Derby County - Rebuilding The Rams (Corrupt Save File)

Great update! Even if i am a Forest fan

Wigan (A) - We was very unfortunate too lose this game in my opinion, we deserved more from the game, we played some brilliant football, but the extra quality and Premier League experience was clear to see from the Wigan lads, took many positives from this defeat and hopefully we will be better come the game against Middlesbrough!

Derby:

• Russell x2

Wigan:

• McKay
• Keogh
• Mccann

Middlesbrough (H) - A great win, Middlesbrough was a good test for us, I learnt so much more from the lads, we was 1-0 down and fought back and grabbed the win, the lads showed character today, you could tell the frustration to go in at half time 1-0 and they came out all guns blazing!

Derby:

• Russell
• Ward
• Sammon

Middlesbrough:

• Kamara

Blackpool (H) - I was disapointed not to win this game, Blackpool have been awful this season and find themselves in 23rd position in the league, we wasted too many chances this game, it was one we really needed to take maximum points for to keep our momentum going in the league!

Derby:

• Martin
• Sammon

Blackpool:

• Thomas
• Henry

Charlton (A) - Another dissapointing draw against another poor team, no disrespect to Charlton, but we should of beat them easily, they're scrapping it out at the foot of the table, we really need to be more clinical in future games or we'll fall short of our targets this season...

Derby:

• Russell x2

Charlton:

• Jackson
• Kermorgant

Doncaster (H) - A thumping win against the Yorkshire side, we was in devastating form in front of goal today, it was a great match to watch and everyone gave 100% from the first whistle to the last, was a fabulous all round display.

Derby:

• Russell x2
• Sammon
• Ward

Doncaster:

• Cotterill

Huddersfield (A) - Starting to develop a pattern here, winning against the Yorkshire sides, I'll take it as I am a Bradford fan and hate all the other teams so its great for me! But back to the match, a nice win against the Dog Botherers, very professional and saw the game out well!

Derby:

• Hughes
• Sammon

Huddersfield:

• Vaughan

Barnsley (A) - A clean sweep and 3 wins out of 3 against the Yorkshire clubs, great result as they are usually a bogey team for many in this division, they aren't doing to shabby in the league either!

Derby:

• Ramage (OG)

Barnsley:

• N/A

Overall a very good month, went on a great run over the festive period, couldn't of asked for more from the lads, hopefully we can use this little run and build some momentum and really push to the end of the season now and we'll be up there come the end!

This month it has to go to Will Hughes, he's been incredible, and shown glimpses of what is to come in the future, he managed 4 assists and managed to score a goal too!

2014-01-03 14:24#152704 ltotheewis : Great update! Even if i am a Forest fan

Cheers, haha I'm not a Derby fan don't worry, my team is Bradford City!

Will Hughes is a beast! He'll lead you to Premier League. Keep it up!

2014-01-03 15:57#152733 kubik : Will Hughes is a beast! He'll lead you to Premier League. Keep it up!

He is indeed mate! it's just keeping hold of him, that's what I'm worried about!

Derby County have been active early in the January transfer window and have finalised the signing of two young stars.

Dedryck Boyata as we already know has moved to pride park and the transfer has full been completed and he joins for a fee believed to be of £160k, the young Belgian has been training with his new team ahead of the game against Wigan.

Second signing has come as a complete shock, the young England international Saido Berahino, has joined Championship promotion hopefuls for a fee believed to have been £1.2m plus add-ons. West Brom fans will be shocked that Clarke let the promising young lad leave, especially for so cheap! He was on the fringes of the first team at the West Midlands club and has only one Premier League appearance in a 2-1 against Hughes' Stoke.

Upon arrival at Pride Park, Saido had this to say:

"I'm very much looking forward to playing here at Derby, they have a fantastic set of fans! This is a big step in my career because now I will be playing regular football at a decent level, this will help me develop and hopefully I can add abit of something to help push for promotion!

