Kathcairns

He's a generous bloke, £1.2m for a robotic surgeon to Derby Hospital that helps the city, saved lives and pumped millions into the football club.
People can dissect his running of the club and they will, but honestly having talked to him on many occasions, he's a decent guy that does care.
I would receive calls just to check up how I was doing during my bad days with anxiety. Was hard to read that he was going through his own health issues.
I'll get hammered for this post but I'm gutted for the guy with how this is ending. Always will.
Won't ever feel comfortable reading people laying into him as a man, but accept that others haven't been as lucky I have to have been able to see that side of him.

I'd like to add a touch of positivity about comms from the club.
 
I sent an email to the ticket office at 8am friday morning, Twenty minutes ago I got an email response to my ticketing query. 
 
Now admittedly it was an "Automated response" confirming that they had received my email....
 
and admittedly i did email the ticket office LAST friday. And its taken a week for them to process the automated response. 
 
Lets just hope i havent missed out on forest tickets.....

In which case the punishment is already set out in the rules and should be administered as such. The same should also apply to Reading who have lost about 95 million in in the last three seasons. My issue is not with the punishments, it's with the inconsistent way in which clubs are treated. We have had two years of this crap whilst other clubs have just cracked on making losses with next to no recourse, all at the insistence of people like Steve Gibson.

Way I see things is…
We need closure on this whole possible points deduction which is hanging over us and we need it ASAP. Reason being IMO is…. Should this linger on to the end of the season with no agreement reached between DCFC and the EFL they will conjure up a points deduction of such a magnitude the impact we as a club suffer will be catastrophic. 
I have a feeling should we somehow be 8 points clear of the drop by the end of the season (I feel the spitefulness of this whole witch hunt) will lead them to enforcing a 9 point deduction without any opportunity for appeal.
This is why I believe we should push these bar stewards hard to get a conclusion (to whatever points deduction if at all any) decision one way or another ASAP. Then and only then will we have a fighting chance of seeing this lot off and we can get back to being a football club instead of a punch bag. ???
RANT OVER ?

Written by John Percy, Forest fan. Are you surprised?

His radio Derby interview was on as we got back in the car after the match, all going well until he managed to drop an eff bomb in! It was quite funny though, he was describing the performance today and said something like “we effing deserved it”! Thankfully it’s the only clanger he’s dropped  all season, long may it continue, I really like him, keep up the good work Kelle! 
 

Very pleased for him, he is growing nicely into the role of our #1 keeper. 
The criticism of him was at times over the top.

A man who often gets a lot of poo thrown at him. He’s been brilliant so far this season, especially today.
Rooooooooosssss.

Just want to bump this thread. Just got back. I thought the support today was brilliant. At about 55 mins it felt like the whole ground was going and that’s rare. Supporters can see the effort and endeavour being put in. Long my it continue. 

Was Simon Jordan not available?

I’m surprised he can pronounce Derby County.

totally professional yesterday both manager and players alike , all seem to be in this together which is a positive for Wayne , going to be a long hard season but with this team spirit and 2 or 3 more players added there is no reason we cant avoid relegation

Yeah i agree. Im no Rooney fan and he still needs to win me over with actually winning games but hes got a difficult job and I too am warming to him. Lets hope he pulls it off ?

Wasn't Rooney's biggest fan, even a week or so ago. But to see the crap that he's been dealt with during pre season with no funds, inability to bring in transfers and an owner who doesn't want to be there, I'm starting to warm to him and what he's about. You can see his desire to succeed and I do think he is doing all he can to bring Derby out of the mire we're in.
He's assembling what could be a fairly competitive squad and managed to pull a team together today that produced a result without having played together. Huddersfield aren't the strongest side in the division but you have to play what's in front of you. 
He's got some games to win before he proves himself as manager but Im routing for him.

