

We need to take that on another level now. With everything that has happened this summer, we are two or three weeks behind everyone else but to see the fitness levels and the attitude of the players today was outstanding.

It is a fitness exercise more than anything and we need the players working hard. On What He Wanted To Get Out Of The Game… The new players showed their quality at times as well which is fantastic for the fans to see and we move on to next week. The most important thing is that the players understand how we play, how we want to work and each of them carried it out. It’s nice to win but it’s not the most important thing at the moment. There is a lot we can work on and improve but we are delighted.

They didn’t have a shot on target so to see that engagement from the players in a short space of time I’m happy. They beat Borussia Dortmund last season, so what pleased me was that we have worked with James Collins for a day in terms of the tactical work we’ve done and, to a tee without the ball, we were well organised.
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We’ve just played a really good team who are in the top league in Germany which is a fantastic league full of top teams. I think it was the perfect workout for us. Rosenior shuffled the Derby pack in the second half to get minutes into the legs as possible over the course of the 90 minutes, while he also handed first outings to recent summer signings Conor Hourihane, James Chester, David McGoldick and James Collins.Ī crowd of just over 7,000 supporters were in attendance and Rosenior believes the Rams’ preparations for the new season are progressing well and, after the final whistle, he spoke to RamsTV to discuss the clash Hertha and the latest from the Rams camp. Summer signing Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored the only goal of the game shortly before half-time following an evenly contested first half with a fine curling effort in front of the South Stand. With the 2022/23 Sky Bet League One season just two weeks away from getting underway, the Rams produced another confident display following the 2-0 victory at League Two outfit Bradford City last week. Liam Rosenior believes Derby County are progressing in the right direction after they continued their pre-season games programme with a 1-0 home win over Hertha Berlin on Saturday.ĭerby’s second run-out of the summer saw them face the German top-flight side in the Derbyshire sunshine at Pride Park Stadium.
