[Washington]

Got back to land and internet yesterday so was very surprised to see that scoreline based on relative results and posiitons before the game.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and I'm sure based on the outcome CC might have wished to do something else. However, he is not one to shirk responsibility and will have learned from that experience.
Like SCO said, CC is always upbeat, keen to explain things and the relative tiredness was the reason and not an excuse or blame. If he had made wholesale changes and lost the game he would have been berated for changing around a strong unbeaten team. He didn't change and lost so he should have !!. Who'd be a football manager ?

There's still a long way to go and hopefully our squad depth and more rotation will see us succeed longer term and get at least a play off spot.

A lot can change too. Last season Derby looked dead certs and then had a major melt down to relegation form results the last 2 months of the season.