Jourdan

I guess time will tell. Let’s hope so.
Lampard was also worshipped for a time and knew what to say and do to ‘work the crowd’.
How quickly that turned around.

It was a tongue in cheek comment after my previous comments on Rooney and PR.
Acting dignified? Effort? Attempts to motivate players? Isn’t that the least you would expect from a manager in this position?
What is with the fanfare? He’s simply doing his job and what he is contracted to do. And he’s getting paid handsomely for it. He can’t really lose in this situation, so of course he isn’t going to walk away. I can think of 50,000 reasons not to.
No doubt he also knows the importance of getting the fans onside, so of course he will be aware of what to say to hit the right notes. Mel is public enemy 1, so it was an easy punch to throw.
But words are just words. Personally, I prefer to see a response on the pitch, not soundbites. If we see more spirited performances and results like the one vs Stoke, that is something to get behind.
But as it is, he is being given legendary status by some for making the brave choice to hand some bibs out, put a few cones down, answer a few questions, and pick up tens of thousands a week in the process.

It was a tongue in cheek comment after my previous comments on Rooney and PR.
Acting dignified? Effort? Attempts to motivate players? Isn’t that the least you would expect from a manager in this position?
What is with the fanfare? He’s simply doing his job and what he is contracted to do. And he’s getting paid handsomely for it. He can’t really lose in this situation, so of course he isn’t going to walk away. I can think of 50,000 reasons not to.
No doubt he also knows the importance of getting the fans onside, so of course he will be aware of what to say to hit the right notes. Mel is public enemy 1, so it was an easy punch to throw.
But words are just words. Personally, I prefer to see a response on the pitch, not soundbites. If we see more spirited performances and results like the one vs Stoke, that is something to get behind.
But as it is, he is being given legendary status by some for making the brave choice to hand some bibs out, put a few cones down, answer a few questions, and pick up tens of thousands a week in the process.

Rooney’s PR team are good, very good.

Or maybe he is just a very decent human being......

You've done it now, watch him quit tomorrow. 

The library signed an NDA.
 

I don't know why everyone is getting so upset about this.
Didn't you hear the bit of his interview where our Mel insisted administration was a "great opportunity" for us?
He also said "this isn't the end for Derby County" in a way that suggested we should be grateful for his reassuring words of wisdom with regards our club actually continuing to exist beyond this season.
It's all part of the masterplan.
The Derby way.
Thanks Mel, for a minute there I was worried.

We've been using that slogan 13 years!   ?

Apparently Reading could be getting a big points deduction as well. All we need are another two clubs to follow suit and we have chance of staying up.
???

Even I must admit that I am starting to feel sorry for Rooney.
When the points deductions are finalised, he will be left to do a job that is way beyond his current skillset and level of experience, and he has seemingly been left in the dark and the cold by the very people who brought him to the club.
Let’s see what he can produce moving forward and let’s see where he is 12 months from now. I don’t see that he has done anything out of the ordinary so far.
Staying at the club, and contributing to the costs of away travel and such things will surely reflect well on him and of course build goodwill.
However, let’s not forget - he probably will have been consulted by his agent or PR team on the best steps to take.

COPYCAT!!!

I don’t really understand Wycombe’s position.
Where is the injustice? It all seems rather desperate and lacking in substance.
Wycombe didn’t get enough points to stay up and we also had a better head-to-head record against them.
They didn’t do what they needed to do on the pitch. What we are being punished for is historical, and from a time when Wycombe were nowhere near the Championship.
You can look at as many spreadsheets as you want, but those facts will always remain.

It is the life of a celebrity.
They have agents, they have management teams, they have advisors.
When you reach that status, your life is basically micro-managed to make sure you look good. Rooney only does what is best for Rooney, or at least that’s what his team will be thinking.
If he’s paying for away travel and accommodation out of the kindness of his heart, all credit to him.
But it wouldn’t really add up given his relationship with Mel and the board, would it?

Rooney had to find out the club was entering administration via Sky Sports News.
Does that suggest that Rooney has a good relationship with the higher ups, with open and ongoing lines of communication and actions that are supportive of the other?
Why would he willingly commit to spending thousands of pounds every few weeks to get Mel and the board out of a bind?
Everything points to their treatment of Rooney being so poor that there is not the goodwill or respect present that would compel Rooney to offer up some support.

As someone who tried to pull together a crowd-funding campaign to buy Jason Shackell a toaster as a wedding gift from the fans when we were courting him for a second time, I know what a huge undertaking this is.
We'll never know if he got that toaster, but luckily it wasn't a barrier to him joining. Obviously he uses the grill. 
Fans didn't come through then. Hope we do now.

I'm a bit brassit, let's hope we get a buyer.

Good Grief!!! You really are something else ....Mr Cynical...so Rooney does something really good and out of his own pocket and its PR related !!!!! Just hate it when something decent is turned into something else......Not everyone does things because PR management say so...not everyone who is famous follows what PR people say like brain dead lemmings............
If it was PR related it would've been much better publicised...or did his PR team say don't worry....someone will mention it on the DCFC Forum pmsl

I don’t really understand Wycombe’s position.
Where is the injustice? It all seems rather desperate and lacking in substance.
Wycombe didn’t get enough points to stay up and we also had a better head-to-head record against them.
They didn’t do what they needed to do on the pitch. What we are being punished for is historical, and from a time when Wycombe were nowhere near the Championship.
You can look at as many spreadsheets as you want, but those facts will always remain.

Rooney had to find out the club was entering administration via Sky Sports News.
Does that suggest that Rooney has a good relationship with the higher ups, with open and ongoing lines of communication and actions that are supportive of the other?
Why would he willingly commit to spending thousands of pounds every few weeks to get Mel and the board out of a bind?
Everything points to their treatment of Rooney being so poor that there is not the goodwill or respect present that would compel Rooney to offer up some support.

It is the life of a celebrity.
They have agents, they have management teams, they have advisors.
When you reach that status, your life is basically micro-managed to make sure you look good. Rooney only does what is best for Rooney, or at least that’s what his team will be thinking.
If he’s paying for away travel and accommodation out of the kindness of his heart, all credit to him.
But it wouldn’t really add up given his relationship with Mel and the board, would it?

Even I must admit that I am starting to feel sorry for Rooney.
When the points deductions are finalised, he will be left to do a job that is way beyond his current skillset and level of experience, and he has seemingly been left in the dark and the cold by the very people who brought him to the club.
Let’s see what he can produce moving forward and let’s see where he is 12 months from now. I don’t see that he has done anything out of the ordinary so far.
Staying at the club, and contributing to the costs of away travel and such things will surely reflect well on him and of course build goodwill.
However, let’s not forget - he probably will have been consulted by his agent or PR team on the best steps to take.

Are you trying to be the biggest troll on the board?

I don’t really understand Wycombe’s position.
Where is the injustice? It all seems rather desperate and lacking in substance.
Wycombe didn’t get enough points to stay up and we also had a better head-to-head record against them.
They didn’t do what they needed to do on the pitch. What we are being punished for is historical, and from a time when Wycombe were nowhere near the Championship.
You can look at as many spreadsheets as you want, but those facts will always remain.