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He’s got my full support. Time to step up, lad!

Reckon Rooney will be a better judge of Lawrence's credentials to be team captain than any fan on a football forum.
For pity's sake give the guy a chance.

All the best Tom ?

I actually think this could be a good idea. I'm convinced he's matured, we saw that at the back end of last season. Whether you like it or not, he's one of the top players at the club now and very experienced. He'll thrive with the responsibility.

Not sure how I feel about a slang term for something smelling bad being printed on the back of our shorts.

Not sure how I feel about a slang term for something smelling bad being printed on the back of our shorts.

Not sure how I feel about a slang term for something smelling bad being printed on the back of our shorts.

Not sure how I feel about a slang term for something smelling bad being printed on the back of our shorts.

It's an interesting debate, there seems to be a schizm between those who will buy a season ticket year in year out regardless of what league we are in as it's part of their Saturday social fabric and those who are getting disenfranchised with the recent issues at the club and it seems that any enjoyment has been systematically eroded over the past few seasons. 
I never really fell into the first camp and maybe unsurprisingly for a lot of posters on here the enjoyment for me has been steadily eroded which probably manifests itself on how I come across on here - not making any excuses just saying how it is. 
All of the issues off the field now have just eclipsed what happens on it and it's become more than just an unwelcome distraction. The communication from the club recently has been appalling let's been totally honest and even making a statement saying there's no updates is better than just radio static.
I'm not really arsed if we play in League 1 or the Premiership I am bothered about the club being turned into a circus which is where we have gradually been dragged by the current owner. Anyhows we live in hope that a new owner can come in and try to run the club in a more coherent fashion which is probably the politest way to phrase things. 

Unless that advantage was being one of the top 3 spenders on wages in each of the seasons being looked at we haven’t pished it anywhere.
We’ve ran an (unsustainable) wage bill that has probably ranged from top 4 to top 10 in the division and have more often than not been a top 6 team in that time period. Few unlucky defeats in play off games to teams that have spent more than us / have gamed the system to a greater extent than we have (delete as appropriate) has meant we haven’t gone up, so be it. When football comes down to one off games it can at times be luck based and that’s why we all love it. We’ve now tightened that wage bill, understandably, but I get the feeling that won’t or indeed hasn’t stopped you moaning that we will be less competitive in the league now.
Don’t think we are “victims” as such but it is curious that just winning one of those set of play offs would see our strategy highlighted as a great success story and have fans of other clubs saying “wow look how well Derby are run” like you see from some on here re. Leeds, Villa, Wolves, Bournemouth and so on.
Unfortunately by not going up due to these fine margins we have found ourselves in the cross hairs of the EFL who’s rules are so clear that they are now seeking to change or clarify the rules that supposedly found us guilty. We are not victims of other teams cheating, in my opinion, but we have been victim of the EFL going on a crusade after the football club and creating a narrative that we are the villains of football with their vindictive, unclear statements and obvious leaks to the press.
Yesterday’s news should have been celebrated across football, that no precedent was set to retrospectively relegate a team for off field matters that were signed off for three years by an organisation that didn’t understand their own rules. I get the feeling it wasn’t though, because a narrative has been created that if you push spending limits and do not get promoted, you are worse than those who push limits and do.

The most concerning part of all of this really does come down to the IQ of the average football fan. I've seen no end of people, and by no end I mean at least 90%, not able to understand WHY we were even in court against the EFL. 
In fact, I would say at least 80% believe it was the EFL that has let us off lightly. It's quite concerning how quickly people will jump on something without even reading any of the actual story. Wycombe fans were demanding their owner to sue the EFL and Derby for letting us off. I mean, you would think Wycombe with their investment in this case would at least read the story (some did, and were quick to point it out) but the large majority didn't. 
It's honestly baffled me and made me wonder exactly what things do we hear, where we don't have this level of investment and do similar things? For the Forest and Leeds fans, I just assumed they can't read. It was at least 98% of their comments which still believe we're up against the EFL for the stadium. I'm surprised the daft twits can even conjure the intelligence to open their eyes in the morning. 

I've been going over it in my head. 
We are a Championship club going into the 2021/22 season. We have now confirmed that fact, also we know the ramifications from our amortisation has largely been a £100k fine. We now have to input our new figures with two variations to amortisation allowed. We technically made a £8m loss between 2014-2017 thanks to the stadium sale, therefore I would suspect that we will fall below the P&S regulations and receive no point deduction. I struggle to see how kicking the can down the road can incur an addition north of £31m in losses - especially based on an accounting principle. It will be worse for the three years in question, but ultimately that will help our situation against FFP between 2017-2021. Although, god knows what the current situation entails with regards to the EFL and that mess due to COVID. It seems every man and his dog is under some sort of soft embargo. 
I'd imagine that potential new owners will now be willing to progress matters, which obviously will help our situation - if there is actually anyone waiting in the wings. I'm not entirely sure on Mel's situation, although financially it doesn't look great for either him or us. I know he's keeping the club going and will continue to do so, but I can't imagine that he is going to be too willing to start another rebuild. I don't think he's ever had the correct system in place to achieve success, in hindsight, so any more money he spends trusting the same people will likely lead to the same results. 
The team as it stands will be amongst the worst in the Championship, if not THE worst in the Championship. Rooney & the coaching staff really haven't proven anything to suggest they aren't the worst set up in the league. Along with our terrible recruiting, it's not the best situation. We really need someone to come in and change the entire culture of the club. I genuinely can't think of ANY department in the entire club that couldn't do with improvement - I bet even the canteen lady makes a poo brew! 
The overall achievement should always be to become and sustain a Premier League position. At the moment, we've had to regress and our achievement is to remain and sustain a Championship club. I have no optimism above that going into next season. 

Can we now get behind the US takeover , the club and the manager in what is likely to be a challenging season ahead . 

Spare a thought for Morecambe, who are now unable to sell their £80mil stadium. They should have taken the opportunity quickly when it was revealed that the EFL's 'expert' valued it the same last year.

We should check with Bris. 

Unlucky Gibson you big fat curly haired duck! 
 
 

Nick De Marco reaction on twitter
Delighted for Derby County. The idea of any points deduction, let alone a retrospective one, was a nonsense in the circumstances. The full written reasons of the DC make clear why any points deduction would be wholly disproportionate and I urge anyone interested to read them.

Hey you Gibson

Can i just take this opportunity to commiserate with the directors of Wycombe Wanderers on this breaking development

NO appeal
 

I have 2 and they dangle between my legs 

Yeah Waghorn really looked uninterested when he went clattering into the far post against Sheffield Wednesday, stayed on the pitch and pretty much kept us up on his own ?

Yeah Waghorn really looked uninterested when he went clattering into the far post against Sheffield Wednesday, stayed on the pitch and pretty much kept us up on his own ?