I've a feeling we won't be seeing any early signings now with Waggott seemingly off in a hurry

I always expected Waggott to bail when the shit was truly about to hit the fan and that until that day arrived he would hang on collecting his hefty salary. So hopefully the regimes collapse is imminent. Then again more likely in my opinion a convenient shuffle to cover for his retirement whilst putting out an impression of changes been made when we all know that won't really happen. It will still be business as usual upstairs and probably even more power for head stooge and his patsy Gestede. Give it a year or two and Gestede will be the sacrificial lamb when the pressure is building again.

Incredibly short statement might I add

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/may/22/club-statement--steve-waggott/

With Venkys at the helm Waggott had a pretty thankless job, be interesting to see what the next person can do.. or whether their hands are tied from the beggining. It won't be Gestede.. not possible.

Waggott's list of "achievements": Introduced the "match day tax" Affordable seating scrapped for the majority of his tenure. Tried to charge people for using Blues on matchday. Not sure if that was shelved? Increased season ticket prices during the pandemic by up to 25% for a season where no-one could attend reducing the ST base at that point to 2.5k. Unsuccessfully trying to flog off part of Brockhall no doubt costing the Club a load of money in the process. Two high profile January transfer deadline day collapses on his watch. In the most recent January window spent £20 k p.w. on a guy who hadn't kicked a ball for 10 months and who unsurprisingly barely kicked a ball for us. Two successive head coaches alienated to the extent where they walked out. The recent despicable decision regarding the women's team. I'm sure there's more.

Obviously, great news that Waggott has gone. Big concerns, however: Will Rudy just be moved into that role? Has Suhail basically chucked Waggott under the bus to save himself and is he now the sole wielder of power at the club?

Before the dawn, the darkest hour.

He was so far away from being a genuine football administrator but it's such a low bar at this club after Derek Shaw and co. I'll always see him as another chancer who took everything he could out and put very little back in. I'll also always see him as the reason JDT's first season was derailed along with Adam Wharton leaving. And he'd have left a lot cheaper if the kid hadn't dug his heels in, it wasn't Waggott holding out for more money.

Absolutely. Mirrors exactly how I feel about the club. Great appointment.

Trying to join the dots up and the timing of this and the media furore over the womens debacle I wonder if he has been offered up as the sacrificial lamb. He is an easy hit given his age. A nice fat NDA to enhance his retirement pot too The abrupt statement indicates this has happened really quickly.

Nah fuck him, absolute tosser. I’m joking obviously, great representative. Passionate, fair, dogged, and thorough.

In two minds on this. On side we know his flaws, his past, his clear inability and reluctance to manage upwards and his obvious slippery character traits. On the other side he is the nearest thing to a genuine football administrator they've ever employed and has overseen a period of stability on the pitch at least. I think it's the guy above him who has and is the real issue here and to replace Waggot with Gestede will no doubt trigger chaos. End of the day though all they have done is brought forwards his retirement a bit and i expect it's another desperate cost cutting measure if he's off straight away.

Sorry - wrong thread.

Indeed he's gone. Confirmed by the club in a typically limited and vague manner with zero mention of who is - officially at least - running the show now. As far as I am concerned a positive but ultimately pointless whilst Venkys and their main stooge remains. We will just lurch from one incompetent to another under their ownership. I expected a fall guy this summer. Last year it was Broughton, they needed one this to keep the heat off India and head stooge which has been building. The women's team furore will have caused them grief so this announcement used to head off trouble there. They aren't daft. Of course it has long been rumoured that Waggott was preparing for retirement so it may simply be that and the head stooge attempting to collect some credit/points by making it appear as a removal. Venkys out, that's all that really matters.

Montgomery called up for Scotland U20s https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/may/22/kristi-called-up/

Nixon will be devastated.

Those who don’t/didn’t see the point in the coalition, their statements and their videos. Sit up and take note. We can do magnificent things when we pull together.

Not a current player obviously but Bennett providing some funds for them wouldn’t surprise me.

Just addressing the couple of people responding to my post above to iterate that I am also very pleased he has gone, my wildest dream is that he is the first domino in a chain that somehow results in Venkys selling the club in the next 12 months. Like others have also mentioned however, I'm a little worried about who is left on charge right now and who might be appointed. I hope they don't think him going will be some kind of sacrifice to appease us, coz it won't!

That thought crossed my mind too. I don't expect any of them to but it would be refreshing if some of the senior men spoke out. After all it could be them next.

Perhaps one of our very well paid male players could fund their legal fees.

He wasn't perfect by any means and was a bit of a player - but the only half decent football decisions that have been made in recent times were through him. And whether you believed his spiel or not he at least spoke to fans. He delivered on some things but not others. As I say, I'm glad he's going but only in the way that some folk were glad that Big Sam got canned, if you get my drift. What happens next could put us in an even worse position.

Well I'm hearing Waggott's gone - no doubt much to Mashed's chagrin. If true, an extremely happy day for the Club. Absolute piece of Scum trying to flog off part of Brockhall. One victory at a time. If he hadn't set ST prices so high, I might have considered reinstating my ST for next season.

Interested to hear @glen9mullan view on this?