68 Guns

1 hour ago, admira said:

150. 

Craig Burley

13 hours ago, TuffLuff said:

I will die on the hill that Carson is only seen as a good  goalkeeper because Rowett set up two lines of defence in front of him. Keepers look good when defences don’t leak chance after chance! See also our spine in the 13/14 season. Grant was good because Keogh, Buxton and Eustace/Thorne we’re immense in front of him 

Yep. And Carson and Grant played absolutely no part in organising the defence in front of them. They were just lucky bystanders

I've balied out of reading this thread. I'm astounded at some of the suggestions I saw earlier. We are in administration, we have no money. We can't afford to pay compensation.  Rosenior is clearly the man to take us forward. He already knows what is and what isn't.

I would still find somebody to help him tho. A man who knows a player, a man steeped in the game (particularly lower league/ non league)  Even better a man who is a Ram.

There's some absolute gems out there and Kevin Wilson knows who they are. 

Bring back the sacrificial Ram.

Speak to him as a minimum. I'd employ him full time.

10 hours ago, twinkletoes said:

Warnock there is no other choice

There are many many other choices if only you put your brain into gear prior to posting 

John Clayton

12 hours ago, admira said:

138. Tougher one today. 

John Clayton

1 hour ago, Loughborough Ram said:

I think that it's vitally important at this time that Derby fans focus on who the bad guys are in this situation. 

Almost from the start of administrations the EFL have been an 'enemy'. For them to start posturing and grandstanding now is a complete insult in my opinion, and no Rams fan should be under any illusion that their current 'concern' for our welfare is completely disingenuous, they couldn't give a f***, their only concern is for their own future and the torrent of criticism that will come their way if we go out of business.

Add to that the way Quantuma have conducted this administration, and Rams fans have been abandoned on all sides.

We are in a position where rich men on all sides of our current predicament are happy to lie and leak stories to the media as long as it furthers their cause.

I'm surprised by how much fighting there is on this forum, as in my opinion we have to stick together, nobody else is going to fight for us, be sure of that.

It's not 'bad guys'. It's singular. His name is Mel. 

3 hours ago, angieram said:

As the wages aren't due until the 30th! 

It needs sorting. Its ludicrous. Someone contact my union. I've not been paid for June either.

20 hours ago, Brammie Steve said:

Owed to Rick Parry........

The business of football?

Business!!

Football's a game,

A sport,

A battle

A clash of two mighty armies over ninety minutes,

Decided by who scores the most goals.

Business?

Dog eat dog

Do others before they do you!

"Mam!

Dog's done his business

On the carpet again!

Stinking the place out."

 

 

Seemed like an appropriate moment to mention it. 

It may have been the best tribute ever but I doubt it.

I sometimes listen to a podcast called Ramswriter.

He can't write a sentence that is correct.

And yes it does matter. It you call yourself Rams writer then you should be able to write.

It's you're and it's they're and it's lose FFS

I get it. Why don't the rest of you?

An owner of a renowned local business who knows Clowes told me he believed it was done bar the shouting. Just the usual time frames to wait for.??

4 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

 

Jesus H.  One of the basement dwellers from OTIB-I can't imagine who - has joined the Gumps forum.  Probably evicted before they finally slip into a coma. What a life. Sad b******.?

Thanks for the welcome last week, enjoyed Notcher's post on the financials too- and indeed ultimately what it comes down to there is "where are the accounts". 3 years worth not there, not only for the club, parent and consolidator but a range of subsidaries who would not be affected by the amortisation issue.

Club DCFC, Stadia DCFC and potentially Derby County FC Academy are unaffected by amortisation of Player Registrations- academy products have a net book value of zero from the getgo,so why they didn't even release these specific ones in 2020 and 2021 pre administration is puzzling. Only exception to that rule is if they added players for fees from other clubs to DCFC Academy maybe.

On one or two other bits. The stadium loophole was shut in summer 2021, after a vote by clubs. Not just for stadia either, but any and every Tangible Fixed Asset. Not to say that a club cannot do it, just that the EFL or UEFA it exclude it from the FFP numbers. In actual fact, prior to 2016 it was already excluded from the EFL FFP regs and UEFA never brought it in probably because they could see where it might lead and that it was a stupid idea!

The Stoke one is quite interesting for a couple of reasons. They have sold the stadium for about £70m so a profit on that of £30m or so- the training ground too with a few million profit but the stadium sale is the big one, think the total profit for the two was £32m or so.

