Perhaps it's time to change the manager? He doesn't appear to have lost the dressing room, but does seem to have lost a lot of mouthy fans, as they don't seem to think he knows how to pick a team these days. If only he'd followed their suggestions, we'd be top of the table. Oh ..... wait a minute!
With pablo’s form hot and cold, will be interesting to see how we get on without him. Not sure I agree with ‘64 that he should never be subbed until the game is done. It’s a reasonable premise, most of the time in that he dictates our play. He’s been a great servant and is a great player when on song, but there are days where he’s a disaster... this waiting for a moment of brilliance is no good in the games he’s consistently giving the ball away. Personally, I think he has days where he’s just leggy, and the fitness team need to be on top of it.
Club captain Richard Keogh out for the season with a badly damaged knee done in one of the cars involved in the crash. A pool of Derby players out with the team and staff on a team building night decided to stay and get pissed and refused cars and drivers that were laid on by the club. This pool of players got lashed and decided to race cars in the early hours. Hope jail is given
£200k fine each, minimum! I remember Tony Adams getting 4 months in the jug, but can't recall an FA ban. Then again I remember Duncan Fergusson getting 3 months in the jug for an on-field Glasgow Kiss, and a 10 match ban held back until he was released from jail (rehab, FA-style! Why punish once when you can do it twice?).
Probably mention spygate and say the players were still traumatised by the whole thing and needed to drink to try to forget.
The players were out as part of a scheduled team-building dinner with staff and while the majority of them acted responsibly and left at around 8pm and were not involved, a small group, including the team captain Richard Keogh, continued drinking into the night. They should have known when to stop and also ignored the opportunity to be driven home using cars laid on by the club, and chose to stay out. As a result of an alcohol-related incident, Richard Keogh has sustained a serious knee injury that will prevent him from playing until the end of the season. The players involved in the incident on Tuesday evening will be subject to a rigorous internal investigation under the club’s code of conduct and disciplinary procedures, but over and above any punishment they receive we will be expecting them to become involved with the excellent work the Community Trust does helping the communities we serve. We have been very clear about our attitude towards alcohol and the players know that at certain and specific times of the season they are permitted a drink together as a group in a controlled environment. Those involved in Tuesday’s incident know they will pay a heavy price for their actions, but also that we will support them with their rehabilitation back into the squad and team. We fully support the work of our partners at Drinkaware and the unsanctioned actions of this small group of players is totally at odds the stance that both Drinkaware and Derby County Football Club take regards alcohol. We will be using this situation to redouble our efforts in highlighting the dangers posed by alcohol. We would also like to thank the emergency services for their swift help.
Derby have written to thr EFL asking for Leeds to recieve a 10 point deduction as the trauma of spygate as driven their players to drink irresponsibly.
In my humble opinion they should have the book thrown at them. Drink driving is a definite no no I don't care who they are, but no doubt some expensive lawyer will get them some kind of let off.
No doubt someone will think that a great idea Keogh Jenus and co will take up your suggestion on match of the day if they can wait that long