kevinhectoring

Mel Morris still has some goodwill with some people, I don't believe that he would be willing to give that up and so believe he'll reach agreement over the stadium. Probably. Hopefully.

That's right (because it's a separate but apparently linked transaction in CK bid). It was just my way of saying that AFAIK it's a maximum of £20m because that's what MM needs to pay off MSD loan.

I think kircher will not lose patience this time things for me a long way down the road.

Kircher already said they wont be any points deductions I believe the man.

The squad we've had this season has gained more points than all three of the teams promoted from League 1 last season. All three of those strengthened in the summer. 
Unless L1 got a lot tougher this season, our 21/22 squad would almost certainly gain promotion from L1 next season too.

The thing that concerns me, is that this season (like a lot of recent seasons), we've generally done well against the teams that have tried to play decent football against us (Fulham, Bournemouth and so on) and we've struggled against the cloggers that have tried to kick us, stop us playing and out-muscle us.  League 1 is going to be almost entirely filled with cloggers, especially when they play against us. Very few teams are going to rock up at Pride Park and try and out-play us.  They'll want to make it difficult for us on their big day out etc.
So assuming we carry on trying to play decent football (and if Rooney is here, I'd be amazed if we don't), the question is, are we going to be good enough to out-football the League 1 cloggers?

If you do the minimal amount of research you will see there are plenty in League 1 at the minute... look at Wigan's team, Republic of Ireland, James McClean, Northern Ireland, Josh Magennis, Zimbabwe, Darikwa, Jamaica, Curtis Tilt, and more, Will Keane only made his debut in the last year.
Even Burton have an Algerian international....
Remember that Bielik was at Charlton in league 1 before he came to us, budding internationals are u21 players,  what better way to develop than spend a season playing regularly, league 1 or championship makes little difference 

I think it is unlikely, you’re right, but as I thought I made clear .. I hope and I dream. I also think there is a bit of a re set going on in football finance so mass departures might not happen as quickly as we think. Some will go, but the chances that some will stay at least for a short spell have improved. 

There’s a strong chance CK will take over and that Rooney stays. Rooney likely to assemble a strong squad I reckon with a good mix of youth and experience 

Don’t think any internationals or budding internationals will be playing in div 1 will they ??

Don’t think any internationals or budding internationals will be playing in div 1 will they ??

Its just as feasible that without the forensic investigation into amortisation Morris may well have been able to get his sale sorted without the need for administration.
We'd breached no rules with the ground and the EFL were happy with the players amortisation.
It was Gibson's hypocrisy over the stadium (he once shifted debts from his football club to another branch of his business empire) and Maguire's choice to go after Derby on a very minor point that had never been queried by the EFL, that forced Parry to use us as an example.
Morris was always going to be a target for threatening to upset the apple cart over TV rights. He was too arrogant to believe they could do him, but the establishment always closes ranks in the end.
Yes, its all down to Morris for pushing the limits, but I'm pretty sure that many other clubs would be dragged down if they received the type of in-depth scrutiny that we had.
 

There’s a strong chance CK will take over and that Rooney stays. Rooney likely to assemble a strong squad I reckon with a good mix of youth and experience 

Great manager and character. Seems a strange decision, who will come in, big Sam or the recently retired Colin ? Hope they go down now.
On the plus side he can now audition for the part of the Dalek leader, Davros,  in the new Dr Who series.

It never ceases to amaze me how rattled Leeds fans were by that PO Semi-Final, second leg. It seems to have replaced the trauma of Paris, 1975, in their collective consciousness. It's brilliant ? 

Thats what life is all about, having dreams, wether they come true or not.

Odds are that we see derby county outside of the play offs next season, at least two to three seasons in League one.
Examplre: Leeds took several seasons to escape league one.
Derby will be restricted due to the business plan in terms of who they can sign, expect free agents and loan signings.
Not the best of those, they will go to the Championship clubs while derby pick up the left overs in competition with other league one clubs.
I've read that escaping league ones requires spending and from what I've read we will not be doing a lot of that.
For those who dream of escaping league one in the first season, continue to dream.

sure, most recently,  but there was also bad luck on and off the pitch and bad decisions flowing from MM's management approach

had it not been for the EFL proceedings and Gibbo threats we would have been under new ownership many moons ago, with the club protected from FFP issues by MM waiving legacy debts 

sure, most recently,  but there was also bad luck on and off the pitch and bad decisions flowing from MM's management approach

you are such an expert on risk   
so you think it was a good idea for us to adopt our amortisation policy? Despite that litigation is risky, that the other 71 clubs used a different approach, and that the auditors supporting our policy were not exactly heavyweights? 
If you're flattened by a bus, it's little comfort that you were on a pedestrian crossing at the time 

had it not been for the EFL proceedings and Gibbo threats we would have been under new ownership many moons ago, with the club protected from FFP issues by MM waiving legacy debts 

Stretford worked with CK on his Preston bid so has clearly got close to him. Stretford will doubtless have a financial interest in the CK takeover (and maybe also in Rooney staying with us?). I’d think Rooney is very strongly influenced by Stretford and perhaps Stretford will persuade him that now is not the time to take on Everton. If Rooney fails at a big club he might not get another job quickly and Stretford must be keen on the Derby deal going ahead
Is a CK, Stretford, Rooney combo what we want? No idea. 
 
If Rooney bails, and CK walks, is Ashley still interested? He may be a less messy option. But as costs and interest mount we must be running out of time to change horses 

I think the cash withheld from salaries etc is technically held on trust for HMRC. So to use it as we did for cashflow was a breach of trust. Seems HMRC is lenient about this, perhaps because their position as a preferred creditor has been restored 
I think BZI was supposed to clear the HMRC arrears. When that deal finally fell apart MM tried to find another sale that would clear the debts, to no avail. The debts were accruing monthly. He realised Gibbo and EFL were in effect blocking a sale and I guess he was determined they were not going to make him keep writing cheques. Hence Q were appointed 
Not a happy story. His efforts to sell the club were hopeless and his belief that Samuelson was the guy to help him was a massive error. Whether he was morally obliged to continue to fund the club until he found a sale is debatable. 

I think the cash withheld from salaries etc is technically held on trust for HMRC. So to use it as we did for cashflow was a breach of trust. Seems HMRC is lenient about this, perhaps because their position as a preferred creditor has been restored 
I think BZI was supposed to clear the HMRC arrears. When that deal finally fell apart MM tried to find another sale that would clear the debts, to no avail. The debts were accruing monthly. He realised Gibbo and EFL were in effect blocking a sale and I guess he was determined they were not going to make him keep writing cheques. Hence Q were appointed 
Not a happy story. His efforts to sell the club were hopeless and his belief that Samuelson was the guy to help him was a massive error. Whether he was morally obliged to continue to fund the club until he found a sale is debatable.