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Derby County deal expected to collapse

God knows how you apportion blame for the whole situation its got so complicated, in the first place you have to blame Mel Morris for getting us in to the financial mess, taking us into Administration and keeping hold of the ground. people can blame the fans for backing Morris when he was chucking the cash about but it was always made clear that we could afford it and were well within the rules. Then things started changing, things became 'murky' involving the stadium and the way we valued players and thats about when it got too complicated for my block head!

The EFL have proved to be useless but i don't necessarily blame them overall, they can't be seen to favour us over other clubs. I dont blame Boro or the bloke at Wycombe although i think both situations werent helpful,

Other than that nobody has a clue whats happening currently. Is the proposed buyer a crook? i dont think so, does he have the money to buy the club? i think so. He was supposed to pay the wages at the end of May but the money never appeared, why is he on Twitter being so chipper 100% sure the money is going through??someone within the club paid the wages, nobody knows who that was.

As for Rooney ive no idea. Is he linked to the buyer? his agent has some history with the people mentioned, is mel morris still in there pulling the strings? there are all sorts or rumours about that. Whats happened to the Administrators who are not releasing any statements or responding to anything.

The sportscene man on Radio Derby LIVE now is saying that he knos from a source he trusts 100% that Mike Ashley has £28 million sat there in the bank now waiting to buy the club but the EFL wont step in to mediate with the Administrators who seem to be set this Kirchner bloke and refusing any contact with Ashley when the excusivity period or whatever it is called was up weeks ago



It's good to see some understanding of the situation on here, nobody wants sympathy but hearing Brum fans singing about a party whil your club dies while chucking seats at you is a bit rough!
Proper club sunderland and similar in many ways to Derby.

Sorry to waffle on but you did ask :)

Blues fans are wankers, and have been for decades.
 

Mike Ashley’s if he wants it then.
I half expected him to put a bid in for us just to rub their noses in it up the road 🤣
Always prefered them over Villa but they can get fucked now!

Seemed weird at the time as news was coming out about Brum being in big financial trouble as well
I've got a feeling they'll go down next year, they've flirted with relegation for a while now.
 
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Matches between Sunderland and Derby are rarely dull. In 72/73 we had the League Cup saga, in 90/91 we both went down from the top flight but had 3 memorable games, including a 6-0 League Cup thrashing for us, and then us somehow throwing away a 3-0 lead at the Baseball Ground. There's been 5-0's for each of us and the last time we met we gave County a bit of a hammering despite being pish all season.

This is what makes clubs. Players, matches, supporters, memories. It's no coincidence that what destroys clubs are business people who have no concept of this and think of us as figures on a profit & loss sheet and nothing else.

The people of Derby deserve much, much better than the vultures who have owned or are circling the club, and an EFL enabling this.
6-0 Thrashing was shocking and I was there sadly.
 
You’re a very knowledgeable person aren’t you, very clued up in all things business wise, not bad considering you claim to be a common or garden member of the public with just a passing interest in SAFC due to our previous Irish connections.
He's just a shit wind up ffs.
I've noticed he let's slip loads of north east words mind. Called someone marra not long ago uses the word Dinnar quite often. Blokes a tit. He Deffo isn't Methven though.
 
Very sad news for Derby but looking at it brutally this is one less rival for us, even if we are in different tiers.
 
I half expected him to put a bid in for us just to rub their noses in it up the road 🤣
For anyone interested...............after listening to the local sports special it does seem that Ashley is waiting in the wings and WILL get the club. Current bloke cant complete the deal for whatever reason, administrators are going to remove his period of excusivity, Ashley and another unknown group are waiting with lesser offers that the administrators/creditors/EFL will be forced to accept. Played his usual blinder by all accounts, will pick the club up for next to nowt IF this Yank Kirchner cant get the deal over the line next 24 hours. Still massive questions about what Mel Morris is upto behind the scenes and his relationship with Ashley/Kirchner.
 
For anyone interested...............after listening to the local sports special it does seem that Ashley is waiting in the wings and WILL get the club. Current bloke cant complete the deal for whatever reason, administrators are going to remove his period of excusivity, Ashley and another unknown group are waiting with lesser offers that the administrators/creditors/EFL will be forced to accept. Played his usual blinder by all accounts, will pick the club up for next to nowt IF this Yank Kirchner cant get the deal over the line next 24 hours. Still massive questions about what Mel Morris is upto behind the scenes and his relationship with Ashley/Kirchner.
thanks for the update ...........
 
If I were Derby I would be desperate for him to come in.
Tin hat on but I would welcome him to Sunderland... Those deluded cretins north of the Tyne never appreciated or acknowledged he actually ran them very well.
Am I the only one who doesn’t give a sh*t if Derby disappear

It’s going to take a few high profile clubs disappearing to affect some kind of change in how clubs manage their finances - f*ck ‘em
We're you bothered when Bury went under? If not you should be cos if it can happen to them it can happen to us.
 
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Am I the only one who doesn’t give a sh*t if Derby disappear

It’s going to take a few high profile clubs disappearing to affect some kind of change in how clubs manage their finances - f*ck ‘em
I care tbh. I get what you mean, but I hope this is a "near miss" which further highlights the need for reform. I don't want to see people losing their club. I know they'd create a phoenix club like but there'll be loads of families, just like we had down Wembley, who would suddenly lose the club that their late grandparents supported etc. At a time when life is shit enough for people with rocketing cost of living increases the last thing anyone needs is a kick in the balls like that. Hopefully Ashley gets them because, for all he's a cock, at least you imagine the club would survive. Mind when this stuff happens to clubs I also feel for the creditors, many of whom will be small, independent companies that will get next to fuck all of the money they're due. The football industry badly needs a shake up
 
I care tbh. I get what you mean, but I hope this is a "near miss" which further highlights the need for reform. I don't want to see people losing their club. I know they'd create a phoenix club like but there'll be loads of families, just like we had down Wembley, who would suddenly lose the club that their late grandparents supported etc. At a time when life is shit enough for people with rocketing cost of living increases the last thing anyone needs is a kick in the balls like that. Hopefully Ashley gets them because, for all he's a cock, at least you imagine the club would survive. Mind when this stuff happens to clubs I also feel for the creditors, many of whom will be small, independent companies that will get next to fuck all of the money they're due. The football industry badly needs a shake up
100% this.

I can't get how anyone can wish for football fans to lose their club like.
 
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