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F#CK THE EFL, DERBY & BLACKPOOL FANS CHANT TOGETHER TO SHOW WHAT FOOTBALL MEANS TO FANS  PLEASE SHARE
Hi everyone,
Blackpool fan here in peace and respect many of you will probably already have seen my video already but if you haven't I hope you do watch it.
You guys were absolutely unbelievable on Saturday and it was emotional to see you the true fans who partied and sang no matter what after all you have been through this season it was heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure.
Even though we wanted to win to stay above Preston not one Blackpool fan would deny you the WIN. Absolutely amazing support it was a very special day
I think this is the most important video that I have ever made. Blackpool fans suffered for years at the hands of disgraceful owners and the EFL stood by and did absolutely nothing! Derby County fans came to Blackpool and stood side by side with Blackpool fans durung their prematch demonstration against the disgraced Oyston Family who were found guilty of misappropriating the clubs funds and forced to pay around £34M to minority shareholder Valeri Belokon.
Blackpool fans have never forgotten what Derby fans did and yesterday was our chance to show our support for the way Derby County fans have been treated this season. Derby came to Blackpool to party and we joined in. 
This was a game that was bigger than football it was a statement to say Football without it's fans is nothing, the EFL fit and proper person test is a disgrace they approve these rogue owners and when they go rogue they punish the fans with points deductions the whole thing is wrong!
My hope is that this video gets shared to as many football fans as possible, doesn't matter which club, doesn't matter where in the world, just show it and let's make the people that run football realise that FOOTBALL WITHOUT FANS IS NOTHING
#ONEFOOTBALLFAMILY
Please feel free to share this and help me get this message out and let people see what Derby County means to you the fans your football world has been torn apart this season and did any of you do anything wrong? No you support your club just like every other true fan and you get punished because of the EFL approving an owner that has ruined everything for you! It's WRONG!!
Who knows which set of fans will suffer next?
Link to watch:
https://youtu.be/--G6PX6aEXA

To be honest, the unhappier Steve Gibson is then the happier I will be!  Odious little man.

There are bad things beneath the surface at Everton - some decent managers have failed to turn it around.
It looks like Frank is also going to be unable to turn the stricken tanker and keep it off the rocks.
I love what Rooney is saying about staying with us in order to rebuild the club. However, he has also said that he now feels ready to manage in the Premier League (the lad does not lack confidence).
I cannot really imagine Rooney turning Everton down for a second time. This time it would not be the "beauty pageant" as he called it last time when he didn't fancy being interviewed for the post - it will be a straightforward job offer.
And, whatever the squad say about wanting to stay, the takeover will not happen soon enough to keep the vulture agents from the door. Heads will be turned, contracts with other clubs signed and our squad decimated. The rebuilding process - for Rooney or anyone - will be a long one.
It gets worse. If Rooney is tempted to Merseyside, will CK follow through with his acquisition?  He has openly said that Rooney is a big part of the attraction. The presence of Rooney's agent (spelling: Strefford?) as part of the "gang of three" (along with CK and Cook) suggests the connection between CK and Rooney may be stronger than seen publicly.
So, if Rooney goes and CK does pull out, then it clears the way for the opportunistic Ashley to make a late, low ball bid.
Obviously that's better than liquidation. But I would feel a lot less enthusiastic about the future than I would be under a CK/Rooney leadership.
Let's hope it doesn't happen.
Come on Frank - save Everton and your job.
CK, get the deal done.
Players stick around and learn under Rooney.
Rooney deliver us from the bad times.
COYR ?

One of the few more balanced posts.
We're all angry with Mel now but, with only a few exceptions, not many were complaining when he was splashing the cash. Some would say "backing his manager in the transfer market".
I think where the latter argument falls down is that we - as supporters - do not see the detailed finances. Mel would have done so he knew the gamble he was taking.
It was a gamble and it didn't pay off.
If we'd got to the Premier League, like QPR, Wolves, Villa and others, it's unlikely any of this would've come to light.
The issue is that the gamble failed and has put the whole club in jeopardy (CK has not yet completed the purchase). That's a risk you should not take, that Mel should not have taken.
That's why it won't be forgotten or forgiven.
But I have to say those governing the game, the EFL and the FA, need to take a huge proportion of the blame. The infrastructure, the rules, the system should be in place to prevent the risk to community entities i.e. football clubs.
Stability, sustainable operation, fair competition are all needed if football - as a sport - is to survive.

