I would rate us a 50/50 chance of claiming top 6 now if we win on final day: Bristol City - to draw or lose vs Preston Coventry - to draw or lose vs Boro Millwall - to draw or lose vs B*rnley Two of the three outcomes above need to happen. Likeliest ones are probably Millwall and Coventry dropping points. Hopefully the team realise that a draw isn't enough and that they attack from the very start of the game. Can't be passive and start playing after conceding a goal like they did against Watford. Sheffield Utd have nothing to play for on paper and are likely going to rotate their squad to improve match fitness for some players and rest key ones to avoid any injury risk.

Bloody hell. So we're gonna rely on f*ing B*rnley to do us a favor in the final game vs Millwall while Boro have to get a point or win against Coventry? Whoever wrote this script have to be insane...

Third time Walsh has been sent off this season. Managed to get a red merely two minutes after coming on as a sub against Oxford and was sent off against Rovers as well in our 2-0 win at home. Don't understand why the manager picks him to start knowing that he can cause trouble for his teammates at any point.

Hahaha, spot on impression. Club is a clown show to say the least. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if we finish seventh again.

Last two matches: Bristol City: Leeds (A), Preston (H) Coventry: Luton (A), Middlesbrough (H) Middlesbrough: Norwich (H), Coventry (A) Millwall: Swansea (H), Burnley (A) Rovers: Watford (H), Sheffield Utd (A) Frustrating that we always seem to pick up form at the very end of season when it's all but too late. We need six points, Millwall need to drop points in one of their remaining games and Coventry have to lose against Luton and draw against Boro on the final day. That horrendous five-game losing streak against the likes of Cardiff, Stoke, Derby and Portsmouth is really looking nasty right now, almost unforgivable given that a more pragmatic approach in those games would more than likely have secured valuable points.

My predictions for the summer: - Brittain, Travis and Tronstad will refuse to sign new contracts due to the spectacular implosion this season. In order to avoid another disaster (i.e. losing out on transfer fees like they did on Brereton Diaz), club has to seriously consider selling & replacing all three before window shuts. - Dolan will leave for another club in Championship, probably Derby should they stay up. - Cantwell is likely to hand in a transfer request or try to force himself out in some fashion. Also doesn't look the type of player that fits into Ismael's "plans". - Don't think neither Forshaw nor Weimann will be offered new contracts unless they are willing to lower their wages. If you ask me, club pretty much needs to sign a whole starting XI to compensate for all the imminent and upcoming departures. You can bet that the primary targets will be cheap loans and freebies at the start of the window to then try to get a last-minute deal for some mediocre player before it closes. If they couldn't offer Eustace any guarantees, what makes one believe that Ismael will be handed any transfer money all of sudden? It's just naivety/wishful thinking as always.

Christ. Even if only half of this is true, it would prove just how badly run this club is. SW rumoured to be retiring or leaving soon starts to make sense when SP/RG seems to have been going against him in many of the decisions made. I have no doubt that RG will be the next CEO and owners' right hand in terms of loyalty. Problem is he is clearly unqualified for the position; him pushing hard for VI is just one example, having disagreements with JP on transfer targets is another. Starting to believe that there's some kind of incentive/ bonus payment for board members if they manage to keep spending within the budget set by owners at the start of each season. This would explain why there never seem to be any transfer money left to spend come January and the infamous "botched" transfer moves all happened during this period as well. SP is looking like the real gatekeeper behind all these blockages; an act of evil for sure. Said it before that a downgrade of the Academy from Category 1 will spell the beginning of the end for the owners as it will drain the club of whatever small amount of talented players that comes through the ranks, and thus the value of sellable assets will slowly head towards zero. Would be kinda ironic if SP were to be the one that makes a horrible cost-cutting decision that will ultimately lead to owners being forced to sell the club...

Some can argue that he actually did supporters a "favor" by walking out mid-season for a club in the relegation zone. It made national headlines and revealed to everyone what an embarrassing state our club is currently at. You can call Eustace whatever you want but at least he demanded certain standards to be adopted from his employers on how to run things.

Tell supporters who wants to attend any of the remaining games of the season to bring inflatable snakes... #expressyourself As for myself, I'm done spending money on a club that I have supported for 30 years until new owners are in place. 15 years of this madness is a long enough time already. New owners, new board, new manager, new beginning.

Anyone betting on that Derby will finish higher than us this season? They have Swansea, Portsmouth, Luton, Hull and Stoke left to face. Not impossible and if that were to actually happen, then all fans will understand the tremendous amount of damage caused by the owners and board for not being able to keep hold of Eustace. For all the inflatable snakes being displayed towards him as an act of being betrayed, the real ones are still at club, dismantling it piece by piece until nothing is left.

