ageoftherover

This is why managers generally dead bat every remotely spicy question and spout nothing but meaningless platitudes.

Even given the abject ownership, disgusting club senior management, non-existent transfer windows, inadequate wage structure, injury hit squad, multiple games abandoned from winning positions, fan unrest and god only knows what other shit is happening behind the scenes, he's still a terrible manager and we'd be much better off without him.

"Banned by people you follow."

Translation: Shits so crazy its borderline biblical.

Does a case like this offer the possibility of potentially clandestine information being dredged out in the form of prosecution discovery?

This is the real silly season.

Wear "Justice for Macron" shirts to the next home game.

Its probably just Rudy spending 10 minutes a week with CGPT.

All I know is: When we were in the PL, they quickly cut us down to the Championship. When we were on the verge of promotion back to the PL, they sabotaged it. When we dropped into L1, they got the engine moving and quickly pushed us back into the Championship When weve been steady in the Championship the status quo has been maintained. Whoever has actually run the club this past 15 years seems to like it here. Far away from the harsh, prying glare of the PL, but with enough money flowing through the ecosystem that a handy cut can still be hypothetically made through player sales and other arrangements. Very cosy.

The other possibility is Pasha has considerably more control than we think over what happens here, and Venkies have considerably less.

How many "good teams" are there in this division though? We beat Hull handily earlier in the year, Millwall handily a month ago and were 10 minutes off knocking off Ipswich. These are the 3rd, 4th and 5th best teams so far this year. Outside the top 2, everyone appears vulnerable on their day. Whether we get our shit together quickly/well enough to capitalise on that is another question.

I think the boycott has kicked more goals than we've seen from Rovers at Ewood in a long time. A very low crowd. Don't believe the clubs propaganda. The fact theyve so blatantly had to fudge the publicly announced figure is in itself a win. It won't wash with anyone who was there, nor anyone even casually paying attention from the outside. Publicly forced the club into an embarassing and somewhat tone deaf media statement Boycott reported on major media outlets and mentioned on the broadcast. Most importantly, clearly begun the process of gaining momentum within the fanbase. Don't underestimate how difficult it is to actually start something like this. Yes it would have been nice to have another few k or so stay away, but its also important to be realistic. Rome wasnt built in a day and dislodging whatever money laundering, fund skimming exercise that passes for the ownership of a beloved football club is not going to happen off a single event either. The most crucial aspect of winning a war (as distinct from a battle) is maintaining morale. Theyve always been very good at disrupting it. Chin up lads and ladettes.

VI has a decent set of names there. Time to put up or shut up.

Fwiw (not much), I think if we drop to League 1 there'll be funds available to get us back to the Championship. I'd say that's the level at which its most profitable for the people who actually run the club.

The question is, would relegation make it more, or less likely that Venkys would sell up?