However I wonder why- and it maybe innocent- the sale date as stated in the accounts appears not to align with the Land Registry. Sheffield Wednesday got in trouble for this to an extent and it had to be put in the correct year although they botched it badly. Stoke may not have done.

The difference here is that if put in the correct year the EFL's own rules state that it should be excluded from FFP/P&S. Not only was it the season of 2021/22 but the Accounting Reference Period covering that season.

Fully accept that the Land Registry can lag, and exacerbated post Covid but the timespans are more like SWFC at this juncture than Aston Villa, Derby, and belatedly Sheffield Wednesday. Dunno about Birmingham or Reading but they 'sold' to foreign individuals/companies.
 

(b)with effect from, and including the Accounting Reference Period covering Season 2021/22, profit/loss on disposal of any tangible fixed asset.

I'd simply say Devil in the detail.

As for Derby, puzzled as to the total silence on HMRC debt, puzzled too as to how the rules on council borrowing fit with the talk of borrowed money. Someone on OTIB got at this point.

https://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co...le-for-support

Refinance commercial property debt? OTOH, the other side- included within the article puts speculation as to how they fund it at odds with a law change?
 

The guidance followed a ruling by the Treasury last November that councils could no longer borrow from the PWLB simply to support property purchases made “primarily for yield”.

Would buying Pride Park with money borrowed be classed as this? Yet another public subsidy to Derby if so...and one that seems suspect based on this. If it's not primarily for yield, that again strikes me as a bad use of public money in this time.

I am sure the other clubs will be watching the EFL very closely, and the EFL's Owners and Directors Test contains this section- and I would hope a stringent Business Plan would come under this.
 

3.2 In relation to any proposed acquisition of Control of a Club by a Person, The League shall have:

3.2.1 the powers set out in Regulation 16.20; and/or

3.2.2 the ability to impose such other conditions,

as in each case it may determine, in order to monitor and/or ensure compliance with Regulations 16 to 19, 21, 22 (including Appendix 3) and 103 to 113 inclusive (and their successor or replacement provisions).
Sounds a bit like carte blanche I reckon. Especially in conjunction with...
 

3.3 No Person may acquire Control of a Club and no Club may permit a Person to acquire Control of it until such time as:

3.3.1 The League provides confirmation that all Persons that are required to do so have complied with the process set out in Rule 3.1.1(a) and no such Persons are liable to be disqualified as a Relevant Person;

3.3.2 The League provides confirmation of its satisfaction with the information provided pursuant to Rule 3.1.1(b); and

3.3.3 The Club and any Person proposing to acquire Control have acceded to any powers and/or accepted any conditions imposed pursuant to Rule 3.2.

One more on OTIB who has been both quite scathing and informative about Derby- HXJ. He was actually banned from posting when he tried to join in 2021- before he'd even posted a thing!

You expect us to read that? I stopped at OTIB!

Never sure why folks are so obsessed with reporting about other folks who are obsessed with us.

It's of no relevance to this thread ( no relevance to me full stop) I'm a ram. Could not care less about Leeds or Forest or whoever.

We spend too long worrying about others. It's laughable to be honest.

If you are a true Ram you shouldn't be bothered about the others. Just us.

It shouldn't even be up for discussion. And it's nothing to with Wembley 19. 

2 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

I don't like cricket.

 

I love it

On 21/03/2022 at 10:18, Curtains said:

Tame draw in the end thanks to Brathwaite.

 Barbados pitch was docile .

Hope Grenada track  is a results one. 

I think you've got your wish.??

It may have been said already, I really can't be arsed to go through numerous posts accusing a bloke with a bit of realism in his thoughts of being a red dog. @RipleyRich

I fail to understand why the Binnies pulling out is good news. They said they've been trying to buy the club since June, yet super Mel felt we were better off in Admin. 

They are bang on with the fact we are devalued with Jan sales.

Why would the admin even be in discussion with them if their bid was so far below the other bids as is alluded to on here.

It seems to me that we are in massive, massive trouble. I hope I'm wrong but it seems to me we are on the verge of liquidation.

I have to admit I'm 12 pints deep and busy listening to The Jam greatest hits.

Just off to Wardour Street....

43 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

Can you honestly imagine this England batting lineup against the West Indies pace attack of Roberts, Holding, Ambrose, Marshall, Croft etc?

