Derby County

[love4ffc]

I am not a great fan of Wayne Rooney but he has earned my respect in the way he has continued to battle against the odds and got the best out of a depleted side.

I agree with Gezza, not a fan of Rooney but I do admire his determination and commitment to Derby.  Wish there were more people in the Football world that has these principles. 

Wayne Rooney says he turned down interview for Everton manager's job

Read the full article here:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/28/wayne-rooney-says-he-turned-down-interview-for-everton-manager-job

Wayne Rooney has said he turned down an approach from Everton to be interviewed for their manager's job, describing it as a tough decision.

Rooney, a boyhood Everton fan who joined the club aged nine and had two spells as a forward there, has been the Derby County manager since 2020. The financially stricken club are in administration and have been docked 21 points, making their tally of 14 points as the Championship's second-bottom side impressive.

"Everton approached my agent and asked me to interview for the vacant job, which I turned down," Rooney said. "I believe I will be a Premier League manager – I believe I'm ready for that, 100%. And if that is with Everton one day in the future that would be absolutely great. But I've got a job here that I'm doing at Derby County which is an important job to me."

The pull of Everton, for whom he played in the first team from 2002-04 and in 2017-18, did cause Rooney to consider the approach. "They got in touch with my agent [Paul Stretford], my agent let the administrators know as well, and yes of course it was a difficult decision for me," he said.

[HV71]

Frank Lampard has been offered the job according to the BBC

[Logicalman]

I don't envy Derby fans, wondering whether their club will even survive once all this is done, because of terrible decisions by their owners.

Boro and Wycombe are behaving poorly, the EFL aren't being honest from what I can see and the ones being punished are the fans. I think other clubs are planning ways to express their support, and I think we should too

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You are right the fans do suffer when their club is punished with a points deduction but that's looking at the issue from a very narrow focus.

The basics are,  despite the owner allegedly pumping millions into the club they failed to reach the promise land and were losing over 1 million £'s a month and couldn't pay their creditors.

Covid didn't help but the problems date back before the pandemic, 12 points deducted for entering administration & 9 for dodgy accounting and the owner are the EFL rules and you can't say the EFL have trown the book at them as there are various regulatory issues still outstanding.

The guilty owner leaves the club on the brink of survival but you think the EFL are being dishonest!
What about the owner, because he apologies to the fans is that's OK?

I agree the onus and blame fall on the owners, but also the EFL and FA must take some responsibility for this mess.
I believe it's pretty well understood the 'fit & proper' test is a joke, the footablling authorities, if they truly had the good of the game at heart well over and above their own standing, would ensure that not only when ownership is being 'approved'  have the owenrs shown a responsibility, but they should maintain that level throughout their ownership and membership of the league.
It seems the authorities tend to wipe their hands once they have supposidly completed their initial due diligence, until when, that is, a problem arises that they could and should have had means in place to spot beforehand, and then they act as though they are whiter than white and have no liability in not doing their job of overseeing the clubs.

[Woolly Mammoth]

I started following Fulham in the 90s, I don't know what happened with Derby, from what I'm reading here not good things

Affirmative 👍

[Stevieboy]

I was there in '83....in the Derby end! It was truly a frightening experience.
A lot here are saying poor fans suffering from bad club financial management and they shouldn't suffer.
It's wasn't bad financial management which caused the pitch invasion and subsequent violence all over the pitch and outside.
So Karma truly has visited the fans!!

[Colton F.C.]

They are over 60 million in debt according to Sky in the last hour...Never known a Championship  side to be that in debt.

Does the £60m include the cost of buying back the stadium?

[rebel]

Another late comeback they are fighting on the pitch.

[ChesterTheTabby]

I love this Derby team. Hope they and Rooney survive. Nothing against this fighting spirit. It's the thing warriors are made of. Best of luck Rams!

[FFCFOREVER]

I was there in '83....in the Derby end! It was truly a frightening experience.
A lot here are saying poor fans suffering from bad club financial management and they shouldn't suffer.
It's wasn't bad financial management which caused the pitch invasion and subsequent violence all over the pitch and outside.
So Karma truly has visited the fans!!

Well said