They had a positive net spend thanks to a big sale. He signed 12 players and Derby County never made a penny on single one of them. I'm obviously being exaggerative but Lampard has contributed to their financial situation the same way Allardyce did to us. He's splashed the cash and they all missed
Derby bet the house on promotion that season which is a strange thing to trust a manager with who'd never managed before. It stands to reason the Chelsea job then came too soon, he might have took Derby up given another year
You look at the strength of the teams who went up that season and Derby still beat Bielsa's Leeds in the play offs who won it the next year