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By Chris Parsons January is a testing month. You’re cold, skint and guilt-tripped into cutting out the booze – and that’s before any football. The first month of the year hasn’t always been kind to Derby either. Three years ago a winless January cost Paul Clement his job, and in transfer windows since there have…… Continue reading SBW Monthly: Playoff credentials tested as Cup magic continues

Derby drop out of the top six with a frustrating goalless draw at Deepdale, but progress continues in the FA Cup. There’s the case for the defence after consecutive clean sheets, and we also ask who should fill the Rams midfield with Mason Mount likely to miss the whole of February. We’ve also spoken to…… Continue reading SBW 44: Accrington & Preston

By Ryan Burton Ashley Cole ‘won over every single fan’ at LA Galaxy during his three seasons in America, according to an MLS expert. Cole, who signed for the Rams until the end of the season, has spent the last three seasons in the States – making 86 appearances during a fruitful spell across the…… Continue reading ‘He’ll coaching whether he’s playing or not’: MLS expert on the experience Ashley Cole brings to Derby

SBW look back on another eventful fortnight for Derby, who stay in the promotion mix by doing the double over Reading and progress in the FA Cup thanks to more comeback heroics. There’s also chat on the Rams latest signing, Ashley Cole (!), and whether the veteran fullback can still cut it in English football,…… Continue reading SBW 43: Royals, Cole & SpyGate

Derby’s latest fightback saw them force a replay from Premier League Southampton in the FA Cup from two goals down. Chris, Richard and Tom discuss the mercurial Tom Lawrence, Jack Marriott hitting double figures and how to fix our defensive woes. There’s also a preview of Derby’s clash with Leeds United as we speak to…… Continue reading SBW 42: Saints, Boro & Leeds

Despite losing our wonderfully niche ‘unbeaten in December since 2014’ record, Derby delivered a healthy 11 points from 18 in a month where performances rarely convinced. The race for promotion remains wide open with our form and fragility summing up the wider picture. Norwich and Leeds had threatened to set the pace and pull clear…… Continue reading SBW Monthly: Persistent problems… but Rams remain in the mix

Football, eh? A breathless, extraordinary end to 2018 saw Derby claim one of their wins of the season in a 4-3 thriller in Norwich. But did Derby’s late show paper over the defensive cracks? Chris, Richard and Tom try to pick the bones from a bonkers game in Norfolk, there’s your tweets on your best…… Continue reading SBW 41: Norwich epic & Best of 2018