Millenniumram

Right boys and girls… we’re ducked. The EFL want us dead, and what Steve Gibson says goes it seems, whether lawful or not. It’s looking increasingly likely the only way we’ll have a football club this time next year is with a Phoenix club.

With that in mind, thought it might be some light relief from the constant pain in other threads to discuss our “dream” phoenix team. As DCFC’s largest fans forum, I’d expect us to have a part to play in any potential fan built club. Let’s pretend for a minute we can duck Ramstrust and all them lot off, and we have total control over a new club. Who would you want as our “Phoenix Knights” to help build a new legacy? I’m talking Chairman, CEO, Manager, Players, DoF, Kit Man, Groundsman, Tea Lady, whatever you think we’ll need. I want either forum members, or DCFC alumni.

Note: This thread is clearly not intended to be serious, but who knows, if worst comes to worst, there might actually be some useful suggestions!

I’ll get us started:

DoF - Me, obviously. I know everything, and I watch far too much football not to put my player knowledge to use.

Chairman - @David Has to be our supreme leader

Player/Manager - Curtis Davies. Absolutely Derby legend. Exactly the sort of warrior we want leading our revival.

Mascot - @B4ev6is No one shows more passion.

Commentator on match streams - @one_chop  Need someone to replace Ed Dawes’ negativity. 

Academy director - @angieram / @Ghost of Clough Undecided here, both have an almost suspiciously good knowledge of youth football

That weird guy who hangs around the training ground but no one actually knows what he does - @Boycie Self explanatory.
 

For the first time, I think we’re done. There’s too much to deal with. We’re going to be liquidated before the month is out.

Wow, who would have thought it. Things are far worse than the admins clearly told Rooney. Not every single person on this forum or anything

5 minutes ago, MACKWORTHRAM said:

Does anybody actually hand on heart think we'll have a preferred bidder today?

Think there’s more chance of @one_chop posting something positive than there is of a preferred bidder being named today

Blimey some of you lot are getting duped a bit easy this morning aren’t you?

32 minutes ago, B4ev6is said:

This is a joke right dont even say that please.

I’m joking don’t worry B4. We should enjoy the first night in about 3 months without more bad news stories coming out

This is like when we finally came into some money during Mels first season, and we decided to buy Nick Blackman

Isn’t this the time of night some journo normally posts yet another bad news story about us? Where’s tonight’s edition? “Derby set to be LIQUIDATED after EFL accept Billy Sharp £100m damages claim after fans called him a nonce”

I don’t know why, but something is just hilarious about Frank Fielding returning. Please let it happen

Well, we did say we wanted our new owner to be rich…

18 minutes ago, IslandExile said:

Could be Forest trying it on with a bid of a few hundred quid and a packet of Jaffa Cakes.

You mean a “Hughes type fee”?

If they run as fast as they’re getting this takeover done, I don’t think you’ll have much trouble catching them

24 minutes ago, Philmycock said:

Who's in his gang?

Moxey and Rush… I presume there’s a money man behind it all as well

I’m never normally the first one to post news on here so maybe I’ve missed summat… but Percy has confirmed that it’s Appleby’s group the admins were talking about 

52 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said:

Norman Hull got to be 

My main man

Duck it

Its Christmas 

I’m pissed

ill support Derby against the dog and duck

evrn if I’m playing for the dog and dukc

im an Exocet at an own goal

A Derby fan living in Burnley? One or the other is pain enough surely?! Both at the same time? How do you survive?

1 hour ago, Leeds Ram said:

Do Stoke tickets look like they're going to sell out before general sale? Just asking as I'm hoping to get a couple for me and my gf as a christmas present. 

To watch our shower of poo? You’ll be single by New Year’s Eve!

Alright alright you’ve made your point… I’ll dump her tomorrow

1 hour ago, IslandExile said:

 

Nice to hear from you again.

The rest of us having been going through hell while you've been away (not necessarily related).

It’s just missing me, that’s all?

Don’t worry, I’ve been going through the same hell. This place has been negative enough without my comments though!

3 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Got a new ITK source, I know too much to post on here now ?

Can see why people would be having flashbacks to Erik Alonso over this, but think there’s two key differences here:

1. The administrators aren’t Mel. There’s no way this guy makes it to the stage of making an official bid if he doesn’t prove he at least has some money.

2. Slync.io is a legitimate company. They sponsor a number of top level golfers and tournaments, I recognised the brand as soon as I saw it from watching on TV. No Limits Sports Limited (ffs) did not have any clear operations, other than stuff Alonso seemed to make up as he went along.

The guy doesn’t appear a billionaire by any stretch of the imagination, but that doesn’t mean he can’t run the club. It’s quite possible he’s a front man for some bigger money men behind the scenes, who could provide the funding to him. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if that $76 million to slync.io came from one Micheal Dell, who I think it’s already been mentioned would be willing to provide further loans like I believe he’s doing at Burnley.

Its likely there’s a second party which is yet to be revealed, which is who Nixon was referring to. I suspect that will be the big money man behind the Appleby/Rush/Moxey deal, who will blow anyone else out the water if the bid comes in. Suggestions of David Tepper make a lot of sense, what with his links to Glick and therefore Appleby.

Where are the Mel defenders now… hate to say I told you so…

Man is a total disgrace. Even has the ducking nerve to call himself a “fan” in that statement. Hope he gets everything that’s coming his way tomorrow. Lies and more lies.

I’ve not posted for a long time because I’ve been so angry about what’s been going on. So so angry that one man can destroy a football club we all hold so dear. And the worst thing? He won’t even take any ducking responsibility. Utter disgrace.

I’ll be there tomorrow, in full voice against against our supreme overlord (without any NDA on what I say). And I’ll keep going, because this is my football club.

Hopefully one day Mel will be gone, and never darkens the doors of Pride Park again. Once we’re got a proper owner who’s worthy of this great club, I’ll be back. For now I bid you all farewell…

2 minutes ago, JfR said:

Everyone welcome the newest Derby County manager: Ted Lasso

Still better than Rooney

10 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said:

Can we have that bloke that scores good goals for Rotherham?

Wing? Not sure that suggestion will really take off