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Even more painful when you think back a few years - probably no more than a dozen - when we were held up as a shining example of how a club SHOULD be run, the set up, scouting, operating financially within it's means, etc.
The wheels have really come off, post Peace.

I was always a strong supporter of Peace while he was the owner. However, his promise to only sell the club to someone who cared about and would invest, has never sounded so hollow. He’d tried to sell the club for quite a while but unsuccessfully; so when an offer came in that met his needs, his previously stated principles seem to have been ditched. He sold us completely down the river and we are now reaping the disaster of that sale.

Today’s result, and abject performance, at Rotherham puts an end to our slim hopes of promotion; a good thing because we would be an embarrassment in the Premier League, but a disaster because we are now staring at financial meltdown. I fear the worst for our club; I cannot see any blue sky. The owner is not remotely interested in us, or football in general, but he won’t sell it unless he gets an offer close to his purchasing price, for which he has not the remotest possibility.
We will have to start drawing on the £20 million loan when this season ends just to keep the club afloat and pray for promotion next season. However, in a very average Championship, we have proved to be sadly lacking so no idea why 2023-2024 will be any different.

Fellow Baggies, without being overly melodramatic, I think we’re fu*ked.