I definitely wasn't sensing a sacking to be honest, it never even entered my head. I would have thought their excellent form from September through December would have been more than enough to buy him some time, not that it even occurred to me that time needed to be bought! The chairman only commented a month or so ago that he felt Clement could be Derby's Sir Alex Ferguson and build a dynasty at Derby, yet the reason he gave for the sacking was that Clement was thinking too much in the short-term. Bizarre really, maybe there's more to it that hasn't been documented.
Middlesbrough are doing their best to keep things interesting also, going four without a win last night, although Rhode's last minute equaliser at MK Dons was enough to take them top. It's strange because they had almost flawless results through a very tough run of fixtures before the 'slump', and the fixtures they've dropped points in recently looked far more favourable. That's just the nature of the division though I suppose. I wouldn't think Karanka's job in on the line! That point last night was a big enough result psychologically anyway, the way it came about.
Hard to know. If they're serious about leaving Wassall at it until the end of the season, which they seem to be, then a lot might depend on his performance. If he did manage to get them promoted he'd surely be favourite to lead them into the PL. Pearson is the bookies favourite, followed by Moyes and Rowett.
Wassall has been involved with the Derby academy since 2009. Mark O'Brien and Hendrick himself broke into their senior team under his watch as well as the likes of Will Hughes. Hopefully he favours Jeff over some of the newbies!
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