Opinion: Derby v Fulham

It was a late decision - 6am Saturday morning, in fact - but we were at Derby yesterday afternoon to see what must surely be the final nail hammered into our coffin. Not being able to secure three points against a team already doomed to relegation or even hold on to a lead for more than 30 seconds tells you all you need to know about our woeful season.

The performance was pretty poor and disjointed; changes were made too late in the game to have much effect; and worryingly we didn't even look like we knew what to do when we had the ball. Shocking stuff all told.

The result was made all the worse by both Sunderland and Birmingham winning - the latter, of course, being the team we had an outside chance of overhauling. They're now six points ahead (seven if you count goal difference) which makes it look highly improbable that we'll be playing Premier League football next season.

I shall be on later with my diary for our day trip to Derby plus player ratings.