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Woodley Ram

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    El DerbyCo

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    13 minutes ago, MrPlinkett said:

    Its certainly been a factor recently no doubt but having to sell stadiums to yourself to circumnavigate P&L occurred well before Covid-19 was a thing.

    The damage at Derby was done over several years, the pandemic is more like the nail in the coffin.

    good post, spot on. WE are experiencing the damage from our high spend (and wages) from a few years ago and Covid -19 has left little room to get out of trouble. We are not the only club in this position and more will fall into it over the next year or so.

    Do I think we will go bust....No..I think Also will buy the club and give it short to medium turn stability.  We will return to the Prem but who knows when, I hope we build and not splash the cash.

    El DerbyCo

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    not sure what to think about this one, lets home its more El Cid, than the 3 amigo's. At the very least it will give some short term stability and the possibility of the pick of a few up and coming players (not withstanding the Brexit issues).

    give it a chance I say 

    3x U15s

    in Transfer Forum

    Posted

    So, they are paying £250k each (£750k in total). As already indicated this will get worse post Brexit. if we were talking about a company we would call it asset stripping, for that is what it is. if the 5 that have left go on to make it in the Prem (Delap, Gordon and these 3) we will have lost out big time.

    The Prem and EFL need to step in and address the issues here, otherwise what is the point of funding an academy if you have to accept knockdown prices for players that have not signed a contract and then have their heads turned by the big clubs.   

    Liverpool, the Manchester's and others buy young players for a reason. I think that they should all come with a hefty sell on fee and increments should they reach certain stages such as playing in the Prem, 100 games, and playing for your country.

    We have received about about £3m for 5 players that in a couple of years will no doubt have added a few zero's to that figure. 

    we will not be the only ones that this is happening, but teams especially those in the lower leagues need some protection.  

    EFL appeal

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    On 22/11/2020 at 14:12, Sith Happens said:

    While things are so cheery on here I wondered if anyone knows when the result of the EFLs appeal will be announced. 

    I think its self isolating due to Covid

    Pride: The Inside Story of Derby County

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    On 09/10/2020 at 17:46, HuddersRam said:

    Happy Friday one and all!

    I should probably apologise in advance as I feel a little bit spammy, but I'm pretty excited to say that Pride (or Pride: The Inside Story of Derby County in the 21st Century to give it the full, far too long name) will be available from the club shop and online from this weekend!

    Link - https://www.dcfcmegastore.co.uk/item/2865/Books/Pride-Na.html

    For those who don't know, Pride is a project I've been working on for around three years in total, and it's seen me work with just over 60 former players, managers, chairmen, coaches and #ITK fans to tell the tale of the club from the moment we moved into Pride Park until the beginning of this year. It's not really a game by game account, it's more of a focus on each season, the on-field and off-field dramas (even the crash), all told by those who lived it from the inside. So to put the 60 people into context, it varies from the likes of Stefano Eranio, Steve McClaren and Warren Barton through to Gary Rowett, Harry Wilson, Giles Barnes, Inigo Idiakez and Jake Buxton.

    The club have been extremely supportive and it's been a huge surprise to have them come on board, considering the content paints a factual tale, but they've been a huge help and it's fantastic to have them on board.

    For anyone who has pre-ordered already - and a massive thank you for your interest in what began as just a daft little project to pass the time - what I'm going to recommend to people is that they cancel their pre-orders with Amazon and the likes, because hopefully money won't have been taken. Then the book will be available for around a week or two at the club and the megastore, before hitting the wider world. Unfortunately this one was out of my hands so I'm expecting a few pelters ?

    I'll try not to spam too much but if anyone has any questions or comments on the book, what it's about or why certain people didn't make the cut, just reply or drop me a message. And most of all, for anyone who is keen and interested in understanding almost every major development and in-story of the club over 20+ years, I really hope you enjoy it. I'm on Twitter at @PrideDCFC where I'll be rambling to myself and sharing a few articles I've done over the past few months.

    You might see/hear me a bit over the media over the next few weeks, so I'm always here to throw abuse at! I had a chat with the @Steve Bloomer's Washing team as well for their latest episode: https://soundcloud.com/user-147200653/sbw-94-Derby-county-2000-2020

     

    Cheers,

    Ryan

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    I have my copy and I am looking forward to reading it over the Crimbo period 

    Ones That Got Away

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    21 hours ago, Papahet said:

    Emanuel Petit before he joined Arsenal.

    Jim Smiths autobiograph said we was him for him and Baggio - OTT wage demands made us walk away from the deal.

    Yes Jim made some joke about checking that he still had the rings on his fingers after he shock his hand

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