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Also - I wonder if this is a squad that’s now less than 100% wage to turnover? I think the last accounts had us at 120% but it would definitely point towards potential for @joey_big_nose suggestions that this is the “start of that story”

Think Gardner Hickman will be CM (majority of his appearances have been there). Also think Miller will be RB which leaves us dangerously short at CB. Miller used in emergency for now.

Incidentally I believe NDAa are in practice unenforceable to hide illegal or improper conduct by the employer, and the government have are bringing in legislation to make them illegal in October 2025. If there is really things that can be properly evidenced I would say its worth going to a lawyer to look at what options there are. There must be an employment lawyer in the Rovers fan base, or even on this site, who could advise?

Not yet confirmed, but looking like O'Grady-Macken has been loaned to Oldham until January. I hope they give him more minutes than they have been giving to Olson Rovers were advertising for a loans manager during the summer. I have not seen that the role has been filled, but the loans out with the exception of O'Riordan appear to be notably worse than last season when Stuart Jones was in charge of that side of things

I’m sure this has been done already but just to ease my train boredom this morning; Goalkeepers; Toth or pears Fullbacks, Right; Alebiosu or Gardner-Hickman, Left; Ribeiro or Pickering Centrebacks - Miller, Carter, Wharton, Mcloughlin Centre Midfield - Tronstad, Tavares, Baradgi, Montgomery and Forshaw Attacking Midfield - Cantwell and Henriksson Wings - Hedges, Morishita, Kargbo and De neve Forwards - Ohashi, Gudjohnson, Gueye Backups outside of this with a first team app; Michalski Gk Garret CM Tyjon AM There may be some others I’ve missed with league experience in the u21s but I find that squad depth in two key areas really worrying - particularly CB and CM

Agreed you can’t claim misconduct at the club and your love for the club over x amount of years working there to just take a pay settlement to remain quiet it’s wrong

It needs to be and quick sharp too.

This club, gone from letting every fecker walk for nowt to selling the lot… how about some middle ground, like, you know, trying to actually get one of them to sign a deal, novel idea, obviously.

I fall on the other side of that unfortunately you can’t claim to love rovers knowing what’s going on in the background but be happy to be paid off for silence Travis not a word / Buckley not a word / Leonard not a word Iv slight sympathy for your standard employee but at the end of the day accepting a payoff is wrong if you feel so strongly about something and feel there is genuine gross misconduct at the work place

Even the LT comments, must be bad if the bots have turned… https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/comments/25433235/

No disrespect intended to those who are truly in the know, but why not just post it? Why not get it out to the papers? It has gone on for too long this shit now, far too long and by keeping it quiet (somewhat) is just benefitting this shoddy hierarchy. I say fuck the lot of them, if the fan groups lose traction with connection then that opens up another story that can be made public? We know staff have left supposedly due to treatment, why not get it out in the public? Why not look at employment tribunal? This kind of shit needs way more traction rather than people making fake insider/privy X accounts. Rudy Gestede is a worm as is Suhail, the Venkys? Something else completely. They'd happily see the club burn to the ground before leaving due to their idiotic arrogance, I have worked for some absolute eejits in my time but I have never witnessed crap like this. For Rudy and Suhail to be walking around the crowd outside the ground (last home game?) like they're gods gift is truly deluded, Rudy you were a shit person/footballer during your playing time and you're still a shit person/EX footballer now lining the pockets of your agent buddies. Imagine removing the absolute spine of your team (that has got you to 7th place twice) and replaced with cheap unproven players with virtually no experience!!! It makes no sense! Cost cutting? No simply unintelligent behaviour. Finally, the last part of my absolute rant... Each and every single person whether they are on here, X, Facebook or there on match days spouting the "they've put X amount into the club", "give them a chance" etc etc, give your heads a fucking wobble you absolute moronic fools. I've said it for years and I'll say it again, the reason our fanbase is so split is simply down to intelligence and the BwD demographic not being able to see/understand past the end of their nose OR are small business owners themselves and think they know everything about anything. DELUDED.

Just seen the news about Hyam leaving. So that's McLoughlin, Wharton and Carter at centre back is it? Miller at a push? We are f***ed

Even with a compromise / settlement agreement it’s possible to take an employer to court, albeit not as easy. I truly hope if someone has been forced out due to not covering their arms at the training ground (along with previous mentions of ham being banned at the training ground) they consider taking the club to a tribunal for discrimination.

