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    Albert got a reaction from i-Ram in The Administration Thread   
    It's a negotiating position. 
    If the club needs the ground, Mel can demand whatever he wants. He clearly hates the club, and would let it die for a few extra £s, so there is no leverage on the 'do it to save the club' angle. Taking the position of 'fine, keep the white elephant if you want, it's worthless as a stadium without the club, but the club isn't worthless without Pride Park' gives him something to think about. 
    Really though, I was suspicious of him buying the stadium from the start, this kind of nonsense was always the risk. Was always in it for self enrichment, and when he failed to get us up to sell, he's just asset stripped what little he can and has left the club to die. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Rammeister in The Administration Thread   
    It's a negotiating position. 
    If the club needs the ground, Mel can demand whatever he wants. He clearly hates the club, and would let it die for a few extra £s, so there is no leverage on the 'do it to save the club' angle. Taking the position of 'fine, keep the white elephant if you want, it's worthless as a stadium without the club, but the club isn't worthless without Pride Park' gives him something to think about. 
    Really though, I was suspicious of him buying the stadium from the start, this kind of nonsense was always the risk. Was always in it for self enrichment, and when he failed to get us up to sell, he's just asset stripped what little he can and has left the club to die. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Gritstone Ram in The Administration Thread   
    It's a negotiating position. 
    If the club needs the ground, Mel can demand whatever he wants. He clearly hates the club, and would let it die for a few extra £s, so there is no leverage on the 'do it to save the club' angle. Taking the position of 'fine, keep the white elephant if you want, it's worthless as a stadium without the club, but the club isn't worthless without Pride Park' gives him something to think about. 
    Really though, I was suspicious of him buying the stadium from the start, this kind of nonsense was always the risk. Was always in it for self enrichment, and when he failed to get us up to sell, he's just asset stripped what little he can and has left the club to die. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Indy in The Administration Thread   
    It's a negotiating position. 
    If the club needs the ground, Mel can demand whatever he wants. He clearly hates the club, and would let it die for a few extra £s, so there is no leverage on the 'do it to save the club' angle. Taking the position of 'fine, keep the white elephant if you want, it's worthless as a stadium without the club, but the club isn't worthless without Pride Park' gives him something to think about. 
    Really though, I was suspicious of him buying the stadium from the start, this kind of nonsense was always the risk. Was always in it for self enrichment, and when he failed to get us up to sell, he's just asset stripped what little he can and has left the club to die. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Dordogne-Ram in The Administration Thread   
    All this discussion is fascinating. 
    The reality is that we've been looking down the barrel of liquidation, and it certainly isn't off the table at this point. Him being here and interested is enough to be somewhat positive, regardless of if we think he's minted enough. 
    The reality is that we had an owner with what seemed an infinite pot of money, and a connection the club. Look how that turned out. Apparent wealth alone is not sufficient to determine if someone will do a good job running a club.
    Honestly, at this point I'm just hoping this all goes through, and optimistic that we can be stabilised as a League One club at this point. While we're quibbling about whether he's got the cash backing to win the Champions League within the decade, we really should be asking ourselves whether there'll be a club in 3 months. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Animal is a Ram in The Administration Thread   
    All this discussion is fascinating. 
    The reality is that we've been looking down the barrel of liquidation, and it certainly isn't off the table at this point. Him being here and interested is enough to be somewhat positive, regardless of if we think he's minted enough. 
    The reality is that we had an owner with what seemed an infinite pot of money, and a connection the club. Look how that turned out. Apparent wealth alone is not sufficient to determine if someone will do a good job running a club.
    Honestly, at this point I'm just hoping this all goes through, and optimistic that we can be stabilised as a League One club at this point. While we're quibbling about whether he's got the cash backing to win the Champions League within the decade, we really should be asking ourselves whether there'll be a club in 3 months. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Rammeister in The Administration Thread   
    All this discussion is fascinating. 
    The reality is that we've been looking down the barrel of liquidation, and it certainly isn't off the table at this point. Him being here and interested is enough to be somewhat positive, regardless of if we think he's minted enough. 
    The reality is that we had an owner with what seemed an infinite pot of money, and a connection the club. Look how that turned out. Apparent wealth alone is not sufficient to determine if someone will do a good job running a club.
    Honestly, at this point I'm just hoping this all goes through, and optimistic that we can be stabilised as a League One club at this point. While we're quibbling about whether he's got the cash backing to win the Champions League within the decade, we really should be asking ourselves whether there'll be a club in 3 months. 
