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This is the first signing so far I'm really not sure about. We need goals and he's never been prolific. I get that the strategy might be to have a forward who holds the ball up, brings other in, etc, but he's also 34 and I'm not sure he's going to have the work rate or mobility to do that effectively. 
And if our wide men are likely to be Barkhuizen and Mendez-Laing then it would be nice to have a striker who was a bit more of a goal threat.
(I'm probably wrong, I've never watched him particularly closely, but then he's never made much of an impression.)

We have been given extra 600 ticket taking 2271 now just need get them sold out get few more thousand to my 10k mark trust me I always get carried away.

Thank you so much! ?? 

I would like to publicly thank Mr Clowes for saving the football club I have supported all my life. 
Here’s looking forward to a good season and many more.
Hip Hip Hooray 

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

David, if I may call you that, I for one would just like to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
My first game was Derby v Man U, Jan 1966, what a game. 
Add 50 odd years of a rollercoaster to October 2020,   the begining of a nightmare for myself and tens of thousands of global DCFC fans...
Today I am delighted for you and us fans to see you, a fan and a local lad end that nightmare and enter a new reality. 
No matter what league, what manager, what result, you will always be remembered as a Ram. 
I wish you every fortune David, may you be lucky in life and health. 
Onwards and Upwards Rams

Dear Birmingham City fans
partys cancelled, choke on it 
****s

Things may not go our way.  Promotions may be missed.  Players loved may depart.  
For what Mr Clowes has done, fans of this club should never turn on the Board whilst it is THIS Board.  A truly astounding act.
In 100 years this statement will be something new fans see as a new birth. 
Thank you so much, Mr Clowes.

I might have a little cry

David Clowes, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. This will never be forgotten.

Yes yes yes

This is an excellent song choice and very apt for our situation. Just change the 'i' for a 'we'. Can just hear it now, loud and proud COYR!

Or more specifically, a Rhinologist lol

Typical garbage by EFL. Sale of PPS has been a significant challenge? No it hasn't. Boro claim that EFL supported.. now that was a significant challenge. Sale of PPS  was agreed prior to CK dropping out. Clowes loan and possible bid is another major factor which they don't really cover.

Oh and I see they are now doing checks on source of funding. Shame they didn't do that with CK.

Sounds like that German centre half we've been hoping to sign for the past ten years.

Quick bit of research yields the following:
The combined cash at bank value for all businesses where DAVID CLOWES holds a current appointment equals £30m, a combined total current assets value of £536m with a total current liabilities of £137m and a total current net worth of £346m. My guess would be that while David is the front man, the new owners will effectively be the Clowes family as a whole.
For those already worrying that he / they have insufficient net worth to run a club like Derby, consider the relative wealth of Brentford owner Matthew Benham, a tiny fraction of the Clowes fortune. Consider too that Benham had to borrow £700k to fund the majority shareholding he took when he bought Brentford in 2012. Like Clowes, Benham too, is a lifelong fan of the club he has now established in the Premiership. Not all 'fan-owners' then are of Morris' ilk, so let's be balanced in our thinking. Some may say Benham is an outlier and an anomaly but the facts do not bear out this opinion. My view is rather that he simply adopted a model by which even clubs with modest fan bases can operate without losses AND enjoy success. For interest's sake, some net worth figures for a few Premiership club owners, correct as of 10/2021:
Brentford – Matthew Benham (£3m)
Norwich - Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones (£23m)
Burnley – Mike Garlick (£62m)
Watford – Gino Pozzo (£93m)
Leeds – Andrea Radrizzani (£344m)
If Clowes is successful in his bid, then let's then give the man a chance to show that he intends to run the club in the way it could and should be run. There is absolutely no reason that DCFC can not break even within a few years and then turn a profit from then on. Look at the 30K +++ crowds that turned up towards the end of a post-Covid season with the team nigh on certain to be relegated. There are few clubs in the entire league that would top those numbers and the willingness of the fans to get behind the club, aligned to a measured and analytical approach to recruitment, can prove to be the cornerstones upon which a resurgent Derby County can be built. Our support was the absolute envy of the League last season, despite 3 years of ever gathering gloom and ill conceived hostility from outsiders who chose to hate before they thought. Let's not forget that. Equally, let's be respectful to and supportive of the players who ran through walls for us, even those who now choose move to pastures new. We should be, and I believe most are, grateful for what was a herculean effort from a team where a good few were earning a fraction of the wages they could command elsewhere and all played week in, week out under immense levels of pressure and uncertainty. They gave us all they had and IMO, they now owe us nothing.
Let's also look out for each other; I've tried to remain calm and upbeat throughout the last couple of years as have most, but the strain of the last few months has understandably stretched nerves to breaking point. A lot of us have expressed anger and lashed out and I'm one of them, but the truth is that lashing out at those around the process, or worse still, at other fans, serves literally no purpose. I should know better.
As we now look to the future then, akin to most fans, I suspect, I remain concerned that this may prove yet another false dawn, but this does have a rather different feel about it. We will know by this time next week whether the deal has legs, at which point we can hopefully once again begin to dream about a more positive future for the club, the fans and the wider community. In essence, the healing process can begin. Of course I am hugely biased in my view, but it's something I strongly believe; there is something quite unique and special about this club of ours, even in the darkest of times. They say that it's always darkest before the dawn and I'm sure I can see some narrow slithers of light ahead and this for the first time in several years. Perhaps a bright and beautiful new dawn will follow, perhaps something less than that, but let's try to be present, upbeat and supportive and not simply look to others. We have a huge role to play if we choose to accept it and these next few years could be some of the best in long while if we temper our expectations and rediscover the unity and passion we showed when times were hardest.

