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He didnt say when it was tbf.

I would be surprised if the first team came in to play a friendly today, the day after a first team match.

Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb on the conspiracy theory front. Cantwell now on 45 League appearances. 4 more takes us right to the end of December. The 50th if he doesnt miss any inbetween, would be Wrexham on New Years Day. It couldn't happen again could it, mysteriously absent again in January before being sold?

If Suhail is still around? Of course he will. He is bullet proof. He is a snake who has been attached to Venkys all this time. We could get a brilliant CEO and he would be set up to fail here. Would be like appointing Pep Guardiola as assistant manager to Steve Kean.

Ah yes, someone prepared to be a willing patsy for allegedly going rogue for the purposes of a Court case (and then not being sacked) Bit like Broughton taking the blame for catastrophic happenings (and then not getting sacked)

Take it they don't mean one of their own, Pratt, so who are they including in that - Miller/Mclaughlin/De Neve/Ribeiro? Surely they dont mean Alebiosu either?

Injuries, the atmosphere at Ewood......

We had managing director in Derek Shaw for a number of those 7 years tho.

No indication from Nicko's piece that anything has changed and that that the new appointment wouldnt still be purely ceremonial. After the debacle of the pitch fiasco, they just want someone to cop the flak the next time the **** hits the fan. Which probably won't be very long.

There has been nothing positive about the last 15 years.

The fact that for the first 7 years of their ownership and for the last 7 months they haven't had any CEO tells us everything. Things only ever happen either when the pressure/relegation threat starts to get significant (Paul Senior, Coyle fired, Mowbray comes in) or when someone gets out to India and has a word. Route one of that is happening right now just as it did in 2016/17 so expect to see more of this for keeping up appearances.

Depends if he is still around. The quality of appointment will tell us everything. That's was my overall point,

You can only say the Cantwell thing is bollocks if he's still here after the January transfer window closes. The speculation about whether he might have an add on clause in his contract after 50 games is slightly different, may or may not be correct, but those including myself who flagged it up as a possibility acknowledged it as such. Id personally stilĺ be surprised if he's here in February.

Well both postponements were all over Sky Sports and football channels/twitter with lots of people questioning why it has happened not once but twice, and apparently the EFL are investigating. This is the sort of heat the shadow dwellers at Ewood don't like - questions and pressure from outside disturbing their comfy existence - and probably the only coverage that risks getting back to India HQ and some questions being asked. Best way to head it off is to drip a few bits to the friendly reporter and nip it in the bud

Made national news where?

Heard some interesting stuff from a trusted ITK tonight on the going on down at Brockhall - it may be known to some on here so apologies if that's the case. First team played the u21s in a behind closed doors friendly and lost 7-0....yes 7-0. Ribeiro went over the top on one of the youngsters with a late challenge and ended up gripping the young lad even though it was he who was being a nob. All food in the canteen is now halal and this has not gone down well. None of the current 1st team backline are rated by any of the under 21s or the non first team coaches - especially the new recruits.

More window dressing to come then. Panic stations with the humiliation of the pitch and stadium making national news. Solution - invest serious money in sorting the issue out? Oh no But drip a couple of tales to Nixon about spending money in January, looking for a new CEO and getting advice from the Man City/Man Utd consultants - costs nothing but keeps them quiet for a few months.

Your BRFCS POTM is Ryoya Morishita MOTM template.mp4

I agree with you 100%

All relegated sides have hard luck stories. We set ourselves up for failure in the summer by jettisoning almost every player worth a damn and replacing them with cheap punts, or just not replacing them at all. The end result was entirely predictable, as many posts on here during pre-season will prove.

Lose this one and we really are in trouble. Not being able to beat any of the teams you're scrapping for survival with is a surefire way to get relegated.

Yeah, this. Even when something highly likely bollocks, such as the Cantwell thing, the combination of silence from the club and the history of malfunction enables conspiracies to be taken as truths. Can the club come out and quash every rumour? No, of course not. But their communication efforts seem to be funnelled into a Twitter burner account, a food tec teacher and Mr Red Top Rag Nixon. Communication is such a simple thing. But get it wrong and you expose yourself to things like this.

I said it at the time and I'll repeat, the club's currency is secrecy and deceit. I don't think anyone should be to blame for formulating theories when a lack of information is provided.

Yeah was a load of bollock. He even came out on insta and pretty much said it was too.

That Cantwell thing's gone quiet🤔