A better second half but, in my opinion still a long way to go. In a second half that we dominated possession, we had two shots on goal, the goal and Grabban`s back heal. Derby in their few minutes of possession had better chances and we got away with a point thanks to two good saves by Samba and a deviation of McKenna.
The second half was all heart, the players, not some tactical genius. The Derby players were visibly tired, to make it even worse for them, their number one menace, Lawerance, got injured early on.
Derby might struggle as they are short of players, but we are and will struggle because we don't have a system of play that creates enough chances.
The second half showed that when there is not that continuous pressure on the backline, even Bong can come useful, his was the assist to Johnson.
Taking out Yates and bringing on Grabban was an act of desperation for CH he knew, losing this one and was out. Can a one-man midfield (Garner) with another one like Zinc work?
Carvalho`s Forest adventure should be over. No motivation contributes nothing, who knows maybe if we started the first half like we started the second, we could have even won the game.
Mighten is being sussed out now. Not given the right balls and defenders know how they face him, he remains dangerous but the surprise factor of the early days is over.
We need to dare and shoot more from outside the box, I think we are the team with the least shots from outside the box in the country (excluding shots that end up in Row Z and those that are blocked).
Fingers crossed for this week and some really good signings, this team needs fresh impetus ...