He's bleated many times about consistency himself yet he never applies any to his own team selections. In his entire time we can't have had more than 3 games on the trot without a change or two. It has not always been down to injuries or suspensions either. He's admitted he changes to counter opposition even doing it against much weaker sides in league 1. I'll always be of the opinion that part of it just because he likes a happy camp so it's better to keep everyone involved. Credible on the human level but not the work of a hard nosed success hungry manager. Just someone who likes to be liked.

The income would help the FFP

We must be close to breaching that anyway over the 3 year cycle.

Something that iv'e been mulling over but would people prefer the old fashioned way and just sell a player ? For all we know that might be the next part of the plan but if not would it be more sensible to cash one in than fixed assets ?

Some of the terms of Jacks will were allegedly overturned in a Jersey court in order to sell the club. Money talks, get the best lawyers, grease the right wheels and away you go. I don't think they'd be this far along if they weren't confident.

If someone had just taken over the club and presented this scenario they'd be accused of asset stripping. In our case it's most definitely a downscale it's obvious.

Apart from agreeing to it i doubt it's been much to do with them in regards to this latest development. Imo it's very much been pitched and pushed by those who's day jobs are on ground back in Blackburn. Very much fits into their remit and there'll no doubt be a nice bonus in it.

If they wanted to plug a hole they'd sell a player it happened before, it's the people in the middle driving this that are the main cause of concern. Waggots mantra isn't expand or think big it's first squeeze what you have as much as you can. Plus the several people now in situ who have form for trying similar at Coventry should set alarm bells ringing to even the most ardent Venky lover. This is how it all started at the likes of Bolton. It isn't something that's even needed now the main issue is the management and the playing side. These lot are driving this to keep their jobs quite possibly. ALL FOCUS SHOULD BE ON TRYING TO GET UP THAT LEAGUE !

I was just going to say something similar. if they were buying some cheap land in the area and intent on building a state of the art one size fits all facility there'd still be uproar but that would be temper by the sense behind it. That would be a bold ambitious thing to do and provide more great infrastructure to the club. However they can't even keep the ground clean even before any lockdowns. They've scrimped on the pitch for ten years and the riverside is still the 1990 version. Throw in they've never even remotely recruited nor backed any manager of any pedigree despite saying the Prem is the aim. Yet a cobbled together statement clearly a spin job Alistar Campbell would be proud of and half the fans are all over it. Great deflection from the real issues on the pitch though !

If he thinks that as an ex player i wonder what some of the current lot think.

Thing is when those floating around social media and forums constantly chuck out the line 'we'd be the next Bolton/Wigan/Bury without Venkys', they are kind of missing the point. It is Venkys who have put us in that position anyway and continue to push us ever closer to it. Mainly by not getting enough progress for their lending by keeping faith in people who aren't capable and don't have the nous to push us forwards. And the moment they step away we reap what they sowed they didn't rescue the club they totally screwed it in the first place. Selling off fixed assets could some way down the line end the club, when it otherwise it might have something to fall back on. I've seen a few comments that if this was Jacks trust doing this or Williams everyone would be behind it. Maybe so but that's because we'd all know it was being done for the right reasons, the club not the middlemen or some suit who wanted to prove himself. If i thought it was 100% being done now for the clubs benefit i'd back them but i'm not sure that's the real driving force. In fact when Williams was here and we had nothing to spend on players and the club was up for sale he still persuaded the Trust to stump up for the land outside Ewood on Bolton Road. Arguing that it was an opportunity not to be missed and it would be a future asset on the clubs books.

So it's a downgrade then to save money and rinse a few quid ? Is it desperately needed, will we make the play offs and promotion on the back of it ? What happens if we REALLY need money in years to come when Vs have turned the taps off or flown the nest ? What gets sold then ?

And that is the main cause of concern, mentioned by swaggo when he first popped up but seemed more of a money saving exercise. Similar at Coventry involving elements or all of the 3 here now, not beyond the realms of fantasy to suggest they've had this in their sights from day 1 . Now the covid losses have given them the owners ear on it. The seed has been sown just in time. Club then spins it as some sort of fantastic futuristic upgrade and the sheep are all over it. Then the redtop raggamuffin gives it an altogether different angle more in line with the suspected need for cash being the real reason behind it. Strange times ahead again just as Mowbray starts adopting worrying traits of the teflon one on and off the pitch !

Sounds like the right way forwards i hope they actually give it the courtesy of some consideration. Everybody wants to improve things and drive it forwards, no better ideas and opinions than those from actual supporters.

Speaking of Hughes wasn't he the one who swapped them around ? Then said he wanted the youngsters to be aspire to 'get up the hill' to the senior better equipped training center ? Now that was showing a bit of brains and trying to give them a bit more motivation. Not much of that if they are lumped in together and maybe a bit distracting for the senior pros as well. The daft thing is it all seems to have been working quite well as it is so why change ? Nothing more than a cash grab and downscale however it's being dressed up. Nixons article and club statement are opposite descriptions of it. Truth as usual will be in the middle along with those who can't wait to get something out of it. I'd wager Waggot and his cronies have planted this seed in the owners heads.

Might calm a few clowns on social media down though who've got themselves in a lather about this state of the art new modern complex....... It's all about money and those in the middle driving it forwards and set to make a few quid.

That's struck me about Dack he very much looks pissed off with what is going on around him. He's grafted away to get back from serious injury with probably the aim of a play off push spurring him on. Then he comes back to a shambles and a very half hearted set up. The guy is simply frustrated and who can blame him, not enough at the club or in the team really want it enough. One glance at the dugout tells you that.

I think Hughes would be a good fit to follow Mowbray because the team is crying out for that organization. He'd need a window or two to sort the defense and i think he'd root out a striker from somewhere as well. Thing is though i suspect the reason they keep employing out of work managers, who've hit the skids and come via 1 agency, is they want people who are grateful for a job and in return will work a certain way. That way might entail doing as they are told. creating a pipeline into the team for youth, loans brought in and certain agents players. Then on top of that you might get the odd team sheet via text..... We are resembling an odd set up again this season. Couldn't see Hughes having any of that nonsense.

Bad do for Gallagher i hope he makes a full recovery. At some point no doubt his absence will be used as an excuse for bad form. If so he should be sacked on the spot.

Deserved a draw today that would have been fair enough against another similar side who should be doing better. They'll out perform us next season if Hughton gets a bit of backing iv'e no doubt. Sadly it was another predictable loss, 4 on the bounce and season practically gone in terms of target set in public. Owners do your thing, now is the time and you never know get rid and it might seem like a weight has lifted off some of these players. Plenty points still to play for.

It certainly was by some but it's capable of better than what we've seen regardless of covid/injuries/pitch etc. I said i thought we were a season and some more decent recruits away from a proper top 6 effort. Definitely thought we'd be nearer at this point and just wanted us to have a good go. I knew this manager wouldn't go for it though he's far more comfortable in his defeatist attitude zone talking up everyone we play, talking down his own club and showing little faith in his own players style wise. In typical fashion though we'll finish strongly and put another false narrative on it.

I thought when Waggot first pitched this it was more of a cost cutting exercise. Get everything under one roof to curb running costs. Now it seems to have turned into a multiple state of the art complex costing a fortune that some houses will pay for. I remain sceptical.

I keep seeing fans come out with this line as well. No correlation whatsoever with our situation it's a bizarre comparison to make. The Brentford one he keeps making is insulting really considering what they've achieved in recent years.

They're going over the top about the training ground stuff but the penny is definitely dropping about Mowbray, finally.

It's going to get to the point anyone will do, never thought i'd say that with Mowbray but i can see it's coming.