The Rams will rise

Another weekend, another heavy away defeat for Derby. Reading pull off a shock win against Liverpool and then Middlesborough inexplicably beat Arsenal to also pull away from the bottom three. As Rams fans have to jealously look at prospering smaller clubs like Blackburn and Portsmouth, you may wonder if things can get any worse?

However, whisper it quietly, but the green shoots of recovery are sprouting at Pride Park. Is this blind faith gone mad? Read on.

Anyone watching last weeks agonising defeat at Sunderland and Saturdays performance at Old Trafford will know this is a very different DCFC. Paul Jewell's "front foot" attitude is producing much better performances We could and should have got a result at Sunderland and but for a shocker of a dive by Ronaldo, would have drawn the second half when many were predicting a cricket score. Lets also not forget that we scored an away goal.

These are small steps and may almost seem laughable from the outside looking in, but I can assure you all Derby fans are expecting us to beat Boro next week. If the players feel the same, we will.

In addition to the Jewell inspired positivity on the pitch, there's the small matter of the American corporation currently performing due diligence down at Pride Park. This has received precious little media coverage outside of Derby but Adam Pearson says if the deal happens, it will be before Christmas. If it comes off and we're not stupidly adrift (say 8 points or more), watch this space for a bank busting transfer frenzy in January.

I've said it before and I'll say it again (probably several times before the end of the season), nothing stays the same at Derby County for very long.

Chris Smith
www.ramspace.co.uk

Comments

[richard bennett]

it shows what is wrong with the english game. comments like SH are typical of smug self obbsessed so called fans. (probably customer of a top 5 club)
the english national team is a collection of poor players with graft and no technique as their only ill-fated weapon.
this comes from the franchise teams in the top 8 of the premier league playing an all power less guile.
derby has been caught out by the system that benefits under performing epl clubs with no fan base no history and little but a healthy bank balance to console them.
the epl has become the haven for the richer scavenging clubs who buy success(whatever that is survival for some a good cup run and mid table obscurity for others)
it appears there are no players who can slow the game pass in air or floor with impunity (dutch 74) or beat a number of players with outright skill. today george best would be bundled out of the game by a fit tree swinger.
so I hope derby survive or come back with a team that plays football to give the tired old epl a bit of a rocket.
lucky to come up talk about unlucky to play in the english game of the 21st century.
hope you take up a hobby in june-july and don't open your ignorant traps.
fan not customer!

[richard bennett]

it shows what is wrong with the english game. comments like SH are typical of smug self obbsessed so called fans. (probably customer of a top 5 club)
the english national team is a collection of poor players with graft and no technique as their only ill-fated weapon.
this comes from the franchise teams in the top 8 of the premier league playing an all power less guile.
derby has been caught out by the system that benefits under performing epl clubs with no fan base no history and little but a healthy bank balance to console them.
the epl has become the haven for the richer scavenging clubs who buy success(whatever that is survival for some a good cup run and mid table obscurity for others)
it appears there are no players who can slow the game pass in air or floor with impunity (dutch 74) or beat a number of players with outright skill. today george best would be bundled out of the game by a fit tree swinger.
so I hope derby survive or come back with a team that plays football to give the tired old epl a bit of a rocket.
lucky to come up talk about unlucky to play in the english game of the 21st century.
hope you take up a hobby in june-july and don't open your ignorant traps.
fan not customer!

[Stuart Hawkesworth]

For a team lucky to have got into the Premier League and bottom the ONLY way is up!!

And sadly scoring an away goal doesn't count for much when the opposition cracks 3 or 4, maybe they should ask the FA to do what they do in rugby union and go for a 'losing bonus point' if you lose by less than say 4 goals? Least that way they'll soon have enough points to be able to count them on 2 hands.