Quote Originally Posted by Grumpy King of the West View Post
I was trying to warn your lads ages ago about these characters Animal, as you'll recall. I used the analogy of the Wizard of Oz, pull the curtain back and it is just an old fraudster, not a frigging wizard. That rubbish about richest owners in the FL was laughable. They're charlatans. To be fair to you I think you started to see the reality quite early but there are other BFC fans who still genuinely think they have some type of billionaire benefactors at the helm.

The board re-structing is a "season ticket sale" charade in my opinion pal.

Nobody has a crystal ball (least of all me) but I dont get the impression that you've bottomed out yet.
I think Grumps a fair few of our fans were taken in including myself .

The instant return to the championship under Stendel was in large due to fact Pat Cryne left the then new ownership in a very good financial place .

Debt free and £5m in the bank with some very good players who'd fallen short in the championship but found their feet in league one and have since gone on to have very good careers at other clubs in the championship or in Ethan Pinnock's case the PL .

The ownership also enjoyed a huge slice of fortune staying up the following year , unprecedented to say the least .

Fortunate to play last season in a covid season with a HC who found a way to over achieve massively with a style of football nobody could counter despite having very average players .

This season the chickens came home to roost and all it took was some departures and an extremely poor summer transfer window for the whole show to go completely tyts up .

And I do mean tyts up , absolutely woeful .

There's little doubt in my mind had those three remained as decision makers and directors we were heading towards a level we've not experienced since the mid 70's , possibly worse than that potentially .

For that alone I'm thankful they've gone but as you've alluded to the damage of last season still remains .

Interesting summer ahead .

Congrats to your team Grumps , a superb season and very well done .

As for S6 , my heart bleeds purple pyss .