King Ramses III

Same starting 11
Wildsmith
Nyambe   Nelson   Cashin   Forsyth
Hourihane
Wilson   Sibley   Bird   Mendez-Laing
Waghorn

Subs: Bradley, Ward, Barkhuizen, Smith, Fornah, Washington, Collins

If my memory serves me correctly, he started against Notts County and the two games so far after the international break. It’s hardly a run of games, especially with a large break in between.
He played well against Exeter, the pass from midfield that started the move for the disallowed goal was brilliant.
Game by game he’s gotten better.
He’s one of the few players we have that’s capable of creating something out of nothing.
He’ll make you eat your word, I’m sure of it.
 

Sibbo is quality. He just needs a good run of games and some confidence.
 

Agree Angie, I thought Sibley did ok tonight. Nothing flashy but he worked hard and made it possible for Bird to push on. He was solid and did a shift for the team.
 

He also put in a shift covering across to allow Bird the freedom he had tonight. It's not just about what he does on the ball, it's out of possession too. And he's doing this off the back of no pre-season at all. 

Maybe it’s because of his age, but why is Waghorn not starting every game? I think he’s superior to Collins in every department. Even heading and pace

Yep and keep Wags up top. I know Warne is desperate to play Collins, but someone has to stop him unless there is no other option.
Hopefully TJJ is back soon to give us more options.

TFFT
enjoyed it fair and fair play to CH 
so many more shots and this was the result, in my opinion, of selecting a balanced but attacking side and playing football 
We have plenty of options to rotate or use the subs at 60 mins to keep players fresh
fornah smith and CH can all play plenty of games and on a showing like that Max B can play in them all
Wash can’t take JCs place and Then John Jules can take his place 
keep the faith with sibs, as someone said he made good runs and created space for others plus a great ball to barks for good goal astonishingly ruled out 

Hughes had about 4 million appearances by the time he was Sibley's age. Maybe sibs would have also kicked on more had he been given the freedom to make mistakes and learn like Hughes had.

Sibley needs a god run of games. He’s probably in his own head adding extra pressure to himself thinking he needs to impress and won’t have long to do so before being dropped again. 

If given time I’m sure he’ll come good.

Did the EFL put us in an embargo to protect the football club or finish it off?
The ability to not offer contracts to young players to protect their value has not only put us in a perilous squad position next year if we somehow have a club... but SURELY the logic would have been to allow us to extend our assets contracts so we could make a bit more money to, ya know, keep the club from going under? 
Farcical but it's where we're at. Hope Rooney blows his lid, our position and the vultures and parasites that are feeding off us currently need all the attention they can get for the wrong reasons. 

Following on from my query above, the EFL have responded as follows:
"Thank you for your email, we acknowledge your comments and recognise this is a concerning time for all those connected to the Club.
On Monday 17 January the EFL released a statement in the form of a Q&A from Chief Executive Trevor Birch, in order to comment on a number of recent reports, social media comment and fan communication in relation to ongoing matters at Derby County. The Q&A can be read here but a number of relevant comments from it have been provided below in order to address some of the points you raise.
The EFL is taking proactive steps to work with the Administrators to find sensible solutions that will see the Club secure a long-term future and meet the requirements as set out in EFL Regulations and the League’s Insolvency Policy.
The aims of the Insolvency Policy are to try and ensure a continuation of a football Club, the settlement of all football debts and the satisfaction of creditors. Part of the League’s rationale for requiring the settlement of creditors is to preserve competition integrity. In this respect the current situation remains challenging as Middlesbrough and Wycombe Wanderers consider their claims should be protected under the terms of the Insolvency Policy but the Administrators disagree. Further, as those claims are not yet determined, the Administrators and bidders have no clarity on the size of any (if any) liability.
The EFL is not a party to those proceedings and nor does it have a role in determining the outcome of them, however it is keen to try and resolve the current impasse. The EFL invited each of the Administrators, Middlesbrough FC, and Wycombe Wanderers to make submissions last week, and we are now in the process of reviewing those submissions with a view to identifying a route to resolve the conflict which exists between the respective positions of, on the one hand, Derby County, and on the other Middlesbrough and Wycombe Wanderers.
In respect of the make-up of the EFL Board, as addressed in Q8 of the Q&A, any EFL Board members conflicted on any matter do not take part in any discussion and are asked to leave the meeting. At present there are two Board Directors conflicted in respect of the matter with Derby County and as such do not participate or engage in any of the decisions.
As outlined in the Q&A, this is a complicated set of circumstances that requires consideration of the EFL’s broader role as the body that oversees 72 member Clubs and not just those Clubs that may be affected at any one time. To try and simplify what is a complex legal position is not simple or straightforward but we are committed to finding an appropriate solution and providing clarity on the issue as soon as possible.
Thank you for contacting the EFL"
 
I have gone back to them with the following:
"Thank you for the promptness of your reply.

