if we sold Pickering we’d end up with some lad who’s 5x worse

If we are to assume that Ohashi is Ismael's style, then Riis has nothing like that kind of work rate

He's really not as bad as some people think either.

I don't know much about Riis, other than he previously played for Randers who I once managed on Football Manager. Think I sold him actually 😂. Does he suit Ismael's style more than the likes of Gueye? If so then it's a no brainer given his age as well.

Bell on a free? Lol

Good news is Woodrow is not out of contract at Luton, so I presume it is unlikely we will try and make his loan permanent

I’m not his biggest fan but I wouldn’t sell him unless somebody came in with a really good offer. Unlikely I know. I don’t think there’s much between him and Ribeiro in terms of ability but I still think Pickering is handy as a stand in left sided centre half in a back five.

I'd say it be a public vote (only my opinion) It would need to guarantee representation of all EDI spectrums.

Come off it you big dope, I replied to you long before your post above. You remain for me the authentic voice of Pune.

In terms of wider supporter groups, The AG have worked with Spirit of Shankley and other clubs supporter groups for 12 years. Holding regular meetings, as members of the FSF we've also attended the various FSF regionals and built great relationships with these groups. Strangely many groups come to us for advice now on how they combat their issues given how Rovers supporters have managed to keep our club in the news over a sustained period if time

Yeah but they don't run an academy is the usual bat off answer when comparing to Prestons prices. They don't sell academy players either for 20 million, they aren't owned by billionaires and they can't host more than 20k in Weepdale when needed.

‘Small club’, Blackburn Rovers?

Thanks. Presumably everyone is free to join the group after being vetted and then the panel members are elected via secret ballot. Would you envisage there being a requirement for a guarantee of representation for female supporters, disabled supporters, gay supporters, supporters of South Asian heritage ?

That's exactly what the Coalition is Gav, only WATR and SAS have not joined. Every other supporter group is on the panel equally matched with the independents. (Must point out the Coalition is not in any shape or form the proposed voice, it's purely a working group of unity to tackle the many supporter issues in a collective way). The new democratic panel which will be formed would be independent to that of the coalition, though anyone in the coalition could stand as a person to join the panel which is natural given they are in the groups Mashed Potatoe previously mentioned , and other groups not mentioned)

They hooked them with cheap season tickets years ago and have managed to keep them but it was a change of ownership that sparked it off. The attitude here is we have 8/9 who will buy every year and 3 or 4k who'll turn up match by match so we'll squeeze them as much as possible sod the rest.

They’ll sell more than us, and some of them will be able to use the word panacea in the right context 😉

Whilst I have a 'big toe' in the Wednesday camp due to family and friends being fans, I'm still of the opinion that tackling ownership issues would be better served with supporters coming together, rather than individually. I know The Spirit of Shankly have been keen to work with other supporters groups on ticketing prices and many other issues in the past, not that I'm advocating us working with them in particular, but for a small club like ours we need a bigger voice and linking up with other clubs in similar positions may help with that. Has this been considered Glen?

A panel wouldn't be made up of hundreds, It be vetted pre ballot, with potentially an official supporters club formed in parallel The panel probably be limited to say 16 where maximum terms are served to allow freshness, of course there would be a need for continuity. I'm very much a positive person who finds solutions to hurdles rather than use hurdles as a reason not to evolve. One of the biggest issues I read daily is that the club communicates to an exclusive few and that information is more than often only made public when the club is against the wall and then publicly speaks as per the Execs interview a few weeks ago. An acceptance of a voice to unite the supporter base and club should imo be strived for to take away the "they don't represent me" element which currently outweighs , they represent me. It's not an easy thing to achieve but success is uncomfortable and to get to the line, it's gonna take getting uncomfortable to achieve.

I would have thought the most important criteria would be that they are Rovers fans.

I saw Lisa had left, I wasn't sure why, @only2garners had this been a protracted sale?

Thank you for your reply, and the courteous manner of it. As I understand it you envisage an open to all forum. This strikes me as having two practical problems : 1. How do you ensure that everybody coming forward is actually a Rovers supporter as opposed to say Burnley supporters trying to make trouble. 2. How could the forum operate in practice. There are 11000 or so regular match attending supporters plus a few thousand more attending from time to time plus all the others who live far away and don't attend games. How would this work if several hundred wanted to attend ?

Yes, they do, you’re right. It doesn’t make it right though.

Zero. But when they do go on sale on Monday, they’ll be 100 to 150 quid cheaper (which is odd as I’m sure they told the FF that it isn’t possible in this division):

Nah. Top League 2 striker but no better than that. See how badly Langstaff has bombed at Millwall for proof.

Never mind Bolton, how many have Preston sold? I thought they were the panacea.