If Sky Sports’ chosen camera angle hadn’t already given you vertigo, checking the Championship table will.   Derby County are up to sixth in the second tier after blowing away Bristol City.   First to play this weekend, it may well be short-lived. For now, though, The Rams lead a chasing pack that is more congested than Bristol’s roads: City’s Sinclair Armstrong and Neto Borges both missed the start of the warm-ups due to the gridlock.   But there was no such problem on the p

Despite his quiet, mild-mannered persona, one of the things that is coming to define John Eustace’s near year at Pride Park is a decisive transfer policy.   After thirteen departures in the summer, this week it was the turn of the last two players of the season, Curtis Nelson and Ebou Adams. Two players Derby likely would not be in the Championship without.   Ruthless Eustace is certainly getting the chance to shape this Rams squad in his image, albeit it has been a process d

Given the decades of history between the two teams, it is a little ironic that the latest battle between Derby County and Leeds United was defined by two short periods.   When Jacob Widell Zetterström gave away, and then saved a penalty from Joel Piroe, any concerns surrounding the atmosphere in a relatively sparsely populated Pride Park disappeared.   There was only one way to stop the “We all hate Leeds!” chants that had begun after The Rams’ Swedish stopper had dived to hi

Lewis O’Brien crunched into a challenge on Ebou Adams, proceeding to get most of the midfielder, and, crucially, none of the ball. How’s that for a welcome to Wrexham?

Report and analysis from Derby County's 1-0 Sheffield United defeat and of a big 48 hours to come.