Three-win week turns 'Mission Impossible' on its head

Off the back of a much-needed victory over Blackburn Rovers, Derby had two more big games to follow, starting with a night under the Pride Park lights against Coventry City on Tuesday, and finishing with a huge six-pointer at Plymouth Argyle on Saturday.

Derby's 2-0 win over Coventry was no fluke. John Eustace was starting to make things click for a group of players who had been suffering from a serious lack of confidence.

Players like Marcus Harness were now reaping the rewards of playing in freer advanced positions, with a squad now clearly living by Eustace's trademark "fighters not victims" mentality.

Two wins on the spin stood Derby in very good stead for arguably the pivotal away trip to bottom-of-the-table Plymouth. Three points for the Pilgrims would see them leapfrog Derby in the Championship table in the fight for survival.

But when you're in form, you find a way to win, and that's exactly what Derby did.

After a to-and-fro game, the sold out away end erupted, Argyle players dropped to their knees, and match-winner Harness wheeled away in celebration.

Ten minutes of added time followed before the full-time whistle blew and Derby had completed a perfect nine-point week, something which felt impossible two weeks ago, after defeat at Middlesbrough saw the Rams drop to the bottom.

How we've all been made to eat our words since then!

Derby no longer look like a group of victims. Finally they look like they believe, like they want to give everything to this challenge, and for each other. Finally they look like they may actually make mission impossible, mission probable.

There is a chance to recuperate over the upcoming international break and to prepare for a huge eight games, starting on Wednesday, 2 April when Preston visit.

They couldn't make it four wins from four, could they?

You can often catch Amelia Warren as a guest on BBC Radio Derby.