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glass half full from the comments on the game it seems we would have lost that last season.

glass half full from the comments on the game it seems we would have lost that last season.

right at the end it was obvious the extra, extra time wasn't helping them score so the ref had to get involved.

In retrospect Steve should be applauded for what he has done for Derby County and I wasn’t always his biggest advocate.
Missing out against QPR at Wembley was cruel and we didn’t deserve it. 

Shouldn’t we have Gibson on the sweat filter rather than Bamford now??

I have defended Mel Morris simply on the grounds that 95% of what has been going on has been hidden from us as fans.
It’s super easy to criticise people when you don’t have all the facts to hand.
I thought a personal investment of £200 million to try and get us back in the top flight deserved a bit of leeway.
I also found people doubting his fandom a bit pathetic to be honest.
He’s run this club poorly, but spending big bucks on players, offering high wages and moving on from managers who have big contracts is not the sign on a man who doesn’t desperately want success for his club.
For those of you who remember Maxwell, that was far worse in certain respects because he didn’t give a rats ass about Derby. Tthough time softens the memory and we always think the problems we’re experiencing now have never been so bad.
Nobody gets caught in a violent thunderstorm and goes home saying, that was the 7th worst thunderstorm I’ve ever experienced, it’s always the worst.
So I was prepared to sit on my hands and wait.
But his treatment of Rooney and the fact he never told him about administration means my fence-sitting days are over because that was despicable and I’m happy he’s effectively gone.

Having said that, I really hope Derby fans don’t hate on the guy. No matter how badly he’s handled this, I have no doubt his intentions were good for the club and the city. He was just not very good at running a football club and then couldn’t manage failure.
I’m not worried about going down and I hope if/when we do Rooney stays and we build some stability around a good crop of youngsters. And obviously, we take the red dogs with us.
As has been said before, to those of you not old enough to remember, we had a LOT of fun in the old third division days under Arfa.
Wolves went through administration and have done ok and Leicester seemed to have struggled on.
It seems all doom and gloom, but this will build a siege mentality with the club and us fans and we could end up thinking it was a good thing to start afresh.

Morris' biggest failing is that he is a fan. He ran the club like a fan.
Didn't think rationally. Gambled on short-term success based on in-the-moment excitement.
My old man is usually a fairly logical and reasonable person, but he's unbearable when we lose. Or win. We lose, and he will pipe out the "this is the worst Derby side I have ever seen" line almost every time, win, and we're going up. 
Pretty confident that if you gave my Dad a half a billion quid, he'd also have spaffed £200m, stormed into the dressing room on several occasions, and probably would have sacked Steve Mac another four times just to make sure.
This does not exonerate Morris. His lack of leadership in crisis will rightly draw a lot of criticism. He may be bowing out, but to do so with such a reluctance to admit mistakes or show any vulnerability or emotion to the fans and staff it's what's getting people upset.
Morris ran the club like a fan who was determined to play the game as he wished it to be, not the way it actually was. 

You're not getting what this administration thing actually means are you?

1. TV Money needs sharing more equally
2. Parachute payments should only cover an portion of existing contracts, plus maybe £5m for other costs
3. The Academy compensation needs more teeth, more appearance payments and a sell on clause.
 

Rooney found out off Sky!

How about 
"And it's Derby County"
"Derby County FC"
"We WERE by far the greatest team"
"Before Mel came on the scene"

Gibson is a **** and no i wouldnt be .....should mind his own ******* business 

Am I right in thinking that all this transfer embargo rubbish is in place to just frustrate clubs, to stop them appealing and taking it to the courts with the EFL knowing/hoping the length of time appeals take and with an embargo in place most clubs will just bend over and accept the punishment?
 

I wish we could sign a few more but I'm liking that players are joining for the love of football and not for the love of a decent pay cheque.
 

I wish we could sign a few more but I'm liking that players are joining for the love of football and not for the love of a decent pay cheque.
 

Would you buy the company you work for?

Hopefully nobody was expecting anything other than that - he hasn’t joined us for the money - he wants to play football 

Good enough to start for Poland but not good enough to start for a Championship club with a paper thin squad...

Great performance, hopefully an bright future for him.
Not sure I agree with the Jozwiak comments, sure he's not in great form at the moment but if he's if good enough to start for Poland surely he's good enough to start for Derby County with our current squad.

Good enough to start for Poland but not good enough to start for a Championship club with a paper thin squad...

Why can't this thread just praise Ebosele? Why does it have to double as a Jozwiak hate thread. Embarrassing. 

Great performance, hopefully an bright future for him.
Not sure I agree with the Jozwiak comments, sure he's not in great form at the moment but if he's if good enough to start for Poland surely he's good enough to start for Derby County with our current squad.

Great performance, hopefully an bright future for him.
Not sure I agree with the Jozwiak comments, sure he's not in great form at the moment but if he's if good enough to start for Poland surely he's good enough to start for Derby County with our current squad.

I actually couldn’t give a rats ass who it is now. Just get it sorted already so we can move on!!