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Aden flint leaving Cardiff would be a great signing 

I would take Sam Hutchinson from Sheff Weds on a free as well

The marketing team responsible for putting all of the announcements together for social media are going to be busy for the next 8 weeks. Takeovers, new contracts, new signings. It's all going to be a bit of a whirlwind assuming everything goes to plan from here on.

I'd take Johnson back but not Keogh.

Id much prefer to see their pictures ??

If Bielik needs to go to a team higher than League 1 to go to the World Cup then so be it, as long as the Poland manager and Bieliks agent can find someone to stump up enough cash for him, if not then its only them standing in his way of not going to the World Cup, not the club.
If we were top of League and he played every minute of every game and was our best it would be ridiculous if they didnt take him, how would that be much worse than playing for them this season when we were bottom? Literally could be 1 or 2 places difference in league position

It could be that he doesn’t have the money as you seem to be implying with your question. Or could it be he does have the money, and would rather not spend it all righting the wrongs and clearing the total amount of debts accrued by the previous owner?
Perhaps he’s seen an opportunity to acquire the club as he sees some potential (Rooney, fan base, academy, infrastructure etc); has a clear plan in place that pays the debts over 3 years at 35p in the pound meaning the club isn’t hamstrung further with additional points deductions and a less restrictive business plan, also meaning he can gradually rebuild the club and pay some of the debts accrued, whilst leaving some money to invest in time as part of this longer term, sensible business plan. 
 
There are only a handful of people who know all the facts of this situation; however, allegedly Kirchner has had to prove his liquidity to the admins and the EFL, both of whom have released statements which, whilst contingent on the massive stadium shaped elephant in the room, say they are satisfied with him becoming the future owner of the club. I appreciate people wanting to stay grounded and be realistic but surely there is currently more call for optimism than there has been in months and months? 

I expect Oumar Niasse to be one of our signings.
Rooney wanted him last year but the EFL wouldn't let us sign him.
He went to Burton short term and did well, now unattached.

My man ?
I hope we do sign better, but certainly wouldn't be upset if he leads the line for us next season 

Of course we're further forward.
If it were the "2 week extension" that you claim then why didn't they just exchange contracts on Saturday 14th instead of granting 2 day extension to Monday 16th?
Clearly during the additional 2 days the stadium purchase has progressed far enough to give Kirchner the confidence to sign a legally binding purchase agreement.
Now there needs to be an exchange of contracts on the stadium, which the stadium buyer would not sign up to unless DCFC as the tenant had found itself a buyer.
DCFC as the tenant now has a buyer.

Why though? He's clearly determined to engage in a fashion we've literally all demanded of other parties and for most that's a breath of fresh air. Let him just block the fookin melts and engage with the reasonable Twitter audience. It needn't be all or nothing and there are far more fair and balanced posters on Twitter, than raving, self-entitled loons like Paul bloody Ratcliffe esq.

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!

I see the doom-mongers are still scuttling around. The first bit of confirmed progress we've had in months yet they just can't resist putting in their pessimistic comments - you do have to wonder if everything else in their lives is surrounded in negativity.
Most fans who have endured the last couple of years will probably agree that all is not now cut and dried but let's enjoy the fact that at last there is some light at the end of this dark tunnel and it doesn't automatically mean there's a train coming full pelt towards us.
Today is a good day, we've not had many of them recently so for pity sake enjoy it!

Surely people are seeing this the wrong way round?
It's not about us feeling reassured, it's about Chris Kirchner feeling reassured enough that the ground purchase will happen, that has persuaded him to sign up.
He is the one taking all the risks.
We all said that you can't buy a stadium in a few days - heck it's taking months to get a simple house purchase through at the moment - but he must know the money and motivation is there to get the deal completed.

If we get taken over soon, start next season on 0 points & keep the bulk of the squad we have a good chance of being top 6. In theory our current squad is good enough for 15th in the Champ so should be top end League 1 for sure.
So will be interesting to see who stays & who we bring in to strengthen.
The only unknown is the league itself, how quickly can the players & management adapt to it.

He is a right winger

Positives for next season.
1. Hopefully cheaper tickets.
2. More games on Saturdays with 3pm kick off.
3. International breaks we will still play. I hate those breaks.
4. World cup break we will still play.
5. Hopefully start on 0 points like everyone else.
6. In this division you are allowed to have standing areas, so then we could have safe standing in the south stand and maybe the east lower and call it the popular side terrace.
7. More games.
8. Someone in charge who will run the club properly and not get us into trouble.

Not having a go, but how much live football have you watched ? 
The one thing he isn’t is one footed. It’s a long time since I’ve seen a wide player who can cut in ( his favourite, agreed ) but regularly goes the other way to the bye line. He can also kill a ball dead. He also doesn’t just use pace to beat a man. He can do the slow dribble using his feet. Then add in the crosses .. he can lift and swing it in one. We have been far more dangerous at corners and deep crosses since he started playing. As to strength .. he is pretty good for 18 and stronger on the ball than Sibbo. Man marking .. well since his debut is men marking (plural) which tells you everything.

A bloke who doesn't know how to run a football club brings in an experienced chief executive to keep on top of the day to day operations. And supporters keep whinging.
Because clearly the idea of the owner calling the shots on all footballing decisions worked well for the club..... ?

Ah, the mythical Ashley offer in January where he claimed through the media he was preparing a £50 million offer, presumably intending to scare off other bidders. It didn't work. It never happened. He then allowed CK to take PB status with an offer nearly £20 million below what his media chums claimed he was willing to pay. He's full of shyte and has yet to lodge a formal offer according to Quantuma and this despite all the BS PR 'I'm still interested' guff. He's now claiming to have made a restructured offer, despite not submitting a formal bid in the first instance and with the period of exclusivity still being in place. Had he honoured his word and offered £50 mill in January, there's a fair chance we'd still be in the Championship. Let that sink in for a moment.
As it stands, Quantuma are adamant that there's been no contact since last year so I think it's fair to assume that in respect of Derby County, he's nothing more than a stalking horse who is quite happy to see us go the wall whilst shafting every creditor, merely to save a couple of million of his reported £2.25 billion fortune. CK may not have his experience, nor his financial wherewithwal, but he's at least put his money where his mouth his and with the club teetering on the edge, I'll take actions over words all day long.

I suspect the real deadline is the due date for May's player wages (which is pretty much the same day AFAIK). Kirchner probably has to be pretty convinced it's all going through by then, so he can put the cash in to cover it.
I reckon the players will have already decided whether they're willing to stay in League 1 or not (pending a reasonable takeover completion date, Rooney staying etc).  So missing that May 24th date isn't going to make that much of a difference as long as they can see things are getting close.

Nixon Patreon post:
Won't be complete for the weekend
CK still on course to complete
PB status will be extended
CK happy to fill any gap in funding if he carries on as PB, if it runs beyond end of May.
 

If they decide to switch to Mike Ashley (or anyone else), it's almost like starting from scratch - he's going to have to go through all the EFL business plan stuff again, Quantuma are going to have to redo all the waterfall stuff again if the purchase price/model is different and so on.  We're almost certainly going to need funding for this months wages while that's going on.  And Ashley is not going to start putting in money in while all that's going on, because it could all still fall through.
If they extend Kirchner's exclusivity period again, I'm going to assume it's because there has been some kind of positive movement this week, behind the scenes.

I rate him, I thought he looked decent for us and wa suprised he disappeared with Watson.
If money is tight he is a good player to have in league 1.