Championship

ROWETT SHOWS OFF HIS TACTICAL NOUS

by
The LeaguePaper Team
19 March 2017

Match Verdict

STAR MAN
BRADLEY JOHNSON
Derby
AN EAST Midlands derby is perhaps not the best game to take charge of either club for the first time, but it will have taught the respective managers plenty.
Forest started brightly and finished well, but showed why they are fighting relegation with their lacklustre start to the second half. Derby were the exact opposite, starting sluggishly but growing into the game – Rowett’s tactical switch at half-time an early feather in the new manager’s cap.
With some better game management they would have won the game – and Rowe...

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