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Atko's Engine

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  1. Let's be honest, the players seen in the meeting would've had no choice in attending. It was clearly a Waggott attempt to deflect attention from the shambles that is BRFC; the players couldn't not go, or not participate once there, and at that point they have a duty to the other players, especially the younger ones, to voice their concerns. I hope this doesn't turn into a fans v players situation, because it's always ever only been about fans v owners/management, but I fear from the reactions of many on here that that's becoming inevitable, and if so will only end in relegation no matter who replaces JDT. It's also again at risk of turning fans against fans, again splitting the fanbase so that we seem like a disparate bunch of individuals when we really all need to have one voice, a loud & clear one that is directed at Venkys & their stooges.
  2. FFS, this club is ruined by Venkys, absolutely ruined. I could cry.
  3. I think you've forgotten (or more like had surgically scrubbed from your memory) the bald headed muppet under whom our footballing demise started... But like you say, given how 💩 that incumbent was, it does support the premise that the owners don't consider it an important role. (I can't bring myself to type his name, but his level of incompetence is certainly befitting of this thread.)
  4. Thanks guys, got there in the end. Great content (putting aside the sheer depressive nature of it all). I agree JDT is not perfect, but I do feel the contributors were harsh on him (albeit i respect their opinion and do see the logic to their argument). At the end of the day the model he works under relies on him being given the tools to implement his philosophy, yet every window those above him have failed. He was made promises (initially on arrival, and then again last summer) which were broken, budgets slashed mid-window, record sales proceeds not reinvested, kids when he wanted experience. It's absolutely impossible for him to do his job in the prevailing circumstances, so to lump him in with those above him as part of the problem, and now only trying to protect his own reputation, is way off the mark imo.
  5. Gobsmacked, except not. I've no idea how these things are done, or how things can go so horribly & identically wrong twice in 12 months. I like GB overall and don't genuinely think he is the person who actually made the mistake. If he is he has to go, but even if he isn't he has to be considering his position following his statement last year that lessons have been learnt. He's either cocked up twice, or he's been badly let down by others again & been left hanging out to dry. Neither is good for him professionally, and if it's the latter he has my every sympathy as he has had nothing but obstacles put in his way by the set up at Ewood since he walked in the door. It all stems from the owners. No plan, no ambition, no competence, no interest, no communication, no empathy, no respect, no passion, no responsibility, no accountability, no transparency. We're an absolute embarrassment; there must be a full and independent investigation into what's happened here by the incoming football regulator. No self respecting club, agent or player is going to touch us with a barge pole in any future window without there being a change of ownership and / or full transparency about what happened, how & what proper steps are taken to stop the rot. We've sabotaged ourselves in terms of transfers for a decade to come.
  6. My favourite version of that song, which I only recently discovered!!
  7. He can always say no, if so. But fair enough, I agree that might be an issue. That said, if there's knowledge of illegal behaviour having been engaged in then an NDA might not be worth the paper it's written on.
  8. Maybe someone can try & get Salgado involved, he knows a lot about what went on during the early years I believe, and he has an ongoing afinity with the club.
  9. I was arguing with some yesterday, them saying he has no plan B and his subs are wrong / ineffective. Well yes, because he has nothing of any worth to choose from after such a poor window. He is a coach, not a manager. He is reliant on the club signing players he identifies who have the qualities for him to coach them into the style of play that fits his approach, otherwise the model doesn't work. That's been clear from day one, "ask Gregg, the club knows what I want, it's up to the club to get it". Well that's 4 tranfer windows now, has the club provided him with any of his preferences? Clearly not, with incomings being full of loans & short term freebies despite a £20m sale & the on/off/kind-of-back-on-again/on/done-deal/oops McGuire deal to boot, as the project he was promised has changed completely & the finances rug has been pulled out from under Gregg's feet by the owners. Only one place where fault lies. Nothing to see in JDT's direction.
