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

Report and analysis as Derby County lose a relegation six-pointer at Cardiff City in the EFL Championship.