I should have made Rams changes - Rowett
Gary Rowett's Derby County have 32 points from 19 matches and are sixth in the Championship
Derby County manager Gary Rowett says he probably should have made changes for the Rams' match with Ipswich Town following their 1-0 home defeat.
The Rams went into the game after an impressive 3-0 victory at Middlesbrough in the Championship.
Rowett named an unchanged side, but Ipswich ended a three-game losing run by taking three points at Pride Park.
"In retrospect, it put me in a difficult position with how well they played Saturday," the 43-year-old said.
"If I am being honest there is a little bit of me that thought about making changes, but it is so hard.
"I thought in the first 10 to 15 minutes our front four looked to be lacking in energy, but actually as the game went on they started to go with it.
"Maybe I should have made changes. I said that to the players that perhaps it is my fault for keeping the same team. I don't like saying it but maybe it was a game too far."
Derby need to adapt
The Rams missed the chance to close an eight-point gap on the automatic promotion places, but still have a three-point lead over seventh-placed Middlesbrough.
"For some reason we have had two or three games now where we have not started as well as we would've liked," Rowett told BBC Radio Derby.
"There are different challenges every game. The last two sides to come here have both sat in really, really deep and have hoped they could nick a set-piece or counter attack.
"I think that is a respect to how we are this season but I think it is something we have to try and navigate.
"I think occasionally that rather than be so deliberate, sometimes you have to get the ball wide and get it in the box for quality or head the odd longer diagonal ball to head the ball down to an area for someone to run onto."
Source: bbc.com
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