OK thanks. Sorry for putting words into your mouth. But in devil's advocate mode why not embark one one of those other methods long before now as an interim measure if they were keen to get money over?

So to summarise: They currently can't send ANY money over without permission and if they do so it has to be matched by a security bond for an equivalent amount. However it SEEMS as though there should be ways around the problem if they wanted to send money badly enough so are you insinuating that they might see these problems as somewhat convenient? If that were the case, why bother going to Court at all? They could just do a Waggott, shrug their shoulders and say "We've done all we can."

The future of the Club hangs in the balance and the LT are back in 3 wise monkeys mode I see. It's like the whole thing just isn't happening.

Sounds a bit that way. The question of whether the Government are technically entitled to intervene in this manner ought to be a fairly straightforward one - either they can or they can't.

That seems to be the general understanding from those that have looked into it but don't think it's been confirmed by a official source as such.

STILL no word as to what happened. If we had a proper CEO he'd have been right on top of it and put out a press release long before now. The Club at operational level is an absolute joke.

As far as the relegation battle is concerned it could be pretty important whether or not Leicester have been automatically promoted before they play us on the final day. If they've been on the lash for a while and are mentally on the beach it "shouldn't" do us any harm. Although I'm sure we'd still find a way to look the more sluggish and less motivated of the two sides.

This annoys me a bit. JDT's recent results were even worse.

Think it was a great result that Boro beat Brum. We can only influence games that we play in so it's up to us to perform and bring something home on Saturday. If any results involving other teams fall our way it has to be considered a massive bonus. Can't deny either the thought of Mowbray and Venus taking Brum down is also immensely satisfying although of course there will be no-one who wouldn't wish Mowbray a speedy recovery from whatever medical issues he is facing.

So another hearing absolutely pivotal to the future of the Club, maybe even pivotal to its continued existence. Nearly 24 hours on, not a word from Ewood about what was the eventual outcome. Could Waggott possibly treat the supporters with more contempt? Fans groups need to start putting their foot down and say that treating the supporters like mushrooms I.e. keep them in the dark and feed them a load of **** is not acceptable and will no longer be tolerated.

You're right sorry. The main title seems fairly nebulous subject matter unrelated to the matter at hand. Perhaps their Advocate is trying to argue that as a matter of principle the Authorities are not entitled to be intervening in this manner.

That was filed on 30/05/23. It doesn't seem particularly pertinent to today? Which is just as well because if it was it doesn't give theimpression of any hearing being a mere formality.

Technically Eustace was right when he said Plymouth wasn't a "must win" game. We didn't win it yet the last time I looked we hadn't been relegated (yet) That said we all knew how vital it was to get a win. I don't however read too much into him saying what he did other than it being a fairly transparent attempt to take some pressure off the players, who tbh have shown themselves to be a right load of whinging prima donnas over the last nineteen games and during that meeting with certain fans and Waggott. Eustace's only job at the moment is to keep us up. If he's decided that the only way to get some sort of tune out of them until the end of the season is to blow smoke up their arses and tell them how wonderful they are, then again I have no particular problem with it. (If it works) Where the problem will lie, if he is indeed what you could describe as "a yes man", is next season and beyond when the Club will need someone in place of JDT with similar drive and ambition who is actually interested in results on the pitch to push Waggott Broughton and the owners into being as successful as we can be.

Well, they could spend money on merch if we had any.

We didn't hear anything until ages after last time either. It was down to an Eagle eyed poster on here to spot that the case had been adjourned. The silence from the Club was deafening- as it usually is when bad news is afoot - like when a planning application to bulldoze half of Brockhall had been sneakily slipped in under the radar but was spotted by someone on here ( MattyBlue?)

You would have thought that as any request to the Court for funding is to keep the lights on only and is not intended to be earmarked for funding transfers, then any amount authorised would be reduced by the amount of the first installment received for Adam Wharton. On the other hand you'd sort of hope any monies to be received for Raya in summer might be able to be put towards transfers. Remains to be seen I suppose.

I wasnt a JDT out person but I have to say I don't think the majority of people are giving Eustace any sort of chance. Is this mainly down to the fact (unlike JDT) that his comments would tend to indicate he won't be rocking the boat or giving Waggott a hard time at any point? Do I think Eustace is the man to take us forward in the long term? Not sure on the basis of what we've seen so far. However I am pretty certain that JDT would have taken us down had he stayed and if Eustace keeps us up, by whatever means, he'll have done his job for this season.

I actually thought it was a really disappointing game given the quality of the two sides. City weren't at it at all I didn't think

In Devil's advocate mode, if you were trying to throw a game isn't it likely you'd chuck in a few off target efforts in an attempt to make it slightly less suspicious? No shots on or off target strikes me as being completely outclassed and/or completely not arsed rather than deliberately trying to throw the game. And looking at the respective line ups for that Spurs game I'd go for a combination of the first 2.

I'm bloody sure they wouldn't. Be more likely to drop straight through.

Blimey, we had the ultimate bottle jobs like Orr, Dann, Lowe, and Pedersen up against players like Kyle Walker, Gallas, Danny Rose, Aaron Lennon at his peak, Modric and Bale and people wonder why we struggled to make any impression?

That was a dead rubber by that point tbf. When it actually mattered the team couldn't produce a win for love nor money.

We might end up being incredibly grateful to Damien Johnson for those 3 points against Stoke. I agree a temporary firefighting appointment until the end of the season might have been best then rather than rip everything up and start again. You'd have thought the most logical idea might have been to revert to the previous JDT "model" of play albeit with a decent Director of Football in situ this time.

I liked the fact he wanted the Club to be ambitious and given the fact that footballing operations essentially boiled down to Waggott Broughton and him saw him as the Club's only real hope in the long term. Ultimately though, results didn't match the hyperbole as likeable as he is/was. As far as Eustace is concerned I don't really get the apparent hate towards him. His job is to keep us up. If he achieves that he will have succeeded no matter how ugly it gets. After that however, even if we stay up this season, I don't see how playing in the current manner is sustainable in the long run.

I'm not sure where you get your optimism from after two wins from nineteen Chaddy but I fear that phrase in particular will come back to haunt you in years to come. Talk about tempting fate.