The guy at Sunderland employed Grayson and allowed him to sign Steele from us AND pay money. I don't care where Steele is now he was rubbish at the time and poor for them as well in league 1. This fella as their CEO presided over possibly the worst era in their modern history but once he'd gone they started climbing back. He'll fit the mould well here as they continue managed decline under the Barnsley model gearing us for league 1.

Yes, hence the David Brent jokes. He seemed ok in the Docu but if you look at what he actually did as CEO he was a disaster. He kept offering ridiculous wages with no relegation clauses, continued to spend despite the reduction in revenue to Championship, appointed Grayson who was a disaster, and in general was more concerned with lining his own pockets and living the fancy CEO life than actually doing his job.

Was he involved in those fly on the wall documentaries?

Lol. "All good. Nothing to see here."

Sounds promising. This bloke, low grade foreign punts, Forshaw, we've given up any pretence of wanting to do well now haven't we? Accelerating hard towards the precipice.

Never forgive that loathsome individual for trying to sell off half of Brockhall. Despite the fact he really wanted another year He's probably thinking he got out at more or less the right time. Having made sure he topped up his bank balance first of course.

Hypothetically, that makes sense.

Well obviously.

When I lived in Elgin, I used to go and watch Elgin City, but I was always a Rovers supporter.

Nice it would be. Perhaps Wharton will come back one day!

I think he is the last visible one and I’m sure if you ask Glen, he would say that too.

I hope there is a lot of irony in your post.

But they don't really want a CEO do they that role is already filled just not in name. They want a Chief Administrator really who is only in charge of certain non football things, more like another 'Head of Heads'. So it's probably irrelevant who they appoint now.

Come back Steve, all is forgiven.....

Why oh why do we Scrape the bottom of the barrel for literally EVERY ASPECT OF THE CLUB. Not sure how much truth there is in Bain but by christ it can't get any worse can it.

If the advert we've seen is correct, no self respecting individual would take this job. A C-suite level job my arse.

Cheapest.

Hypothetically speaking just imagine if someone - in return for running the ship from the shadows or an initial stake or even a contract that is impossible to break without a massive payout - was entitled to just 5 or 10% of every buy or sale deal. That might not sound much but over 15 years it's a very handsome return and the kind of investment or involvement a very crafty clever snake would include in their deal with clueless mega rich new ownership. Remember how they were all in bed together at first and under scrutiny in the early days the Matriarch said 'Jerome's role will diminish as time goes by' she didn't say his involvement would end. There may well be a 5th member around that farmhouse kitchen table when dealing with Rovers. A member perhaps represented on the board by a duel agent who's worked for both companies. The sheer number of players who are seeing out their contracts here now is also interesting when considering this.

He sounds like he’s got the credentials 😅.

Sunderland fans think he was a fucking disaster 😂 Venky's at their finest.

What a healthy setup. Suhail with the power and this cretin just doing the admin for him.

Elliott Bennett gives a good insight into contract negotiations under Venkys in todays Telegraph. Good bloke. Loves the club.

How did bankrupt them when he wasn't the owner? Ellis Short had decided not to invest another penny anymore. Venkys will know Bain from his time as CEO of Indian Super League The job is just administrative role at best with very little power to make key decisions

Nothing comes close to a 5 day test for Cricket entertainment.

Those players got their deals years ago, Cantwell the only recent exception. Reports not long ago suggested Eustace was set to resign last summer and it was only the club relaxing it's ridiculous approach and signing Cantwell, Batth and Weimann that persuaded him to stay. So the wage cap thing makes complete sense, it explains the inability and unwillingness to sort out new contracts for our best players because we are choosing to let them go due to our own wage policies. Our choice. Not FFP, not COVID, not the weather, not a player wanting PL football, not a project, not a player wanting to go and live down South. Just plain old fashioned cost cuts. Eventually that catches up with everyone and will do here very soon. Absolutely ridiculous the reaction from some online to the two foreign signings whilst we see the cornerstones of last season's relative success depart, again due to our failings and policies nothing more. It was these policies and refusal to sort out the contracts that led Eustace to jump ship mid season at the first opportunity, an unprecedented step that the head in sand gang have managed to erase from their consciousness. This is project 4 since 2022. We had Mowbray's project, we had the Broughton and JDT project, we had the Eustace and Park project and now it's the Gestede and Ismael project. This time next year it will be another one. They're winging it from one year to the next masquerading as a professional outfit.