Mattyblue

‘Err they’re a city club. We can’t expect to compete with them’.

We went into that season with a load of optimism, real buzz around the ground that night… of course we fell away.

Forced to get rid. So we end up in administration. You obviously see that as too high a risk as presumably you see somebody even worse than these club wreckers turn up. 

It’s a possibility, I suppose, but then so is somebody emerging to grab this club by its bootstraps. 
 

Of course he should, who’s saying otherwise?

The point being away from here there is still an expectation that he will be sacked any day now.

Different issue. Venky’s having no inclination to feck off is pretty much agreed on here, whatever the reasoning is.

But if they did, nobody being interested because they’d lose money is a very strange argument for anybody that has even a passing interest in English football.

They’ve learnt what, exactly?

But there are plenty of these bonkers people that do want to own (Championship outfits especially) football clubs.

So I don’t see why it is so unfeasible that we’d be bought by one.

*FYI nobody on this board has said folk are pro-Venky’s if they still went yesterday.

…with away fans, so c6,700 home fans. 

He posts once a year to slag off the fanbase (so of course, it’s today he makes his annual contribution) take no notice.

The reason Venky’s sacked Sam was because some fans called his style hoofball.

Good one.
 

Until the wages stopped being paid you want get critical mass, we saw that at Sheff Wed. But so what? No protest movement is easy.

‘Decent enough’ was a turn of phrase, gooze.

It shows even a good percentage of the remaining attending rump are unhappy and not the ‘venkyclappers’ they (me included) are painted as.

The rest of your post is speculative, me/you have no idea who’s out there as you need two to tango, and we don’t know what level of risk a potential buyer would be willing to take on.

But even on its own merits today was worth it, there’s still a bit of fight left in the dog.

Gallacher runs the ex-players association (that is affiliated with the club) and is a regular in the corporate lounges.

Ergo his opinion on the running of the club is anything but impartial, so I’m not interested in what he has to say on it.

The fact even with the diminished gates we get these days, a significant number of the remaining rump still boycotted one of the few Saturday 3pm’s we get is a decent enough sign for me.

There would have been plenty of ‘David’s’ at Hillsborough whilst the wages were being paid.

Nothing you can do with such people.

It’s a numbers game.

What was the ‘real’ attendance for the last Saturday 3pm. What will it be for the next one.

There’s your barometer.

Makes no difference in and of itself. But that statement, reducing staff, articles/pieces in the local and national media means it’s had some traction, so job done for now. The key is keeping up the momentum.

Plus, in ten years when either we are sitting pretty with engaged owners or (depressingly) more likely sat in the lower/non-leagues still under these disgraceful people , at least you know you tried.

To be fair, AI probably does do sub-editing/proof reading at papers these days…

Ha one of the Mail’s senior sports journos won’t appreciate that, tomphil!

… and if we had gone into administration as there was no Wharton with ‘buy me’ stamped on his forehead who knows where would be now.

Classic Jim throwing this in after weeks of discussion.