Derby pre match chat.
The manager now may not have the illustrious playing career of his 2 predecessors, but he is simply a better manager.
Paul Warne is a 4 time League 1 promotion winner, 3 with Rotherham and last season with Derby (as well as an EFL Trophy winner with Rotherham).
Does also mean he has been relegated from the Championship 3 times as well.
They aren't a side who put too much value in possession, until today in the defeat to Sheffield Wednesday they had the 2nd lowest in the league.
A functional side I suppose you'd say, prefer to be defensively solid and hit on the break but willing to get stuck in.
Top 10 in the league in terms of pressing success, top 2 for successful tackles, top for interceptions, top 4 for crosses and top 6 for long balls.
A side that knows its limitations as a newly promoted side and Paul Warne has been quite open about it.
But so far it's doing enough, 15th currently and a points per game total of just over 50 in a season will typically see you safe.
Pretty much mid table for goals conceded and scored.
But like most newly promoted teams the majority of points come at home, only 1 win in 9 away from home and only 6 points.
In terms of eye catching results a win vs Boro and a draw vs Millwall in Millwall.
They've ran Sheffield United and Sunderland close only losing by 1 goal.
But realistically a team chasing for automatic promotion should be beating a newly promoted side really at home.
In terms of key players.
Academy graduate cb Eiran Cashin is one, the talented 23 year old made his debut as a teenager in the Championship relegation season but has gone on to establish himself as one of the most talented young cbs in the EFL, attracting the interest of Premier League Brighton.
Striker Jerry Yates has 4 goals and 2 assists, a pacey and hard working striker he is comfortable with his back to goal or running the channels and is a reliable source of goals and assists.
And finally Captain Nathaniel Mendez-Laing has carried on his impressive form of last season where he got 9 goals and 16 assists with 2 goals and 3 assists so far this season.
He ranks very high in terms of chances created and various other attacking stats.
For ourselves we obviously need to bounce back and get back to two points per game.
Is Patrick Bamford in line for a start given his surprise relatively early introduction on Saturday?
Will we see a return to the starting lineup for Solomon or Ramazani?
Is it time to give one of Rothwell or Tanaka a rest and see how much Guilavogui has in his tank?