Derby County shocked the Championship last week with the shock sacking of manager Paul Clement.

The team were in a poor run of form, but still sat fifth in the table and only five points off the automatic places, and had recently added to their summer outlay with spending in the January transfer window.

Derby chairman Mel Morris outlined that Clement's short term views for the team cost him his job, and inexplicably said that promotion was not the aim this season!

How spending over £20m on talent in the Championship and not wanting promotion can be seen as logical by any football fan is quite simply baffling.

However, Morris has said he will not rush for a new manager, but a new man will surely be needed at some point, either now, or in the close season.

There are plenty of good managers out there without work, and one such man is the seemingly forgotten man that is David Moyes.

The ex-Preston North End and Everton manager endured torrid spells at Man United and Real Sociedad, but is still a top manager.

Here, FLW writer Lee Connor takes a look at FIVE reasons why Derby County should appoint Moyes......

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He is a big name

Fans will be looking for an impressive name to come in and replace Moyes, and in the current managerial market and for where Derby are, they dont get much bigger than Moyes.

His failures at Man United and Real Sociedad should not really be taken too much in to account. Replacing Fergie was the impossible job nobody wanted and a move to Spain was always going to be tough for the Scot.

Moyes would bring a wealth of experience and player knowledge with him, with his time in Spain no doubt serving him well. He has close ties with plenty of high class managers and clubs, and could be just what Derby need in the managerial hot seat.

He is proven at bringing the best out in players

Moyes has a proven track record of getting the very best out of his players. Indeed during his time with Everton, he built up that team and ultimately got them in the Champions League against all the odds, an achievement not to be under estimated by anyone looking back.

He has won the LMA manager of the year award on 3 occasions, a real achievement when you look at who he was up against during those years.

Important to this was that ability to get his players playing to the best of their abilities. Players like Tim Cahill, Andy Johnson, Phil Jagielka and Leon Osman all excelled under Moyes's leadership and can count themselves unlucky not to have won a trophy under the Scot.

He can bring young players through

Derby Chairman Mel Morris has cited the "Derby way" this week and also mentioned the need to bring through young players.

Moyes has done just this at his previous clubs, especially at Everton, where he oversaw the likes of Wayne Rooney and Ross Barkley transform into first team regulars.

He also brought through other players, such as Dan Gosling, Jose Baxter, and Jack Rodwell, who have all gone on to have decent careers in their own right.

If Derby want youth to be given a chance and developed, Moyes could well be the man to do it.

He has an eye for a bargain

Moyes was renowned at Everton for bringing in players for relatively cheap, and then developing them in to top class players and sometimes selling them on for higher fees.

Joleon Lescott was a prime example of this, as was Tim Cahill. Leighton Baines became the England left back and one of the best defenders in the league under Moyes too.

All these players were bought for smallish fees in comparison. He is very stringent with his cash and what he spends, with only a handful of big money signings not really paying off for him - such as Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.

Derby have the players in place already, but Moyes may well be able to add further to it and improve the team further.

His time at Man United will have served him well

Nobody can really argue the fact that it didnt quite work out for David Moyes at Old Trafford. The results were not what was expected and he ultimately paid the price by losing his job after only 8 months.

However, being in charge of one of the worlds biggest clubs and being under the pressure he was, will have in some way had a positive effect on Moyes.

He will be battle hardened to things he wasn't quite used to when at Everton and Preston, and the experience and knowhow of working under such a high pressure environment can only serve him and his players well in the long run.

Derby fans, what do you think? Is Moyes a good choice? Let us know!