Nigel Clough sacked at Derby

[clippedgull]

Di Canio for Derby

 

[The Camel]

Terrible decision.

Derby have spent very little and stayed in the top half of the Championship for most of Clough's tenure.

Play good football too.

Hope Derby regret this move for a long time.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Gus to Derby?



Another top-ten longest serving manager gone then, isn't it?

Derby games aren't really Gus' forte, though!

 

[Seagull1989]

I didn't see that coming. I thought Dougie Freedman was going to be sacked this evening

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Agree he will soon be appointed elsewhere but don't understimate the stupidity of chairmen these days.

Stupidity, or desperation? Clough has always struck me as a decent manager and within the parameters he has to operate seems to have done okay. I hope he finds something better.

 

[Country Seagull]

The board feel it is time to move Derby County forward to the next level

'Thought they'd had a decent start this year, a couple of poor results but nothing sack-worthy. They don't have the budget of a team fighting it out at the top so why the board feel entitled to be there, and how they think sacking the manager will help god only knows. Unless it's something behind the scenes at Derby its a very odd decision, mind you I guess everyone else said the same thing about us when Gus went.

 

[Napper]

Not had a lot of money and brought through some good kids . Look to of progressed very slowly but all the same progress .

Careful what you wish for derby

Strange one

 

[BUTTERBALL]

No great surprise. Destined for another mid table season at best and Nigel is not his dad is he?

 

[BensGrandad]

It must also be remembered that they lost today to local rivals and a club who appear to have totally ignored the FFP.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Very, very harsh. He's done really well there in difficult circumstances, he took over the club when they were in a complete mess after the disaster that is Paul Jewell.

Hope he gets another job soon and proves the Derby board wrong.

 

[Kumquat]

Stupidity, or desperation? Clough has always struck me as a decent manager and within the parameters he has to operate seems to have done okay. I hope he finds something better.

They weren't in any need to be desperate in my view. They either have money or they don't and they don't. What they had as you rightly say was a decent manager clearly willing to work within the parameters he had to operate. How they think they will go to the next level is a mystery. They don't have the money. Clough will land on his feet very quickly. He worked us out to a tee earlier this season.

 

[Mr Everyone]

No great surprise. Destined for another mid table season at best and Nigel is not his dad is he?

Yes, it is a surprise. Before today, they had the best away record in the division. They lost narrowly to the league's best home side. Really stunned by this sacking. Clough was always a long-term plan for them. Very strange.

 

[Rugrat]

No idea what they are thinking. They've got a middle of the road squad and they sit middle of the table. Maybe they're getting carried away by the media hype around Hughes?

Never really liked Clough jnr but he was good for them and feel an element of sympathy.

Good luck Pulis, your style should walk L1

 

[mikeyjh]

I'm gutted tbh, I wanted a Derby boy to succeed at Derby but was not to be. That said, things had stagnated, something needed to change, we'd got boring, and I'd rather Derby were div 3 and sh*t than boring....

 

[Mr Everyone]

The start they've had this season, seems different to the previous ones under his watch though. Away they've been fantastic. Funny old game

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I'm gutted tbh, I wanted a Derby boy to succeed at Derby but was not to be. That said, things had stagnated, something needed to change, we'd got boring, and I'd rather Derby were div 3 and sh*t than boring....

If I were you, I'd be very careful what I wish for tbh.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Probably something happening in the back ground because it cant be down to results or performances this season. He will soon be appointed by another club and some chairman will be looking at the news thinking I wonder if we could get him if we sacked our manager, like Sheff Utd?

Notts County ?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Probably something happening in the back ground because it cant be down to results or performances this season. He will soon be appointed by another club and some chairman will be looking at the news thinking I wonder if we could get him if we sacked our manager, like Sheff Utd?

David Weir is a dead man walking, surely?

They've lost seven out of his first ten matches in charge. I'm not saying he, necessarily, deserves the sack, but they must be wanting to get back in to the Championship after a ongoing hiatus.

I'm not surprised by Clough's dismissal. He's done a fine job, but they have floated about in the same position for a while now. The natives will be getting restless.

 

[Icy Gull]

Have they actually spent any money? I am shocked at this sacking. Silk purse and sow's ear spring to mind

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Dougie lives to fight another day , had Bolton not equalised late on against Yeovil he would have been odds on for the bullet.