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Because they didn't have an owner who:
directly challenged the EFL over a number of things, such as TV money, or who then subsequently embarrassed them with a somewhat out of the box (but not illegal) accounting policy, who further exacerbated poor feeling by his arrogant (I'm right) approach to business, such that the EFL saw it their purpose in life to do all they could to propagate the downfall of this club through
inconsistent application of so called rules, retrospective changes to said rules when found wanting processing dealings in timeframes orchestrated to do as much damage to us as possible, applying maximum penalties and restrictions despite having discretion to be more lenient failing to discourage spurious and malicious claims from fellow members, revealing their lack of impartiality through the use of such phrases as "we are disappointed at the decision...." to name but one leaking (and probably encouraging) negative and detrimental information to press  All of which further fuelled the hate from fans who already bore us ill feeling.
My one concern remains that L1 is still governed (I use that term loosely) by the EFL.  One can hope this really will be a fresh start for all.

Because they didn't have an owner who:
directly challenged the EFL over a number of things, such as TV money, or who then subsequently embarrassed them with a somewhat out of the box (but not illegal) accounting policy, who further exacerbated poor feeling by his arrogant (I'm right) approach to business, such that the EFL saw it their purpose in life to do all they could to propagate the downfall of this club through
inconsistent application of so called rules, retrospective changes to said rules when found wanting processing dealings in timeframes orchestrated to do as much damage to us as possible, applying maximum penalties and restrictions despite having discretion to be more lenient failing to discourage spurious and malicious claims from fellow members, revealing their lack of impartiality through the use of such phrases as "we are disappointed at the decision...." to name but one leaking (and probably encouraging) negative and detrimental information to press  All of which further fuelled the hate from fans who already bore us ill feeling.
My one concern remains that L1 is still governed (I use that term loosely) by the EFL.  One can hope this really will be a fresh start for all.

Just felt the need to watch this again.  And emotional all over again. Class. 

Because they didn't have an owner who:
directly challenged the EFL over a number of things, such as TV money, or who then subsequently embarrassed them with a somewhat out of the box (but not illegal) accounting policy, who further exacerbated poor feeling by his arrogant (I'm right) approach to business, such that the EFL saw it their purpose in life to do all they could to propagate the downfall of this club through
inconsistent application of so called rules, retrospective changes to said rules when found wanting processing dealings in timeframes orchestrated to do as much damage to us as possible, applying maximum penalties and restrictions despite having discretion to be more lenient failing to discourage spurious and malicious claims from fellow members, revealing their lack of impartiality through the use of such phrases as "we are disappointed at the decision...." to name but one leaking (and probably encouraging) negative and detrimental information to press  All of which further fuelled the hate from fans who already bore us ill feeling.
My one concern remains that L1 is still governed (I use that term loosely) by the EFL.  One can hope this really will be a fresh start for all.

Couldn't agree more; been following this club for some 48 years, so been through more than a few downs as well as the ups.
I'm really looking forward to a CK + WR partnership.  I said way back there was something about CK taking over that excited me - it still does. He's young. He's ambitious. He's passionate.  He's in touch with what it means to be a fan.  But he's also no fool.  If he can get the deal done I'm looking forward to another exciting chapter in our history. And I'm really keen to see what WR can do building a team of his own design.
We will "be back" as many state, but am old enough and wise enough to appreciate it may mean more than a year or two in L1 as we completely rebuild.  And it is a complete rebuild. Either way, I'll be along for the ride. 

Apparently we "gloried" in our cheating (thanks to whoever created that "strings meme), but they never did, and fully accepted their punishment - which just goes to show how little research they've done. The worst "zealots" are often fans of clubs who've found a dodge around FFP that the EFL has swallowed, or clubs who have been in financial ruin previously through overspending (or "cheating" as it's now officially known), or clubs that have actually been punished for breaching FFP when the punishments were feeble and the consequences minimal. QPR fans are, unfortunately, amongst the most self-righteous of these hypocrites. One of Morris' biggest  mistakes was in NOT suing QPR and Leicester for robbing us of promotion in 2013/14. The money spent on Bradley Johnson, Jacob Butterfield and Jason Shackell in particular would have been far better spent on pursuing court cases. It would have been interesting to see how much encouragement and support he'd have had from the PL, the EFL and the rest of the football in doing to them what Boro and Wycombe were encouraged to do to us. My guess is "NIL".

