Apologies if this has been brought up before but will any of our ESC players convert to GBE any time soon ? Conversion: ESC players can be converted to a full GBE after meeting certain criteria, such as accumulating enough points or playing a specific number of minutes. This conversion frees up the ESC slot for another player.

They have appointed what they are calling a ‘shadow regulator’ in advance of the launch of the IFR. He’s called Martyn Henderson. That’s who we will be meeting.

Very sorry to say but we have been taken for mugs these last fifteen long years.

Ribeiro/Pickering Mcloghlin, Hyam, Tronstadt, De Neve/Hedges/Ohashi couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag.. Trav is more bluster. Only Axel/Miller/Abeliosu/Gueye look like they might mix it a bit. Need a few more hard players in there if we intend to physically bully boy our way through a season.

Feels a bit knee jerk to me after one fairly tough away game on paper at least. Hard to disagree he's a downgrade on the last two men in the job but I'm prepared to give him at least 10 games before I make any firm views on his competency.

So that means that the deal is no longer possible. Best case scenario is that we move on Mafoumbi, have to wait now and have wasted an unnecessary ESC slot. Most likely scenario, our pissing about has cost us this transfer and we move on to someone inferior.

he did let half a dozen fouls on kargbo go and a deliberate elbow on yushi was ignored,he had a poor game and imo he appeared to be guessing on most decisions

Still deeply unconvinced by this bloke. On the evidence so far, looks like he can't get a result when it REALLY matters and can only get one when it doesn't. Comes in. Takes him one full game and about eight minutes of the Derby game to unravel a season of Eustace's good work. Various defeats follow, all involving conceding the opening goal inside the first 20 mins and often far earlier than that. After five successive defeats and a 2-2 draw at home after being 0-2 down at HT, season looks well and truly over. 5 wins, (in what at the time seem to be dead rubbers) follow, which impossibly actually leave us with a mathematical chance of scraping into the play offs on the final day. Final game against a weakened Sheff Utd side we go ahead after about an hour. All of a sudden it REALLY matters again. All we have to do is hang on for the win. But....we concede relatively quickly and the season finally peters out. Yesterday it REALLY matters again, new season, and therefore every point vital. We go back to the previous MO of conceding inside the first 20 mins and thereafter barely laying a glove on the opposition. Really unbalanced squad, no sign whatsoever of the exciting pressing football he allegedly favours. Have to say at this point Im not having him.

I think it was probably a penalty, I suspect the main reason that he didnt give it was the unnatural way in which Ohashi threw him himself over. One that VAR most likely would have overturned. Either way, I come away more concerned about our team rather than aggrieved at the referee.

Cover ups, lies and skullduggery, but the fans aren’t being taken for mugs!!!

Yep, that’s what I mean by nuisance factor. Part of our problem is we don’t get enough players around him to take advantage of his hold up play or ability to roll defenders. Re Giles, if you mean direct assists from Gueye scoring I’m not sure, if it’s knockdowns, etc maybe. Saying that though I had a look last week and Brittain created over 40 goal scoring chances yet ended up 4 direct assists/goal contributions. Which says a hell of a lot about our goal scoring ability across the team

This!!

From supporters consultation meeting 2017 Andy Bayes: Quick question form the floor. Paul Keogh: I think most people in this room or most supporters at home will be pleased to hear that we’re no longer linked to SEM and Kentaro. Does that also mean that Suhail Pasha no longer works for Kentaro? Because he did previously. Paul Senior: Well I can’t comment on what he previously did but I do know that at this moment in time he’s not employed by those organisations; he’s employed by the owners. He looks after a number of the, or has a relationship with a number of the owners’ portfolios, including this Football Club - working in other countries as well. I have not been aware of any link or relationships between a professional at that level. He’s employed by the owners, by the club. James: What’s his real name, Mike? Obviously on Linked in, he’s called Suhail Sheikh. Every news article I read – Lancashire Evening Telegraph, even yourself referred to him as Suhail Pasha. So what’s his name: Suhail Sheikh or Pasha? Mike Cheston: I only know him as just Suhail. Paul Keogh: My question is to Mike. It’s regarding Suhail: you’ve just confirmed that he is employed by the club. Does he have a title for the club at all? Mike Cheston: Yes he does have a title. Paul Keogh: Which is…? Mike Cheston: Errrrrr errrrrrm Something like ‘Management Consultant’. I can’t remember the exact title. Paul Keogh: And do you not find it a little bit concerning from your point of view, Mike, that Paul has come along tonight and confirmed that he can openly pick up the phone and speak to Belaji or Venkatesh over in India? You’ve been here for how long now? Mike Cheston: Three years. Paul Keogh: Three years and you still have to go through Suhail? Mike Cheston: I don’t have to… Paul Keogh: Well why is he here, then? If you can open dialogue with the owners freely, why are we wasting money, under the current financial position that we’re in, and paying a Director or ‘Management Consultant’ to jet between India and England? Is that not a drain on our resources? Mike Cheston: I’ll confirm his exact title. I just can’t remember at the moment.

I really hope they at least do a one-off special programme for the match in November. And maybe put a bit of effort in, make it an A4 size one and bumper-length so that it feels a bit special and worthy of adding to our collections 🤞 Hopefully no foreward from Pasha or the owners either, unless it's to say they're leaving.

Well that surely is the end of that then whatever thr confusion

I'll go off what you say and assume it's not up to date. Cheers for clarifying

Yep and the attached too, is no doubt pure coincidence,

And there is Adam Owen who joined Rovers from Hibs and now works closely with Gestede.

Miyoshi came on at half time in his game.

Don't think it's as much any one agent in particular now but given the chance as a collective they'll suck the life blood out of you.

And as if by magic, here it is. Did the agents ever leave? https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2022/september/06/Report-Hibs-Dev-Squad-2-2-Dundee-United/

Plenty of connections with just one element of it. Gestede hooking up with Keane and then arriving back at Ewood as a trainee executive. Kean goes to Hibs and we have connections there and do not be too surprised if he is connected to our recent signing, Miller.

I must have been watching a different game. Other than the penalty which the referee got wrong ( and I dont suppose we'll be complaining when we get a soft one) I didn't think he did much wrong at all. Nor did I think it was an overly physical game. It's not a non contact sport yet, at least not in the Championship. Have we turned into a team of whingers like Arsenal under Wenger?

I think the case with Hamer, Souza & Ahmedhodzic is that they are all much better than Championship level, so whilst they may be prepared to give igt 1 year to get promoted, they were always likely to be off if that didn't happen. Personally see O'Hare as being a little below their level, still very good for the Championship, bugt not quite as glaringly playing below his level as the 3 I mentioned above The others they have lost were either loans (Gilchrist, Brereton, Souttar, Rak-Sakyi, Clarke, Holding) or players not from their first 11 (Moore, Brewster) if I recall rightly. Still a huge turnover of players though

Agreed - although in this case it’s the main GBE criteria which has the following issue. The category ‘League Quality of Player’s current club’ doesn’t set out at what date/point this changes in the case of promotion/ relegation. I’m as certain as I can be that whether he plays today or not is irrelevant - I’ve no clue as to whether the game ‘happening’ (ie his club’s season starting) is the trigger for his points reduction.