Ramewe

Sent my email to Parry. I do feel though we need somehow to orchestrate crowd funding and quickly. In fact Im surprised that hasn't started as soon as Administration. Please BAWT, RAMSTRUST, PUNJABI anyone with a bit of organisation behind them, please kick this off, there are thousands of people who would chip in, some very rich people too....

Fair enough mate, if that's how you feel, but I'll not be giving up just yet. To my mind the prime reason we are doing so well is that the lads keep stepping it up. Every single challenge and set-back is met with an even fiercer resolve. Whatever you think, they don't think they're beat.
There are better squads than us, there are better starting 11's, but there's not a team in the entire EFL who can match our unity, determination and dogged will to win. We won't win every game of course and losing further players will provide an even stiffer challenge, but any team that plays us will know they've been in a game. United were running on fumes inside the last 20.
I'm with these lads all the way, as this will be a season that I'll remember forever. Throughout all the time I've followed this club, I don't think I've ever been so proud of the team and coaches. One through eleven and the subs as well, literally giving their all.
I can't be giving up on that mate.

Someone called Adam Boddington (very possibly on here) has created a petition asking for the Sports Minister to look at the situation between Derby, Middlesbrough and Wycombe. The EFL is mentioned in the petition title:
https://www.change.org/p/sports-minister-for-england-sports-minister-to-look-into-the-ongoing-situation-between-the-efl-Derby-county
Well done Adam for starting something off.

Today is the day. Upset,angry and worried whether my beloved Derby will be around anymore. In my mid 60s now so have given up seeing the Rams in the Premiership in my lifetime (hope not but being realistic). Will be there today next to my son in South Stand. Usually in SW Upper but son's mate has to work as s/e and has been let down by Saturday girl. Despite what goes on the pitch, and a win would do wonderful as this would lift us off the bottom, I ask if all the supporters not just the SS, SW and East Stand but everywhere is the ground to make some noise, not only to get behind the lads, but to make the gutter press,the tv companies,other 'real' football fans that this beautiful club of ours is NOT going to die and we are going to be around for the next hundred years. (Must admit have a slight tear in my eye writing this and no have not been drinking). Derby till I die!
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Quantuma shouldn't have to have a plan B. Rules are rules and laws are laws. They are a professional accredited business and they follow the law. They are following the law.  
They aren't here to "show leadership", they are here to follow the law, and provide the best deal for the creditors. Too right they are covering their backsides, would you just wing it if you were in a legal situation.
What we are seeing here is the EFL being upset they couldn't relegate us last season and they are trying their hardest to do it this time, in fact attempting to break UK insolvency laws to do so.
I'm sure any administrator wouldn't expect to have to deal with a governing body which is basically acting like a petulant child that can't get was they want.
Some may say the EFL don't have a vendetta against us, but the day that they came out and said they were "disappointed" with the findings of the independent panel, they cemented that they do, and their actions since then have shown that they are a corrupt disgrace.
This isn't going to stop with us. They wiped out Macclesfield, they kicked out Bury, they let a fraudster take over at Wigan then washed their hands of it a month later, they sent Bolton to league 2, and they are going to liquidate Derby. 
The league needs to be restructured and the EFL needs to be removed.

I’d rather us have to start again than give money to Gibson or Wycombe. 
What an awful shower they’ve showed themselves to be. 
I am disgusted over the financial mismanagement of our club, the behaviour of the EFL and the two other club owners involved. 
To be honest I’m anxious, I just want to know what’s happening if it’s liquidation then let’s get it done with I think we’ve had enough ‘imminently, next week, tomorrows’ to last us a life time. 
We are fans it’s our club. We’ll stick around so Derby will survive in one way or another. 
COYR. 

It's called blackmail , the EFL have Boro's CEO on their board , that's a MASSIVE conflict of interests so the EFL will just sit back , if we go under it will be a lesson to other clubs if we pay up their board member is happy and they would probably get a kick back from him 

If I were a supporter of either Boro or Wycombe I'd be ashamed to say that was my club. 

Ebosele for 500k doesn't bear thinking about.
 
Lawrence surely has to be top of the list. Knight second...surely that would see us through?

I would appeal to Niall Horan to chip in a reasonable amount to start a crowd funding effort to see us through to the end of the season and to employ Nick De Marco to tackle the nasty two in court. There must be tens of thousands of Rams who would chip in, and social media would accelerate interest. 
Come on Niall or this club is only going in one direction ?.

I’ve had enough, I’ve sat silently and patiently, foolishly hoping after the points deduction that this was a clean slate. 
It’s clear that the EFL have a vendetta against this club and this latest move to block the preferred bidder needs highlighting and discussing from the highest media platforms and people of influence across the country. 
As a fan base, chanting in the stadium simply isn’t enough anymore. We need to put real, sustained pressure on the EFL in the form of media exposure and noise. 
Small steps lead to big things, the future of our football club is at stake, let’s not let it die without a fight! 
Ive emailed just about every news outlet there is. If you have any positive action you’ve done, post below so we can keep track and build momentum. 