This is the fella who reminisced about Arsenal catastrophically losing to a Derby team who had been in the relegation zone all season during the 88-89 title win.  I believe we finished 5th and comfortably did the double over them that year . Numpty

I think you are both being a bit disingenuous here. I read that, and align that with all the noises Rooney has made lately, trying to prove he is committed to this club. I take this as a sign of positive intent, albeit whether he has what it takes to be successful is another issue completely, I think what he's saying is he's here for the long haul and not going to snake away and distance himself from potential faiilure.

I wasn't trying to suggest you didn't think Mel was passionate, I was just disagreeing with your praise of Leicester and there owners. I agree with you other points.
I would actually rather have Mel (2014 Mel) as an owner than Leicester's, at least he actually wanted Derby specifically. Leicester could have been any club, they didn't care about there history etc. The main difference between the two is that they've been on the opposite ends of the luck spectrum. I think the long term aim of Leicester's owners are to improve Thai football and use Leicester as a way to funnel Thai players into the PL. I know I'm getting away from your point ? but it just really annoys me the constant fawning over them.

If the owners were that good they would have repaid the local businesses inc St John’s Ambulance that got stiffed. Never even paid for the stadium they couldn’t afford . 

I'd say Mel is (or was) very passionate, the only difference is when Leicester cheated the gamble paid off and when we did it (if we actually did) we we're unlucky. Leicester have been incredibly lucky on several occasions in recent years. If they got relegated in 14/15 they would be struggling in the Championship with there FFP problems.
It annoys the amount of praise Leicester's owners get. They don't own them just because they're such good people, they're main reason for owning them is just to use them as a form of sportswashing for Thailand. Just like Abu Dhabi use Man City 

Any updates that aren't bickering about history and sizes of other clubs?

Is Leeds finishing 9th in their first season back in the premiership is also another strange stellar alignment, never to be repeated too? Just wanted to check what aspirations are acceptable and which are not ?
Let's be honest here. Nobody is suggesting that we're going to do a Leicester and top the Premiership, only that there are as many plausible reasons for us securing an owner who is a good fit, as not. We're probably due a change of luck anyway, for those that believe in such things.
Honestly, I think it's very odd that something so simple is such a massive stretch for you, but if a half empty glass is you tipple of preference, so be it. Perhaps pessimism is how you insulate yourself from the bumps in the road, who knows, but not everyone wants to think that way and no matter how dismissive you choose to be, it wont change the fact that you've been presented with arguments that are every bit as plausible as your own. 
And FWIW, even if the possibilities being mooted were as outlandish as you portray, others will still dare to dream, irrespective of the outcomes and no matter how much anyone rubbishes the club or sneers at their relentless optimism. Why? Simply because for many, the dream is what being a supporter is all about.

Yours maybe. Can't see a problem if they have the money. They will not make Rooney King, they'll run us as a business.

I´d probably start supporting Forest instead.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Said no one ever

I’m no Mel apologist, I think the writing has been on the wall for a long time. Or atleast from summer through to Cocu’s departure. 
But...I don’t know whether this article quite passes a good journalism test and I’m highly sceptical where they get their information from. You have to consider that someone wants that information out there. This isn’t ‘Derby is in a mess, and we’ve seen the figures to back this up’ it comes across a second hand info. It’s more speculative than investigative. 
The club is in a dreadful state, and what’s actually been going on is slowly coming to light, but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna lap up every article out there that agrees with that viewpoint without question 

I have two reasons for going to watch Derby, firstly im a Derby fan but secondly its the time i get to spend with my Dad, hes been making noises about not renewing anyway, he doesnt like whats involved with getting away as its so busy, so its crossed my mind that ill take him to some non league games just to spend that time and have a beer after like we used to. I guess id do that if the club folded, i cant imagine just switching to another club, i guess that might build up over time
I think you are right there would be a Derby County of some description, no doubt would be a wild ride watching them from non league, i am quite envious of clubs like afc wimbledon, when they got in to the league it must have been such a fantastic moment for their fans.