Elections will be tough, at least fair elections. He’s done four things that Blanquiceleste didn’t.

1. He (and the board) decided not to allow more fans to sign up as socios back in 2004. The people most likely to sign up now would vote against him.

2. He had the club stop collecting the cuotas from socios on a regular basis. I’ve even heard complaints of people being turned away when trying to pay.

3. He enforces a rule that requires payment up to date to participate in any assembly or election. See above to understand how effective this can be in squelching the opposition. It does seem to be only selectively applied to the opposition, though.

4. He allows the barra brava to rule the roost. They work security at events and basically (if you believe what everyone says) run the inferiores. It’s big business, and they will go to great lengths to protect it, as evidenced by the kidnapping and beating of two opposition fans during the Tigre game.

It’s going to be a tough road to even get elections this year, and an even tougher fight to get fair elections. I hope he goes. One championship since 1994 isn’t a great track record, considering he took over right after the successes of the late eighties and early nineties. Since then he’s pissed the club away. Don’t get me started on transfer money and where it actually goes.

The fact that there is this much discontent while the team is doing so well speaks volumes.