biellaram Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Imagine for a moment, that this guy comes in ruins a brilliant squad, full of exciting players committed to the club, by signing over priced mercenaries for multi millions. And ‘spaffs’ money up the wall left right and centre so much we are ducked regarding FFP. He then sells the ground to himself!! Wtf?? All the while, the squad is getting worse and worse!! He either sacks managers or can’t hold onto them?? Wtf?? He could do all of that....but as Uncle Mel is from Derby and talks a good game....but has done duck all in terms of positive results, we let him off! Yet because this guy is from another country which most of us don’t understand other than from poo films (depicting all Arabs - bad Arabs. White man good), we’re all having moral outrage or racist bigotry tantrums and/or a superiority crisis! ducking hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Josh said: I’m not that concerned, I don’t blame people who are though. It’s new, it’s change, people will be weary. It's not new... That's the worry.... What has happened before.... Ref: Maxwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Ram-a-lama fa fa fa said: does anyone know how much mel has sold us for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 This is Derby County...you just know Fawaz will trump the Sheikh deal with a late bid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram1964 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Mel's going to do what is best for him at the end of the day, who wouldnt? Although I am sure he wouldn't sell us down the pan for the sake of it. Who ever is behind the take over will be a gamble, unless they have clear objectives and a wealth of capital . The fact that this take over is From a investment consortium from the middle East ,should relay fears of money being made available. I would be more concerned about their ambitions for the club. Will we become just an asset,or like leicester and Man cities owner something of a show case to fulfill and flaunt their wealth. Only time will tell,they could be a willy wonker bar in the football world or the coffee creams found down the sofa from last christmas.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ellafella said: This is Derby County...you just know Fawaz will trump the Sheikh deal with a late bid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Ram-a-lama fa fa fa said: does anyone know how much mel has sold us for? £3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ellafella said: Make Derby Great Once More? Blooming Trumper hats next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Re: Matt Hughes article. His strike rate isn’t particularly accurate as last time I checked we haven’t been deducted 21 points. The EFL are concerned but can’t block the takeover - why can’t they? Newcastle and Bournemouth are angry with the takeover, that would imply they wanted deals with this guy to go through, why would they be kicking off unless they were bothered about it. Cocu isn’t on £90k per week. It was well documented at the time he took over we offered Frank £50k per week, Cocu was on £50k per week at Fenerbahce and we basically offered him Frank’s deal. Need to trust Mel on this. People are having concerns on no basis other than the natural pessimism with being a Derby, it’s bound to go wrong because it’s us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I fear that this could all end badly. Too much smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab a dab doo Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 That and cost of all his backroom staff (if true) could be one of the many reasons we couldn't afford to buy anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Although, I’m absolutely positive we will not be one of the richest clubs in the world or even the country. I’m fairly confident that there is nothing to worry about. I, and no one else, has any idea of the chairman’s personal wealth and that’s not uncommon. If he was fronting a Mel Morris type take over then it would be much more of a concern, however as the takeover is being done by an established company with many beneficiaries and investors then the wealth of one man (despite being the chairman) becomes less of a concern. They HAVE invested incredibly large sums of money into the infrastructure of a city in Indian, that is not disputed, the fine details are hard to dig up as you can imagine but they pledged $2bn and the down payment was $200m. The work is very much ongoing. In order to pass the EFL test you have to show a proof of earnings that can cover the club for up to 2-3 years (I can’t remember which) at their current rate. Mel is going to receive a £60m payment, we’re led to believe, so the views of outside figures doesn’t hold much weight because to get to this point then these things are, of course, ratified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 This could still be all mouth and no trousers, 3 amigos style disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Eddie said: Make Derby Great Once More? Blooming Trumper hats next. They'll be piping "build the wall" over the pa at pride Park every time the opposition get a free kick just outside the area. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 11 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: This could still be all mouth and no trousers, 3 amigos style disappointment. That take over was done by administrators I recall in a hurry with no due diligence. I would trust Mel , his accountants , advisors and legal team to do appropriate background checks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 http://binzayed.com/chairmanprofile.htm Chairman's profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Josh said: Yeah, they won’t make any money in the championship. I think the Oystons made a good go of it, destroying Blackpool in the process. They'll have a certain amount of 'failure' they'll be willing to bankroll, but how long do you think a group with no previous connection to Derby County, who's multiple failed bids for other clubs show them to be undiscerning of just who exactly it us they take over (I mean we're their 3rd or 4th choice for a UK club already!) will just accept losing money for before they start asset stripping in order to claw something back? Even Derby fan MM decided about 5 years in that he didn't really want to keep putting in more of his money and has been looking to sell up for a good year or two, and is dealing seemingly with his 3rd choice after Gabay & Dell. Desperate times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Abu Derby said: The guy from Newcastle said that our new owner hadn’t got a pot to piss in. Well, when I went round to his house I took a photo of this: He’s clearly not a real sheikh if he didn’t have a squat toilet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Greenwood Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, Coconut said: I think the Oystons made a good go of it, destroying Blackpool in the process. They'll have a certain amount of 'failure' they'll be willing to bankroll, but how long do you think a group with no previous connection to Derby County, who's multiple failed bids for other clubs show them to be undiscerning of just who exactly it us they take over (I mean we're their 3rd or 4th choice for a UK club already!) will just accept losing money for before they start asset stripping in order to claw something back? Even Derby fan MM decided about 5 years in that he didn't really want to keep putting in more of his money and has been looking to sell up for a good year or two, and is dealing seemingly with his 3rd choice after Gabay & Dell. Desperate times. What assets are there to strip ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said: http://binzayed.com/chairmanprofile.htm Chairman's profile Now I will caveat everything I say here with it’s going to be written in a positive light because it’s on his website. Whether he has money or not that is one impressive CV. Clearly a talented individual heavily involved in economic development of the Middle East and seems to do work for good causes. Not the sort to mess around when it comes to doing business, it seems he has integrity. Not someone who has a dodgy refrigeration business and not someone who would strike me as a fraud or a chancer. Wouldn’t pay any attention to any failed deal with Mike Ashley there has been plenty of them and it’s interesting to see the Geordie fan reactions now. Ultimately we won’t know until he’s running the club which is as equally scary as it is exciting. People who have been through Maxwell and Three Amigos takeovers are nervous because of what happened. Clearly Mel trusts him enough to sell the club to him (no one knows how close he was with Gabay and Dell or even if he was relinquishing whole control with either of those propositions) Whether he can actually take us forward is one of thing, predicting he will do is over is quite another. He’s into investing around the world, he doesn’t look to have a huge business profile in the UK, if he wants to have business interests here it’s not in his interests to duck us over or duck this up. This is not a three amigos scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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