Eustace sings Ozoh's praises ahead of QPR trip
Joe Egerton - Football Journalist and owner of @DerbyCountyUpdates2
Rams boss John Eustace says he is pleased with the development of midfielder David Ozoh ahead of Wednesday night's trip to QPR
The deadline day returnee has had struggles with injuries across his three spells at Pride Park, with Derby often having to manage his minutes.
But after the midfielder completed his first ninety minutes of the season in Saturday's defeat to Wrexham, and Eustace discussed where the midfielder is at with his fitness.
He explained: “To get ninety minutes in his legs was really important on Saturday. We need Ozoh now at 21 to impact the game for ninety minutes and to not come off on 60, 70 minutes.”
“That is a part of his development that he has go to improve and we will help him with that.
“I don’t think he has had any injuries since Blackburn away last season, he is growing and developing, and I couldn’t ask for any more from David.”
The Rams will be looking to put an end to a five-game winless run when they travel to West London on Wednesday.
Eustace's side were denied a first home win of the season against Wrexham on Saturday, after an 88th minute equaliser from Oliver Rathbone.
The draw meant that Derby remain in the Championship bottom three with six points picked up from the opening nine league games.
Despite being denied a first home win late on, Eustace discussed the positives he took from the performance levels.
He said: “There was a great feel about Saturday, it felt more like the team from last season, it is about trying to get the correct chemistry in the team and making sure we have players in the correct positions.
“There is still a lot of hard work ahead, over the next six games we aren’t going to have as much time on the training pitch because of how many games we’ve got, after the next break I’m hoping we will have a strong squad ready to kick on again."
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