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Just sent this to my MP (Darren Henry) - a tidied version of some earlier ones
Dear Mr Henry
For context, many of your constituents on the border of the county support Derby County.

 I’m writing to you as my MP because there’ is a very real chance that Derby County could go out of existence in the next two or three weeks due to an impasse between the Administrators and the EFL.

We have three credible bidders but cannot name a preferred bidder (according to the EFL) until we have settled potential lawsuits with Middlesbrough and Wycombe.

This is unlikely since these potential lawsuits are for around £50m and are also highly speculative. Middlesbrough are claiming our questionable financial accounting helped us get into the playoffs at their expense and Wycombe are saying  they were relegated by one point when we had financial irregularities which should have seen us relegated.
As Derby cannot name a preferred bidder (with their £5m non-refundable deposit), they therefore run the risk of not having enough money to guarantee fulfilling fixtures until the end of the season and and consequently may be unable to pay players this month. This non payment of players will in turn result in further punishment for the club.
My key point is that it might therefore be argued that the EFL's actions seem to be deliberately prolonging the impasse between Derby, Middlesbrough and Wycombe, a prolongation which in turn might be used by the EFL to threaten Derby's existence.
We have already had 21 points deducted due to the fiscal mismanagement of the previous owner Mel Morris who simply put us into administration and walked away.
Would you please speak to the Secretary of State and also put some pressure on the EFL to allow a preferred bidder to be named so that we can move on and complete the season.
It would be a travesty of justice if a founder member of the Football League with a Premiership stadium in a football-mad city and county was liquidated due to total intransigence.
Yours sincerely,

Just sent this to my MP (Darren Henry) - a tidied version of some earlier ones
Dear Mr Henry
For context, many of your constituents on the border of the county support Derby County.

 I’m writing to you as my MP because there’ is a very real chance that Derby County could go out of existence in the next two or three weeks due to an impasse between the Administrators and the EFL.

We have three credible bidders but cannot name a preferred bidder (according to the EFL) until we have settled potential lawsuits with Middlesbrough and Wycombe.

This is unlikely since these potential lawsuits are for around £50m and are also highly speculative. Middlesbrough are claiming our questionable financial accounting helped us get into the playoffs at their expense and Wycombe are saying  they were relegated by one point when we had financial irregularities which should have seen us relegated.
As Derby cannot name a preferred bidder (with their £5m non-refundable deposit), they therefore run the risk of not having enough money to guarantee fulfilling fixtures until the end of the season and and consequently may be unable to pay players this month. This non payment of players will in turn result in further punishment for the club.
My key point is that it might therefore be argued that the EFL's actions seem to be deliberately prolonging the impasse between Derby, Middlesbrough and Wycombe, a prolongation which in turn might be used by the EFL to threaten Derby's existence.
We have already had 21 points deducted due to the fiscal mismanagement of the previous owner Mel Morris who simply put us into administration and walked away.
Would you please speak to the Secretary of State and also put some pressure on the EFL to allow a preferred bidder to be named so that we can move on and complete the season.
It would be a travesty of justice if a founder member of the Football League with a Premiership stadium in a football-mad city and county was liquidated due to total intransigence.
Yours sincerely,

Just sent this to my MP (Darren Henry) - a tidied version of some earlier ones
Dear Mr Henry
For context, many of your constituents on the border of the county support Derby County.

 I’m writing to you as my MP because there’ is a very real chance that Derby County could go out of existence in the next two or three weeks due to an impasse between the Administrators and the EFL.

We have three credible bidders but cannot name a preferred bidder (according to the EFL) until we have settled potential lawsuits with Middlesbrough and Wycombe.

This is unlikely since these potential lawsuits are for around £50m and are also highly speculative. Middlesbrough are claiming our questionable financial accounting helped us get into the playoffs at their expense and Wycombe are saying  they were relegated by one point when we had financial irregularities which should have seen us relegated.
As Derby cannot name a preferred bidder (with their £5m non-refundable deposit), they therefore run the risk of not having enough money to guarantee fulfilling fixtures until the end of the season and and consequently may be unable to pay players this month. This non payment of players will in turn result in further punishment for the club.
My key point is that it might therefore be argued that the EFL's actions seem to be deliberately prolonging the impasse between Derby, Middlesbrough and Wycombe, a prolongation which in turn might be used by the EFL to threaten Derby's existence.
We have already had 21 points deducted due to the fiscal mismanagement of the previous owner Mel Morris who simply put us into administration and walked away.
Would you please speak to the Secretary of State and also put some pressure on the EFL to allow a preferred bidder to be named so that we can move on and complete the season.
It would be a travesty of justice if a founder member of the Football League with a Premiership stadium in a football-mad city and county was liquidated due to total intransigence.
Yours sincerely,

Just sent this to my MP (Darren Henry) - a tidied version of some earlier ones
Dear Mr Henry
For context, many of your constituents on the border of the county support Derby County.

 I’m writing to you as my MP because there’ is a very real chance that Derby County could go out of existence in the next two or three weeks due to an impasse between the Administrators and the EFL.

We have three credible bidders but cannot name a preferred bidder (according to the EFL) until we have settled potential lawsuits with Middlesbrough and Wycombe.