Because they didn't have an owner who:
directly challenged the EFL over a number of things, such as TV money, or who then subsequently embarrassed them with a somewhat out of the box (but not illegal) accounting policy, who further exacerbated poor feeling by his arrogant (I'm right) approach to business, such that the EFL saw it their purpose in life to do all they could to propagate the downfall of this club through
inconsistent application of so called rules, retrospective changes to said rules when found wanting processing dealings in timeframes orchestrated to do as much damage to us as possible, applying maximum penalties and restrictions despite having discretion to be more lenient failing to discourage spurious and malicious claims from fellow members, revealing their lack of impartiality through the use of such phrases as "we are disappointed at the decision...." to name but one leaking (and probably encouraging) negative and detrimental information to press  All of which further fuelled the hate from fans who already bore us ill feeling.
My one concern remains that L1 is still governed (I use that term loosely) by the EFL.  One can hope this really will be a fresh start for all.

Couldn't agree more; been following this club for some 48 years, so been through more than a few downs as well as the ups.
I'm really looking forward to a CK + WR partnership.  I said way back there was something about CK taking over that excited me - it still does. He's young. He's ambitious. He's passionate.  He's in touch with what it means to be a fan.  But he's also no fool.  If he can get the deal done I'm looking forward to another exciting chapter in our history. And I'm really keen to see what WR can do building a team of his own design.
We will "be back" as many state, but am old enough and wise enough to appreciate it may mean more than a year or two in L1 as we completely rebuild.  And it is a complete rebuild. Either way, I'll be along for the ride. 

Because they didn't have an owner who:
directly challenged the EFL over a number of things, such as TV money, or who then subsequently embarrassed them with a somewhat out of the box (but not illegal) accounting policy, who further exacerbated poor feeling by his arrogant (I'm right) approach to business, such that the EFL saw it their purpose in life to do all they could to propagate the downfall of this club through
inconsistent application of so called rules, retrospective changes to said rules when found wanting processing dealings in timeframes orchestrated to do as much damage to us as possible, applying maximum penalties and restrictions despite having discretion to be more lenient failing to discourage spurious and malicious claims from fellow members, revealing their lack of impartiality through the use of such phrases as "we are disappointed at the decision...." to name but one leaking (and probably encouraging) negative and detrimental information to press  All of which further fuelled the hate from fans who already bore us ill feeling.
My one concern remains that L1 is still governed (I use that term loosely) by the EFL.  One can hope this really will be a fresh start for all.

Because they didn't have an owner who:
directly challenged the EFL over a number of things, such as TV money, or who then subsequently embarrassed them with a somewhat out of the box (but not illegal) accounting policy, who further exacerbated poor feeling by his arrogant (I'm right) approach to business, such that the EFL saw it their purpose in life to do all they could to propagate the downfall of this club through
inconsistent application of so called rules, retrospective changes to said rules when found wanting processing dealings in timeframes orchestrated to do as much damage to us as possible, applying maximum penalties and restrictions despite having discretion to be more lenient failing to discourage spurious and malicious claims from fellow members, revealing their lack of impartiality through the use of such phrases as "we are disappointed at the decision...." to name but one leaking (and probably encouraging) negative and detrimental information to press  All of which further fuelled the hate from fans who already bore us ill feeling.
My one concern remains that L1 is still governed (I use that term loosely) by the EFL.  One can hope this really will be a fresh start for all.

Couldn't agree more; been following this club for some 48 years, so been through more than a few downs as well as the ups.
I'm really looking forward to a CK + WR partnership.  I said way back there was something about CK taking over that excited me - it still does. He's young. He's ambitious. He's passionate.  He's in touch with what it means to be a fan.  But he's also no fool.  If he can get the deal done I'm looking forward to another exciting chapter in our history. And I'm really keen to see what WR can do building a team of his own design.
We will "be back" as many state, but am old enough and wise enough to appreciate it may mean more than a year or two in L1 as we completely rebuild.  And it is a complete rebuild. Either way, I'll be along for the ride. 

