JACKO WINS IT, BUT JOSH IS THE REAL RAMS HERO
The Football League Paper|August 18, 2024
PAUL Warne was given a welcome selection headache after Josh Vickers turned in an inspired display, just hours after Derby County brought in fellow goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom.
Nigel Gardner
JACKO WINS IT, BUT JOSH IS THE REAL RAMS HERO

Kayden Jackson may have scored the winner, after 14 minutes, but it was Vickers who preserved their one-goal lead against Middlesbrough with a string of superb saves to leave Warne with a tricky dilemma following Zetterstrom's arrival from Djurgardens IF.

"There's no drama for me," he said. "I'll speak to the coaches and the goalkeeping coach, I'll watch Jacob train this week. I'm always the same, I'm always fair on my players and the best players play.

"They are both very good goalkeepers which is why I brought Josh to the club and Jacob to the club and he can sell calendars! He is one handsome man, we've bought like the Swedish James Bond." Warne went on: "I think we rode our luck at times, I'm not pretending that we didn't, but to win games of football there are a lot of things that come into it.

This story is from the August 18, 2024 edition of The Football League Paper.

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