Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

Despite some of my earlier caution-infused posts I'd be the happiest man ever to eat humble pie. I care not a not if I got it wrong, I'm big enough and man enough to say so. If we can field a functioning,  competitive team in D1 next season, with St. Wayne at the helm I'll take all opprobrium poured on me in a hat-shaped mould and eat it.
Pleease see this deal over the line...???

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

Something in my eye...

So 69 members on here now. How many are there grumpily asleep after a disappointing Monday? No idea how many members there are

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

On a separate note, whilst we're all full of bonhomie, let's just take a moment to salute Jake Daniels, a brave 17 year old young man, with a brilliant future in the game, who chose today to publically come out.
It shouldn't even be a thing in 2022… but Sir, I salute you.

Summed up beautifully. ???

You hear about so many businesses that are bought for a nominal £1, including football clubs, I think that's pretty much where we are. Anyone who's willing to spend £30m to pay off Mel's debts is just doing it as a vanity project.
We're worthless with the amount of debt we're shouldering. And without a stadium, less than that.
The only equity is in acquiring the stadium on the cheap.
On a prospective turnover of approx £6m-£10m next year, most of that will be swallowed up in wages and additional costs. There'll be no profit in that turnover for any prospective investor.
I'm amazed anyone would consider paying anything near £30m for our club, especially without a stadium. The only upside is getting the ground at a discount - circa £20m , then borrowing against it's true value, prob £45m max in the current climate. I think that was CK's strategy for raising future funds. A future guarantee of buying at £20m but leveraging debt against the higher figure to generate funds.
I think Mel has made us unsellable at the current £30m to buy the club + £20m odd million to buy the stadium.
Our only hope to avoid oblivion is for MA to pay peanuts for the what's left, and getting the only real asset - the stadium for around £20m or less.
That's what he does. That's the reality of our parlous financial position sadly.

Summed up beautifully. ???

You need to be careful. @Brailsford Ramkeeps score. 

Whatever happens in the future, we have spent many months staring into the abyss with very few parties willing to save us. So called ‘fans’ have chucked us aside and let us rot, where without intervention we would have died.
So whatever does happen, whether the next chapter of Derby County is successful or not, I will never forget the act of saving this Club that I love with all my heart. Hundreds of thousands of people love this Club as much as me, if not more, unfortunately none of us had the money to save us. A couple of sharks have circled trying to get their hands on a carcass, but we’ve only really had one realistic prospect of having a custodian with pride and admiration for what he is buying. And with the exchanging of contracts I hope for all our sakes that the storm clouds of the last however many months it is, are finally parting. We have finally (and hopefully) got our Club back.

B4, I want to believe mate, for me, for us, and especially for you. But this is Derby. There's holes in this big cheese rescue, that I just want to see plugged before I run around the house screaming in celebration. ?

No f****** way? Is he saying what I think he's saying?
Am I dreaming? Too stressed? Delusional?

You hear about so many businesses that are bought for a nominal £1, including football clubs, I think that's pretty much where we are. Anyone who's willing to spend £30m to pay off Mel's debts is just doing it as a vanity project.
We're worthless with the amount of debt we're shouldering. And without a stadium, less than that.
The only equity is in acquiring the stadium on the cheap.
On a prospective turnover of approx £6m-£10m next year, most of that will be swallowed up in wages and additional costs. There'll be no profit in that turnover for any prospective investor.
I'm amazed anyone would consider paying anything near £30m for our club, especially without a stadium. The only upside is getting the ground at a discount - circa £20m , then borrowing against it's true value, prob £45m max in the current climate. I think that was CK's strategy for raising future funds. A future guarantee of buying at £20m but leveraging debt against the higher figure to generate funds.
I think Mel has made us unsellable at the current £30m to buy the club + £20m odd million to buy the stadium.
Our only hope to avoid oblivion is for MA to pay peanuts for the what's left, and getting the only real asset - the stadium for around £20m or less.
That's what he does. That's the reality of our parlous financial position sadly.

Wash your mouth out.... ?

Just when I was wavering, the legend that is SDSR emerges from the forum wilderness to deliver the good news.

Good enough for me.

Thanks SDSR.

Wash your mouth out.... ?

Just when I was wavering, the legend that is SDSR emerges from the forum wilderness to deliver the good news.

Good enough for me.

Thanks SDSR.

Just when I was wavering, the legend that is SDSR emerges from the forum wilderness to deliver the good news.

Good enough for me.

Thanks SDSR.

Wash your mouth out.... ?