Derby County 4-1 Bolton

We're in for a proper ramming and not in a good way.

So long Championship it's not been good to know ya.

My new boss is a Villa fan and we've just spent an hour slagging off modern footballers.

It was quite cathartic and I feel better now.

4-0 to us.

Hoping to see some sort of positive tomorrow, odds on samazidah scoring against a club that could have nabbed him from us? 

JP and Reidy need to wise up, just park the bus, try and close down the player with the ball and get a 0-0, they need to stop the rot.

Stop the rot, park the bus? seriously

If i'm travelling the best part of 4 hours just to see us aim for a nil nil I will be seriously pissed off.

We got nothing to lose now each game should be a case of going out and trying to give the fans who have followed them up and down the country something to cheer about.

If we lose all but one of our remaining away games by three but manage to nick a 1-0 away win at some point along the way it would be priceless reward for those that have suffered the likes of Boro and Bristol this year.

Worst comment I've seen on here.

Preview: Derby County v Bolton

SETTING THE SCENE
Bolton Wanderers travel to Derby County on Saturday knowing that relegation from the Sky Bet Championship could be confirmed this weekend.

Without a win since early-February, the Whites are yet to win on their travels so far this season and will know the odds are stacked against them with their last league win away at Derby coming back in September 1981.

Meanwhile, Derby are currently battling at the other end of the table having won each of their last four matches at the iPro Stadium, including a midweek 4-0 victory over promotion-rivals Hull City.

Having put in a positive display against the Rams on the opening day of the season, Jimmy Phillips will be hoping for a repeat performance from Bolton as they look to finish the season positively.

TEAM NEWS
Rob Holding and Stephen Dobbie are both available after missing Tuesday’s trip to Brentford because of suspension and injury respectively.

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A late decision will be made on Mark Davies, but Dorian Dervite, Gary Madine and Wellington Silva are not yet ready to return.

Jay Spearing is unlikely to play for the club again this season while Max Clayton (hamstring) remains a long-term absentee.


LAST DERBY COUNTY XI (v Hull City, W4-0)
Carson, Christie, Keogh, Shackell, Olsson (Butterfield 82), Bryson, Johnson (Hanson 87), Ince, Thorne, Martin, Russell (Weimann 89)

ONE TO WATCH
One of the Sky Bet Championship’s most feared marksmen since joining Derby County permanently in 2013, Chris Martin is once again the Rams’ leading scorer this season with 15 goals.

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The Scotland international has broken the 20-goals barrier in each of the last two seasons, and is once again closing in on that total to aid Derby’s promotion challenge.

A man in form heading into Saturday’s match, Martin has scored in both of his last two appearances for Derby, while he has found the back of the net six times from his last nine club outings.

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BWFC: Amos, Holding, Wheater, Derik, Moxey, Trotter, Danns, Pratley, Vela, Clough, Woolery

Subs: Rachubka, Davies, Heskey, Dobbie, Wilson, Twardzik, Maher

Derby: Carson, Christie, Bryson, Keogh, Martin, Russell, Shackell, Butterfield, Ince, Olsson, Thorne

Subs: Mitchell, Buxton, Bent, Hughes, Blackman, Weimann, Hanson

Report: Derby County 4-1 Bolton

IN BRIEF

Bolton Wanderers will play League One football next season after a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Derby County at the iPro Stadium confirmed their relegation from the Sky Bet Championship.

The Rams opened the scoring inside 12 minutes through Johnny Russell who unleashed an unstoppable effort from all of 25 yards into the bottom corner of the Bolton net with Tom Ince doubling their advantage seven minutes before the break through a close range finish.

It was three for the hosts halfway through the second period as Jacob Butterfield fired home from distance, although the Whites did pull one back from the penalty spot shortly after through Zach Clough after Mark Davies was fouled in the area.

County’s three-goal advantage was restored with 14 minutes to play though, with Russell notching his second of the game from close range - a scoreline which remained the same at the final whistle.

TEAM NEWS

There were three changes for Wanderers from the side who started against Brentford in midweek with Rob Holding, Neil Danns and David Wheater all back in for the Whites.

FIRST HALF

Wanderers found themselves under pressure from the hosts inside the opening minutes of the clash with Tom Ince finding himself in a glorious position in the fourth minute with only Ben Amos to beat, but the keeper manage to make himself big enough to keep his effort out at the near post.

The travelling Bolton faithful were also in good voice from the off and their backing was soon met with the Whites’ first attack of the afternoon which saw a Wheater glancing header hooked away after a superb cross into the box from Zach Clough.

The Rams were back on the attack soon after however, but Cyrus Christie’s run and Marcus Olsson’s subsequent effort failed to trouble the Bolton defence or goalkeeper while Chris Martin’s shot from the edge of the area with 12 minutes on the clock narrowly cleared the crossbar.

Just a minute later however, Derby opened the scoring in style as Russell unleashed from all of 25 yards with his shot nestling into the bottom corner of the net to the delight of the iPro faithful.

It was almost two shortly after as Christie powered down the right flank and into the box, but the full-back’s eventual shot flew just wide of Amos’ far post while Craig Bryson also came close for the home side.

With eight minutes to go until the break though, Derby doubled their advantage through Ince who slid the ball home at the far post after connecting with a lofted cross into the box from fellow goalscorer Russell.

It was nearly a third for County on the stroke of half time as Russell connected with a Christie cross just inside the box, but Amos was equal to his header to keep the deficit at two while Ince also came within a whisker of doubling his own tally for the afternoon as the first half drew to its conclusion.

SECOND HALF

As the second half got underway, Wanderers made one change – Emile Heskey on for Liam Trotter – and began with more vigour, with the aforementioned frontman causing problems from the off.

It was the hosts who enjoyed the first real sight of goal though with Russell’s curled effort skimming off the crossbar eight minutes into the second period while a Bryson snap-shot narrowly cleared the goalmouth soon after.

Ince, a threat throughout for the Rams, appeared to have his second of the game on the hour mark, only to see his strike from the edge of the box deflect away for a corner with Amos seemingly beaten.

With 22 minutes remaining however, Derby had their third and it was through former Bolton loanee Butterfield whose 25 yard shot took a slight deflection on its way past Amos in the Bolton goal.

Just three minutes later, Bolton were handed the opportunity to reduce the deficit from the penalty spot after substitute Mark Davies was fouled in the box, with Clough stepping up to slot home his second from 12 yards in as many games.

Russell, a thorn in Bolton’s side through the duration of the game, proceeded to restore Derby’s three-goal advantage five minutes later though, finding himself in space just outside the six yard box and rounding Amos before tapping home.

The final ten minutes of the game brought nothing much more in the way of goalmouth action for either side and while four minutes of additional time was indicated, there were no further goals as Bolton's fate for the 2015/16 season was unfortunately confirmed.


FULL TIME

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This won't surprise anyone but it was another shocking performance, failed to get hold of the ball at any point in the game. Constantly hoofed the ball straight up the middle of the park for the first half which is why Heskey ended up coming on, but even then we failed to put in any meaningful challenges in the middle of the park.

Support was superb, a few lads protesting with a villa style banner, not sure about what they were trying to achieve but understand the sentiment.