CAPTAIN TOM HAS STEPPED UP – ROO

By Craig Scotter

LEADER: Tom LawrenceDERBY boss Wayne Rooney is delighted with how his decision to promote Tom Lawrence to captain is helping the forward lead the Rams’ fight for Championship survival.Rooney believes making the 28-year-old former Manchester United youth player his skipper at Pride Park has lifted his game.Lawrence was on the brink of breaking into double figures for the season heading into yesterday’s clash with Middlesbrough, and Rooney said: “He’s been excellent. I knew at the start of the season when I made him captain that some peop...

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