The Derby County Herald
Squad14 Aug 2028
Henry Wright damages knee ligaments — 18 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 18 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Jacob Widell Zetterström keeps Derby County in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market14 Aug 2028
Nicolas asks to leave Derby County
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Nathan Fraser is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Eli Junior Kroupi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Eli Junior Kroupi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Derby County this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match12 Aug 2028
Carlton Morris rescues a point for Derby County
It needed Carlton Morris to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Preston, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The terraces14 Aug 2028
Everybody has an opinion about Carlton Morris
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Market14 Aug 2028
Jack Marriott told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Jack Marriott has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Derby County.
In brief
- Market The Eli Junior Kroupi question follows Derby County around
- Market Manoel leaves for nothing