There is one point from my original enquiry that remains unanswered.  You have said that any Board member with a perceived conflict of interest would not attend meetings where the affairs of Derby County were discussed.   However, I also asked whether there was any involvement at Executive level (and had I thought about it, I would have added Advisory level too). By Executive and Advisory, I mean was there any discussion between the EFL and Middlesbrough FC and/or Wycombe Wanderers FC, either directly with the clubs, or indirectly through their representatives, in the preparation of the papers before they were circulated to attending Board members?  Similarly, was there any contact or discussion between the EFL and Middlesborough and Wycombe Wanderers after the meetings had been held? 

If the answers to these questions was that there was no contact, can you confirm then that the issue of the statements by the EFL on Monday 17 December and Middlesborough FC on 18 December were entirely coincidental despite their similarity of not only content but also of style?  Can you also confirm that the criticisms that the statements contain of Quantuma have been arrived at independently and that their similarity, and indeed their similarity to points made by the Wycombe chairman on Radio Derby on 18 January all also coincidental?   And finally, the emergence of these communications are not in anyway driven by the criticisms made of the EFL by MPs, in particular during the emergency debate in Parliament on 18 January?

Thank you."

Someone can use this as a starting point if they want...
Timeline of events, beginning with the introduction of financial regulation in the Championship.
1.       2012 - FFP Rules (monitored over 1 season) implemented
2.       24/05/14 - Derby lose to FFP cheats QPR in the Playoff Final
3.       November 2014 – P&S rules (monitored over 3 seasons) voted in to replace FFP rules for the 16/17 season onwards.
4.       Summer 2015 – Derby change amortisation policy for the 15/16 season (after discussing the change with the auditors)
5.       07/04/17 – 15/16 accounts are submitted to Companies House
6.       06/04/18 – 16/17 accounts are submitted to Companies House
7.       Spring 2018 –2016-18 P&S information submitted to EFL (within limits)
8.       12/04/18 – Revised 2016-18 P&S information submitted to EFL due to differences between FFP and P&S calculations (£5m over the limit)
9.       04/05/18 – DCFC placed under embargo
10.   May 2018 – Stadium valued at £81.1m (profits basis) and £74.4m (DRC basis) by JLL
11.   June 2018 – Discussions with EFL to agree on stadium sale and how much to be included in the accounts)
12.   28/06/18 – Stadium sold for £81m. Revised 2016-18 P&S information submitted to EFL (within limits)
13.   03/07/18 – Embargo lifted
14.   04/07/18 – EFL confirmation that DCFC met their P&S requirements for the 3 year period to 2018.
15.   15/02/19 – EFL Executive confirmation that £81.1m was fair value for the stadium.
16.   06/03/19 – placed under embargo for late submission of P&S statements
17.   29/03/19 – 2019 P&S statements submitted to EFL (within limits) and embargo lifted. New embargo placed on club due to being close to the limit.
18.   05/04/19 – 17/18 accounts are submitted to Companies House
19.   April 2019 - MFC queried, “in forceful terms”, the legitimacy of such a sale and leaseback arrangement
20.   15/04/19 – EFL query why amortization fluctuates so much between seasons.
21.   13/05/19 – Meeting between DCFC and EFL to discuss amortization, EFL stated “it is an acceptable accounting policy” with the EFL stating large future impairments are a risk for the club to take on
22.   24/05/19 – MFC submitted a claim against Derby, stating we cheated P&S by selling the stadium for too much and it wasn’t arms length.
23.   09/07/19 – MFC claim PPS should have been sold at a fair value of £22.8m
24.   11/07/19 – Embargo lifted
25.   30/07/19 – MFC officially threatened the EFL and DCFC with proceedings unless the EFL initiated disciplinary action against DCFC
26.   06/09/19 – MFC servered notice of arbitration to get profits from stadium sales excluded from P&S calculations (including those in the past)
27.   02/12/19 – EFL hired expert valued stadium at £42-50m. Expert had not visited the stadium but deemed the facilities to be “bog standard” and drew comparisons to Morecombe’s 6476 stadium with 3 terraced stands.
28.   16/01/20 – Derby charged with selling the stadium above it’s true value and for using improper amortization policy, resulting in exceeding P&S limits in the 3 years to 2018
29.   Early 2020 – Derby placed under embargo
30.   25/08/20 – DC cleared of overvaluing the stadium, found guilty for 1 of 5 particulars relating to the amortisation policy (not worded it adequately in the accounts), but insisted the policy was compliant with FRS102. DC panel consisted of accountants
31.   07/09/20 – EFL appealed against the DC decision
32.   07/09/20 – Boro started an arbitration against Derby and the EFL, in particular regarding the stadium valuation which allowed us to sign Waghorn
33.   22/10/20 – Boro’s application rejected
34.   30/11/20 – De novo hearing held and dismissed (EFL wanting draft 18/19 accounts submitted after DC decision to be considered)
35.   15/12/20 – EFL application for new evidence to be considered (18/19 draft accounts), dismissed 22/01/21
36.   July 2021 – LAP decision resulting in a restatement of 15/16 accounts onwards with a compliant amortization policy and a £100k fine. LAP did not consist of any accountants.
37.   22/09/21 – Derby enter administration
38.   16/11/21 – Administrators agree 9-point deduction due to EFL’s claim of a P&S overspend, a result of the EFL rejecting our new amortisation policy
 
