NottsRam77

After leaving derby i mean.
he went a year without a club. I spoke to him jokingly about coming back to us when he came into the post office i worked at lol
Amazing talent obviously, would i want to see those huds inch perfect pings again, christ yes, do i think its best all parties moved on from each other though.. with regret .. yes 
only my opinion ?

Oh totally.
thats the big thing we should be looking at as an opportunity.
With both leicester and forest in the prem more than likely looking abroad and higher up the footballing tree (no pun intended) for players we have a massive selling point to any talented local footballer.
the v v real chance of football league football and a chance to air those talents in a first team envirmoment.
the accademy is cat 1 and already has an amazing reputation.. even in our situation as u say all those prem cast offs looking for that second chance should be climbing over each other to join us. We represent a dream opportunity in that respect 

Great post .. agree totally ??

Amazing post buddy, 
and a situation that resonates so strongly with myself too.
Pp holds (along woth the bbg) some of my happiest and strongest memories with my late dad and to lose that place to go that i can feel that bit closer to him for 90 minutes would have broken me.
to lose derby county would have been a body blow too much for me.. so mr clowes… and the 1000s of u fans that stood up to be counted in our hours of need an eternal thankyou.
now lets back them like league 1 has never seen before 

So… whos up for it then ??????
COYR!!!

Get some of the out of contract youngsters signed up before we lose some more.

Woke up this morning and had to pinch myself to check this was real. I'm not Derby born. I don't have family who have lived,  breathed and died Derby.  But reading through these comments and reflecting on how I felt last night drives home how much of a part this club plays in my life.  
My wife sadly doesn't do sport.  She doesn't really get it. But even she was empathetic as this morning as I got emotional all over again reading your comments, recounting how Ed completely lost it on live radio, how other so-called fans had gloated over essentially the ruin of someone's life.  I'm so, so grateful to Clowes. We have a club. We live to fight another day.  Whoever you are. Wherever you are. We are ALL Derby. 

Thought about this quite a bit recently, the father son thing that is often mentioned on here. I did wonder yesterday whether our heroic new and reluctant owner thought to himself at some stage  - what would Dad have done ?
Anyway, the morning after the night before: It’s funny how you only really know how you feel about some things once they have happened. Waking up under DC ownership is like lying in a warm bath - there’s a feeling of security, that you’re in good hands. Do I wish big Mike had stepped in? No thanks. You’d constantly be in that moment immediately before the grumpy old doctor grabs your testicle and asks you to cough, the one with cold hands who squeezes just a bit too hard 

Amazing post buddy, 
and a situation that resonates so strongly with myself too.
Pp holds (along woth the bbg) some of my happiest and strongest memories with my late dad and to lose that place to go that i can feel that bit closer to him for 90 minutes would have broken me.
to lose derby county would have been a body blow too much for me.. so mr clowes… and the 1000s of u fans that stood up to be counted in our hours of need an eternal thankyou.
now lets back them like league 1 has never seen before 

Amazing post buddy, 
and a situation that resonates so strongly with myself too.
Pp holds (along woth the bbg) some of my happiest and strongest memories with my late dad and to lose that place to go that i can feel that bit closer to him for 90 minutes would have broken me.
to lose derby county would have been a body blow too much for me.. so mr clowes… and the 1000s of u fans that stood up to be counted in our hours of need an eternal thankyou.
now lets back them like league 1 has never seen before 

Amazing post buddy, 
and a situation that resonates so strongly with myself too.
Pp holds (along woth the bbg) some of my happiest and strongest memories with my late dad and to lose that place to go that i can feel that bit closer to him for 90 minutes would have broken me.
to lose derby county would have been a body blow too much for me.. so mr clowes… and the 1000s of u fans that stood up to be counted in our hours of need an eternal thankyou.
now lets back them like league 1 has never seen before 

Amazing post buddy, 
and a situation that resonates so strongly with myself too.
Pp holds (along woth the bbg) some of my happiest and strongest memories with my late dad and to lose that place to go that i can feel that bit closer to him for 90 minutes would have broken me.
to lose derby county would have been a body blow too much for me.. so mr clowes… and the 1000s of u fans that stood up to be counted in our hours of need an eternal thankyou.
now lets back them like league 1 has never seen before 

Amazing post buddy, 
and a situation that resonates so strongly with myself too.
Pp holds (along woth the bbg) some of my happiest and strongest memories with my late dad and to lose that place to go that i can feel that bit closer to him for 90 minutes would have broken me.
to lose derby county would have been a body blow too much for me.. so mr clowes… and the 1000s of u fans that stood up to be counted in our hours of need an eternal thankyou.
now lets back them like league 1 has never seen before 

Amazing post buddy, 
and a situation that resonates so strongly with myself too.
Pp holds (along woth the bbg) some of my happiest and strongest memories with my late dad and to lose that place to go that i can feel that bit closer to him for 90 minutes would have broken me.
to lose derby county would have been a body blow too much for me.. so mr clowes… and the 1000s of u fans that stood up to be counted in our hours of need an eternal thankyou.
now lets back them like league 1 has never seen before 

