Turk Thrust Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 42 minutes ago, blackNwhites said: I hope they come as a combination, that was the most exciting year we've had as a club since the Premier league. All went down hill the year after. My grandma rubbed chip fat on my granddad’s back. Afterwards, he went downhill really fast. ? David Graham Brown, Archied, Ram-Alf and 9 others 1 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihangel Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 minute ago, TuffLuff said: There is a Rams Review interview with Andy Appleby probably from a year ago saying he wasn’t interested in buying Derby at the time but was setting up a business with the intention of buying failing sports teams and turning them round. I’ll link it (if I was Rams Review I’d currently be ramming it down everyone’s neck) on a separate post in a minute Yeah, I think that's a pretty succinct description of where we are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, rsmini said: Andy Appleby did a brilliant interview, it’s on you tube somewhere, about owning a football club. He comes over really well, and says how much his wife loved their time in Derby. id be quite happy for him to come to back. He might just settle everything down for a bit. I have mentioned Mrs Appleby would not let us go out of business before based on that interview. Never underestimate the power of constant nagging from a wife jimtastic56, Bald Eagle's Barmy Army, rsmini and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: Simon Stones secretary, Tammy Tampon, is lovely though. Bloody nuisance I heard. MackworthRamIsGod and atherstoneram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 7 minutes ago, Turk Thrust said: My grandma rubbed chip fat on my granddad’s back. Afterwards, he went downhill really fast. ? Ahhh you remember chip fat, When there was nowt else left in the pantry in the 60s and you'd make do with a poor mans dripping sandwich with salt, No fridge of freezer in them days, Liquid in the summer solid fat in the winter, All on the...Thrall ? David Graham Brown and archram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said: I disagree, I believe we got competitive when Sam Rush saw fit to bring McClaren in. Had they stuck and not cashed in post Wembley 2014, I'd like to think we'd not be anywhere near where we are now. Mel Morris was one of the investors at that point, I believe, with him going a long way to funding the likes of Wisdom, Thorne, Bamford - maybe even Russell. I'm not sure. I can't remember the exact date when he came in to help fund GSE, but do remember a story about him being on a conference call with a number of other parties discussing how they needed X amount to secure a loan signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, Ambitious said: Mel Morris was one of the investors at that point, I believe, with him going a long way to funding the likes of Wisdom, Thorne, Bamford - maybe even Russell. I'm not sure. I can't remember the exact date when he came in to help fund GSE, but do remember a story about him being on a conference call with a number of other parties discussing how they needed X amount to secure a loan signing. at that time though, Wisdom was cheaper than Smith from Spurs to loan. Bamford was still a cheap kid, and I think the original Thorne loan deal was really cheap to get him fit. But that's not me disagreeing with you. Loans were part of the GSE model throughout. RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Appleby's tenure was not a success and we were not run in a fiscally prudent way, here are the numbers 2008 a year when we received a parachute payment - Profit of £1.76million 2009 Loss of £14.9 million 2010 Loss of £2.16 million 2011 Loss of £7.67 million 2012 Loss of £7.93 million 2013 Loss of £7.06 million 2014 Loss of £7.04 million 2015 Loss of £10.06 million So in total during Appleby's leadership there were cumulative losses of £55 million, how is that the best financial health of the Rams in the modern era? GSE pulled out because they wouldn't or couldn't keep bank rolling the losses and if El Presidente Sam Rush, (who sacked the manager who reduced the payroll by over 60% and signed some outstanding players for peanuts) ever gets near the club again he would probably complete the destruction of the club. History always repeats itself Derby4Me, RipleyRich, Macintosh and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atherstoneram Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, McMuffin said: Either that or Appleby’s been on dragons den and got Debra Meadan as a mystery backer to join those two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/former-derby-chairman-andy-appleby-115432113.html Non-paywalled Percy article. Morgan bid now separate to Appleby. Appleby bid doesn't include stadium - I guess this will take over the deal that CK had with Clowes. RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Just now, Animal is a Ram said: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/former-derby-chairman-andy-appleby-115432113.html Non-paywalled Percy article. Morgan bid now separate to Appleby. Appleby bid doesn't include stadium - I guess this will take over the deal that CK had with Clowes. Ya sussed out the Telegraph free articles site then. ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, Ambitious said: Mel Morris was one of the investors at that point, I believe, with him going a long way to funding the likes of Wisdom, Thorne, Bamford - maybe even Russell. I'm not sure. I can't remember the exact date when he came in to help fund GSE, but do remember a story about him being on a conference call with a number of other parties discussing how they needed X amount to secure a loan signing. Morris only came in a day or two before we played QPR at Wembley when he bought a 25% share of the club. He had nothing to do with building the team that got to the playoffs final. He completed a full takeover in September of the following season and things were never quite the same again and I include the Villa final in that. That day Morris was rolling his dice in the Last Chance Saloon and he lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, TuffLuff said: And I made a joke about it! Very nearly:-) archram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Animal is a Ram said: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/former-derby-chairman-andy-appleby-115432113.html Non-paywalled Percy article. Morgan bid now separate to Appleby. Appleby bid doesn't include stadium - I guess this will take over the deal that CK had with Clowes. "Appleby's consortium General Sports Worldwide have made a renewed move to secure a takeover and are rivalling Mike Ashley and Steve Morgan in the race to save Derby from liquidation." Is that the same lot or just a different collection of 'money'? Plus "The bid is understood to be "highly competitive" and was submitted to administrators Quantuma, who are desperately searching for a buyer after American businessman Chris Kirchner pulled out of the running, in the early hours of Wednesday morning." So are Q just waiting for other bids or what? Edited June 15, 2022 by RoyMac5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffLuff Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 38 minutes ago, rsmini said: Andy Appleby did a brilliant interview, it’s on you tube somewhere, about owning a football club. He comes over really well, and says how much his wife loved their time in Derby. id be quite happy for him to come to back. He might just settle everything down for a bit. I believe it will be this? It’s probably what I’m misremembering too and thinking it was on a podcast (apologies rams review!). Not had chance to rewatch it though rsmini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I know nuffin Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 4 hours ago, kevinhectoring said: There’s a fair chance CK is busy trying to avoid being removed as CEO of slync That is another reason why non of what he has done make sense,the damage he has done to his own company kevinhectoring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Things are clearly moving now. Not been told much only it’s very much focussed now on a conclusion with all parties starting to show their hand, and think that’s now being evidenced by some of the reports coming out. Hopefully we’re finally near the end of this. IslandExile and FlyBritishMidland 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, BramcoteRam84 said: Things are clearly moving now. Not been told much only it’s very much focussed now on a conclusion with all parties starting to show their hand, and think that’s now being evidenced by some of the reports coming out. Hopefully we’re finally near the end of this. 48 hours? Stive Pesley and jimtastic56 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yani P Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, BramcoteRam84 said: Things are clearly moving now. Not been told much only it’s very much focussed now on a conclusion with all parties starting to show their hand, and think that’s now being evidenced by some of the reports coming out. Hopefully we’re finally near the end of this. Hope so... Mostyn6, LazloW, Turk Thrust and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, Brailsford Ram said: Morris only came in a day or two before we played QPR at Wembley when he bought a 25% share of the club. He had nothing to do with building the team that got to the playoffs final. He completed a full takeover in September of the following season and things were never quite the same again and I include the Villa final in that. That day Morris was rolling his dice in the Last Chance Saloon and he lost. https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/03/derby-mel-morris-takeover?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#aoh=16552991919270&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From %1%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ffootball%2F2015%2Fsep%2F03%2Fderby-mel-morris-takeover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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