Because they didn't have an owner who:
directly challenged the EFL over a number of things, such as TV money, or who then subsequently embarrassed them with a somewhat out of the box (but not illegal) accounting policy, who further exacerbated poor feeling by his arrogant (I'm right) approach to business, such that the EFL saw it their purpose in life to do all they could to propagate the downfall of this club through
inconsistent application of so called rules, retrospective changes to said rules when found wanting processing dealings in timeframes orchestrated to do as much damage to us as possible, applying maximum penalties and restrictions despite having discretion to be more lenient failing to discourage spurious and malicious claims from fellow members, revealing their lack of impartiality through the use of such phrases as "we are disappointed at the decision...." to name but one leaking (and probably encouraging) negative and detrimental information to press  All of which further fuelled the hate from fans who already bore us ill feeling.
My one concern remains that L1 is still governed (I use that term loosely) by the EFL.  One can hope this really will be a fresh start for all.

Couldn't agree more; been following this club for some 48 years, so been through more than a few downs as well as the ups.
I'm really looking forward to a CK + WR partnership.  I said way back there was something about CK taking over that excited me - it still does. He's young. He's ambitious. He's passionate.  He's in touch with what it means to be a fan.  But he's also no fool.  If he can get the deal done I'm looking forward to another exciting chapter in our history. And I'm really keen to see what WR can do building a team of his own design.
We will "be back" as many state, but am old enough and wise enough to appreciate it may mean more than a year or two in L1 as we completely rebuild.  And it is a complete rebuild. Either way, I'll be along for the ride. 

Just felt the need to watch this again.  And emotional all over again. Class. 

Couldn't agree more; been following this club for some 48 years, so been through more than a few downs as well as the ups.
I'm really looking forward to a CK + WR partnership.  I said way back there was something about CK taking over that excited me - it still does. He's young. He's ambitious. He's passionate.  He's in touch with what it means to be a fan.  But he's also no fool.  If he can get the deal done I'm looking forward to another exciting chapter in our history. And I'm really keen to see what WR can do building a team of his own design.
We will "be back" as many state, but am old enough and wise enough to appreciate it may mean more than a year or two in L1 as we completely rebuild.  And it is a complete rebuild. Either way, I'll be along for the ride. 

Just felt the need to watch this again.  And emotional all over again. Class. 

Because they didn't have an owner who:
directly challenged the EFL over a number of things, such as TV money, or who then subsequently embarrassed them with a somewhat out of the box (but not illegal) accounting policy, who further exacerbated poor feeling by his arrogant (I'm right) approach to business, such that the EFL saw it their purpose in life to do all they could to propagate the downfall of this club through
inconsistent application of so called rules, retrospective changes to said rules when found wanting processing dealings in timeframes orchestrated to do as much damage to us as possible, applying maximum penalties and restrictions despite having discretion to be more lenient failing to discourage spurious and malicious claims from fellow members, revealing their lack of impartiality through the use of such phrases as "we are disappointed at the decision...." to name but one leaking (and probably encouraging) negative and detrimental information to press  All of which further fuelled the hate from fans who already bore us ill feeling.
My one concern remains that L1 is still governed (I use that term loosely) by the EFL.  One can hope this really will be a fresh start for all.

Because they didn't have an owner who:
directly challenged the EFL over a number of things, such as TV money, or who then subsequently embarrassed them with a somewhat out of the box (but not illegal) accounting policy, who further exacerbated poor feeling by his arrogant (I'm right) approach to business, such that the EFL saw it their purpose in life to do all they could to propagate the downfall of this club through
inconsistent application of so called rules, retrospective changes to said rules when found wanting processing dealings in timeframes orchestrated to do as much damage to us as possible, applying maximum penalties and restrictions despite having discretion to be more lenient failing to discourage spurious and malicious claims from fellow members, revealing their lack of impartiality through the use of such phrases as "we are disappointed at the decision...." to name but one leaking (and probably encouraging) negative and detrimental information to press  All of which further fuelled the hate from fans who already bore us ill feeling.
My one concern remains that L1 is still governed (I use that term loosely) by the EFL.  One can hope this really will be a fresh start for all.

