Derby came with game plan and work did not let QPR play

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Had this down as 0-0 actually, the optimist in me went for two scorecast's of 1-0 and either Derry or Connolly as the scorer. With those unlikely scorers you see what my expectations where like.

Crap game but one more point accumulated, in the end it's not so bad.
MOM Connolly 8.

But i have to say Derby's tactics were poor and of the dark days.

Gang of thugs disguised as a fotball team is more like it. And with a poor official apointed for the game it just went from bad to worse. I thought DD first half was ok with the exception of him doing nothing to protect Taarabt, you could clearly see the kid was anxious every time the ball came his way. In the end of the game i couldn't believe how Brayford, Ayala or Davies where still out there. Mark of 3 from me, and thats being generous.

It will be interesting to see how the team and staff approach the Cardiff game both mentally and tactical. A defeat in Wales would really test the nerves of both players and fans in the remaining rounds.

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NorwayRanger16, are you Arsene Wenger in disguise?

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For the second time this season, the old boy, Robbie Savage, trussed, parcelled and finally gift-wrapped Abel Taarabt before sticking him in his back pocket.

It wasn't the greatest of games, but boy, did Derby battle, and they thoroughly deserved their point. One poster seems to think that three Derby players should have been sent off. For what?

In my book, a foul on the pathetic Wayne Routledge isn't actually an offence but an act of kindness.

Even Colin in his post-match interview had to give grudging acknowledgement and tacit approval to Nigel Clough's tactics. Well played, Derby - no surrender!

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Patricia Routledge you mean.

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Steve T, thanks for pointing out the obvious, i'm actually a bit embarrased that i sounded like Arsene Whinger :-)

I fully support any team to go out and try to get the best result possible by any means necessary. Had Derby approached this game the same way Sheff Utd did they wouldn't have anything to show for their efforts, and in the position Derby are in who could blame them.
Hell, we have been scrapping for narrow 1-0 wins on the road all season ourselves!

OldOneEye, not that i'm hoping for red cards, just thought a proper ref (Darren Deadman is not a proper ref) should have come down a little harder on several occasions.
First Ayala, 30 seconds before his two footed tackle (which alone is a red card offense) when the ref played the advantage should have had a yellow card. 2 yellow = 1 red.
Re Brayford, idiotic behavior when pushing Gorkss in the back resulting in him hitting the camera, could have caused serious injury, straight red.
Davies, nothing spesific, just repetitive fouling throughout the game. I agree that a red for him would have been harsh.
QPR should have had two stone wall yellow themselves for cynical fouls in the second half (Faurlin and Hill).

I don't begrugde you the point gained, well deserved after a battling display, QPR didn't do enough to deserve a win imo.

Warnock has based his career on the same tactics, of course he can't say anything else :-)

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Bias is a wonderful thing - neither of us can be really relied on for an impartial viewpoint, so here's mine....

Regarding Brayford's shove - it was stupid, but take it up with Sky TV or QPR's own 'Health and Safety' people. Just because the camera is there changes nothing. When Kris Commons was shoved off the pitch at Crawley earlier on this season, he ended up over a four foot wall and into the seats. It's the foul that counts - not the consequences. Send someone off for a shove and you will end up with 2-a-side.

Ayala's challenge was not a two-footed challenge - well, not at the same time anyway. It was a lunge worthy of a booking, sure, but the second foot came in scissors-like afterwards. Neither foot made any sort of contact with the player, and it was neither 'studs showing' nor feet in the air. I've just watched it again.

Colin calling for Davies to be sent off is quite baffling when Davies was trying to get out of the way and Paddy Kenny was the one following through after his clearance. His little dig about Pride Park ('The Baseball Ground or wherever they play') just shows what happens when you mix idiots and microphones.

All the best for the rest of the season - let's hope that the FA aren't silly over the Fourlin thing.

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derby seem to be a bogey side for us at qpr, ok it's a pt to the total required
which i have long said 85pts will send a team up ( 83 may do it now if ipswich beat norwich)
savage again tied up adel but he still got in a moment of magic that produced a wonder chip and a great save from their goalie.
we will need to up our game v cardiff.
not a disaster...

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For Derby their only problem was which bus to take on the way home - they came for a point and got it. Let's face it next season if we came away from Anfield, Old T, Emirates and The Lane with a 0-0 minimum, happy days?

Can still think of 23 managers who would swop with Colin.

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this was not an enjoyable game to watch as derby spoiled successfully and deserved the draw.Qpr showed signs that the performance was being affected by the accumulation fatigue effect.Fresh legs are needed to get them over the line.Routledge was effective until he got booked.
Team performance was not of champions except the keeper who i believe is the best keeper in all the leagues.
I predict more fatigue affected games if the same team is chosen in the matches to come.
Defence was well drilled and a clean sheet for Paddy was the positives.

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