SaffyRam

Even when  we we are in admin it's  a false economy not to let us renew contracts. We can work to a business recovery plan sure, but what kind of plan is that where you are forced to let your best talent go for nothing?  

We are in administration - if we weren’t we would be treated differently - being deliberately kept in administration  is another matter entirely 

Know how you feel mate . So much poo over the last two years with Covid and everything plus any other bad stuff in our lives . The football should be our escape from that and on Tuesday night it was duh duh duh festy  ebosele. 
 
now it’s back to all this legal crap which is doing my head in.

As an aside to all this, an indication as to how a club can have a bearing on a persons mental health is this. My dad died suddenly on 31 Jan 22 and the first time I started to feel any cheer since his death was on Tuesday night watching Derby score 3 goals. It broke the malaise.

Well to the derby players let teach that banker gibson a lesson that broke up bloodly good derby team up so let's get that ball in that boro net let's hurt him by getting goals in the net. They have blocked take over after take over. You have over 2k official backing you but I can see many many derby fans in the home ends.
 

Putting Buchanan in a CB position may yet be a masterstroke 

These are questions that need to be directed to the EFL, as far as I’m aware only RamsTrust and MP’s have that direct line to hold meetings with them outside of Quantuma.
I have put across these to RamsTrust on Twitter, received a reply to say they will look into them.
The Supporters Charter Group hold meetings with Quantuma, who can’t really answer them and possibly want answers themselves.
Needless to say, still no reply from the EFL to the email I sent questioning the ability to be impartial and regulation 4.4

It's time for Derby to commence legal action against the EFL, the other clubs that have remained silent throughout this process will be hit in the pocket.
Why? Because it's the right thing to do to protect the game we all love. We cannot allow the EFL to continue as they are. Sooner we have an independent regulator the better.
They have broken the agreement that prevents clubs from taking action against each other, reg 4.4
They have failed to take action against both Middlesbrough and Wycombe under reg 3.5 which prevents clubs from unfairly criticising, disparaging, belittling or discrediting any other Club.
They are ignoring the Arbitration Act 1996 with regards to insolvency and the football creditor status, attempting to push this through arbitration regulations, ignoring 4.4.
Surely we have more grounds than any of the clubs that have threatened legal action.
With the above we have been forced to sell assets for a low fee as we were prevented by offering contracts. We have incurred additional administration costs, which will increase the purchase price of the club, potentially forcing us into liquidation if the cost continues to rise.
With that it's 3am and the dog is looking at me, I can feel the questioning why are we not going to bed with his eyes.
Feel free to rip apart any of tonight's rants, I'm not a legal expert, far from it, but I am capable of reading and processing words.

Also with regards to Wycombe's claim. This is on the Blackstone Chambers website.
It's nothing new, but clearly lays out why their claim against Derby is utter nonsense.
https://www.sportslawbulletin.org/the-perilous-state-of-efl-club-finances-a-review-of-the-derby-county-and-sheffield-wednesday-cases/
- Independent tribunal ruled that a points deduction would be disproportionate. 
- Key point here, the EFL decided against appealing the decision.
- A points deduction would be applied if we failed P&S, however the deadline for those set by the EFL were after the start of the season, so no chance they could have been retrospectively applied.
In delivering its verdict, the independent commission highlighted that the purposes of the sanction were to punish the club for its breaches, to vindicate other clubs that had not breached the rules, to deter future breaches, and to preserve and restore public confidence in the competition’s fairness. A points deduction, the commission decided, would have been disproportionate in Derby’s case, particularly given that there was “no basis on which to conclude that the Club knew or even suspected that the policy was non-compliant during the relevant seasons”[23].
Initially, it was thought that the EFL would appeal the sanction and seek a points deduction. In an unprecedented move, an interchangeable fixture list had been announced for the 2021-22 season: one set of fixtures had Wycombe competing in the Championship; the other, Derby.[24] But the EFL has since decided that it will not appeal.[25] With the deadline for Derby’s resubmission of its accounts fast approaching on 18 August, the new season is in full swing, and there is no prospect that Wycombe and Derby will swap divisions even if breaches are found.
Why, someone please explain how the EFL are even entertaining these claims, even if Wycombe threatened to sue the EFL instead they have a strong case.
The only question would be why it took so long for them to pull us up on the amortisation, yet if they had done that at the start, Wycombe would not have been on the radar.

Again, let's not hear a bad word said against the EFL. Give me a break.
Do you not realise that they have multiple avenues to shut these cases down?
Insolvency law, something you dismissed.
reg 4.4, something again you have dismissed.
The EFL and Gibson are both the enemy at this point, you have absolutely no chance in changing my mind on this. 
As the league's governing body they could wake up and end this tomorrow if they wished, but they continue to choose not to.

So just to clarify in my own mind, the current situation is that Gibbon has a case against us that is holding everything up but nobody, including the EFL, know what that case is????

Maybe some nice coasters for your pint pot as you watch on the telly. 

Anyone else totally and utterly fed-up to the back teeth with this yet?

If he slowed down a bit then people could read his shirt
Only got himself to blame

So basically ignore the Boro, Forest and Leeds fans on social media.
The sheer volume of posts would lead you to believe everyone hates us......rather than follow the "cheating" narrative trying to be pushed, liquidation would be justice served, the wider football world is behind us to pull off this great escape. 
The team we're 4 points behind also sold their stadium and received a points deduction for FFP breaches where they wasn't forced to rewrite their accounts.

It's not about the money, it's about showing our appreciation for a player's loyalty. 
All these years and Fozzy has never had his own song, never been the hero. He's just Mr Dependable. 
I think it would be well deserved.

I've always loved him. 
The easier the pass, the harder he makes it look sometimes, but then he'll pick out an absolute pearler, like the assist for Lawrence against Forest, and you wonder if it's the same player!
Heart, commitment, longevity and a massive amount of mental strength to overcome 3 serious knee injuries, I wouldn't be surprised if he was still here 3 years from now.

Even Festy was singing it on the bench last night. After Wayne Rooney was having a chat with him. The cameras stayed on him to see him singing “we don’t give a Duck” 

Where are the eyes ?

Absolutely mad the difference in points gained in that time between the clubs!
Reading 1pt
Cardiff 8pts
P’ Boro 4pts
Barnsley 1pt
The Mighty Ducking Rams 17pts!!

Yes. And don’t you both look happy about it.

Does this mean I'm going to have to hug the Golden Ram before every game from now on?

I always read the matchday thread when I get back from a game, no matter how late. Sometimes it's a chore but tonight it's been an absolute pleasure! 
COYR! 

Great atmosphere again tonight and credit to the Hull fans as far as I’m aware there was no party when Derby die ballcocks!
love the way this team play football. Thought Plange was immense such good hold up play and Buchanan a great fit at CB. A word on Byrne who has been covering all over the park in recent games epitomising the work rate of the whole team they are just a pleasure to support UTR