kevinhectoring

league one is not an easy league. 
 
the wages and budget are irrelevant, if people go into this expecting to do well even with a make shift team then we will be mistaken.
 
its not always about having the best players, your mentality has to be right for this division every week. it will be every teams cup final against us, we will need to be at it more than other teams just to compete
 
and the wage restrictions means we are going to have to make use of what we have got. if we sign a load of players on big money and dont make it out we will linger for a long time.

For the first time in 2 years we can look forward again, we can hope again, we can dream again, we don’t have to worry about future points deductions. It’s hard not to feel positive again.
Cant wait for this thread to close - imminently 

and a DBS certificate

Haha and don’t forget the lollipops

Haha and don’t forget the lollipops

not what I said. But you raise an interesting point
Some posters say DC will want very quickly to ‘syndicate the equity’ ie to reduce his exposure by finding co-investors to sell down to after he has bought 100%
 
Maybe, but that wouldn’t be my hunch, because he knows we need stability. And as he’s studied the figures he will have seen that with our fan base L1 is not likely to be an expensive option - he can afford it.  And he will also know from his property experience that a consortium is often an unwieldy beast
 
There’s another point. Appleby has been flicking through his rolodex trying to put a consortium together (having had one in place in January). He’s not raised enough this time to make a strong bid and there’s talk he doesn’t have enough cash. This suggests that if DC does a deal with him, he might be jumping into bed with a hodge podge of moderately wealthy Americans who could be very high maintenance investors. Not a recipe for strong governance or a quiet life. 
 
So I’d think that if DC does buy the club, he will probably in time sell all and not just part of his shareholding; and I’d think it’ll most likely happen after we have been promoted. 
 
What’s your take? The above is about 60% guesswork btw and may be very wide of the mark. Nothing wrong with speculating on a forum 

Indicates how much we owe DC. Before he was appointed PB either Ashley or AA could have made a higher offer and neither did. DC has indicated he doesn’t really want the club but he’s still willing to offer enough to avoid another points deduction. 

respect 

Indicates how much we owe DC. Before he was appointed PB either Ashley or AA could have made a higher offer and neither did. DC has indicated he doesn’t really want the club but he’s still willing to offer enough to avoid another points deduction. 

respect 

Indicates how much we owe DC. Before he was appointed PB either Ashley or AA could have made a higher offer and neither did. DC has indicated he doesn’t really want the club but he’s still willing to offer enough to avoid another points deduction. 

respect 

Ashley has spouted a lot via his media friends but never once put his money were his mouth is.

Indicates how much we owe DC. Before he was appointed PB either Ashley or AA could have made a higher offer and neither did. DC has indicated he doesn’t really want the club but he’s still willing to offer enough to avoid another points deduction. 

respect 

I don’t agree. The points you raise argue for 100% ownership, a very strong CEO and a good organisational structure. Consortia and partnerships are frequently a nightmare 

I suppose I can see your point IF, the reading of the words “we had to do something” implies he didn’t want to, but felt compelled. 
 
But, as always, their are likely many shades of grey to the moving parts on this deal. 
 
I read his comments, and his actions as being: I want to own Derby County (for the sake of ensuring the club is under steady guidance, and progresssing ahead, BUT I’m (DC) no fool. Owning a football club is a tough, mad business. So I’d like to get some other investors in here to soften the risk. And I’d like to get someone else to actually run the operations of it. 
 
I guess I see Clowes as wanting to be able to have a final say on direction, but not have to actually run the club. Which is pretty logical, and makes sense to me.  And to me, says he does want to own the club…just not run it. 
So, in the many shades of grey in this deal…we are likely both (kind of) correct. ? 

not what I said. But you raise an interesting point
Some posters say DC will want very quickly to ‘syndicate the equity’ ie to reduce his exposure by finding co-investors to sell down to after he has bought 100%
 
Maybe, but that wouldn’t be my hunch, because he knows we need stability. And as he’s studied the figures he will have seen that with our fan base L1 is not likely to be an expensive option - he can afford it.  And he will also know from his property experience that a consortium is often an unwieldy beast
 
There’s another point. Appleby has been flicking through his rolodex trying to put a consortium together (having had one in place in January). He’s not raised enough this time to make a strong bid and there’s talk he doesn’t have enough cash. This suggests that if DC does a deal with him, he might be jumping into bed with a hodge podge of moderately wealthy Americans who could be very high maintenance investors. Not a recipe for strong governance or a quiet life. 
 
