Agreed - but I don't think there was much of that today. Their partnership had to be sacrificed for the good of the defensive shape, but it was a very disciplined effort by Leon, and many I think will a new respect that he carried out his unglamorous role in the gameplan so efficiently. Will look forward to him playing a free-er role against more defence-minded teams.
Derby's system was also quite imaginative, Pesch playing a new deep role off Rasiak. Real game of tactical chess today.
Leon hardly gave Idiakez a kick yesterday, which is why Derby don't do so well at home, because it's happening to them more and more.
But stuff them, Leon was great in the role he was asked to do, and if he plays like that when he has a bit more of a free-er role, he may well turn things around for him and the team this season.