'Painful to watch' but 'capable of survival'

We asked for your thoughts about Derby County's chances of Championship survival after they plunged into the drop zone at the weekend.

Unsurprisingly, many had things to say about head coach Paul Warne and whether he can guide them to salvation.

Here is selection of what Rams fans had to say...

Daniel: Derby are really painful to watch at the minute. The football is uninspiring, we're getting injuries left right and centre, and right now we are in real danger of relegation. It is clear that Paul Warne's record in the championship is dismal - three seasons for Rotherham, three relegations. In my opinion his style of football is not working, some of the substitutions are questionable, and for me a change is needed. I'll always have respect for him getting us promoted back to the Championship, but right now it is not working.

Jim: A continuation of the dire football offered over the last couple of seasons, made hard work of promotion last season and it is inevitable that we will be relegated under this leadership. I don't fall into the trap of romanticism that we are lucky to have a club. Move on, and quickly Derby.

Henrico: Voices call for the manager to go, why? He has done what he can with the players/funds available.

The players need to step up their game.

Carl: I think the jury is still out on Paul Warne. The bulk of the squad are still free transfers picked up in League One. The signings this year have generally improved us but we need more, particularly a creative midfielder who can score a few. Also need a quality winger who can be a consistent threat. It's possibly our weakest position currently.

Les: Messing about with putting players in wrong positions has contributed to the current situation. That coupled with recent injuries has compounded the situation. However the introduction of a new striker I think will give us a fighting chance.

Silly mistakes in defence and midfield are still a problem but hopefully now this latest signing will help to secure less mistakes. I think we will stay up and be clear of relegation by a couple of clear points of the bottom three.

Adrian: Yes, we have enough to stay up. This year was about building on the team and securing ourselves in the Championship. Clowes has saved the club, shown his faith in Warne and must give him to the end if the season to prove the doubters wrong. Plus, no point sacking Warne if we then have to compensate his team and not invest in the team. I would prefer to keep Cashin to the end of the season, similar to how we kept Bird back on loan for the rest of the season.

Harry: We will stay up if we can replicate the form showed in the first third of the season.

We have very good players like Ozoh and Nyambe now back from injury and today's recruitment of former player of the season Matt Clarke has been vital to bolster the defence after stalwart Curtis Nelson has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

A decision to sell defender Cashin at this critical time would be a bad one in my opinion given our predicament and that he is our best player. The money might be useful but it's too late to help in this window and it would be a shame for it to have to be used to try to climb out of League One should the worst happen.

Further, his sale would not help the morale of the other players, especially the (relatively) expensive ones who joined last summer to help us start to build a squad for the future. Plenty of time left on his contract if we have to sell this summer instead.

The key current weakness has always been in attack where match after match we fail to take our chances and subsequently pay the price. The window recruitment of Lars-Jorgen Salvesen will undoubtedly help here, as he showed by scoring on his full debut last weekend.

Plenty of games to go, lots of teams in the relegation mix so all to play for and hopefully one or more new additions to come in the window.