I really hope it's as straightforwards as that but it really isn't a healthy way to run for a season. Unless those two are happy to go along with it there are a lot of things that could sour. Besides when did these owners ever actually have a real plan ?

I think it's swings and roundabouts you tend to get the same old ones jump onto posts with the same old strawman arguments. Saw an LT tweet the other day in regards to Ayala and at time of me looking there was about 30 replies. 80% of them were realistic that this was a terrible signing to say the least, so i just think it depends mostly on what people are replying to. Some harmless tweets or posts get negative reactions and that triggers the types who'll not hear a bad word. Then they tend to quickly turn to insults or disappear when they can't back up their offence against realistic arguments.

They will because the famous 'flex' line Waggot fed everybody in terms of high fee lower wages will be redundant. He'll want a significant wage rise and long contract and that isn't looking likely at the moment.

Nothing he's ever done on the pitch has pointed that way at all. There are numerous examples. He's talked things up and down to suit his narrative at will, probably just to suit the owners. They have certainly been under the impression top 6 was the aim but this guy has strung them along imo. There's rarely been any balance between what he says and how he actually does things. That's obvious.

That's the feeling i get whilst there is much petty squabbling back in India.

That is grim but fans come last as we know, all Waggot wants is your money. Unless things suddenly change overnight, which with this ownership is possible, then this really does smell of Bolton mk2. If that is going to happen then the sooner and the quicker it does the better.

He won't though because the scaled back model takes all the heat off him. It'll suit him down to the ground just think of the new set of excuses set to be trotted out. He already started the ball rolling the other week with his comments. So much for having faith in his players. Him and Waggot have created their own comfort zone here there's never been an ounce of ambition in either.

Or Venus, depending on who is picking the team that day and who is sat at the back of the dugout. And we wonder why players look confused. Tinpot.

Only at Ewood could that happen. Spend around 7 million on a kid then barely use him properly for a few years. Whilst he 'beds in' and gets used to things and grows up a bit physically and mentally. Then suddenly with the end of his contract in sight and a few more pounds on his bones he starts running around a bit. Looks like a player who might actually justify half his fee at least but just ends up playing out his time ready to move on. Absolute shower although if he'd got a contract extension 18 months ago i think there'd have been uproar. His upturn in form might have come at the best time if Armstrong goes but the worst time for things in general.

No need to hate to say it really it sounds like a bit of positive news. Now if they could find Alex Neil a job as well......

I agree but i'm just concerned that good young loans have been needed the last few seasons. And all have played a big part in just ensuring midtable finishes so with them gone and quite a few influential older guys it's a tricky time approaching to be so lightweight.

Are we poaching these guys from Preston or are they at loose ends having been let go from there ?

I can't see that to be honest i think it's quite the opposite and most of those young players will have benefited a lot from being here.

I wonder who it might hit hardest ? Still it's better than the bandage on the knee that changed at half time i suppose 🤕

Most of these leaving will be taking sideways steps on similar money lets not try and kid ourselves any longer. There is a leave before you are made redundant or have your wages cut movement going on, that much is crystal clear.

They obviously have plenty or good access to it at least but i think some of these billions and billions are wide of the mark. All that started from Nick Harris who even said himself he'd been paid to spin a good line for the Vs. When pressed on it he's never been able to explain how he arrived at that type of figure. I certainly think 1 billion dollar conglomerate is probably more apt but that doesn't mean they've got a billion quid in cash and assets to draw from when they want.

From what i can gather from his cv he was at clubs who were going backwards and did nothing to alter that. So i can only assume his ability is more in line with downgrading and making do than rebuilding. Seems to me he was totally the wrong person and skill set to bring in if the aim was to build the club back up for a top end challenge on modest but quite healthy budgets. Same can be said of the manager but he deserved his crack for a season or so after bouncing us back. Sadly the boxes they tick fit more into the Rao likability section than fit for purpose section.

That goes against all the crap that gets fed to us then about everything having to be ok'd, scrutinized and signed off in India. If that is they case then they are guilty again of not actually paying enough attention. Once again i turn my attention to the middlemen of Suhail and Babu, what are they up to in all this.

Shaw told everybody who'd listen last time we were heading for embargo. Probably a similar amount of time beforehand. Seems to me that the Vs accountants like heading this way because it forces the issues of cost cutting and player sales. A nice blame deflector.

Why do we even have a Chief Executive ? Last time we fell foul it was partly put down to not having anyone proper overseeing things for Venkys here in Blackburn. Since then they've added Waggot to the payroll and the phantom man of the shadows. Plus there is Mr Stability I build football clubs, defenders are coming, we are building for the top 6 Mowbray. So why do we end up in such a mess again ? Plus Cheston how much have that little lot cost the club over the last few years ? And for what, mid / lower midtable finishes, a 12 million pointless investment scheme and another high paid crock on the books just when we've managed to get rid of a few others. Every ###### one of them should be removed as soon as possible. I hope these cost cutting plans include that and we just have to somehow get through this season. Then a new broom.

He can't really be accused of breaking any confidences when it usually never happens anyway 🤣

Think we might pull a surprise win here i think the young players will be really up for this. I expect a few decent results early doors before reality and the muddled methods take over again. Rovers 2 Swans 1 9,300 ish depending if Swansea have a decent turnout.

Dumbing down then squeezing what is left until it pops is his area of expertise. Save pennies at the bottom end so the top end can waste the pounds.

Yes it was all there the guys on here who pick through the accounts highlighted it. Also i think companies house would show the lower share issues than normal for that period. Then the 2 years or so we made no cash buys.... Never a suggestion of anything untoward it was just Bolton etc had taken a similar path and that flashed warning lights. All the player sales and relegation seemed to reset the finances here a bit though. Worry now is we might have to go through it all again and that would set signs of a 4 year pattern. That could repeat every FFP cycle unless they get some staff who actually get us competing higher up.

If it's more of a restructure than penny pinching then that's better news. Still rather odd though that something that seemed to be working ok needs so much revamp. And so many suddenly see greener grass elsewhere. Meanwhile at the top end nothing changes and the worry is this is Swaggot & Mowbray yet again strengthening their vice like grip.