Jul 25, 2008
Story Timeline: 132 days
Paul Jewell's men were battered, bruised and humiliated in the Premier League last season, but even Pride Park fans will have a job recognising the team that runs out against Doncaster on August 9. It will be very difficult for Derby fans to recognise their own team when they take the field at the start of the new season. With 11 new signings so far and every surviving player being given a different squad number to the one he had last season, it will definitely be a new-look line-up. There is no doubt that the last campaign was as bad as it could have been for Derby. They were so far short of what was required to stay in the Premier League that it all became embarrassing for the club. Heavy defeats week in, week out together with just one victory all season will have left the dressing room a pretty gloomy place. Paul Jewell...
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