I wasn't a fan of Saxton tbh he was way too loyal to players who were past their best.

Sounds about right.

If it is £15 extra every time you want to go into Jack's - can you imagine any Pub saying "Yep it's £15" if you want to be in here at any point when the game's on" "But dont worry - we'll chuck in a few sandwiches at half time!" They wouldn't remain in business 2 mins.

Watching Rangers currently shitting the bed on Prime 3-0 behind at home to Brugge inside 20 mins in Champs league qualifier,the defending has been comical.Taxi for Martin before xmas the way he's started the season up there.

I wondered, seems kike you went cold on Williams after your tenure as fans scribe. If you were treated like that, not even being told your services were no konger needed, I can't blame you. So safe to say, and I do not know how far back it goes, but Rovers have the LET in their pocket.

I have often suspected that, in that case if it is true the sniwball should have been a half Nori

Yes, several times. John Williams didn't like a headline I'd done relating to the ticket allocation for the Celtic away game and wouldn't speak to the LT for 2 weeks - they were cacking it! Unsurprisingly I was replaced at the end of that season and they didn't even have the courtesy to let me know. I found out in passing from someone else. I suspect it was "suggested" I be replaced. I was however invited onto the FF and face to face I got along fine with JW although I didn't agree with a lot of what he did such as the policy of filling the DE with away fans for big games. I argued the only way to fill Ewood with home fans on a long term basis was to give the likes of Liverpool and Man Ure smaller allocations for those games and try and sell the rest to Rovers fans and get them hooked. Involved more hard work though so was never done.

a snowball in mr venkys mush has`nt helped🙂i don`t think they`ve forgotten that,especially when they turned up expecting rapture,gratitude and mega plaudits,only to get loads of deserved abuse

My brother has dealt with them for decades, when the protests started he said there's no way will they bend, it isn't in their culture.

thats not travis character imo

According to a source at the club they have suspended Travis for refusing to play. Unsure if I believe that or if it is a way of trying to turn us against Travis for wanting away.

It is a weird one. Prior to the Court Case Id have said it was feasible Pasha was keeping them largely in the dark but since then they've taken steps to reduce net funding dramatically so they can't now be completely unaware of what's going on although I doubt they know Sky Football has been axed in Blues sort of thing. I think that as a Premier League Club we were a useful vehicle for the Venky's brand and the upcoming launch of Venky's Express but that never happened and since relegation we've been no actual use to them just a drain on their resources. As such whatever interest they ever had has gradually tapered off. They seemingly had a temporary burst of enthusiasm after the promotion from League 1 which Mowbray managed to extinguish. Thereafter it was plodding along on the road to nowhere for several years until the Court Case which seemingly ended any interest they ever had. Now they're putting in the absolute minimum possible by combining selling anything they can with cutting costs to the bone. Presumably still wanting to avoid the shame back home of a business going bust. Obviously from Pasha and Gestede's point of view it's well worth spinning them this fairy tale about how they can spend no money and retain Championship status to keep themselves in lucrative employment for as long as possible. Where this ends for us as a Club is anyone's guess. We'll be lucky to retain League status the rate we're going and I dont think it will be gradual.

Then Mowbary plays Giles out if position.

indian pride is very serious in their business world,they can`t offload the club because they`de take a huge loss and would be a laughing stock among the circle of commerce,they`de then be shunned and become bad karma,the caste system,honour,pride and reputation are massive in india thats my take on it,they`ve had enough of owning a football club,but can`t get rid of it,so we are now a tiny corner in their empire that they are willing to just keep it existing

Rev, when you were scribing for the Telewag did you get "suggestions" in what you should write or get negative feedback from any official entity for what you had written. Are you sworn to secrecy? Just curious if you had a knowledge if it. Different regime at the time but did you experience anyone trying to guide what you wrote?

Capone was brought down just for TAX EVASION ...lol

Parking prices increased...low pay staff having to pay for parking ...Sky sports removed from the blues bar ....wouldnt surprise me if the next step is charging people to take pictures of the statue of Uncle Jack Years of hell for us long suffering supporters and it doesn't look like ending anytime soon.It Is all very depressing

Was the S Was Sunderland a Sunday afternoon game for some strange reason? Got beat 3 nil.

I'm not paying anything to go into a bar when there's perfectly good pubs in the vicinity it's them we should be supporting

I know right?? incredibly bizarre decision. What they gonna do next ban beer? Wait delete that...

poor bobby had to get by on thin air for transfer fees,thought he did an absolutely fantastic job given his resources,we really should have been promoted in 84/85,top of the league at christmas but no reinforcements when injuries and tiredness kicked in😥sounds familiar,though in fairness the club was absolutely brassic at that time

Nothing I wouldn't have thought.

It's why I say we have the worst owners in football. They've not burned as brightly as some, but there seems to be no end to them - no light at the end of the tunnel.

Mckinnon played away at Sunderland I think -for some bizarre reason I was there, a mate of mine made a totally random decision to scream up there in his XR3 i about 3 hours before kick off. I think you're probably right with the date of the demo against Saxton and it's the one Merce and I are referring to.

A family worth multiple billions can't kick an overpromoted middle manager out? Just what does he have on them?!