Seems to be the fact. They finished third under him and won the league the following year.

It shouldn’t come down to Duff or Karanka though, there are better options out there. I’d agree that it it was those two I’d take Duff but I’m amazed we can’t attract someone better with the unique offer of a potential promotion on the CV. Top 5 and key players on the way back for the run in.

Kargbo seems the obvious one to come in for ACD who hasn’t been great in the last two games. Wouldn’t be changing too much else. No need to rush Batth or Carter back as Dion has looked steady enough. I’m guessing Batth is one of the injured players mentioned. I’m not even convinced him sitting on the bus for the best part of 7 hours is best for a hamstring injury so I wonder if he’ll be given a bit longer.

I’m another who doesn’t get the Duff love in. Great player for us but if you take sentiment out of it then it’s definitely a poor choice based on experience.

I was on the train down to Cardiff with the Spurs fans thanking me for coming to the start of Glen Hoddles revolution. Very quiet on the way back they were.

He won’t be in the stands Neil he’ll be in the dugout. They are dragging it out long enough to be able to give it to Lowe until the end of the season.

The issue is also the lack of quality in the alleged final 6.

That would be the worst option for me. It’s one thing having a few wins when the players have lifted themselves. It’s another seeing it through to the end of the season and navigating the play offs. But it’s also the cheapest option so it’s safe to say it’s something these clowns will be considering.

Derby down to second bottom now

Yep, it’s a win win situation. The only issue is that some of the targets may still be being compensated from being sacked and taking our job would impact on that. On that basis I can’t see a Cooper type target taking a short term gig and losing the Leicester money.

Just to echo my point. 14 managers have lost their jobs in the championship this season (excluding caretaker managers)

I honestly think that there will be interest in the job. A manager will want a promotion on their CV. We all know the play offs are a lottery and literally anything can happen. An out of work manager will see it as a chance to come in without changing too much and get a place in the top 6. It’s a win win job as you can just blame the owners and the shit show above if you fail to make the play off spots. It really is a win win job for a short term project. There’s no stability but in reality what’s the average championship managers term been recently, the turn over is pretty rapid.

He’s been linked in the press

Really could have done with them not sacking the manager. Usually a reaction so it makes Saturday harder.

I still think he expected to get a new contract and the players contracts sorted. I think Derby were used to try to get what he wanted but it all went wrong. I bet he didn’t see ‘that’ press release coming at all.

I wouldn’t be putting Portsmouth away as a win. Their home form is on a par with Norwich and Coventry. A draw there and a win at Luton would be my prediction. Interestingly Swansea are second bottom in the home table (Hull are bottom) so we really should be pushing for the three points there.

I’ve said from the start that Cooper would be my preferred but I’d also happily take Gary O’Neil.

Probably the better result for us with Leeds winning with the last kick

Completely disagree on Cooper being a money manager. Took Forest up on a shoestring and only spent when they got promoted. That team currently sit in the champions league spots so I’d suggest the spending wasn’t bad at all.

Boro will be a way more attractive job than ours so I expect the best candidates to be hanging on for that one now. How far have we fallen to have to admit that the Boro job is a better one than the rovers job. Wouldn’t have been an issue had we moved quickly and got the new manager in post already.

Anyone know if Travis grew up as a Liverpool fan? I know he was at Liverpool for 10 years before he joined us.

Interesting fixtures this week. Leeds v Sunderland is an interesting one at the top of the table with Luton v Plymouth being massive at the other end of the table. A Luton win would put them right in the mix to potentially push Derby down 😄 Friday sees 4 playoff teams all playing and as mentioned a couple of draws would be lovely there. Saturday sees the playoff teams with some easier (on paper) fixtures. We’ve got a tricky one down in Swansea.

That’s a really bad list when you think it’s probably currently the best available job in English football. A chance to get to the premier league (although you’ll be working under clowns). Id actually be pretty disappointed with anyone on that list. Yep, Ricky doesn’t even want Wicky!!

I’d be considering Buckley in the Cantwell role once Sonny is back. I’ve slated Buckley previously but in the last few games he really seems to have got some confidence and form back. He’s spraying passes around and switching the play from left to right at ease. Cantwell was a bit better yesterday but he is still not at the level he should be.

I don’t think anyone would have been happy with Lampard and that’s turned out pretty well for Coventry so far.