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8 hours ago, Comrade 86 said:

I'm going to take a wild stab at this one....

The current state of social media, in a nutshell!

Nobody gives a toss about whether it's real or true

8 minutes ago, angieram said:

Here is a bit more detail from Richard Cusack.

 

That sets out the effective  price Clowes paid: 

£13.24m for the club

£19.28m other debts paid

(So, £32.5m cash)

And taking on a £22m debt on the stadium.

So, effectively, a £54.5m price. Do I have that right?

9 hours ago, kevinhectoring said:

- the EFL business plan isn’t designed as a punishment. They punish through points deductions etc. The business plan is intended primarily to ensure there’s not a repeat of the insolvency. So if the insolvency is followed by a change of ownership and EFl is comfortable with the new owner, it’s likely that departures from our (relaxed) business plan that are prudently funded will be permitted 

I don't think that is quite right. The business plan is also a way to make sure that clubs don't get an unfair advantage from administration. Imagine a rich new owner takes over a club, buying them out of administration for a low price that pays creditors only 25p in the pound. Not many would think it fair if he then spent £50 million on new players - when he could, if he wanted, have used that £50m to pay creditors more of what they were owed. I think that's a key reason why EFL business plans last longer than a year.

2 hours ago, YorkshireRam said:

Get him signed and then we can have a La(i)ng on both flanks 

Yes!

Then we'd have Lang Lang:

2 hours ago, Gaspode said:

A bunch of Notts numpties singing aboiut a Scottish peninsula is one of the most embarassing things in football - if you like that and know nothing about Derby's history, you may well be going to the wrong ground for your football 'entertainment'.....

It's their anthem from the 70s, and it's stuck to them. I can see why they like it, it's a good singalong.

We should use our anthem from the 70s and play Sailing by Rod Stewart - We Are Derby is still loved by most isn't it?

But while I'm on it, they should never have dropped Zombie Nation.

Derby Girl by Aqua:

I'm a Derby Girl, in a Derby world

...

Come on Derby, let's go party, ooh ooh ooh yeah

16 hours ago, Chopper said:

Some bookies apparently, somehow, have 8 teams as odds on for top 6 (no me neither)

That's easy!

Suppose there are 3 teams going for 2 places, all with the same chance. Each has a 2 in 3 chance, which is better than 50/50 and so is odds on.

13 hours ago, Old Spalding Ram said:

I saw  Fuertes score his only league goal against Everton.

………………………….I’m part of a very elite club👍🐏

... of 26,550 members 

If you all don't give your full support to the Rams on Saturday, Algeria!

On 29/11/2023 at 18:47, Bris Vegas said:

The EFL only enforced said rules because Derby under MM were trying to find loopholes around FFP because we had overspent and had gone beyond the accepted profit and sustainability rules. And the reason we went over is because of bad recruitment. Of course the points deduction got us relegated. But there were a series of events that led to the points deduction.

And at the very top of the tree is poor recruitment.

All the events lead back to the summer of 2015/16. We had a squad of players with a wage bill of around 18 million per year and had finished 3rd and 8th the previous two years. Many recognised the reason we fell away in 2014/15 was a lack of cover for key positions such as Martin, Thorne/Mascarell/Eustace and out wide to improve on the ageing Ward after injuries.

So we decided to then spend 25 million plus that summer on a new GK (Carson), RB/Utility (Baird), CB (Shackell and Pearce), midfield (Butterfield and Johnson, neither being holding midfielders), a wide player (Ince) who was probably the only player identified to fit the role needed, and two ST (Bent and Weimann) when we already had Martin and they were completely different moulds.

9 players signed. 25 million spent. And only one of those actually fit into our team and could be deemed an upgrade. That is woeful recruitment and started the trainwreck which culminated in our relegation to League One.

 

100% agree.

Preach, brother!

(Although I am almost prepared to forgive it all for Bent's goal against Wolves)

1 hour ago, On the Ram Page said:

OK - that's quite acceptable!

Well, depends where in the world sage is and what else he was doing at the time. That post was posted c9am UK time, so let's hope he hadn't just finished the school run 🙃

❤️ 

Be more B4

4 hours ago, IslandExile said:

Did it have an outboard motor?

Why do people tell - potentially - great stories then leave out essential details?

Good question. At that stage of proceedings I was not picking up all the details of my surroundings.

I had a terrible case of the Brad Pitts after eating a dog burger outside Loftus Road.

The runs came on that evening when I went to a party thrown by a girl who owned a groovy flat in East London. When I rushed to the loo, I found out that one of the groovy things about the flat was that the bathroom didn't have a door, just a bead curtain. And there was a queue of girls outside the bead curtain.

So I ran downstairs and outside to find somewhere, anywhere. The car park in front of the block of flats was small and well lit. The only thing in it was a speedboat on a trailer.

And so I found my relief squatting in the small patch of darkness behind a speedboat, beside the Whitechapel Road.

It was a memorable evening.

2 hours ago, Sufferingfool said:

Growing up in Essex in the 70’s a nice pair of thruppenny bits meant something else entirely🤔

True, but Bristols always sounded better to me... Like you were getting something with a bit of heft

3 minutes ago, Ian Buxton's Bat said:

Agree.

I'd be feeling a bit grizzly with 7 but the polar opposite with 10.

Don't panda to the pun-lovers, this is a serious discussion.

17 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

I'll help you out

Shots and goals as per Whoscored

Lawrence!!

The man was a maniac

62% pass accuracy...

I wonder how many times a Derby team has got as low as that?

Replace the pre-match music with the themes from:

Grandstand - The Big Match - Midweek Sports Special

That'll get me going 👴

1 hour ago, NottsRam77 said:

Think thats the point… now is too early 

6 games into the season is too early 

xmas is my benchmark as to how the recruitment has gone

teams need to gel… those with short memories or not old enough to remember jim smiths promotion season will remember we didnt get going til we finally beat southend at home on that cold wet tuesday night at the bbg

going to have to be patient people 

Another version of that promotion season is that it was Igor's arrival that changed our fortunes, and he needed no time at all to get going!

1 hour ago, Sidd10 said:

 

I fear from this still on the video the turquoise of the sponsor will ruin this! So will have their full colour yellow and green logo.

Has the potential to be a classic, but hope I'm wrong on the sponsor killing it!

They need a proper old school sponsor with a matching colour scheme...

4 hours ago, Anon said:

I severely doubt it. She was linked with the Wimbledon job and referred to it as an "insult". As a club owner, why shortlist her just to receive a lecture about how insignificant your club is and how even considering her for the role is somehow disrespectful?

What she said was that it was an insult to women's football to suggest that AFC Wimbledon would be a 'step up' for her from managing Chelsea.

9 minutes ago, EraniosSocks said:

Boston have just released their kit, Umbro also and it’s a stunner 

For those who can't be Rsed to go and find it:

https://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/united-unveil-umbro-shirts-2788333.html

9 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

one for @loweman2 and @Ellafella?

 

Check out the punching technique at 1:05 - give it a slap!