Smith – 5 – woeful uncertainty in dealing with balls into the box. The entire defence is less confident when he plays. The looks of horror on his face when he came flying off his line late on told a thousand stories.
Chambers – 4 – how many of his long balls forward fell straight to Derby feet? Too many to count, that’s for certain.
Morgan – 5.5 – salvaged a clumsy display with one or two botched roves into attack. The defence as a whole was pulled apart by some very simple football, and he has to take his share of the blame.
Breckin – 4.5 – excellent last ditch tackle on Commons in the first half, but he was pulled to pieces.
Heath – 5.5 – struggled defensively but showed more confidence on the ball than most of his colleagues. He can hold his head up, but our defence is not the sort to comfortably accommodate burgeoning youngsters.
Anderson – 4.5 – I’m pleased that, as a loanee, he was prepared to fight his way into the side. But he wasn’t ready for a return, and it showed.
McGugan – 5.5 – as frustrating as his ‘energy levels’ were, again, his individual play was our only outlet all game.
Perch – 4 – anything but captain material. Stupid penalty.
Cohen – 5.5 – all of the huffing and puffing a man can muster, but this was not his day.
Earnshaw – 5.5 – scored, but missed plenty of chances that he’d have bagged if fit.
Tyson – 4 – an unwelcome return for the brick-feeted first touch and runs into scotch mist.
