No evidence of cutbacks? We have a threadbare squad that’s relying heavily on academy players and loans. We have a number of 1st team regulars not being offered anywhere near decent offers to stay. We have just sacked the European scout and we’ve lost coaches to the lower leagues, it’s a shambles. As for not knowing the end result? You’ve done a 360 degree turn on Venkys for some reason, but let me tell you, It’s been failure after failure 1864 - This doesn’t end in success, it’s doomed to fail, no doubt about that.

A mate of mine sent me this a few weeks ago, Salgado was brilliant for us and was just discarded like chicken shit on the bottom of Balajis shoe, same with Nelson and many more. Dont tell me this lot will ever change, they’re hiding to much ‘dark magic’ to just walk away. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2307133/Michel-Salgado-blames-Venkys-Blackburn-Rovers-demise.html

Absolutely spot on 47er, that’s often ignored in the wider debate.

Despite your doomsday predictions, it’s clear that football clubs of our stature don’t go bust, although it’s not beyond the realms of possibility, but I’d take my chances at this stage. The owners need changing 1864, that’s the only way this club starts to heal, everything else is just a side show.

How many football league clubs have folded never to return 1864? What makes you think the owners will take the debt with them?

I’m not sure what’s happened to you recently 1864, you seem to have had a major epiphany in recent months… If Venkys crawled back under the rock in January we’d have a queue of suitors ready to take over, I know of 4 myself and we’d probably have more. This nonsense about Venkys keeping us afloat is just that, nonsense, they’re potentially lumping debt on to the club with every passing year and the longer this goes on the worse it becomes. Give me points deductions and non league football right now to get rid of them, we have a decent fan base, we’d come back. In a strange sort of way I believe it would galvanise the support and the town, much in the same way as the owners have destroyed businesses, families and divided the fan base. This football club will never move forward until Venkys sod off, it’s as simple as that.

I've never seen that before, great find perth. Bit upset its about bloody United, Rovers would have sold more crackers!

You've not got the greatest record when it comes to spotting a striker, 83 goals in 150 games Jordan Rhodes springs to mind. Gallagher has started the season well, 3 goals in the league so far I believe, he's doing ok in my book.

9-3 lordy lordy....... 9-4.......

Spot on Exiled, I watched the fight again last night, some of the advice from his corner was bizarre too, but not relying on his size was criminal, he was never going to out box Usyk. I think AJ needs a complete rethink, get rid of Rob Mccracken and the team and start again from scratch. He's gunning for a rematch, I can only see one winner and its not the current version of AJ.

@matt83 I received that on whatsapp last night, I was contemplating posting it, you never gave it a 2nd thought 😆

I was unsure where to put this, but some of my faith in the club has been restored reading through Yasirs twitter feed. Yasir is the Integration and Business Development Manager at Ewood and is doing some brilliant work locally by the looks of things. https://twitter.com/yasirsufi?lang=en

You can’t beat a Saturday night of live championship boxing, especially a Saturday night of live Heavyweight championship boxing, the atmosphere is electric, 60,000 watching AJ tonight. Tough fight this for Joshua, Hatton junior has just won on points after being out boxed for 6 rounds, Usyk better hope it doesn’t go to points.

The fans will return in their thousands if the product on the pitch improves and it looks like we're making strides in that direction 1864. What an absolute shambles Cardiff are, McCarthy will be heading for the dole queue if he's not careful. Onwards and upwards.

Cardiff are an absolute shambles John, I couldn't agree more. 2 superb goals, who needs Armstrong. 4th just gone in.

Boom

As football fans, the least we should expect is to try and win games. Allardyce often surrendered before we took to the pitch, that’s criminal for me and is the reason why we used to take less than 500 to City, Utd and Liverpool. It’s all about opinions of course K-Hod.

You have to wonder why Souness and Hughes are held in such high regard, we massively punched above our weight, yet Allardyce divided the fan base and is despised by many. Souness and Hughes are winners, they created a winning mentality, we tried to beat the big boys in their own back garden, we tried to win cups and qualify for Europe. Allardyce was all about survival, don't bother with the cups and surrender to the big boys, especially away from home, one point above the relegation zone is all that matters and thats the reason why he's never won a thing, he's a loser.

Absolutely not Asia. But I'll tell you one thing, if the BBC had accused me and my son of taking bungs, when we hadn't, I'd sue the arse of them to clear my name. His ego is massive, this time consuming process is bullshit, he knew he couldn't win, they had him bang to rights and thats without Gael Givet and his brown envelope. 2 primetime TV programs exposing his dodgy dealing and an uncontested sacking from the England job after 67 days in charge, tells you all you need to know in my opinion.

Allardyce never sued the BBC despite all his bluster after they accused of him of taking bungs, I wonder why? If I was accused of taking bungs I'd want to clear my name, as everyone would, but not the multi millionaire Sam Allardyce, strange that......

Absolutely spot on BRFC4EVA

A blast from the past, great tune, good band.

This isn't doing my ticker any good, 3 needed and a bleedin run out.....

This is down to Venkys arbitro and Venkys alone. Nobody can sell training grounds without the owners approval, nobody can sack managers and CEO’s without the owners approval and nobody can sell players without owners approval. Nothing goes on at this club without owners approval despite what posters on here would have us believe. Are you the only man aside from Pasha that has a line into Pune? That’s a big statement Rev?

Sam Allardyce was exposed in all his glory when he was forced to resign from the England job, practices that were detrimental to any football club he'd managed, I'll leave the rest to your imagination, not what we want at our club. The part I've highlighted above is an extremely valid answer to the question posed, we had billionaire owners, promising big signings, big budgets and European elite level players, a very rational answer to promises made. I'll also remind you the fans never sacked Allardyce, the owners did. The rest of your post I whole hearted agree with. Venkys out.