Taken from LT

[Despair]

Came across this on LT, and although as depressingly downbeat as my own postings. I do like the heartfelt way it has been written.
Even though I myself has said there are more important things in life than football, it did indeed touch a nerve.
You can really pick up on the utter desperation with the whole debacle
My own view is that we're right on the edge now, with a large number of the super optimists finally saying enough is enough and voicing staying away now.;

'Well events repeat themselves as farce. Now Coyle turns on the fans as did Kean. No way back now for him. But then there never was from the start and now four defeats on the trot the pressure is beginning to show.

To be fair to Coyle the root of the problem however lies elsewhere. He is just a symptom of the malaise.

Only solution now for true Rovers fans is to shed the old skin and start all over again even if this means going into admin/liquidation and starting wherever. I don't mind if it is the North West Counties League. The fans simply want THEIR club back after being taken away from them. I am sure there are enough people of goodwill willing to contribute to such a project even if it is from the Ashes.

The other people responsible are those who allowed this farce to develop on their shift. The governance of the FA and the Rovers Trust both have skin in the game . Such people have completely failed a community that has had at its heart a football club for over 140 years. Ironically the most successful non- city team on the planet. Both bodies should hang themselves in shame.

There also has to be a question of the club's trading current position. Given the asset base and income versus it's liability and debt the club must be in serious doubt as to regard its viability.

Death by a thousand cuts seems to be a grave understatement as a description of events. The unwinding of 35 years of progress is undone in 6 years due to the catastrophic failure of ownership. Having seen the 1969/70 team we have returned full circle to that level of demise in accelerated time.

Let's face the facts the club is moribund and exists in name only. It lost its soul as an extension of the community once the new owners started their decision making of folly from the outset of their tenure.

When the time comes as it eventually will that we can begin again I will be there. That day now cannot come soon enough.'

[AucklandRover]

I don't know, Despair, it's going too far for me. Yes, a faithful core-group WOULD prefer a proper Club in the NWCL, but it's a long way back from there. This post makes it seem as if it's one thing or the other, but surely there is some less dramatic compromise to be found.
One thing I know for sure: very few people get rich from owning a football-club. You have to be rich first! Even in the NWCL, you need an owner.
I imagine administration would quickly put us in Division Two - like Blackpool. Starting from there might be more acceptable (especially taking up Robin's suggestion about Johnson and Dunn), but I think a lot of people from the good times are really only interested in PL football.
Sorry - rambling a bit, but I find it hard to get away from the basic stumbling-block that we are always going to need someone to pay the bills. If not Venky's, then who?

[Despair]

Desperate times, desperate measures Aucks!
This is the mood / feeling I've tried to get across.
As I say, for me life itself has got far more important issues to contend with than football, but this reflects how folk feel about their local club in terms of it being a community coming together asset.
Can I assume you have read the comments on the LT today?
We're certainly now at the 'tipping point', it's the total numbness of everyone's feelings towards almost each and every result now.
I don't believe they all really believe the departure of Venkys and the fallout that would ensue is the best option. But as I say all/most are at the end of their tether.

HNY

[AucklandRover]

Thanks, Despair. HNY to you too.
As you say, gloomy times for BRFC supporters.
It's only 10.36 a.m. here, but I think I might have a glass of something.

[robinrover]

I think even the most positive of supporters know the only way of getting shot of venkys is administration
now that does not mean suddenly the roses come out in the garden
it's a long long road back but I take heart from the Bolton situation
it is possible to build a team from the rubble of mountainous debts
I also talk at length with my brother in law(Luton town fan)
he has seen his team go into administration
Penalised points by the fa
drop down from the championship to non league after consecutive relegations
It was hard for him to take but now the club is on an even keel and has Luton fans as owners
now this is a example that owners leaving and us in administration will not automatically mean us folding nor does it guarantee us to keep going
under venkys we are suffering a slow a painful death
I would prefer an answer quickly and that means administration.
painful times lie ahead.