CLOUGH TOUGH ON THE RAMS

By Neil Ashton, 31/10/2009

HARD-LINE Nigel Clough has ordered 'daybreak to dusk' training sessions for his under-achieving Derby players.

The Rams' squad must report to the club's training ground at 8am ready for an 8.30am start.

Under pressure Clough is putting the players through double sessions in an attempt to halt the club's slip down the table.

The Rams have not been leaving the training ground until 3.30pm - as Clough implements his no-nonsense regime.

It is a boot camp mentality at Derby, especially after the players threw in the towel during their 4-2 defeat against QPR last week.

Clough has brought in the punishing schedule in an attempt to save his job.

Adam Pearson, the man who hailed Clough as the club's saviour when he appointed him in January, left him in the lurch last week.

The chairman, fast earning a reputation for disastrous managerial appointments, is returning to Hull City.

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is there any club in the country that could cope with 16 first team players out,
think Clough is doing the best 'with what he has got available ,when he gets his core players back,
then we can judge , if it was the same as when Paul Jewell was boss , then yes FIRE him ,Burn him at the stake ,blah blah, But Clough does not have a fully fit 38 man squad or bare money at his disposal, DOES HE, infact the very very opposite,
good luck Nige , Evey true Ram with half a brain cell ,has ya back , 150% behind you Clough and i imagine 30k from our every home gate are too still ,

still the 12th best supported club in the country and look at the last 3 seasons ,

U RAMSSSSSS

By clobtheram. Posted November 2 2009 at 8:37 PM.

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