We travelled down the day before and checked into our £10 Travelodge room right opposite the ground. Nice cheap feed at the Harvester Hotel up the road. All 3 meals and the salad bar for £15.
In contrast however the day of the game wasn't so successful. Our day started off with being turned away from Frankie's & Benny's, a nearby restaurant for breakfast. No away fans allowed. Ben must have looked too aggressive lol.
Then our tickets which we bought within the 1st hour that they were on sale to members were in Row W, 2nd from the back.
Then the game itself. We were dreadful for the 1st 40 mins conceding 2 goals in the 1st 9 minutes. Diabolically bad. Poor young Danny Potts again was given a torrid time. Credit to the kid for his home debut and how he has stuck to the task but it will be good to have the experienced George McCartney back at left back on Monday.
Derby weren't a super skillful side they were just very committed and had genuine pace up front that we struggled to deal with. They closed us down and hassled and harrowed at every opportunity. We have always struggled to deal with that as do most teams I guess.
The ref and the linos gave us absolutely nothing. Every 50/50 decision went against us and they were very tolerant on fouls and did not protect the ball carrier. C'est La Vie but our lack of discipline was again shocking as we continue to rack up cards for dissent that are entirely avoidable.
We started to get into the game about 5 mins before halftime and scored soon after and we did create several opportunities to at least equalise in the 2nd half but it wasn't our day.
To top it off while trying to get out of the Travelodge car park after the game we were sat there motionless for 20 mins and a bird shat on our windscreen. Lovely.
So that's 4 games now for 2 losses a draw and an unconvincing win. Let's hope January is better than December.
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