It seems quite appropriate that after a year of neglect on this website, Derby have seen some of their most “memorable” football in decades.

With gaining promotion to the Premiership after quite an exciting knockout stage in the Championship last May, we came to expect to see some magic from Billy Davies and his team in the season to follow. But it wasn’t long before the Championship “quality” was proven with thrashing after thrashing from true Premiership teams. The Premiership hadn’t seen such extreme scores, and all in such close proximity of each other.

It wasn’t long before the Board made it clear they needed a change and sent Davies packing (after a mutual agreement apparently). It was then turn of ex-Wigan manager Paul Jewell to take the reigns and attempt to make good of the team that had shown such high spirits six months before.

His dreams were short-lived.

It’s hard to be positive about a season of football that has shown such lack of inspiration. It’s hard to believe why the supporters have stuck behind their beloved Rams for the entire season, singing loud and proud through so many difficult games.

It was only towards the end when it looked like Derby found a life line. With guaranteed relegation approaching fast, Derby County put in some hard graft and very nearly achieved something to sing about. But that was short-lived and it wasn’t long before the nail was in the coffin in record breaking time (at least we’ve got something to take away with us).

With four games of the Premiership left, this is an ideal opportunity for Derby to show what they’re made of, possibly taking a win. With West Ham this weekend, there is an opportunity to shine and let Jewell get something out of his time with Derby. It would be great for him to travel back to Derby on Saturday night with at least a point under his belt.

It looks like Derby are also on track for getting the least points ever in the Premiership, as well as the worst goal difference since the Premiership started.

But we should at least be able to hold our heads high, keep singing loud in to Pride Park and fight for promotion next season with 19,000 dedicated season ticket holders to impress.

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