Gary Rowett: "It is time for action rather than words."

'It's the time for action rather than words' - Derby County boss on tonight's clash with Cardiff City -


Derby Telegraph


Tuesday 24th April 2018


Derby County boss Gary Rowett says tonight is a time for action and not words.

The eagerly-awaited Championship clash between the Rams and Cardiff City takes place at Pride Park Stadium (kick off 7.45pm).

Precious points are at stake for both teams.

Derby are looking to climb back into a play-off place having slipped to seven on a poor run of only two wins in 13.

Cardiff sit second and will be keen to strengthen their position in the second automatic promotion slot.

But there is added spice to the game.

The original fixture last month was postponed following a heavy snowfall. Cardiff boss Neil Warnock criticised the decision and labelled it a "disgrace", suggesting Derby wanted the match called off due to their injury list.

The Football League looked into the matter and said the decision to call off the game was the correct one.

Then, a video was leaked online of Cardiff skipper Sean Morrison in a foul-mouthed rant against a number of Derby players.

Looking ahead to the game, Rowett said: "We are playing against a good Cardiff side, a Cardiff side that tests you in a real physical way, and a side in very good form.

"We are aware of that, we know what we have to do and it is about going and doing it rather than talking about doing it.


"It is time for action rather than words."

Derby have lost their last three matches at the hands of Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-0), Burton Albion (3-1) and Middlesbrough (2-1).

Has the sequence of results damaged the players' confidence?

"If any team is not in a great run of form they are never going to be as confident as you are when you're winning games," said Rowett.

"When you are winning games a lot of things become automatic in terms of the way you play. That is human nature.

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"What we see is we have still got that resilience to want to do something about it.

"We certainly haven't given up, we haven't accepted where we are, and we are still very much determined to get results.

"The only way you improve confidence is to work hard and get through it.

"You have to make things happen. There is no point sitting there and waiting for someone to come along and hit you with a magic wand and say 'here's a bit of confidence'. You have to drive your way through it, and that is what we intend to do."

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The only action Gary Snowett knows about is bottling.

Now you've got a full team and it suits you better, you Bellend

Now you've got a full team and it suits you better, you Bellend

The cheats had the last laugh.

Now you've got a full team and it suits you better, you Bellend

The cheats had the last laugh.

He's makes me want to puke talking about the game now, it should have been played weeks ago when he had no players and he knows it

Now you've got a full team and it suits you better, you Bellend

The cheats had the last laugh.

He's makes me want to puke talking about the game now, it should have been played weeks ago when he had no players and he knows it

Still would have lost, we are laughing stocks, what a shocking state of affairs

Now you've got a full team and it suits you better, you Bellend

The cheats had the last laugh.

He's makes me want to puke talking about the game now, it should have been played weeks ago when he had no players and he knows it

Still would have lost, we are laughing stocks, what a shocking state of affairs

Cheeky tw*t even said, it was nice to have a strong bench, we haven't had a strong bench for weeks !!!

Yes we know

He thought his team played well? In reality they just probed without getting near goal until we decided they needed help from us! Having a stronger side than called off game didn't make them an better either.