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Rams revival boosts Jewell

03 Oct 2008 - 15:49:17

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Derby County manager Paul Jewell is delighted to have seen his side end a torrid 12 months with a five-match unbeaten run.

The Rams had gone almost a whole calendar year without a league win before a 2-1 home success over Sheffield United, but Jewell's side have been unbeaten in their four games since that victory.

He told the Evening Telegraph: "I think the players expect to go out and get results. What I say to them is if they go out and do their best, the results will come.

"In the last year or so, I don't think the players really believed they could go out and get results.

"To be perfectly honest, last season we were preparing for games with the thought in the back of our minds that the best we could do was get a draw.

"That's a horrible way to go into matches, knowing your team isn't good enough to compete. They didn't have the desire to punch above their weight."