Mr Clough may well have hailed the performance as a good one but with games running out this season will good performances keep the Rams up in the Championship?
Only time will tell but how did you, the Derby County Mad readers, rate each Derby County players performance in the evening kick-off and the 0-1 defeat?
To give your views please select a star rating out of ten for each of the starting eleven for the Rams and the three substitutes used during the game.
A back injury made it necessary to blood James Seven in goal for the Rams during the seond half of this match. How did you rate him? Another new signing was striker Theo Robinson. Did he have time on the pitch to impress you?
All ratings will be collected and later this week, after calculation, we will bring you your results to see who impressed and who was duffer of this game.
Thank-you to all who took part in this rating session, the voting is now closed and results will be published shortly.