With a cartwheel, back flip and a flex of his muscles, Mo Fuseini sprinted away in celebration. When he received Rhian Brewster’s pass from just behind the halfway line and raced through down the inside-right, the Ghanaian attacker had the weight of his team on his shoulders After 92 minutes of pedestrian, lacklustre football between two of the Championship’s bottom three, a chance to rescue a deserved point at Turf Moor. The lightning fast forward delivered a finish to mat

'When it rains, it pours’ is no longer an adequate way to describe Derby County’s injury crisis: the Moor Farm treatment room is now flooded. Carlton Morris is back, and Rhian Brewster has sat out for the period mandated under the concussion protocol. But the Rams’ injury list is still extensive (now nine players long), with number one Jacob Widell Zetterström the latest addition with an “impact” injury to his knee. “Obviously he’s not in a good way,” John Eustace told Th

John Eustace spoke to the media ahead of Saturday's trip to Burnley - photo: Tom Coopey Joe Egerton - Football Journalist and owner of @DerbyCountyUpdates2 John Eustace has hailed the strength in depth of Paul Clements' goalkeeping department following the injury to number one Jacob Widell Zetterstrom. Derby County travel to Turf Moor to face Burnley this weekend in the final game before the three-week international break in desperate need of a win after a slow start to the s

Three consecutive defeats for the first time since John Eustace’s first three games in charge; this is the lowest ebb of the head coach’s Rams tenure. His side end a bruising week with two losses. To ten-man West Brom, who had not won at Pride Park in 23 years, and Birmingham City, in what was just the second loss in seven games where Eustace has faced a club he previously managed. That is not to say that the 46-year-old’s job prospects are terminal – he has brought Derby

As Birmingham come to town, the themes are familiar: patience, time and the need to build consistency and chemistry. It is, John Eustace says, “very similar” to last season’s start. Instability is the enemy for any manager, and Eustace is no different. It is difficult to manage a side who have lost thirty goals from last season in the shape of the injured Carlton Morris and Patrick Agyemang, as well as former loanee Ben Brereton Díaz. But he concedes that “people aren’t in

Given his surname, maybe it should not be surprising that the way James Morrison’s Baggies side shut up shop on Wednesday night was supremely impressive. There was wave after wave of Derby pressure, with no real threat to Max O’Leary’s goal. West Brom remained steadfastly alert off the ball despite being a player down for over an hour. Unfortunately for John Eustace, possession does not win you points; 78 per cent in the second half would have easily secured all three if it

After Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at West Ham, John Eustace called for his side to have more belief. What better way to cultivate that than with a rallying cry as in Monday’s pre-match press conference? In the opening month of the season, the Rams boss has spoken regularly about the need to build confidence and chemistry in his ranks. After a tough afternoon in front of more than 60,000 fans in London, a week with back-to-back home games against West Brom and Birmingham City repr

Leading The Rams on their first trip to the London Stadium, it looked as though John Eustace had one plan in mind: keep it tight. Facing West Ham was always going to be a tough task. Nuno Espirito Santo’s side possess two starting centre backs bought for a total of £60m, and the Championship’s most expensive import after they signed Celtic’s Belgian midfielder Arne Engels for £25m. Then there's Jarrod Bowen, who really should be playing European football this season. But un

Move over Farah, The Rams have their very own Mobot to bring to the home of London 2012 this Super Saturday. It turns out, he is rather quick too. Ghanaian international forward Mohammed Fuseini recorded a top sprint speed of 37.58 km/h against Anderlecht a couple of years ago (for comparison, Anthony Gordon was the fastest player in the 2025-26 Champions League with a top speed of 37.92 km/h). So, what better place for the Union Saint Gilloise loanee, who Derby signed with

How’s that for a response? After the depths of Saturday’s dismal defeat to Swansea and fears of regression if new faces did not arrive Tuesday brought a glorious fightback. John Eustace’s “true warriors” secured a 2-0 win over Portsmouth. Nobody at Fratton Park embodied that spirit more than Lars-Jørgen Salvesen. He scored within three minutes of coming off the bench, just hours after rejecting a loan move and opting to fight for his place. Eustace told BBC Radio Derby:

