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Basicslly you just want a sausage roll and pretending to be there to give support ?

Right, here's what I am going to do.
I think that it will help the players to know that we're behind them on Sat, no matter what we think about the situation both on and off the pitch.
Therefore, I am going to drive down, try to park somewhere, maybe even the rail station car park if there isn't anywhere closer (e.g. Holiday Inn was always my favourite on match days), walk to PP and show my support, even if it's just me.  Then I'm going to walk back to the car and listen to the game on Radio Derby whilst driving home.
I'm going to do this because whatever the outcome I want to go to sleep on Sat evening knowing that I did what little I could to encourage the players to give their all in this crucial, season-defining game.
I will feel better doing this than if I just watched or listened at home carping from the sidelines.
Just as in the days of the 3 crooks when we protested outside the ground, now is the time to stand up and be counted.
I will socially distance and wear a mask.
I will be there at about 10am.
Even if it's raining.
Message ends.

Basicslly you just want a sausage roll and pretending to be there to give support ?

I will also be leaving West London at 08:00 to cheers the Badge. I'm not in support of the players but I will be there to show my support to Derby County Football Club. 
Will be a long hand drive back but I think they need the lift. 

And in both those finals we had no right to win because of what the other teams had at their disposal and the money they spent to get there. Even the Villa game whatever money we had spent in the years leading up to the final, it pales into insignificance with what Villa threw at it. 
 
This season given Bournemouth’s form right  now there is a strong possibility the teams that came down will all go up. Next season there is a very good chance it will be the same and so on. The premier league will become a closed shop due to the disparity between the finances unless clubs are prepared to face ruin or break FFP just to compete!

The infamous home game v Fulham in the early 80's me thinks....

I’m sure MM his doing his best to get the best for this Football Club.
I have spoken to him at forums and outside the ground when he has taken time to speak when he needn't have .
The guy is a human being for goodness sake 
Let’s have some balance  
Has anybody actually thought how this might be effecting him personally 
I grew up in Littleover with Mel although I didn’t personally know him .
He has  always been a Derby fan .
He has made mistakes at times but he doesn’t deserve this  
 

And the only metric used to judge the approach is do we go up. Zamora meant the GSE approach failed. A Lampard at Wembley, that home playoff to Hull, rubbish performance at Fulham, the final day throwaway before Mac went....they all meant the other way was a failure.

Is that your pre gig rider?

And that’s the problem! Right here!! You slag off Mel because of the position we are in now yet why are we here?! Because he tried to compete against teams with parachute payments. Went about it the wrong way but he tried. Wednesday did exactly the same look where they are. Reading will be the next one, if they don’t get up next season I would then say the red dogs would be next. 
 
Run the club sustainability- no ambition sack the board. Spend money trying to get promotion against teams with more resources - sack the board.
We all need a reset of expectations because ultimately we want a football club to support at the end of the day that we feel connected to, whatever division we are in.

Agree with a lot of what you are posting there, although I still retain some trust that Mel will get it sorted. I think he has been more unlucky than irresponsible, but things don't look great currently.
I don't agree with criticising @therams69 /Nick for claiming to be a super fan, or a self-appointed spokesman for all fans. I don't know Nick at all, but he is not an anonymous keyboard warrior, but someone who actually tries to do things and make things better.
As @Ambitious says though, what can we realistically do? Mel is trying to get out and sell the club. I think I'd rather him stay until he can sell to someone trustworthy.

He is a superfan though!
Anyone who's committed that much time and expense to following Derby, and trying to increase the enjoyment of fellow supporters along the way, isn't just a regular fan, so superfan fits, for me at least. 
 
 

Agree with a lot of what you are posting there, although I still retain some trust that Mel will get it sorted. I think he has been more unlucky than irresponsible, but things don't look great currently.
I don't agree with criticising @therams69 /Nick for claiming to be a super fan, or a self-appointed spokesman for all fans. I don't know Nick at all, but he is not an anonymous keyboard warrior, but someone who actually tries to do things and make things better.
As @Ambitious says though, what can we realistically do? Mel is trying to get out and sell the club. I think I'd rather him stay until he can sell to someone trustworthy.

