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Nixon also saying in the article that deal with HMRC is non negotiable but that admin fees are. Plenty to go at on that front then.

Nixon also saying in the article that deal with HMRC is non negotiable but that admin fees are. Plenty to go at on that front then.

The surplus left hand may belong to Mrs Ince- not sure what she’s doing with her right hand though.

You know. Maybe ist just a preference thing. But I don’t quite understand all the  Nixon slagging. 
 
The bloke is cryptic at times. But, to me, that just implies he’s being honest. Most stories/situations are actually boring and process driven, as opposed to fanciful and conspiracy laden. 
 
Take the CK situation; there really was nothing to suggest he wasn’t going to get the deal done. All contracts were signed and agreed. He even sent the money. All of this can actually be tracked by the parties involved. Then he pulled his offer. So up until he pulled the offer, everybody involved seemed to agree it was all going well (if not a bit lengthy). 
 
I’m sure some details will come out about why it has gone done the way it has. And I’d be surprised if those details aren’t just boring process related issues. But that’s beside the point. 
 
Nixon can be a wee bit rash and frustrating at times. But he always seems pretty level on reporting matters. Or like I said, maybe it’s just a preference thing ?‍♂️

but....the EFL resented very deeply the Mel Morris criticism (interference?) over low media revenues, and his aim to multiply the paltry EFL TV deal from putative competitors to Sky, upon renewal - it made him a target. 
Other clubs chickened out of the breakaway as MM suggested, instead of still picking up crumbs from Sky TV's dog-dish, so  MM became a marked man - and the (new) EFL TV deal remained paltry.
Not making MM out to be a hero, of course he became a destructive ogre - but those same EFL issues remain: low revenues, and the  'parachute' imbalance - which impels owners to go for broke on FFP and P&S.

Good news

FWIW, I don’t think Kirchner got this far down the line with any intention of pulling out. I genuinely believe that he was intent on buying Derby County, have Rooney as manager and probably get us into a decent position in the champ before selling us for a decent price (or atleast that was the plan). He’s probably run into the same problem Alonso and BZI fell into that it’s difficult to get money that’s not traceable into the country. Or at least it’s not without people higher up who are on your side willing to get it pushed through. Especially in the current climate.
The intention was right, in terms of options it was probably worth persuing but we are currently in a difficult position where we need local short term investment and a serious bidder in place.

Update from Nixon:
Funds not arrived from CK
No acceptable offers that avoid points deduction
“  However I can reveal that one new businessman has been in dialogue and is working on the numbers.
The interested party has experience in sport and has shown the wealth needed. He has yet to go through the updated figures but there is some hope he may commit.”
(ignore the Pistold Pete thing below)

It’s happening tomorrow. Birch is “at war” with Quantuma and wants to find out what is holding up CK’s funding

So he has offered less than other bidders, possibly not enough for us even to keep our League status,  but still wants to be Preferred Bidder? 

CK put the payroll issues down to a software glitch but has said nothing about the 800k dollars he owes to Dallas Stars. I’m not convinced he has the money to sustain the club beyond the short term, or possibly even over the short term. I would like to see Steve Morgan as our new owner. 

We are not through people still want us.

How many sodding times do we have to go round this? If the admins were making decisions based on what the previous owner wanted, to the detriment of the clubs creditors, they would be breaking the law and at risk of losing their licenses to perform their jobs. They aren’t risking that.

Trying to maintain a positive outlook is commendable but there's not much point pretending there's little or no possibility of us being liquidated just because we don't want it to happen. I think it's called 'motivated reasoning'?A successful transfer to new owners is still probably the most likely outcome, given the number of interested parties still in the mix, but the longer this drags on the more likely liquidation gets because the effective purchase cost is going up (more loans, more interest etc) and the value of what's being purchased is going down (players leaving, less of a window to recruit to mount a serious challenge next season etc)
I don't personally think the new owner will be Kirchner now but the fact that other parties are still potentially interested provides some grounds for cautious optimism.

