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Absolutely agree here. I also think that Rooney, if he could bring anyone in, wanted experienced, seasoned pros to compliment our own youngsters/be mentors to them in what we all knew was going to be a very difficult season. 

Because being right is what it's all about, right? I guess it is if seeking the validation of strangers is a matter of concern. 
Ok then mate, let's see if we get liquidated.
Ooooh, I really hope I'm right!
We were told that by either method, straight line or ERV, we were within FFP limits. That proved to be untrue. 
Also, the chaps telling you they 'knew accounting laws' (Carnero et al) are mostly accountants, so there's that.  Here's a fun fact for you: ERV amortisation policies are FRS 102 compliant. The initial discrepancy (for which we ultimately received a £100,000 fine) was for the way we described said policy in our accounts which was deemed to be not misleading, but 'unclear'. Subsequent deductions resulted from the re-submitted figures which ultimately showed us to have breached limits and plus the mandatory 12 points for the club being placed in administration. Really odd that you still can't grasp this fact.
And, FWIW, I don't have an issue with folk who choose to spend their days posting unsubstantiated, melodramatic poo for strangers to read. That's the internet, isn't it? I just get weary of folk who post the same dreary BS a dozen times a day without ever providing any reasoning for their opinions. Hard to understand really, but they do say misery loves company, right?
Naively, I favour posts that try to lift the mood, though I concede there's little to be cheery about right now. As it is, that seems to place me in the minority right now, but I can live with that.
Merry Christmas x
 

Could never despise any club as much as i despise Leeds but that banker Gibsons mob are a close second

I don’t think for a minute that any really would;  but there are those who express themselves in a kind of “my death wish / doom seer opinion will be proved right” kind of way, to the point that you begin to think being  right is more important to them  than actually surviving. .. A kind of Spike Milligan inscription of a headstone .. “I told you I was Ill”

I never once felt personally privileged, and I know for sure @Boycie never, in fact they became that much of a pain in the arse to the point he wouldn't even go and I had to make a 6 hour round trip.
Having to deal with comments like this just grinds you down and why I quit, what's the point, why bother?
These are fans giving up their free time to provide a communication link between club and fans, all they get is crap for it. 
Being called out for alienating other fans, claimed they are frightened to talk, just shows a real lack of understanding and appreciation for what these groups do for us all.
If it wasn't for them it's unlikely any information would come out other than through the media. You can't expect the club to open the floor to the entire fanbase to ask questions that are then answered on the website, even if they did it would take a lot longer than the 48hrs you're already unwilling to wait for.

We're OK to share this - full minutes on Monday now.. 
* There are 3 interested bidders that Quantuma are still negotiating with. Each bid is complicated and each is taking time for Quantuma to fully evaluate based on different elements in them.
* Negotiations with HMRC have been extremely positive, but no deal is ever agreed with HMRC until the final proposal is on the table.
* There are verbal agreements with Mel Morris and MSD Capital with regard to the ground.
* Discussions with regard to transfers and contract extensions are being had, but no decisions will be made until the preferred bidder is announced to allow them to make their own decisions.

Seem to remember Taylor having to throw on an ageing Dave Watson upfront in the Cup match v Plymouth….he didn’t have the luxury of an academy with the likes of Knight, Bird, Sibley, Festy and Buchanan at his disposal like Wazza has…..just a poor, ageing squad, many over the hill ?

Why is wanting to see a player do well from our academy embarrassing? 
I would say it's fairly normal football fan behaviour.

Quite - It's entirely normal that the minutes would need to be agreed, I find it strange that people would think otherwise. Even in a run of the mill business meeting I may check with some of the attendees that I capture things correctly.
Imagine the scenario where 4 groups released minutes and they were all slightly different in their understanding, there would be a meltdown!

With negotiations with many different parties presumably at a delicate stage, I assume that the Administrators are simply being very, very careful that something isn't published that puts any of those negotiations in jeopardy. 
Fans need to recognise that transparency in commercial negotiations, with potential legal implications, isn't without risks. The level of impatience being shown by some fans on SM is bordering on the infantile. 

Having been on both sides of this, I'm sure those that attended are just as frustrated by not being given the green light up post the minutes.
RamsTrust are not the only group to attend, so to single them out as alienating themselves from the majority of fans is grossly unfair.
Why do they need to be approved? Good question, they shouldn't, but if that's what has been communicated by the club, all those attending must respect this, or be removed from future meetings.
You can't expect RamsTrust or any other group to publish the meeting minutes before they have been approved. 

I think part of it just comes down to the way he plays.  He doesn't really do "big things".  After a game, you might remember the 30 yard wonder strike from your attacking midfielder, or the inch-perfect goal saving tackle from your centre half, but the 20 perfectly-weighted and timed passes that Hughes played into forward's feet will just get forgotten. The biggest, most consistent criticism of Hughes you see on Twitter and messageboards is "he never does anything".  
It makes him easy to replace in the team too - if you need more goals, it's easy to take Hughes out for a goal-scoring midfielder, you get overrun in there you take him out for a tough-tackler etc. It takes a manager that's very confident in his approach to the game to stand up and say "we will score more goals if we have Hughes in the team passing the ball, than a midfielder that just scores goals" and "we will keep more clean sheets if we have Hughes helping us keep the ball, than a defensive midfielder tackling people".
Don't get me wrong, I also think he's one of the best players I've ever seen play for us too.  But there seems to be an English mindset about what players should be doing on the pitch ("strikers just score goals" etc), and players that don't do those things get overlooked.

