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GB SPORTS reacted to ossieram in Derby finally accept 21 point deduction.
Has it really come to this that a Derby fan is siding with anyone but Derby?
Oh its you.
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GB SPORTS reacted to kevinhectoring in Alan Nixon Breaks Silence on Scottish/Malaysian Billionaire Bid
if you were itk, it would be fine to post this. I fully accept MM may have been unreasonable. Equally the opposite may have been the case. Forget debating that unless you are itk. But not a fight they should be having in public
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GB SPORTS reacted to Macintosh in 1971-72 season scrapbook
Andrew's not in a good way right now, dementia and cancer.
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GB SPORTS reacted to PendineRam in 1971-72 season scrapbook
Great stuff Brailsford, like you I am one of the lucky ones having first watched the Rams in the late fifties. My first match was a reserve game in '57 (Normo end upper tier) with my wonderful uncle Tom who was a Ram through and through. I graduated to the kids corner by '59 and barely missed a home game therefter. By 1960 I was going to a lot of away games and by '62 and earning a crust I hardly missed a game home or away (midweek fixtures like Plymouth being nigh on impossible for me in them days!)
Whilst the Clough/Mackay is obviously the highlight for me I have to say that I really enjoyed the early sixties. I remember those players (Parry, Powell, Oxford, Barrowcliffe, Young, Curry, Hall, Hutchinson, Davies, Conwell, Upton, Hughes (Billy and Gordon), Swallow, Buxton, Moore, Adlington, Havenhand etal) with much fondness! Linked with the 'swinging sixties' of the Beatles, mini skirts and cheap ale the early sixties were just incredible and the Rams at that time were, for me and my mates, a significant part of the whole package! Let's hope it can be repeated one day.
For all that my departed father in law did even better! Having been demobbed from the Air Force he managed to get hold of a ticket for the Cup Final, hitchhiked to Wembley and saw our famous victory!
So he saw us win the Cup and then experienced 2 league titles, not bad eh!
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GB SPORTS reacted to ram59 in Millwall (A) Matchday Thread
Bennett, all day long, Malone was a decent player for us, but was quite often a scapecoat. He was bundled out of the club and it was made clear to him that he had no future here. Bennett, on the other hand, was always given the benefit of the doubt by the management and the fans, including me, because he was 'one of our own'. His subsequent actions since 'Joinergate' have left a very sour taste.
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GB SPORTS reacted to Gritstone Tup in Alan Nixon Breaks Silence on Scottish/Malaysian Billionaire Bid
It makes you wonder what Rich clown is we’ll end up with when you look at the dogs dinner the Saudis are already making of Newcastle.
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GB SPORTS reacted to Wolfie in Alan Nixon Breaks Silence on Scottish/Malaysian Billionaire Bid
Plus Appleby?.
This drip feed of dodgy info is getting right on my furry breasts now.
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GB SPORTS reacted to PistoldPete in Derby finally accept 21 point deduction.
All I’m saying is that it’s pretty dirty tactics to throw in an allegation of bad faith at Derby at the last minute. If they were going to accuse Derby in that way, they should have done that from the outset when they had opportunity to throw it at the witnesses and cross examine them , as de Marco pointed out.
by doing that at the last minute it just comes across as a desperate attempt to get a penalty point deduction . Quite rightly that attempt failed .
anyway there are rumours that we might be near to a deal with the Efl so hopefully this poo show will be over once and for all.
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GB SPORTS reacted to richinspain in 1971-72 season scrapbook
John Robson was a brilliant left back. Very sad how his career, and ultimately life, were tragically cut short.
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GB SPORTS reacted to Comrade 86 in Derby finally accept 21 point deduction.
Nah, just weary of the defeatism that seems so prevalent these days. You'd not want many on here by your side in a scrap ?♀️
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GB SPORTS reacted to Comrade 86 in Derby finally accept 21 point deduction.
Sadly, the forum's slowly but surely going to the dogs. Just a joyless, humourless pile-on, with the same folk posting the same stuff day after day with anyone trying to be remotely upbeat soon set upon by the know-all, mithering, man-baby, moodhoovers. I guess being 'right' trumps actually supporting the club when it needs it most, in the minds of some anyway.
Thankfully the lads doing the heavy lifting are still putting in a shift on the pitch, even if the performances are a little uneven. They've certainly not given up, even if half the 'supporters' on here have. What any of the players reading this forum would make of it, God only knows. It's hardly inspirational! ?
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GB SPORTS reacted to jono in Discriminatory abuse
Bravo
Everywhere we need to do this. Politics, race, economics, sport, disabilities, employers and individuals
Everyone makes errors , no one is perfect, we can all learn, there’s everything from a slip up, a moment of red mist, lack of factual info, misunderstanding, even lack of brains …. but in the end what was your intent ? and show me your working out. If we do this we can depolarise so much in society ( pssst mods this is sociology not politics … I think ! ?)