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    Albert got a reaction from IslandExile in The Administration Thread   
    All this discussion is fascinating. 
    The reality is that we've been looking down the barrel of liquidation, and it certainly isn't off the table at this point. Him being here and interested is enough to be somewhat positive, regardless of if we think he's minted enough. 
    The reality is that we had an owner with what seemed an infinite pot of money, and a connection the club. Look how that turned out. Apparent wealth alone is not sufficient to determine if someone will do a good job running a club.
    Honestly, at this point I'm just hoping this all goes through, and optimistic that we can be stabilised as a League One club at this point. While we're quibbling about whether he's got the cash backing to win the Champions League within the decade, we really should be asking ourselves whether there'll be a club in 3 months. 
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    Albert got a reaction from RamBeauIV in The Administration Thread   
    All this discussion is fascinating. 
    The reality is that we've been looking down the barrel of liquidation, and it certainly isn't off the table at this point. Him being here and interested is enough to be somewhat positive, regardless of if we think he's minted enough. 
    The reality is that we had an owner with what seemed an infinite pot of money, and a connection the club. Look how that turned out. Apparent wealth alone is not sufficient to determine if someone will do a good job running a club.
    Honestly, at this point I'm just hoping this all goes through, and optimistic that we can be stabilised as a League One club at this point. While we're quibbling about whether he's got the cash backing to win the Champions League within the decade, we really should be asking ourselves whether there'll be a club in 3 months. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Jimbo Ram in The Administration Thread   
    All this discussion is fascinating. 
    The reality is that we've been looking down the barrel of liquidation, and it certainly isn't off the table at this point. Him being here and interested is enough to be somewhat positive, regardless of if we think he's minted enough. 
    The reality is that we had an owner with what seemed an infinite pot of money, and a connection the club. Look how that turned out. Apparent wealth alone is not sufficient to determine if someone will do a good job running a club.
    Honestly, at this point I'm just hoping this all goes through, and optimistic that we can be stabilised as a League One club at this point. While we're quibbling about whether he's got the cash backing to win the Champions League within the decade, we really should be asking ourselves whether there'll be a club in 3 months. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Asanovic70 in The Administration Thread   
    What a complicated omnishambles Mel has created. 
    I honestly can't believe these are even discussions we're needing to have on here. How did it ever get to this point? 
    Mel took a club that was 'boring', but financially secure and improving season on season, and burned all that to choke repeatedly. Instead of accepting his financial mistakes in all this, he's decided to burn whatever legacy he could claim, and destroy the club. Even if he had some honour and saved the club now, by accepting whatever loss it would take to get a sale to a new party to happen, the damage is already done. 
    We should have been the writing on the wall when he sold the stadium to himself, the level of dodgy involved was ridiculous, and was always a risk of coming to a head like this. The ball is still in his court for the club to survive, but it could take a decade for us to overcome this damage. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Derby4Me in The Administration Thread   
    What a complicated omnishambles Mel has created. 
    I honestly can't believe these are even discussions we're needing to have on here. How did it ever get to this point? 
    Mel took a club that was 'boring', but financially secure and improving season on season, and burned all that to choke repeatedly. Instead of accepting his financial mistakes in all this, he's decided to burn whatever legacy he could claim, and destroy the club. Even if he had some honour and saved the club now, by accepting whatever loss it would take to get a sale to a new party to happen, the damage is already done. 
    We should have been the writing on the wall when he sold the stadium to himself, the level of dodgy involved was ridiculous, and was always a risk of coming to a head like this. The ball is still in his court for the club to survive, but it could take a decade for us to overcome this damage. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Gritstone Tup in The Administration Thread   
    What a complicated omnishambles Mel has created. 
    I honestly can't believe these are even discussions we're needing to have on here. How did it ever get to this point? 
    Mel took a club that was 'boring', but financially secure and improving season on season, and burned all that to choke repeatedly. Instead of accepting his financial mistakes in all this, he's decided to burn whatever legacy he could claim, and destroy the club. Even if he had some honour and saved the club now, by accepting whatever loss it would take to get a sale to a new party to happen, the damage is already done. 
    We should have been the writing on the wall when he sold the stadium to himself, the level of dodgy involved was ridiculous, and was always a risk of coming to a head like this. The ball is still in his court for the club to survive, but it could take a decade for us to overcome this damage. 
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    Albert got a reaction from FlyBritishMidland in The Administration Thread   
    What a complicated omnishambles Mel has created. 
