Derby’s 21 points deduction confirmed.
That puts them 18 points back of safety at -3. Hard to see how a side that has been earning about 1 point a game is going to have any hope by January. I would imagine a few agents will be trying to get their client out in January, there won’t be any help coming in, and you wonder how long Rooney cares to work with the Administrator.
I heard one Derby fan say a few days ago that they had agreed to waive the appeal and accept additional points in order to allow the club space to bring in some new players on loan. He was fairly confident Derby could get at least mid table this season because of the volatility within that division. His belief was hanging heavily on Norwich’s promotion a few years back where they were at the bottom of the table approaching Christmas (2018?), not sure whether he had said it was a 6 pt deduction Derby were getting though…where as this is 9pts on top of the 12 they already had.
I can see the advantage of resolving all historical league discipline, so that the administrators can offer a clean sheet to prospective buyers and let them have some hope of working in the January window. But it is difficult to see pivotal players heading to Derby on loan.
I also think your Derby fan is looking at Norwich with rose-coloured glasses. They were near bottom of the table at the end of August, but were top by this time of the season, and in fact had a W4 streak in September to end that month in the playoff spots. I can think of sides that survived being bottom of the table at Christmas, but I am hard pressed to think of any that overcame a 20 point gap.
Oh damn, Bournemouth lost to bottom of the table Derby 
. Solanke scores again 
Rooney is clearly a brilliant manager, ManU need to get him in.
Blackpool only three points off the playoff places. It will be quite some feat from Critchley if he can get them promoted.
Yeah very odd result, both the top two were running away with it as well.
Watching this championship match and Preston just equalised that came off the hand of Riis before Evans may or may not have bundled it in with his arm.
For some reason the pundits think its 50/50 but its come off the PNE arm maybe twice it’s not 50/50.
I actually want Preston to get something but don’t talk utter horseshite
Doesn’t matter if Evans hand balls it Riis does in the build up to the goal.
Of course it’s Chris Kavangh
Twitter seems not to know the rules of the game (not surprised) then again the punditry is woeful.
What they deserved is not justification for foul play in the box.
Also goalie looked like he was impeded but that’s 50/50.
In fairness, can you expect fans to know the rules of the game when most refs don’t know them?
Well something as basic as that, more disappointed in the woeful punditry.
Fulham vs Bournemouth next week considering they have both had a few slip ups recently this should be interesting.
Apparently discussions are underway to end the parachute payment system, replacing it with alternatives - no detail on what that would be.
No matter what the changes are, it is going to have a significant effect.
Yup especially as FFP in the Championship and leagues below is quite stringent.
Clubs seem to actually get penalties there.
Not withstanding Rooney’s confident take, Derby could be in real trouble here. HMRC has repeatedly shown itself willing to compromise the normal business logic of maximizing return in a situation, in order to send a clear message. Not sure how salient the ‘football creditors’ idea they hate is these days, but the fundamentals of this situation remain grim. The interested buyers are likely not interested in paying off 100% of the tax bill, HRMC not interested in talking about a haircut.
How is it Derby County have been reduced to a single point? Some penalty owing to their financial condition?
They started the season at negative 21, I believe. It is hard to pin down, because it was in two tranches - but pretty sure it was -12 for being in administration, then -9 was applied in November for financial violations.
No offense Wilson but I’m Team Solanke 
And it could get worse as they now look like they will be hit by HMRC for unpaid taxes.
