Rotherham United’s biggest defeat of the season came at Derby yesterday – when, for me, the Millers never really got into the game.
I’ll be honest, I’m actually surprised we got thirty-two per cent of possession and eight shots at goal – I really can’t recall that many – of which four were said to be on target. And, our shooting accuracy of fifty per cent was actually better than the host’s at forty-seven per cent – though, let’s be fair, they could have had at least another two goals. And, the Millers actually had more corners than Derby with it being three to one.
Things definitely went pear-shaped yesterday. We can do better and, in fact, we have to do better.
As it stands, we are one point adrift of Millwall but they have a game in hand.
We can look back at the points we’ve dropped, especially at home, notably against Norwich (and, yes, I know they are top of the table, against Sheffield Wednesday both home and away, even as far back as our home game with Hull which I feel we should have got a point from. And we all know what points make don’t we – prizes.
At the start of the season I’d like to have thought we’d have been safe by now – as it stands I’d settle for a last game last minute goal to get us a last grasp point to stay in the Championship. Even then, I think I might be grasping at straws.
Pride Park
Championship
30/03/2019 3:00 pm
Attendance: 27003
Referee: Tim Robinson
Derby County | Rotherham United | ||||||
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Waghorn (13 pen, 42, 71 pen), Johnson (39), Mount (48), Holmes (62) | Wood (53) | ||||||
Roos | Rodak | ||||||
Bogle | Vyner | ||||||
Malone (Cole 76) | Jones | ||||||
Keogh | Ihiekwe | ||||||
Tomori | Wood | ||||||
Johnson | Ajayi | ||||||
Holmes | Taylor (Towell 45) | ||||||
Mount (Bennett 76) | Williams | ||||||
Waghorn (Marriott 81) | Wiles (Crooks 45) | ||||||
Wilson | Newell | ||||||
Lawrence | Yates (Forde 78) | ||||||
Substitutes |
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Carlson | Price | ||||||
Cole | Crooks | ||||||
Wisdom | Forde | ||||||
Bryson | Kayode | ||||||
Huddlestone | Palmer | ||||||
Bennett | Smith | ||||||
Marriott | Towell |
Game Statistics |
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15 | Goal attempts | 8 |
7 | On Target | 4 |
1 | Corners | 5 |
9 | Fouls | 12 |
0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
68 | % | 32 |