He is beyond reproach. Our man in Pune.

When did they scale back the Academy?

Don’t take it too literally, I’m just surprised at the recent turn of events. I must have missed the memo about good old Pash’s unimpeachable character.

🤣 exactly what I thought. They’ve covered more tracks than Seb Coe.

haha very convenient that pasha is now stating the changes to funding rules happened in July….just after the accounts were signed off.

But you’re swallowing your mate Pasha’s statements 🤣 Can you see the problem?

It’s odd you didn’t believe the club, but now you believe the club. I couldn’t have been any clearer🤷‍♂️

The problem with administration is that we’d probably have to sell the training ground we don’t own! But at least we’ll be able to live on the Ewood Barrett’s Estate. I’ve got my name down for the house that will be on the BBE penalty spot.

Yea, and you were told repeatedly that something had changed, hence the club informing us that there was no future impediment. This happened earlier than July. You refused to believe it, but produced no evidence to the contrary. You’ve now decided to believe Pasha, who is a prominent figure in the club you refused to believe a few months ago. Very odd.

If there’s a power struggle it can only be with the others on the transfer committee. My money is on Rudy being a massive bellend and trying to get his own signings in instead of Park’s choices. And Swag has backed Rudy.

Overhyped bag of shite. Ireland have done okay though.

Completely irrelevant. The teams may be shite, or they may just be playing lads who are older. Regardless, results don’t matter, as every Academy coach will tell you. The quality of the Academy is judged on the number of players it produces for the first team. I would suggest the brighter stars aren’t out on loan.

A false impression according to you, not to others who are possibly more qualified to judge.

Rather than drying up, I was under the impression we had some lads with real potential in the Academy?

The old grey matter is not what it was! Was that when Kevin Francis played for them?

What an achievement that will be if Stockport are playing back in the Championship next season. I remember them being there back when we got promoted under Kenny.

Ex Rover

14721 is our league average so far this season, which is the 3rd lowest in the league.

If we guess at £35m in total from the recent money generated from transfers, spread over the next 3 years, that’s £12m (ish) a year. Add in the £5m extra a year the club is getting for the new TV deal and you’re not far short of the £20m (ish) a year Venkys have been putting in. So maybe the tipping point is a couple of years away if nothing else changes.

£20m a year is a drop in the ocean when you’re a billionaire. Big Baz probably spends more than that on parties.

You were adamant a few months ago, along with a few others, that they couldn’t fund the club due to the court ruling. I said they could and explained why. I notice Crimpshine has recently corroborated exactly what I was saying a few months ago, even though he and others claimed I was talking shite at the time. Put simply, there is no LEGAL impediment to funding, only that the owners have chosen not to fund. The court case isn’t really about BRFC, the club is just caught in the political crossfire. I would also imagine the court delays are no coincidence, the Indian authorities are happy to let this drag out. This will reach critical mass once the Wharton, Raya and Szmodics money can no longer pay the bills. Unless of course Venkys have a change of heart or the bond is removed.

My guess is that as this is clearly political they are not willing to pay the bond to the Indian Authorities on principle.

The £20m a year they’ve been putting into the club is a drop in the ocean to them. Rovers is just a play thing for very very rich people. There is no great conspiracy.

You think Gueye, at circa £1.5m, is a good signing?! Right place, right time though😉

Even Accy have got their own bus and number plate.