It's another one of those scenarios where it's important not to get too carried away by one defeat or by an unbeaten run of 7 games.
Derby lost at home to Rotherham, but then beat Bournemouth - which just perfectly frames the inconsistency of the Championship.
The problem is that many fans like to pick on someone, whether that be Yates, Cafu, Taylor, Samba... etc.
As a team, we were poor last night and actually immature.
The discipline was notably very disappointing against a shrewd Warnock side, that will time waste, dive etc etc.
Taylor got booked again without need and could have got a second yellow, Sow is clumsy and was a shoe in for a booking - so we had to make a change (which CH did at Half time), Knocky (who's body language was very poor when he came on) could have got a straight red & Ribby, clearly fancied 3 games off - because he could have got a red earlier.
Yates probably out for a while - so, will Colback, Arter or Freeman be fit to return or do we play Mbe Soh in DCM?
Sammy back to his frustrating best, well worst - Christie can't beat the first man with a cross and Mighten was largely anonymous.
Inevitable changes for a tough away day at Swansea, of course I want us to win, but don't really care about the FA Cup - use the game to get minutes into some players and hopefully, get rid of others!
Time to take stock, recover, get the cup game played and then let's go again!!
Notwithstanding the unpredictability of the league, last nights performance was totally unacceptable.
There was no fight and no will to win from the first whistle to the last, and on top of that we were treated to a master class in crass stupidity.
The top job carried out by the Ground staff was certainly not appreciated by the players, some of whom clearly did not fancy playing in the wind and rain, which is a terrible, damning indictment on how soft some players are.
I remember Clough taking the gloves off of the players for one game and sending the team out in short sleeved shirts, I think it was in Berlin; maybe a dose of that would do some of them no harm, they certainly would not be stood around feigning interest.
Sow's performance last night was an all time low; even by his standards the recklessness he displayed was horrific, and the idiocy of giving away free kick after free kick in such dangerous positions makes you wonder if he actually gives a fuck.
The defending for both goals was not even worthy of being called schoolboy.
What in Gods name was Worrall thinking for the first goal?
He is in the middle of the box, with the right back behind him and he steps up and calls offside; he could not possibly have known where Christie was positioned, so he should not have been making the call; on top of that he stopped his run waiting for a whistle that never came.
You could ask questions about how the ball got into the box in the first place, and would be right in doing so because the defensive play out wide was non existent, but Worrall takes the lions share of the blame.
Worrall did not cover himself with glory with the second goal either; McKenna loses the ball in midfield and the defence is caught napping; Christie was nowhere to be seen and Worrall goes to ground needlessly.
Pathetic defending.
But no, its not the defending or the bad attitude which served us so badly last night; it was all the fault of young Yates.
All of the usual suspects who have had to keep quiet for the last five or six games are straight out of their boxes, giving him a good hammering the first time something goes wrong.
He had a poor game last night but along with McKenna there was nothing wrong with his attitude; even when having a nightmare game he gives his all.
Compare that with Riberio, Sow, Cafu, Ameobi, Taylor and Knockheart who clearly could not give a fuck last night but escape any form of serious criticism.
Be interesting to see who they turn on if Yates is out for any length of time