Matchday Thread: Rams v Dons

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The team has burned out, and has lost a bit of composure on the ball. The former was always on the cards.
I'm not jumping on PW's case any time soon, even with a pre-season he's still having to beg and borrow players for £0, so if he's going to rebuild it will take longer. I disagree that he has to prove anything, he's already proven at this level, so we'll just have to be patient.
4 points from 6 is ok over the bank holiday period, if we get anywhere near the top 6 then that's already a miracle in my book.

I’m not ‘jumping on PW’s case’ either, RS...but I disagree that he doesn’t have anything to prove. He does...indeed all managers do at some point. Even Klopp, who has won everything with Liverpool, is now back to proving himself with the rebuild of a side that has spectacularly fallen from grace this season.
It’s the same with Warne...yes he’s done it with Rotherham, but Derby is a different proposition. We are a ‘bigger’ club and a bigger ‘target’ for the rest of the division. It helps to have our level of support - when things are going well - but we are probably one of three teams in L1 (the others being Wednesday and Bolton) who have the history and the stadia to incentivise visitors week in week out.
Tbh, my head is still suggesting we’d be better off not going up so I’m disappointed but not too bothered. The collapse over the last couple of months however has been alarming and I know he’s hamstrung by the EFL sanctions, but everyone knew that before he arrived, so I’m still hoping for significant strengthening and a lot of well thought out ins and outs during the summer regardless of which ‘division’ we’re in.

P.S. Some points for concern...I imagine we’ll have to replace Davies, Stearman and Chester for starters. I’m not sure how many more games McGoldrick and Forsyth have in their legs despite both being leading candidates for ‘poty’ imo. One more (L1) season maybe. Of the rest I’d love to keep Roberts but I’m not sure how likely that is and I’m genuinely disappointed at the lack of progress made by young players like Sibley and Knight since Warne’s arrival. They seemed much better and more confident players last season imo.