Derby County presents Paul Green as their new Manager!!! (Revamp)

[squaddie198]

August / September Update​

A fairly good start to the season for us, unfortunately I lost Tomas Necid to the Olympics and then for another month after 3 games as I sent him away as he was feeling homesick. The new signings seem to have settled in well, especially Kapadopoulos who won the Player of the Month for September

Stoke v Derby - Barclays Premier League​

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A good start to the season is what we wanted and we got just the start we needed. Taking a much changed side from the team that struggled to stay up last season to The Britannia Stadium and putting one over Tony Pulis's Potters with debut goals for Mikhailov and Suarez giving the Derby fans joy over beating one of our biggest rivals​

Derby v Everton - Barclays Premier League​

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A tough game against a good team. A great goal from Azpilicueta just before half-time took the 3 points, even after a spirited fightback in the 2nd half from us​

Derby v Peterborough - Carling Cup 2nd round​

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My 1st game with new record signing Tomas Necid starting and he soon starting repaying the huge outlay on him with the 2 goals that sealed this tie.​

Derby v West Ham - Barclays Premier League​

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A good home win over a West Ham side who were sat in 4th place before the game. A 1st game of the season for Papadopoulos and another goal for Mikailov set us on the way to our 2nd win of the season already.​

Arsenal v Derby - Barclays Premier League​

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A fantastic battling performance from us at The Emirates against a good Arsenal side. Our goal was officially put down as on own goal but it should be another for Papadopoulos. When I thought we had done the impossible and beaten Arsenal, they popped up and snuck an equaliser in the 94th minutes. Gutted isn't the word for it!​

Middlesborough v Derby - Barclays Premier League​

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Another good performance from us against 'Boro. Should have taken all three points but a mistake from Scott Brown let them back into the game to take a point.​

Derby v Chelsea - Carling Cup​

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A good performance against a quality Chelsea side who broke down my stubborn team for a well deserved win against us.​

Derby v Manchester City - Barclays Premier League​

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A heartbreaking defeat for us against City after twice taking the lead against them. Prijovic ran them ragged in the 1st half but my defence just couldn't keep their front 2 quiet enough.​

 

[squaddie198]

October / November / December Update

Spurs v Derby - Barclays Premier League
A sensational away win for us at White Hart Lane. Fair enough as you would expect Spurs dominated us but most of their shots were off target or my defence blocked them out. But after grinding out a couple of half decent chances in the 1st half, Mikhailov put us 1-0 only for Keane to equalise on half-time. Spurs came flying out from kick-off but Necid was able to nick a 2nd on the counter attack we held on for a fantastic win.

Derby v Liverpool - Barclays Premier League
Another fantastic result for us against a strangely subdued Liverpool side. Necid again popped up after 11 minutes for us to take a deserved lead playing fast counter attacking football and managed to hold onto the lead until half time. Then in a frantic 15 minute period it was 2-2 with Liverpool equalizing through Skrtel only for Munain and Vukcevic to score within 3 minutes of him. Then the game petered out into a draw.

Derby v Sunderland - Barclays Premier League
This game was mental for the first 25 minutes with us twice taking the lead through Addison and Necid only for Bent and Jones to equalise every time. Half-time came and I wanted us to try and control the 2nd half, but the referee soon changed that. Mike Dean came out and in the first 4 minutes of the 2nd half sent off Kapadopoulos and Addison for 2 stupid fouls and ruined what was a good game. So in the end we were lucky to come away with the draw.

Sheff Utd v Derby - Barclays Premier League
We went to Bramall Lane with a couple of enforced changes due to the sending offs in the previous game but luckily it didn't affect us as we came flying out against The Blades and took an early 13 minute lead through Munain and never looked like losing against them. Diego Suarez terrorised the Utd defence and the just couldn't cope with his attacking dribbling and crosses.

Derby v Hull - Barclays Premier League
It was a poor Hull side that turned up at Pride Park and we despatched them in the way that the big 4 would've done. We showed no mercy and attacked from the 1st whistle, and a brace from Necid and 3rd from Munain in the first 22 minutes stopped this from being a contest. It was only because Myhill in the Hull goal turned into spiderman that we didn't add anymore to the scoresheet. Necid came
away with the MOM fittingly.

