England Ram

Could have gone anywhere but chose to wait and sign for us. Love his interview. 

Feel these guys need their own recognition threads. Feel like transfers as they could have gone elsewhere but chose to stay with us.  

Could have gone anywhere but chose to wait and sign for us. Love his interview. 

Feel these guys need their own recognition threads. Feel like transfers as they could have gone elsewhere but chose to stay with us.  

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Is it too soon to talk about expanding PP for when we get in the Prem 

After a heavy Thursday, I ended up with a horrendous hangover that lasted most of yesterday. We were due to go to a friend's party last night, but I really didn't feel like it. Then, about half an hour before we were due to leave home, the confirmation of the takeover came through and it was the best hangover cure ever. I managed a few sherbets at the party and woke this morning with a clear head and absolutely buzzing for the new season. 
It's been great catching up with everyone's posts and I'm going to spend a good part of today listening to the stuff on Radio Derby that I missed yesterday. 
I've always felt confident that we'd survive, but realistic enough to know that liquidation was a serious threat. What we need now (and I believe that under the Clowes Group, we'll get it) is steady, responsible ownership. As well as the obvious ambition to move up the league pyramid, the future philosophy of our club should be to ensure that no owner puts us in this position ever again. 
Enjoy whatever comes next and, above all, be patient. 

This tweet sums it up so well

I guess it wouldn’t. Couldn’t think of a witty username so decided to abbreviate one of my favourite bits of Graham Richard’s’ commentary.

“Dig That One Out Of The Net Mark Crossley Not A Chance.”
Hopefully it makes more sense now ?

I'm looking forward to @Owen87ITK interviewing our new owner. The first question much surely go something like this:
OB: "David congratulations on your acquisition of Derby County Football Club. Please could you clear up for all the fans of this great club, how do you pronounce your surname? We're all desperate to sing a song especially for you at the first home game."

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 ????
 
 
 
 
 
 

As I reflect on the DC takeover I see it as the end of an era. An era that initially promised so much but ultimately only delivered one trip to Wembley Stadium.
The cost of this day out was enormous. It cost the good name of our club. It cost our country millions in lost tax revenue. It cost our club's suppliers money. It cost the livelihood of loyal DCFC employees. It decimated the fruits of our academy's labour. It drove a wide wedge between our club and its governing body. It damned nearly killed our club.
Was I caught up in the previous owner's bullpoo and untruths? Yes, to my great shame, I was. I believed him when he told us we were being run within our means, that we were complying with p&s or ffp. I thought he's "one of our own", he won't see any harm done to us. I was taken in by him, I was very wrong.
Thankfully that era is now over and a new one begins. I hope, as with myself, many fans have had their reality well and truly checked and had a recalibration of their expectations.
What is important is the survival of our club, our family heirloom, the love of which we shall proudly hand down to our children and grandchildren.
Thank you Mr. Clowes for giving our club, our heirloom a future.

Love it!! Let's bottle this feeling forever.
 

This needs to remain open if only to bump it every time we start getting ahead of ourselves and demanding big signings that we have no way of financing. 
Or moaning that we didn’t want to break our self imposed wages caps, or being upset that we are giving too many youth a chance, or generally forgetting what an absolute mess a thoughtless custodian can cause to our great club.
 
Things have been bleak, dark, horrid, frustrating, infuriating….leading to uniting, euphoric and amazing.
 
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.  
 
Let’s never forget those dark days and the causes, that led us to uniting as a fan base and the feeling we have now of being literally ‘saved’ as a club from an almost reluctant buyer rather than ‘purchased’ as an ego boost for some investor. 
 
Thanks as always David for providing such a platform. You lost out as others did but kept this going and it became a massive help for many of us through the time. 

This needs to remain open if only to bump it every time we start getting ahead of ourselves and demanding big signings that we have no way of financing. 
Or moaning that we didn’t want to break our self imposed wages caps, or being upset that we are giving too many youth a chance, or generally forgetting what an absolute mess a thoughtless custodian can cause to our great club.
 
Things have been bleak, dark, horrid, frustrating, infuriating….leading to uniting, euphoric and amazing.
 
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.  
 
Let’s never forget those dark days and the causes, that led us to uniting as a fan base and the feeling we have now of being literally ‘saved’ as a club from an almost reluctant buyer rather than ‘purchased’ as an ego boost for some investor. 
 
