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Norman

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    Norman reacted to Foreveram in Reading v Derby match day thread.   
    Any attempt, really, we went through horrendous times and never once threatened to get a game abandoned.
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    Norman reacted to Ghost of Clough in Finance   
    It's OK to admit you're wrong. Maguire made a comment which was 100% incorrect. That's what is being debated here.
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    Norman reacted to G STAR RAM in Finance   
    No don't forget, it wasn't Maguire, it was some journalists that he had been speaking to 😂
    I'm genuinely embarrassed for him that, despite having all of the information infront of him that he has repeated this claim that he allegedly heard.
    I assume he will go on Twitter and clarify that his claim is complete unsubstantiated nonsense...
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    Norman reacted to G STAR RAM in Finance   
    In the interests of fairness and transparency, here is the actual exchange of messages...




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    Norman reacted to G STAR RAM in Finance   
    Not sure of many experts that make claims in their field of expertise and then when challenged on them blame it on journalists who's word they don't trust.
    Basically, he is no more of an expert in reading a set of accounts than any other accountant.
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    Norman reacted to trappatoni in Finance   
    He's a chartered accountant who has worked in insolvency and gone into academia - been a Principal Lecturer and is now at a Russell Group uni teaching accountancy.   You are at liberty to disagree with him but by any reasonable standards his experience qualifies him as an expert.    It's not like he's covering the Business Studies class at the local FE college. 
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    Norman reacted to SSD in Corey Blackett-Taylor - Signed on Loan/Permanent in Summer   
    Michael Smith then.
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    Norman got a reaction from Comrade 86 in Corey Blackett-Taylor - Signed on Loan/Permanent in Summer   
    The hold up, imo, is the EFL going through the business plan/forecasts/projections, before approving or rejecting the transfer.
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    Norman reacted to IlsonDerby in Finance   
    What on Earth are you on about? 
     
    hes a university professor who specialises in sports finance and we were an incredibly ‘interesting’ case in that respect in terms of the amortisation policy and the overspending. 
     
    honestly were not that important enough for someone like him to hate us. 
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    Norman reacted to G STAR RAM in Finance   
    I've just had a bizarre personal message interchange here following me pulling him up on his Twitter post about the club owing MM in excess of £200m, which is demonstrably incorrect.
    His defence was that he was just repeating what some journalists had told him and he was skepitcal about the figure.
    I've pointed out that there is information available in the public domain which poo poos his claim and how amazed I am that a 'football finance expert' is making claims which he must know to be untrue if he actually has any understanding of the situation. 
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    Norman reacted to uttoxram75 in Finance   
    He wanted us dead. Complete w*****.
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    Norman reacted to uttoxram75 in Finance   
    Keiron Maguire is a horrible b****** who hates Derby. He was the reason that the mardy Bamford from Middlesbrough threatened the EFL  and forced them to take action against us even though we hadn't broken the rules at that time.
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    Norman reacted to uttoxram75 in Finance   
    He signed up to this forum just so he could infiltrate us and create division. He went after Mel Morris which was fair enough but he wanted to destroy Derby and put us out of business. He let his hatred of Mel want to kill our football club.
    Absolute b******. Every Derby fan should treat this Bamford as an enemy of our club.
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    Norman reacted to SillyBilly in Millions and billions   
    Why can't you get your hands on it? Easiest thing in the world to do is lose money, hardest thing to do is make it. Easy to work for someone else (and I have in the past) and let them roll the dice too. I've lost a lot, made a lot for what its worth.
    I personally think the phrase "walk a mile in someones' shoes" ought to apply before musing too long on how "ecstatic" wealthy people must be with their lot. And do that, you need to do that. I.e. Go and create the multi £M business from scratch, employ dozens of people (who when the going gets tough move from your biggest asset to your biggest liability), be responsible for huge loans/financial obligations that require personal guarantees far in excess of any financial assets you have (and the sleepless nights that come with it). Grass is always greener on the other side, employee and owner looking enviously at each other. Believe it or not, I've been envious of my staff in the past to not have the incessant worry that the contract you've just won will be your last, to get a regular pay cheque at month end, to have the next bank holiday off and 25 days leave (while I work 51 weeks a year, every bank holiday)...sack it all off and get a "normal" job where somebody else has to make all the taxing decisions and I just do what I'm told. Oh what a fantasy!
    There is a lot of delusion in the U.K. that wealthy people are "elites" and somehow out of touch. In my experience (half my phone book are fairly sizeable SME owners) 90% are the most industrious people you could meet (send them an email at 1am and you get a reply at 1.10am), not born with money and with massive risk appetites that would make ordinary people throw up with worry. And also entirely comfortable with the idea of being solely responsible for their own fate/income (vast majority want the security of the State or an employer). Their mindset is totally different. Yet we focus on politicians or landed gentry/inherited money as if they're wholly representative.
    So beyond arbtriary made up numbers on a page, I'd question not how difficult it is to imagine spending that sum of money but how difficult it is to get there, and once you are there with a target on your back, how difficult it is to stay there and whether you are the sort of person who (realistically, be honest with yourself) could do it. You NEVER switch off, never. 
    I think most people like the look of the boss's chair but I'm fairly confident 6 months in the hotseat for most would put a lot of people in hospital with stress/anxiety. And if you think anyone takes this on for a 100% tax rate, well...Karl Marx as an idol is unlikely to make a good businessperson IMO, probably more suited to setting up a charity. If you post under a business forum under the same name I think I know you who are, I post under the same name too, so if that is the case not doubting you have a small enterprise under your wing, but I don't think you have to worry about all that cash just yet 😛
     
