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Ashley has had 9 months to get his act together. He has the resources to have done a deal before Christmas and give us a fighting chance of staying up. He chose not to. Instead, he's been preoccupied adding yet more strands to his retail empire. That will always be his priority, not DCFC. 
I once thought he was our best hope of salvation, but all he's done is flirt, and not even in person. 
A day closer to Ashley is a day closer to starting next season on - 15 at best. No thanks. 

Hi HB
I will try and unpick the different elements.
In respect of the 12 point deduction for going into administration, it seems fair, Wigan were subject to a similar deduction when they went into admin themselves. The claim that Covid was the sole reason for administration is a weak one as (a) why did it not happen to other clubs? and (b) there were already significant sums owed to HMRC prior to Covid. 
For the stadium issue, whilst the rules seem daft, they were still the rules. I'm not qualified to value stadiums, but have spoken to people who are, and so think the club was correctly found not guilty on this issue.  
As far as amortisation is concerned, it's a tricky one. Neither Mel Morris nor Stephen Pearce were the architects of the change to the accounting policy, but they were happy to utilise it and the short term benefits it gave to the club's P&S calculations. 
IMO, I think the new policy was in breach of FRS 102 and reduced losses by about £30m. I have had a discussion with Stephen Pearce in relation to this, and we professionally agreed to disagree. 
It is then the responsibility of those prosecuting to put the case put forward for the EFL at the IDC. The case presented was weak, their expert witness put forward a muddled explanation, and if you lose, as they did, then they should have accepted it with good grace, and not appealed the first ruling. 
As for having an agenda against Derby, I would defend myself on this. I monitor and comment on social media in relation to all clubs in England and Scotland (and Wales) because I'm very boring and have no friends. The aim is to be objective and non-partisan, I have even been known to say positive things about Crystal Palace, who as a Brighton fan, I loathe. I've provided assistance (unpaid) to staff members affected by the administration, contributed £92 to the 'buy a ticket' crowdfunder for DCFC fans, and whilst I fully understand that some people are sick and tired of hearing my voice on t'radio and comments in the written press, the media contact me, not the other way round. More than happy to take on board criticism, although the death threats on social media (not this forum) are not pleasant to receive. 

Never mind that.....Vote to buy the freakin' ground within the next 48 hours.

Well my morning glory has extended into the afternoon (but that may be because I have got my pills mixed up again). 
Some really good news in the last 12 hours but reading some posts on here you might think differently.  Whether CK has the wherewithal to achieve great things for our Club in the future is anyone’s guess, but to exchange contracts is a huge step and not to be derided or undermined. Yes, let’s not get carried away, but why so many doomsayers want to continue to pick everything apart is beyond me. CK HAS STOPPED THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK. He has shown his commitment. It is now up to Morris/MSD to finalise the stadium sale to some third party, who is supportive of CK’s proposals. Well done CK. I hope this works out for you and us. Up the Rams!

His tweets on Saturday said to me all wasn't well. People took them as positive, but his "I will give a conclusion to proceedings", or words to that affect, didn't sound like someone who was about to drop a whole lot of happiness on us.
He will be gone and I don't blame him.
He is used to dealing with real business people and then he comes up against Mel Morris, Quantuma and Stephen Pearce, I bet he things us English are a right bunch of wallys 

CK displaying tonight exactly what I feared from him from the start.
He has opened himself up to the world, the good people and the bad.
He has probably had countless messages today, some good some bad, he chooses, on the day that he said he will share with us the conclusion to his proceedings, to respond to a clear and present idiot.
Imagine what happens when we are on a 6 game losing streak and we have just been done away at Burton and Twitter explodes, he will be arguing with fans left right and centre, he is our Darragh MacWhatever his face is.
I don't condone what the fan said, but his updates are clearly backfiring.

Why cant they have one in the uk or day trips they can train and relax at the same time we need hit the ground running.

Come on B4, I don’t think we can begrudge them a couple of weeks in the sun rather risking burnout. Besides, as we can’t renew their contracts just yet, I’d rather they were on a beach on a Greek island (Ideally with no mobile phone connection ?) than receiving offers from their agents 

It’s Terry Tibbs from Fonejacker

Q should never be employed ever again. 

EF-ing hell, this Twitter lot need to give the lad a break! Stalking him at every turn!!! That’s one way to put him off ??‍♂️
He is communicating far more than anyone else before, let him get on with his day to day business affairs and I am sure he will update us regarding all things DCFC as and when applicable.

I've not really seen anyone mention this yet but what the bloody hell have the administrators been doing throughout this process?
There seems to have been 2 major issues throughout this process and they seem to have ignored both of them.
Why on earth would you identify someone as the preferred bidder without having an agreement for the most important part of the transaction?
From the outside they've only really done one thing at any great speed during the whole process, and that was letting the EFL bend us over.

If I win £184mil on the Euromillions on Tuesday then I hereby promise to buy the ground off Mel and have this whole saga done with ?

There is only one thing holding up the sale. Folk are getting all twisted up trying to understand conflicting stories from different sources.
It's survival or relegation. That's what the buyers are waiting for. They won't tell us because it doesn't look good for a saviour waiting to be lauded by Derby County supporters to really have been holding on to get us on the cheap resulting in the cause of some serious mental anguish amongst the faithful.

100% he will leave in the summer if things are not sorted and why wouldn't he. 

What a man

If you read their timeline, they were reviewing bids over the weekend and then discussing them with the EFL “early this week” before announcing the PB. “Early this week” is of course open to interpretation but I reckon it includes at least Monday and Tuesday. So, whilst Q have indicated many failed expected timelines in the past, I think Tuesday evening is a little early to be accusing them of bullshitting on this occasion. If we’ve not heard anything by the the end of the week then your comments may be valid.
I reckon, they should avoid radio silence and if they’re still not able to announce the PB by the end of week they should issue some kind of update along the lines of:
1) Details of PB discussed with the EFL and we await their response (the ball is firmly in the EFL’s court)
2) PB agreed with the EFL, just a few minor details to be finalised before able to announce. Expected timeline is……
or 3) PB discussed with the EFL and there are issues that need to be resolved or discussions are still ongoing (coded message for either the EFL didn’t like any of the preferred bidders or the terms of their bid and we’ve had to go back to try to get them increased)
In short, I accept there may still be a reason why they can’t announce a PB but they shouldn’t keep us completely in the dark

More chance of the Driscoll Brothers being announced as PB. 

If it comes to the point where Rooney goes, Rosenior deserves his shot. Curtis Davies to step in as assistant.

No anger, but not impressed.  It’s not like he had to make the move now.  He would have been in high demand at the end of the season if we were still not able to offer a contract.  Not the action of somebody that “wanted” to stay.

24/48hrs, imminently, shortly, and now they 'believe' by the end of the week!  My God, when will this end?

Another statement.
Unless it's who the PB is, I'm not interested in their latest excuses.

Look forward to Q trying to sue 30,000 people. At the pace they work it’ll be our great great grandkids that get the sentence.

Getting rid of The Binnies tells us there is higher bids on the table. Stop worrying