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For anybody that hasn't seen it yet.
 

I wouldn't go as far as that, but I begrudgingly respect him for the difficulties he's overcome the past few years.  And I hope he puts Wilder on his arse, as I think Wilder could do with taking down a peg or two...
 
Too soon???

erm - don't mean to be a killjoy here, but it was a joke........

erm - don't mean to be a killjoy here, but it was a joke........

I think it's a shame he didn't accept the offer - Mel could then have banned him from club premises and they'd have had to present the programme from a couple of deckchairs on the pavement outside the ground....

I think it's a shame he didn't accept the offer - Mel could then have banned him from club premises and they'd have had to present the programme from a couple of deckchairs on the pavement outside the ground....

I think it's a shame he didn't accept the offer - Mel could then have banned him from club premises and they'd have had to present the programme from a couple of deckchairs on the pavement outside the ground....

I think it's a shame he didn't accept the offer - Mel could then have banned him from club premises and they'd have had to present the programme from a couple of deckchairs on the pavement outside the ground....

It was a joke!

Some of the comments on here are just ridiculous plain and simple.
Can't people get it into their heads the reason he was sacked?
Some on here have now turned into ducking Quincy ( a medical examiner tv show for those kids out there).
I was one of Keoghs biggest fans and couldn't believe the stick this bloke has had to take over the years.
BUT, HE refused to go home when the majority of the players had sense to do so and kept on drinking.
HE, then got into a car where the driver was with him all night also drinking!! (what, you think Lawrence had 2 pints then went on J20's for the rest of the ducking night) FFS.
HE was offered a taxi and refused.
He was offered a reduced contract to stay at the club, HE REFUSED. The club have then every right to sack him through GM as he is unable to continue what he was contracted to do. If any one of us was on a fixed contract to do a job and we did something like this and wasn't able to continue working for 15 months do you really think your employers would even offer a new contract to you?.. NOT A CHANCE!!, you'd be sacked.
Trying to tie in Lawrence and Bennett doesn't work, yes they were stupid but even they had the brains to put the belt on. They have been charged to the full extent the law allows and punished by the club. They can still carry on what they are contracted to do, Keogh can't. All 3/4 were stupid, only Keogh was more stupid and it's cost him his job.
Folks trying to defend him, saying we don't know what happened, no we prob don't know the whole truth and on that basis how do you know Keogh wasn't pissing about in the back and caused Lawrence to crash??, it works both ways you know.

Other than 2 of them have 2 legs, and the other only 1. Have you worked it out yet?

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. 
 
 

As he's appealing the decision, perhaps we could still let him use the facilities for a reasonable fee - £25K a week sounds pretty fair.....

As he's appealing the decision, perhaps we could still let him use the facilities for a reasonable fee - £25K a week sounds pretty fair.....

As he's appealing the decision, perhaps we could still let him use the facilities for a reasonable fee - £25K a week sounds pretty fair.....

I think folk are over-thinking this - if either of the two drivers hads been sent to prison and therefore been unable to play for us, they would probably also be on the 'possibly sacked' list - as it is, while they were moronic, they've been punished by the club and the courts and are now avaialble to do their jobs. Keogh on the other hand is unable to play and is therefore unable (through his own actions) able to meet the requirements of his contract - that is a different situation and if (as is likely), the club can't claim on their insurance as it wasn't technically a 'work related injury', they need to protect themselves by recouping some of the money they would otherwise be paying to someone who will spend the next year or so sitting on his behind rather than doing what he's being paid for....

I think folk are over-thinking this - if either of the two drivers hads been sent to prison and therefore been unable to play for us, they would probably also be on the 'possibly sacked' list - as it is, while they were moronic, they've been punished by the club and the courts and are now avaialble to do their jobs. Keogh on the other hand is unable to play and is therefore unable (through his own actions) able to meet the requirements of his contract - that is a different situation and if (as is likely), the club can't claim on their insurance as it wasn't technically a 'work related injury', they need to protect themselves by recouping some of the money they would otherwise be paying to someone who will spend the next year or so sitting on his behind rather than doing what he's being paid for....

I think folk are over-thinking this - if either of the two drivers hads been sent to prison and therefore been unable to play for us, they would probably also be on the 'possibly sacked' list - as it is, while they were moronic, they've been punished by the club and the courts and are now avaialble to do their jobs. Keogh on the other hand is unable to play and is therefore unable (through his own actions) able to meet the requirements of his contract - that is a different situation and if (as is likely), the club can't claim on their insurance as it wasn't technically a 'work related injury', they need to protect themselves by recouping some of the money they would otherwise be paying to someone who will spend the next year or so sitting on his behind rather than doing what he's being paid for....

Interestingly, Sharapova hasn't come close to winning anythinbg since she was banned - nor has she had a heart attack despite no longer being allowed to take her heart medication - who'd a thunk it.....

Interestingly, Sharapova hasn't come close to winning anythinbg since she was banned - nor has she had a heart attack despite no longer being allowed to take her heart medication - who'd a thunk it.....

Has he got some of these?

- we'd all better be a bit more respectful in future......

Last homage/replica/copy/fake that came into my possession (a supposed Omega in a bundle of other watches) was 'repaired' by placing it on the floor and stamping on it - sorry but not a fan of fake watches......