You’re going to be gutted this morning, and rightly so.
But it ain’t all bad.
When we dropped out of the old 2nd division into the 3rd in 1984 things were in many ways, worse.
We didn’t (quite) have the financial issues, but we had a horrible team and the entire season was utterly depressing and devoid of hope in a way this season hasn’t been.
My personal highlight of an utterly depressing season was meeting Dave Watson in a Little Chef on the A1 after we spanked Cambridge away 3-0 in the FA Cup. That was pretty much it for ducks sake.
AND we had not just relegation, but the ignominy of losing to Plymouth in the FA Cup quarter-final to contend with after we had dragged them back to the BBG.
We all thought that we’d bounce right back when we did get relegated and the arrival of Arthur Cox just emboldened that belief.
An opening day away loss to Bournemouth, when Bournemouth then were more like the equivalent of Exeter now, didn’t dissuade us.
Of course, we didn’t bounce back and ended up outside the top 6.
But we had some BRILLIANT away days that season, Hull, Lincoln, and the last game of the season at Newport spring to mind.
It was a whole lot more fun than the previous season because we were, for the most part, competing and you could see what Arthur was trying to do.
There’s something fun about going to smaller clubs and taking the place over. Those of you who travel to away games know that the camaraderie is special.
In fact, the adversity that we have faced this season has developed that camaraderie, only it’s done it at home.
I work online and use social media a lot and the admiration for Derby’s support, especially those of you who travel away is a delight to read. I’ve even read genuine Forest and Leeds fans say they’re impressed.
And what’s not to be impressed about?
Forget the trolls who are loving this, the REAL football supporters appreciate and understand what Rooney has dragged the club through and the guy is universally respected, exponentially more so than when he was merely an excellent player.
He’s now an excellent ex-player and an excellent human being. Time will tell if he can become an excellent manager, but the signs are promising.
The second year under Arthur we did come up and that season was even better for road trips..
I’ve seen Derby beat Benfica, Real Madrid, every top English club multiple times and Forest many times. But if I were to list the best 5 games I’ve ever attended, Derby at home to Rotherham in the old 3rd Division on a Friday night would be up there.
That game with that penalty that took us back up to what would now be the Championship was a raucous, intense and then delirious atmosphere ending in an effing celebration comparable with any I have witnessed - although to be fair, my memory is a tad blurry because we did hit the pub hard.
I doubt there was a Liverpool fan that got anything like the joy from beating Man City in the cup semi or will get more if they win the thing, than we Derby fans got from squeaking past Rotherham that night.
The fact is, winning is just fun, no matter what division you are in. And beating adversity is fun too. So much more satisfying and enjoyable than just delivering on what’s expected.
Somebody posted that they hope we're not that team that thinks they will bounce back up.
I don't really care if fans think that. It's totally irrelevant.
What is relevant is what WR thinks and what he allows his staff and players to think.
And I have no doubt whatsoever that he'll not allow that entitled type of mindset to creep in.
The good news is we have renewed hope for a stable club, a very promising manager in place, an Academy that is flourishing even if it is being pillaged and some wins to look forward to.
We are where we are, so we may as well embrace it and have fun. And you will have some fun, I promise.

Ha! I did that the other day.  Not only felt silly but jarred my back.  

I'm satin the garden with my basecoat on rollering my eyes. These puns get worse, and that's my vinyl say on the matter. 

Some nice comments from former Forest player Michael Dawson ?
 

Harsh game this.  So don't deserve to lose but could say that for probably half the away games we've lost.  Honestly look forward to the rebuild and seeing us with some genuine strikers. 

Probably worried he'd jump out at Watford on the way down. 

Probably worried he'd jump out at Watford on the way down.