Quote Originally Posted by DCFCArmy View Post
We have a man in charge that is passionate about the club at last. Morris should stick with him and give him time,, we know Rowett can get us challenging but needs to fill our bottle up when it comes to sustaining it. personally think some of our players aren't his type, that's why Russell, Martin, Shackell, Butterfield etc have all been pushed out, all fancy dans that aren't up for a battle, esp the likes of butterfield and shackell with their fancy hair style and clean cut beards, more interested in trimming themselves than getting stuck in. get 11 Rowett types with 7 rowett subs and we'd be laughing imo.
Exactly sir, exactly. Rowett I feel is the best possible manager for Derby at this juncture. He should be given as much time as Clough Jr had.
We have the same situation at Forest. Karanka really needs time to mould his team and get them to play his brand of football. It may succeed in a full season like he did at Boro, but logically a manage capable of building a team needs at least 2 full seasons to firstly assemble a team, then get the players to understand his style and tactics and finally to be able to work with this style with one another, where players know their roles, how to respond in certain circumstances and how to bounce back.

This is exactly what Rowett has tried to do with some success at Derby. He has more or less got Derby to play to his tyle, how to eke out results and be hard to beat. It may still succeed you know, play-offs was the target given to him, However, it's clear as you said, he still doesn't have enough of the kind of players that he wants and would suit his style. It's nearly there, but perhaps not fully yet.
Logically, if he narrowly fails to make the play-offs or if you fail to advance upon reaching it, he MUST be allowed another full season,
I think Leicester stuck with Pearson for around 2-3 years before he achieved promotion, the same with Dyche at Burnley.

I sail to see any reason to sack Rowett, even if next seasons starts a little badly. Save for that Davies promotion year, what exactly has any change of manager brought Derby this decade or century? Certainly not to the Prem. Maybe the football hasn't been so good on the eye, but can anyone truly say that the Rowett years so far has been bad or detrimental? This as hood and in many cases than most Derby sides this century. It would be foolish to sack him.
Unless of course, some Prem team comes knocking for services.