I'd rather both were available for selection this season, as we know it will be a long hard slog from Saturday til May next year. Without putting too fine a point on it, we might have changed the look and feel of our side, but the reality of the Championship remains brutally the same. So we need to gear up for the fight, for the hard knocks, for the incompetent refs, for the cynical challenges on our better players, for the inexplicable (haha) loss of form between December and end of January and the realisation that fucking Wrexham FC are viewed as a more realistic prospect for success than former Premier League Winners... VENKY SHEEP SHAGGERS OUT!

Possibly, but he's a good egg.

Can't see him Peking this season though..

That chest down and volley at the end of the reel was something to behold. If we can get him into scoring positions, this might be a very influential player for the upcoming season. And maybe the bare bones backroom boys down at Ewood / Brockhall are doing something interesting after all..despite the resounding silence coming from the Punatics... it's the hope that kills 🙂

Trouble with all this cost-cutting is that once the cuts are in place, there is generally no further room for manouvre, and there are generally only two ways out a lowest cost base approach (spend more, or stop doing business). It is a move straight out of the Michael Porter play book for generic strategy - but unfortunately, the approach is based on manufacturing and process industry, not something amorphous and dynamic like a professional football club. I suspect that Rudy has read the 60 second MBA or some similar book (I say 'read' when perhaps it is more likely he's listened to sound bites / TeD Talks on his car ICE when driving between latte emporia). These aren't business people, people. These are amateurish, desperate, misinformed charlatans masquerading as football club officials. Out with the lot of them. VENKYS PSEUDO BUSINESS CHARLATANS AND PATSIES OUT!!

Not much left in the tank for there to be much in the way of controversy around a player going. Who is your money on, whose departure would be considered controversial? I'm with you in principle - just interested in hearing your thoughts..

I wonder, is it compulsory to have a CEO, or can a football club operate without being challenged is such a person is not appointed? Not that I'm overly concerned, either way, because the simple fact is we could appoint a turnip (or swede) and it would still be told what to do and say by the shady folk in the shadows... Come on you root vegetables! SHADY VENKY STOOGES OUT!

Isn't the main point that we have yet another manager starting to express concerns about the underlying broken approach - these are perhaps the first salvoes in the barrage that will ultimately drive a sufficiently large hole in VI's relationship with the club to justify his (inevitable) departure, once again under a gagging clause that prevents anything meaningful coming to light about how stupidly (dis)organised we are behind the scenes as a club. That's how I read his utterances anyway. Probably best to focus on what happens ON the pitch for the time being, because that is where the immediate future of BRFC is to be decided. The back room stuff is just noise and distraction to stop us knowing what is really going on here (which is perfectly well summarised in many of the pages preceding this). Oh for a leader like Kenny, oh for a chairman like John, oh for the days when we won stuff, oh but those days are long gone... Oh for winger like handbag, oh for a striker like Al; oh for some matchday excitement, oh for the stands to be full...Oh for defenders like Samba, oh for Si Garner on fire, oh what has happened to Ewood, oh don't we all like a trier? Oh for a goalie with bottle, oh for a change can't we trust? Oh for fucks sake what a shit-show, oh for some wankers we're lost. VENKYS OUT!

They really do take us for mugs, even though it is as clear as day that the only game being played behind closed doors at Ewood since the Venky Curse landed is 'Deckchairs on the Titanic'. 'Women and children first'. "Keep playing, orchestra, to maintain morale". 'No, the ship is Unskinkable', we are merely offloading passengers to conform to the rules at sea when dealing with icebergs.' 'It wasn't an iceberg... it was a snowball.....' Some of us are awake, on deck, and can hear the roar of the ocean pouring in. Sadly we won't be around in 100 years when the wreck is discovered and pored over as a curiosity by whatever passes for football fans in the future. VENKY CRETINS AND THEIR STOOGES OUT!!

Those punts look very reasonable, given the wrecking squad that is installed in the back rooms at the moment. I just think it is totally disingenuous of those morons to wait till late in the window to do the outgoing business, as it will inevitably leave us and VI short of numbers, spirit, experience and cover. Wankers! VENKY WANKERS OUT!

Maybe limited, ability wise, but a big influence on a game, and when he isn't in the side we do seem to struggle. Perhaps it is time for a new broom though...and a new style of play to emerge from the chaos around the club.

Telewag reporting that Pears and Buckley are on their way out, having been omitted from VI's squad that went to Nijmegen yesterday. Anyone know where they are going? Have there been enquiries?

Yup - moronic little turds, playing fantasy football on their PCs and taking the algorithmic outcomes as gospel. Wankers!

Yes, that's clear, but unless Mill Hill St Peters come in with an offer, he's going nowhere. Same for any of our other (alleged) 'high earners', which is probably a recipe for disaster, as having someone on the team who is regarded as surplus to requirements is hardly going to be good for morale. Someone get those blasted VENKYS OUT!!

Who has Travis been linked with? I think his influence on the pitch is much greater than the NLPB* acknowledge, and without his leadership and shithousery we will be much diminished.