Other noteworthy events:
EFL stated as wanting the points deduction against Derby to be applied in 20/21 to cause maximum punishment (relegation) when the season had already concluded.
Embargoes: 04/05/18-03/07/18, 06/03/19-11/07/19, early 2020-present

Do you know what, it’s a really difficult decision for me. We are looking at this with those hindsight goggles on but there was such a ridiculous amount of bad luck and I agreed with a lot of the decisions at the time.
- Nigel Pearson appointment. He built the team that Leicester won the league with but he tried to change our style of play too soon and the players couldn’t handle it + there was some racism issue with his son.
- Clement. One of the highest regarded coaches in Europe, came to us from Madrid. Percentages say that should have worked. 
- Mac. Did well for us every time he was here, sabotaged us when Newcastle showed interest.
- Lampard. Massively raised the profile of the club and some of the players we could attract through him - look at where they are now. On the flip side all pf his permanent signings were terrible and but for a weird team selection at Wembley and the obvious should I stay/go period, could have been the one to get us to the promised land. 

I am also not buying this theory that the buck stops with him on transfers. You don’t expect the owner to say yes/no to spending money based on the quality of a player. They don’t know enough about the technical side of the game. If a manager tells you this player is the missing link to get us to the prem but by the way mr Blackman will cost X million, that is the fault of the coach not the owner.
Joinersgate. Albentosa getting home sick. The unexplainable disappearance of ability from players like Anya, Butterfield, Marriott, etc who (forget the fees) were all good players before coming to Derby.
 
I don’t want to be the voice of reason because I’m as angry as everyone else and of course there is the flip side of the argument with some extremely poor commercial decisions, but I do find myself feeling for Mel. I honestly believe every decision he has made has been in the best interest of the club, it just hasn’t worked out for him. And unfortunately now he has to fall on his sword. But it doesn’t make me hate the man… 
 
p.s I don’t expect people to read this in full, but emotions are running high at the moment and it made me feel better getting it off my chest.

I think there's a motivational issue here with Lawrence. If Rooney drops Sibley and Lawrence waltzes back in, what messages does that send out? That no matter how well Sibley plays, he will always be seen as secondary to Lawrence? That Lawrence has a place in the team by right and is exempt from having to earn it? Last night's team selection worked extremely well. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I would play an unchanged side and maybe bring on Lawrence after an hour, depending on how the game is going, to give him an opportunity to impress. Isn't it great to have competition for places again?

He is a V6 Jag.

Starting the player praise early.
Curtis Davies... What a man he is. He has literally put his body on the line for the club, and now his career. 
Excellent today and will probably be our biggest 'signing' of the year. 

Roos
Byrne   Davies   Stearman   Fozzy
     Bird     Shinnie
     Jozwiak    Watson    Lawrence
  CKR

Roos
Byrne   Davies   Stearman   Fozzy
     Bird     Shinnie
     Jozwiak    Watson    Lawrence
  CKR

Roos
Byrne   Davies   Stearman   Fozzy
     Bird     Shinnie
     Jozwiak    Watson    Lawrence
  CKR

Roos
Byrne   Davies   Stearman   Fozzy
     Bird     Shinnie
     Jozwiak    Watson    Lawrence
  CKR

Thankyou for attending this evening David try not to worry about the mindless morons that gave you grief on twitter showing there true colours means you can block them.
I'd like to think the majority on here are grateful for you attending this evening its not like its just around the corner either so well done .

There's no argument. It's fact.

Without Bielik, we would've been dead and buried bottom of the league for the last 2 months of the season. He's the sole reason we are still a Championship club. No other player: Byrne, Shinnie, whoever never did anything more than 'ok'. 
I get that he didn't play enough games to be voted by some, but do those same people realise that most of our wins came in the games he played? Any vote for any other player than Bielik is a vote for a player who was subsequently influential in our demise. 

Sign him on a permo. I think he’s fantastic. If that end product was better hes easily a top end champ winger