Steve Bloomer's Washing

The Rams are off and running back in the Championship! As Derby hold out for a gritty 1-0 victory of promotion contenders Middlesbrough, Chris, Blake and RamsTrust's Hilary Leam bask in our 100% home league record, assess the best performers from the Pride Park win, and discuss how much of the single goal victory was down to luck over judgment.

With Dajaune Brown failing to take his first team chance earlier in the week, we also ask what the future holds for the young striker, we compare Derby's squad value to the giants of the division, and ponder how many points Warne's side can target from their next three games.

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The Rams' return to the Championship is one featuring a brutally harsh lesson in second tier football as Blackburn ease past Derby County 4-2 at Ewood Park in front of the Sky Sports cameras. Chris is joined by Chris Smith and broadcaster Martin Fisher to pick the bones out of Derby's heavy opening weekend defeat. Are the Rams currently physically fit enough for the rigours of the division? Will Warne change the shape of the defence after the second half capitulation? And how did we rate the debutants Ozoh, Goudmijn, Jackson and Osborn?

There's also an update on the Jacob Zetterstrom saga, the search for a new striker and the possibility of Premier League loans, and discussion of realistic aims for the season. If you offered Derby 21st place now, would you take it...?

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In our second preview episode ahead of the 2024/25 season, we invited three fellow Championship podcasters onto SBW to get a broader view of the battles at both ends of the division this year.

Burnley fan Natalie Bromley, from the 'No, Nay Never' podcast, was our guest as she told us who Scott Parker's side will be competing with to secure promotion next May. Also returning to the 'Roundtable' pod was Jake Smith, Porstmouth fan and broadcaster on Pompey's 'Express FM', who told us whether Derby's fellow League One promoted side can cut it after spending 12 years away. Our third guest is Justin Peach, co-host of 'The Second Tier' podcast, who gave us a wider view of the teams and players to watch in the Championship this season.

Are there three worse teams than Derby? We hear the panel's relegation predictions.

Will it be the relegated Premier League sides dominated the promotion battle? We also guess who'll be fighting it out at the top. And who'll be chasing Blackburn's Sammy Szmodics as the division's top scorers?

There's plenty to discuss in our Championship Roundtable podcast. Bring on the new season!

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We're back! As the Rams return to the second tier following a two-year voyage of discovery in League One, Chris, Richard and Ollie Wright chew through all the incomings and outgoings ahead of an exciting 2024/25 campaign.

Paul Warne has completed six signings (so far) and Derby's squad is shaping up nicely... but do we yet have enough quality to compete in the unforgiving Championship? The SBW panel discuss a potential midfield trio of Kenzo Goudmijn, Ebou Adams and David Ozoh, hail the imminent signing of giant goalkeeper Jacob Zetterstrom, and praise the savvy capture of Ben Osborn.

Will Derby's new attacking signings - Kayden Jackson and Jerry Yates - provide enough firepower to stave off the threat of relegation?

We also discuss Derby's anticlimactic new kit, Cutch's stag do, and plenty more in our first podcast of the new campaign.

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We did it! After an exhausting, emotional, and ultimately successful final day against Carlisle, Chris, Tom, Anton, Cutch and Blake sit back, digest and discuss the entire promotion weekend. Our second promotion podcast sees us chat about how promotion felt at the time, wider reflections, our tribute to David Clowes, the celebration party, how Derby's squad looks now, and plenty more. Championship here we come!

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So it all came down to this. Join Chris, Tom, Anton and Cutch for a podcast recorded in real time at Pride Park during Derby's final day promotion-sealing win over Carlisle.

Recorded before, during and after the historic 2-0 home win, this audio match report is our take on Derby County's promotion from League One as it happened.

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Almost there! After a record-breaking 13th away win of the season, Paul Warne's Derby County are just a single point away from returning to the Championship at the second time of asking. Chris and Cutch are joined by Chris Smith (@cspaceram) review a bruising, battling, nerve-shredding 1-0 win at Cambridge, before attention turns to the possible Pride Park promotion party at the weekend, at home to Carlisle.

The SBW panel also rejoice at the news that Puma will be returning at Derby's new kit supplier... and we all have a laugh at Forest following their social media antics this weekend.

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Chris, Cutch and Anton journey to Pride Park for what could have been a nervy home encounter against Leyton Orient, but which turned out as a stress-free afternoon, thanks to a Sonny Bradley brace which saw the Rams easy 3-0 winners.

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After catching their breath, Chris and Anton are joined by a soggy Richard Cutcher, fresh from his trip to the south coast, where Derby gained a valuable point - and avoided defeat - in the crucial top two clash at Portsmouth. We analyse the main talking points (including the fox on the pitch), and ask if Pompey was the game where Corey Blackett-Taylor finally arrived as a Ram.

There's yet more praise for Ebou Adams and his incredible mental fortitude to play whilst fasting for Ramadan, another inevitable mention for the fantastic Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, and our latest attempt at wondering how many more points Derby need to secure promotion.

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In our latest DCFC interview released exclusively in full to SBW Patrons, Richard and Chris spend 40 minutes in the company of the Rams' 'Brummie buffalo', Kane Wilson. Having established himself as a key part of Paul Warne's squad - not least with the winning goal against Bolton Wanderers this month - the 24-year-old told us how at home he feels at Pride Park, and his career ambitions. We also discuss:

- The squad's reaction to the Northampton defeat and how Warne has encouraged the team to bounce back.

- His distinctive playing style and whether he thinks dribbling is a 'lost art'.

- Being 'the buffalo' in the Rams dressing room

- His thoughts on Warne's management style and why he gets on so well with 'the gaffer'.

- His message to Rams fans ahead of the six crucial remaining league games.

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