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GB SPORTS reacted to Steve How Hard? in Fa cup could be the way to find gems in lower leagues
Kris Commons too. We signed him from a non-league team didn't we?
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GB SPORTS reacted to PistoldPete in Derby finally accept 21 point deduction.
1) they do not implement the maximum possible.. they try and get the maximum they can.Why? The rules do not insist they have to get maximum penalties possible , or even any penalties at all. Why can they not judge each case on its merits? And why even bring charges they don't actually succeed with?
2) see earlier in this thread with exact quotes from IDC hearings. Also EFL statement they were disappointed we only got a fine.
3) See IDC appeal (when we were fined £100k)
4) John Percy of the national press, the Daily Telegraph quoted that EFL sources were "shocked"
5) Kevin Hectoring, I believe
6) FOr alleged breach of amortisation rules, EFL sought penalty point deduction. There is no scale of penalties for this , so no penalty points were deducted, but EFL wanted it anyway. For stadium sale , allowed under the rules EFL were trying to punish us, but failed. But like I say there is nothing to say the EFL has to go right up to the maxium penalty allowed under the ruiles anyway. They can judge each case on it merits. But no they go for the adversarial route every time.
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GB SPORTS reacted to PistoldPete in Derby finally accept 21 point deduction.
No need for that. I think if you read past judgments at appeals hearings it is very obvious that EFL press for maximum punishment they can. They tried to get us relegated when the punishment was in fact only £100k fine . And claimed we "deliberately broke FFP rules" which the IDC said was rubbish we couldn't possibly have known we were in breach of FFP if our own auditors said it was OK.
etc etc.
So no bias from me , I form my opinion based on the evidence that is plain for all to see, and from EFL's own statements.
In this case the rules state there is an automatic 12 point penalty , but we can appeal on grounds of force majeure. There is no doubt that COVID is a force majeure event. EFL are quoted as being "shocked" that we are appealing. Why on Earth should they be shocked? Were they shocked when Wigan appealed, with considerably less merit?
I have no probelm with the 12 point penalty being applied automtically but after we have appealed someone else suggested we could reach an agreement with EFL on what the penalty should be. I am just saying I see no prospect of that on EFL's past perfmormance, they press for the maximum penalty they can get away with.
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GB SPORTS reacted to Ram-Alf in Derby finally accept 21 point deduction.
I just get the feeling that the EFL might wish they had not taken the obvious course of -12 points, It's in their rules so they had too, I may have taken some illegal substances last night...but I just feel we're gonna win this, I may come down from that high of last night when it's confirmed to be -12 points.
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GB SPORTS reacted to alram in Derby finally accept 21 point deduction.
oh come on, they were not wrongly taken. We got put into administration because our owner put us into administration.
or shall we go back to the good old days when there were no points deductions for administration and every team exploited it?
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GB SPORTS reacted to RoyMac5 in Discriminatory abuse
How on earth is it possible to tell? Nowadays the tail wagging the dog is the norm.
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GB SPORTS reacted to MackworthRamIsGod in Alan Nixon Breaks Silence on Scottish/Malaysian Billionaire Bid
Absolutely.
It's like being offended because someone dressed up as Sherlock Holmes at Halloween and it is an unfair and unrealistic representation of English people.
People who are easily offended really offend me.
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GB SPORTS reacted to Carl Sagan in Alan Nixon Breaks Silence on Scottish/Malaysian Billionaire Bid
As far as I saw that's simply not true. The wokists were up in arms about it saying it was racist (because they want to suck all the joy and fun out of the world) forcing the club and owners to issue a statement reading:
"Those who wish to support the club by wearing appropriate culturally-inspired clothing should feel free to do so as they see fit. We are inclusive to all ... neither the club nor its new owners were offended by attire worn, and appreciate the overt statements of support and acceptance by our great fans."
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GB SPORTS reacted to Coneheadjohn in Alan Nixon Breaks Silence on Scottish/Malaysian Billionaire Bid
Newcastle can keep their sheikhs outfits.
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GB SPORTS reacted to Crewton in Rooney and his sidekick OUT NOW
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/ollie-watkins-Derby-county-brentford-4314511
Exeter moved the goalposts at the last minute after DCFC had agreed a £1.8M fee - they upped their demand to £3M I believe, presumably because they thought "it's Derby, they'll pay it". DCFC, understandably, told them to swivvel. Brentford came in for him that summer and he signed for the £1.8M fee we'd agreed originally. Why didn't we go back for him? Maybe we didn't want to go through the same rubbish with Exeter again. If we'd paid Exeter what they'd wanted and he'd turned out to be rubbish, fans would have been rightly critical about the club caving in.
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GB SPORTS reacted to Ellafella in Rooney and his sidekick OUT NOW
Read what I said again Jimbo-Wimbo. Then check the avatar. Maybe subtlety is lost on you?