🎧 Derby awaiting a new era
"These two games are clearly the sort of games you get when you are in flux - you're in a holding pattern before a new manager comes in. You'd expect a different performance at Queens Park Rangers on Friday."Dominic Dietrich and Ed Dawes are joined by former Derby County academy coach Darren Robinson and ex-Rams striker Malcolm Christie to discuss the good and bad of Derby's goalless draw with Oxford United, and what it tells a new manager once they take charge.Includes post-match interviews with first-team coach Matt Hamshaw and defender Callum Elder.You can listen to the full post-match reaction and other episodes of Rams Daily on BBC Sounds.
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