Derby County 0 - 3 Birmingham City

A new dawn dawns for those craving a new dawn at the iPro after Uncle Mel's timely intervention after Tuesday's game to show the manager who really is the boss and the players who pays their wages....

So, with the continued absence of the overworked, underpaid Rams stalwart NSR, I will continue with the match thread and hope I am still providing VFM.

Derby have the ideal opportunity after the strange, almost surreal events on Tuesday to put things right. I'm still genuinely puzzled by what happened, as are many judging by the mood of The Faithful.

Hopefully Thorne will be back, it is too soon for Carson,the back four should remain the same but after that it's a 2W dream of who, what, where and how.....

Birmingham on the fringes of the play-offs will be no push-overs and will be without their influential winger Cotterill and full back Eardley.

We have not lost to Birmingham in the last five games but have won only one......

Let's hope for a return (?) to winning ways and a deadbolt on the door of the home changing room.

Team news, if possible please Mojaca

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