Abu Derby

He's a generous bloke, £1.2m for a robotic surgeon to Derby Hospital that helps the city, saved lives and pumped millions into the football club.
People can dissect his running of the club and they will, but honestly having talked to him on many occasions, he's a decent guy that does care.
I would receive calls just to check up how I was doing during my bad days with anxiety. Was hard to read that he was going through his own health issues.
I'll get hammered for this post but I'm gutted for the guy with how this is ending. Always will.
Won't ever feel comfortable reading people laying into him as a man, but accept that others haven't been as lucky I have to have been able to see that side of him.

What was the point of having a supporters meeting asking attendees to elicit questions from the fan base safe in the knowledge that the information imparted during that meeting was never going to be able to be shared with the wider supporters?

Ed Dawes kicked off about this on Sportscene last night. He had a good old rant about the wall of silence from the club that they and other local journalists face when they seek answers. They're clearly as frustrated as the fans are. 
Speculation fills an information void, so the club hierarchy cannot be surprised by the direction the narrative on social media is taking. 
I fully understand the possible need for secrecy and discretion on takeover and financial matters in difficult times, but "say nothing" has a limited lifespan. They need to make a statement before the next fixture that gives us at least an outline of the current situation. 

Finally got a response to my email - 14 days later - and they have completely ignored all the points raised in my correspondence! I have replied pointing this out but presumably have to now wait another 14 days. I have never known such incompetence in terms of communicating with your ‘customers’ and I have had to deal with Virgin Media and BT! 
 
The way this club is being run into the ground is bizarre. Pubs are open, shops are open, theme parks are open. Why can’t our ticket office be open? Why can’t we just go the ground and speak to someone to resolve our issues! Why are we haemorrhaging money unnecessarily in this way due to lost ticket sales. 
 
If we can’t afford to employ people in these key administrative areas then the EFL must be right to keep us under embargo. 
 
I am finding it worrying and extremely annoying. I just want to concentrate on the football to be honest. 

Do we get our stonewall penalties back then?
farce

That's down to Sky pundits nailing him

We've made better signings for free this window than we have paying over inflated fees for absolute rubbish in recent seasons. Morrison is 100 times better than some of the signings we've made in the same position in the last 5 seasons 
 

Glen Skivington in a 1-0 away win at Grimsby in 1979. I thought we'd found ourselves a midfield general. I was wrong. 

Esteban Fuertes v Everton, scored on his debut, instant hero to replace Wanchope, things didn’t quite go to plan thereafter.

I never thought i would say this but i feel sorry for Rooney, i just wonder how many false promises he has been given as to strengthening the squad, he has quoted Several times saying that things are progressing and he should be able to bring in players in the next few days etc. Well here he is,the final day of the transfer window and he is having to sit on his hands seeing players he wanted signing for other clubs. Belief and enthusiasm only lasts so long before you think what's the point. 

Key club was the whole of the Normanton terrace not just the corner.

Don’t particularly want to get into this too much and fear putting my head over the parapet with this, but I have long wondered how much our local investors in the last 20 years have had the true best interest of the football club at heart. I guess what I’m saying is who’s come in with the intention of being the chairman for 10-20 years with a long term plan. To me, it’s been a plan to get that prem money asap and that pursuit over 20 years has been absolutely fruitless.

loved Bobby , wish we had a clone of him now

I've tried to tidy up the lads' work a little. Not exactly iambic pentameter though and the last line still needs work...
We don't need transfer embargos,
We don't need no cash controls,
No points deductions, relegations,
Hey Gibson, **** off and die you ****** motherless son of a  **** eating goat.

I’d have thought well in excess of £12m

I’d have thought well in excess of £12m

It amazes me why every other league club has a ticket office. It’s almost as if they are useful commercial vehicles for selling tickets. 
 
I am glad Morris and Pearce have decided we don’t need all this extra revenue. I suppose FFP going forward is of no consequence to then. 

C. 23000 today

Are we talking Earth, Mars or Neptune years?

Using previous EFL timescales for these types of cases I don’t think any conclusions will be reached until early next year. 

You watch Louie Sibley dancing videos on Tiktok.

Anyone remember Mike Ingham’s time as RD match commentator? He actually wasn’t that great but went on to become the BBC’s chief football correspondent. Also, Alex Trelinski who wasn’t very good but went to the BBC and then back to local radio.

Nobody has yet come close to Graham Richards and his sidekick Gibbo. 

Nobody has yet come close to Graham Richards and his sidekick Gibbo. 

Nobody has yet come close to Graham Richards and his sidekick Gibbo.