Sky Bet Championship 2016-17: 5 things we learnt from Matchday 17

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Newcastle powered on to their 8th consecutive league win

#2 Are Rotherham doomed?

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Kenny Jackett frustrated with his side’s defence

17 games in and only 7 points with just 1 win to their name. Is there any way back for Rotherham United?

It seems that a change of manager last month has done little to stop the rot at the Yorkshire club. Kenny Jackett replaced a failing Alan Stubbs as The Millers boss, but with just one point from his 3 games in charge, nothing has really changed at the New York Stadium.

Their last game, a 3-0 loss away at Derby County did nothing to suggest there was any chance of a resurgence and they now seem certainties to be playing League 1 football next season.

The game was a one-sided affair and could have been even worse for the Millers if Derby striker Tom Ince had been more clinical. Despite him scoring twice, he also won and missed 2 penalties for the Rams as they piled on the misery for the Yorkshire side and condemned them to their 12th loss of the season.

Jackett continued to lament their poor defence: "We are still struggling to find a defensive set-up that can keep us competitive.

"We started the game pretty well in the first 20 minutes, we had a lot of it, we had the ball and made inroads but then we gave two very poor goals away on the break when we were in good positions. The second half was similar, we were playing in and around our box and then gave away a very, very poor third goal away. The key moments took the game to them,” he added.

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