Rotherham United 1-1 Exeter City: Match reaction

Reaction following Rotherham United's 1-1 draw with Exeter City in League One.  Thumbnail: Jonathan Gawthorpe

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00:00The full-time whistle has blown here at the New York Stadium and it's finished

00:04Rotherham United 1, Exeter City 1 and it didn't make for pleasant viewing at all

00:09it was a really turgid affair. Exeter fans, the travelling supporters in really

00:14fine voice and over the course of the game Exeter probably showed a little bit

00:18more heart but in all honesty there was very little quality on display from

00:22either side. We're at the stage of the season now where there are games that

00:25are getting into dead rubber territory. Rotherham United, Exeter, neither side

00:29looked likely to go up or go down and to be honest the game played out almost as

00:34you would expect like a dead rubber, just very little quality from either side.

00:37There was a spell after Exeter equalised where Rotherham threatened to really get

00:42get going. It looked like it had a lot of fire in them but that spark very

00:46quickly fizzled out and you could almost sense a little bit of apathy in the

00:50stands. It's been a really difficult season for Rotherham, a side that many

00:54tipped for a promotion tilting pre-season after last season's relegation from the

00:58Championship. Evans, someone who's achieved success as Rotherham manager

01:02before coming back to the club and it just hasn't worked out. You

01:07watch this Rotherham side today and it's very easy to see why they are where they

01:11are in the table. They did take the lead, Rhys James hammered home on the

01:16rebound. It was a really neat turn from Malik Wilkes, shrugged off his marker, had

01:20a shot that was saved, was only parried as far as James but then the

01:24equaliser came in the second half and it was very much poor defending from

01:27Rotherham. They crawled out the traps and Alex Hartridge didn't have anywhere near

01:32enough pressure on him when he hammered home the equaliser. The full-time score

01:36here at the New York Stadium, Rotherham United 1, Exeter City 1. For more

01:40coverage head over to yorkshirepost.co.uk