Ignore him B4.  One chop is a glass half empty type of person.  We will not be liquidated as, has been shown, there’s lots of interest.  CK may still complete if he gets there first.  Don’t worry, you’ll be watching DCFC come August!!

He is so full of poo - he said we would know today either way! Idiot!

I heard Ed Dawes live releasing the news about exclusivity. I went on Twitter immediately and found that John Percy had released the same news 2 minutes earlier. Unless I am missing something, Nixon has not said that CK exclusivity is withdrawn.

Whilst these anti money laundering police are busy with Derby county you have to assume they were on holiday when gun smugglers were buying Portsmouth or Russian puppets were buying Chelsea or sinking money into Arsenal or Everton as there does seem to be a lot of inconsistencies around 

That was a bunker he was in mate..not the desert..

I hate Leeds as much as every Derby fan (possibly even more so having left Derby for West Yorkshire in 1987 and having lived amongst Leeds supporters ever since), but if they put in a serious offer, Knight would be mad to turn it down. He's exactly the kind of player the Leeds fans would take to, and it would increase his profile massively. I'd be upset to lose a player like him, but it's happened so many times over the years, and will always happen, to every club.
Plus the transfer money could be put to good use. We desperately need lots of players through the door, and a decent fee should fund a few incoming players.
Time for a new chapter everybody, we've just got to embrace it.

Seemed like an appropriate moment to mention it. 
It may have been the best tribute ever but I doubt it.
I sometimes listen to a podcast called Ramswriter.
He can't write a sentence that is correct.
And yes it does matter. It you call yourself Rams writer then you should be able to write.
It's you're and it's they're and it's lose FFS
I get it. Why don't the rest of you?

I think there is a need for some balance here. I do agree that Mel is the villain - he  put us into administration when he had previously vowed to continue financing us until he could sell the club, and he left us with a lot of debt. If the information we are given is correct, he is also not asking for repayment of £135,000,000 of loans to the club and he has sold the ground for £23,000,000 ,although it was valued at £81,000,000, which will be used to pay off his debt to MSD. He was naive and got out of his depth in trying to get us to the promised land but for you to say that he is “Truly one of the most repugnant human beings to ever walk this planet” is ridiculously over the top. I hope I never come before you in a court of law.

I think there is a need for some balance here. I do agree that Mel is the villain - he  put us into administration when he had previously vowed to continue financing us until he could sell the club, and he left us with a lot of debt. If the information we are given is correct, he is also not asking for repayment of £135,000,000 of loans to the club and he has sold the ground for £23,000,000 ,although it was valued at £81,000,000, which will be used to pay off his debt to MSD. He was naive and got out of his depth in trying to get us to the promised land but for you to say that he is “Truly one of the most repugnant human beings to ever walk this planet” is ridiculously over the top. I hope I never come before you in a court of law.

I think there is a need for some balance here. I do agree that Mel is the villain - he  put us into administration when he had previously vowed to continue financing us until he could sell the club, and he left us with a lot of debt. If the information we are given is correct, he is also not asking for repayment of £135,000,000 of loans to the club and he has sold the ground for £23,000,000 ,although it was valued at £81,000,000, which will be used to pay off his debt to MSD. He was naive and got out of his depth in trying to get us to the promised land but for you to say that he is “Truly one of the most repugnant human beings to ever walk this planet” is ridiculously over the top. I hope I never come before you in a court of law.

I think there is a need for some balance here. I do agree that Mel is the villain - he  put us into administration when he had previously vowed to continue financing us until he could sell the club, and he left us with a lot of debt. If the information we are given is correct, he is also not asking for repayment of £135,000,000 of loans to the club and he has sold the ground for £23,000,000 ,although it was valued at £81,000,000, which will be used to pay off his debt to MSD. He was naive and got out of his depth in trying to get us to the promised land but for you to say that he is “Truly one of the most repugnant human beings to ever walk this planet” is ridiculously over the top. I hope I never come before you in a court of law.