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Going to miss the next two big games, but I expect us to consolidate our league position. Hope they're good games I'm sure the PP atmosphere will be good. #COYR

Most of our midfielders do as required by the manager - ie Hourihane made that quite clear. Sibley plays as required by the manager, he's never had a long (ie more than 3!) games in a midfield role, how on earth can he learn the position at this level. He adjusted to being fullback well enough, perhaps he could be allowed to adjust to being a goal-scoring midfielder? He's younger than Wilson btw, where will he end up under Warne?

Yeah I'm trying to pack all the right clothes for our holiday. I keep putting the wrong things in the wrong suitcase, and I'm supposed to be the expert. Never mind they're big suitcases so all the stuff will come with us to Malta.

Playing him in the Cup, how very dare they! 😄 As you say though, goals is goals and strikers get picked out by them.

Thought he deliberately dummied it.

#COYR

You alright @Jourdan you're thinking I don't want us out of this league becaue Warne is our manager, you couldn't be more wrong.

Yes what do you want? Warne is still our manager.

Hit them on the break.

My grandad used to tell how some of the fans would grab the (bowlers) hat, when there was a crowd cheer, and pull it down over the hat wearers ears! 😄

We're back, unless we've taken the wrong road! #COYR

This bit cheered me up: "Principal risks and uncertainties Due to the principal activities of the company, the revenues of the business are susceptible to the on-pitch performance of the football team. This is mitigated by maintaining top class training facilities, in order to attract the best talent, having competitive wage budgets and operating a category one academy to ensure there is an appropriate player pathway to the first team and to build value for the future. The company's credit risk is relatively low and is primarily attributable to its trade debtors. Credit risk is managed by running credit checks on new customers and by monitoring payments against contractual agreements. The company is financed by cash injections and the revenue that is raised through its business activities. The objective is to ensure a mix of funding methods offering flexibility and cost effectiveness to match the needs of the Company; however the Directors note that such dependency on parent company support is critical to remaining a going concern." Hopefully meaning funds would be available if we went up?

Don't we play 'kick and rush' type football? We'll have to disagree on the constitution of the league, althouth 3 teams doesn't really mean it's overwhelming even so.

Your definition of 'clogger' is obviously different to the current parlance used for League 1 teams.

It also shows how important ticket money and other revenue is at this level if there was any doubt.

It might quantify a pass accuracy, but it doesn't make them 'cloggers'. What does ours look like as you have time on your hands.

I agree with the Quantuma money, but I suppose we also have to think that supposedly no other 'reputable' Administrators wanted to take the Club on, I'm not sure what would have happened in that case.

"Derby County have today released their accounts for the last financial year which covers the first season the club was out of administration following David Clowes' takeover. Covering the period until June 30, 2023, Derby reported an operating trading loss of £10.6m out of a bottom line figure of £30.4m. But £19.7m of that amount relates to a statutory write-off of goodwill which is calculated by taking the purchase price of a business and subtracting the difference between the fair market value of assets and liabilities. Derby's turnover for the 2022/23 season meanwhile was £20.4m, of which £15.1m was driven by ticketing, hospitality and sponsorship. That level of turnover for last season is thought to be only second to Ipswich Town who were subsequently promoted to the Championship. The accounts also reveal that 20,603 season tickets were sold after the club exited administration with Derby recording an average attendance of 27,259 for the 2022/23 season which was one of the highest in the EFL. Wages for the period until June 30 were £17.2m but that is a figure which includes all staff from stewards to catering all the way through to players and senior management. It is understood that Derby's wage bill for the first-team squad last season amounted to £7.3m and that excludes the academy. Under EFL rules, League One clubs, who are in their first year following relegation from the Championship, are allowed to spend 75 per cent of turnover on wages in their first 12 months. It is known as Salary Cost Management Protocol and Derby's wage bill under this EFL calculation was 42 per cent which underlines Clowes' commitment to running the club sustainably. Interestingly, Derby made a profit on the disposal of players of £1.6m which is thought to include sell-on clauses that were included in deals for Morgan Whitaker who was sold to Plymouth Argyle by Swansea. It also includes compensation the club earned for players such as Festy Ebosele and Lee Buchanan who joined Udinese and Werder Bremen respectively. The sale of Krystian Bielik, Jason Knight and Max Bird will not be included until next year's accounts are released. Derby also had a reported £4.3m cash in the bank at the end of the financial year. The figures also show that Clowes paid a total purchase consideration of £13.2m to Quantuma which covered the running costs of the club during the nine months it was in administration. Combined with the figure of £19.7m of creditors it had to pay under the EFL rules on exiting administration, Clowes effectively paid £33m to buy Derby when the accounts state it only had £13.1m worth of assets at the time of purchase."