How has football club fallen into such a mess?

I HAVE been following the progress of Derby County and I find the situation unbelievable, to say the least. The loyal fans appear to be held in contempt and deserve better; have lessons not been learned from previous individuals who got control of the club and proceeded to bring it near to liquidation?

Wayne Rooney and his staff and players are trying to cope with unreasonable pressures and their loyalty must be commended. The thing that strikes me the most is until just recently the CEO held quite a responsible position with the EFL, so how on earth was this allowed to get to this state with accounts allegedly not being posted and employees reportedly not receiving their salaries on time? I hope for all concerned that this is not a vendetta against the owner or any other serious disagreement where the CEO is being silenced and his advice is being ignored.

Ron Fisher, by email