Finally time to beat The Rams?

Vexatious little Derby County have managed to beat us in our last nine meetings and tomorrow is the perfect day to put this record right, with a win, three points, and hopefully a smooth day at the office.

The only thing is, Leeds haven't experienced a smooth day at the office for as long as I can remember. We always play the game the tedious way, lacking professionalism and in recent performances ( before the Bournemouth game ) it has resulted in complete fiasco - and will continue to do so if we don't bolster our match day performances.

Although we are in desperate need for a new striker, winger, and a governing central midfield player, we can't make excuses week in, week out throughout the course of the campaign. Things need to be done managerially to get the best out of the talent we have, we can't just stand idly and let our team get beat then say we don't have that striker, we don't have that winger or we don't have that creative midfield player. It's not about what we have or don't have, it's about what we get from what we have and at the minute we're not getting what's needed to compete and challenge in the tough old league of the Championship.

Subjectively I'm pretty confident that we can turn around our bad displays, especially with the expertise and competency of our manager, Brian McDermott. Lets just be hopeful. Marching on together.