Agree with a lot of what you are posting there, although I still retain some trust that Mel will get it sorted. I think he has been more unlucky than irresponsible, but things don't look great currently.
I don't agree with criticising @therams69 /Nick for claiming to be a super fan, or a self-appointed spokesman for all fans. I don't know Nick at all, but he is not an anonymous keyboard warrior, but someone who actually tries to do things and make things better.
As @Ambitious says though, what can we realistically do? Mel is trying to get out and sell the club. I think I'd rather him stay until he can sell to someone trustworthy.

Agree with a lot of what you are posting there, although I still retain some trust that Mel will get it sorted. I think he has been more unlucky than irresponsible, but things don't look great currently.
I don't agree with criticising @therams69 /Nick for claiming to be a super fan, or a self-appointed spokesman for all fans. I don't know Nick at all, but he is not an anonymous keyboard warrior, but someone who actually tries to do things and make things better.
As @Ambitious says though, what can we realistically do? Mel is trying to get out and sell the club. I think I'd rather him stay until he can sell to someone trustworthy.

Agree with a lot of what you are posting there, although I still retain some trust that Mel will get it sorted. I think he has been more unlucky than irresponsible, but things don't look great currently.
I don't agree with criticising @therams69 /Nick for claiming to be a super fan, or a self-appointed spokesman for all fans. I don't know Nick at all, but he is not an anonymous keyboard warrior, but someone who actually tries to do things and make things better.
As @Ambitious says though, what can we realistically do? Mel is trying to get out and sell the club. I think I'd rather him stay until he can sell to someone trustworthy.

Agree with a lot of what you are posting there, although I still retain some trust that Mel will get it sorted. I think he has been more unlucky than irresponsible, but things don't look great currently.
I don't agree with criticising @therams69 /Nick for claiming to be a super fan, or a self-appointed spokesman for all fans. I don't know Nick at all, but he is not an anonymous keyboard warrior, but someone who actually tries to do things and make things better.
As @Ambitious says though, what can we realistically do? Mel is trying to get out and sell the club. I think I'd rather him stay until he can sell to someone trustworthy.

Agree with a lot of what you are posting there, although I still retain some trust that Mel will get it sorted. I think he has been more unlucky than irresponsible, but things don't look great currently.
I don't agree with criticising @therams69 /Nick for claiming to be a super fan, or a self-appointed spokesman for all fans. I don't know Nick at all, but he is not an anonymous keyboard warrior, but someone who actually tries to do things and make things better.
As @Ambitious says though, what can we realistically do? Mel is trying to get out and sell the club. I think I'd rather him stay until he can sell to someone trustworthy.

Quickly coming to the realisation that I can't really be arsed with the stress, uncertainty and sheer faff of trying to go abroad this year.
Battling the scramble to get something booked (probably at inflated prices) when the green list is announced & then stressing about whether they'll still be "green" by the time we're returning from holiday. Still probably having to wear masks on holiday, with one eye constantly on the news for restriction updates.
Bugger that.
Got 3 Camping weekends & 1 Glamping trip (Mon-Fri) booked in the UK this summer & that'll do.
Use the money saved to hopefully go large next year instead (Maldives/Mexico)

And how quickly do these people move in with lovers?

I’m with you Nick...this is very serious and if we’re not careful we could be the next Bury then it’s too late.Sad some of the comments on here trying to make this thread in to a joke.I know the life commitment you have put in following our club and your efforts are admirable and when your worried we all need to be worried

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9257771/A-year-hell-Mel-Morris-reveals-major-health-problems-sell-Derby-200m-loss.html

Mel said less than 3 months ago that he will continue to bankroll the club until a new owner is in place. How often do we need him to say this? 

Is now the right time to reveal I am Barry the Ram?

