I think it does, for the reason I've outlined above.

As a direct alternative to immediate administration I'd rather they stayed and paid the bills in the short term. However the only palatable option in the medium to long term is they put the Club up for sale immediately. This routine of having to run off cap in hand to an Indian Court every 3 months to cover expenses and not being able to sign any players simply isn't viable or sustainable in the long run.

When's the Indian Court Hearing? Wednesday? Presumably nothing will happen either way until after that as if we'd sold players by now the Court would probably say we only needed correspondingly less funding.

Gallagher, yes please, Szmodics would more or less rubber stamp our relegation to League 1.

I can't speak for Benson but there is definitely something very odd about Lowe's continued employment at the Club. I have heard it alleged that he has been sacked on at least two previous occasions only to be reinstated after going directly to the owners. I can't say for certain whether or not that is correct but have no reason to doubt the source.

Yes, in relegation to League 1.

I find it equally odd that you care enough to weigh in on his behalf. Are you employed by the Club? Furthermore corect me if Im wrong but I thought he was primarily getting flak in his role as set piece coach because we are amongst the worst in the League (if not the worst) both at defending them and scoring from them. What's wrong with being unhappy about that?

100%.

Great post.

It's them to blame ultimately of course but I don't for the life of me understand the desperation to absolve everyone else from blame. Do you think they're interested enough to micro manage every single decision from India? Do you think they ordered Mowbray to spend £5m on Gallagher? Do you think it was their idea to flog off the training ground bearing in mind Waggott had tried and failed to do exactly the same thing at Coventry? Do you think they'd heard of Hirst, Ennis, Telaovic and Wahlstedt and said to Broughton "we must sign them?"

Venkys Mowbray/Waggott - as bad as each other Broughton - as useless as Waggott Very little blame attached to JDT

Yet again taking my comments completely out of context. It's not JDT's fault primarily either is it, as he's had the rug pulled from under him and had less than nothing to work with but even he is a little bit to blame for refusing to alter his tactics and dig in a bit wouldn't you say? Like I say a wide combination of different factors which you can broadly class as shite management over a large number of years ultimately leading back to the owners as they have the final say as to what goes on at the Club and who are also directly responsible for the current funding issues.

You're obviously having difficulty reading tonight. I've said he's "largely" to blame not that he is more to blame than any other set of people. I've said it's "a combination" of factors that has put us where we are and most importantly for the point of this argument that ultimately it "it's all the owners responsibility". If you're going to cherry pick bits of what I've written and ignore other parts like Roverfan99 does there's no point debating it further.

I don't need to as I'm not falling out with you.

He managed the Club for 5 years and left us in a fairly desperate state. What assets did we have when he left?

You don't have to agree with it. We're now short of money whereas Mowbray Spent £5m on Gallagher - dead money Paid Mulgrew £2m over 2 seasons to play for League 1 Clubs By his own admission refused to extend the contracts of key players during Covid because he didn't want to upset the others Paid Ben Gladwin to get himself fit even though he was out of contract £15k p.w for Stuart Downing then gave him a new deal for him to never play albeit on reduced terms Millions of pounds wasted on crap loanees - again dead money But no, none of it is St. Tony's fault.

It's the most important one though wouldn't you say? Without good recruitment or at least SOME good recruitment you're screwed.

Because imo he is largely at fault for the overall predicament we now find ourself in. As is Waggott, As is Broughton. I'm astounded you can't see that. Ultimately all the owners responsibility of course as their name's over the door and they're the ones who employed these clowns.

100%. What sort of a DOF maintains radio silence during a transfer window?

The most worrying thing (apart from the owners) is the CEO at the head of the Club running the whole operation. He's freely admitted results don't matter to him so what hope is there of any positive action being taken to try and remedy the situation at any point?

It must be wonderful living in this alternative universe where we're only a couple of signings (which aren't coming anyway) away from turning the corner. Whilst having no concerns whatsoever about the carnage the Club finds itself in. The entire future of the Club is very much in the balance and appears to be hanging by a thread.

The fact you absolve Mowbray of any responsibility for our current predicament is equally bizarre to me but it's crying over spilt milk to a certain degree, we are where we are now despite the fact it's due to a wide combination of factors and shite management over a number of years. In answer to your last question, the money did materialise last January didn't it but Greg the Egg couldn't get the O Brien deal over the line. More recently the reason the money hasn't materialised is due to the sanctions imposed by the Indian Government. Unless you're a conspiracy theorist who thinks its all made up. All the owners fault in the first instance obviously.

Difficult to compare them like for like as the amount of money Mowbray spent/pissed up against the wall/didn't spend when it was available, bears no resemblance whatsoever to the resources JDT has had available to him. We haven't been able to spend £500k on a centre back from Crewe recently but we paid Charlie Mulgrew £20k p.w. for two seasons to play for two different League 1 Clubs. Let that sink in. The chickens have come well and truly home to roost. All that said, as one or two others have insinuated if JDT is to have a lengthy managerial career, he needs to stop feeling sorry for himself, make us a bit more difficult to beat, grind out a few results and then he can leave with his head held high as soon as he gets a decent offer.

He's just a silver tongued bullshitter that's why.

Don't. Not even in jest. He's just been interviewed on 5 live. Said it was the "start of a journey". I kid you not. Well, the "journey" he initiated here allowing key players to walk for nothing and spending £5m on garbage like Gallagher looks set to terminate in League 1 or even lower.