Tag: Eustace

Derby County: John Eustace vows Rams will fight for play-offs to the end
25 April 2026 Off

Derby County: John Eustace vows Rams will fight for play-offs to the end

By Total Football News

John Eustace says his Derby side will go all-out to gatecrash the Championship play-off places, despite the odds being against them.

The Rams are eighth, four points adrift of both sixth-placed Wrexham and Hull City in seventh, with just two games remaining.

Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at Norwich was a third straight away defeat for County, who have now lost six of their past seven games on their travels.

However, Eustace

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John Eustace: Derby County boss wants his players to ‘enjoy the ride’
2 April 2026 Off

John Eustace: Derby County boss wants his players to ‘enjoy the ride’

By Total Football News

Derby County head coach John Eustace expects “more growth” from his side as they try to end the season on a high and secure a play-off spot.

The Rams are eighth in the Championship, three points off the play-offs, but face a testing Easter weekend with a trip to league leaders Coventry on Friday (20:00 BST) before they host Stoke City on Monday.

Eustace says he would have snapped your

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John Eustace: Remaining games not a ‘free hit’ for Derby County
9 March 2026 Off

John Eustace: Remaining games not a ‘free hit’ for Derby County

By Total Football News

Derby County cannot relax and treat the remaining 10 Championship games as a free hit, according to boss John Eustace.

Having avoided relegation on the final day of last season, the Rams go into Tuesday’s game at Millwall (19:45 GMT) in seventh place, three points short of the play-offs.

Expectations have dramatically shifted from 2025 as the Rams are firmly in the play-off race and outside of matches against Millwall,

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John Eustace: Derby boss says no-one is getting ‘carried away’ after 5-0 win
31 January 2026 Off

John Eustace: Derby boss says no-one is getting ‘carried away’ after 5-0 win

By Total Football News

Derby County manager John Eustace said “no-one is getting carried away” after his side thrashed Bristol City 5-0 for another impressive away victory.

The three points lifted the Rams into the top six ahead of the rest of the weekend’s Championship games.

“I’m delighted with the effort. We spoke about giving the front players more opportunities. For them all to score was great and Lars (Salvesen) getting his goal was

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John Eustace: Derby County boss says Lars-Jorgen Salvesen will ‘get opportunities’
18 December 2025 Off

John Eustace: Derby County boss says Lars-Jorgen Salvesen will ‘get opportunities’

By Total Football News

Derby County boss John Eustace says that striker Lars-Jorgen Salvesen is “going to get opportunities” after starting just two Championship games this season.

In September, the Norwegian made his comeback from a knee injury that had sidelined him for eight months.

There has been an increase in competition within the squad, with the club investing in a number of attacking options in the summer, including Carlton Morris, Rhian Brewster, Ben

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Derby County: Hard to bounce back from Morris injury – Eustace
9 December 2025 Off

Derby County: Hard to bounce back from Morris injury – Eustace

By Total Football News

Derby County manager John Eustace says it is “always going to be difficult to bounce back” after losing a player of Carlton Morris’ quality to injury.

Morris has netted 10 league goals this season and had scored in four consecutive games before picking up an ankle injury in the first half of the 3-2 defeat by Watford, which will keep him out until February.

The Rams have lost three of

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John Eustace: Derby County boss on hair styles and the Bentley that never was
21 November 2025 Off

John Eustace: Derby County boss on hair styles and the Bentley that never was

By Total Football News

How things may look, and the reasons for it, is the crucial part of that story.

It is also a bit of a theme for Eustace, who spoke candidly and passionately about how not everything in his playing and coaching career has been exactly as it seemed.

“When coming back to Derby that second time, I’d been one of the senior players at Watford and helped with the development of

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John Eustace: Derby County boss says it’s too early to judge Rams
29 September 2025 Off

John Eustace: Derby County boss says it’s too early to judge Rams

By Total Football News

Derby County should only be judged when they have a fully-fit squad and after 46 games, says boss John Eustace.

The Rams head into Tuesday’s Championship match against Charlton still looking for their first home win of the season, with only six points on the board after seven games.

“We’re seven games in, the season is 46 games,” Eustace told BBC Radio Derby.

“You don’t get judged where you

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John Eustace: Derby County boss wants Rams to ‘finish the job’
2 May 2025 Off

John Eustace: Derby County boss wants Rams to ‘finish the job’

By Total Football News

Head coach John Eustace says Derby County have repeatedly defied expectations since his arrival in February.

The 45-year-old started his final pre-game press conference of the season by telling BBC Radio Derby that he felt the Rams have long been seen as relegation write-offs.

Six wins in the past 10 games, including a dramatic 1-0 victory against Hull City last week, means they can secure safety on the final day

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