Thanks as always David for providing such a platform. You lost out as others did but kept this going and it became a massive help for many of us through the time. 

GET IN!!!!!
 
Love it. Actually teared up hearing the news. Just made my holiday even better!!!
 
And love the humility already from our reluctant leader. No ego, just honesty and reality, long may it continue.

GET IN!!!!!
 
Love it. Actually teared up hearing the news. Just made my holiday even better!!!
 
And love the humility already from our reluctant leader. No ego, just honesty and reality, long may it continue.

This needs to remain open if only to bump it every time we start getting ahead of ourselves and demanding big signings that we have no way of financing. 
Or moaning that we didn’t want to break our self imposed wages caps, or being upset that we are giving too many youth a chance, or generally forgetting what an absolute mess a thoughtless custodian can cause to our great club.
 
Things have been bleak, dark, horrid, frustrating, infuriating….leading to uniting, euphoric and amazing.
 
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.  
 
Let’s never forget those dark days and the causes, that led us to uniting as a fan base and the feeling we have now of being literally ‘saved’ as a club from an almost reluctant buyer rather than ‘purchased’ as an ego boost for some investor. 
 
Thanks as always David for providing such a platform. You lost out as others did but kept this going and it became a massive help for many of us through the time. 

This needs to remain open if only to bump it every time we start getting ahead of ourselves and demanding big signings that we have no way of financing. 
Or moaning that we didn’t want to break our self imposed wages caps, or being upset that we are giving too many youth a chance, or generally forgetting what an absolute mess a thoughtless custodian can cause to our great club.
 
Things have been bleak, dark, horrid, frustrating, infuriating….leading to uniting, euphoric and amazing.
 
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.  
 
Let’s never forget those dark days and the causes, that led us to uniting as a fan base and the feeling we have now of being literally ‘saved’ as a club from an almost reluctant buyer rather than ‘purchased’ as an ego boost for some investor. 
 
Thanks as always David for providing such a platform. You lost out as others did but kept this going and it became a massive help for many of us through the time. 

This needs to remain open if only to bump it every time we start getting ahead of ourselves and demanding big signings that we have no way of financing. 
Or moaning that we didn’t want to break our self imposed wages caps, or being upset that we are giving too many youth a chance, or generally forgetting what an absolute mess a thoughtless custodian can cause to our great club.
 
Things have been bleak, dark, horrid, frustrating, infuriating….leading to uniting, euphoric and amazing.
 
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.  
 
Let’s never forget those dark days and the causes, that led us to uniting as a fan base and the feeling we have now of being literally ‘saved’ as a club from an almost reluctant buyer rather than ‘purchased’ as an ego boost for some investor. 
 
Thanks as always David for providing such a platform. You lost out as others did but kept this going and it became a massive help for many of us through the time. 

This needs to remain open if only to bump it every time we start getting ahead of ourselves and demanding big signings that we have no way of financing. 
Or moaning that we didn’t want to break our self imposed wages caps, or being upset that we are giving too many youth a chance, or generally forgetting what an absolute mess a thoughtless custodian can cause to our great club.
 
Things have been bleak, dark, horrid, frustrating, infuriating….leading to uniting, euphoric and amazing.
 
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.  
 
Let’s never forget those dark days and the causes, that led us to uniting as a fan base and the feeling we have now of being literally ‘saved’ as a club from an almost reluctant buyer rather than ‘purchased’ as an ego boost for some investor. 
 
Thanks as always David for providing such a platform. You lost out as others did but kept this going and it became a massive help for many of us through the time. 

Waiting eagerly for the season ticket info so we can put our little bit into the club to start the rebuild.
 
Every little helps. 20,000 little bits will help a lot.

This needs to remain open if only to bump it every time we start getting ahead of ourselves and demanding big signings that we have no way of financing. 
Or moaning that we didn’t want to break our self imposed wages caps, or being upset that we are giving too many youth a chance, or generally forgetting what an absolute mess a thoughtless custodian can cause to our great club.
 
Things have been bleak, dark, horrid, frustrating, infuriating….leading to uniting, euphoric and amazing.
 
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.  
 
Let’s never forget those dark days and the causes, that led us to uniting as a fan base and the feeling we have now of being literally ‘saved’ as a club from an almost reluctant buyer rather than ‘purchased’ as an ego boost for some investor. 
 
Thanks as always David for providing such a platform. You lost out as others did but kept this going and it became a massive help for many of us through the time.