| QPR fan in peace - your help needed for match preview 10:18 - Oct 30 with 2041 views | Northernr |
Hi Derby,
Hoping some of you may be able to help out your sister Fans Network site loftforwords.co.uk by answering the following questions for our match preview? Thanks in advance and good luck for the rest of the season after Saturday...
1 — So, sacking Nigel Clough, good idea or bad idea? Seemed to come a bit out of the blue after a reasonable start to the season.
2 — Thoughts on Steve McClaren’s appointment? Did a great job with QPR at the start of the season but is he a coach rather than a manager?
3 — What changes and differences McClaren has made so far?
4 — Where is the team strong and where is it weak? Who should we be watching out for and targeting?
5 — What are your hopes and ambitions for the rest of the season and beyond?
6 — How do you, and the Derby fans in general, feel about the club’s owners?
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| QPR fan in peace - your help needed for match preview on 18:24 - Oct 30 with 2033 views | pkay_brum |
Here's my view; others - do feel free to concur or add rancour!
1 — So, sacking Nigel Clough, good idea or bad idea? Seemed to come a bit out of the blue after a reasonable start to the season.
Generally, good idea. Great work from Clough to chop the budgets and rid chaff from the shocking squad left by Billy Davies & Paul Jewell over 5 years ago, but steady progress to mid-table after 5 years amid much player-churning hasn't set Derby on fire.
Fans are crying out for some pride and success to be restored - and the new CEO declared 'Top Six - absolute minimum' as the target before a ball was kicked this season.
Clough wasn't delivering, so sad as it was, the deed was done. Whilst respecting Nigel's contribution, the masses have not marched on the club demanding reinstatement!
2 — Thoughts on Steve McClaren’s appointment? Did a great job with QPR at the start of the season but is he a coach rather than a manager?
Mac is Head Coach - his best domain. A Tech Director will join soon to help him.
Steve has a very good pedigree and quals and it should be remembered that he fashioned Derby's brilliant mid-90s promotion & PL teams with Jin Smith, when we enjoyed Stimac, Eranio, Baiano, Eranio, Asanovic, Wanchope and others. We ain't seen anything like it since Alex Fergy plucked McLaren from us to be his 2IC at Old Trafford.
The coaching capability and potential at Pride Park has gone up several notches and optimism is returning.
3 — What changes and differences McClaren has made so far?
A more positive tactical and selection policy, wiser substitutions, more belief and hunger in the team. Fitness is improving. The 4-4 comeback vs. Ipswich was astonishing and the thrashing of DirtyLeeds most satisfying.
4 — Where is the team strong and where is it weak? Who should we be watching out for and targeting?
The defence loses shape and concentration, but the midfield and strike-power can be formidable. We have a great away record! Bryson and Hughes are the engine room and creators-in-chief, John Eustace just gets stuck in and sits 'on watch' around the midfield, and Conor Sammon will give defenders a bashing if selected.
Look out for Liverpool loanee defender Andre Wisdom, too - he looks quite a prospect!
Ohh - and Steve Mac knows quite a lot about QPR 2013-14, so hopefully 'Arry will have a difficult afternoon, if the Derby players can covert Steve's wisdom and instructions....
5 — What are your hopes and ambitions for the rest of the season and beyond?
After the CEO's vamp-up of our prospects before the season and the renewed bullishness since McLaren arrived, anything less than a top six finish would be a familiar anti-climax.
6 — How do you, and the Derby fans in general, feel about the club’s owners?
The GSE Corpn. said that they do things 'just that bit better' on their site promos, going back 5 years - well, they do networking and budgetary control pretty well, but football is supposed to be the primary product - and their naivety has regularly been exposed.
There are some super-rich members of the consortium but fans cannot help concluding that English football and DCFC come a little way down the pecking order of GSE's fun interests, compared to their Stateside and Canadian sporting hobby-horses.
We'll be proved wrong if DCFC ramp up the table, get promotion and STAY THERE in the Premier League!
It's about time, innit? And for chrissakes, Pride Park Stadium use to get twice the crowds that Loftus Road can muster 
COME ON YOU RAMS! [Post edited 1 Nov 2013 18:29]
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| QPR fan in peace - your help needed for match preview on 19:45 - Oct 31 with 2006 views | Rabbram10 |
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