On Thursday, John Eustace said that “words are cheap”, but he may now place more value on them if they help Derby change their fortunes. It was a rallying cry from his duo of emergency experienced centre back signings, that he credits with helping turn the tide on Friday night. “We could have quite easily gone under conceding just before the break,” he reflected. “Obviously, at half-time, we've got a couple of experienced boys in there now, in [Shane] Duffy and [Jack] Robin

It’s matchday at Pride Park again, where to the shock of some, John Eustace remains in the dugout. But the Rams head coach is “not surprised” despite going through a “really testing period”. Questions about his future continue to swirl and will surely only intensify if Bolton leave Derby victorious. But the 47-year-old has not had any conversations with anyone at the club about his position. Furthermore, Eustace has had no indication that the game is ‘must-win’. “Well, I

32,358. The number of people in attendance at Pride Park on Saturday, the magnitude of the game not lost on any of them.

Freak moments and individual errors were the main stories as Derby came away from the Toughsheet Community Stadium with nothing on a disappo