The agreed decision states we can have no more than 25 permitted players at a time, and defined a permitted player as someone who has started 3 league matches in the same or higher division as Derby at the time of their registration. 
I take "the time of their registration" as the start of the season or a when they were signed, whichever came last. So, any youth player who now starts in the first team this season will still not count towards the limit.

What we do have, is a proven academy and probably the best outside the Premiership. Any young talent that is looking to make in football would look at Derby County if their parents had any sense.  Those who went to an Academy side in the Premiership were always up against more competition and its been proven with Luke Plange being released by Arsenal and Louie Watson at West Ham, then improving at Moor Farm.
We have created a top class youth academy that will continue to attract young talent for years to come. The man to take the credit is Darren Wassall.  The manager that brought him to Derby from Burton was Nigel Clough, so he must also take some credit, Nigel was sacked in September 2013 but had stated in the March of 2013 "The Academy should almost be ring fenced and whoever comes in next, I hope they have the sense to leave it alone and let it continue working".  I'm not going to list the players that have made it from academy status to either Premiership, Championship or lower proffesional leagues. The list is quite big, but I will mention one player who I thought could have made it with the Rams, Timi Max Elsnik who made only the 1st team in the Carabao cup but went on loan to a few clubs before being released and is mow playing for Olimpija Lujbljana in the top flight of Slovenia and recently made his debut for Slovenia in Octoberthis year.

Velez Mostar! Great memories. Those games against clubs I 'd never heard of made me really interested in Geography at school. I became an expert in countries and cities. I'm still quite good now at quizzes regarding european places apart from the fact that Yugoslavia no longer exists!
 

Stop the thread.
21st October 1961 - Mick Hopkinson against Liverpool in a 2-0 win for the Rams.
I was in the 'boys enclosure' it was from fully 60 /90 yards (well it seemed like it from what I can remember ?)
Somewhat spookily on googling to find the date I see that Anton Rippon wrote an article for the DET in 2018 that is spot on and it seems that he too was in the boys enclosure !!
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/day-Derby-county-competed-equal-1363190
I do not live in Derby so missed that article but it is a great read - Enjoy !!

John McGovern v Liverpool.
The most important goal in Derby's history.

True to the OP’s word their backing was tremendous today made for a great atmosphere to commence the match respect to the Tangerine Army???

Did everyone see the attention Curtis Davies paid him when he was subbed?
Arm around the shoulder, words in the ear and then Curtis clapped him all the way off the pitch.  
Luke should feel 10 ft tall tonight, great start and he's in good hands with teammates like that.

The irony of course being he didn't appoint a manager to specifically bring young players through until he'd decided to sell the club & we were already well on our way to implosion (Cocu post 2019 playoff final). Unusually for his reign the right strategy but poor timing & execution. 
I'd prefer to give credit to Darren Wassall, Pat Lyons & everyone at the Academy. None of the young players have looked out their depth when they've stepped up & thats testament to hard work done behind the scenes.

Jason Knight showed today why hes destined to play in the Premier League , a great , all action , non stop running display , simply first class , hope we can keep hold of him till the end of the season

That was a very satisfying performance, especially as we had two players who could play up front and we played them bothe up there! That is a first!
As someone has said, there were no passengers today, with everyone putting  shift in. Stand out for me was Max Bird, who gets better with every match. I was also very impressed with Luke Plange, not only for his goal, but his all round play was excellent, including his defensive work, as it looked like it was a natural part of his game, rather than something he had been told to do.
The only downsides were Fozzy, who although he did some good stuff, he also "liabilitied" too many times today, but thankfully got away with it. And Jagielka, who has brought a stability to the defence we had been lacking. his positioning and reading of the game is great, but far too many times when he gets the ball he simply has to kick it, or head it "somewhere", especially when he has the time to fetch ball down and start a move. instead the ball just loops to the opposition. It was good to see Joswiack having a good match, and his excursion into the area, although ill advised, only became a problem because he was fouled as he was about to turn away from the striker. The shirt pull twisted Kamil's body nearly 90 degrees. As ever, the ref did nothing. I had wondered what the EFL penalty is for fielding 12 players, because it looked like Blackpool had done it today. But the reality was that it seemed pretty much as though this was the first football match the ref had ever been to, because he gave a load of really dodgy decisions in our favour, although he was ridiculously trigger happy with his cards for Joswiack and Lawrence. OH well, it is what it is, and me shouting loudly at the officials actually changes nothing! They still deserve it though!
Today was encouraging because we were able to up the pace in the second half, and we played some really good football at times. There was nothing thrilling or scintillating, but the right score at the end of the 90+

We win, so time to start calculating the chances again!!

Yes get in there Derby
A much need 3 points get in
So happy