Derby County - Dignity Lost?

[all_funkt_up]

I dont want anyone to think that I have started this thread to either gloat at Derby or their fans, I actually think its a sad affair actually. I would get great satisfaction from seeing Roy Keane get relegated or Steve Bruce but I like Jewell and dont mind Derby either.

The Derby fans are still turning out in great numbers and paying good money to see their team get fucking battered most weeks, by mediocre (at best) teams. 0-6 today at the hands of Martin O'Neill's troop. I really do feel sorry for them.

Their average attendance for the season is 32360 - or 96.3% of capacity, every home game. Astounding given the season the fans have had to endure.

I think they have set a new record for the longest win-less streak in the Premiership and are heading for the lowest ever points tally. So with the bottom of the table looking like this:

18	Bolton	34	-21	29
19	Fulham	34	-24	27
20	Derby	34	-58	11

And their next fixtures looking like this:

West Ham (a)
Arsenal (h)
Blackburn (a)
Reading (h)

Is it too late for them to salvage something from the season, save face and retain a little dignity before being dumped back into the second tier of English football?

[Winrew]

Their average attendance for the season is 32360 - or 96.3% of capacity

Amazing stat , and fantastic support , its a shame that the players seemed to have given up !!
They dont deserve to be paid on days like today , Villa are hardly world beaters are they ?

[Winrew]

Just watching them on MOTD , Roy Carrolls had a mare

[Cinny]

I feel sorry for them big time myself but i think most people at the start of the season knew they werent going to be fit for the premiershipa and people have been waiting for them to claim a few scalps along the way but it just hasnt happened. Billy Davies turned Derby from a poor Championship side into league challengers and deservadly got them promoted all be it with a side nowhere near fit for the premiership. Wait and see Stoke/Bristol City or Hull suffering the same fate if they get promoted.

[all_funkt_up]

Originally Posted by Cinny

Wait and see Stoke/Bristol City or Hull suffering the same fate if they get promoted.

Definitely mate. Of those looking like they might be promoted, probably only West Brom would have the ability to spend in order to stay uo next season.

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Derby were never good enough to go up.

I think if Davies had failed to get promotion with Derby he would have built them slowly into a decent strong side that in a couple of years time could have managed to survive. They got promoted too soon IMO.

[Winrew]

Aye , sounds about right Kiko , maybe another year in the CC would have helped them , shame mind , i always had a soft spot for Derby

[bluek]

they'll come back, sooner rather than later, shouldnt have sacked Davies but thats life.