Jimbo Ram
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Jimbo Ram got a reaction from whiteroseram in The Administration Thread
To get a club the size of Derby at even 70 million seems a bargain to me, including the ground, training facilities etc....put in to context they will be getting all of that for about 3/4 of Jack Grealish......
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Jimbo Ram got a reaction from RadioactiveWaste in The Administration Thread
Agree about the comparison with the Saints.....be great in a few years to get back to where they are currently....
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Jimbo Ram got a reaction from jimtastic56 in The Administration Thread
To get a club the size of Derby at even 70 million seems a bargain to me, including the ground, training facilities etc....put in to context they will be getting all of that for about 3/4 of Jack Grealish......
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Jimbo Ram reacted to RadioactiveWaste in The Administration Thread
Love the positivity and think you're right.
However, there are issues and complications with DCFC and until a deal is done, the risk of things falling apart is still there.
And any investor looking at DCFC will likely also look at other championship and maybe league 1 clubs and think there's a similar potential with fewer issues to resolve.
A lot depends on how much the debts can he squeezed in the insolvency (particularly HMRC), resolving the Boro and Wycombe issues, risk of relegation to league 1 and so on.
I think we'll be ok and get new ownership in place but the worrying isn't going to stop for me until it's done.
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Jimbo Ram reacted to StarterForTen in The Administration Thread
I often compare Derby with Southampton. The two cities are of similar size, so are each club's stadia, both have good training/academy provision and both draw support from a region.
For clubs of that size and marketing reach, I would say Southampton are towards the top of the performance expectation curve and Derby towards (or even at?) the bottom.
Southampton have recently changed their majority owner in a deal that values the club at around £220m. I don't think it is unfair to suggest that had Derby been in Southampton's position, a similar valuation would be expected for the Rams. Equally, I think it fair to suggest that going beyond that level (while not impossible) would be a stretch. In other words, 'becoming Southampton' is not an unreasonable ceiling of expectation for any potential owner to work to.
So, if a new owner were to acquire a 'reset' DCFC - including the freehold of the stadium and long leases on Moor Farm - for an overall outlay of sub £50m it could be argued that there is considerable investment headroom before the 'project cost' becomes untenable. An acquisitions expert like Mike Ashley will be aware of this and would be looking to reposition the 'DCFC business' to the Southampton FC level through justifiable investment inputs. Even investing £150m in the project would still offer good value... IF successful.
Of course, that is a big 'IF' attached to this thinking! The investment has to work!! As Mel has shown us so conclusively, investing £150m in no way guarantees the transition I have outlined.
But the entrepreneurs associated with a potential takeover will ALWAYS believe they can do it better than the person before and believe 100% that the road to becoming Southampton will be successfully travelled.
Which is why I have always believed a takeover will happen because, as @Jimbo Ramhas said, buying DCFC right now is a bargain!
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Jimbo Ram got a reaction from Betty Swollocks in The Administration Thread
He is right to a certain extent, he and the Gibbon aren’t responsible for the debt…..but what he conveniently fails to add is that his and the Gibbons spurious claims are preventing the sale of the club….
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Jimbo Ram got a reaction from SKRam in Luke Plange
He looks a future star to me. Are we getting him back on loan?
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Jimbo Ram reacted to i-Ram in Rooney 100% guarantee that no players leaving
Mmmh. I understand why you want to stand up for Joswiak, but he seems less stable on his feet than my Auntie Marge. I really never thought I would ever see any Derby player spend more time on the ground than Chris Martin, but Joswiak has surpassed him. If I was Mel Morris I might think about charging him ground rent.
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Jimbo Ram got a reaction from r_wilcockson in The Administration Thread
Which would have been cleared by the new ownership without the laughable claims ?
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Jimbo Ram got a reaction from BucksRam in The Administration Thread
Which would have been cleared by the new ownership without the laughable claims ?
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Jimbo Ram reacted to BucksRam in The Administration Thread
Yep. Complete spin to deflect from the actual issue. No one denies the debt.
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Jimbo Ram got a reaction from Steve How Hard? in The Administration Thread
He is right to a certain extent, he and the Gibbon aren’t responsible for the debt…..but what he conveniently fails to add is that his and the Gibbons spurious claims are preventing the sale of the club….
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Jimbo Ram reacted to angieram in Birmingham City (H) Matchday Thread
Watch this quick before I am told to hide it! ?♀️
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Jimbo Ram reacted to RoyMac5 in The Administration Thread
Well done you. If I wanted to read blatant lies I'd follow BoJo on Twitter!
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Jimbo Ram reacted to RoyMac5 in Liam Thompson
There was more than once that a forward run into space was made which he chose to ignore and pass back to the defence. He's young, he'll gain experience. But saying he was good when he wasn't won't help.
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Jimbo Ram reacted to angieram in Margaret Beckett on Radio Derby
I saw Amanda Solloway too. Similar.
Very impressed with our local MPs in all this.
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Jimbo Ram reacted to DarkFruitsRam7 in Margaret Beckett on Radio Derby
Saw her on the march today. No cameras, no fanfare. Just showing solidarity.
Respect.
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Jimbo Ram reacted to jono in Birmingham City (H) Matchday Thread
I’m not going to make it tomorrow, long story, mother in law died, then we got Covid ( very mild, negative now ) Mrs Jono needed to escape so right now on the Isle of Skye but Sky Go plumbed in. Big breakfast followed by walk on beach then the big game .. this is huge as are the next 2 or 3 .. if we can roll on and the results go with us we could end February out of the bottom 3. What that would say about Rooney and this team and the spirit of DCFC is immeasurable
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Jimbo Ram got a reaction from SKRam in Let's show the world just how passionate we are and Derby county must be saved
Not so sure….during the latter part of last season I think I would have joined them ????