If Venkys aren't out to just asset strip...

...and they are just idiots who want to promote their brand but dont really understand how football works in this country...

...could relegation be a good thing?

If we go down and they loose the platform on which to show off the Venkys brand then they might be tempted to really push the club and pump in the funds, get us back up and drive us on. I'm looking at Newcastle and thinking we are similar to them with relations between Ashley and the fans and if the Venkys find themselves some half-decent advisers then maybe we can replicate what they have done. Maybe.

Even if we scrape staying up they might see it as some form of wake up call. We're only one year into the five that 'will' see us in the champions league and though, yes, that is still ridiculous we may be back where we were under Hughes challenging for the Europa spots and enjoying football again.

This has probably all been said before but it is my last drop of faith in the universe so I thank you for your time reading it. I still have zero faith in Kean despite all of this.

comment by Marvin Straighte (U2174)

posted on 24/2/12

Attendances will drop even lower
Any players who attract interest will be sold immediately to counter the act of relegation
Venkys will look to sell but probably for more than they actually paid (having no notion of how the value has diminished since they have taken over)
Relegation to League 1 will be more likely than return to the premiership

comment by Arsenes menthol strength - Spearmint Rhino flavour (U6202)

Thing is Ashley actually bought plenty players the season they went down but the Venkys seem to be just asset stripping. If they let Samba go for any price Blackburn are going down and it might be a long time before you come back to where you belong. I honestly don't understand what they are doing. If they actually spent some cash the basic core of a good team was there and who knows where you could be in the table but as they say the table doesn't lie.

comment by Steve Kean's Lobotomist (U6398)

I honestly don't understand what they are doing.

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neither do they, that's the problem. There's no-one with an ounce of football knowledge left at the club (barring the players).

comment by blueandwhitehalves (U6864)

My current best estimate of what the hell Venkys have been doing/thinking the last 18 months is something along the lines of they're not deliberately trying to ruin the club this is their priority list:

1. Above all else make money - So Allardyce out, Williams out, Finn out, our commercial director out, all high earners not vital to the team out. Never spend more than you make on players.

2. Do things their way - Don't care how every other football club is run. Don't care that it was being run very successfully before. Don't care what fans or anyone else thinks about any changes. Venkys run all their businesses a certain way and Rovers will be run exactly the same.

3. If points 1 and 2 combine to produce success then great. If they don't then its not ideal but we're not changing them.

So to be honest no I don't see a change in attitude if we go down. If Venkys were gonna wake up and smell the coffee then avoiding relegation on the last day of the season should have done it.