Is it dramatic to call today season defining? Not the trip to Fratton Park. Whether Derby bring back three points, one, or none, there is still so much football to play. But whether The Rams will have enough fit players with enough quality to avoid regressing, which John Eustace reiterated was a possibility on Monday. “Of course there is [a possibility of going backwards], but if that happens, then that happens. It's really important that we keep positive, and we understa

What’s Welsh for Blaugrana? Between Swansea’s deep blue and red away kit, and the way they effortlessly knocked the ball around amid Derby’s calamitous defending, watching Vitor Matos’ men was like watching Barcelona. Okay, not quite. But witnessing the way that The Rams were toyed with on a grim Saturday afternoon will have left many fans at the end of their tether.

Across the football world, deals are being sealed with handshakes, arms are extended to beckon new players in. The crescendo of silly season is upon us. While fans and the media revel in it, clubs are desperately trying to ensure that they do not get their fingers trapped when the window slams shut next week. Having spent the back end of last season talking about a desire to get deals done early Eustace still wants three or four players through the door. Indeed, the more Th

Steve Bloomer’s watching and not even gravity can hold us down. Back at Pride Park for the first time since Turki Alalshikh’s takeover collapsed, David Clowes is determined not to let that do so either. A blame game surrounding what Derby County’s reluctant hero called “the ultimate bombshell” which left the club “stunned” and “dazed” will not happen – “it serves no purpose”. His message in the first programme of the season: it is business as usual, he will back “ultimate p

Would you like the good news or the bad news first? I’ll give you the bad news, as it is partial context to the good news. Matt Clarke will miss three months through injury, Derry Murkin will miss up to four. After just a singular league game, we are rapidly hurtling towards injury crisis territory. Okay, that is only two, with Patrick Agyemang’s long term absence making it three. But the importance of these players to John Eustace can hardly be overstated. Alongside argu

For 15 excellent minutes, Derby were in complete control. Joe Ward was delivering dangerous crosses aplenty in acres down the right as Charlton struggled to keep the ball for more than a few seconds. Even when the next action was fluffed or deliveries were cleared, Derby simply recycled, dominating duels on the edge of the box. In that time, a lovely bit of link-up between The Rams’ front two as Sam Szmodics found Carlton Morris, who took a delightfully deft touch to return

Derby’s proposed Saudi takeover collapsing means The Rams can “get back to business” John Eustace said on Thursday. And as if by magic, there are already new additions to the Derby County family Not just 31-year-old playmaker Alex Mowatt. Matt Clarke is now a father. Hence the picture of him outside a maternity ward that circulated online yesterday, explained Eustace. The Rams’ reigning player of the year was sporting a protective boot as a “precaution” though. While he m

The new season is upon us, and before the Championship campaign has even begun, there has already been a huge story at Derby County. Four years on from David Clowes’ reluctant act of heroism, he looked set to and over a large stake of the club to Lion Sport. But unpredictable as ever, Saudi government official and boxing supremo Turki Alalshikh has now pulled out. It is clearly a blow to preparations for John Eustace and co., but now David Clowes and his team must leap into

Friendly, what friendly? After a quick glance at the surroundings, it was easy to see why Bundesliga outfit SC Freiburg have adopted the Austrian town of Imst as their pre-season base for two decades. But neither they, nor Derby were there to relax. Among the idyllic coniferous trees and mountains, there was more than a fitting amount of needle. As Julian Schuster’s side took to the pitch for the first time since their Europa League final defeat in May, you wondered if Cr

If Filip Bilbija turns out to be as hard to mark as he is to categorise, Derby County will have a player on their hands. The Rams have described their third summer signing in an abundance of ways. As a ‘midfielder’, an ‘AM’ or attacking midfielder, and a ‘versatile attacker’ capable of playing as a ‘wide man, and as the focal point of the frontline’. But this is not a case of crossed wires in the scouting department, or editorial mix-ups.