DerbyRevolution

Can a ticket exchange thread be set up for the new season?

I want to put money into the club so will be buying 3 season tickets, 1 adult 2 children. 

However I have my kids alternate Saturdays so estimate we’d only get to about 15 games as a three, so would be happy to hand over the tickets to someone for the odd game if they agree to spend some money in the ground. 

We are on holiday for the opening day, gutted to be missing that especially if it’s a sell out. 

cant see half the screenshot?

anyone know what the pizza hut is going to be?

refreshing twitter and this page knowing full well nothing will happen today

Back, no movement

Going for a walk to the stadium to see if there's any movement

If the takeover completes today is that Mel 100% gone? 

6 hours ago, Carl Sagan said:

Written by the genius composer Keith Mansfield, who also penned the theme tunes for Wimbledon and Grandstand. Just saying...

 

This would be great for the players to walk out to and fits perfectly as this is still the song played at 2pm on match days on radio Derby, goosebumps every time. 
 

anything but SBW 

Is that Mel completely out the door now? 

Does anyone know if that is the end of Mel Morris for good? or is he still tied in in any way?

2 minutes ago, NottmRAM said:

What a shambles. I'm starting to worry that if many more players leave, Rooney will too.

If Rooney went in the next week or so would any of the bidders follow suit?

I'll take anyone, and be grateful whoever it is

But assuming none of the bidders will pay enough to avoid point deductions, my order of preference would be 

1. Ashley

2. Morgan

3. Appleby

4 minutes ago, PistoldPete said:

My guess is that he was trying to move his money but the banks were asking difficult questions about his Bitcoin profits. Plus it was taking him too long and there was possibly pressure from other potential buyers like Ashley (not wanting to be a "contingent" was his words?). So Q may have just told him to go away and clear the way for someone else.  

I’m now wondering if his wealth was all in crypto, and he hadn’t cashed it in. That market has crashed significantly in the last 6 months and maybe he’s now left with a lot of bitcoins that are worth a lot less at the moment. 

10 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

Yep you nailed it - for me who’s had a season ticket for a very long time I wouldn’t be buying one if we were still in administration or if we were being dragged down by point deductions, yes I would buy the odd ticket on a game I fancied going to but it wouldn’t be when the weather forecast looks grim either. Then again I know lots of mates who have had season tickets also and between the ten of us there are nearly always a couple of us who can’t get to a game so there are spare tickets to be borrowed. 
In terms of ambition on the pitch, it’s important to me because if you are just fulfilling fixtures then it all becomes rather uninteresting 

I agree with all of this. However I think as fans unfortunately we will have to pay the price of what Mel has done to the club for a little longer. I expect one more season at a non level playing field, that’ll probably be as a mixture of points deductions and squad make up. As hard as it is next season will not be the time to jump ship. I really hope it isn’t the case and the next few weeks are crucial. 

47 minutes ago, EtoileSportiveDeDerby said:

This thing seems to have gone on for an eternity, Genuine question, how long have we got before we go pop? End of June when wages need to be paid?

to preempt the predictable, i know, 48hrs, imminent...

We won’t go pop. Local businessmen have said they will step in and fund until a buyer is found. We will start the season, most probably in administration still. 

33 minutes ago, Ramos said:

We are at the point where we just need to be saved. Whether that means it’s -400 points, only being allowed to play children or starting every game 5-0 down, we don’t have the luxury to pick and choose what we want. Whomever saves the club, we should be grateful to them IMO for stepping in and pulling us out of the biggest mess that I think any football club has ever been in. Certainly at this level.

Agreed. My point was really that the anti Ashley brigade are really starting to grate on me. He is a third of any viable options we have of being saved. 

If Appleby takes over, doesn’t buy the stadium outright and doesn’t pay enough to not get the -15….where will the anti Ashley brigade position themselves towards him? I suspect plenty of backtracking will be done 

35 minutes ago, NottmRAM said:

We would be relegated for sure. We'll have an attendence of around 16,000 and no players of championship quality. Last season was all about sticking it to the EFL but next season on -15 points, it will be down to the new owner. No group of players will put in 100% every week when it's the owners fault and the fans will throw the towel in also.

But the "bring Mike Ashley in" brigade don't see it.

15 points deduction next season will mean League Two the following season.

this is on Mel actually, the new owner will just have saved us from liquidation 

13 minutes ago, atherstoneram said:

He will say that because him and Nixon come on here as a source of what to report.

sorry im not quite sure what you mean? rob dorsett says there are local businessmen willing to fund us because he comes on dcfcfans forum? has that been stated on here before he said it ?

48 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

I would have thought we need to able to show the EFL that we have finance for the season ahead  in order for us to be included in the fixture list for next season. I cant see where this is coming from until the club is sold. In my opinion this has to come to a conclusion, one way or another, before next Wednesday 22nd absolute latest.

Rob Dorestt said there are local businessmen that are willing to fund until taken over. They and the administrators can explain that to the EFL and we will start the season, almost certainly now in administration 

If we are still in administration on 30 July, the real clock starts ticking.

23 minutes ago, BramcoteRam84 said:

It comes back to the same thing, if we want to be competitive next season we need CKs deal to go through, if it doesn’t it’s going to be a struggle definitely next season and things could get worse before they get better. 
 

It’s looking increasingly like it’s CK or MA. 

agreed. 

CK may be better next season but who knows how his tenure as owner would go

MA may get worse before its gets better, but you know the club's future is in safe hands

I think my preference is MA at this point, whilst i'd love next season to be having a crack at promotion if that fails does CK have a plan for season 2 and 3 or will he pull the plug when he realises he's way out of his depth owning a football club. if he pulls the plug we will be back in this situation pretty quickly 

Mike Ashley getting bad press by some Derby fans for precisely what?

If he doesn't pay enough to avoid point deductions, maybe its because the club wasn't worth that amount thanks to the state Mel Morris left it in?

15 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

A problem for CK could be - picking the right time to convert your dollars into pounds. The market is hard to predict. It’s a better excuse than the bank holiday one.If it was to be Mike A who takes control. It looks like a Love/Hate relationship could continue for some time with a lot of Rams fans.

because Mike Ashley has done what to Derby fans?

3 minutes ago, BuckoBeast said:

Surely that’s positive 

Didn’t he go liking anti Mel tweets before it fell through at Christmas? 
 

That tweet is as much anti Ashley as it it is positive towards CK