    I honestly can't believe these are even discussions we're needing to have on here. How did it ever get to this point? 
    Mel took a club that was 'boring', but financially secure and improving season on season, and burned all that to choke repeatedly. Instead of accepting his financial mistakes in all this, he's decided to burn whatever legacy he could claim, and destroy the club. Even if he had some honour and saved the club now, by accepting whatever loss it would take to get a sale to a new party to happen, the damage is already done. 
    We should have been the writing on the wall when he sold the stadium to himself, the level of dodgy involved was ridiculous, and was always a risk of coming to a head like this. The ball is still in his court for the club to survive, but it could take a decade for us to overcome this damage. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Gordamn in Go for it mel   
    Honestly, if Mel can get the extortion by Boro and Wycombe out of the way, it'd upgrade my rating of his time here from 0/100 to 0.1/100, so there's that. 
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    Albert got a reaction from SaffyRam in Go for it mel   
    Honestly, if Mel can get the extortion by Boro and Wycombe out of the way, it'd upgrade my rating of his time here from 0/100 to 0.1/100, so there's that. 
  17. Haha
    Albert got a reaction from RammingStone66 in Go for it mel   
    Honestly, if Mel can get the extortion by Boro and Wycombe out of the way, it'd upgrade my rating of his time here from 0/100 to 0.1/100, so there's that. 
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    Albert got a reaction from GboroRam in Go for it mel   
    Honestly, if Mel can get the extortion by Boro and Wycombe out of the way, it'd upgrade my rating of his time here from 0/100 to 0.1/100, so there's that. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Tyler Durden in Go for it mel   
    Honestly, if Mel can get the extortion by Boro and Wycombe out of the way, it'd upgrade my rating of his time here from 0/100 to 0.1/100, so there's that. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Cook1988 in Go for it mel   
    Honestly, if Mel can get the extortion by Boro and Wycombe out of the way, it'd upgrade my rating of his time here from 0/100 to 0.1/100, so there's that. 
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    Albert got a reaction from ariotofmyown in The Administration Thread   
    Surely our creditors are seething seeing this all playout. There is a deal in place, they will get what they need, but if this farce continues to go on, they surely aren't anymore. Middlesbrough killing the club at this point just comes across as vindictive, particularly as the claim appears to have limited actual legal basis. 
    The EFL using Derby as a shield to protect themselves is also abhorrent. Again, I don't see how the EFL can continue in its current form after this. They are clearly not fit for purpose, such a body is there to manage and protect the clubs, not use the clubs as a shield to protect from their own incompetence. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Indy in The Administration Thread   
    I mean, this situation is the fault of the EFL from everything available to the public. 
    The spurious claims by Middlesbrough and Wycombe could be dealt with near instantly, which from what Quantuma have said, will lead to Derby being bought. The reason the EFL are doing nothing, is that they are covering themselves. 
    They have failed English Football, the EFL are no longer fit for purpose. It's time for them to go, however this situation resolves. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Ewetube in The Administration Thread   
    Surely our creditors are seething seeing this all playout. There is a deal in place, they will get what they need, but if this farce continues to go on, they surely aren't anymore. Middlesbrough killing the club at this point just comes across as vindictive, particularly as the claim appears to have limited actual legal basis. 
    The EFL using Derby as a shield to protect themselves is also abhorrent. Again, I don't see how the EFL can continue in its current form after this. They are clearly not fit for purpose, such a body is there to manage and protect the clubs, not use the clubs as a shield to protect from their own incompetence. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Indyram in The Administration Thread   
    I mean, this situation is the fault of the EFL from everything available to the public. 
    The spurious claims by Middlesbrough and Wycombe could be dealt with near instantly, which from what Quantuma have said, will lead to Derby being bought. The reason the EFL are doing nothing, is that they are covering themselves. 
    They have failed English Football, the EFL are no longer fit for purpose. It's time for them to go, however this situation resolves. 
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    Albert got a reaction from Ramarena in The Administration Thread   
    Surely our creditors are seething seeing this all playout. There is a deal in place, they will get what they need, but if this farce continues to go on, they surely aren't anymore. Middlesbrough killing the club at this point just comes across as vindictive, particularly as the claim appears to have limited actual legal basis. 
    The EFL using Derby as a shield to protect themselves is also abhorrent. Again, I don't see how the EFL can continue in its current form after this. They are clearly not fit for purpose, such a body is there to manage and protect the clubs, not use the clubs as a shield to protect from their own incompetence. 
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