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Normally this kind of news would pass me by but I am genuinely delighted by this. My favourite kit is 97/98, still wear the shorts to bed sometimes 🙂 

I'm only an occasional reader of this forum but I was reading the threads wondering where he was, until I saw this one 😞 

He always made a strong contribution on this forum and was clearly a very dedicated and passionate Derby supporter despite what life threw at him. RIP, wish his family all the best (sorry for late post).

Esteban Fuertes (kind of) - became a legend in Argentina.

Dave Nugent in his younger days at Portsmouth almost joined in 2007.

Yakubu definitely is a good shout.

A simple solution to prevent this type of situation is for any administrators or sellers to insist on seeing the money in a UK based account. Would stop the Kirchner's, Derventio's and Alonso's of this world. Just seeing the money in a random account isn't enough.

I think they probably could have called him "manager" rather than "interim manager", but not extended or changed his contract (in terms of money anyway). Perhaps that was the problem, if they made him officially manager then he may be due a payrise or his agent will start campaigning for one.

That said, I still much prefer this to giving him a 3 year contract which was a huge error so many times (Pearson, Cocu, Clement etc). I wish manager contracts in general had performance clauses in.

On 02/07/2022 at 16:19, RadioactiveWaste said:

Fantastic pole for Carlos Sainz!

Wet qualifying session, times and places changing all the time, max P2, Leclerc P3, Checo P4, Lewis P5, Lando P6, Fernando P7, Georgie boy P8, Zhou P9 (good job), LATIFI P10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(?)

No one binned it for red flags, which was itself a bit unusual this season.

The save by Verstappen was pure skill.

I'm not going to pan any of the drivers in a session like that, some will be more disappointed than others, obviously.

 

 

In the post qually interviews on the grid, looked like a DCFC flag behind Sainz!

The £50m will include the stadium. So it's not really any different from Kircher's bid for the club. If they have the money up front they will likely go for 25% up front, or at least quicker than Kircher's 35%.

2 minutes ago, roboto said:

Not sure on Sam Rush's choice of nail varnish shade.

Interesting that Rush now has 3 arms.

I like AA as a person and he certainly would run things responsibly, but I get the feeling he's spending his time down in cash converters in his underpants looking for the last few pennies. Quite a few people were fairly dissatisfied with GSE at the time even if they would give us stability.

The BBC don't generally report on something unless they've heard it from 2 different independent sources. I'd believe them over Nixon.

Esteban Fuertes, became an absolute legend in Argentina. Don't know how he ended up playing in France when he couldn't play here legally ?

Wish CC all the best, a well above average broadcaster at local radio level so was always destined to leave.

His replacement? Have to admit I am a fan of Colin Gibson, but don't think he'll fancy being the "main man" again. I like Dave Fletcher too but don't think he would have time alongside all the cricket stuff as well. So I'm assuming will be a new face.

If Bielik is desperate to play at a higher level, I would loan him out, not sell him. Should cover most or all of his wages plus possibly a small loan fee.

We could then have him back if we get promoted.

1 hour ago, CBRammette said:

There didnt seem to be such a person did there?

Enter Mike Ashley... could buy the stadium and use it for marketing purposes. Then wait in the wings until CK wants out of the club.

I wonder if MA will now attempt to purchase the stadium. Gives him a foothold and will certainly get it for less than the £80m it was valued for.

17 minutes ago, Turk Thrust said:

Yes, he walked away. His bid wasn’t rejected by the admins 

I assume he had been told he wouldn't be selected for PB, otherwise why walk away? He also mentioned coming back with an improved offer which suggests he had been out-bid. Felt like a toys out of the pram moment.

I still believe Q were hanging on for some mystical white-knight to come in and pay off everything. By that point it was already 3 months in admin.

The other plausible theory someone suggested on here was MA submitting an expression of interest but not a bid, and subsequently stringing the admins along given his huge wealth compared to the other bidders. But I don't think that should've been allowed to go on for 3 months either.

It was noted multiple times on this thread, how none of the other bids appeared to match Kirchner's original bid (except he wanted to spread some/most of the cost over 3 years).

If ends up paying exactly what he offered in Dec, then Q will have some explaining to do.

Wish your friend has the most wonderful day.

12 hours ago, S8TY said:

I will start by re-iterating that none of us no anything and is all pure speculation so here's my spin on things

I believe that there are 2 bidders one being a consortium including Morris himself the other Appleby

None of them are offering enough and Morris knows this being far too involved in the process because he owns the ground so any negotiations have to go through him as well as he holds valuable cards to any potential bidder.

MA meanwhile is sitting waiting with a bid which he wants to include the stadium but Morris wants his 22m 

Morris knows his own consortium bid is too low to clear the bar so is basically holding fire waiting for MA to increase his bid where he will then sell he can walk away with club sold and his 20-22m back

I think this only gets sorted when Appleby finally pulls out and Morris bottles it at the last min dropping his price on the stadium where MA will swoop in to buy at the price he sees its worth

I do not see MA upping his offer until its the 11th hour and only if its at the price he values it at and must include the stadium if someone in the meantime...eg Appleby manages to get more funds from somewhere he may well buy it if Mel bends slightly with the price but until the 11th hour its stalemate

Make no bones about it i firmly believe Morris wants to recoup his money 

Appleby is not quite strong enough to buy it 

Ashley is playing waiting game as he can....he has the money to outbid everyone but he has priced the value of the club and I don't think he'll budge hence why there has been no contact with Q for 2 months 

Q cannot name PB because no one has offered enough and I 100 per cent think no one will .....so Morris In my humble opinion is holding the keys to everything.

Best case Scenario - Morris at last min drops value to virtually nothing and then has to explain to HMRC about the value of the ground because he once valued it at 80m and would've had tax benefits based on that and the 22m it cost to buy it.....hence putting himself into a situation with HMRC

Worst case scenario is Appleby pulls out Ashley does not increase his bid or Morris does not let the stadium go and Morris either buys the club back himself with his consortium or lets it all go to liquidation

I still firmly think we will not be liquidated though but may end up led by a Morris led consort not through choice but because being liquidated will be worse for him than owning it himself 

Of course this may well be utter nonsense but its just my own theory of what might be happening but either way we wont be liquidated 

Or he could just pay off MSD, and leave the ground at it's realistic value. The £80m figure was always nonsense but is a separate issue, IMO.

I agree with most of what you say, I strongly believe MM will not let the club go into liquidation (look how he was willing to fix the Middlesbrough issue when only he could). As an absolute last resort he will buy the club back himself, but it's a game of brinkmanship as he's trying to get the highest offer possible from the bidders.

Also feel it's inevitable it will drag out until the final hours when the funding runs out.

If it's true Q didn't speak to MA, fits with what Kirchner said last year (and by the way, his offer seemed way above all the others). And didn't Binnie bid £28m without the stadium?

Personally I liked Andy Appleby, ran the club responsibly (if sometimes unpopular) and he would respond over email if you had any questions.

Rush however... no thanks.

Just noticed (if not already mentioned) it's "Admin Andy" of previous Pompey fame (Andrew Andronikou), so at least they have some experience.