keithred Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 We cannot allow the take over of our club being stymied by the problem caused by the fact that Mel Morris still owns Pride Park. What we need is a fans' buy out of the ground. I suggest the following: If enough fans are prepared to invest £1,000 each, I reckon we can easily reach an amount for the stadium which Mel will accept. Those investors become shareholders of the ground. A management committee is appointed with liaison with the new club board. A regular lease is agreed and set up, giving the investors a return on their investment. The terms of the lease give the club takes full responsibility for maintaining the stadium, including policing on match days, etc. Can anyone see a problem with this scenario? We need to get this moving asap. Derby4Me, LazloW, whiteroseram and 7 others 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Your first problem is that you need to find about 20,000 Derby fans, with £1k spare, during the biggest financial squeeze in recent memory. IslandExile, Tamworthram, Ram@Lincoln and 6 others 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eatonram Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 I'd do it but this process needed to start 8 months ago with a figurehead like Gadsby behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott129 Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Not sure whether to read into the 'red' in your username and just assume that you're taking the ****. But we're in a cost of living crisis - absolutely no shot that the majority of people will want to invest £1,000. Taribo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuffLuff Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, keithred said: We cannot allow the take over of our club being stymied by the problem caused by the fact that Mel Morris still owns Pride Park. What we need is a fans' buy out of the ground. I suggest the following: If enough fans are prepared to invest £1,000 each, I reckon we can easily reach an amount for the stadium which Mel will accept. Those investors become shareholders of the ground. A management committee is appointed with liaison with the new club board. A regular lease is agreed and set up, giving the investors a return on their investment. The terms of the lease give the club takes full responsibility for maintaining the stadium, including policing on match days, etc. Can anyone see a problem with this scenario? We need to get this moving asap. I see where the problem is a) I’m not giving you a thousand pounds Keith b) I don’t have a thousand pounds to throw away on a ‘Nigerian Prince’ model. Have you seen the state of everything at the minute c) I’m not giving you a thousands pounds Keith Edited May 6, 2022 by TuffLuff Taribo, GboroRam, RoyMac5 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePrisoner Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, keithred said: We need to get this moving asap. The best time to have done this was months and months ago. I'm afraid we're OUTATIME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 I’m sure Rooney could afford 20million. He could get a good return if we get back to the promised land. Flying Fokker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, Eatonram said: I'd do it but this process needed to start 8 months ago with a figurehead like Gadsby behind it. I'm not even sure enough Derby fans would trust Gadsby tbh. If we genuinely wanted this to happen, the best route is probably the council buying the stadium, with the intention of them properly setting up some kind of charitable trust or something, that fans can buy into. A rando on the internet (no offence, Keith), or even a private businessman, is not going to be able to convince enough people to part with enough money. At best, you're going to end up with the situation where small number of people end up putting in the bulk of the money, and then you're forever arguing about who should have control over decision making etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Keith certainly wins a prize for the "username least likely to elicit a serious response". ossieram, LazloW, Derby4Me and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Crewton said: Keith certainly wins a prize for the "username least likely to elicit a serious response". Has he took my crown? David Graham Brown, i-Ram and whiteroseram 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Just now, Boycie said: Has he took my crown? We've all blocked you already ? Boycie, David Graham Brown, Mucker1884 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksRam Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 KeithRED - first post? Imposter?* *And if you really are genuine, and just like the colour red, or have red hair, or like to read but can't spell, then apologies, welcome to the forum. Still don't have £1000 kicking around to give you though, sorry. Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithred Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 I understand the cynicism and I agree that this should have happened months ago. 'Red' is the start of my surname. Nothing sinister there. I don't want anyone to give me £1,000. We need someone like a Derby solicitor to set up an organisation that can deal with the investments. It's a hard time to ask for money, I accept, but something's got to happen in order to break this logjam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, keithred said: I understand the cynicism and I agree that this should have happened months ago. 'Red' is the start of my surname. Nothing sinister there. I don't want anyone to give me £1,000. We need someone like a Derby solicitor to set up an organisation that can deal with the investments. It's a hard time to ask for money, I accept, but something's got to happen in order to break this logjam. Well go and duck a duck, Harry Rednapp, Big mates with MM, Cooked a plan over a glass of whine on his Sandbanks veranda. I'M OOOOOT! ossieram, Hans Datdo-Dishes, Donnyram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamUltraRam Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) Tonight's EuroMillions jackpot is £164m 20,000 of us should buy a ticket at £2.50 each That's more realistic Joking apart, I think I'll buy a couple of tickets & become our saviour ? Edited May 6, 2022 by SamUltraRam David Graham Brown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Thrust Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 40 minutes ago, Unlucky Alf said: Cooked a plan over a glass of whine on his Sandbanks veranda. What did the grape say when he was crushed? Nothing, he just let out a little wine……….. europia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, Turk Thrust said: What did the grape say when he was crushed? Nothing, he just let out a little wine……….. Crackerjack? Steve How Hard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 hour ago, keithred said: We cannot allow the take over of our club being stymied by the problem caused by the fact that Mel Morris still owns Pride Park. What we need is a fans' buy out of the ground. I suggest the following: If enough fans are prepared to invest £1,000 each, I reckon we can easily reach an amount for the stadium which Mel will accept. Those investors become shareholders of the ground. A management committee is appointed with liaison with the new club board. A regular lease is agreed and set up, giving the investors a return on their investment. The terms of the lease give the club takes full responsibility for maintaining the stadium, including policing on match days, etc. Can anyone see a problem with this scenario? We need to get this moving asap. I don't think Mel wants to sell the stadium. Maybe he has decided to lease it out, taking a bit of profit each time and then sell it for much more than the rumoured 20 million at a later date. I've been told by more than 1 person (who probably read it on Twitter) that Mel Morris is refusing to play ball with CK and he wants Mike Ashley to buy both club and stadium. No idea if that's true, but it wouldn't suprise me if, a bit like Gibson, this is a battle of egos and Mel is smarting because CK called him a "Duck Job" on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammeister Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 1 hour ago, keithred said: 'Red' is the start of my surname. Nothing sinister there. Keith Reddog? David Graham Brown, Premier ram, DesertRam and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 We can't get 20,000 people to buy a season ticket for £400!!! LOL DesertRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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