Not the best of starts results wise but there were some encouraging signs.  It’s inevitable that a team with a new manager and six new players will take a while to gel but some players are already catching the eye.  Jordon Mutch and Chris Burke will be key players for us and Mutch in particular looks very comfortable
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Ahead of tomorrow’s season opener we have sought the views of Ian at Derby County Mad.  Here are his answers to our questions. How was last season for you? To be honest it was a bit of a struggle after a purple patch before Christmas, which saw us reach 4th Place in the Championship. The
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Like many supporters of the Royal Blue the expectations of a positive result from this encounter were high in my mind but that did not hide the nagging doubts that any away tie in the FA Cup brings regardless of the opposition. We had of course negotiated tricky ties against Forest following a replay and
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Who needs strikers, let’s just play our defenders up front! This wasn’t a great game until Derby scored and Blues woke up but after our equaliser we were the only side looking to win it.  Joe Hart had an awkward bounce but should have done better for their goal.  He made up for it with
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Team News So after so many games unchanged the team was finally changed on Wednesday and we lost. Christian Benitez is back in the squad and there may be recalls for McFadden and Larsson. Derby are likely to be unchanged from the side that beat Newcastle in midweek. Last Meeting Our last meeting was just
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