Reputation from darren22 - Page 17

darren22 reacted to AndyB in The Administration Thread February 6, 2022

I think the issue with the amortisation is that the EFL didn’t object until it was too late for Derby to reduce spending. I believe Mel Morris always intended to stay within P&S rules but go as close as possible to maximise our chances of promotion. If the amortisation had been flagged and changed at the time I think he would have reduced spending to stay within P&S. Then we wouldn’t be where we are now. This is a fault with the EFL.
There are many many more faults with Mel Morris’ decisions!

darren22 reacted to Raminphilippines in The Administration Thread February 6, 2022

When people ask me if I am a Football supporter? I always have replied "No, I am a Derby supporter, I follow Derby and have no interest in watching any other team."

darren22 reacted to Comrade 86 in The Administration Thread February 5, 2022

Could it now be any clearer? In the space of 48 hours the EFL have stated BOTH that the club has the offer of EITHER 'impartial' arbitration OR the High Courts as a means to satisfy claims AND that they now acknowledges MFC/WWFC as football creditors, which would leave arbitration as the sole route forward. Wholly contradictory statements and yet another example of their contemptuous abuse of power. There has been no discussion, no arbitration and no independent input to this decision, rather it is a call made arbitrarily and unilaterally by the EFL board with no outside consultation and in contravention of their own directives. Do these clowns even read what they regurgitate into the public domain? Do they not even cross-reference the claims made in one with the other? The inconsistencies (read: huge ducking porkies) are glaring and have been for two years now. Likewise Gibson who appears to have the attention span of a hungry toddler and the linguistic skills of one too.
Heads must now roll at the EFL. There is NO ROOM FOR DOUBT anymore. In their poorly conceived and executed PR campaign seeking to shift the onus to Morris, the admins and even the 'highest bidder', they have absolutely tied themselves in knots and in doing so, have threatened both the stability and integrity of the League they are meant to govern and serve.
At this point, the 72 member clubs simply must act. There can be no remaining doubt that the EFL prioritises its own interests over those of its member clubs. Ladies and gentlemen, the tail is clearly wagging the dog. This is, of course, a wholly unacceptable state of affairs and will inevitably lead to chaos should the precedent they seek to set be entertained. Every subsequent season will start with multiple different fixture lists as the governing body and civil courts wade through dozens of spurious football related claims, clubs will be forced into admin and /or liquidation and the league system as we know it, will fail. A vote of no confidence and the immediate resignations of Rick Parry and Trevor Birch are now mandatory requirements on the long road back to credible and impartial governance of the League. For any governing body, as custodians of football, to bring bring the English game into such hopeless disrepute is simply unforgiveable and action must be taken sooner rather than later, irrespective of the situation at Derby County.
As for Messrs Gibson and Couhig, your bluff has now been called. If you truly believe in the veracity of your claims and are not simply looking to leverage the threat of liquidation to extort funds from a club who has already accepted its punishment (in keeping with the EFL's own directives), it's time for you to accept Mr Morris's offer of your day in court. Any other course of action will merely confirm suspicions of the very unsavoury motivations that have led to what appears to have been a merit-less witch-hunt borne solely out of greed and petty personal grievances. I'm looking at you specifically Gibson. You chose to prioritise continuing your spat with Mel Morris over the future of the club, the welfare of it's employees, the sustainability of local businesses and the mental health of the wider community. This will NEVER be forgotten, nor forgiven. I speak only for myself when I say that having been a chairman whom I once held in high regard, I have now come to despise everything for which you stand.
I trust also that those on this forum who openly mocked posters who for two years have openly expressed the view that the EFL's treatment of Derby County Football Club has been less than impartial, will now take time to think about whether said posts were fair, warranted or helpful. Hindsight, it is true, is a wonderful thing, but so too is an open mind.
A last thought in regards to Mel Morris; Mel, I was one of your staunchest supporters. I was wrong. It broke my heart when you placed the club into administration. Perhaps there are mitigating circumstances as yet unknown, but we are where we are and you sir, were the custodian of this club we all love. Inevitably, the buck stops with you. All of this notwithstanding, thank you for the steps you have now taken to break the impasse. What's done can't be changed, but I do hope that this will at least give harsher critics some small pause for thought.

darren22 reacted to Sparkle in The Administration Thread February 5, 2022

The main issue in all these recent statements is how much everyone supposedly wants Derby county to survive - well now we have a route forwards and the EFL have to take it .
prospective new owners and the administrators know that MM will meet the costs if Middlesbrough and Wycombe win their cases in the high court - Gibson has stated constantly that he will go to court even yesterday, whilst also banging on about MM in every strange statement his club have made. Those two can now go and have that day in court.
Wycombe position becomes stranger by the day as they apparently haven’t even put a case in yet, those as well can go to the High court to settle any claim and get paid if successful.

