Leonard Venkhater

Me too. It is not real or authentic.... ...but people call me a football fascist!

Truth hurts, but punctuation doesn't...

Ouch...

Agreed. His comment re the poll bringing "piranhas to the fore" does not equate to the reality of a near 95% poll in support of TM remaining. But there is a pattern here and his essential script is always "I thank, thee, Lord, that I am not like other Rovers fans!" Rovers fans have already suffered the abuse of their club and themselves by the likes of Anderson and all his media tossers, but that was for obvious dodgy financial ends. It irks me that someone, who calls himself Rovers fan, just cannot resist cheap jibes and seeking attention by pursuing his Titus Oates agenda on twitter.

Exactly! The much vaunted and over-hyped team spirit seems to go missing at key times. Right now, I don't give a monkey's about players saying all the right things on social media, if there is no heart out on the pitch, where it matters. The PNE and Wigan games were embarrassing for Rovers fans. A trouncing by North End with their previously jealous fans celebrating in the Darwen End would remind many that we have not progressed as far as we hoped from the sorry rabble that went down at Brentford. Let's face it. Both the last two transfer windows have been very disappointing...and we are seeing the cost now. FOV...

Welcome back! Agreed. Be afraid, be very afraid about whom the owners might put in place of TM. I also agree that loyalty seems to have become a weakness for TM. Perhaps, it is even a sign of player power. If the lunatics aren't quite running the asylum, maybe they have junior managers' roles. It has started to irk me, when I hear TM still saying he is happy with his current squad etc. Ruthlessness is certainly required in the summer. I do get your point about gradualism, but I worry about standing still, stagnation, regression and...... another relegation. I think the manner in which the owners p***d away our premier league status still rankles with many and, let's face it, we haven't been anywhere near competitive at the top end of the championship, ever since we came down...and that is 7 long years ago! I am not even convinced the owners do want to take us to the next level.

Not forgetting Eamonn Rogers, Andy McEvoy....

Ah, good old Titus Oates at it again?

So does denial...

Glaring! Lack of fitness and not much pattern or method. On top of that, my guess is that something else might be wrong. Does it coincide with the obvious message at the end of the window that the club weren't really going for it this season? However, we have seen some horrendous performances before that e.g. Wigan. I am damned sure the club is relegation- bound, unless some serious alterations/additions are made in the summer... Certainly, though, I would be unhappy, If Venky's potted TM now.

But you know the answer to that!

What evidence is there that the Venky's actually do want to take us to the next level? The whole pattern, choice of managers, transfer behaviour and league positions etc, since the take over certainly do not point in the direction of "next level".

I thought it was a nod to the Bowyer parallel...( as opposed to the Rodwell incident)

We were right!

Was that deliberate irony? If so, I take my hat off to you. Seriously, though, I hope you are right about the summer recruitment, but we are almost certainly going to need to manage key departures, as well, so we will probably be starting from further back. I do wonder how a manager, who was a good defender can preside over such a shambles at the back

Well, I would certainly have chosen consolidation before relegation, but I do feel some fans' expectations have been merely dumbed down. With the momentum and the nucleus of good players, I am very frustrated that we have chosen not to build on that. I also sense Tony is covering for the owners, saying the money was there, but that is only an educated guess. I just hope that we don't see a slump like the second half of 69-70 or 97-98 seasons because that would set a negative downward momentum.

I can't help feeling uneasy. Momentum appears to have been frittered away. I just hope we are not going to see a repeat of the previous Venky pattern with Bowyer...hope, frustration, stagnation (with the manager covering for them until his inevitable departure) Maybe, I should not have binge- watched Sunderland till I die!

Agree...I would go further and say we have wasted a good opportunity this season.

The powers that be clearly decided not to invest in a realistic push this year. I guess they have much more confidence than I do that the all the building blocks will still be in place come next August. Standing still usually means going backwards in football.

Maybe, he is doing a poor man's Arsene Wenger, putting the money aside for a new...er Riverside!

Let's face it, have we ever been competitive, since the takeover? With the exception of last year in Div 1, we have spent most seasons flirting with relegation. Even with the squad at Bowyer's disposal, we weren't really in the mix.

For me, the transfer window demonstrated that we weren't going for the play offs...

No point!

Quite. But what would you expect him to say on an occasion like this?

Tony doesn't regret the transfer window though lol