Derby v Wigan - Barclays Premier League
A boring game to be honest between us and the Latics. Martinez had obviously set his side up to try and get a point from a team in form and pushing for a UEFA Champions League slot. Yes that's right guys, Derby are in 5th place on goal difference from Man City! Anyway we just couldn't break down their stubborn 5 man defence and middle 4 and so ended up taking a point.

Derby v Man Utd - Barclays Premier League
The biggest test of the Derby season so far came with a visit of the reigning champions and current league leaders. The 1st half was a quiet affair with the midfields on both both sides dominating but not really creating much. That was until on the last kick of the 1st half we took the lead with a goal from Kapadopoulos from a deep corner. This as you can imagine fired up the Red Devils and they came out in the 2nd half and battered us and took a 1-2 win with goals from Rooney and Fellaini.

Wolves v Derby - Barclays Premier League
We recovered quickly from the Man Utd game for the visit to Wolves where we took the game to them and was happily leading 1-0 at half time through Necid. But in the 2nd half we gave away too many free-kicks around our box and Milijas finally put in an equaliser. But luckily an inspired substitution of Munain for Mikhailov had us back in the lead 2 minutes after coming on. The to put the coffin in the nail Suarez popped up in the 90th minute for a 3-1 win.

Burnley v Derby - Barclays Premier League
We really should've won this game by a lot more than the 1-0 we did. With 11 shots on target and 6 off target we really should've scored more than the 1 from Prijovic that we did, and we had to wait until the 82nd minute to finally do it.

Derby v Aston Villa - Barclays Premier League
A tough local(ish) derby against Villa which really could've gone anyway but ended in a 1-1. A gritty but boring 1st half was sparked into life in the 62nd minute when Addison smashed home a 30 yard piledriver that was still rising as it hit the back of the net. i was hoping to hold on after Agbonlahor went off injured after 70 minutes but Delfouneso came on and 2 minutes bagged the equaliser.

Derby v Arsenal - Barclays Premier League
A fairly even game against Arsenal but their overall quality shone through at the end with goals from Fabregas and Vela giving them a 2-0 lead. Munain pulled one back with 12 minutes to go but they just kept the ball for long periods to run out the clock and take the win.

Everton v Derby - Barclays Premier League
The Last game of 2013 was won for Everton with a stupidly soft goal from Kieran Gibbs in the 1st minute. Try as we might we just couldn't get that equaliser and finished off the year with a dissapointing defeat.


Season Summary

After a fairly even start to the season weve pushed on a took some good results and because of that are currently sat in 5th position with 36 points taking 9 wins 6 draws and 6 defeats. I'm really proud in how the guys have performed so far this season and have been lucky avoiding any major injuries so far this season. I just hope we can keep up this run of good performances and hopefully keep all of my players, as the vultures are circling around over 6 or 7 of my players.

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January Update

Derby v Stoke (2-1) Barclays Premier League
The New Years Day game started badly with Stoke taking the lead in the 38th minute through Danny Collins and looked good for it too. The changing moment came in the 45th minute when Glenn Whelan was sent off for his 2nd yellow card. I gave the team a bit of the Fergie "hairdryer" and it seemed to work as we came out and ran Stoke ragged with the goals coming from Mikhailov and Prijovic.

Derby v Man City (3-1) FA Cup 3rd round
A Great 1st half performance saw us take a 2-0 half-time lead with goals from Stephen Brown and Mikhailov. I told the players to expect a backlash after hurting City in the 1st half but it never came, in fact we got a 3rd from a Steven Davies penalty. City pulled one back through a Raitala OG but we hung on for a great victory.

West Ham v Derby (1-4) Barclays Premier League
We took our performance from the FA Cup into this game and demolished a poor West Ham side thanks to a great hat-trick from Mikhailov. Stephen Brown started the scoring off after a Dean Ashton opener for The Hammers (I thought he had retired!!!)

Derby v Middlesborough (2-1) Barclays Premier League
A another good win, this time against a tough Boro side who have brought some good players in and become a tough team to beat. Augusto Fernandez opened the scoring for us in the 61st minute cancelling out N'Gog before big Miles Addison won the game for us with a great volley from the edge of the area.

