The Administration Thread

[Animal is a Ram]

A bit more sponsorship money, pays off those FA fines, I suppose...

[Crewton]

1 minute ago, Animal is a Ram said:

A bit more sponsorship money, pays off those FA fines, I suppose...

That'll give us a much-needed light at the end of the tunnel....

[Gritstone Tup]

1 hour ago, TheresOnlyWanChope said:

I’m still hopeful that Mel will facilitate a sale with a good deal on the stadium as it’s not in his interest for DCFC to be liquidated either, then again, we all trusted him to abide by FFP, not cripple the club with debt, or to not offer the club to chancers or to not put the club in administration.

100% correct!

[BBG83]

It feels a lot like Mel is still pulling the strings because its a case of either Derby County goes or someone has to look into his books in some detail. Something to hide.

[PistoldPete]

22 minutes ago, Animal is a Ram said:

A bit more sponsorship money, pays off those FA fines, I suppose...

Announcement of the preferred...... property partner? What a letdown.

[Gritstone Tup]

42 minutes ago, GboroRam said:

Mel obviously is the person who's been doing us over the bonnet of a Ford Cortina in some country lay-by. And we loved every moment of it at the time.

I suspect he's turned up to the restaurant wearing a fake Armani suit and ordered some of the best champagne in there, just so we'd drop our panties. He's now finished, pulled up his trousers and jumped back in the Cortina and scarpered, leaving us feeling a bit used and dirty, and looking for someone to pick us up from that lay-by and take us home. Oh yes, and when he ordered the wines he'd left his wallet in his other jacket, so we've stepped in and paid. We're in Cash Converters in the morning pawning the fridge freezer to cover the costs.

Yep, good analogy 

[Ramos]

2 minutes ago, PistoldPete said:

Announcement of the preferred...... property partner? What a letdown.

I’d have preferred avant 

[Gritstone Tup]

35 minutes ago, jono said:

All the EFL has to say is : 

We are the governing body of this competition. We make the rules of the competition and enforce those rules according to our written procedures 

This is agreed by all participants prior to competing.

Derby broke the rules and were given sanctions for those offences according to our rules and procedures. The timing of those sanctions was, again, in accordance with those rules and procedures.

The claims by WW and MBC are entirely invalid. 

Nope “the claims by WW and MBC are beyond our remit.”

Edited February 3, 2022 by Gritstone Tup

[vonwright]

56 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

 

So for all this EFL talk of the Middlesbrough and Wycombe claims not being the problem... turns out the Middlesbrough and Wycombe claims are the problem.

[Yani P]

32 minutes ago, Animal is a Ram said:

A bit more sponsorship money, pays off those FA fines, I suppose...

Hopefully not coming on board to see what properties could be built on PPS..

[Leeds Ram]

Kirchner laving due to frustrations with the process, Rooney is starting to air his grievances and now we've got the Binnies looking like they may pull out. At what point do we actually start putting some pressure on the administrators to outline a definitive timeline of when we can get these parasites to the table and a solid approximation of how long the process will take. 

[RoyMac5]

For amusement purposes only.

 

[Guest]

While I saw in the DET yesterday that Villa were interested in taking Kellyman from our academy I had not seen that a deal had been completed but I could have missed it. The Athletic are now reporting that the deal was completed yesterday:

Rooney believed Plange’s deadline day transfer and loan back from Crystal Palace would be the last of the sales. However, exciting academy product Omari Kellyman left for a fee in the region of £500,000 to Aston Villa on the morning of the Huddersfield match. Rooney said, “He’s a local lad from Derby. He didn’t want to leave the club.”

“It’s a tough one for me and the staff to take.”

Derby have had to sell on some of the academies’ brightest talents this month, with Dylan Williams joining Chelsea. There is sadness within the club that the brilliant work the academy has done in producing these players will not be seen at Derby. Still, the priority on the field is ensuring Derby have the tools to be competitive.

The 2-0 defeat away to Huddersfield proved the deficiencies in squad depth but entering February with most of the core remaining gives Derby a fighting chance.

[Gritstone Ram]

23 minutes ago, vonwright said:

So for all this EFL talk of the Middlesbrough and Wycombe claims not being the problem... turns out the Middlesbrough and Wycombe claims are the problem.

Did you honestly believe they weren’t?

[Gritstone Ram]

6 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

For amusement purposes only.

 

So what is Ashley’s bid?

[twelveincher]

9 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

For amusement purposes only.

 

Confirmed by Barry, must be true

[IslandExile]

8 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

For amusement purposes only.

 

Has Ashley bid?

Or is it "subject to Mel, the Admins receiving less and Boro/WW nothing"?

[Animal is a Ram]

A couple of the 'ITKers' on twitter have piped up saying Ashley has put in a bid - truckload of salt required, but with the Binnie rumblings being put in the press, I wouldn't be all that surprised to see some movement.

[Mr. P]

9 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

For amusement purposes only.

 

I won’t miss all this cryptic crap when it’s all over. I’ve lost my hair twice over!

[duncanjwitham]

It all depends what a "Mike Ashley Bid" actually is.  It sounds like the Binnie bid was basically "Once you've sorted 'Boro and Wycombe, we'll give you...", and at the moment I've no reason to suspect that Ashley's is any different.