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    Norman reacted to Carl Sagan in Lincoln v Derby match day thread.   
    While we await the match action...
     
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    Norman reacted to Foreveram in Lincoln v Derby match day thread.   
    On the contrary, the EFL have bent over backwards to help them, totally opposite to what they did with us.
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    Norman reacted to Gaspode in Corey Blackett-Taylor - Signed on Loan/Permanent in Summer   
    But he's injured isn't he? - how's he going to complete his medical?

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    Norman reacted to Mucker1884 in Away tickets 23/24   
    That's very generous of them, and I don't like to seem ungrateful, but I don't think we want a statue of John Rudge at Derby, do we?
    👀
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    Norman reacted to i-Ram in January Reinforcements   
    Just been in Littlehampton’s British Heart Foundation shop. Beryl reckons CBT will sign but it might drag on for a week or two. We are also interested in a young winger, perhaps loan from Prem her sources say. Any interest in Keogh is wide of the mark.
    #aboutasitkasanyotherfuckeronhere
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    Norman reacted to Archied in January Reinforcements   
    Yep he would just be a passenger in this squad and we all know where that leads🤷‍♂️
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    Norman got a reaction from oodledoodle in Derby V Burton match day thread   
    Yeah, they started pressing our defenders with 2 up front. The last 15 mins including injury time, they reverted back to 1. Wasn't technically a formation change, but a tweak that was causing us problems.
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    Norman reacted to Srg in January Reinforcements   
    How can you blame Paul Warne for this when we haven’t spent a fee since he’s been here?
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    Norman reacted to Ian Buxton's Bat in Derby V Burton match day thread   
    Deserved to win that.
    Listened to Radio Derby on way home and they’ve watched a different game where Burton deserved a draw.
    Call me old fashioned but to score 3 they’d need at least 3 shots on target.
    We had two iffy bits of defending and they had 2 excellent finishes. Other than that I thought Burton were one of the poorest teams we’ve played. 
    The only slight negative is that we didn’t get the winner in the 97th minute. Couldn’t believe their plucky new manager moaning at the amount of time added on ……after he’d called a basketball style timeout with their mortally wounded number 3 a full 8 mm from the touch line.
    Got what they deserved.
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    Norman got a reaction from DiggerB in Derby V Burton match day thread   
    Nelson and Cashin are a top 10 Championship pairing. 
    Wilson, Bird and NML all Championship quality. 
    Get Wildsmith back in goal. 
    We need a winger, a left back and a very, very athletic central midfielder. The central midfielder is priority to help cover the gaps when games get stretched. At times it looks like we have nobody in there. 
    The ref has had a shocker. Step forward @DavesaRam.
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    Norman got a reaction from SKRam in Derby V Burton match day thread   
    Joey Barton Tweet incoming
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