  10. Supportive at first as we started reasonably brightly, but got gradually more nervous as the game progressed, then was toxic by the time they went 2 up. Chants against Venkys & Waggott, fans arguing amongst themselves as to whether JDT was culpable (imo not).
  11. Ooh, another project, how exciting!! (I get the sentiment though)
  12. JDT can't win. He quits, he gets labelled a quitter, heart not in it, not up to a scrap etc. He stays, whether out of loyalty to the players/fans/GB/"the project" or whatever, he cannot achieve his aim because he has insufficient support or tools for the job. F'in shambles, this club is a circus.
  13. I feel that the bad defence thing only applies to the last 10 weeks, which coincides with Wahlstedt deputising for the injured Pears. If a defence, which has itself suffered from injuries caysing the need for regular rotation, has a young, inexperienced and nervous keeper behind it then it's likely only going to go one way... Seems strange to say given the problems Pears has had in his tenure, but had Pears not got injured & Wahlstedt not been thrown into the deep end so soon after his arrival, we'd probably only be 4 or 5 points off 6th place...
  14. What do you understand to be the reason then? You're usually on the pulse I think...
  15. You can never measure the success of a transfer window the day after it's closed. All the new arrivals deserve the opportunity to show what they can do, they ought not to be judged on the basis of previous deals that came good or went sour, or in the context of when / how they were signed. We've certainly got numbers in (4 first team squad members out, 8 in is it?), experience & a bit of no-nonesense clout, all of which we have been in dire need of these last 2 months, so amen to that at least. None of us know exactly what the position is re finances; is it true that Wharton needed to be sold to keep the lights on for 6 months (sounds plausible, albeit inexcusable in the grander scheme of things) or rather is it true that the AW deal was genuinely in the balance until so late in the day that it was impossible to spend the money wisely in 6 hours (also equally plausible)? Who knows. Taking a step back, losing AW itself is something we all knew would happen & £18m plus is too much to ignore, especially given the benefit of hindsight in not selling BBD, Rothwell, Lenihan, etc when the chances were there, and missing out on big money for Dack due to unlucky injury. Hopefully he succeeds & gets a bigger move & we get further add ons. What galls most is how soon it's happened in his development, but even more than that is that it's Palace he's gone to, a very average club all things considered. Such is where our esteemed owners have positioned us in the food chain. For those criticising GB, I do feel that's unfairly harsh. It's nigh on impossible to focus on well organised, proper long term recruitment if the budgetary goalposts shift so significantly (like they did in summer, like they probably did last week when the High Court hearing - which the club is seemingly confident will go Venkys' way - was unexpectedly delayed, and like they seemingly did this week with it taking 4 days to complete the AW transfer). One thing that is inescapable is that there has been no true ambition shown by Venkys in all their tenure. There've been words said, platitudes given, even no shortage of money spent (just very badly to cover theur own mistakes), but no real plan that has been devised & followed through cohesively, hence lurching from one window to the next without any real progress. That's on them and only them. Until they go it'll be more of the same I'm afraid. Sad but true.
  16. I seem to remember the business that Stoke did a couple of summers back was lauded on here as being light years ahead of what we did... didn't work out too great for them in the end, might be similar for Hull. Just trying to focus on potential positives!!
  17. C'mon, that's being selective just to suit your narrative, I'm sorry. Hyam was POTY last season, & this season was solid before injury (though I accept has struggled since coming back, probably still not 100% fit). Tronstad has been a standout performer this season, deffo in top 3.
  18. McFadzean confirmed, free until end of season. Hope he does well, Cov fans seem sad to see him go. At least it's not Kyle Walker...
  19. Missed quite a few names - perms & loans - off that list (Hedges, JRC, O'Riordan, Ayeri, Chrisene, Buckley, Moran, Leonard, Markanday), all of whom deserve to be mentioned & are clearly in 1st team squad (albeit some v new in, and still doesn't include Ennis or Telalovic)
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