Derby v Newcastle (4-0) FA Cup 4th round
After a poor 1st half, I adjusted our formation and playing style to combat Newcastle's 5 midfielders to smash in 4 goals. A brace from Adrian Cristea helped us along with Necid and Mikhailov rounding off the scoring. A great second half performance put us into the 5th round to face either Arsenal or Bristol City

Sunderland v Derby (3-1) Barclays Premier League
I hate playing Sunderland as they always give me a hard game and this one was no different. I took an early 2nd minute lead with Mikhailov bagging his 10th of the season to then sit back and allow The Black Cats to run us ragged. Cattermole equalised from a rebound from a free-kick for Campbell to give them the lead just before half-time. I just couldn't keep them contained and as I pushed for a late equaliser Kenwyne Jones killed the game off with their 3rd.



Summary
We won 3 games throughout January which gave me 3rd place in the Manager of the Month and his 5 goals gave Mikailov the Player of the Month also. Stephen Brown came 2nd in the Young Player of the Month.

 

[jaymaz]

great work i will coninue to follow

 

[squaddie198]

great work i will coninue to follow

Thanks Jaymaz, glad you like. Just 1 question for you and the rest of the guys reading this thread, do you prefer the match updates without the screenshots and more detail of the game?

I think i got carried away with the screenshots so i'm thinking I might just use screenshots sparingly

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February Update

I managed to keep hold of all my players through the January transfer window, despite some teams just not leaving some of my players alone. The main players attracting interest were, Antunes, Papadopoulos, Brown and Fernandez.

Derby v Chelsea (2-0) Barclays Premier League
A fantastic display of counter attacking football took all 3 points from Chelsea and probably ended their hopes of chasing for the title, leaving them in 7th place. Things got off to a good start with us with Mikhailov carrying on his good form to score in the 20th minute before Necid popped up in the 2nd minute of 1st half injury time to make it 2-0. We were over the moon but I warned them not to let their performance drop and it never. Chelsea threw everything at us but we held on for a fantastic win.

Man City v Derby (4-0) Barclays Premier League
City gave us a footballing lesson here at Eastlands today. Things got off to a bad start with Kallstrom scoring after 2 minutes and they just run us all over the place. Aaron Lennon got a 2nd just before the break and all hope of even a point went when he got his 2nd and their 3rd in the 55th minute. I thought they given up with us after that but Robinho rifled a 4th in on 78 minutes to complete a miserable day for us.

Derby v Arsenal (2 - 2) FA Cup 5th round
What a kick in the teeth for us. After taking a deserved 2-0 lead through Davies and Necid a stupid slip from Papadopoulos let in Van Persie after 67 minutes to turn the tie around. Then in the 95th minute he popped up again for the agonising equaliser. I'm sure I saw the referee celebrating with the Arsenal players because where he found the extra 2 minutes of injury time I don't know.

Derby v Blackburn (1 - 1) Barclays Premier League
This was a game we should've won comfortably. Rosicky gave them an early lead against the run of play with a 30 yard free-kick which wasn't a free-kick but even so, we fought back well with Fernandez getting the equaliser in the 36th minute. Try as we might, our strikers just couldn't hit a cow **** with a banjo in the game and so we had to settle for a dissapointing draw.

West Brom v Derby (1 - 0) Barclays Premier League
Another poor game from us again today. The players seem to be playing with no confidence at all at the moment, especially Necid. An early goal from Saviola settled this but we dominated possession but just couldn't score. Any more poor game like this and we're going to be sliding down the league rapidly.

Summary
That was a poor month for us, 1 win 2 draws and 2 defeats have seen us slip from 4th in the Premier League to 7th. If you said I would be unhappy with that with 9 games to go then I would've said you were crazy but we've been playing so well up until this point then it's hard to take. Hopefully we can turn this poor run around for the last part of the season

 

[jaymaz]

Thanks Jaymaz, glad you like. Just 1 question for you and the rest of the guys reading this thread, do you prefer the match updates without the screenshots and more detail of the game?

I think i got carried away with the screenshots so i'm thinking I might just use screenshots sparingly

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February Update

I managed to keep hold of all my players through the January transfer window, despite some teams just not leaving some of my players alone. The main players attracting interest were, Antunes, Papadopoulos, Brown and Fernandez.

