WHY is it some clubs just can’t win at certain grounds?

While the Blues are all but guaranteed three points whenever they visit Derby’s Pride Park, the opposite is true at the other end of Brian Clough Way at Nottingham Forest.

Town haven’t won at the City Ground since December 1999 and somehow contrived to concede late levellers or losers in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

And on Saturday the hoodoo became a Klug-doo with Forest staging yet another last-gasp turnaround.

The Blues, under caretaker-boss Bryan Klug for the first time, appeared to be coasting to a 1-0 win courtesy of Grant Ward’s header when the goalscorer tripped Ben Brereton, who slammed home from the penalty spot.

Then, deep in injury time, Joe Lolley volleyed the winner to extend Town’s City Ground woe.

As Klug said afterwards, it was an undeserved “kick in the teeth” for his players whose performance, after an unsettling week, was worth at least a point.

Town under Klug wasn’t very different from the Blues under Mick McCarthy, unsurprisingly as the temporary boss had only taken one training session.

That said, 18-year-old academy alumni Ben Morris and Tristan Nydam both started, along with left-back Myles Kenlock, 21.

It seems likely other youngsters could also be involved between now and the end of the season, with striker Ben Folami and defender Chris Smith probably among them.

Other than that - and perhaps seeing whether Klug can instil more of a passing approach in his few games - the matches are largely meaningless for the 12th-placed Blues, who are set for yet another mid-table finish.

The main business remains the matter of who will replace McCarthy with owner Marcus Evans having said he is unlikely to make the appointment until the summer.

Five categories of potential boss have emerged.

There’s the experienced veteran off the so-called merry-go-round such as Steve McClaren or Alan Pardew, a type of manager which draws little enthusiasm from Town fans.

Then there are the former Premier League stars looking to make their first steps in management, such as Frank Lampard, who is understood to have shown tentative interest, or Steven Gerrard, who was linked at the weekend.

While their links with big Premier League clubs would undoubtedly help them to source talented young loan players, an appointment of that type looks very risky for all concerned.

Making Town competitive in the Championship is tough given the comparative lack of resources and a first job in management can quickly become a last if things go awry.

Also, after the Roy Keane experience, fans are reluctant to have another big name permanently prefixing the club’s name when mentioned in the national media.

Supporters would much prefer an up and coming boss learning their trade in the lower leagues, like Shrewsbury’s Paul Hurst, Luton’s Nathan Jones or from north of the border St Mirren’s Jack Ross.

The Cowley brothers at Lincoln remain strong in the betting but would appear too inexperienced and sensibly apparently keen to continue their EFL management apprenticeships at Sincil Bank.

Then there are foreign bosses such as VVV-Venlo’s Maurice Steijn, who looks out of the running as he is close to joining Heerenveen, or fellow Dutchman Jaap Stam, who departed Reading recently less than a year after taking them into the play-offs.

At 46 and having been a Premier League star, Stam could also fit into the previous two categories, of course.

Similarly, Shefki Kuqi is both a member of the overseas brigade and also the fifth category of potential boss, the returning Blues legend.

With his only experience managing in Finland to qualified success, the former striker appears an outsider, although would be a unifying figure and his passion for the job and club was clear in his recent TWTD interview.

The only other Town legend in the frame is Tony Mowbray.

All things being equal, the former skipper and coach would probably be the leading candidate but as he is currently in work at Blackburn, who could well be promoted to the Championship and then have a bigger budget than the Blues, Evans may have to look elsewhere.

If not Mowbray then from which group might Evans select his new manager?

He’s been down the merry-go-round route twice - McCarthy and Paul Jewell - and the star name path once - Keane - but the whisper is this time it could be an up and comer, a move which would be welcomed by fans.

But precisely who we’ll probably not find out for a while yet.

Wonder if any of the potential candidates has a decent record at the City Ground.