Agree with this and @jono it’s time to move on from Mel, all he needs to do is sort the stadium out with Team Derby.
The EFL on the other hand will still be around, so too will no backbone Parry.......for now. As for Gibson, he might have his own problems soon enough; he’ll no doubt be exerting pressure on the spineless bankers in Preston to relent on FFP pretty soon, for it’s going to be interesting otherwise if Boro miss out this season.
Final word on Morris, he will likely go down as an even worse chairman than Maxwell, not because he’s like him in character, purely down to taking us even closer to the brink of existence due to his reckless judgement on transfers, managers, the EFL etc could go on but really, just plain let us live and go man.

Biggest thing for me about the EFL was their total lack of professionalism during the whole process. From their disgraceful statements saying they were "disappointed" that they're own appeal system had found in our favour.
Just think about that for one minute, a professional Trade body that was "disappointed" that one of its members was not punished enough under its own procedure.....all because Rick Parry was terrified of Steve Gibson threatening to sue the EFL if they didn't punish Derby enough.
I hope that if Parry or Gibson ever step foot in Derby they will be given the reception they truly deserve.
Not interested in an apology from Morris, just do the right thing with the stadium, thats all. 

I’d much rather a public apology from the EFL for their venal, self interested failure to run a fair competition. In addition For their complete and utter lack of  understanding of sportsmanship, ethics , even handed neutrality, integrity and common decency. 

All the very best for the coming season and beyond.I hope Rooney sticks by you with a decent owner on board he has a good a chance as anybody to get you back up.Your fans have been superb through this crap period.Things can change very quick in football and sometimes for the better, look at us in the so called best league in the world the Premier league for another season.Although my opinion of  the PL ( I’ve missed 2 games this season )is it’s the fatal attraction of clubs who risk everything to get to the tv cash when for us fans it’s a bland predictable bore fest unless you are a top 4 club the rest just make up the numbers.I won’t shed a tear when we eventually get back to the championship a far better and more competitive league to play in.Hope to be playing you at Pride Park again soon.

Do you remember the Liverpool 2-0 game in the early 60's with Bill Curry and Mick Hopkinson scoring from what seemed about 50 yards and Curry's battle with Ron Yeats!.  Can still see those goals now, incredible atmosphere at the BBG. 
 

Do you remember the Liverpool 2-0 game in the early 60's with Bill Curry and Mick Hopkinson scoring from what seemed about 50 yards and Curry's battle with Ron Yeats!.  Can still see those goals now, incredible atmosphere at the BBG. 
 

Do you remember the Liverpool 2-0 game in the early 60's with Bill Curry and Mick Hopkinson scoring from what seemed about 50 yards and Curry's battle with Ron Yeats!.  Can still see those goals now, incredible atmosphere at the BBG. 
 

Do you remember the Liverpool 2-0 game in the early 60's with Bill Curry and Mick Hopkinson scoring from what seemed about 50 yards and Curry's battle with Ron Yeats!.  Can still see those goals now, incredible atmosphere at the BBG. 
 