...to not take an air of gloom into the stadium tomorrow and let it pervade and transmit to the players. We need to go "once more to the breach dear friends...stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; then lend the eye a terrible aspect;...".
Really need to lift up those players, remain steadfast, look the storm in the eye and make the noise of a united fanbase. We have nothing to lose. Just keep that support going; it helps that there'll be a big crowd of Blades there who may well spark us off.
Show the football World and the EFL that we will not be cowed. Convince Rooney we are still behind him 100%. 
 

Owen Bradley indicating on Twitter that the EFL moved the goalposts yesterday at the meeting, effectively blindsiding the admins.
If true, and it will hopefully come out in the admins statement later, as a fan base we can’t sit back and tolerate this any further. 
Protests, media campaigns, the lot - I’m not prepared to sit back any longer and let these spiteful cowards destroy my football club. 
 

I want Rooney to come on air tomorrow and tell us like it is.
Any fine he would receive for tarnishing the game (as if that's possible), he could afford no problem.
I want him to rip into the EFL. The greatest striker our country has ever produced, needs to tell the world of football what he thinks about men in suits who have never kicked a football in anger targeting one of the founding members of the football league.
 

For the first time, I think we’re done. There’s too much to deal with. We’re going to be liquidated before the month is out.

Maybe the most obvious answer is the one staring us in the face: the administrators don't have anyone in position to be a preferred buyer. Perhaps, they're kicking the can down the road long enough to see if they can attract someone but the EFL have called them out on it and aren't allowing them to pull the rug over our/their eyes anymore? 
I would much prefer to know at this stage. I don't believe that if they had a genuine person ready to purchase the club that they wouldn't have given them preferred bidder status, considering the situation we found ourselves. 
If we are to liquidate then I'd much rather know now. I'm not sure how long it takes to start a phoenix club, but I know we would be better off knowing sooner rather than later especially if our current horse in the race is already on the way to the glue factory! 

Said it before and will say it again, Ashley won’t come knocking until we’re seconds away from death. Which for a man of his wealth is taking the pee a bit as he can surely afford to step in now before anymore damage is inflicted?  
Or bell Morris could do the honourable thing and gift the club enough funds to see out the season and then we can crack on with contracts etc. 

Snippet from the phone-in last night because no one else seemingly picks up on these bits!
Radio Derby say they keep asking question but the administrators aren’t talking to media at this moment (and I’m not really sure as to why they would atm), so any news about the club is either being leaked or from ‘the other side’ and therefore there’s an agenda behind it. 
Much like the statement this morning, it’s a case if staying calm and hope steady movement is being made.
FWIW I thought Nixon and Percy have been a little out of order these last few days with their postings and articles. They are both good journalists but Nixon’s cryptic answers and Percy’s last couple of articles that only portray one side have not been helpful or with the best journalistic integrity imo.

Fans at The Riverside  - and at PPS, every game - should hold up 'Joker' cards (A4 or A3 size) aimed at Gibson & Couhig (but not bearing their faces - they might go legal(!) - and just chant, all game:
"DROP THE CLAIM, SAVE THE GAME"  or some such slogan.
I remember how effective the Red Card campaign was against the Three Amigos at the start of official protests, culminating in the bank petition.
Widen the campaign to public and wider (press) media, I'm not convinced MFC & WW fan 'appeals' will do anything.
We bombarded Maxwell's phone lines, jammed the switchboard - maybe Rams fans en bloc should send a standard 'DROP THE CLAIM' narrative to the media / legal contacts at MFC & WW?
My suggested “Drop the Claim” Campaign :-
"We call on Middlesbrough FC and Wycombe Wanderers to drop their unfounded and undefined compensation claims against Derby County Football Club. Derby fans point out the following:
* Derby County received points penalties for FFP & P&S breaches according to EFL Regulations
* Derby County has already received full and final punishment for apparent financial breaches
* MFC & WW are not creditors and have no declared legal claim for payments from Derby County
* MFC & WW appear to be seeking to delay or damage plans for a takeover at Derby County FC
* MFC & WW are bringing the game into disrepute by moving their failure on the pitch to a legal arena
* MFC & WW are culpable in mobilising bad feeling and fan hostility in national and social media
* Derby County has been under transfer embargoes for two years, limiting their squad strength – along with points penalties incurred, the club may now suffer relegation, adding further punishment.
* No good can come of any ‘successful’ claim, beyond benefiting the selfish motives of MFC & WW – and opening a can of worms for football authorities to see other clubs fighting future legal claims between fellow competitors. Keep football on the pitch – not in the law courts!"
 
