A case of Roeder starting to think that big might have to be beautiful after all?

"You have all these American sports - Gridiron, basketball - unless you're six-foot ten, you don't get a game," said the City chief, after Saturday's 2-0 defeat by the Rams. "But football is the beautiful game because if the little guy is good enough and clever enough then he can beat the big guy. And there aren't too many team games like that..."

Bell sounds a positive note for Bristol and beyond after finally making his City debut

"The lads are very disappointed that they've managed to win 2-1 in the end. But we've got to bounce back from that - and look forward rather than behind us," said the City new-boy. "We've just got to learn from the mistakes. We're going into a break now; we've got to re-group; everybody get-together and kick on for the Bristol game...

Sammy looks to be making one midfield gig his own as Fozzy is left to fight his way back to favour

"Him [Fotheringham] being the professional that he is - and he is a terrific professional - when he was told that he wasn't starting in the team, he accepted the decision and admitted that he hadn't been at his best recently... It's now up to him to fight his way back into the team and, as I say, Sammy Clingan came in and did particularly well."

Ten-man Rams leave City 'badly wounded'. And Johnny O exiting on a stretcher.

Roeder rings some big changes for the Rams - starting with the skipper

Roeder eyes the last big piece of his summer jigsaw - that oh-so elusive target man

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Team		P	GD	PTS
14	Charlton	10	0	13
15	Derby	10	0	13
16	Blackpool	10	-2	13
17	Ipswich	10	3	12
18	Palace	10	-1	12
19	Watford	10	-3	11
20	Southampton	10	-4	11
21	Norwich	10	-4	10
22	Barnsley	10	-4	8
23	Doncaster	10	-12	7
24	Nottm Forest	10	-11	5

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