Marcus Tattersall has volunteered, writes a great report, has experience, even better, he writes about Blackburn rather than Derby County. Until next season, or the season after, or sometime when promotions and relegations take place, anyway. We'll be back!

Let's see if we can finish with a bang. We finally have Hulse & Commons starting, but Nigel's not changed the back four, Shaun Barker returning to his old stamping grounds on the bench.

We're in black-and-white, they're in tangerine. We've gone straight on to the attack, but offside.

Derby: 01 Bywater 02 Connolly 05 Addison 17 Buxton 21 Moxey 07 Croft 08 Savage
10 Commons 11 Teale 16 Pearson 09 Hulse
Substitutes
13 Deeney, 03 McEveley, 06 Leacock, 14 Barker, 04 Green, 18 Pringle, 15 Varney

Kris Commons looking very sharp as he intervenes, but as they attack, we look wobbly. This game should be full of goals, and we want them all, a win with a clean sheet away.

Commons and Hulse looking as if they know each other, but not that well. Interesting free kick from Kris there, through to Croft, but we lose it through Teale, and they break.

Blackpool: 01 Rachubka 05 Eardley 06 Evatt 15 Baptiste 24 Edwards 04 Southern 11 Vaughan
26 Adam 10 Ormerod 12 Taylor-Fletcher 18 Euell
Substitutes
21 Gilks, 19 Emmanuel-Thomas, 20 Bangura, 25 Almond, 27 Demontagnac, 07 Clarke

First corner to us, not too useful, over the bar. Shortly after, Nigel goes mental as Savage mis-passes, but it's safe with Bywater. A second corner for us, Buxton tackled before he shoots, on and back to Buxton, header for Miles, no power. Rams' fans in good voice.

Kris Commons takes a free kick too early, short, has to re-take, so naturally puts the ball over the top. Kris is now teaching Savage how to pass a ball properly. This is looking a little experimental, Buxton caught in possession again, hesitancy, we should be able to pass - yes, Nigel thinks so too - maybe Nigel's right about the need to focus, they're up for kiss-me-quick hats, fish-and-chip suppers, a few pints, a carton of cockles. Sort 'em out, Nige. They've seen the sea.

27 minutes gone, we've had one shot each on target, we've also had three off, and we're ahead on corners, 2-1, here's the 3rd as Connolly & Croft put the ball in for the defender to head out.

Baptiste's shot clears the bar. Now Bywater beaten, Euell couldn't make the tap-in however. We're under pressure.

Ball through to Taylor-Fletcher. Charlie Adam shot collected by Bywater.

Floodlights starting to take effect.

Kris Commons wins a 4th corner - can we make something of it - no, back to Commons, then goalie.

Savage and Baptiste rolling on the turf together, handbags, a long lecture, no cards.

This is pantomime at the seaside, they might as well be in ladies' clothing - a terrible back-pass by Blackpool goes un-punished, surely if we focus, there are 3 points here?

Two minutes' extra time, Nigel's bouncing, not pleased at all. This is not beach volleyball.

0-0, and it seems both managers are happy. Wait a minute, I thought we had a Clough in charge? Get a grip, get those passes right, we should be able to clean up here if we're going for promotion rather than a naughty night out at Blackpool.

1,303 out of the 8,056 are Rams' fans. The second half is not looking any more promising. Vaughan off for Emmanuel-Thomas 56.

Croft makes one final wild cross, and Nige puts Green on for him. Free-kick for Blackpool from a dodgy throw by Bywater, has to face the shot. Commons stops it where it hurts. Back out, Baptiste hits it curling towards the far corner, and Bywater makes a fine save. Fantastic, but unnecessary Stephen, what were you thinking?

They get another corner, and it's over the top from Baptiste. By now, they've 4 corners to our 6, 5 shots on target to our 1, 2 off target to our 8, which shows the lack of quality. Scrappy is the summary.

Bywater makes it interesting wandering outside his area, but the attempted chip from Blackpool has too much salt and vinegar on it.

Hulse is off, Varney on, 10 minutes left, a point will have to do it seems, unless their Arsenal loanee can pass this well - he does - Emmanuel-Thomas's pass is wasted.

We win our 7th corner, but over the bar from Buxton. We win a free kick, Commons over the bar, I sense this is not the way I wanted to sign out, but an away point is always useful. No wait a minute, we're in the 2nd minute of extra time, we didn't get the free kick, then Addison fouled, and they did, it's a shot that goes out for their 7th corner.

Headed away, and then booted out of the ground.

Goal-less in Blackpool. A great title for my novel, now I have the time to write it.

Hold on, they have an 8th corner, we're scrambling it away, desperate stuff, but it's a clean sheet and an away point. Goodbye. That leaves us in 12th, Plymouth at home on Sat'dy. Newcastle v Owls tomorrow night.

Nigel's satisfied with the clean sheet, says we might have nicked one with Kris getting so much ball, but there we are, Bywater had to make a great save, and we defended their pressure. Not pleased with the passes going astray. One or two players could still come in during the transfer window, and pleased that Roy had a clean sheet for Odense tonight.

Quality finishing? Only if you had the fish-n-chips here..