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Bournemouth put in a very high press, time for some pace upfront, for the ball over the top Wayne. Get Stretton involved.

…. And Fulham to follow…
 

I don’t think fans need to be Team Mel or Team EFL. I think the blame lies at both parties door. 
The losers in this are; the fans, local business, employees and if you wish to play it this way Wycombe. The fact of the matter is that Mel has got off with his millions in his back pocket and the EFL have won.   
  
Ultimately we’ve gambled on the proviso that if you spend enough money you’ll get up. In every other teams case this gamble has seemed to work. Just typical Derby that we’re the one team that this irresponsible approach hasn’t worked for. If it had Mel Morris would’ve been a hero in everyone’s eyes. For me it’s the fact he has plenty of money and has put us in to administration out of pettiness that we were starting to question his actions which leaves me feeling bitter towards him. 
 
I also don’t believe that the EFL are innocent or simply playing by the rules. They signed off everything and only took a second glance when Boro kicked up a stink. It’s irrelevant whether we cheated or not if they signed it off the blame and punishment should sit with them. 
  
It’s going to be 50/50 as to whether fans decide to be dignified or give it to the EFL every weekend. But ultimately both actions are irrelevant if we don’t get ownership soon. 
  
If we do get ownership does the squad restrictions get lifted? This is the bit I’m unsure about. If they don’t then that’s rather depressing looking  at next season.

Mel called out the EFL for agreeing to a crap TV deal - they didn't like that..... Mel questioned whether they were the best people to run the league - they didn't like that either..... Mel thought he was cleverer than the EFL by finding a number of legitimate ways through their poorly thought-through/written 'rules' - they didn't like that at all..... Mel put the club into admin thinking there was a valid case to argue against the 12 points - they hated that as it might have opened the floodgates for other clubs to follow..... Mel left the building - the EFL didn't care because by then the terms Derby County and Mel Morris were interchangeable in their eyes. The EFL did their very best to kill Derby County - they may still have succeeded.....we shall see.

Tod?
Do you mean Andy Todd?
Controversial but each to their own.

One big banner saying:
"What about Wolves, Villa, Boro, Bournemouth, Stoke.... then?"
(not sure if that list is accurate)

There will always be a Derby County while there are fans like you @B4ev6is.
Good man. COYR ?

Well lads efl and gibson are total bankers and I say you should now think fine take another 9 points off us but one thing you cant take of us is our fight and love of this club we know our fans shall our backs and we shall have theres. We shall go downing fighting to bitter end. Until then we shall do everything in our power to stay up. Or shall be back in the champership sooner than later.

First caller will be Barry from Burton asking why Rooney hasn't tried Forsyth in a more advanced role.

I've said before that I admire any fan with emotional capacity left to care about what team we play, or engage in discussions about tactics. I feel a little bit about the points deduction too; I always thought it was coming.
My main worries are:
1) How much of the above will be sorted before January? Because if it's not, there could be a firesale of not just the first team, but all the very clearly talented U23s who could be the key to our return to this league. If they go, then we'll be scrambling around to field a team that can stay up in League One next year, let alone any talk of promotion. And perhaps a tad more pertinently;
2) Are we going to exist????????????????*
 
 
*I can't believe how many fans are not obsessively stressed by this question.

Where was this energy from the football authorities when QPR went up in 2014? 
It seems that because we weren't promoted as heroes in that playoff final, we lived long enough in the Championship to become the villains. Although we may have got a lucky escape like QPR if not for Roos' cabbage hands which he saves for special occasions.
I'd wouldn't find this such a bitter pill to swallow if I believed this was part of a wider project to completely shake up finances in English football, but it really isn't. It's a case of punishing the scene of the crime, rather than the criminal. The individuals whose terrible decision making led us to this position will likely financially recover long before the club and community does. 
It seems the EFL believe that this points deduction will send some sort of message, but there will be another Derby. And another Derby after that. The kind of ego and personality willing to put a club in financial jeopardy in the name of promotion to the Premier League is plentiful in the world of business, and such personalities don't think "better not, this club could be on its knees after I'm gone."
So long as the football authorities pretend that this sort of financial mess is the actions of a few errant individuals rather than symptomatic of a broken financial model in the game, nothing will change. There will keep on being MMs, fueled by ego and enabled by dubious accounting, trying to compete with parachute payment clubs. 
 

This is the single most important thing as it means we can retain the services of Bird, Knight, Buchanan, etc rather than having to wait until the summer before offering deals.

My great, great uncle! Proud to be related to someone who wasn't afraid to stand up for what he believed in.

And in return, we let them have Knight, Bird, Sibley and Buchanan and half the academy on the cheap?
Forget it. We're in League 1 next season, let's prepare for that.

Next season, can we go ballistic?
Errr uhm, I mean, will we still have a business plan imposed on us?

(With thanks to whoever posted this the other day... Seems like it's a good response to many posts on here ?‍♂️)

they have been agreed by the club

Lightly based on those figures

We can complain when other clubs with more significant breaches get the same, without the added baggage of two years worth of EFL restrictions.
Our treatment has been so massively disproportionate by comparison.

07 May 2022 Derby 4 - Cardiff 0
Derby, against all odds, make history and avoid relegation.......

Early Sunday morning start for our 12pm kick off in front of the Sky cameras. Can we get back to 0 points? Who's going to make a difference? The rest of the season will feel like 2007 to me, best to make the most of it. Duck the EFL.

The only good part of this decision is that it seems that we should start next season with a clean slate and be able to operate as a 'normal' club for the first time in many seasons.....

Report states the business plan is for this season only.