C O Y R

Scenario - we are 3 points off safety when we come to play Boro and the team need our full support. Would staying away or going to the game be the better option? 
 
Do you think £100k would make a massive difference to Boro compared to 3k Derby supporters roaring the Rams on?
 
I’d feel better knowing we’ve taken 3 points off them and moved closer to safety than thinking I was lining Gibsons pocket. 
 
If anything, we’d just get jibed with poo support chants and how can we make our feelings known if we aren’t there. 
 
Anybody thinking of staying away needs to have a re-think and get your singing voices on and get your tickets early. 

If the new owner is Mike Ashley or someone similar (business experience wise) which I am guessing they are/ will be.
They will see these spurious claims as laughable as the rest of the planet. 

1/ Gibson has no case whatsoever, (can he sue the National Lottery because he didn’t win the jackpot because someone bought an extra ticket more than him) ?.
2/ Wycombe neither have any claim against us as it was The EFL that didn’t apply the 9 points deduction last season and not DCFC. 
Neither of these “debts/charges” have a cat in hells chance of binding onto DCFC & that is why I don’t see this putting off Mike Ashley or anyone else.
In actual fact I wouldn’t be surprised if the new owners don’t put a counter claim against both these charlatans and the EFL for restricting our business practices for the last 2 years. We could even see a challenge to eradicate our 9 point deduction if these morons persist with both their extremely tenuous claims.
So in short Gibson and Wycombe, get back to your miserable little lives and take your pathetic grievances and shove em when the ☀️ don’t shine.
COYR ????????

If the EFL don’t sort this pathetic nonsense out then we will know exactly where they stand. I think we need to start our case against Villa and QPR. Also Liverpool for failing to control their fans costing us a place in Europe in 1989. Obviously Charlton will sue for the ball bursting in the 1946 FA cup final so that game might need replaying. Fulham will sue for the game in 1983 which is fair enough. Can someone find Paul Emson and Mick Brolly for the replayed game that needs to take place? Perhaps we can have a reset and play every game since 1945 to make sure that all is above board.
 
Poor Gibson. He wanted Waghorn so badly that when he was available on a free this summer he wasn’t interested. It’s a crying shame isn’t it. It’s Coventry I feel sorry for. Having signed Pickering, Coop, Konjic and Powell from them, the case against them is pretty clear cut and could bankrupt them. I would instruct the lawyers straight away.
Football is dead if the EFL don’t put these whining losers back in their box. The contempt I feel for them has no bounds.

Not sure where to post this but here as good as any having listened to Premier League managers like Klopp, Tuchel, etc this week. But sums up so well what Wayne putting up with compared to the Championship pararchute payment yo-yo teams also. wasnt at all keen on him being manager but wouldnt choose anyone else for us now 

If the club survives I think Rooney has the potential to be the most influential Derby manager of my lifetime (I should mention I'm only 24 before you start twatting the keyboard). Even if this is his last season with us, the siege mentality he's created could have a lasting effect on the club.
I'm particularly thinking about the relationship between the club and the fans when I say this. I'll leave the tactical stuff to our resident football geniuses.
I hate Leeds and their fans as much as the next Ram but the relationship they have with their teams is almost second to none. They went to hell and back but on their way down the divisions they gained a siege mentality. They have a bravado/arrogance to their fanbase that can seem distasteful to the outside but is incredibly galvanising for the players/staff. They also don't boo them.
Pride Park is different this season, the fans still showing up are generating the best atmosphere I've been a part of and there's 10,000 less of us. If we keep that, a club the size of ours will be successful without having to chuck too much money around.
If we're getting results now with washed up free agents, academy players and 39 year old CB's, imagine what it's going to be like when we have a decent team again. The supporters getting an extra 10/20% out of the players will only get us so far and affect the table so much now but if we'd had more of that in those season's with promotion potential (13/14, 14/15, 15/16, 17/18, 18/19) maybe we wouldn't be in this mess.
I don't take what Rooney's doing this year for granted, under the leadership of a lesser man the atmosphere could be utterly toxic the way it has been in recent tough periods. No offence to a great servant to the club but imagine if Darren Wassall was in charge of this team! Rooney's got this hopeless team in a hopeless situation playing with more guts than anyone else, if he wasn't doing that we'd be gaining nothing from our fall. 
Maybe Rooney isn't a tactical mastermind but he's used what he has got to keep everyone's heads up; despite everything going on we feel like a "big club".
I'm an optimist but I'm hoping we'll look back at the Rooney years as the period in which our support went from quite good to up there with the best in the country. That's something that will attract players, get us results we don't deserve and make the experience of watching Derby simply more fun, even if we're poo.