The politicians see an obvious way out and can now follow through into the EFL if they do not use their ‘Guidelines’ to save Derby County and allow creditors to get as much money as administration can obtain.
The administrators know that they will be able to achieve a CVA and the majority of creditors get at least 25% of money owed and that is extremely relevant.
The EFL have a chance to save a small amount of face by allowing the administrators to move forward with a preferred bidder whilst not dismissing the two claims of the Middlesbrough and Wycombe owners, the fact that the EFL even invited MM to a meeting was strange enough but he has now covered the club from these claims through the high court. The EFL have been given a big wide open route out of the hole they have dug themselves into and their future existence as well as Derby County rests on what they do next - They also have an awful lot of questions to answer about their conduct in this whole mess but thats part of this ending.

darren22 reacted to angieram in The Administration Thread February 5, 2022

The reason he has done it this way is to make it clear that the only way for there to be a fair hearing is through the high court.
If he just agrees to indemnify the claim, the EFL and Middlesbrough will continue to push for closed shop arbitration rather than a court decision, where they can select their counsel to get the result they want. Their track record of impartiality when it comes to Derby County is pretty damning.
Mel Morris doesn't trust the EFL to play fair. I don't trust the EFL to play fair either.

darren22 reacted to SamUltraRam in The Administration Thread February 4, 2022

EFL Timeline
EFL state that they can’t get involved in the claims between MFC & WWFC and DCFC Administrators hope to name a preferred bidder by end of December End of December the EFL suddenly announce that the claims from MFC & WWFC need to be dealt with before we can come out of administration The transfer window opens Jan 1st Other clubs start moaning that we won’t accept low bids for our players EFL puts us under another embargo Baldock, Jagielka cannot have contract extensions, Reigning player of the year Shinnie is sold for the price of a family car The EFL will not rule on the claims from MFC & WWFC being football or non-football debt meaning bidders will not take on the risk Eventually other players start to leave the DCFC right up to the transfer deadline – Dylan Williams, Luke Plange & the transfer window closes – no players come in & the prospect of a miraculous escape for relegation threatened Derby are severely dented Days later, the EFL suddenly decides that they will make a decision & it’s that the potential claims from MFC & WWFC would be football creditors DCFC players out of contract in the Summer are able to sign pre-contract agreements elsewhere eg Ebosele Is this all by EFL design or not – you decide

darren22 reacted to Woodypecker in The Administration Thread February 4, 2022

...and if the claims are thrown out, and it being shown that they were the impediments to Q naming a preferred bidder, can Q or DCFC (or us fans) pursue EFL, MFC, WW for damages because of the desperate transfer window sales actions we were forced to take through not having the non-refundable £5m PB deposit, to ensure funding for the season.
If Mel wins, the parasites and EFL need taking to the cleaners.
Livid we were not at this stage weeks ago!

darren22 reacted to Gee SCREAMER !! in Feeling deflated February 4, 2022

They've decided MFC are a football creditor- despite previously advising they weren't getting involved as it was a civil matter and before any arbitration.
Whatever happens I hope this man burns in hell

darren22 reacted to Sparkle in The Administration Thread February 3, 2022

What another mess of an EFL statement
what does it say - it says the administrators can go to arbitration or go to high court - Go to high court please and quickly
EfL are saying they will kick us out of the league if don’t comply with paying the parasites by means of a legal administration procedure kick us out then
The EFL are at last trying to organise a meeting between stakeholders (some who are not in administration?) I assume that’s because the politicians are asking why aren’t the EFL doing anything to resolve anything.
Middlesbrough apparently started a claim last January whilst no date given for Wycombe (inconsistent)
it’s taken the EFL until the 3rd of February 2022 to ask for a meeting to take place - absolutely abysmal leadership

darren22 reacted to Alty_Ram in The Administration Thread February 1, 2022

And I worry also that arbitration sounds a bit like 'Well give them half then..' which is no more viable and thus pointless. Arbitration is just a way of finding a compromise position/number not deciding right vs wrong but anything that is not a tiny fraction of the insane numbers claimed is just not going to happen and even a tiny fraction is going to have to come straight out of the pockets of a potential owner because the club hasn't got a pot to piss in, in fact it has about minus 50 million pots. As we have seen, potential owners are not going to take well to taking any kind of additional hit unless possibly it is a token amount hence no PB still.
And before poorly informed lunatics from other clubs with an exe to grind say "Wah wah wah.. sell some players then", well in case you hadn't noticed 1) We have, (what is it) 5/6 players sold or contracts expired in the past few weeks alone ? plus all those who walked last summer and 2) Much of the rest of the squad is out of contract in the summer due to endless embargoes so is worth sod all in transfer fees. We are left with the vast majority of this paper thin squad this year has been young lads, frees and players on the brink of retirement and the odd journeyman who have performed absolute heroics in an impossible situation and we are immensely proud of each and every one of them.