Source: Daily_Mail
Derby 0 Blackpool 2: Clough under fire as Rams slump to dismal defeat
The boos rang out at Pride Park on Boxing Day as desperate Derby slumped to their second home defeat inside a week. [LNB]The Seasiders strolled to a comfortable win against a Rams side which scarcely mustered a shot on goal. [LNB]It was dismal fare for 30,000 fans who saw their team outplayed in virtually every department. [LNB]Nervous New Year: Under pressure Derby boss Nigel Clough [LNB]Chief tormentor was veteran striker Brett Ormerod who ran Derby's back line ragged and could have scored a hat full. [LNB]As early as the second minute he rattled the Derby crossbar and had two other goal scoring chances in the opening quarter. [LNB]It was his low left wing cross seven minutes before half-time which was turned into his own net by Jake Buxton, making his first appearance for Derby for four months. [LNB]Ormerod twice went close in the second half before adding a deserved second when he was put through by Gary Taylor-Fletcher and rounded Stephen Bywater to score. [LNB]With six minutes left Derby's misery was complete when Dean Moxey was sent off for bringing down Ormerod as he threatened to break free again. [LNB]With a daunting away trip to Newcastle next on the agenda it looks like being a nervous New Year for Derby boss Nigel Clough.[LNB] From Blackpool to the World Cup: Hameur Bouazza can't wait to face Fabio Capello's EnglandCoca-Cola Championship results, fixtures and more in our briliant Stats Zone[LNB]
