derbydaz22

I completely disagree. Their response only strengthens my view that EFL is completely incompetent.
Firstly  - multiple occasions they've dodged questions and fall back on an argument that the current and potential future punishments seek to maintain the 'integrity' of the league. bullpoo. How is the integrity of the league being maintained when we're being forced to play a makeshift team full of academy rookies and retired pros? Its a minor miracle Rooney is doing the job he's doing. 
They completely disregard that the club has already been penalized to the point of extinction, and are still pushing for further sanctions which will only to serve to damage the supporters, the local community, and if we're lucky, new owners. The club is on its knees and all they can talk about is maintaining league integrity because 'its what the rules say' - they don't seem to grasp the issue that the rules are not fit for purpose in the first place. They also completely miss the point that our suspended 3 point penalty (for paying players 22 days late) was completely out of whack with what they agreed for Sheff Weds (and other clubs have got off scott free for the same offense in the past).
Also, this whole 'its the benefactor model which is wrong' cr@p needs to end. the EFL and its member clubs are in this financial predicament because the EFL are incompetent commercially, cannot negotiate a proper broadcasting deal, and have bent over and presented themselves to the EPL to take full advantage of. More regulations, such as the cost controls they're talking about, will only serve to broaden the gap between the EPL and EFL. Football either needs to stop being run as a business, or you let those who understand business run the football. You can't go either way.

Macclesfield, Bury, Wigan, Were teams that were seriously taken advantage of by unscrupulous businessmen, 2 are no longer members of the EFL the other after almost a miraculous escape suffered relegation after a 12 point deduction...and are now doing well, Their fans had nothing to do with their outcome, The EFL who are the regulatory body and gate keepers failed miserably in their duty to protect them from people who only wanted to make money for themselves.
Bolton almost went the same way, Anderson who was the owner/major shareholder wouldn't budge with his demands, The EFL caved in and Anderson walked away with what he wanted.
The ELF signed off our accounts only for some one to complain Maguire/Gibson to force the EFL to take another look at DCFC, Eventually the outcome we all know.
MM set the ball in motion to get a better deal from Sky who had got the deal they wanted from the EFL, MM is on record with his comments that he and the EFL are at loggerheads with each other after he tried to get other Chairman involved in negotiating a better deal...The EFL have never forgiven him.
What's the comman denominator in all this...the Fans!!, No one cares about football supporters.

It's fair to say that Mike Ashley does not project a likeable persona, but the 'Mike Ashley Ownership Model' is exactly what Derby County need if the club is to avoid another boom or bust ownership tenure.
If Mike Ashley did buy the Rams - and let's be honest, this is all absolute pie in the sky - he would probably do a decent job of getting them stabilised through some reasonable upfront investment, and then expect the club to punch it's weight - which in the current EFL set-up that is skewed massively by parachute payments means being a top ten Championship club.
That is Derby's reality without once again rolling the dice on an ownership that gambles on glory.
Football is broken.

Mike Ashley is a horrible thing. But has managed to run Newcastle a million times better than our superfan owner.

Do you think his missus gets annoyed when he starts moaning and shouting Morris in his sleep.  I suspect he's replaced his wedding photo  on his bed side table with one of Waghorn as well.

Would be interesting to see how that would play out in our case. We lost one-off playoff final games against 2 over-spending teams. I'd say we absolutely have a case that we were uniquely affected.

We should be retrospectively taking both QPR and Aston Villa to court, how much money have they cost us by breaking the FFP rules the year we could have got promoted.
One could say that Mel saw QPR break the rules and pretty much get away with it and thought to hell with it, if they can do it we will.
We should try legal action against Ipswich for one of there players breaking Thornes leg, seeing as that probably cost us promotion.

This snippet from last night's meeting really pisses me off: 
"They are also fighting legal charges – for the Middlesbrough charge, lawyers has already been engaged  on both sides."
If this doesn't demonstrate Steve Gibson's malicious nature, nothing does.
What an absolute waste of administrators' time and the club's money. Talk about kick a man when he's down! 

I think Fozzy is a confidence player a few mistakes and groans early on seem to affect him more than most but I’m glad to see him playing well and getting recognition from our fans he’s been a very good servant to Derby over the years and rarely gets the run around from wingers.

Been a great servant to Derby, think the fact that we’ve had so many managers and he seems to be played by all of them shows his character. Fought back from a few serious injuries and still plays just Aswell, yes he has a mistake in him but so does everyone in the championship that’s why he’s a championship player 

Not too far away from a testimonial. 
Always liked Fozzy and as some have said, his experience is invaluable for us this season. He is now our Mr Derby County. He's seen a hell of a lot of change at the club in the time he's been here, suffered with some terrible injuries but has always been fit/focussed enough to bounce back. 
Definitely needs his own song, this season more than any other. 

Excellent. We can get Tyrone Meares back.

Newcastle and Sunderland have that part of the country pretty much to themselves, which I think helps to explain their continuing strong levels of support. 

Without him, we would’ve been relegated last season and that would’ve been £10m plus lost in revenue. He’s more than paid his fee back, despite his minimal game time IMO. 

I'd say its an excellent performance by the defensive unit to concede so much possession to the opposition but limit them to a single shot on target.
We all want goals but its important to appreciate your defence as well.

She's cheated on you, she's a dirty Ram. 

If only I had petrol to get down there 

Amazing that Brighton could go top of the Premier League tonight when you think back to how we destroyed them over 2 legs in that play-off semi...how times have changed

I agree, remember MM is still in a great position to influence the club's future, he still has a say in the cost of the ground and also, is owed a lot of money by the club. If he is still sympathetic to the club, he could write off the monies owed to him and negotiate very attractive ground rents. On the other hand, if things turn nasty, he could retaliate and make life a lot more difficult than it already is.

Time to ditch the horrible song about our leader . I think you all  no which one .replace it with he’s one of our own he deserves that the way he is conducting himself in these grim times 
 
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Can't believe people still listen to this garbage. 

Don't tell me there's a beer shortage! 

We just need someone to announce that there will be a ticket shortage from noon tomorrow and the mongs will be queueing round the ground within 20 minutes. 

That’s the 1st thing I thought they won’t think who’s the best owners for our future they will sell to the highest bidder who could be borrowing money or God knows what.