So I’d think that if DC does buy the club, he will probably in time sell all and not just part of his shareholding; and I’d think it’ll most likely happen after we have been promoted. 
 
What’s your take? The above is about 60% guesswork btw and may be very wide of the mark. Nothing wrong with speculating on a forum 

not what I said. But you raise an interesting point
Some posters say DC will want very quickly to ‘syndicate the equity’ ie to reduce his exposure by finding co-investors to sell down to after he has bought 100%
 
Maybe, but that wouldn’t be my hunch, because he knows we need stability. And as he’s studied the figures he will have seen that with our fan base L1 is not likely to be an expensive option - he can afford it.  And he will also know from his property experience that a consortium is often an unwieldy beast
 
There’s another point. Appleby has been flicking through his rolodex trying to put a consortium together (having had one in place in January). He’s not raised enough this time to make a strong bid and there’s talk he doesn’t have enough cash. This suggests that if DC does a deal with him, he might be jumping into bed with a hodge podge of moderately wealthy Americans who could be very high maintenance investors. Not a recipe for strong governance or a quiet life. 
 
So I’d think that if DC does buy the club, he will probably in time sell all and not just part of his shareholding; and I’d think it’ll most likely happen after we have been promoted. 
 
What’s your take? The above is about 60% guesswork btw and may be very wide of the mark. Nothing wrong with speculating on a forum 

Read the Clowes statement of last week. It’s indicated he bought the club not out of a desire it own it, but a desire to ensure it does not go into liquidation
“With a deadline looming and the start of next season getting closer, we had to do something” 
There were other, similar comments
Of course that may have been intended to put us off the scent, he may have been planning this for ages. But if so, wouldn’t he have been more aggressive in getting PB status?  Seems to me that what we actually saw was a hiatus which invited Big Mike and Little Andy to make their bafo 

Read the Clowes statement of last week. It’s indicated he bought the club not out of a desire it own it, but a desire to ensure it does not go into liquidation
“With a deadline looming and the start of next season getting closer, we had to do something” 
There were other, similar comments
Of course that may have been intended to put us off the scent, he may have been planning this for ages. But if so, wouldn’t he have been more aggressive in getting PB status?  Seems to me that what we actually saw was a hiatus which invited Big Mike and Little Andy to make their bafo 

Read the Clowes statement of last week. It’s indicated he bought the club not out of a desire it own it, but a desire to ensure it does not go into liquidation
“With a deadline looming and the start of next season getting closer, we had to do something” 
There were other, similar comments
Of course that may have been intended to put us off the scent, he may have been planning this for ages. But if so, wouldn’t he have been more aggressive in getting PB status?  Seems to me that what we actually saw was a hiatus which invited Big Mike and Little Andy to make their bafo 

Indicates how much we owe DC. Before he was appointed PB either Ashley or AA could have made a higher offer and neither did. DC has indicated he doesn’t really want the club but he’s still willing to offer enough to avoid another points deduction. 

respect 

Indicates how much we owe DC. Before he was appointed PB either Ashley or AA could have made a higher offer and neither did. DC has indicated he doesn’t really want the club but he’s still willing to offer enough to avoid another points deduction. 

respect 

C-
Marker’s comments: 
The rhyming is impeccable and content apposite. You wisely avoid those two easily confused words, infer and imply. BUT (sadly it’s a very big but) - 2 out of 5 lines don’t scan !!! 
 
(I-Ram has the same problem. What it is with you guys ? No sense of  rhythm -  are you by any chance a $hit dancer too ? )
 
Oh and you need to learn to proofread 

Do you want some coaching via PM? 

You could not make this up. The club that is now funded by a murderous regime says of Mike Ashley :
“his cloud continues to hang over our great football club.”

110 percent happening 

it seems very unlikely MM is in cahoots w DC. But it’s possible MM has some sort of ongoing interest - overage is common in that sort of contract. And if DC agreed to it I’d guess it was because it was the only way he could get MM to sell him the stadium. 
Doubt that would have been a factor in WR’s decision — div 1 is a big stretch for him and it needed to be on his terms
Anyway, WR can hardly complain, he likes a bit of overage

Sorry missed this from the second marker. Please note the last 2 lines in particular :
The anapest metric must show the following pattern: 
(da) da DA da da DA da da DA (da) (da)
(da) da DA da da DA da da DA (da) (da)
(da) da DA da da DA (da)
(da) da DA da da DA (da)
(da) da DA da da DA da da DA (da) (da)
(you can leave off the syllables in parentheses.)
But 1, 2 and 5 should match each other, and 3 and 4 should match.