Clough belief is bolstered by Derby County's level of performance

“Now wait a minute you negative Nellies, Nige says lots of clubs are in this position, like Leicester. The difference is they dropped from automatic promotion place to play-offs. We dropped from mid table to relegation scrap. (Again.) besides he's sure they'll break the winless run sometime. Oh well that's. Alright then. Very reassuring. I think if I hear another, we didn't. Deserve to loose speech i may crack. 31% win rate in over four years. 90% of the dropped points were unlucky. I can only assume he knows he won't persuade us with words and these utterances are for the players to keep their spirits up. If at the end of the season we aren't higher in the league or have a higher points tally than last year, which is hardly a demanding sum, how can anyone claim there has been improvement under Clough. After four and a half years how can that be accepted by anyone? Yes he has budget restrictions, they look likely to stay, so if he cannot move forward with them he needs to move on, and we need to start getting good at finding good managers again.”

“Such a good post by Chadram - totally summed up my feelings
I have been so desperate for Nigel to succeed and in many ways he has. Unfortunately he has not in the most important way
As all of us who have reached advanced years know (having gained the scars and lessons of failure) to succeed in anything you must have a positive attitude . It is very simple : if you play to win and never deviate from that principle then at least you have a fighting chance of succeeding. The moment you play to not lose, all is lost.
In fairness to Nigel , he is by no means the first to succumb to the approach of negativity. Big Jim went the same way and jewell was frankly a classic case.
We have a fabulous club in many, many ways . I am so proud of the derby fans and our heritage that it often makes me cry in front of my children ( much to their embarrassment and bafflement )
All i want is a genuine attempt to go out and win games and give it our best shot. Is that really too much to ask ?”

“The facts are and I hate to say this, Billy Davies is showing that with a good manager an average team can get galvanised and do well. On paper Forest are no better than the Rams, the difference is the ability of the manager. We have had four years and you can talk about the progress behind the scenes all you want but the customer is the fan and we want results, no club of our stature should have to wait for four years and see no real improvements on the pitch in terms of result.

Time to start some protests to the board because otherwise us fans will continue to be taken for granted!”

“Bolstered by performances? More like baffled by the failings of the board to deal with four years of failure.”

“Worth a read Derby fans: http://tinyurl.com/bcqv8ql

Not sure if Clough think he will be with us any more than 2 years more.”

“I thought come the new year we were in a cracking position with consistent performances and no alarming drop in results.

Again the new year curse hits and we plummet like a stone. Obviously if NC knew how to fix it he would but this is becoming the norm and is ruining each season.

We all want Derby to achieve and would love for it to be under Cloughie but time has proven that he cannot sort this annual dip in form out so we need someone who can!”

“I wanted NC to succeed, I really did, but I wanted him to succeed in bringing us up in the league. To be able to challenge from within the playoff positions not from just outside them. Sure you could say expectations are high, but I don't believe they are. We are a club of size and stature that should be in the top flight, it isn't beyond the realms. And the same should be said for Leeds, Forest and Sheffield Wednesday. Expectations are realistic I feel.

Clough has produced a great foundation and a lot of credit must go to Darren Wassall also, who have produced a steady influx of players knocking on the door. But in terms of reducing the wage bill, could you really call that an accomplishment after over 4 years in charge? Their contracts ran out anyway!

Nope Clough has NOT progressed us. We are still finishing mid to lower table and in a league position very similar to what we were in before. It doesn't matter whether we lose a game by 1 goal or more, the result is still zero points. He has also claimed on numerous occasions that we played well, but it's been glaringly obvious to all that have watched the game, that the performance was average at best. And as for Connor Sammon, yeah he works hard, but those sort of players are ten a penny in the lower divisions, it's quality that we need.

I know this is a long rant, but I have been watching Derby for nearly 30 years now, and I am just so bored with lack of ambition. And please don't patronise me with 'we'll look what happened to Portsmouth'. I will never boo a player at the game, but fans pay and invest a lot of money and emotion into their team. If they choose to boo after the game then that is their right. It is the fans time to tell them what they think, like its a managers chance in the dressing room.

Derby are going nowhere with both GSE and NC. Changes are needed and a club will progress nowhere if their only ambition is to finish mid table, near the top ten.”