Uhh my head! I may have drunk half of Alfreton...
Agree with this, he sounds really understated, someone who wont court publicity, wont be after the glory nor starting bounces in front of the fans. DC strikes me as a quietly passionate Derby fan, like so many in this fair county. Being a football club owner doesnt seem like an ambition more like a necessity, so his... our team doesnt die.
He has promised communication and I feel we will get it, in time. He will want to speak to any 'football business' people left at the club, work out what's what as far as the state of the club (beyond "we are running at x losses and we owe y to a, b, and c"). Once this is done he'll want get his people in, then we will hear from one of those (media savvy, knows football) about visions and what comes next.
Prior to and parallel to this we will see the vision unfurl as we will be pleasantly surprised at how quickly things progress from now on in regards to contracts. Actions, not words.

Amazing post buddy, 
and a situation that resonates so strongly with myself too.
Pp holds (along woth the bbg) some of my happiest and strongest memories with my late dad and to lose that place to go that i can feel that bit closer to him for 90 minutes would have broken me.
to lose derby county would have been a body blow too much for me.. so mr clowes… and the 1000s of u fans that stood up to be counted in our hours of need an eternal thankyou.
now lets back them like league 1 has never seen before 

Its a surreal feeling isnt it.
ill be honest i thought i was dealing with it ok. Just doing what i normally do with bad news and burying it deep down and just worrying about other life thingd, kids, work, money etc etc
but last night and even more so this morning, i just feel like this massive weight has been lifted and something that brings me so much pleasure and is part of my life is back in my thoughts again and iv this warm buzzy feeling about getting down to pp with my daughter and roaring the lads on.
I didnt even realise it was effecting me. But now its ended i can cealrly feel it was 

Agreed although his/her username doesn't make much sense to me. ?

Its a surreal feeling isnt it.
ill be honest i thought i was dealing with it ok. Just doing what i normally do with bad news and burying it deep down and just worrying about other life thingd, kids, work, money etc etc
but last night and even more so this morning, i just feel like this massive weight has been lifted and something that brings me so much pleasure and is part of my life is back in my thoughts again and iv this warm buzzy feeling about getting down to pp with my daughter and roaring the lads on.
I didnt even realise it was effecting me. But now its ended i can cealrly feel it was 

You talk a lot of sense ...post more often!

This. Exactly this. I haven’t commented at all on this but have been reading this thread every day since it started. I know the trials and tribulations we’ve been through and how this has affected us.
like NottsRam77 I thought I’d been dealing with it okay. Carrying on the day to day and all that. But hadn’t realized the extent it had actually affected me….until last night.
As the news broke the sense of relief was unbelievable for sure, but suddenly I found my eyes welling with tears. Genuine tears. Then hearing Ed Dawes on RD also in tears - live on air - it sent me completely over the edge into floods of them. 

Once I’d composed myself I allowed myself a quiet glass or two and raised a toast to David Clowes and our great club. 

So the great re-set has begun and with it a recalibration of our expectations. At this point I’m just happy to still have a club. And for it to be run properly. This whole episode has been a truly humbling experience for us all and one I do not wish to live through again. And one I wouldn’t wish on any fans of other clubs, in spite of some of the disgraceful attitudes from ‘followers’ of other clubs. 
So if we find ourselves in a situation where we are losing 3-0 at home to a team like Forest Green Rovers on a miserable rainy Tuesday night, I’m going to give my arm a pinch and remember that things could have been very different and we may not have actually been able to witness it. And then hold on to the hope that better days will return.
Because make no mistake - those better days will come.
UTR ????
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oh totally.
thats the big thing we should be looking at as an opportunity.
With both leicester and forest in the prem more than likely looking abroad and higher up the footballing tree (no pun intended) for players we have a massive selling point to any talented local footballer.
the v v real chance of football league football and a chance to air those talents in a first team envirmoment.
the accademy is cat 1 and already has an amazing reputation.. even in our situation as u say all those prem cast offs looking for that second chance should be climbing over each other to join us. We represent a dream opportunity in that respect 

Oh totally.
thats the big thing we should be looking at as an opportunity.
With both leicester and forest in the prem more than likely looking abroad and higher up the footballing tree (no pun intended) for players we have a massive selling point to any talented local footballer.
the v v real chance of football league football and a chance to air those talents in a first team envirmoment.
the accademy is cat 1 and already has an amazing reputation.. even in our situation as u say all those prem cast offs looking for that second chance should be climbing over each other to join us. We represent a dream opportunity in that respect 

Thinking about it.
weve literally been cut open and left to bleed by the efl , quantuma and mel.
Hemoraging young talent and any player of any ability. 
 
I think the reality os this season will be about sticking as many 30 plus year old plasters over that wound as possible to buy us time to start the proper healing process.
foundations need to be laid, the accademy needs recruitment and probably staff, the club needs staff, resources , experiance.
i think we write this season off and look for small step forward  but show david clowes that we are fully behind project “get derby county out of a and e” 

Great post .. agree totally ??