The Fat man may have finally woken up

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reports are saying Justin Barnes has told Ashley he needs to focus on saving the club from relegation right now!

all talk of a takeover is off until survival is ensured.

i suspect he has been told the Saudi's will walk if we go down unless he massively reduces the price ( which he wont )

hopefully fatty gets rid of Bruce and co

Well getting rid of Bruce and his hangers-on would be an essential and great start and the sooner the better as an incoming coach/manager would need as much time as possible what with us getting worse match by match and the other teams at the bottom end improving or fighting for their lives.

If Ashley does act sooner than later which he doesn't usually do until too late (his gambling addictive instinct) I would be surprised.

He can't realise the difference in the short-term bulge in his pocket as opposed to the long-term.

Another very serious aspect is the injury situation which I would reckon is 90% down to Bruce would be a huge millstone around the neck of an incoming coach to deal with.