Derby County Analysis

In the space of just 6 months Agyemang has gone from a £6m signing to a £20m+ asset. Credit to the #dcfc recruitment team for spotting the high ceiling potential.

Impressed with #dcfc summer recruitment to date. Brewster on a free is shrewd work. Could feature at CAM RM or ST in a 4231 His profile compliments the physicality of Morris, Agyemang & Salvesen

Patrick Agyemang Strengths - Finishing - Physical ball carrier - Aerial duels Weaknesses - Passing - Defensive contribution

One for Derby to monitor, assuming they were shrewd enough to include a sell-on clause. Normally 5%, 10%, 20% or a fixed percentage of Bristol’s profit (Derby reportedly sold Knight for £2 million)

Langås / Cashin Statistics - Both good in possession and aerial duels (Langås - 6ft 3) - Both strong interceptors - Cashin more active in defence - Langås less likely to commit fouls Eye Test - Athletic, powerful defender - Anticipates attackers movement - Good positioning

Post-January window squad map. #dcfc plans for contract extensions & summer signings will depend on promotion. Nelson's contract should be extended in any case.

4 Goals and 6 Assists this season for Barkhuizen but the majority of the G+A have come from sub appearances. Consistent minutes in the starting XI could see returns for Derby in the second half of the season.

POLL: #BHAFC had a £4m bid accepted in the summer for Eiran Cashin. #DCFC have a 1yr contract extension option, better odds of promotion and Cashin has improved as a ball-playing central defender. How much is he now worth?

Korey Smith vs Blackpool (A) 2023/24

Style of play comparison: Rotherham and Derby 2022-23

@LewisJubb 13/14 Derby often dominated games on the way to Wembley. The xG stats would be good I agree.

Statistics only represent a small part of analysing Rooney due to off field issues he dealt with such as admin: Chart 1, since admin Rooney built a team with xG trending in the right direction. Chart 2, highlights the difficulty he had creating chances with the squad available.

@lewis_everett11 I don't remember that presser but link below is Bird & Sibley to 2024. Bielik signed a 5 year deal. dcfc.co.uk/news/2020/09/b…

@AnalyticsDerby Didn’t Rooney say in one of his pressers that it’s Knight Bird and Bielik who are still here next season. Then 2 others with options?

Latest squad graphic update post Kirchner announcement and Rooney on MNF revealing 3 players are contracted to Derby next season:

@Smoggie98 @townsend1979 Derby did not get punished for the stadium sale. The independent panel said the sale was fine, after a poor defence by the EFL. Derby were punished due to an accounting method regarding player purchases.

@townsend1979 @AnalyticsDerby I mean at the end of the day it's what derby did and got punished for, they sold their stadium for way over the price of it's worth to avoid ffp and got punished for it so efl need to do the same with stoke.

Stoke within the rules here, nothing wrong with selling a stadium to circumvent FFP, just before the rules change. Will the EFL hire lawyers to question the valuation. Or do the EFL only investigate these things when they’ve been coerced into doing so by other club owners.

After the one-two with Lawrence, watch Bird intentionally kick the grass behind the ball just before passing it. Most fake passes can be obvious when a player winds up their back leg for a powerful kick and then stops. But this technique from Bird is fast and harder to defend.