So don’t come out, smile and say it’s going to be an exciting summer. Gestede knows the game, and they’ve removed GB and employed Gestede to make sure they have a patsy to implement it. He’s not going to rock the boat and try and negotiate more funds for the players like I suspect previous people may have done, so in my mind he’s complicit. The jury is out on VI on this point.

Great input overall, but I'm not sure that last point is entirely correct. Tavares appears to be quite a shrewd signing from what most have said; likewise Miller, who not only looks to have all boxes ticked as a footballer for his position but also seems a great character for team morale. Henrikksen too seems to be competitive, have a good eye & seems an amiable chap. Ohashi & Gueye likewise. In fact I think most of the incomings seem of the right character in context; are they Championship quality skills wise though? Time will tell, but Gestede is only being given peanuts to spend by the owners & Pasha so there is more risk than there should be given the money received in player sales recently.

Another happy day in this storied ownership. I’m moving past the phase of anger to just utter apathy - the lack of professionalism at the club is embarrassing. I’d be appalled to be associated with it. They treat us like fools and underlings. If only they knew the passion, knowledge and talent in this fan base. Ignorance and arrogance born out of silver spoons and misplaced authority. It really is, above all else, sad. “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

We’ve played one league game, & we’re at least five bodies short in the first team, (if we count Pears, Hyam, & Travis). I am not despondent, but I am not really hopeful or optimistic, either. 1-1 sounds like a dream to me.

And cheaper. Preferably from Belgium as they have more potential.

Tbf there is a difference between 'limiting' questions about individual players, and banning them. The club also said the reason they wanted to do this was to focus on the match, which player availability for definitely related to. And it's not clear from this quote whether he was answering a question or voluntarily providing information. None of this is to say I don't think the decision to refuse to answer questions about Travis and contracts is acceptable, I certainly don't. Just saying they haven't technically gone against their own statement.

Not necessarily. If the thing about him not being eligible because he came off the bench for Bochum is true (I'm sceptical) Miyoshi would still be one we can launch an appeal for. As I've mentioned before, I suspect we would have strong grounds on the following bases: would have qualified comfortably with 19 points a week or so ago and is the same player now, Japanese international in his prime, has experience as a regular in the Bundesliga and Championship, and if he hadn't left Birmingham upon their relegation just over a year ago they would have been able to easily get him a full exemption from needing an ESC slot. Given that even with the reduced points he still has, if I remember rightly, 13 of the required 15 to automatically qualify, I'd be surprised if an appeal wasn't successful.

They want all the respect in the world then idiots let them down like that

That statement they put out completely contradicted itself. Only someone who is totally brain dead would take anything this club says seriously. I know double speak is the standard for large organisations but they're not even good at doing that. I think we've got a chance to cause them some real problems at the minute as they are so totally inept there's no way they'll be able to deal with it. We need to take this chance and give them a good slap.

Swerve through pedantics. Nice.

Above what we are offering hence why our players are happy to move to clubs who finished below us in the table.

Fair play @K-Hod it’s a stance I took myself over a decade ago after trying and failing to make change, once you’ve been lied to directly to your face (by Suhail and Balaji himself) you lose a lot of hope. Huge respect to those in the various fan groups that toil away in the background despite all this. It was too much for me and it pains me to say I was beaten by it and my love for the club faded ever since. I’m a passenger now. I’d never tell anyone what to do or how to support or protest but I think the entire fans forum resigning would be a huge signal of unity in the fanbase against the regime but I know that wouldn’t happen and respect those that think the forum is the right vehicle for their hope of change.

Was he still wearing his cap?

Yes I know what Elliott Jackson says. I've just pointed out that it seems unlikely to say the least that this board of 4 active directors has made that decision. That's what I suggest people do - ask questions and scratch beneath the surface rather than just accepting and repeating what other people say. I've seen a photo of a man sat next to Rudy Gestede on Tuesday. Who says it is Sreenivasa Rao? I've never seen him or a photo of him before. Maybe it could be Bob Coar, Gandhi Babu or Steve Waggot. One has admitted he has no involvement in decision making, one has never been seen or heard of in 14 years and the other was removed from the club 3 months ago. Some board of directors there.

Can’t prohibit a question on any topic, but you can decline to answer or comment. The optics matter

So we released a statement: "The club limited media questions at today’s pre-match press conference on matters relating to individual players." During the same press conference:

I know who is on the board and on the companies house website. Sreenivasa Rao was at Tuesday's game. Could it be him? Elliott Jackson says Rovers board. Question for people who know much more then myself about this sort of thing than a novice like me. Can other people can been on that board without be director of the company? Do Rovers have a football board made up of 4 or 5 officials from key positions at the club?

Man, woman, plant pot, makes no difference because whatever their job title and whatever the PR spin they won't be CEO in practice and will be a stooge/shield for Venkys and their man in the shadows. Sadly I think you and plenty of others will line up and accept whatever they do next embracing it as a 'new era' but it won't be. Pasha can read the room and he will be on the hotline for a 6-12 month consultancy role to come in with a fancy title, suit and impressive talk for the next forum meeting, just once we've got the rest of these decent players out the door, that's much more urgent.

Why not just name the player?

Whenever the pressure seems to build on the board/Pasha we usually pull off a surprise win and it deflects it. Just can't see that tomorrow. Heart says a draw, head 3-0 Big club.

There is no board to make such a decision. Let's have a look at our 'board' of directors: Robert Coar, Gandhi Babu, Sreenivasa Rao, Steve Waggott Those are the only four active directors of the club, according to Companies House. Which one or more of that bunch do you reckon has interfered in a pre-match press conference and decided what questions can be asked/answered? Gestede / Pasha are not directors and therefore not board members, if they have made the decision it is a lie to say the board has.

That entire statement completely contradicts itself. They really are as thick as pig shit down there.

Who says it going to a male? Could be female CEO appointment?

You could organise for fans to miss the first 10 minutes say. as a start or 15 minutes representing the time Venkys have been owners. Plenty would get behind that I'd think (apart from the LT's Happy Clappers).

No. It's a strange decision so it will interesting what Ismael says post match and whether Travis is there tomorrow Ismael has told the Supporters based the Travis situation and he wants out. It's was a board decision from what Jackson reported. Or something has happened in the last few hours over a target