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Looks like he’s been pushed out. I can’t logically see how it’s fair for him to be sacked and not the others. Gross misconduct is what Lawrence did as well. 

We keep going round and round. Not being party to the views of the Derby County hierarchy but my understanding is that had he been found to be drunk but uninjured he would have had the same treatment as Lawrence and Bennett but obviously he is unable to report for work for probably 15-18 months. Therefore the Club were fully justified in taking the action they have.
So sad - I was a huge Keogh fan.

And round we go. The others can still fulfil their contracts. Keogh has been injured, not whilst playing, and cannot fulfil his contract - perhaps he has insurance?!

I take it his agent didn't say why he wouldn't accept a revised contract?

If only there were some way he could've done that and paid three grand a week to do it.

And here we have it Ladies and Gentlemen, The man who spilled the beans, Looks like a charm offensive to get support on RKs side, Agent/Advisors who are in it for themselves....as he will lose money too.

From a reliable source at Pride Park:
MM is “absolutely heartbroken” that the Club have been forced down this route with RK. They had worked very hard to keep it “within the Club” but somebody went public on it {RK’s agent?}. Also a blow to the Club when they are on the verge of a £170 m  injection from an overseas consortium which if all goes to plan will be announced in January. 

From a reliable source at Pride Park:
MM is “absolutely heartbroken” that the Club have been forced down this route with RK. They had worked very hard to keep it “within the Club” but somebody went public on it {RK’s agent?}. Also a blow to the Club when they are on the verge of a £170 m  injection from an overseas consortium which if all goes to plan will be announced in January. 

From a reliable source at Pride Park:
MM is “absolutely heartbroken” that the Club have been forced down this route with RK. They had worked very hard to keep it “within the Club” but somebody went public on it {RK’s agent?}. Also a blow to the Club when they are on the verge of a £170 m  injection from an overseas consortium which if all goes to plan will be announced in January. 

From a reliable source at Pride Park:
MM is “absolutely heartbroken” that the Club have been forced down this route with RK. They had worked very hard to keep it “within the Club” but somebody went public on it {RK’s agent?}. Also a blow to the Club when they are on the verge of a £170 m  injection from an overseas consortium which if all goes to plan will be announced in January. 

From a reliable source at Pride Park:
MM is “absolutely heartbroken” that the Club have been forced down this route with RK. They had worked very hard to keep it “within the Club” but somebody went public on it {RK’s agent?}. Also a blow to the Club when they are on the verge of a £170 m  injection from an overseas consortium which if all goes to plan will be announced in January. 

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County. 
 
 

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County. 
 
 

Superbly lucid and clear @angieram. I myself have questioned why RK would turn down the offer. He has to face the sad fact that his period as a player is over prematurely. However, the Club can give him the opportunity to launch his post-playing career alongside Rooney with the experience and knowledge of Cocu, club facilities etc. Maybe RK needed better advice and counselling before making a choice; I’m sure the Club would have set out the alternatives. It really is a shame that such a good servant has seemingly chosen to go down the route which will merely drag this out into a saga. 

This is the thing I really can't wrap my head round.  Whoever is advising him must be an idiot.  Do they really think Bristol City will be on the phone to him, offering £30k a week for 3 years???  Nobody will sign him in his current state, and if he returns to something resembling full fitness, by that time he'll be pushing 35, he'll be lucky to get £5k at Burton.  In the meantime he's basically on the dole...  

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County. 
 
 

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County. 
 
 

I have felt too emotional about the whole situation to offer my view up to now.
My heart is broken for a good captain and warrior for DCFC. To be sacked from the club you have given 100% to on the pitch over seven gruelling seasons must be humiliating and make you feel dreadful.
However, my head now questions how much of Keogh's passion for Derby is real. The least favourable offer he turned down from the club, if accurate, of £3,000 per week, is more than the prime minister's salary and only slightly less than the chief police constable of Derbyshire who has responsibility for a huge budget and staff team  who do a tremendously difficult job every day at work.
He was also being offered free state of the art rehabilitation facilities, could start to work on his coaching badges if he wished and presumably would also be free to supplement his income with appearances on Sky ("like you say") or other options if that is his choice. Most importantly in all this he was being offered an opportunity to retain his status as a good servant of the club and the adoration and support of the fans.
He has chosen to reject all this for what? More money. Not much of a swap in my opinion.
His action will now by actively costing the club too as they will have been taking expensive legal advice and will have to continue to do so over the appeal and possible tribunal.
People are wondering why no official statement from Derby. I wonder whether the 'statement' we are reading is actually the dismissal letter to Keogh as the wording in it, including the 14 days' appeal time, reads like a letter from HR. 
I don't know if I am being overly supportive of my club, but the whole way this story has broken makes me think it has come from Keogh's side. He clearly feels very aggrieved about the way he is being treated.
I also think this will have been going back and forward for some time, that this is just the latest play from the club and that they might have been hoping for a response from Keogh that would have allowed him a successful appeal, rather than a messy, public and prolonged visit to an industrial tribunal.
All this is huge speculation on my part, for which I hold my hands up. It is coloured by my huge love for our club, rather than for any individual player, no matter how good a servant he has been to DCFC.
What I do know is that while Keogh still has my sympathy, he's lost my respect. 
 
 

I think you must be naive to think mel doesn’t no what he is doing.i doubt he sacked him on a whim.

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County. 
 
 

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County. 
 
 

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County. 
 
 

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County. 
 
 

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County. 
 
 

I seem to recall a newspaper article saying that MM was keeping the Club afloat to the tune of £3M a month.
In that context, is the Club really going to countenance paying a player £25k per week to not play possibly ever again for 15 months when the injury was completely self-inflicted? 
Some have claimed that MM makes the “wrong decisions” because his heart rules his head. I’d say this is clear evidence that it is not true. it’s a decision made in the best interests of Derby County.