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Hey;
Another post..... ?
Villa fan here, just wanted to come and say 1) good luck with getting back to the Champ, and 2) Chester....
Chester was a huge asset for us in the Champ, a real leader and loved by the squad, Grealish specifically said he was the single biggest leader in the dressing room during our Championship years.
He is a great player for L1 level for sure, in terms of his injury record, Steve Bruce destroyed his knee by playing him week in, week out with a serious injury after we failed to sign any centre backs and bought 50 right backs instead, terrible really, but Chester soldiered on like a warrior for the team.
looks like he played 21 times for Stoke last season, so fingers crossed he will stay fit for you, if he does, great signing (probably the reason for the 1 year deal).
Good luck.
 

Lol

I’d be devastated if any fans had to go through what we have, or even worse if it ended in liquidation. Birmingham have got some disgraceful fans but so have we, so has every club. Don’t let a brainless vocal minority taint an entire fan base.
Living in Brum I know loads of decent Bluenoses including all my wife’s family. No one deserves to go though the anguish of the last 9 months, I wouldn’t even joke about it because we very nearly went under.

Thank you, just thank you for saving our club !!!

Makes me all nostalgic that we are causing trouble at the Stretford end.

Jody Morris

It's not Ashley's fault that the businesses are owed money - that blame lies with Morris......

If you want to sum up the Derby situation, there’s far too many people trying to take advantage and make the situation work to their own ends. Be it Morris+Pearce, Gibson, the EFL, @_derby5hire, the sports minister, black and white together, Stratford and Cook, Nixon, the administrators, Kirchner, Mike Ashley, the Binnies etc etc etc. 
In the background a club is being left to run itself into oblivion whilst the fans, it’s manager and it’s players can only look on.

Steve Morgan is our Chairman, he wears a philanthropic hat
He was a Housebuilder and then a Wolverhampton t**t
He bought us for a fortune; he thought us worth a punt
After Morris left us potless, the stupid f**cking c**t

I would imagine it would be highly inadvisable. 
I'm an extremely passive person, but I've never hated anything or anyone as much as him for what he's done to this club and city. I'd imagine if he was caught out by the wrong person at the wrong time, it would not end well for him. 
I would hope he moves to a different country and he's never seen again. 

They realise there is a distinct possibility they won't get paid what they think they're owed and rightly so imho. I wouldn't pay them in washers the incompetent imbeciles. 
 
 
 
 

Seen no end of comments from football supporters on social media saying it's not fair how the EFL are helping our club yet they let Bury and Macclesfield go under. Big difference is nobody wanted to buy these two clubs. No one was interested.
Derby have a queue forming of interested parties waiting to purchase the club, yet we have the most incompetent clowns running the administration process. Is it any wonder why Mike Ashley does not want to pay these muppets a penny. Quantuma should be banned from dealing with any professional football club again. 
They are an embarrassment and they should not be paid for their "services." At least if their communication was terrible, I'd expect them to conclude a deal professionally. Not a f****** soap opera where journalists feed supporters a web of stories, being so difficult to weed through to the truth.
Shame on you.

Full version to Hotel California 
 
On a dark Derby motorway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of liquidation
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw Pride Park lights
My heart grew heavy and my patience wore thin 
I had to stop for the night
There Quantuma stood in the doorway
I heard the missing Mel
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then they lit up a candle
And Mel showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say
 
Welcome to the Derby Administration 
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a fall from grace
Plenty of room at the Derby administration 
Any time of year (any time of year)
All them oh so nears
 
Mel’s mind is definitely twisted
He’s got the Mercedes Benz
He got a lot of wealthy, wealthy boys
He calls friends
How they dance at the Moor farm
Sweet administrative debt
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget
 
So I called up the Captain
Please give me a sign
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here"
"Since 1969"
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say
 
Welcome to the Derby administration 
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a fall from grace
They livin' it up at the Derby administration 
What a bad surprise (what a bad surprise)
Bring their alibis
 
Kirchner on the dealing
The yank champagne on ice
And he said, 'We are all just swindlers here"
"Of our own device"
And in the Quantumas chambers
They gathered for the cash
They count it with their beady eyes
But they just may have been a tad rash
 
Last thing they remember, he was
Running for the door
Q had to find the passage back
To the place we were before
"Relax,” said the sly man
"We are programmed to deceive"
"You can buy-out any time you like"
"But we’ll never leave!"