Derby v Chelsea (2-0) Barclays Premier League
A fantastic display of counter attacking football took all 3 points from Chelsea and probably ended their hopes of chasing for the title, leaving them in 7th place. Things got off to a good start with us with Mikhailov carrying on his good form to score in the 20th minute before Necid popped up in the 2nd minute of 1st half injury time to make it 2-0. We were over the moon but I warned them not to let their performance drop and it never. Chelsea threw everything at us but we held on for a fantastic win.

Man City v Derby (4-0) Barclays Premier League
City gave us a footballing lesson here at Eastlands today. Things got off to a bad start with Kallstrom scoring after 2 minutes and they just run us all over the place. Aaron Lennon got a 2nd just before the break and all hope of even a point went when he got his 2nd and their 3rd in the 55th minute. I thought they given up with us after that but Robinho rifled a 4th in on 78 minutes to complete a miserable day for us.

Derby v Arsenal (2 - 2) FA Cup 5th round
What a kick in the teeth for us. After taking a deserved 2-0 lead through Davies and Necid a stupid slip from Papadopoulos let in Van Persie after 67 minutes to turn the tie around. Then in the 95th minute he popped up again for the agonising equaliser. I'm sure I saw the referee celebrating with the Arsenal players because where he found the extra 2 minutes of injury time I don't know.

Derby v Blackburn (1 - 1) Barclays Premier League
This was a game we should've won comfortably. Rosicky gave them an early lead against the run of play with a 30 yard free-kick which wasn't a free-kick but even so, we fought back well with Fernandez getting the equaliser in the 36th minute. Try as we might, our strikers just couldn't hit a cow **** with a banjo in the game and so we had to settle for a dissapointing draw.

West Brom v Derby (1 - 0) Barclays Premier League
Another poor game from us again today. The players seem to be playing with no confidence at all at the moment, especially Necid. An early goal from Saviola settled this but we dominated possession but just couldn't score. Any more poor game like this and we're going to be sliding down the league rapidly.

Summary
That was a poor month for us, 1 win 2 draws and 2 defeats have seen us slip from 4th in the Premier League to 7th. If you said I would be unhappy with that with 9 games to go then I would've said you were crazy but we've been playing so well up until this point then it's hard to take. Hopefully we can turn this poor run around for the last part of the season

if im to be truthful i realy dont use many screenshoots myself but its each to there own. i use now and then if asked for 1

 

[squaddie198]

March / April / May Update

Derby v Spurs (0-0) Barclays Premier League
A good draw for us against a Spurs side who are struggling in the league this season under first Marco Van Basten and then Tony Pulis. They had a number of shots but they were mostly off target and we held out for a well deserved point.

Arsenal v Derby (0-1) FA Cup 6th round replay
A fantastic win over Arsenal at the Emirates. Necid struck the winner after 17 minutes and then it was a backs to the wall job for us for the rest of the game as Arsenal dominated possession but just couldn't break down our defense. Swansea await us in the quarter finals.

Swansea v Derby (0-0) FA Cup quarter-final
We threw everything at the Swans, apart from ther kitchen sink (well it was an away game!) at The Liberty Stadium but just couldn't break them down. So it's yet another replay for us, at least it's in front of our own fans and a few more quid in the coffers for us.

Liverpool v Derby (2-2) Barclays Premier League
A good result against a tough Liverpool side who struggled without Gerrard and Torres (just like in real life then!). Lucas took advantage of poor defending from a corner to give them the lead, only for Davies and Necid to give a 2-1 lead at half-time. An open 2nd half saw chances for both sides but Riera finally put one away with 7 minutes to go to draw the game.

Derby v Swansea (4-0) FA Cup quarter-final replay
We played them off Pride Park with a fantastic display from Necid and Mikhailov both grabbing a brace. Mikhailov got his goals in the 1st half after we attacked straight from the whistle, and then sat back and hit them on the counter in the 2nd half, allowing Necid to finish the game off with his brace. Semi-final at Wembley against Villa our prize.

Derby v Sheff Utd (1-0) Barclays Premier League
A good win against a relegation threatened Blades side. They were stubborn in the 1st half, not allowing us a shot on target and doing a good job of keeping the front two quiet. This changed in the 2nd half though when Henderson got his 2nd yellow card. We tried to push on and take the win, with the winner finally coming in the 78th minute from Mikhailov.

