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Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey. Never been so tense in all my 46 years of supporting Derby. Literally my legs are shaking!

Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey. Never been so tense in all my 46 years of supporting Derby. Literally my legs are shaking!

Question is who are the Daily Mail’s sources? This could be the American consortium stirring the pot trying to undermine his deal? That would be plausible if as believed Sam Rush is involved in that. Could be Gadsby for similar reasons? Hell it could even be Chansiri!!!
Im confident the EFL have got this and if he doesn’t pass the test then he doesn’t buy the club. IF that’s happens, then there can real serious questions about Mel’s intentions and judgement here, especially if the reports are correct there is a credible consortium in the background. 

Good listen on talksport. Simon Jordan spot on.

Good listen on talksport. Simon Jordan spot on.

Simon Jordan  has no problem shooting from the hip and upsetting whoever’s in his crosshairs along the way.
Both him and Jim White have torn clubs and owners to shreds in the past, particularly in the cases of Bolton / Wigan and Blackpool. 
I take a lot of comfort from him providing a positive spin on this takeover and adding weight that Alonso has the financial means to buy the club and keep it going. If he thought this was dodgy or that Alonso wasn’t credible, he’d be absolutely trashing both him and the club, no doubt about it. 
I also think it’s fantastic that Talksport are able to quickly go to source on any rumours by calling Alonso out to answer the allegations being made. 
Fair play to both Simon Jordan and Jim White.
 
 

Only way this won’t happen is if the EFL block it. With Trevor Birch overseeing the process if this is dodgy he will discover it and block it. If he doesn’t then it’s legit and we move on. The snippets of the Alonso interview seem logical and reasonable. Makes sense.
 
The unknown is he’s a foreign owner with no connection to the club and we don’t know his backers or their intentions, but they are not buying the club for £3 as it’s going into administration a la 3 amigos. 
 
As for Simon Jordan. He’s been quite vocal on this a few times now in a positive way about Alonso. He reckons he has a very reliable source, he risks making himself look a complete plank if he turns dodgy so he’s not going to share that opinion lightly unless he knows something. 
 
I have a warmer feeling than I did first thing this morning, but we are not ploughing into administration, the takeover is still ahead the ONLY concern right now is Saturday.

Good listen on talksport. Simon Jordan spot on.

Arthur Cox

Arthur Cox

Deporting immigrants who break the law is a standard approach in many countries.
Angela Merkel recently voted against same-sex marriage in the German Parliament, where the ruling party are her Christian Democrats and therefore religiously influenced conservatives. 
In my experience it's standard for anyone on the left to label anyone who disagrees with them "far right". It's the nature of the polarized societies we live in, driven in large part by social media algorithms. 
I'll judge him as I find him.

That's a silly point to make if you ask me. 

A great read, really enjoyed it.  Don't think there's another book out there that gives such an insightful look into our more recent past.  Never a dull moment being a Derby fan and it looks like the next few years could be just as colourful!  Thanks  @HuddersRam.

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it!

A great read, really enjoyed it.  Don't think there's another book out there that gives such an insightful look into our more recent past.  Never a dull moment being a Derby fan and it looks like the next few years could be just as colourful!  Thanks  @HuddersRam.

Enjoy the book! Should hopefully be making my bow on Radio Derby tomorrow night. Trying to squeeze my way into TalkSport as well at some point as I'm pretty sure they'll never have me on again.
Think I mentioned but Amazon reviews are starting to come in now, which is fantastic to see and I of course welcome any feeback on Pride. Was written purely out of something to do outside of work, so hopefully it's helped people pass a bit of time. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178531727X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pitchpublishi-21&creative=6738&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=178531727X&linkId=7b332042ad6297f6875b6798a2c0dae7

Got my copy today. Looking forward to starting it at the weekend.