I’m not shocked the club attracts people like Rudy to it, I’m surprised it doesn’t attract more of them.

Yea that’s a pretty worrying team to me never mind subs

A torrid time indeed. Not looking too clever, from where I sit.. It all comes down now to how the new squad performs on the pitch. That is the only thing we can measure the apparent gutting of last years '10 minutes away from playoffs' team, and it falls to VI to gel the ragbag of inexperience into something capable of holding its own in a competitive and unforgiving league. It will take an absolute miracle, make no bones about it. As for the shenanigans off the pitch, I defer to Glen Mullan's deep knowledge and ability to glean inside information, which I believe should be taken as indicative of the poison that, if left to fester and take hold, will surely destroy the club. You have to be suspicious of any organisation that deliberately sets out to undermine and dismantle what has proven to be a (relatively) successful formula.That just doesn't make any logical sense from a business perspepective, and I cannot bring to mind ANY comparator or case student from nearly 20 years teaching business at university level that shows how a strategy of this moronic magnitude has led to long term success. Baffling. However, there is the old saying - 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'. What happens next for Blackburn Rovers will shine a searchlight on those hiding in the shadows, those who are (in theory) 'in charge' and those who remain at the helm as the club faces what we know will be turbulent times ahead. THEY will not be able to avoid scrutiny, should this once proud club be overwhelmed by the conditions and sink without a trace. We, as supporters, are locked in the depths of the ship, with no lifebelts, no access to lifeboats and no escape route as the water rises. THEY are just hired hands passing through, lording it in first class and checking their stocks before running like rats at the first sign of doom (although of course the White Star Line / JP Morgan still owned the Titanic as she plummeted miles under the waves). VENKYS OUT! GESTEDE BULLY BOY OUT! PASHA SHADOW DEALER OUT!

Another completely unjustified contract extension. He was never, ever going to be anywhere near good enough and a 23 far too old to be considered a prospect. Incredibly in June he got a two year deal with a year option.

Well... We have finished just out of the top 6 and spent a lot of time in the top 6 in recent seasons, despite selling our best players and dire predictions every August. So while not stella you can see why some supporters have not jumped off the deep end. But if things do look bad when we get fully bedded into the season then I am sure we will all get our speedos and swim caps on. Whats ultimately happened is Gestede and the Owners have heaped absolutely massive pressure on themselves to have got these vast array of signings right. Whats annoying is ultimately its not really about investment, particular players being signed or not, or even how many games we have won or lost in the last 6 games or even the last season. These are short term things that change constantly. Its really a long term question "are the owners credible long term partners to the football club" and the answer to that is absolutely no, and the vast majority of fans, pundits, interested parties agree with that. But what happens is a short term wins/signings take the wind out of the sails of any concerted effort to push the owners out. If they have dropped the ball here, and we are looking at very poor season, maybe this where the worm turns. Given the cutting back of funding by Venkys there has to be a hope that they may eventually cut their losses. This could be the start of that story.

Toth Alebiosu - Miller (or Carter) - McLoughlin - Ribeiro Morishita - Tronstad - Tavares - Hedges Cantwell - Ohashi Good enough to pick up a few points but no squad depth again this season, where are the goals going to come from - and how many matches until this team has found its rhythm?

I desperately want Gestede to explain the rationale behind this transfer window. It's tantamount to footballing suicide what has happened in this transfer window. You simply cannot let so much experience walk out of the door without there being a price to pay. No disrespect to the players coming in and I think some of them will do well for us but anyone who knows the Championship will understand that squad experience is vital. Irrespective of what Gestede says the summer dealings will restrict the amount of money the owners have to send over. As ever they are and always will be the problem at our club.

NDA's wrong words really. They sign a compromise agreement which includes a payment of cash. Not everyone rolling in 10-15k a week, some on less than 30k a year, so the payment outweighs the benefit of speaking out Ultimately people have bills to pay etc and just like redundancy you want as much as you can get as you dont know when you will get new job. Also in football speaking out often prevents you working in that industry again. So I dont blame people for not publicly speaking out.

Nah….Fringe player at best

Yep absolutely zero positives for this season it’s a really sad time for us 😔

Remarkably ungenerous view of Glen's work over the years but if you're judging the club only on what happens on the pitch, your views would converge wouldn't they? Its a shit show.

This should be an interesting watch tonight on BBC2 at 9 pm. Several high profile footballers lost millions in a scam. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cg7jn722rkeo