Hull v Derby (1-2) Barclays Premier League
A poor display from us all game long allowed Hull the chance to take something from this game. Ghilas scored their goal in the 18th minute, his 1st goal in about 6 months of play according to his formstats and looked good for being the winner until Necid and Munain popped up with a goal each in the last 20 minutes.

Wigan v Derby (0-0) Barclays Premier League
A boring game....nothing more to say!!!

Aston Villa v Derby (2-0) FA Cup Semi-final
I just hate playing Villa as they always seem to control the game no matter what I do! And it was no different today as after dominating the 1st half Agbonlahor pinches a goal just before half-time. It was much the same in the 2nd half with that man again robbing Kapadopoulos on the halfway line to seal the win in the 92nd minute.

Derby v Wolves (0-0) Barclays Premier League
Another goalless draw in the league which should've been a win for us. We had many attempts on goal but their keeper had a blinder.

Man Utd v Derby (1-0) Barclays Premier League
A visit to the current champions and league leaders wasn't the best place to go but we put in a good performance attacking quickly on the counter attack and should have taken the lead in the 1st half. Unfortunately we didn't and Fletcher got what turned out to be the winner in the 56th minute.

Burnley v Derby (1-3) Barclays Premier League
A good comeback against a spirited Burnley side who took an early lead from the penalty spot after a stupid foul from Antunes. Luckily we responded well with a 30 yarder from Green in the 21st minute. This sparked us into life and goals from Necid and Mikhailov before half-time gave us a good win.

Aston Villa v Derby (2-1) Barclays Premier League
The end of season game against Villa (again!) saw Necid give us an early 19th minute lead which was against the run of play to be fair. Villa made what I thought was a crazy substitution bringing off Agbonlahor and putting on Reo-Coker but little did I know. he came on and run the game setting Delfouneso in the 58th to equalise and then to get the winner himself in 87th.

Season Summary
A fantastic season saw us beat the media prediction of 20th to end up finishing 8th in the League. The board and fans are delighted with this and what with the semi-final run in the FA Cup, i'm currently untouchable! As well as we played we are struggling on the money side of things, ending up £6M in the red at the end of the season, with out end of season payment for our final league position putting us back in the black. My transfer policy has kept us up but put us in financial trouble, something i'm going to have to sort out. I feel like if I get big offers for some players i'm not going to be able to say no.

Most apps - Oscar Ustari (41)
Top goalscorer - Tomas Necid (22)
Best ave rating - Tomas Necid 7.40 (41 apps)
Fans player of year - Tomas Necid

Petr Mihailov took the Players Young Player of the Year award beating Blackburn's Raymond Ahn and our Diego Suarez to the title. Tomas necid also made the Premier League Select team of the year substitute bench.

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2013 / 2014 Expectations

The board are expecting us to achieve a respectable position in the Barclays Premier League this season. They will give me a £20M transfer budget and increase the wage budget to £550k a week. They also want a 5th round appearance in the FA Cup and a 4th round Carling Cup appearance.

I am pretty hopeful of keeping the majority of my squad together. I'm hoping I can bring Mikhailov back this season, either on loan or by buying him. As painful as this will be for us, if a big offer comes in for Tomas Necid then I think i'm going to have to take it. That money would help me rebuild in other areas.

 

[Bodell]

Because hes ****?

hmm..

 

[squaddie198]

Pre-season update

I've made a few new signings this month, and cut some players which were not needed anymore. More importantly though, I couldn't manage to hold on to Tomas Necid. Real Madrid came in and matched his minimum fee release that I put in when I signed him (£80M). I can't really complain as that has really helped out our bank balance. I've also brought in:

Jano Ananidze - Metalist - Free transfer
Sofiane Feghouli - Free Transfer
Petr Mikhailov - CSKA Moscow - £12.75M
Derek Richardson - Burnley - £2.1M
Kyle Bartley - Arsenal - Loan
Jean-Luc Redon - Man Utd - Loan
Cristhian Stuani - Fiorentina - Loan
Carl Burton - Liverpool - £230K
Oztekin Burak - Real Madrid - Loan
Mark Brown - West Ham - £18.5M

Players Out

Tomas Necid - Real Madrid - £80M
Dean Leacock - Bologna - £1M
Shaun Barker - Sheff Utd - £725k
Chris Porter - Cardiff - £475k
Paul Green - Sheff Utd - £900k
Kris Commons - £1.3M
Dean Moxey - Free Transfer

Friendlies

Hartlepool v Derby (1-3)
A good start to our pre-season with goals from Prijovic, Green and Davies.

