Totally one sided game in which Derby offered nothing and I mean nothing until the last 10 minutes when they had a couple of half chances and then the goal. When Chris Martin came on it was inevitable that he would score and everyone knew it. Despite totally dominating the game and having half a dozen decent chances it was just a matter of time before Derby grabbed an equaliser. In fact, the only suprising thing for me was that they didn't go on to win it in injury time. Bielsa doggedly stuck to the same 11 - lets face it why wouldn't he ? Unless of course you considered it took us 84 minutes to break down an average Barnsley team and that only happened when the subs came on. I think we're struggling at home when teams sit back. Even our goal was lucky with Dallas's shot rebounding off the keeper and then off another Derby player into the net. Bamford who worked hard and many chances but he looks anxious and you wouldn't back him at the moment to score in any situation. They saw competition is good but in Bamford's case I feel he knows Eddie is waiting and you can see it is affecting his play and not in a positive way. Time and time again in the first half we got ourselves into great positions but time and time again Harrison failed to cross or pass the ball. His final ball has been missing all season to the point now it's becoming a big problem. I don't think Harrison has delivered this season yet and I feel Costa is unlucky not to start. I think with Shackleton, Klich and Philips all playing centrally we are a bit too samey and a bit too predictable at times. How about playing Costa and Harrison on the wings with Pablo more central ? Maybe that would take a bit of the pressure off Harrison. Bielsa's subs came later yesterday and that was probably because we were winning but I think if he'd brought Eddie and Costa on around 60 minutes we would have won the game. I also believe Eddie would have bagged at least a goal if he'd started. Mind you, Kilch penaly miss was awful and to miss the goals is criminal. Overall, I don't think I've seen us dominate a game so much. Derby deserved nothing, absolutely nothing. They were outplayed totally but this is Leeds and we didn't expect anything else. Kiko - 6. Nowt to do other than one near f*ck up and pick the ball out of the back of the net. Dallas - 8. I thought he did well as a right winger. Allioski - 7. I thought he played well and came forward at every opportunity. Cooper - 7. Snuffed out every minor Derby forward movement. White - 8. As above but more comfortable on the ball. Shackleton - 6. He was busy but I can't actually remember him doing anything constructive ? Pablo - 6. Not on his game. First half passes were going astray as usual. Klich - 6. Horrendous penalty miss. Worked hard. Harrison - 4. One decent shot but failed everytime with his crossed. Philips - 8. I thought like Barnsley he was our best player. Bamford - 6. Good work for the penalty and he really put a shift in but should have scored. Subs: Costa - 6. Had a few runs but didn't make good use of the ball. Eddie - 6. Didn't have any chances. So that's Forest, Swansea and Derby where we have dominated every game but yet have come away with 2 points out of 9. There's only one thing that will stop us getting promotion this season and that is us.
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