You’re going to be gutted this morning, and rightly so.
But it ain’t all bad.
When we dropped out of the old 2nd division into the 3rd in 1984 things were in many ways, worse.
We didn’t (quite) have the financial issues, but we had a horrible team and the entire season was utterly depressing and devoid of hope in a way this season hasn’t been.
My personal highlight of an utterly depressing season was meeting Dave Watson in a Little Chef on the A1 after we spanked Cambridge away 3-0 in the FA Cup. That was pretty much it for ducks sake.
AND we had not just relegation, but the ignominy of losing to Plymouth in the FA Cup quarter-final to contend with after we had dragged them back to the BBG.
We all thought that we’d bounce right back when we did get relegated and the arrival of Arthur Cox just emboldened that belief.
An opening day away loss to Bournemouth, when Bournemouth then were more like the equivalent of Exeter now, didn’t dissuade us.
Of course, we didn’t bounce back and ended up outside the top 6.
But we had some BRILLIANT away days that season, Hull, Lincoln, and the last game of the season at Newport spring to mind.
It was a whole lot more fun than the previous season because we were, for the most part, competing and you could see what Arthur was trying to do.
There’s something fun about going to smaller clubs and taking the place over. Those of you who travel to away games know that the camaraderie is special.
In fact, the adversity that we have faced this season has developed that camaraderie, only it’s done it at home.
I work online and use social media a lot and the admiration for Derby’s support, especially those of you who travel away is a delight to read. I’ve even read genuine Forest and Leeds fans say they’re impressed.
And what’s not to be impressed about?
Forget the trolls who are loving this, the REAL football supporters appreciate and understand what Rooney has dragged the club through and the guy is universally respected, exponentially more so than when he was merely an excellent player.
He’s now an excellent ex-player and an excellent human being. Time will tell if he can become an excellent manager, but the signs are promising.
The second year under Arthur we did come up and that season was even better for road trips..
I’ve seen Derby beat Benfica, Real Madrid, every top English club multiple times and Forest many times. But if I were to list the best 5 games I’ve ever attended, Derby at home to Rotherham in the old 3rd Division on a Friday night would be up there.
That game with that penalty that took us back up to what would now be the Championship was a raucous, intense and then delirious atmosphere ending in an effing celebration comparable with any I have witnessed - although to be fair, my memory is a tad blurry because we did hit the pub hard.
I doubt there was a Liverpool fan that got anything like the joy from beating Man City in the cup semi or will get more if they win the thing, than we Derby fans got from squeaking past Rotherham that night.
The fact is, winning is just fun, no matter what division you are in. And beating adversity is fun too. So much more satisfying and enjoyable than just delivering on what’s expected.
Somebody posted that they hope we're not that team that thinks they will bounce back up.
I don't really care if fans think that. It's totally irrelevant.
What is relevant is what WR thinks and what he allows his staff and players to think.
And I have no doubt whatsoever that he'll not allow that entitled type of mindset to creep in.
The good news is we have renewed hope for a stable club, a very promising manager in place, an Academy that is flourishing even if it is being pillaged and some wins to look forward to.
We are where we are, so we may as well embrace it and have fun. And you will have some fun, I promise.

I think we will be back "imminently" ?

I think we will be back "imminently" ?

It wasn't a policy, we were under transfer embargo.
Firstly,  we won't have money to bring in  players on transfer fees.
Secondly, I think Rooney has done pretty well with the players he has been able to bring in, limited as he was.

Lost me voice tonight. Never sang so loud and so long before. I know its a defiant, us against the world thing but bloody hell the fight and commitment from players and fans is incredible.
This is one of the worst seasons in our history and one of the best.
 Unreal. I have no idea how it came over live on Sky but to be there in the middle of the South Stand tonight was something special, the noise was bouncing around the stadium. Looking to my left the West Stand and South West corner were up out of their seats and to the right the East Stand were giving it some all match.
I go back to the 1970's and this is as good as the Popside and Ossie End in their prime.
Proud to be Derby.
 

Gives me the willies when Allsop is so far out of his goal. One of these days he is going to get lobbed!

Just a word of caution - it's not a done deal yet.
I believe Wigan went through 3 preferred bidders before a deal was done.
 

Just a word of caution - it's not a done deal yet.
I believe Wigan went through 3 preferred bidders before a deal was done.
 

Just a word of caution - it's not a done deal yet.
I believe Wigan went through 3 preferred bidders before a deal was done.
 

Surely it is nothing to do with the EFL what price is agreed in a commercial transaction between two unconnected parties. The West Ham figure is no way the commercial rental figure. EFL and Maguire's time may be better looking at commerciality of transfer fees paid by connected clubs overseas. Hasnt he done enough harm? He could probably buy us with the money he has made from our misery. He can do one

The books balance? Maybe you could point me in the direction of the clubs who's books balance?
MM putting us into administration cost us 12 points, 100% his fault.
The other 9 points came about by the EFL retrospectively applying rules which were not in place at the time. This has had numerous knock on effects, notably transfer embargoes, inability to extend contracts, which in turn has played a major part in MMs inability to sell the club.
To conclude, MM has had the most major part in our demise but the EFL must also be apportioned a large chunk of the blame.

I'm no fan of MM but I struggle to see how people apportion 100% of the blame to him.
In terms of our points haul, I have him at 12/21ths to blame, with the EFL at 9/21ths, based on the fact that these points were deducted on rules which were retrospectively invented.
Factor in the other things, such as transfer embargoes and inability to extend contracts and then I think the pendulum of blame firmly swings the way of the EFL.
The fact they have changed the P&S rules mid season to help teams out goes to highlight the fact that they have been hellbent on relegating us.
Whether their ultimate intention was to drive us out of business only they will know.

I bet Gibson is laughing his socks off !!
His delaying tactics working much better than he ever expected. Without the spurious claim this would
have been settled by now and for a higher bid.