Burton v Derby (0-4)
Was always going to be an easy game with goals from Ananidze, Prijovic, Stuani and Barnes.

Stoke v Derby (1-1)
A tough game against local rivals and recently relegated Stoke. Whelen gave them the lead after 67 with Feghouli rescueing a draw for us in the 92nd minute.

Derby v Zenit (0-0)
A good result against a tough Russian side.

 

[Deleted member 79730]

80 m for necid? sorry thats suspicious mate

 

[Max]

Wow, £80m for Necid? Pretty good deal.

Can you post a screenshot of your transfers mate and Real Madrid's landmarks? Good story by the way, keep it up

 

[Frutty]

Here's the kit I made for Derby, my second try
It looks decent in my oppinion, needed just more lightened.

 

[Max]

Here's the kit I made for Derby, my second try
It looks decent in my oppinion, needed just more lightened.

Wrong thread mate.

 

[Frutty]

Wrong thread mate.

No mate, just wanted to show the kit I made for him.

 

[squaddie198]

No mate, just wanted to show the kit I made for him.

Shirt looks good mate, a good attempt. If that was their real home shirt I would be happy to wear it!

 

[Max]

Can you post a screenshot of your transfers and Real Madrid's landmarks buddy?

 

[squaddie198]

Can you post a screenshot of your transfers and Real Madrid's landmarks buddy?

I would do if the website wasn't playing up mate and uploading the **** things! I couldn't believe it when Madrid bought him for that much either as they made an enquiry for him so I said I would sell him for £80m and was expecting maybe £30m maximum from him but they came and offered me the full amount. I had to accept it as it was his minimum fee release.

 

[squaddie198]

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Here are the screenshots you guys were after. Pellegrini retired from the game for some reason, which is the 1st time in all my FM10 games that he's retired. Don't know whether it's happened in games you guys have played.

 

[Max]

Cool, good transfers mate.

 

[Frutty]

Shirt looks good mate, a good attempt. If that was their real home shirt I would be happy to wear it!

Thanks man, I am gonna give a try on Away Kit too, if you want.

 

[squaddie198]

Thanks man, I am gonna give a try on Away Kit too, if you want.

Yeah sure would love it mate....would love it even more if you could give their "Argentina" 3rd kit a try as well !!!

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Season update

After the first games of the new season I find myself sat in 8th position with 5 wins 6 draws and 3 defeats. I've scored 21 goals and conceded 14 giving a +7 goal difference on 21 points. This puts me only 8 points of the leaders Arsenal, and ahead of teams such as Supurs, Chelsea (who have just sacked Ancelotti and brought in Di Matteo) and Aston Villa.

Derby v Man City (0-0) Barclays Premier League/B]

A good result over a tough City side who have surprisingly not splashed the cash this season. We could've pinched the win right at the death if it wasn't for Joe Hart producing a world class save.

Wolves v Derby (2-1) Barclays Premier League

A disapointing result but we never looked like we were going to get a result all day at Molineux. They scored 2 in a minute through Dawid Janczyk in the 22nd and 23rd minute, only for us to grab a late equaliser through Mikhailov in the 83rd minute.

Derby v Blackburn (2-0) Barclays Premier League

A good and well deserved win for us over a stubborn Rovers side. Burak Oztekin opened the scoring on the 63rd minute before Jean-Luc Redon confirmed the win in the 88th. There was just enough time for Chris Samba to get his 2nd yellow in the 92nd minute to make the day worse for Rovers.

Scunthorpe v Derby (0-1) Carling Cup 2nd round

I played players who hadn't had a regular run-out and they played well giving us a win with Giles Barnes grabbing the winner.

Everton v Derby (0-0) Barclays Premier League

A boring goaless game. Nothing happened at all.

