Still boils down to choices and decisions made by the owners no matter what the money is available
It was them doing that then going up with an unaffected squad that brought in the point deductions afterwards. They've been more than lucky in the last 20 years
Yep. Never paid off most of their debtors including East Midlands Ambulance Service. Reprehensible.
Pretty sure they massively failed FFP (or equivalent) to get promoted to the PL too but as they did get promoted the EFL were largely powerless to punish them & they got a tiny fine instead.
Frustrating thing is we could have done the same with our initial 60 million debt and avoided punishment but Richardson didn’t want his cronies missing out…It was them doing that then going up with an unaffected squad that brought in the point deductions afterwards. They've been more than lucky in the last 20 years
It's nothing to do with Richardson, he was sacked as chairman in January 2002.Frustrating thing is we could have done the same with our initial 60 million debt and avoided punishment but Richardson didn’t want his cronies missing out…
we probably would have been in a better situation if we had done
We were 60 million in debt when we got relegated, he was Still in charge for the first season.It's nothing to do with Richardson, he was sacked as chairman in January 2002.
They got so close .Mel Morris got within one game but the funny thing is they lost out to another club spending some ridiculous amount in wages too. Dependency on a billionaire's generosity is not a sustainable model
I don’t have sympathies for Wycombe. They were quite happy taking taking a technicality that got them promoted…. If we hadn’t have drew to Birmingham they wouldn’t have made the play offsAnd so, as we thought at the end of last season, Wycombe owner, Robert Couhig, is again considering suing Derby, saying that Mel Morris must have known last season, the dire state of Derby's finances, and deliberately fought the case to keep the Championship money coming in this season.
I have a lot of sympathy with Rob Couhig, as Wycombe are small, well run, 25% supporter owned club, and Derby's owner has overspent massively, played fast and loose with FFP rules, and ultimately failed.
Wycombe Wanderers could launch legal action against relegation after Derby administration
Wycombe Wanderers owner Rob Couhig is considering taking legal action against their relegation to League One after Derby announced they are due to go into administration.www.bbc.co.uk
I don’t have sympathies for Wycombe. They were quite happy taking taking a technicality that got them promoted…. If we hadn’t have drew to Birmingham they wouldn’t have made the play offs
I don’t have sympathies for Wycombe. They were quite happy taking taking a technicality that got them promoted…. If we hadn’t have drew to Birmingham they wouldn’t have made the play offs
To be fair, the EFL were ok with the Derby amortisation method up until last year. I don’t have sympathy with Derby but I don’t have it with Wycombe either.Taking a technicality is miles away from taking the piss like Derby have.
They couldn't refuse a final league position really could they.... however it was determined...I don’t have sympathies for Wycombe. They were quite happy taking taking a technicality that got them promoted…. If we hadn’t have drew to Birmingham they wouldn’t have made the play offs
I don't blame Wycombe for their promotion...after all the 'calculation' wasn't decided on by them, and i'm sure they'd agree they were probably fortunate....they also may argue, that the fixture against us wasn't the foregone conclusion most Cov fans seem to think it was.To be fair, the EFL were ok with the Derby amortisation method up until last year. I don’t have sympathy with Derby but I don’t have it with Wycombe either.
they’re a team who got into the play offs because they didn’t have to play us. Their owner was vocal about how they couldn’t play anymore of the season, then played the play offs.
they were crap for 80% of the championship season, they didn’t deserve to stay up
Surely Sheffield Wednesday would have every right to be pissed off too.And so, as we thought at the end of last season, Wycombe owner, Robert Couhig, is again considering suing Derby, saying that Mel Morris must have known last season, the dire state of Derby's finances, and deliberately fought the case to keep the Championship money coming in this season.
I have a lot of sympathy with Rob Couhig, as Wycombe are small, well run, 25% supporter owned club, and Derby's owner has overspent massively, played fast and loose with FFP rules, and ultimately failed.
Wycombe Wanderers could launch legal action against relegation after Derby administration
Wycombe Wanderers owner Rob Couhig is considering taking legal action against their relegation to League One after Derby announced they are due to go into administration.www.bbc.co.uk
Not really, Derby’s method happened years before Wycombe got into the Championship. For 90% of the season they were bottom, it only. Came to the fore after they’d been relegated.I don't blame Wycombe for their promotion...after all the 'calculation' wasn't decided on by them, and i'm sure they'd agree they were probably fortunate....they also may argue, that the fixture against us wasn't the foregone conclusion most Cov fans seem to think it was.
So, you don't care for underdogs then ?? ...the David vs Goliath...the potless, unfamiliar grafters vs the cheating, under achieving bigshots ?
Personally by supporting an underdog all my life, i have alot of time for other underdogs.
And then you go and hire Rooney as player manager, completely fucking bonkers. They cant afford to get rid of him no doubt.The compensation paid to Cocu and his team was/is £8 Million apparently. Completely out of control for a club at this level.
It’s something ridiculous…possibly more. However, aren’t his wages being paid by their sponsor or something?Losing £1.5 million a month ?? What are they paying Wayne Rooney sure I read somewhere £50k a week, surely not, £5k a week for a rookie manager would be high, although he is doing better compared to what he was a wage in the thousands of week can’t be right surely.
The compensation paid to Cocu and his team was/is £8 Million apparently. Completely out of control for a club at this level.
Rooney is Derby's version of our Terry Butcher period....crazy salary for a player/manager...both retired after 1 season, but kept their massive salaries...and chairmen who were massively overambitious and maybe even reckless.And then you go and hire Rooney as player manager, completely fucking bonkers. They cant afford to get rid of him no doubt.
But if it wasn’t Wycombe who came 22nd then whoever did would he’ll be doing the same thing.Not really, Derby’s method happened years before Wycombe got into the Championship. For 90% of the season they were bottom, it only. Came to the fore after they’d been relegated.
should Derby have been given their points deduction last season? Possibly - like Sheff Weds. but if that was the case the mindset would have been different going into the last game - and Sheff Weds probably would have beaten Derby and stayed up.
and yeah that Wycombe game was a forgone conclusion - we were top of the league firing on all cylinders about to play a team we’d beaten every time in a league game and they were plummeting down the league. They benefitted from the reset before the play offs.
But if it wasn’t Wycombe who came 22nd then whoever did would he’ll be doing the same thing.
That they were bottom most of the season is irrelevant.
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