Might be getting to the nub of it there Ian, although I doubt similar considerations would apply to someone who "only" has a credit line of c £10m and Venky's who are "allegedly" worth several billion. Unless of course they know there's a lot more trouble to come further down the line that hasn't been discovered yet.

That would be my understanding as well.

.....not being their fault.

Yeah the Court judgement reproduced on here a while ago referred to a guarantee and if a "guarantee" has the same meaning as it does over here it merely means that you only become liable if something goes wrong. You don't have to start lodging equivalent financial bonds by way of security etc. I suspect Jackson hasn't got a clue what the situation is but keeps repeating this "double bubble" line which probably isn't correct and really isn't helpful. To be fair Waggott himself has said there is no impediment to the owners funding the Club on numerous occasions. If there was I'd have thought he wouldn't be able to wait to tell us about it and try and frame it as no

Come on everyone, that's not the spirit. Get your hands in your pockets! Emmanuel Dennis doesn't sit on the bench or in the treatment room for free you know!

Yeah, I was thinking that if sales tank (which is likely) they can just announce "early bird offer extended" and try and dress it up as some sort of huge concession on their part.

I agree. In my opinion these Court proceedings are now a complete red herring and have been for some time. There's nothing really stopping them from transferring money to the Club, they merely have to provide a guarantee covered by their personal assets if they do so. They seemingly aren't prepared to do this and just don't seem to want to fund the Club anymore full stop. Helps when the local media and large sections of the fan base still perpetuate this myth about the poor unfortunate things having to deposit double to match any money sent over though.

Do we think there's any other Club in the Fotball League that would only be aiming to fill around 15% of its Stadium with ST Holders, and who would put tickets on initial sale without divulging the price in subsequent phases?

Agree entirely. This seems like a desperate early cash grab to me - and they can't even get that right! If I was renewing my lapsed ticket (which I'm not) I think I'd be purchasing using a credit card in case things go bump mid season.

No doubt you'll be telling them that at the next FF then. You've plenty to go at with the Eustace debacle, the appointment of Ismael, and now this. Have they announced the reconvened date for the next meeting yet?

Looking at it overall, it seems a lot too expensive for seniors, JW upper, and for the Blackburn End. No complaints on price I don't suppose if you're in the Riverside or in one of the categories for younger fans. Won't affect me either way, I won't be attending irrespective of price until they give me a reason to do it either in terms of genuine investment on the team or signs of real progress on the pitch. That isn't covered by chasing away a decent head coach on the occasions we're lucky enough to stumble across one. It's also heartbreaking seeing Waggott screw every last penny out of the Club for his own personal gain before the gravy train shudders to a halt for the final time and he departs leaving behind a lifeless husk instead of our once great Club.

Eustace had an extremely positive recent record when he joined us. He looked to be a young manager on the up. And eventually carried that on with us. Ismael is exactly the opposite. He looks to be a manager very much on the downgrade. And unlike Eustace he inherited a team in decent shape but has still managed to start in similar fashion Nothing to do with the degree of comfort in front of the cameras.

Cant believe the number of people lining up to defend Ismael. Yes we know about the owners and the deeper issues affecting the Club. Yes we know the January window was a disaster as always. However, Eustace had this squad in and around the play offs all season and even Lowe managed 2 wins out of 3 in very trying circumstances. A new permanent manager should have had the team ready to run through a brick wall given the promising position we were in. Instead we've conceded goals inside the first 20 minutes in the last three games and in 360 minutes of football we've not been ahead once! It's just not good enough and needs to change pronto. Frankly if Ismael couldnt motivate them when we were in the play off mix with 12 games to go I dread to think how he'll do it at the start of a new season but we'll have to live in hope I suppose.

I think it's fair to say in general our form had been dropping off since Luton at home in mid December. It hadnt been dropping off to the extent it has under Ismael though and we werent conceding goals after 3 or 4 minutes of games. Needs stressing again I think, the opening gal conceded inside the opening 20 mins of the last 3 games. That has to stop or his tenure will be a particularly unhappy one.

This argument has been done many times before. We paid very good money for Hyam and Brittain. For me Hyam has been generally really poor and has a poor character. Brittain was generally awful until this season when he's finally started showing us the player we thought we were signing. I dont think either have been particular successes for the money paid. Tronstad fair enough, I dont particularly rate him but I know most do. I also forgot Cantwell from last summer who's been really poor imo. I really dont know what more you expect from Ohashi and Gueye for £250k and £1m though. Both turned out decent value imo.