Tag Archives: Nigel Clough

200 ‘up’ for Nigel Clough in the Championship

Posted on April 15, 2013 by lazerock

The deeply disappointing defeat at Blackburn Rovers was Nigel Clough’s 200th league game at Derby County. His Championship record to date looks like this: – P 200 W 67 D 47 L 86 F 247 A 280 GD -33 Pts … Continue reading →

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Five years on, how far have we come? (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on January 28, 2013 by lazerock

“Derby under Nigel Clough: 18th, 14th, 19th, 12th.  Currently 13th #specialone” – Mark Douglas, chief sports writer at The Journal It was an off-hand tweet from a North East-based journalist who admitted, when I challenged him on it, that he … Continue reading →

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Possession stats

Posted on January 24, 2013 by lazerock

“The biggest crime in football is to give the ball to the opposition” – A sign from the Baseball Ground dressing room There are many dreams I have as a fan of Derby County.  On a sliding scale of plausibility, … Continue reading →

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Commons sense in cutting costs?

Posted on November 22, 2012 by lazerock

When Kris Commons left Derby County in January 2011, there was much wailing, gnashing of teeth and lamentation.  In a blaze of form that season, he had scored 13 goals in 25 league games by the time he signed for Glasgow … Continue reading →

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Paul Jewell and Nigel Clough – a tale of two managers

Posted on October 25, 2012 by lazerock

It may not be very kind, but I couldn’t help but enjoy the fact that the axe fell on Paul Jewell at Ipswich Town after a home defeat by Derby County, almost four years after a home defeat at the hands … Continue reading →

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