The Key Club King

Can't believe we've let Gregg's go - will they be another one that we release that go on to better things? Maybe they'll move to the San Siro or Camp Nou?

It does worry me looking at the table about who we can compete with financially. There are some very well-funded teams just hanging around lower mid-table. It is obviously up to Clowes what he choses to put in to the club - he has earned the right to pretty much do as he wants really. The last time we were in the bottom 6 or 8 in terms of budget is when GSE and Clough were in charge and that ended in protests as they were "only" covering £2 or £3 million pounds of losses each year.

We only have 4 stands so to name one after someone like Igor Stimac who played less than 100 games for us, I'm just not having. Clough, Hector, Roy Mac, Bloomer, Guthrie -yes. Though I may accept the "Ebou Adams Arena" 🥰

Without wanting to tempt fate, the Derby County mural at Cotton Lane near the old BBG was not messed with despite there being lots of grafitti on the surrounding pedestrian rail bridge.

I've been watching Derby for 40 years and every year many people say "it's a really poor league this year". The quality of football does actually improve year on year - watch anything from the 90s and it looks like non-league football.