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3 points off play offs... I have a good feeling about this season.

Keep moaning dude, keep moaning. 

Keep moaning dude, keep moaning. 

As a Forest fan I feel for you guys, it's not your fault but you find your club utterly screwed by someone who has seemingly gone insane while in charge. We had a vaguely similar issue when Nigel Doherty, a lifelong fan bought us, pumped in over 100 million and made bad decision after bad decision, football's a hard hard game to get involved in but from outside it does look like MM has completely lost the plot.
You can't blame the EFL, on the face of it Mel had all the right credentials to be a fit and proper owner and while there look to be many points at which he should have been stopped from what he was doing you have to assume that no one thought he was actually doing what he was doing and seemingly submitting at best vague accounts, at worst downright fraudulent. COVID didn't help anyone but its not to blame either.  
A 12 point deduction is bad but worse looks like its coming and you have to think you can't stay up. I wish you luck in the first division. 

Well I’d like to thank Rooney for turning up if that is the case. He’s a better man than me, I’d have been like F U Morris if you haven’t got the good grace to inform me about such a monumental decision. Morris seems to be a piece of work for sure.

Its on company house for the academy. Wassall status is resigned. Doesn't necessarily mean he left entirely, but wouldnt say its a good sign

This is the official documentation of Wass's resignation/removal as a Director.

Thats because Colleen wants to start making changes to the new mansion.

Let’ not. As you say, we’ll be at the centre of media attention today so let’s take the chance to show nothing but support for the team we love and what exceptional fans we are (as we did in that 11 point season).

Maybe the administrators will see sense and open the ticket office properly, get some staff in (relatively low casuist as these will be zero hours minimum wage staff as it was before the pandemic) and try and sell more tickets, to bring more revenue in. The extra revenue may at least help run the day to day staffing operations.

Good post Ilkley, I am hoping Gerald Krasner and his acquaintances are appointed.
He has a good record for rescuing football clubs in the same position that we find ourselves.
but you are absolutely right it will get worse before it gets better.
Just one further point It may be better to out the money in the club once the administration has gone through. This way the current owner and directors won't be able to appropriate it.
But you're absolutely hang on. COYR

Good post Ilkley, I am hoping Gerald Krasner and his acquaintances are appointed.
He has a good record for rescuing football clubs in the same position that we find ourselves.
but you are absolutely right it will get worse before it gets better.
Just one further point It may be better to out the money in the club once the administration has gone through. This way the current owner and directors won't be able to appropriate it.
But you're absolutely hang on. COYR

Good post Ilkley, I am hoping Gerald Krasner and his acquaintances are appointed.
He has a good record for rescuing football clubs in the same position that we find ourselves.
but you are absolutely right it will get worse before it gets better.
Just one further point It may be better to out the money in the club once the administration has gone through. This way the current owner and directors won't be able to appropriate it.
But you're absolutely hang on. COYR

I'm as shocked as anyone, and feeling very let down by people I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt to. I'll wait for the full story to come out, but I'm struggling to find a positive yet in this sorry saga. 
Back in 2016, after the Clement saga, a friend told me that he'd bumped into Mel Morris walking his dog one day. He'd been at school with him and new him well. He said MM told him that day that he'd already regretted buying the club because of what he'd had to deal with from the fallout of Clements sacking etc. He wasn't a guy to ******** or exaggerate, so I accepted it at face value. It makes me wonder about what has happened in the interim. 
I know from personal experience that no-one who puts their heart, soul and cash into a business takes a decision like this lightly, though I have to leave MM's thoughts and motives open to speculation at the moment. 
The "I told you so" posts are justified and understandable, but can hopefully be parked for another day. What we need now is for all Derby fans to come together, put aside their differences and show the world that we won't be bowed. UTR. 

The one Forest fan I've heard from tonight says we'll still finish above them ?

This is so relevant more than ever right now. 
no matter what may come, WE ARE Derby 
https://youtu.be/dp_GDPrLYfI

Horny. 
Why is this in the football section?

It’s going to be a tough weekend - my beloved club is being dumped into administration and my only child is going off to start uni tomorrow ☹️
However, my kid will be back in 36 months by which time the Rams will hopefully have had a couple of years of competent ownership with an exciting young team on the pitch and we will be filling three quarters of the stands at places like Shrewsbury & Plymouth en route back to the Championship!
Despite how it is at the moment and how it might be for a while the post-Morris future will be bright! 
COYR!

It's over. Time for new beginnings. Recriminations to end.
The King is dead, long live the King!
Can only hope and think, that administration is better than being sold to the Fake Sheik or the Tapas King!!!
Come on you Mighty Rams!

That’s my sentiments exactly @Gaspode
Dont know how we can lift the spirits on or around the pitch.
The players and their professionalism is about to be tested to the utmost, I hope they can keep their heads up and play with some dignity and integrity.
There’s a 2 people within our club who should hang their heads in shame but the fans, employees, manager, coaching staff and players are not one of them. 
 
COME ON YOU ducking RAMS ? 

Excited to go and watch Derby today, can't control what's going on off the pitch at the moment and there's still a lot that's unknown in terms of our punishment. Reserving real judgement until it comes to a conclusion, until then I'm going to continue to enjoy football and Derby County.

Disgusted at some fans really. How come trashing Caroline Flack was wrong, and look what that led to, and yet it’s perfectly fine to say what they like about Mel Morris? 
He’s human, he gambled and lost. 
If I lost one of my family I’d be devastated, if it was my money all gone I’d lose sleep, but over football? Not a chance. 

Annoyed it has got to this stage. Feel sympathy for non playing staff employed at the club who may be out of work shortly.

Expect there is more stuff to come out and poo thrown back and forth with the EFL.

Is what it is, let's crack on!