MATCH of the Day pundits Alan Shearer, Martin O’Neill and Robbie Savaged slammed Claudio Ranieri and Steve McClaren for making 18 combined changes to the Derby and Leicester teams.
Presenter Gary Lineker said he nearly “fell asleep” and “fell off his seat” in the first-half was so bored and former Newcastle and England striker Shearer pulled no punches.
The former Newcastle and England captain said: "How do I put this without getting my knuckles wrapped, that was blooming awful.
"That's as polite as I can be."
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After the game finished 1-1 in regulation, extra-time finally saw some excitement with Wilfried Ndidi and Demarai Gray both scoring impressive goals as Leicester progressed with a 3-1 win.
But Shearer had earlier said: "There's a lack of atmosphere in the stadium, there hasn't been a lot of entertainment at all."
Martin O'Neill then pointed out how commentator Graeme Le Saux had enjoyed it, before adding that he "needs to get out more".
He added: "It's not been fantastic to tell you the truth."
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Shearer later went on to slam both the managers after Claudio Ranieri and Steve McClaren made an astonishing 18 changes between them to their starting line-ups.
The Foxes made 10 changes with Ahmed Musa the only player to be named for the second successive game.
Shearer added: "It tells you that survival and promotion are the concerns for these particular football clubs. I think they should be able to do both, but don't get me started on that.
"Derby, they've got 5,000 fans here tonight. What a chance to beat their local rivals and go into the next round.
"It hasn't worked for a lot of the big clubs, has it? When they've rested teams, they've been on bad runs after it. I think it's all about momentum, but I've said that before.
"We wonder why we're not producing strong kids with strong mentality, because from the age of 12, watching on television, managers keep telling everyone - and them - that players can't play three games in a week.
"So when they get to 18 and a manager says (you're going to play three games in a week), they say 'hang on a minute, all I've ever heard is I can't play three games in a week'."
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