The Scarlet Pimpernel

I thought Morrison was different class. He'd. Be my first signing. 

I'm still hoping Davies and wisdom are still technically our players and it's 5 plus them. 

10 minutes ago, Red_Dawn said:

We'll be lower half of the table, potentially in for a relegation fight. 

But lets be honest, you're in the 5hyte far more than we are. 

That bluster is all well and good but lets see where you are after 10 games. I still can'y get relegation odds on you from any betting company. 

Building yourself up for a fall when we meet? Must be a nailed on 6 points for you surely. 

3 minutes ago, minesahartington said:

Will we get first dibs if our salary offer is capped? What does EFL consider to be a salary cap and would that apply to other clubs who can simply offer more.

Is the cap £11,500 per week? Should be enough for anyone at this level.

Excuse my ignorance BUT if we now fill the freed up 5 places bringing our squad to the allowed limit of 25 can we not still sell or loan out fringe players from the 23 and try and replace with more positionally suited options?

Ignore!

Can we actually do that and then get the Baldock, Davies, Wisdom Morrison etc. to sign?

2 minutes ago, Curtains said:

Ok fair enough I don’t think any of us know Mels health state at the moment but the pressure on him has been immense IMO .

Now let’s just look at this regarding his financial situation because I’ve asked these questions.

Im not sure the finances are the problem but  it’s the EFL and their intransigence towards DCFC .

Even if Mel paid the HMRC which incidentally Covid indirectly caused and I would imagine other clubs have similar situations then our problems are still not resolved as we have to resubmit our accounts using a straight line amortization and the EFL could still pounce  

No I just see the EFL wanting to destroy Derby ,

The EFL should be the angst of Derby fans not Mel .

 

The EFL are not fit for purpose and don't get me wrong I like Mel immensely but it still boils down to whatever happens for whatever reason its his business so becomes his responsibility. 

1 minute ago, RoyMac5 said:

We don't know what is stopping the HMRC default being sorted. Afterall the 'transfer payments' default embargo point has gone. I think the remaining 4 points must all be linked, clear one clear them all?

Possibly Roy. This is getting very serious now if it wasn't already. If Mel has assets he could use them to sort out HMRC quite quickly I would have thought.

12 minutes ago, Curtains said:

But is he a well man ! 

He hasn't been but I don't know the current answer to that Curtains. With the wealth he has however he can call on his lawyers and advisors to do all the donkey work he would just need to "sign" presumably. 

As I say, should paying off HMRC and any other outstanding monies be beyond him if he is willing?

On a hugely different scale I know but whatever debts my own company has become my responsibility. Same for Mel.

2 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

Worth includes all sorts of things that aren't "cash" - Mel probably still has hundreds of millions of assets, but that's not all just sitting in a bank account waiting to be spent on Derby.

Hypothetically, suppose he is still worth £200m but most of that is Castle Morris which is worth £199m. He has a million quid he can use right away, but that's what he's living with. Castle Morris could be sold but that will take time to do, might not be able to do in part and have other issues itself.

I've no idea what Mel's actually worth or what state his finances are but I gather rich people problems can get complicated and being "worth" x£ isn't the same as having x£ in the current account.

See my answer to Tom Radio

3 minutes ago, tombomb said:

Having a net worth of 250m doesnt mean you have 30million of cash just lying about to throw at things to fix problems. I hope this gets resolved quickly though as we are currently the laughing stock of English football. 

I understand that Tom but surely he could contemplate liquidising some assets to sort this mess out? If not is it because he cant or he doesn't want to?

I wonder what Mels current financial situation is in reality. When he first bought the club it was stated he was worth £500m. We now have talk of his £200m investment in DCFC. If the club isn't worth much at the moment surely his wealth, although still huge has almost halved yet we still here figures of £500m banded about. 

Assuming he has dwindled to a measly £250m surely he could still settle all outstanding bills quite quickly, sort the club out then sell a much healthy and more valuable club? 

Just got me wondering how wealthy he may actually be. Are these figures thrown about, even the original £500m remotely accurate?

The thing  that is stopping us completely at the moment is the EFL stance on the Chorley game in that they currently class our kids as being of professional standard as they played due to the first team and most senior U23's having Covid. We have asked the EFL to relax their stance due to exceptional circumstances. We wait, like the club, with bated breath................

29 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

In the RamsTV interview Rooney said Hutchinson had caught his eye in preseason training.

 

 

Great positive interview. Love it 

4 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Start some positive topics then…

No point. They all end up squashed by the self proclaimed realists. Any road, don't want to argue. I'll no doubt pop in tomorrow to cheer myself up. 

It really is becoming a chore to be on here.... I'm obviously addicted as it goes against all my instincts to bother. Each time I log on I hope for a little positivity.. But alas no. Oh well, maybe next time. 

10 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

So you have said on numerous occasions Scarlet ?

Indeed. 

Such is the negativity on here by some if we were in the pub discussing dcfc I'd have to move tables in all honesty. 

8 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Yes I did. Our squad was equally as good as those teams, just very poorly managed in comparison, the Brum game demonstrated that perfectly ?

Really? You should have mentioned this before

Get a contactless credit card. Pay off fully each month then if any transaction is dodgy its not your money that's gone. 

So do we know where Jozwiak is? 

3 hours ago, Red_Dawn said:

"Its like the Star Wars bar. Its horrible, just gets uglier and uglier" ?

I wondered what Jimbo Ram looked like!

46 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

Are you sure? 
 

I have a cash ISA with Paragon Bank advertising 0.5% and interest is paid monthly. Just checked the last interest received and it does work out exactly to the penny at 0.5%.

ISA's are tax free aren't they?

(Ignore me. Just read more content)

25 minutes ago, w8sey said:

The speech was embarrassing, would be interesting to hear a half time team talk when we are 1 down. I bet you it starts with eeeeerm 

I'm being a bit thick again.........What speech are we talking about? Got a link?