged, physical route one side on a dreadful pitch. Not a bad point given Sheff U's defeat. Need to beat Norwich now.

[willsclarets]

4 points from Derby and Coventry isn't bad. 7 wins in 10 with 3 draws, isn't bad either. Derby played the perfect game for them and their position. We didn't have the answers tonight unfortunately. But as proven already, these bottom teams are not going to be easy to beat at this time of year with it so tight down there

[Commy]

Sheff Utd have just lost two games against teams that play like Derby. We have four points from our two.

[Conroy92]

Going to be interesting if it comes down to the Millwall game and the only striker we have to field is Barnes.

[BigGaz]

Frustrating game, and more than a whiff of how we played 10/15 games ago. We can count ourselves lucky that they didn't score because I'm not sure we'd have found the solution.

I am in the early stages about having some misgivings about Edwards.

[RVclaret]

As anticipated, a struggle for us against a physical Eustace side on an even worse pitch than Deepdale. I felt we needed more in behind type balls to get their big cb’s turning. Clarke almost handed us a goal when we did it late on. Foster injury is a worry.

[JimmyRobbo]

Frustrating night but if you were offered the chance to be level on points, at the top after tonight, I think I'd take it.

A much worse night for Sheff U than for us.

Boro knocking, too.

[ksrclaret]

I'll take the point there, especially after Derby fluffed a sitter late on.

[TPClaret]

Some outstanding defending especially end of the first half when the were pumping corners and long throws into the box