Derby v Arsenal (1-1) Barclays Premier League

The league leaders arrived and signalled their intent by hammering us for the entire 1st half and luckily for us only scored once through Dzsudzsak in the 26th minute. A little Ranieri style "tinkering" from me at half-time started to create some chances from us and Diego Suarez equalised in the 72nd with a 25 yard screamer to take a point.

Fulham v Derby (0-0) Barclays Premier League

Another boring goaless draw against the bottom of the table team.

Burnley v Derby (2-4) Carling Cup 3rd round

A great result over a hard working Burnley side. Goals from Mikhailov, Suarez, Woods and Oztekin gave us a good win to give us a 4th round tie against Chelsea.

Derby v Bristol City (0-0) Barclays Premier League

Our 4th draw in a row now and a game we should've won over a poor Bristol City but we just couldn't hit the target for love nor money.

Sunderland v Derby (2-2) Barclays Premier League

A poor result over a very dirty and poor Sunderland team. Jano Ananidze scored in the 15th minute for us before they injured my keeper Oscar Ustari and striker Iker Munain in under 23 minutes. This clearly affected us as then Sunderland started to boss the game and goals from Bent and Kranjcar in the 2nd half had them leading. Then a crazy tackle from their defender gave us a 90th minute penalty which Oztekin put away and we got out with a point.

Derby v West Brom (3-2) Barclays Premier League

Finally we break the run of draws to win over The Baggies. Petr Mikhailov opened the scoring in the 15th, only for poor defending allowed James Morrison to claim 2 early 2nd half goals. Thankfully Kapadopoulos redeemed his earlier mistakes by scoring 2 from set pieces to give us the 3 points.

Derby v Birmingham (5-1) Barclays Premier League

Everything just clicked into place in this fantastic win over Birmingham. We were 4-0 up at half-time and had the game won after goals from Mikhailov (6) Fernandez (13) and Oztekin (19, 26). Michael Woods popped up in the 50th to complete the rout before I lost another goalkeeper, this time Karcemarskas in the 71st. My under 18 keeper did well but couldn't stop Garry O'Connor getting a consolation.

Chelsea v Derby (4-0) Carling Cup 4th round

My keeper crisis meant I had my U18 keeper in goal again and Chelsea peppered him with shots and he withered away under the onslaught and conceded goals to Lampard, Sturridge, Antunes (OG) and Frigerio.

Man Utd v Derby (5-0) Barclays Premier League

An absolute horror show from us at Old Trafford, made this result even worse. With both my 1st team keepers still injured I had to stick my U18 keeper back in and unfortunately the rest of the team never showed up to help. A Berbatov hat-trick won the game for them with the others coming from Hargreaves and Anderson.

Burnley v Derby (0-5) Barclays Premier League

Thankfully the teams morale didn't suffer after the murdering at Old Trafford and we went and did what Utd did to us to Burnley. 1st half goals from Mikhailov (9) Suarez (17) and Kapadopoulos (21) had this game pretty much wrapped up but Mikhailov again (64) and Ananidze (48) wrapped this game up for us.

Derby v Liverpool (2-0) Barclays Premier League

Another fantastic display took a well deserved win over a full strength Liverpool side. Oztekin was the hero for us with goals in the 9th and 53rd minute sealing a great win for us. Agger was sent off in the 55th for a horrid 2 footed challenge on Oztekin, he had run him into the ground all game and was no surprise Agger went.

Tottenham v Derby (1-0) Barclays Premier League

A surprisingly poor performance from us allowed Defoe to give them the win from a 54th minute tap-in after a mistake from Stephen Brown.

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Season update

After the first games of the new season I find myself sat in 8th position with 5 wins 6 draws and 3 defeats. I've scored 21 goals and conceded 14 giving a +7 goal difference on 21 points. This puts me only 8 points of the leaders Arsenal, and ahead of teams such as Supurs, Chelsea (who have just sacked Ancelotti and brought in Di Matteo) and Aston Villa.

Derby v Man City (0-0) Barclays Premier League/B]

A good result over a tough City side who have surprisingly not splashed the cash this season. We could've pinched the win right at the death if it wasn't for Joe Hart producing a world class save.

Wolves v Derby (2-1) Barclays Premier League

A disapointing result but we never looked like we were going to get a result all day at Molineux. They scored 2 in a minute through Dawid Janczyk in the 22nd and 23rd minute, only for us to grab a late equaliser through Mikhailov in the 83rd minute.