Embarrassing lack of judgment.

It would be frightening, Even tho Holding and Croft are in their 60s and Roberts is in his 70s. 

14 hours ago, ossieram said:

Contact Kirky at the Neptune,  with tickets selling so fast, he might have spare seats if he's running a bus.

I'll try him but not sure about Neptune trip working for my nearly 16 years old boy. 

One of the responses I got on the phone last night was 'we're not here to babysit your  son" I found that a pathetic response.

To be absolutely clear, I'm not looking for a babysitter. He's nearly 16. He's a trustworthy boy. I just want him to have a ride to Luton.

I was going to Derby matches on my own at 11.

I believe they're safer now than ever before. I didn't have a phone in 1979.

16 minutes ago, 68 Guns said:

I've bought my boy (15.5) and his mate tickets for Luton. and then all the local buses have refused to take them now (u 18) as some morons caused some bother at Huddersfield. Heanor trust him but they're not running a bus to Luton.

Can anyone help out? As it stands I'm driving to Luton and not watching and then driving them  back. 

He's a proper Ram, and no bother, I just don't want him having to do a change at Leicester and Kettering, and paying £30 etc etc

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Only posted on here, nowhere else, I trust you all,

Or if anyone has a spare I'll take them myself

 

Love Leamo

 

 

Thanks Boycie. I'm crossing my fingers. 

I've bought my boy (15.5) and his mate tickets for Luton. and then all the local buses have refused to take them now (u 18) as some morons caused some bother at Huddersfield. Heanor trust him but they're not running a bus to Luton.

Can anyone help out? As it stands I'm driving to Luton and not watching and then driving them  back. 

He's a proper Ram, and no bother, I just don't want him having to do a change at Leicester and Kettering, and paying £30 etc etc

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Only posted on here, nowhere else, I trust you all,

Or if anyone has a spare I'll take them myself

Love Leamo

On 31/01/2022 at 22:45, RadioactiveWaste said:

It's going to be interesting to see hoe Liam Rosenoir develops in his own right.

I remember just how bad the coaching by commitee went after Cocu left.

I was as annoyed with his as with Rooney during last seasons "resilience of wet paper towel" endless failings.

BUT

 

So you were another one that didn't get it then. How do you work on a style of play when you have another game in 3 days time?

Some of us understood, but got fed up of saying it. 

Some of us didn't understand, but didn't get fed up of saying it.

I suppose we should be grateful for small mercies. At least you've finally realised.

Pedantic I know but I get properly upset with it. 

Always talking about what the club means to The City. 

Derby COUNTY

We're here too.......

15 hours ago, Boycie said:

Had you been watching any other live tv or streams etc prior or was it just emails and normal stuff?

If you had and there’d been no problems then it points towards the individual product I assume.

If you hadn’t then I guess it wasn’t as fast a WiFi as you assumed.

Ive just speed checked out hotel WiFi and it’s just under 2 meg.

Sky sports app for the red button was a bit sketchy on that on Monday night.

plus, depending where your time zone is, maybe the demand for WiFi in the hotel was high, eg evening.

im no expert, but I do understand how frustrating it is mate.

My boys had been streaming flms from Amazon, Showbox etc at one time all 3 of them at once. There was no issue which was why I decided to stream the match. 

Spoke to a fellow Ram the next day and he'd tried it as well with the same problems.

In Lanzarote so it's the same timezone and each room has its own router which you pay extra to activate.

No idea of the speed, just knew it served 3 tablets ok a couple of days earlier.

Never mind eh, the important thing is that The Rams won. 

Back to topic. Rams TV a total waste of a tenner. 

Been on hotel Wi fi all week with no problems. Get on Rams TV and constant buffering. 

You can alter the quality of stream it said, that might stop it stopping it said..... It didn't

I thought I'd took my glasses off- but I hadn't- was just a crap picture. And then it stopped again. FFS.  Reckon I saw about 20 mins in total and didn't see any of the goals. Did see Bogle win peno tho...then it froze and next thing there was 97 mins on the clock and we are 1 Up

Just a poo stream. I'll be onto them when I get home.

Pile of turds

12 hours ago, dcfcfan1 said:

15 mill is a lot to cardiff tbh. Fifa should just step in and pay. 15 mill is peanuts to the premierleague/Fifa

You are just so so wrong. Cardiffs handling of this is disgraceful. I wish them nothing but ill will.