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"yet again" indeed! How many times are you going to write this?

The problem is that there is apparently no desire or mechanism to improve and become competent. That's because it starts at the top with Venkys. It is their shit show we are sitting through and it will never change until they are gone.

What would be the point?

Its much more likely that final permission to pay anything has to come direct from Pune and that, as usual, they can't make their mind up until it's too late. However, I don't blame anyone who believes it's deliberate. It happens too often.

Foe a start he hasn't got a striker worthy of the name. Our squad is also short on numbers as the injuries mounted up. Exactly as forecast on here. IfJDT didn't "moan" in these circumstances it would be very odd.

India 255 all out, lead of 398. Great performance from our bowlers. Difficult task for our batters on a wicket that's keeping low but plenty of time. Need a huge improvement from our top order. Interesting point, India's batters have largely failed in both innings apart from having a top performance from one batter in each.

Agreed.

JDT the best manager of Venky's era. They've had several windows to get him a striker worthy of the name and utterly failed. If they had and we'd converted just a few more of the myriad chances we have created, we would have easily made the play-offs by now. Then we could have built on it. Its not his fault that he been sent to fight without weapons.

Rest of the article was highly critical though. A step forward. At last acknowledging the anti-Waggot, anti-Venkys feelings of the fans. Brave by normal LT standards.

And yet, before Wharton was sold, we had people on here and elsewhere speculating about the sort of players we could buy with what we'd get for him, and how we could end up with a better squad as a result. I wrote than that we wouldn't see any of the money and it would simply disappear to pay everyday bills, Not iike it hasn't happened before! No plan at Ewood but to keep grinding on year after year with just the memories to sustain us.

If you can't beat QPR at home all games are potential losses. I don't share your confidence at all.

This is a Club in deep crisis. We have nothing left. A foreign set of dodgy owners who can't/won't fund the Club No admin worthy of the name No acting Board of Directors A manager who wants to leave but can't A squad which is unbalanced interns of numbers, age, experience and talent A stadium in dire need of repair A disillusioned and increasingly small set of fans No way are we ready for a fight against relegation. I'm sure most agree we are drifting in to oblivion. That's what 13/14 years of Venkys have done for us. Somehow or other fans need to bring this to a head. We can't go on like this week after week, year after year. I've said many times, the only action which would make Venkys sit up and take notice is for no-one to turn up. That might well be achieved on an incremental basis the way things are going but the club will be dead by then.

Much worse I think. Last time round I felt confident we would come straight back up. Not now.

He won't give us one though! He's got more sense.

Read some comments somewhere on the net where some fans exulted in what one of them called a "wonderful window'! Wonder what they think of it now? One even called on the LT to sack the reporter who used the word "banned" in relation to JDT's non-appearance at that press conference. Mental.

Lol at that one. You're a trier!

Don't forget---before Pears got injured we were pleading with JDT to drop him!

177 for 6, not an even day today. We're in trouble.

Followed by "We love you Venkys, we do"

Never venture there!

JDT is a strong character, he won't put up with rubbish. I think its highly likely he's resigned, I can't see any other reason why he'd be banned from a Press Conference. Shudder to think of the consequences if so.

We've developed a trait of giving them away or not getting much back for them though haven't we? Kaminski and Rothwell 2 cases in point. Sort of defeats the objective! "there are more"---and there are many who were hopeless. Its not as rosy a picture as you paint. Overall our squad has declined in quality and there's probably more to come. Picking out the odd gem isn't getting us anywhere. There is no plan.

Yes local football news is vital to the survival of a local press. They daren't risk that relationship. Gone are the days when the Club would be (justifiably) criticised. We do the job on here now!

I think that's true but I don't think they are paid to report it that way. They just know that if they don't, their access to the Club will be curtailed.

Most of us knew we'd sell Wharton and never see the money which would largely go on everyday expenditure. Its cruel the way some people's expectations are continuously raised, dashed and raised again. You'd think they'd get it by now but it seems not. If we'd spent £22.5M this January on top Championship players we'd be flying but it never happens. Its not meant to happen. The Club is not that important to the Owners like it is to us.