In order to keep Rooney, I would have to assume the -15 point deduction is non-negotiable. 
I don’t think I could stomach getting a season ticket if we start on minus points again. I’d imagine a lot of people in the same boat. Any owner happy to take a -15 point deduction needs to factor in the consequences of doing so. 

3 failed takeovers, a 2 year embargo, forced to release players, forced to sell players, cap on number of free agents allowed to sign, a League 1 level wage cap for those free agents when in the Championship, a 21 point deduction, a multi year legal battle with the EFL, a legal battle with an ex player, a legal battle with an ex employee, essentially blackmailed into acknowledging Boro's and Wycombe's claims and finally top it all off by getting relegated .... but you know what? I agree with those vocal Forest, Boro, Brum fans on social media and that weird Bristol City fan who's been stalking Derby for what must be half a decade by now .... I don't think we've really been punished enough yet. 

By the way, can we finally put nixon to sleep on this forum. 
 
the guy knows absolutely nothing, please stop giving him the attention he is desperate for 

And Quantuma gave him extension after extension after extension, totally ignoring other bidders if reports are true. 
Massive Questions have to be aimed at them surely. 
Preston worked Kirchner out in 5 minutes and told him to jog on

Repeatedly dismissing the decisions of IDC’s and pushing for more draconian punishments.
Not making it clear to other members that unilateral action against a fellow football league member is not allowed.
Saving themselves from legal action by applying unnecessary points deductions to DCFC.
Not taking into account COVID losses and their impact on administration.
Withholding TV payments
Barring DCFC from access to Covid rescue loans.
Having a rule book that is not compliant with UK Law
Having some very questionable members on their board.
Otherwise I agree with you mate. 

What a mad couple of days.
I do think we will find out a lot tomorrow, honestly, I wouldn't be surprised to see a takeover happen by the end of the week with the increased pressure from all corners. 
I really hope there is an inquest into the past 12-18 months, because I'm sure there has been things going on that we simply wouldn't be able to fathom. It still baffles me as to how Mel Morris was able to buy a stadium for £80m, but never transfer any funds to the club at all - as far as I understand it was simply an accounting transaction, but in reality we received no money and lost a stadium. We know he's been a bit underhand for a long time as our 'custodian' but I want all the skeletons. 

Mel Morris has screwed the creditors, derby county is a massive money spinning asset for the city and the county ,it employs people and generates money , for me that is where people are mixing feelings , derby county deserves and needs to survive not just for its history but also what it provides going forward ,
I want Ashley to get the club for long term security and as desperately sad and unfair to the creditors that is it’s not derby county screwing them over it’s mel Morris whether by accident, miss management or plain stupid shat or bust gambling ,that is the bottom line

Im out if we become a phoenix club
sorry my club is derby county football club
my sacred memories are interwoven in this club. i support them cos thats how my dad brought me up, he was my only tie to the club. 

if they go, i go, dads gone and it would be final nail in the coffin and an end of whats been an amazing but ultimately soul destroying adventure.  
 
Sorry iv had a few sherberts and am a bit emotional about all of this 
 

Does anyone remember when being a football fan was fun? Just looking forward to every Saturday and the odd Tuesday/Wednesday? Points were earned on the pitch and not taken away by some Bamford. 
 
The time when people who worked for the club knew they’d get paid, that they could pay their mortgage/rent, knew they could feed their kids.
The time that it wasn’t downright embarrassing being a Derby County fan, not having your mates rip you a new one about how an absolute shambles we have become? 
 
The times you just knew your children had a team to support when they were older…
They were good times, money has destroyed football and the people who make the money are absolute scum. 
 
I’d wish the worst of fates on the EFL, Quantuma, Mel Morris, Chris Kirchner, they’ve all collectively put us in the position we are in today. 
 
Take me back to the late 90’s when being a football supporter was actually joyful.