The young lion can operate on either wing and is more than confident in front of goal too so it will be interesting to see where features at Derby, he had this to say:

"I'm very fortunate because I'm gifted enough to be able to play a few positions so that means I can offer different things to the team, It's better to be versatile because it gives the manager options all over the place, I would prefer to play up front. But, I am more than happy to play out wide if asked to!"

We spoke to the Derby manager earlier upon arrival at the training ground and he had this to say about his transfer dealings:

"Look, we've got a fantastic set of lads here and I felt that we needed maybe one or two more, and it was fantastic to the two lads, both are young and have a bright future in football. It also shows what we are trying to do here, we're building a team to be able to get out of this league and challenge in England's top division. The two new lads and the lads already here have the quality and desire to get us out of this division, so we just need to kick on and try gain promotion!"

Wigan (H) - Back to back loses against the Latics, we never really showed up today. We didn't look like a side that was battling for promotion, quite the opposite actually, we could even string 4 passes together. It was awful to watch! Dedryck and Saido watched from the stands hopefully we'll have both of them for the next game against Leicester...

Derby:

• N/A
• Buxton (S/O)
  

Wigan:

• Watson x2

Leicester (A) - A great win away against one of our bitter rivals, couldn't of asked for more from the lads. They fought from first whistle too last, both sets of fans were great, an amazing atmosphere and both teams rose to the occasion, and lucky enough for me we won. Shame poor old sour Nigel spat his dummy out, twice hes slated me and twice it's backfired. Poor mans losing the plot over there! Both Dedryck and Saido came on to make their debuts for the last 15 minutes.

Derby:

• Russell x3

Leicester:

• Nuget x2

Brighton (H) - A great point for us, we was missing a couple of key men such as Hughes, Bryson and top scorer Russell, so we was happy to take the point considering they were all over us from first whistle to last.

Derby:

• N/A

Wigan:

• N/A

Blackburn (A) - A typical boring one goal game, but nevertheless we came back with the 3 points. Wasn't the best game to watch but oh well we still won, roll on the next game against Yeovil!

Derby:

• Hughes

Blackburn:

• N/A

Yeovil (H) - Excellent performance from the lads, Yeovil are sitting pretty in the league and find themselves occupying the final play off place so it was great to get a victory, they're doing tremendously in the league this season, Johnson really has got them going this year! On a brighter note Barker had returned from injury at the beginning of the month and was passed fully fit to play today.

Derby:

• Sammon x2
• Barker

Yeovil:

• Dawson

Overall, another great month, yes we may have lost one but the rest of the games we performed really well, still slowly introducing the two new lads into the team, they haven't been starters yet as they are still getting used to the team and what job is expected of them out there, but its all going well so far, we're starting to put a good run of results together, hopefully more of the same in Feb!

This months PoTM award goes to Johnny Russell, hes been staying behind and putting extra graft into his training lately, mostly his shooting and passing and it has paid off due to his devastating form in the league this month, scoring 3 against Leicester, and set up 3.

7 months into his reign at Derby, manager Adam Martin is starting to make a name for himself. There is speculation about him leaving to fill the recently vacant spots at London club West Ham United as well as Championship side Queens Park Rangers, nothing is set in stone but it is believed should they come knocking it would be hard for him to turn it down.

Manager Martin has so far got under his belt:

15 Wins
10 Draws
8 Losses

Pretty impressive for a manager that has just burst onto the scene, Derby are sitting pretty in the league so far this season finding themselves in 5th place. SkyBET & BETFAIR have opened markets on which club we will go to and they are as followed:

Martin to leave and go to West Ham:

SkyBET - 1/4
BETFAIR - 1/3

Martin to leave and go to QPR:

SkyBET - 1/10
BETFAIR - 1/11

Martin to stay at Derby:

SkyBET - 1/20
BETFAIR - 1/33

The bookmakers clearly believe that Martin will leave Derby and go to a new club in the next month, watch this space to see how this story develops over the next week or so.