Main plan should be trying to cross it to Gueye, but unfortunately our two pacey "significant investments" in Dennis and Kargbo are both injured. Instead, we probably have to worry about whether Travis can keep track of Azaz since Tronstad is not starting. Our lack of pace out wide will likely prove costly in this game.

No, you missed Gueye.

Think Waggott meant that the owners have put in a total of circa 300 million pounds throughout their entire ownership tenure (15 years). Latest accounts (2024) showed that the internal debt lies around 134 million pounds. Would be rather naive from their part to ask for new owners to take on the entirety of that debt since they created the mess in the first place (i.e. relegation from PL) but makes sense from a business standpoint. With a reported net worth of 1.5 billion pounds, the Venky's are seemingly more than capable of taking a loss so there might be some leeway for prospective owners to negotiate the price. They purchased the club in 2010 for reportedly 23 million pounds from Walker Trust while also taking on additional 20 million pounds worth of debt at that time; you can make a strong case that they bought the club on the cheap considering the squad value/club status but still failed to invest in/manage the club properly to keep them up. Today's squad value is somewhere around 35 million pounds according to Transfermarkt if you deduct the value for all five current loanees. Squad value: 35 million Internal debt: 134 million Facilities (Brockhall/STC, Ewood Park): 25 million? Total: close to 200 million pounds. Don't think the owners will entertain any offers below 100 million given these numbers, but I could be way off in terms of what they value at this point. Prospective owners will have to set target for an immediate return to PL if they want to pay off the debt the club has towards Venky's. Maybe an initial offer of say 60 million and a structuring of the 134 million debt to be paid within 15-20 years might entice them to sell? Big risk on the buyers' side of course, but the upside is there for everyone to see (return to PL, bigger attendances etc.).

What a disgusting interview that was from the three charlatans. Constant lies and twisting of facts. Pasha - "Owners have no restriction when it comes to remitting funds overseas". Where has the money gone then for the past 15 months? Or has it all been spent covering operational costs together with transfer funds received from the sales of Wharton and Szmodics? Waggott - "We did our due diligence and thorough search in finding a replacement for Eustace." Really? It took you 4-5 weeks to source a replacement who wants to play possession-based, high-pressing football with focus on youth development? I would argue that this kind of mindset/philosophy is rather common among managers/ head coaches nowadays. Not only that, but this kind of approach (switch of tactical style mid-season) is also admitting that they were willing to throw this season away in order to start a new "project". Waggott - "There will be funds available in the summer" Why weren't those funds spent this winter transfer window in that case? Signing three players on loan, two on a free, and one player (Kargbo) for less than a million pound is not "significant investment" in any way, shape or form, especially when you're chasing a playoff-spot. Gestede - "This is an exciting time for the club" What's exciting about half the squad being out of contract in the summer? Gestede - "We won't enter contract negotiations with players until we know which league we'll be playing in next season" Really? How is this forward-planning? Is the new head coach onboard with this? Has he been given assurances which players will be offered new contracts or which player profiles the club will target in the summer? Since Eustace left mostly because of lack of clarity in this department, I strongly doubt there will be any renewals apart from a few who might be on low wages already. The likes of Travis, Tronstad and Brittain will certainly be looking at other options in the summer. Club is absolutely done under these owners. Reluctant to sell, reluctant to spend and reluctant to get promoted. Only hope is that they fail to pay out wages at some point, EFL subsequently disqualifies them in an Owners' & Directors' Test (just like what happened to Reading FC recently) and that the club manage to find a new owner before any sanctions/penalties are imposed.

The owners/board are draining money/assets from the club every single day and are actively sabotaging any chances of gaining promotion. Why should fans put up with this every single week? If Waggott/Pasha/Gestede wants to continue watching games from the stands, then leave them in an empty stadium from now on. Here are some reasons as to why the club will never progress under current ownership: - Will probably fail a fit & proper test if ever promoted to EPL, forcing the owners to sell their "beloved" asset. - Money generated from sales of Szmodics, Wharton etc. will never be reinvested back into the squad. - Court case in India will drag on indefinitely; owners will use it as an excuse to not sending funds overseas. - Ismael was not the best candidate for the team out of the supposedly 150 but he was the best candidate for the owners when it comes to sabotaging this season. Constant switches in formation, starting Woodrow over Gueye, already talking about plans for next season etc. This is a manager/head coach who was appointed for a specific "demolition job" for sure. - Half of the squad will leave by the end of season (loanees returning, short term contracts expiring). No funds will be made available to sign new players. Incomings will be of the cheaper kind, quality of the squad will drop. - Relegation to L1 next season looks likely at this point. Owners are delusional and are dreaming about selling club assets until the internal debt is cleared. That will never happen. Final nail in the coffin for their ownership will be the downgrade of the Academy from Category 1 status and failure to bring in a new Adam Wharton to the ranks. When all assets are sold and gone, so are they. Club at that point will probably be in a really bad shape and could take several years before being able to climb up the leagues again.