The Purgatory or Hope Poll

[OldEwoodBlue]

Lets vote on this critical topic to gauge opinion.

Now a realistic prospect. Some will see it as a new beginning (next Bolton) whilst some will be terrified it could be the end (next Bury).

Poll above.

 

Edited January 21 by OldEwoodBlue

[Upside Down]

Administration.

One hundred percent.

[roverandout]

Admin. It's like having a loved one on permanent life support.  You'd rather put them out their misery and take them off it 

[Roverall]

Administration.

We have to get rid of them by whatever means. A desire for anything else is, at this stage, a combination of Stockholm Syndrome and wishful thinking.

[Norbert Rassragr]

Administration. Sure we'll probably be scuppered, possibly relegated whenever we get the 10 point deduction, but other clubs have gone through that and recovered e.g. Brighton, Luton, Bournemouth, Leeds, Coventry. We need to get out of this awful situation with delusional happy clappers fans, negligent owners and falling standards.

Venkys have crapped all over the club, the town and are vindictively running the club towards the lower leagues.

[RoverDom]

Like I've said before if we were treading water with an outside hope of promotion then having the venkys paying that bills is the lesser of two evils. 

They're stripping us of anything and everything and it's depressing. You take the ups and downs of being a fan but when you can no longer see any ups on the horizon I'd rather just put the club out of its misery. 

[RevidgeBlue]

As a direct alternative to immediate administration I'd rather they stayed and paid the bills in the short term.

However the only palatable option in the medium to long term is they put the Club up for sale immediately. This routine of having to run off cap in hand to an Indian Court every 3 months to cover expenses and not being able to sign any players simply isn't viable or sustainable in the long run.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

They’ve hollowed the club out into next to nothingness. It’s now a husk of the club I grew up supporting.

 

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

They’ve hollowed the club out into next to nothingness. It’s now a husk of the club I grew up supporting.

 

And I don't think Waggott has finished yet.....

God knows if there'll be anything left by the time he departs.

Probably be ground sharing with Preston and back training at Pleasington trying to avoid the dog turds.

[broadsword]

33 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

As a direct alternative to immediate administration I'd rather they stayed and paid the bills in the short term.

However the only palatable option in the medium to long term is they put the Club up for sale immediately. This routine of having to run off cap in hand to an Indian Court every 3 months to cover expenses and not being able to sign any players simply isn't viable or sustainable in the long run.

If I thought they would put us up for sale and someone would buy us then I would agree with that

 

 

Two points however. 1) I really don't think they will put us up for sale. Ever since we dropped out of the premiership the value of the club had dropped each year until we've turned into the basket case we are today with enormous debts and low turnover. If they wanted to claw back their losses as much as possible before selling, they would've made a much greater effort to build a decent team. In short, I just don't see them putting us up for sale as , if that were on their list of options, they would've done it already. 2) in the event that they did put us up for sale, I get the feeling that they would be looking for an unrealistic amount of money, plus they would be absolute murder to negotiate with, that is if you could get on touch with them.

 

So, I'm not prepared to wait, the optics of the last more than decade suggest that we've waited long enough. They have to go and the only way to do it is to take it off of them.

[RevidgeBlue]

5 minutes ago, broadsword said:

If I thought they would put us up for sale and someone would buy us then I would agree with that

 

 

Two points however. 1) I really don't think they will put us up for sale. Ever since we dropped out of the premiership the value of the club had dropped each year until we've turned into the basket case we are today with enormous debts and low turnover. If they wanted to claw back their losses as much as possible before selling, they would've made a much greater effort to build a decent team. In short, I just don't see them putting us up for sale as , if that were on their list of options, they would've done it already. 2) in the event that they did put us up for sale, I get the feeling that they would be looking for an unrealistic amount of money, plus they would be absolute murder to negotiate with, that is if you could get on touch with them.

 

So, I'm not prepared to wait, the optics of the last more than decade suggest that we've waited long enough. They have to go and the only way to do it is to take it off of them.

I understand most thinking like that however as one or two like den have said I really don't think administration would be the simple guaranteed long term solution most people think it would be.

[Proudtobeblue&white]

I just want them gone. They have been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster since day one. I would accept League One with owners who care.

[broadsword]

Yeah, I can understand people feeling like that. I don't think there's any good choices, only bad choices and we have to go for the least bad choice I guess?

[broadsword]

Just now, Proudtobeblue&white said:

I just want them gone. They have been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster since day one. I would accept League One with owners who care.

If dropping into the conference would be what it took, I would take that. I cannot convey in words how much I want them gone

[simongarnerisgod]

there is no future with the indians,only a slow lingering death,how many  managers have they shafted when it looked like we were going somewhere

[Oldgregg86]

I’d rather watch us play darwen next season than this continue indefinitely 

[JamieUK]

Admin. My only fear if/when that comes is will we lose the academy? It's still the one glimmer of hope that's left. Though I suppose it would be fitting that as Venkys lose control of the club they also f... us out of that too. One last hurrah.

[alcd]

Administration is the only way they'll be shifted. Also a sale conducted by the Administrator might just avoid some of the swindlers and chancers that Venkys themselves would be happy to do a deal with.

[Aqualung]

Fuck em off and start again. 

[broadsword]

21 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said:

I’d rather watch us play darwen next season than this continue indefinitely 

THE PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED FOR FAR TOO LONG. YA BASTA!*

 

A phrase used by south American revolutionaries, it roughly translates as ENOUGH IS FUCKING ENOUGH, WE AIN'T TAKING THIS SHIT NO MORE

Edited January 22 by broadsword

[Upside Down]

Thankfully the majority of members here have the ability to see reason.

[ABBEY]

On 21/01/2024 at 22:49, JamieUK said:

Admin. My only fear if/when that comes is will we lose the academy? It's still the one glimmer of hope that's left. Though I suppose it would be fitting that as Venkys lose control of the club they also f... us out of that too. One last hurrah.

Start again always gonna be kids. 

is the academy all its cracked up to be tho. Always  developing other teams kids .

[bluebruce]

On 22/01/2024 at 19:31, broadsword said:

THE PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED FOR FAR TOO LONG. YA BASTA!*

 

A phrase used by south American revolutionaries, it roughly translates as ENOUGH IS FUCKING ENOUGH, WE AIN'T TAKING THIS SHIT NO MORE

It's also gratifyingly close to 'ya bastards!'

[47er]

On 22/01/2024 at 09:50, alcd said:

Administration is the only way they'll be shifted. Also a sale conducted by the Administrator might just avoid some of the swindlers and chancers that Venkys themselves would be happy to do a deal with.

Yes---real fear that they'd sell us to another bunch of bastards as a form of revenge.

[wilsdenrover]

3 minutes ago, 47er said:

Yes---real fear that they'd sell us to another bunch of bastards as a form of revenge.

Don’t worry,  the fit and proper persons test would surely stop this from happening. 🙄