Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
I don't like investing in rumours when they only come from one source, very often it turns out to be false or blown out of proportion.After having time to reflect on this the club really is a mess behind the scenes.
When more credible sources such as Dan Taylor start claiming things then I sit up and listen more. I still won't invest more than a passing interest in them, he's still a journo who makes bank by making headlines that grab people's attention, but I will take note.
When you then hear rumours to back that up from people who work (or who have worked previously) in football, then a little alarm bell starts ringing.
Then when you hear and read even more rumours from various usually-dependable social media sources concerns start to manifest.
Then when you see absolute basics fumbled by the club, such as miscounting loan players and breaching FFP/PSR limits, that's when I accept a lot of what I've heard previously to be true.
And then when the club keep acting the way it has, such as going for Akpom despite the FFP/PSR situation, that's when I start to despair a bit.
And then when people paint that as some type of prejudice, irrational vendetta against the people causing the cock-ups at the club, that's when I wonder if we're any better than Derby. After Fawaz, I believed our strength was in calling out and addressing issues at the club, not making excuses for them and defending them. It appears not as much as I'd hoped.