Derby blood Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Why has Derby fan Mel, made such a mess of running OUR great club, he has made more mistakes than any chairmen in a very long time, he took us over as a top championship team, good players, great stadium, and ran well from top to bottom, Mel in his time as owner has ruined us, Mods please do not delete, we have freedom of speech in this our great country, not up to you to delete this post, as its a fair opinion and not personnel in any way. oldtimeram, deanoakaram4life and jimtastic56 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerman Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, Derby blood said: Why has Derby fan Mel, made such a mess of running OUR great club, he has made more mistakes than any chairmen in a very long time, he took us over as a top championship team, good players, great stadium, and ran well from top to bottom, Mel in his time as owner has ruined us, Mods please do not delete, we have freedom of speech in this our great country, not up to you to delete this post, as its a fair opinion and not personnel in any way. They're probably deleting as it's been said numerous times and times again and a duplicate thread,freedom of speech arguement doesn't really have any weight on a privately owned forum that you signed up for with terms and conditions either jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, Derby blood said: Why has Derby fan Mel, made such a mess of running OUR great club, he has made more mistakes than any chairmen in a very long time, he took us over as a top championship team, good players, great stadium, and ran well from top to bottom, Mel in his time as owner has ruined us, Mods please do not delete, we have freedom of speech in this our great country, not up to you to delete this post, as its a fair opinion and not personnel in any way. Please tell us what you would have done differently in his position. Ken Tram, Premier ram, bcnram and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelovebelow Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Most fans would have appointed Cocu given his track record. Bob The Badger, Premier ram, Derby4Me and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 It can all be summed up as "the road to hell is paved with good intentions". LittleEatonRam, EtoileSportiveDeDerby, wixman1884 and 6 others 4 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK-Ram Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 It's cool, just join the 1000 others threads on the same topic rather than commenting on those. We all know we are in big trouble, with abysmal leadership throughout the club. The multiple takeovers have been a farce, and right now I would be willing to accept almost anyone who can prove they have the money - Rush, Appleby, whoever. jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Just now, IslandExile said: Please tell us what you would have done differently in his position. I personally wouldnt have been so rooster sure when taking over. I always remember Mel being on Soccer AM in the inland days after his takeover and the interviewer went to ask a question that started "if you are promoted to the premier league...", Mel actually stopped him and said "Not if, when..." I remember cringing at the time as it was so cocky and you just knew it would backfire. Rammy03, ariotofmyown and Derby blood 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: I personally wouldnt have been so rooster sure when taking over. I always remember Mel being on Soccer AM in the inland days after his takeover and the interviewer went to ask a question that started "if you are promoted to the premier league...", Mel actually stopped him and said "Not if, when..." I remember cringing at the time as it was so cocky and you just knew it would backfire. That's all? Taribo, Chris_Martin, Bob The Badger and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 8 minutes ago, IslandExile said: Please tell us what you would have done differently in his position. Everything Derby blood, ck-, Chester40 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinRam Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: I personally wouldnt have been so rooster sure when taking over. I always remember Mel being on Soccer AM in the inland days after his takeover and the interviewer went to ask a question that started "if you are promoted to the premier league...", Mel actually stopped him and said "Not if, when..." I remember cringing at the time as it was so cocky and you just knew it would backfire. Did you ever listen to him on talksport? Chatting utter garbage jimtastic56 and Derby blood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Angry Ram said: Everything Oh well that covers it. Thanks for going into detail. You argue the case very well. ck-, jimtastic56, Eatonram and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby blood Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, bimmerman said: They're probably deleting as it's been said numerous times and times again and a duplicate thread,freedom of speech arguement doesn't really have any weight on a privately owned forum that you signed up for with terms and conditions either Stupid answear, we are in massive trouble, because of our so called Derby Fan Owner. So lets debate what super fan Mel could have done better. Edited May 12, 2021 by Derby blood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enachops Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 12 minutes ago, IslandExile said: Please tell us what you would have done differently in his position. Where to begin... Not appointed a rookie manager in Clement and then give him about 20 million to waste. Not walk in the changing rooms undermining said rookie manager. Not sacking managers on a regular basis. After sacking managers, appointing their replacement who has a completely different playing style. Not mentioning the ‘Derby way’ Not spending millions of pounds on guff which means having to sell/get loans for the training ground and stadium. Appointing Stephen Pearce as chief exec despite him messing up countless contracts and not keeping finances in check in his previous job as finance officer. Basically, pretty much everything has gone tits up under his stewardship. Great intentions, heart in the right place, but it’s been a disaster. Hector was the best, Rev, jimtastic56 and 6 others 5 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Derby blood said: Stupid answear, we are in massive trouble, because of our so called Derby Fan Owner. So lets debate what super fan Mel could have done better. Looking back with a critical eye is easy. Let's hear what you would do going forward from now? Premier ram and Philmycock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, enachops said: Where to begin... Not appointed a rookie manager in Clement and then give him about 20 million to waste. Not walk in the changing rooms undermining said rookie manager. Not sacking managers on a regular basis. After sacking managers, appointing their replacement who has a completely different playing style. Not mentioning the ‘Derby way’ Not spending millions of pounds on guff which means having to sell/get loans for the training ground and stadium. Appointing Stephen Pearce as chief exec despite him messing up countless contracts and not keeping finances in check in his previous job as finance officer. Basically, pretty much everything has gone tits up under his stewardship. Great intentions, heart in the right place, but it’s been a disaster. Yes, I have said on the parallel thread, I think the biggest mistake he made was appointing managers who had different styles of play, requiring different types of player. The result is a poor squad now and issues with overspending. sage, Andicis and I know nothing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby blood Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 minute ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said: Looking back with a critical eye is easy. Let's hear what you would do going forward from now? Going forward, lets hope our new chairmen, is a honest man, and does his best to run the club in a sustainable way, lets managers manage and not talks a load of bull in the media, and not always be the talking point of the club, and put Derby first not his own ego, this would be a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Derby blood said: lets managers manage Backing them financially in the transfer market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazloW Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Everything is easy in hindsight. I’m sure every decision that has been made has been made with the best of intentions and the best interests of the club. It would be hard to conclude that many of those decisions have not turned out to be the best, but it’s easy to be wise after the event. A lot of things that have gone wrong are also ‘sporting’ issues, which I refuse to blame the owner for. Backing your manager isn’t a crime. Bringing in managers with decent CVs and footballing pedigree isn’t a crime. There are plenty of examples of teams who underperform out there and it is rarely the owner’s fault. That’s the nature of football I’m afraid. Sometimes other teams are better than you. It happens. I think a lot of negative things have happened all at once which has led to a lot of conflating of issues and 2+2 is equaling 5 in a lot of cases. But I’m not angry (I’m not even faux angry) - more than anything I’m just sad that it’s turned out this way and sad for Mel as well. Chester40, GangwayD, MickD and 16 others 4 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 It's easy to say what you would have done differently as you can just run down the catalogue of errors and misjudgements he's made and do the opposite. RamontheMoor, Rampage and Rev 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, Derby blood said: Going forward, lets hope our new chairmen, is a honest man, and does his best to run the club in a sustainable way, lets managers manage and not talks a load of bull in the media, and not always be the talking point of the club, and put Derby first not his own ego, this would be a good start. Don't forget whatever plan you make.... If you get it wrong I'm going to criticise you to death because I want the best for dcfc and I want promotion. ariotofmyown, LazloW and Premier ram 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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