Excellent win

Neil Harris got it spot on tonight, should of been by more goal

Spot on comfortable!

Neil Harris got it spot on tonight, should of been by more goal

And no hoofball!! in fact lots of measured and control play we were comfortable for large portions of game

A win to steady the nerves.

laing and tomlin were brilliant, at tbf pack done well in the middle too ,Derby for all the ball they had done nothing with it

Neil Harris got it spot on tonight, should of been by more goal

And no hoofball!! in fact lots of measured and control play we were comfortable for large portions of game

Even the 'hoofs' at the end seemed to stick to Ward.

2 Games to go - It's in our hands

There was a 10 minute period in the first half where we hardly touched the ball but the shape and discipline was so good that for all their possession Derby hardly got a shot at Smithies' goal.

Solid performance.

Im over the moon with that tonight to be honest. Big well done to the team after the last couple of defeats

There was a 10 minute period in the first half where we hardly touched the ball but the shape and discipline was so good that for all their possession Derby hardly got a shot at Smithies' goal.

Solid performance.

Apart from that period, derby were very average and didn't have a sniff at our goal

Can’t recall Smithies having to do much apart from fielding back passes, catching a few poor free kicks and picking the ball out of the net.

One of our better performances of the season that.

Pack, Bacuna, Hoilett and Bennett had good games. Plus the magic man of course

Neil Harris got it spot on tonight, should of been by more goal

And no hoofball!! in fact lots of measured and control play we were comfortable for large portions of game

Even the 'hoofs' at the end seemed to stick to Ward.

Actually it was a plan as ward had beating of defenders and got plenty of knockdowns.. so not aimless compared to previous games or under warnock

Neil Harris got it spot on tonight, should of been by more goal

And no hoofball!! in fact lots of measured and control play we were comfortable for large portions of game

Even the 'hoofs' at the end seemed to stick to Ward.

Actually it was a plan as ward had beating of defenders and got plenty of knockdowns.. so not aimless compared to previous games or under warnock

100% agree allan,the whole team played well tonight and Harris has said tonight is how he wants to play,long may it continue,made derby look reply poor,well done to Harris tonight, got it spot on I do wish you hadn't mentioned a certain person boro need a point I believe,so will probably sit back,and we will have to try and break them down,and play like they just have,and we should be ok,c'mon city

Im over the moon with that tonight to be honest. Big well done to the team after the last couple of defeats

Massive credit to Harris in my opinion. For me, Sanderson has been good in general since joining, but the last couple of games he looked out of sorts. Fair play to Neil Harris for making the tough calls and bringing in Bacuna. I didn't watch the full game (not even sure if you could've), but it panned out - at least with the final result. Well in gaffer!

Excellent job firstly by the manager for tactics and secondly the players for the discipline in carrying out the game plan.

Also, without having a dig at a certain person, wasn't it nice seeing a Cardiff side playing football again maybe just maybe we are heading back to the days of Dave Jones stylish football which was a pleasure to watch but can just get over the line he couldn't which was a shame.

Has Harris earned the ' barmy army ' chant yet ? I think so.

Great win for the bluebirds well done to all involved 2 more games to go lets keep it up

I think clubs and managers get lazy in preparing for us. However they dress it up they essentially say we need to combat the hoof ball and throw ins into the box and underestimate our players ability. You don't get to the level that we have without your players having that ability. What Philip Cocu said pre match
Derby County manager Phillip Cocu: "I think both teams will need a win.

"With only three games left you need three points to keep pushing for a play-off spot. They are quite direct, more direct-playing team.


"They are dangerous with set plays. Midfield with a lot of physical power and runs in behind, anticipating, passing to their striker and second balls.

"We have to be really focused and anticipate that part of the game, pick up second balls keep defensive shape and then its up to us if we have possession to play our own game against them."

Playing with a more natural striker and a well balanced midfield we were able to carve them open and make the most of their errors. Personally I am all for playing a little more controlled football but not taking goal kicks to a player in your own area who is about to be closed down. To me it shows a lack of footballing nous. The trick is to be good enough to play in the right places. The commentators last night were waxing lyrical about that spell when they kept possession for a long time but they did nothing with it. Shortly after with far less possession we opened them up twice. Like many people I was a little disappointed when Neil Harris was appointed. I didn't criticise the appointment but felt a little underwhelmed. To me however with many of the same players he inherited he has turned the playing style around sufficiently to give us different options and far less easy to predict as evidenced by tonight. We are still not there yet and if I am honest I have mixed views on whether we progress to the Premier which is far too lop sided, dominated by money (made worse by the CAS decision) and VAR which is still interpreted in certain clubs favour (imho). Roll on Saturday to see how our new style contrasts with the old