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This is not as enlightening as Glen's post but I was told last week that all the meat bought in for the STC and Academy is now Halal at the insistence of Gestede.

Hedges will probably sign a new one year deal at some point and it will be lauded as some kind of huge victory. Saying that I bet they wouldn't even be able to get him over the line.

Well, that's done. See you all in the relegation thread

I heard last week that O'Grady-Macken was told to find himself a new club. It looks like the loan is a compromise.

If so I'm guessing she is another on the gravy train, despite being all nicey nicey in meetings etc. December 2023.

Lift the lid no not likely but anything involving them isak has stated the club failed to oblige a promise made to him wissa something similar stating the club are trying to prove him out of a move after they had an agreement wouldn’t have/wont take much to come out with a statement to back yourself and state that I didn’t refuse to train/play - doesn’t have to go into great detail but radio silence from all involved means fans will always be divided in terms of whether the allegations/rumours are actually true

this is sleeping walking into relegation.

Quite a lot comes out in just throwaway lines in the wider context of interviews. You'll never get anyone saying 'I'm going to lift the lid' on the chaos at Blackburn under Venkys. Rarely happens in the world of football and why would Travis or someone like that do it ? It's not about the fans to 99% of players. they have their differences with people at clubs but once they are out they tend to wash their hands of it. Plus people like Venkys have far more powerful laywers.

This pillock Gestede is an absolute loose Cannon and MUST be removed somehow. The Pre and Post Match Protests must start again Glen or we are finished.

I really hope not. I think we've just enough to stay up this season.

Neither JDT or JE would have accepted that window. Will VI? If he does then I’d say he’s part of the problem.

Final income tally. Feel free to correct me if I miss something and I'm rounding up on the reported fee's. Brittain 3.5m Trav 3.5m Hyam 2.7m JRC 1m Buckley 1m Leanord 1m Chelsea kid 1m Telalovic sell on 300k Dolan 280k Total 14.28 million. Hard to calculate the expenditure but if you believe the reported fee's it's around 9.5 million. Personally I think it's lower than that, more like 7-8 mill.

I respect everything that’s been done to expose and lobby against Venkys to date, but I think it’s naive to lay all of this solely at Gestedes’ door. The one constant since the very beginning has been Pasha. His entire way of operating is to pull the strings of others, let them take the bullets, and then absolve himself of responsibility so he can stick around longer. The way he talks about the club, the players, and the fans mirrors exactly how they’ve all been treated this summer. Let’s not forget: Waggott was essentially pushed out by Pasha. By the end of his tenure, JDT was already reverting to “ask Suhail.” He is the owners’ representative and their main adviser on all things Rovers. He was working for Kentaro and instrumental Venkys takeover of Rovers. He has been around ever since and overseen our decline. Given he’s been the one constant throughout the last decade at Rovers, we cannot let him do what he always does - allow others to take the bullet while he continues to operate in the shadows.

Thankfully we’re on a league with sheff w who will fall off a cliff after a while hull who just look poor in general and an Oxford team that just isn’t that good but we are in that pack

Based on the ‘24 accounts we’d need to have reduced our weekly wage bill by around £78,000. This is on the assumption our turnover has remained static.

Venkys have been here 15 years not much has come out at all all paid off - all about the money if you really wanted to you could come out with a well worded statement ie in Travis case with all the alleged information in the public domain about refusing to play/train etc he could easily have stated that was incorrect

Gestede is clearly an incredibly arrogant man, we’re talking Trump levels IMO. He showed it as a player and now with greater power showing his true colours on a daily basis. I genuinely think he believes himself to be some sort of recruitment genius and that these players will turn out to be stellar signings he can sell for profit, and if not I’m sure he benefits in the same way Kean and pals did from random European transfers.

That’s a team of greenhorns and the not good enough. This window has ensured that not only are we in danger of getting relegated it’s quite possible that we’ll finish bottom

Things only come out years later in little bits when players are long retired and chatting on podcasts to other ex players. The unwritten rule in that industry is obviously keep your mouth shut whilst you are still working.

Unfortunately for the majority I agree yes

You leave your integrity at the door when you sign on as a professional footballer

It's obvious a lot of shit started as soon as Gestede appeared out of nowhere but Suhail has employed him and he is doing his dirty work in many ways. You don't get that amount of leeway to do what you want at a football club without the blessing of your bosses. Once the dust settles in the future Gestede will be gone and blame attached to him whilst Suhail continues to hide away and the owners remain silent. These two have now ripped the heart out of the club and team in the space of a few months it's a clear repeat of the early Kean/Anderson stuff just at a lower level. Took those two about 18 months though ! Only real beneficeries here ? The agents....again.

Alebiosu probably earned first choice at the minute. There are a couple others who can play other positions too but i agree that CB has been left criminally short.

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.