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The Rams are founder members of the Football League and have one of the longest and proudest histories of any football team and they are rightly back with the elite of English football.
Will they stay there, I hear you ask. Well if you listen to most pundits and the papers, we may as well not bother to take the field. Talk of heavy defeats and even of going through the whole season without a win are on every paper, message board, television station, but who cares? we are here and here on merit after a long and dramatic 2006-07 season and a hard fought Play-off series.
New blood has been added to old and the mix, as yet untried in anger, could be vintage or just a not so cheap table wine.
Striking power is something that looks a bit on the weak side, we know Ernie will get his fair share of goals but you get the feeling he needs a more mobile partner than big Stevie Howard.
The midfield looks to be coming along nicely with speed , power, and the old heads hopefully pulling the strings with the likes of Pearson, Barnes (when fit) benefiting from new signings Benny Feilhaber and Mika Vayrynen.
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The final line of defense has seen a shake-up during the summer (was all that rain a summer?),. Gone are Lee Grant and Lee Camp and in their place come Lewis Price and Ben Hinchcliffe. Stephen Bywater is still number one for the Rams but his place will be contested by Price, a Welsh International keeper.
So the long wait is nearly over. To be honest I think Derby can and will surprise a lot of teams and with a slice of luck, no injuries and possibly a striker or two of note, we will be celebrating again this season, as we stay in the Premiership.
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