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Originally Posted by dunk
I imagine Serenity is sharpening his barbs, preparing his pie charts and readying his essays mocking poor Grimey instead of doing hs day job atm
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I've accepted it. This is the culmination of years of misuse and abuse by JM Aguilar, former River President. The complaints against him are long: he gave the most violent faction of River's Ultras the power to make institutional decisions, he sold players for well below value in order to make payroll, he pimped out the stadium (therefore destroying the pitch) for hundreds of concerts, he battled every manager he hired, etc.
It will take relegation to force River to modernise, slim down (at last count they had something like 53 full professionals on contract!), and start afresh. And anyone thinking they will bounce right back up again is mistaken. They could easily spend a few years in Primera B.
Of course, there's still the chance they'll win by two clear goals in the return leg. But they've only scored twice in a game this season on two occasions, so I expect more of the same: lots of huffing and puffing with no way through.