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The most damning thing about RG is not renewing a single deal with the established players. Surely it would make sense in order to bring in bigger fees as well, even if Rudy never intended on keeping them? Selling Hyam now is mental, and I'm not Dom's biggest fan as a footballer, but he bounced back and had just had a great season as an ever-present in the side. A couple of months until we face Derby, I'll be curious to see our league position by then. So many players that need to gel, and games come thick and fast. Would think Gestede knows what it takes to perform in this league as he spent a number of seasons as a player. Need Ismael to do wonders with us like he did with Barnsley, and that must be what RG is counting on. Can't wait for Ismael's first interview.

This is quite hard to keep up with… I thought Pasha was the single biggest problem? Rudy no doubt a tw*t who shouldn’t be at our club but it was Suhail pulling all the strings, the one who needs removing asap?

Is this going to be made public?

Says something about the decision making at the club that in public they'll call JB (admin of a message board and large follower count) a spice head

With everything happening also caught up on the news that brfc privy was found out!! And then calling a fan a drug user. Jeez

Makes perfect sense to me. Rudy is ‘the club’ as he works there. Travis, JE left it, so are no longer the club. The Club must be defended at all costs. Classic tribal loyalty… endearing in a way, unfortunately these fans have never remembered the famous Bobby Robson quote that ‘WE, the fans’ are the club, its gatekeepers. Just because individuals, could be nefarious individuals, could be incompetent ones, happen to wear club ties they get full throated support.

Everyone left bar Tronstad - assuming there was no interest and that’s why he stayed….? Back in Apri - Rudy Gestede told The Lancashire Telegraph that talks were progressing with some players. Since Yuri Ribeiro has signed a new contract but nothing else is imminent. Tronstad has one year left on his current deal at the end of the season. He is one of three important players in the same boat, as well as Lewis Travis and Callum Brittain.

This will all turn toxic pretty quickly once we're firmly in the bottom three, even the most gullible fans who think that a "reset" 15 yrs in is acceptable, will turn eventually Need to get into the rat's Gestede and Pasha in the ground, make them feel the heat

I replied to it saying 'the only thing I want to hear from you is that the owners have sold the club'.

The club and some of the fans never cease to amaze me. If the club put half the amount of effort into running the club properly, instead of faffing about making fake twitter accounts winding people up and posting BS, we'd have the best run club in the country. If some fans would just open their eyes, even for one second and start blaming Gestede and Pasha, imagine how much traction there would be in removing the owners. But no, instead- It was JDT's fault, it was JE's fault, it was Travis' fault, please make it make sense.

Is there a half decent centre back who is a free agent? If so, signing him may be the only way we stay up

Met Glen a couple of times. He's no bullshiter he's worked hard on getting rid of venkys for 15 years. This no attack on u by the way

Set to sign for Derby in Jan

Has anyone checked Jack’s statue is still there?

I don't know Glen personally. I have no idea what he claims is true, and so because I can't take those stories at face value on that basis, it's beyond him how anyone can defend the club? Glen may be right. Probably is. I get a bit perturbed by the mob mentality that, unless I believe him and base everything I think on what he says, that my opinion is unfathomable. I don't even really have an opinion because I don't know what goes on behind the scenes. Has Rudy given his account of what has gone on? Or is it Glen's side of the story and that's that?

More likely to get us branded ungrateful Blackburn fans after the club made 10 signings, which were gonna hear mentioned constantly by some twat like Clinton Morrison.

Jeff Stelling just gave us a bit of a mention at the start of the breakfast show, reading out a fans message about Hyam leaving at the death is a disgrace. If anyone else fancies dropping them messages they might get a bit more attention.

Had enough of this shite now can't believe Hyam has gone too. Wtf have we done to deserve this bunch of tossers

Wow selling Hyam at the last minute is really extraordinarily stupid. Dont think I have ever seen this level of churn at a club not in financial meltdown. But i guess we are in a financial meltdown, just a slow burning one. That we have managed to spend millions on fees but not be able to get a single senior player to extend their contract in 2 years is completely mad. But I suppose its easily explained by a low wage ceiling and lack of any engagement and long term planning from the owners. With the new info on Gestede thrown into the mix. How Gestede, a man with no experience, has ended up effectively chairing the club is another in a great list of Venkys mysteries.

TGH really stood out and rose under Ismael with his defensive abilities in midfield. A real grafter and more in the Travis mould if we are playing with two defensives.

That can’t be categorically confirmed. What can be is her phone number was used to verify the account.

We are in serious trouble if Wharton is going to be first choice center half, I’m talking relegation the guy is absolutely abysmal I’m sick to the back teeth of that twat Gestede being at this club. What credentials does he have? Hes a nobody, truly indicative of how rotten to the core the club is. Makes me sick.

Trying for a balanced, non-emotive view on this window, and God it's hard when players who have given so much effort leave en masse. I think it's fair to say fans were sick of players leaving for nothing. It's also responsible to have an affordable pay structure. However the club clearly has something wrong when it can't retain any senior players. The only scenarios I can think of where you'd usually sign so many players is either a) promotion and needing to improve your squad or b) following relegation and an exodus. A) has players you'll have awareness of, we're much closer to which is alarming for a club who nearly made the top 6. The board have gone all in on the approach. If it's a bad season it's all on them.

So to recap in numbers, based off last season. 19,863 minutes of experience have left this summer 232 Championship starts between them 3 of our top 5 appearance-makers have departed permanently 2 stooges 1 inexperienced pariah playing “real-life Football Manager” 0 contract renewals

And Tronstad must wonder where all his mates are...