Hi everyone,
I have posted this on my personal facebook but want to let everyone else know as well hence why I have started a new thread. As fans we need to be collectively acting now on the back of the group Club 84 raising various issues over the past week or so. Do no bury your heads in the sand any longer. I am concerned.
Spent this last week focusing on something that means a hell of alot to me, Derby County.
This past year has been tough on me, sure you all know that and my primarily focus has been on my business and family. A new addition in Phoebe, a house move that now risks having houses built at the back of us replacing the green belt land that reside on the land and then working most nights delivering Uber to bring some income in, not to mention home schooling. So I haven't had the time to think about Derby County but it has now come to a tipping point where I am very concerned about our club.
Regardless of the result on Saturday, this club in my opinion is in serious danger and when I say that I mean it in the strongest of terms. Should this takeover not happen then I worry that we will have no club to return to.
Over the past few weeks many supporters group and the local press have requested that either Mel Morris or Stephen Pearce just come out and gives us fans some 'reassurance' that our club will be secure in the event of the takeover collapsing. This has been refused many times.
I have been involved with the club for around 15 years now and have attended many meetings including the supporters committee that meet every couple of months and improving the atmosphere etc etc... Always had a very good relationship and a mutual respect with both Mel & Stephen. There was plans for a protest after the game on Saturday (now been called off due to safety concerns with the Arena Vaccines) and originally this could have simply been avoided by either of them coming out to give us fans reassurance. I asked the question a couple of days ago and they have refused to come out and say 'anything'.
It does not need a genius to work out that this is an absolute disgrace of respect for us fans. The same people who asked fans to donate their Season Ticket money to the club in the middle of a pandemic to help it be run as opposed to having a refund. The absolute pure cheek of it is astounding.
When things go silent and when people in authority refuse to speak to the biggest stakeholders of this football club, which if you didn't know, is us fans, then questions and concerns need to be raised and answered and unfortunately certain people are hiding - draw your own conclusions on that.
The focus without doubt needs to be on the game on Saturday but irrespective of the outcome, Derby County are in serious danger and as fans we need to act. Do not say to me that it will all be okay if we stay up, it won't be. Do not be naïve to think that. We are in a huge mess. There is a reason why accounts get published and that is so fans can understand the situation of our club. This is way overdue, why?.
Mel Morris has invested alot of money in this football club but whilst doing so has made us an absolute embarrassment in the football world and has failed. Selling the stadium to himself was done because he overspent and screwed up. So many thought it was clever, it really wasn't - it was hiding his mistakes as custodian to this football club which resulted in the football club no longer owning the biggest asset which in turn will make any takeover complicated. Let's not even go there with the Arab failed takeover, due diligence of any interested party failed big time there and weeks were wasted with it.
Under his command we have seen absolute appalling recruitment. This has never been addressed despite being raised time and time again. In fact, we may as well appoint him as manager as I always thought it should be the football club manager that targets & buys players. I dont need to name names with this one but there is a player at this club who has never played second time around and is getting paid very well, wonder why...
Clearly our season has been nothing short of a shambles. You cannot blame the kids and you cannot blame the players to a degree, it isn't there fault they are not good enough. The captain of the ship is responsible for this. Important we back the lads tomorrow and hope and pray they get us over the line to keep our Championship status.
This post is not a rant. Its reality that our football club and the fab Derby people that work within it are in serious danger of being no more. Please do not say to me that this derails tomorrow, I am sorry but the situation is far worse than the potential relegation we face tomorrow. Feel free to bury your heads in the sands but things need to change at Derby County and quick before it really is to late.
I would say to Mel & Stephen, feel free to respond and give us reassurances, but they have already refused to do so. That my friends is all you need to know about who we currently have running our beloved Derby County.
Stephen Pearce needs to resign. Any CEO of any business does not hide like what you have.
Mel Morris needs to depart this football club and take all the debt with him. The stadium should be given back to the football club and included in any sale. He should swallow his pride and sell this great football club to the 'best' candidate and not just who he prefers. We both know there are offers on the table and you know who they are from.
After all, you are Derby through and through - said no one ever but you.
Nick