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9 minutes ago, Diego said:

 

Two people who make it up as they go along saying different things, I don't know what to believe now! 

Wondering if someone can help - I'm thinking of ordering the yellow GK shirt rather than the third which I'm not a fan of; however, I've never had a GK shirt before... Is the fit the same as a standard shirt, are the materials the same etc? Living in Germany so can't just pop to the megastore to try it on and don't fancy the faff of paying to send it back if not right. Thanks! 

9 hours ago, Tyler Durden said:

I'll be honest with you when I was at the Huddersfield game I can't recall seeing anyone wearing a mask in the concourse or toilets so assumed that it wasn't necessary to wear masks at all in any area at the ground 

Same, my first game this season was Forest at home. I read before the game on the DCFC pre match email that it is recommended you were one inside the concourse. Myself and my family then slipped one on before we went in, to find that we were the only ones wearing them and so didn't bother after that. 

49 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said:

I think its a case of agreeing a punishment with the efl which will coincide with the accounts being submited & embargos removed

Sign a few frees

Extend some contracts that run out in the summer

Try & get a takeover sorted

I think the biggest ticking clock now is on contracts. If we don't get a resolution by January, we could end up with half of the team, including promising academy players, either leaving for pittance or on a free in the summer. 

5 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Why would we agree to a points deduction - what have we done wrong here?!

It's basically like scrabble. Our team starts with a D, so that's -3 and ends in a Y so that's -6. It's unfortunate, but that's the rules that the EFL have just made up. 

5 minutes ago, BriggRam said:

I saw earlier someone had said just short of 22000

Very surprised if it was as low as that. I was sitting in West Stand Lower and looking around I could hardly see any empty seats. 

3 minutes ago, Will Hughes Hair said:

@Carneroprobably said this twenty minutes ago but…

Estoppel got thrown out at the Sheff Wednesday hearing (the EFL wrongly advised / endorsed their actions).

I’m fairly sure that Wednesday didn’t have St Nick de Marco at that hearing.  As he’s on a retainer with us, if I were Mel I’d be doubling down.

The embargo doesn’t scare me.  Sibley’s gonna keep us up on his own.

All depends on what impact this has on the takeover, I'm guessing that will be Mels primary concern at the moment. 

4 minutes ago, Topram said:

Feeling it’ll be -6 points and move on

Anything more than 3 and we'll keep fighting I think. It all relates to the EFL originally signing off the accounts and us signing players based on the previously approved accounts. If they'd challenged it first time around, we wouldn't have signed furthering players leading to an FFP breach. 

3 minutes ago, MACKWORTHRAM said:

Can someone copy the free telegraph link from Yahoo please.

Can't find it anywhere.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/Derby-county-close-efl-settlement-164914484.html

Rooney needs to be careful and learn from January. We had a really close knit group then as well, we then brought in a load of players on deadline day and the team spirit seemed to drop. 

Well spotted. Why would we need an extension though and why 6 days? 

My Grandfather Derek won't be too far behind now. 96 and still has a season ticket. 

#dcfc are set to sign free agent Phil Jagielka on Tuesday. Jagielka will sign a short-term contract after leaving Sheffield United at the end of last season. Derby are also hopeful of signing Sam Baldock after Kazim-Richards injury, subject to EFL approval - Percy has spoken

Once we've submitted the accounts, do we immediately go into soft embargo, or do we have to wait for some form of EFL review and approval first? I'm hoping the latter is already happening and the cause for the delay in any case. 

2 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

I KNEW we’d lose as soon as I heard Derby fans singing the jinx song “EIEIEIO…”

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Yep, every single time we've sung that in the past, you can guarantee that the opposition will score next. 

2 minutes ago, IslandExile said:

Is this one of those colour blind or psychological tests?

If so, I'm a poor sighted psychopath because I don't see any pattern.

2 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

Agreed. Although, the status with the HMRC still remains unknown. I think it was one of the questions put towards Mel at the meeting, but can't see I've seen a direct answer for it. I know Chris Coles said we were looking to pay the taxman 'some' money a couple of weeks ago, but it's still listed on the EFL website as being one of the reasons behind our embargo. 

Wasn't the reason behind not paying HMRC yet because we have to see what's in the accounts we can publish to know how much we have to pay? Could be wrong. 

10 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

My understanding is that it really wouldn't take too much to at least move into a soft embargo and open up an additional 10+ spaces as players under 23 (21) don't count under a soft embargo. Pay the HMRC, publish the accounts and then crack on. 

Mel is dragging his heels, like he has done with everything else to do with the club this summer. I think even if we are in breach of P&S, we still end up in a better situation - similar to Reading. 

And the accounts have to be submitted by this time next week whatever happens, so talk of selling/releasing players to create another slot is too rash at the moment, let's see where we are at next week and take it from there. 

1 minute ago, trekkie_ram said:

I know that’s a World Cup squad rule, I guess it makes logical sense in this situation though.

Either way, a fee for Marshall could help alleviate some of the embargo restrictions, especially if we promote a younger age bracket goalkeeper / another free. 

1 minute ago, trekkie_ram said:

What makes them special / exempt?

Listed as Scholars I assume rather than professionals. 

8 minutes ago, Dean (hick) Saunders said:

Guessing he desperately wants to get shot of Marshall to bring in another forward? (As plan B if umbongo not lifted next week).

A lot of people saying we officially need to have 3 goalkeepers in the 23, so selling Marshall would only free up another goalkeeper slot and not for an outfield player. Not sure whether that's been confirmed anywhere or not. 

1 minute ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Didn't expect JBrown to start. Well done ? 

Didn't even think he had a squad number! They must have changed their minds. 

1 minute ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Do I have to take a trip abroad to watch this on my laptop?

Will be dark markets only I think, in Germany DAZN have the game.