Interesting people talking about possible link ups. Clowes was definitely in with Appleby a couple of weeks ago. Would make a lot of sense to utilise AAs sports network. The person who suggested bringing in Gary Cook as CEO is a good shout. He could have his own ideas. 
 
Short term - we must keep Rooney and as much of last seasons squad as possible, this will give us our best chance of a quick return to the championship. We must give Rooney some headroom to get some players in, we’ve already missed out on our no 1 targets. Hopefully we can use the loan system to good effect. We need the right mix of energy, exuberance, talent and experience. We won’t have much of a budget so focus has to be low cost short termism to be competitive, no committing to long deals unless it makes sense.
Medium Term - Sort out the club mess, the structure etc. Recruitment needs an overhaul and if we are to ever get back to the premier league we’ve got to box clever when it comes to recruitment. Smart signings with resale value, good academy signings (we’ve been quite good here) and continue to keep the academy at the forefront for our development, this is probably even more important now given we won’t be making record signings until we are in the Premier League again, which let’s face it could be a long way off.
Hopefully this chastening experience has reset expectations amongst fan base and made people realise what’s important. It certainly has for me. It’s not chasing to be in a Premier League which all becomes about the big 6 and you are irrelevant, it’s about being Derby and proud to be Derby and enjoying the success and rolling with the punches in more depressing times.
 
A huge positive is this is probably the lowest point in our history, not much lower we can go therefore we’re going to see some success in the next few years, maybe even a successful Wembley final or two!! Can’t wait.
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Am sure the Roman Empire was built using slaves as a foundation to it but let's not let facts get in the way of progressing a personal agenda 

I don’t think anyone has a real issue with any poster having any opinion and it’s certainly isn’t what Angie is saying here, so don’t twist her words to fit your point.
The issue is posters being smartarses, for lack of a better term. It’s easy to be negative and try and make remarks about it not happening or going ‘I told you all so’ at the slightest sniff that something might be up. Frankly I find it disgusting that there are fans on here that would rather be right than try and see that our club gets through this and be able to move on.
Posters have to take responsibility for what they are saying because we have a hell of a lot of people coming on here and reading this thread. One person trying to be a smartarse is read by everyone else who is just as frustrated and drags more and more people to that more negative thinking. Then it snowballs to the point fans are tweeting negatively towards Kirchner which then can sour tat relationship. 
Think it’s not gonna happen? Fine, but give me a logical reason as to why and back up what you’re saying because so far no one has and they are using this thread for their own selfish reasons rather than it’s impact on everyone else.

I’m going bed early tonight so I can get up early tomorrow & be disappointed for longer! 

This has bhindi longest experience of my life. 
And I've seen Stoke play.
Reckon it'll be a week now before we know more (although I know less than Jon Snow at this point)

The scale of this thread is amazing, you got me hook line and sinker! If it all ends today, i'm gonna get well and truly swim bladderd.

For gods sake what is it with old players that quite frankly were not that great   lets have  shiniesta , bryson , bobby davison , shilton , blah blah blah . 
Then lets order 20 walking sticks and watch us get of the league easily .................THE WRONG END ...........there is some damn stupid rosy eyed fans but jesus come on give ya self a head wobble and wake up .