This is unlikely since these potential lawsuits are for around £50m and are also highly speculative. Middlesbrough are claiming our questionable financial accounting helped us get into the playoffs at their expense and Wycombe are saying  they were relegated by one point when we had financial irregularities which should have seen us relegated.
As Derby cannot name a preferred bidder (with their £5m non-refundable deposit), they therefore run the risk of not having enough money to guarantee fulfilling fixtures until the end of the season and and consequently may be unable to pay players this month. This non payment of players will in turn result in further punishment for the club.
My key point is that it might therefore be argued that the EFL's actions seem to be deliberately prolonging the impasse between Derby, Middlesbrough and Wycombe, a prolongation which in turn might be used by the EFL to threaten Derby's existence.
We have already had 21 points deducted due to the fiscal mismanagement of the previous owner Mel Morris who simply put us into administration and walked away.
Would you please speak to the Secretary of State and also put some pressure on the EFL to allow a preferred bidder to be named so that we can move on and complete the season.
It would be a travesty of justice if a founder member of the Football League with a Premiership stadium in a football-mad city and county was liquidated due to total intransigence.
Yours sincerely,

More nervous about this one than expected. It's always the hope, isn't it?

More nervous about this one than expected. It's always the hope, isn't it?

More nervous about this one than expected. It's always the hope, isn't it?

My daughter was double dosed (high risk, born with hole in the heart). Then had early booster. Now has long COVID, regular chest x-rays ordered by doctors, skin infections linked to COVID etc. 
My experience of this has not been been mild

My daughter was double dosed (high risk, born with hole in the heart). Then had early booster. Now has long COVID, regular chest x-rays ordered by doctors, skin infections linked to COVID etc. 
My experience of this has not been been mild

My daughter was double dosed (high risk, born with hole in the heart). Then had early booster. Now has long COVID, regular chest x-rays ordered by doctors, skin infections linked to COVID etc. 
My experience of this has not been been mild

My daughter was double dosed (high risk, born with hole in the heart). Then had early booster. Now has long COVID, regular chest x-rays ordered by doctors, skin infections linked to COVID etc. 
My experience of this has not been been mild

My daughter was double dosed (high risk, born with hole in the heart). Then had early booster. Now has long COVID, regular chest x-rays ordered by doctors, skin infections linked to COVID etc. 
My experience of this has not been been mild

My daughter was double dosed (high risk, born with hole in the heart). Then had early booster. Now has long COVID, regular chest x-rays ordered by doctors, skin infections linked to COVID etc. 
My experience of this has not been been mild

My daughter was double dosed (high risk, born with hole in the heart). Then had early booster. Now has long COVID, regular chest x-rays ordered by doctors, skin infections linked to COVID etc. 
My experience of this has not been been mild

My daughter was double dosed (high risk, born with hole in the heart). Then had early booster. Now has long COVID, regular chest x-rays ordered by doctors, skin infections linked to COVID etc. 
My experience of this has not been been mild

Just sitting down to watch Love Actually with the family. Not the best film ever but a symbol that the festivities are upon us. Any other traditions out there?

What might actually have stopped Mel taking Derby down the disastrous route to where we are now is if there'd been a regulator for football overall who had the power to enforce ffp sanctions across both the EFL and the PL. If QPR and Leicester had been prevented from taking up their places in the PL back in 2014 (like Swindon once were from the old Div 2 to Div 1), would MM had even chanced overspending or pulling a too-clever-by-half accounting trick? But the knowledge that you could get away with it if you succeeded, or do something advantageous and slip it past the wide-eyed novices of the EFL executive (ala Watford and Wolves) must emboldened him to the point of hubris. The problem with FFP has always been the unwillingness of the PL to support what the EFL were trying to do. Without that, it's always looked like a chancer's charter, and what egotist can resist such a challenge? 

James is quoted as saying
"'We have always been open to all industries, the secret is to surround yourself with good people. Our motto is that not everything is a success"

I’ve worked it out - on Norwich’s current points per game St Clods day will be six months after relegation ….. November 2022.
Although I could be wrong

Got a smart TV but nothing else. They're now coming on 28th and 29th. Need to look at what sports might be available on the 29th. Seriously, dementia is a nasty thing. Dad died of cancer last year, it was awful but I at least had the opportunity to say goodbye to 'him'. Dementia kills the mind a thousand times and finally comes for the body

Got a smart TV but nothing else. They're now coming on 28th and 29th. Need to look at what sports might be available on the 29th. Seriously, dementia is a nasty thing. Dad died of cancer last year, it was awful but I at least had the opportunity to say goodbye to 'him'. Dementia kills the mind a thousand times and finally comes for the body

Road to nowhere

I know nothing about this, but...
If anyone can think of a suitable slogan which we could have to sum up the situation and how we are looking to the future then I'd be happy to buy that Tee shirt with the funds/ profits going to support the the most affected

Custard 
(On the back)
 
 
 

You know what I mean. Films that have that 'ooh, never!' factor that is lost on a second viewing.
I'll start. The story of fire saga. The Icelandic European song contest film.
And Spinal Tap