Are 0 balance transfers a good idea

It’s all eyes on the 2019-20 Sky Bet Championship season now for Derby County. The Rams finished their pre-season schedule with a 1-0 defeat against Rangers at Ibrox on Sunday. Phillip Cocu will now be preparing his side for their League opener away to Huddersfield Town on Monday, August 5. Plenty could happen on the transfer and injury front between now and then – and that featured heavily in today’s Derby Q&A. DerbyshireLive chief football writer Steve Nicholson hosted his regular Q&A this afternoon (Monday) and you can recap the full transcript below... Rangers 1-0 Derby County Team: Indication for Huddersfield? Live: How it unfolded Report: Rams suffer defeat Gallery: Match in pictures Cocu: 'Excellent test for us' Video: Nico's verdict Ratings: Roos shines   Chris Roe asks: There was a lot of speculation regarding Bogle to Brighton a few weeks ago, what's the latest? And is his sale, if were to happen, the key to making some permanent … [Read more...] about Transfers, injuries & Tom Lawrence

Derby County's preparations for the 2019-20 Sky Bet Championship season are well underway. The Rams have finished their camp in Florida - in which they beat Sarasota Metropolis and Bristol City - and will complete their remaining friendlies against Burton Albion, Girona and Rangers in England. There is plenty to be decided between now and the season opener at Huddersfield Town on August 5. DerbyshireLive chief football writer Steve Nicholson hosted his regular Q&A on Monday afternoon to discuss all of those things - and you can recap the full transcript below... Dean Steele asks: Will Phillip Cocu be having a press conference when he's back from the US? SN: Yes, he will. It will be towards the end of this week, I understand. The reason there has yet to be a press conference is because Phillip Cocu was officially appointed manager and then flew straight to Florida to join up with the squad at their training camp. Dave Lockwood asks: When are we going to sign some players? … [Read more...] about Transfer priorities, Florida & Martin’s future

They say a week in politics is a long time. Well a year in football is an eternity. Stability is pretty much a thing of the past in the modern game. Managers and players come and go with increasing rapidity as club owners search for success. Look at Middlesbrough. This time last year Tony Pulis was pushing his players through a punishing Alpine training regime . The message was clear: A no-nonsense, physically imposing, tactically proficient, fighting fit Boro team would start a critical Championship campaign. Just 12 months later a much-changed Middlesbrough party is back in Bad Aussee but there the similarities all but end. This time the aim is to forge a Boro team that will, yes, graft, but will also look to be creative, to ask questions of the opposition, to embrace youth and to entertain. Jonathan Woodgate was, of course, part of the coaching team that assisted Pulis in the Alps. Now he’s calling the shots and while the players have certainly been working hard, it appears … [Read more...] about Transfers can wait for Boro as Woodgate develops new environment