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Just been assured that we’ll be fine. No one apart from people within the admins know why it’s taking longer than usual. Someone may have made a higher bid. Equally someone may have pulled out. Being kept very quiet within the admins camp. 

No buyers are holding back. Bids are in. They are going through the process. They will if they can want to try and entice increased bids if they have time which will prolong the process(they will know exactly how much time they have before anyone comments).
No one has been lying to us, things change negotiations can be complex I think they underestimated the obstinacy of the EFL and Gibson and that was the reason for their first timescales not being met. They are getting on with the job and we will have a PB when they are ready to name one. It is positive we have more than one bidder, if we had no one that would be the time to worry.

Not sure if this is the right place to put this but here's a great conversation between Pav from Punjabi Rams and Curtis Davies on last night's Colin Murray show.
It defines the spirit at the club this season.
 

As a direct result of private conversations between Mel Morris and Steve Gibson both parties are pleased to announce that they have reached an accord on a resolution of the claims by Middlesbrough Football Club against Derby County Football Club, and others. 
https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2022/02/derby-county-update-11th-february-2022

My take is pretty much the same as most on here. If I were watching that tonight not only would I want to keep the players but the coaching team as well.
I would be going all out to get this over the line asap. 
I'm sure Mel has had the advice and is willing to carry responsibility knowing full well both will drop the claims as they are likely to be counter sued due to their absolute trash claim.
If they turn down the high court he knows he has them where he wants them.
Cmon Mel. Go for the fuking kill. We are absolutely desperate and WR, the staff and players deserve an end to this complete baalocks

I just want a preferencial bidder to be announced so we can start to plan for next season and sign up our players up on new contracts.

Just been looking across forums and social media, gauge the reaction from the Boro side to the statement made tonight.
If they believed Gibson had a strong case, surely the reaction would be to say bring it on, but that's not the case at all.
The majority are not interested, he can't do that, doesn't mean it, even no to arbitration, just pay up with the £40m figure being banded around.
Did come across a few that would prefer to see this dropped completely, but as I say the majority appear to be more interested in extortion with the backing from Forest and Leeds fans.
I would hope that Gibson has bigger balls than his own fans, and the desire to see his claims of systematic cheating proven in a court of law.
What does he have to lose?
Continue his claims through arbitration where his counsel is not free until May, which by that point we could be liquidated and wouldn't see a penny anyway.
There is no bidder willing to pay extortion money, so this is the best offer he has of seeing a penny of what he thinks he's owed.
Anyhow, 1am that's enough. Weekend off now with Twitter notifications on for the EFL Comms account to see what the EFL's true intentions are for this club.

Have tried to stay off here as much as possible today but in summary - everyone has written open letters to everyone else, Margaret Beckett is on the case and obviously wants to knock heads together, silence from Admins and Morris, my favourite player may be off in the summer or on a city break, Nixon seems to be sympathetic now and Gibson's case seems entirely driven by the stadium transaction that we were cleared on and he was told he had no claim over? Have I missed anything other than calling Gibson every name under the sun that the Mods would delete? I have never despised anyone more

MFC understands that the debt owed to MSD is (i) personally guaranteed by Mr Morris and (ii) is secured against the stadium. This means that Mr Morris has agreed to pay the MSD debt if there is a shortfall. Is this correct? And, if so, what contribution is being sought from Mr Morris?
I think Mr Stephen Gibson you are getting yourself in a mystifying tizz.
Firstly it is none of your business, you muppet.
Secondly, you cannot be so stupid not to realise that if Morris doesn’t cover any shortfall to MSD in full, MSD can appoint a receiver to take possession of the stadium. 
Thirdly might you explain how, at this point in time, the Administrators can actually work out what the bloody shortfall for MSD might be if a) they don’t know how much they might have to actually allocate to deal with your spurious claims, b) they cannot select a Preferred Bidder until your spurious claim has been dealt with, and c) they don’t know whether ultimately The Club can come out of administration or whether it will have to be liquidated (if they cannot get a Preferred Bidder’s bid up to a figure that would be agreed to by a majority of creditors including possibly you).

Has Gibson made a tactical error with his desire to rush out aa statement so soon after the EFL one? Admitting that the stadium is his main issue seems to invalidate his claim for any form of compensation (at least from DCFC - though it does still leave the possibility for him to sue the EFL for making such a pigs ear of their rules)

That was my understanding too. EFL are keen to spin all sorts of things to draw attention away from the issue with the hyenas by going on about it being the administrators fault for not naming a preferred bidder despite the obvious stumbling block over the massive variation what they might in theory be required to pay due to actions of other clubs. The HMRC have (I believe) been involved in talks and agreed a potential way forward but obviously if opportunist ambulance chasers suddenly want a slice of a finite pie which leaves them with less money then that agreement cannot move forward. Whatever way the EFL like to spin this, the claims by Boro and Wycombe are the things that are preventing a resolution and the EFL have encouraged these claims by their inaction and are allowing it to undermine any rescue.
I read a comment on the Boro forum about hoping that Gibson 'taking us to the cleaners' and I just thought 'You really don't get this do you'. This action will not work because it kills a takeover if it succeeds. If there is no takeover then there is liquidation and the incredibly limited assets that will produce 1/20th of bugger all as at present we have almost no assets - no ground, playing staff all on about-to-expire contracts. There has been a great deal of 'High Horse' pontificating about nasty Derby denying tax payers money to HMRC. If Boro get their way and are added as a football creditor and we are inevitably liquidated as a result then the tax payer will get sod all. How's the view from that High Horse now then ?

I just hope that no one in the football world forgets the unique factor in our current situation and that is the claims of two other EFL members......never done before and will probably never be done again because of rule changes.
 
We've taken our punishment and probably the longest embargo ever, all the less visible punishments have hurt us as much as the points deductions.
Have the EFL not noticed that media coverage has lost interest in the promotion race, and is now more interested in DCFC survival fight?? DCFC is the story and the EFL once again just dont get it.
I think we will survive, but I KNOW, we won't FORGET.

Yes they did. Both of them said it's our club and we're here to support them.

Also some great comments including this....

Watch this quick before I am told to hide it! ?‍♀️
 

Saw her on the march today. No cameras, no fanfare. Just showing solidarity. 
Respect.

Good luck for today to  all Derby fans that are on the march and at the game