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Seems to be smaller on forum.

He’s still in the side though, just not captain.

Not very nice! Doubt anyone would defend him over that. It still has no bearing on his recent allegations though. Rafiq’s credibility was fairly irrelevant at that time. Yorkshire CCC’s credibility was shattered when a report of racism within the club was put into the “just banter” file.

Didn’t see the Abrahams tweet

Hypocrite would have been included if I thought that Tory still had those views.

Whether his credibility has been damaged or not is down to the individual listening to his side of the story. His apology seems genuine on the face of it, so I won’t hold that against him now. I don’t know what Joe Root has said either so can’t judge that one. However, his version of the things that were said to him seem very plausible in my opinion.

It makes no difference to what happened to him though.

Maybe the owners have simply come to the conclusion that they can’t make this work and now want out. Maybe they aren’t prepared to to do any more than the absolute minimum financially. The current situation compares with the trusts actions when they wanted out. They cut right back on the cash they were prepared to put in. It’s what any business would do when selling a business. If they do look to sell, the STC comes right back into play. What would happen there?

They are, you’re right. Tens of tens of millions, probably a hundred million+. I still don’t understand why. Why would anyone do that, yet do nothing apart from barely keep it afloat? Maybe they are madly in love with Blackburn Rovers Football Club and get a lot out of owning it. But then you wonder why they stand and watch everything about it going down the pan. Its got me beat.

Who hoo! 2 down.

Yes!

166 do? Hard to predict this one. Every batsman found it hard to time the ball. England need to start well and slowly build the required rate.

Oops Change bat for bowl and keep the rest the same.😄

NZ win toss and bat first, which makes them favourites here IMO. Not impressed with selection of Billings.

Shane Warnes reaction here cracked me up!

I wouldn’t say the decline is being deliberately administered Tbh. Look, when Venkys came in 11 years ago, Jerome Anderson and probably the trustees had persuaded them that the way forward for BRFC was to sell off or pay off all of their first team squad and move forwards by developing their own youngsters. It was obvious what they were doing. There were varying viewpoints between the fans over that plan. Many, and I would guess they were mainly the older fans ( not all admittedly) saw huge danger in that because they had seen it all before. There were also many who went along with the idea. They accepted the argument that that was the way to go. Some, many fans are so “into” Rovers, so committed to rovers that they find it hard to criticise the club whatever they do. I get that, I was there at one time, in fact for a long time. However, JA and Venkys plan has been a disaster. Whereas the trustees were putting £3m/yr into the club - a mid table PL club, they’re now putting £20m into a lower championship club. My point is, there were, and are, many fans who don’t really question anything the club does. In one way that’s fantastic. In another, it’s not. We can all see now what’s happened under Venkys regime. What Mowbray is telling the fans now is ….. DONT QUESTION WHAT I OR THE OWNERS ARE DOING BECAUSE THERES NO BETTER MANAGER AND THERES NO BETTER WAY. That’s about it. Don’t accept everything they tell you. (Not you personally Ulrich).

The only thing I can say is, if you take a snapshot at any given point in time you can make an argument for anything. People should take a few steps backwards and look at the direction the club has taken for ten years now, then ask yourself what’s happening within the ownership and the top people at the club to change that direction?

😊 yeah, rubbish title. ive never seen that before, pretty impressive.

Gav!!! You’re posting and you’ve not read his comments?

Before the Fulham game, he said on sky that fans on social media would be criticising him if Mitrovic scored after he said he had no plans for him. Hes VERY aware of social media.

I know for a fact that when he was happily watching boro they certainly didn’t lose to a record 0-7 home defeat.

He doesn’t help himself, does he? referring to fans as “background noise” is simply saying that he doesn’t give a damn what they think - and then telling the background noise that they’re not going to get anyone better than him is, well, just sticking his fingers up to them. Ive never heard this kind of thing from a rovers manager before. It defies belief. In a pre Venkys world the man would have been dragged over the coals for that, if not moved on. But he knows he’s safe. A mediocre manager such as him being free to talk that way is just further proof of how things have to change.

Talking Yorkshire… a friend of mine watched Yorkshire as a young lad. He was at headingley when Fred Truman walked past. “Can I have your autograph please Fred”. Fred’s reply to my mate Chris - Fuck off!