Derby v Blackburn (2-0) Barclays Premier League

A good and well deserved win for us over a stubborn Rovers side. Burak Oztekin opened the scoring on the 63rd minute before Jean-Luc Redon confirmed the win in the 88th. There was just enough time for Chris Samba to get his 2nd yellow in the 92nd minute to make the day worse for Rovers.

Scunthorpe v Derby (0-1) Carling Cup 2nd round

I played players who hadn't had a regular run-out and they played well giving us a win with Giles Barnes grabbing the winner.

Everton v Derby (0-0) Barclays Premier League

A boring goaless game. Nothing happened at all.

Derby v Arsenal (1-1) Barclays Premier League

The league leaders arrived and signalled their intent by hammering us for the entire 1st half and luckily for us only scored once through Dzsudzsak in the 26th minute. A little Ranieri style "tinkering" from me at half-time started to create some chances from us and Diego Suarez equalised in the 72nd with a 25 yard screamer to take a point.

Fulham v Derby (0-0) Barclays Premier League

Another boring goaless draw against the bottom of the table team.

Burnley v Derby (2-4) Carling Cup 3rd round

A great result over a hard working Burnley side. Goals from Mikhailov, Suarez, Woods and Oztekin gave us a good win to give us a 4th round tie against Chelsea.

Derby v Bristol City (0-0) Barclays Premier League

Our 4th draw in a row now and a game we should've won over a poor Bristol City but we just couldn't hit the target for love nor money.

Sunderland v Derby (2-2) Barclays Premier League

A poor result over a very dirty and poor Sunderland team. Jano Ananidze scored in the 15th minute for us before they injured my keeper Oscar Ustari and striker Iker Munain in under 23 minutes. This clearly affected us as then Sunderland started to boss the game and goals from Bent and Kranjcar in the 2nd half had them leading. Then a crazy tackle from their defender gave us a 90th minute penalty which Oztekin put away and we got out with a point.

Derby v West Brom (3-2) Barclays Premier League

Finally we break the run of draws to win over The Baggies. Petr Mikhailov opened the scoring in the 15th, only for poor defending allowed James Morrison to claim 2 early 2nd half goals. Thankfully Kapadopoulos redeemed his earlier mistakes by scoring 2 from set pieces to give us the 3 points.

Derby v Birmingham (5-1) Barclays Premier League

Everything just clicked into place in this fantastic win over Birmingham. We were 4-0 up at half-time and had the game won after goals from Mikhailov (6) Fernandez (13) and Oztekin (19, 26). Michael Woods popped up in the 50th to complete the rout before I lost another goalkeeper, this time Karcemarskas in the 71st. My under 18 keeper did well but couldn't stop Garry O'Connor getting a consolation.

Chelsea v Derby (4-0) Carling Cup 4th round

My keeper crisis meant I had my U18 keeper in goal again and Chelsea peppered him with shots and he withered away under the onslaught and conceded goals to Lampard, Sturridge, Antunes (OG) and Frigerio.

Man Utd v Derby (5-0) Barclays Premier League

An absolute horror show from us at Old Trafford, made this result even worse. With both my 1st team keepers still injured I had to stick my U18 keeper back in and unfortunately the rest of the team never showed up to help. A Berbatov hat-trick won the game for them with the others coming from Hargreaves and Anderson.

Burnley v Derby (0-5) Barclays Premier League

Thankfully the teams morale didn't suffer after the murdering at Old Trafford and we went and did what Utd did to us to Burnley. 1st half goals from Mikhailov (9) Suarez (17) and Kapadopoulos (21) had this game pretty much wrapped up but Mikhailov again (64) and Ananidze (48) wrapped this game up for us.

Derby v Liverpool (2-0) Barclays Premier League

Another fantastic display took a well deserved win over a full strength Liverpool side. Oztekin was the hero for us with goals in the 9th and 53rd minute sealing a great win for us. Agger was sent off in the 55th for a horrid 2 footed challenge on Oztekin, he had run him into the ground all game and was no surprise Agger went.

Tottenham v Derby (1-0) Barclays Premier League

A surprisingly poor performance from us allowed Defoe to give them the win from a 54th minute tap-in after a mistake from Stephen Brown.