Shipley Ram

Nothing especially original to add but just open-mouthed at this decision. I never liked the big spending but I did respect Mel at the time for seemingly funding it - never foresaw a situation where 'one of our own' would stick us into administration though & the decisions he took then are now seen through a very different perspective.
Pretty telling the club statement mentions June 2019 as being the point where he was looking for a buyer. Smacks very much of 18/19 being a 'death or glory' punt after which he wanted out - very poor behaviour indeed as no proper investor/buyer was going to be interested in the club after such an expensive season with no legacy & plenty of FFP strain. He then exacerbated this by bringing in Rooney, making a mess of the Keogh dismissal & like many poorly run businesses, was vulnerable to a major event like Covid to bring everything to a head.
Obviously a lot of anger quite rightly aimed at Mel but my disdain for the EFL just dropped to the floor - a disgrace to the traditions of the world's oldest professional league & utterly unfit for purpose. Its high time the Government's Department for Culture, Media & Sport opened an inquiry into their management of the League & their suitability for continuing in that role - not just our experience but their already disgusting track record as evidenced by Wigan, Bury & Macclesfield. Their weasel statement about us 'not meeting the criteria' for an emergency loan facility that every other club in our division was given access to was utterly contemptable & entirely predictable.
What next? Well, I would imagine Rooney will be leaving at some point in the next 7 days - either in disgust or in agreement with the administrators. Then a zombie season knowing what our fate on the field is going to be whilst desperately scrambling for a new owner before January - will a new owner want to buy now or towards the back end of the season knowing there's no point funding a loss making club destined to go down? From a cold, calculating perspective I think buyers may keep their powder dry for a few months
And what of us, the fans? Firstly, lets show our defiance by continuing the vocal support we've enjoyed this season - whatever we suffer off the field, they can't silence us at the matches. Secondly, there may be some talk of Supporters Trust looking to buy out the club - please don't close minds to this. I've got no experience of dealing with Ramstrust but now is the time to put aside historical differences & consider how we can move out of these cycles of boom & bust. I'm convinced its a viable option.
Finally, its been a terrible evening but we will come back from this. In whatever form, whenever it is - keep the faith. COYR ?

I understand that tonight many questions will be asked, both of the club and myself. 
Tonight as the news was broke, I was sat in the pub, still am, it's hit me hard as I'm sure it has you all, I was not expecting it, there was no pre warning, no hint of what was to come.
I also understand that over the years my opinion has been questioned, it's something I have had to deal with, sometimes poorly, but with the best and honest of intentions.
Tonight I am hurting, just as much as you all, this is the club I love, the club I adore, the club I have tattooed on my hand for all to see with pride. 
I love this club, please just think when posting over the next few days, weeks in anger, myself, the moderators, we do not deserve to be on the end of your anger or frustration.
Today is a dark day for the club, but as fans, we need to to stick together. We are Derby County, every one of us and we will move forward as one.
Once a ram, always a ram ?

I can't believe how happy I am with this

I can't believe how happy I am with this

Phew thats a relief, I had to take a work call and when I rechecked the stream it had finished. I thought surley we can't have lost 7 wickets in hald an hour can we?

FFS after the trail played so well that was shocking shot selection.

I'm trying to read a Roger Penrose book at the moment, it's tough going. The 120 pages of the mathmatical appendixes he keeps refering to make the EFL judgment as easy read.

it will all come out in the wash,,,in the meantime i shall enjoy the good football we are playing 

Look like they are going for promotion or broke, I hope they pip Middlesbrough to the last playoff place but fail to go up.

Keogh's at Blackpool now. I'm sure Bristol wil appreciate the OG.

Keogh's at Blackpool now. I'm sure Bristol wil appreciate the OG.

Was it Dave Mackay on Leighton James?

A bit further than a yard for this one
 
Get well soon Mick.

Someone is having a laugh on Wikipedia
Tom Carroll was named in Derby Countys team to play Salford City 24/07/2021 ahead of his multi million pound move from the R's, to the Rams, rumoured 45 million pound deal.

You are so wrong, but Clough needed a better coaching set up. Keeping Clough whilst getting Mac as assistant or chief coach(I don't think Mac would have gone for that) would have been ideal.  Mac got a season of great performance out of the team Clough created before his crap managment skills put us on a downhill slope. Sadly Mac doesn't have the ability to create a good team, and Clough doen't have the ability to get the best out of his good team.
Clough was sacked as there is no way he would have let Sam Rush play transfers with his team, Rush was intent if getting rid of Clough ASAP.  I would have trusted Clough with the transfer kitty over Rush or Mac anyday, despite Connor Sammon.

You are so wrong, but Clough needed a better coaching set up. Keeping Clough whilst getting Mac as assistant or chief coach(I don't think Mac would have gone for that) would have been ideal.  Mac got a season of great performance out of the team Clough created before his crap managment skills put us on a downhill slope. Sadly Mac doesn't have the ability to create a good team, and Clough doen't have the ability to get the best out of his good team.
Clough was sacked as there is no way he would have let Sam Rush play transfers with his team, Rush was intent if getting rid of Clough ASAP.  I would have trusted Clough with the transfer kitty over Rush or Mac anyday, despite Connor Sammon.

You are so wrong, but Clough needed a better coaching set up. Keeping Clough whilst getting Mac as assistant or chief coach(I don't think Mac would have gone for that) would have been ideal.  Mac got a season of great performance out of the team Clough created before his crap managment skills put us on a downhill slope. Sadly Mac doesn't have the ability to create a good team, and Clough doen't have the ability to get the best out of his good team.
Clough was sacked as there is no way he would have let Sam Rush play transfers with his team, Rush was intent if getting rid of Clough ASAP.  I would have trusted Clough with the transfer kitty over Rush or Mac anyday, despite Connor Sammon.

You are so wrong, but Clough needed a better coaching set up. Keeping Clough whilst getting Mac as assistant or chief coach(I don't think Mac would have gone for that) would have been ideal.  Mac got a season of great performance out of the team Clough created before his crap managment skills put us on a downhill slope. Sadly Mac doesn't have the ability to create a good team, and Clough doen't have the ability to get the best out of his good team.
Clough was sacked as there is no way he would have let Sam Rush play transfers with his team, Rush was intent if getting rid of Clough ASAP.  I would have trusted Clough with the transfer kitty over Rush or Mac anyday, despite Connor Sammon.

Only when I'm in Matlock bath.
 
I really hope that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't the light of an oncoming train,

When I was growing up I just thought he was a idiot on TV, then I saw some footage of him playing and realised he was an absolute master. I wish he had joined us when had the chance.

Cox is an interesting comparison
"He arrived at the Baseball Ground, asked Roy McFarland to be his assistant, and found only 12 players, of which nine were under contract. Undaunted by the scale of the task, he began to build and Derby moved from the High Court to the First Division in just over three years."

My mild mannered mum is fairly ducking furious about the headlines, she refusing to read anymore about it tonight. I get the feeling that EFL have been briefing against us at times people seemed to know what was happening before it was announced.