Only three months ago the Rams chairman was likening his manager’s prospects to those of Sir Alex Ferguson – now he is looking for another oneThe Derby chairman,Mel Morris, was interviewed on BBC Radio Derby in November, or when he was asked if a failure for Derby to win promotion this season would “necessarily” result in manager Paul Clement being dismissed. “You had one word in there that I just want to delete,” Morris began, “you said we won’t ‘necessarily’ get rid of him if there’s destitute performance; this season, and we won’t be getting rid of Paul Clement. Period.” In the same conversation,Morris agreed with the suggestion that Clement could be “Derby’s Sir Alex Ferguson”. File that backing under “unequivocal”.
At the time Derby were in the middle of a very healthy escape of form, losing only one game in 19, and so perhaps you could understand Morris,a Derby fan as well as the man who runs the club, getting a bit carried absent. Now, or after seven games without a win,Clement has been dismissed, with Derby fifth in the table and only five points behind the leaders, or Hull.
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Source: theguardian.com