Steve Waggott

[JHRover]

Expect PR overdrive in the next couple of weeks with stories of how Waggott was a problem and poor old Venkys have decided to address it.

No mention that they employed him for 7.5 years .

The operation now will be to shield the Indians from hassle or attention so looks like Rudy or AN Other are about to be thrown forward as the latest human shield. 

Broughton was doing that quite well until he actually wanted to do his job and build something which was no good at all to these people.

Paul Senior another, skilled in talking and putting on a show to distract from the Venky shitshow, only lasted a few months however, then they hit the jackpot with Uncle Tony.

Who's next...Rudy already starting off on the back foot after the laughably bad interviews a couple of months ago.

[Tomphil2]

So reading that North west business magazine article it sounds like the new model on the horizon is a COO working with Head of Commercial operations to increase increase income.

Presumably via corporate stuff, sponsorship, commercial sales etc.

So what about the football ?   Who runs that the novice Sporting Director ?

Haven't they actually twigged yet that it all revolves around the stuff on the pitch, get that right and everything else will follow.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, 47er said:

https://eflanalysis.com/news/how-steve-waggott-and-venkys-responded-to-blackburn-rovers-investment-offer-before-ceos-exit/

Our best hope is Waggott hasn't signed an NDA and goes rogue, shining light on just how dysfunctional Rovers are behind the scenes.

Sadly this nightmare doesn't end until the authorities step in.

[47er]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Our best hope is Waggott hasn't signed an NDA

He will have!

[Tomphil2]

Hes not rocked the boat for seven and a half years he won't start now.

[Herbie6590]

BBC Radio Lancs - Michael from the 4000 Holes podcast 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002c95n?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

1h 43m in roughly 

[damo100]

18 hours ago, Upside Down said:

That's exactly what we want though. He's useless, unbelievably bad at communicating and seemingly quiet dense.

It further adds to our argument that the ownership is not fit for purpose and needs to be removed by any means necessary.

Seemingly quiet dense?

The irony????

[Herbie6590]

2 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

BBC Radio Lancs - Michael from the 4000 Holes podcast 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002c95n?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

1h 43m in roughly 

& the author of this…

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2152825-unpopular-chief-executive-steve-waggott-leaves-blackburn-rovers

[Rogerb]

Was this revelation that Waggott had outside investment for the women's team sourced in the public domain previously or has it just emerged since the statement he was leaving earlier in the week? Don't recall hearing this before.

[Roverthechimp]

21 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

& the author of this…

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2152825-unpopular-chief-executive-steve-waggott-leaves-blackburn-rovers

Was it really Waggot that brought in Mowbray? Thought Waggot arrived after Mowbray was already in place (seem to remember misgivings about Tony deciding his own boss)

[MarkBRFC]

10 minutes ago, Roverthechimp said:

Was it really Waggot that brought in Mowbray? Thought Waggot arrived after Mowbray was already in place (seem to remember misgivings about Tony deciding his own boss)

Yeah he's got his timeline a bit off there, Waggot came in after Mowbray.

Very convenient but they were adamant Mowbray had nothing to do with his appointment, I never did believe it.

[Forever Blue]

7 hours ago, Rogerb said:

Was this revelation that Waggott had outside investment for the women's team sourced in the public domain previously or has it just emerged since the statement he was leaving earlier in the week? Don't recall hearing this before.

The articles says ‘exclusively reveal’

[lraC]

On 24/05/2025 at 17:12, MarkBRFC said:

Yeah he's got his timeline a bit off there, Waggot came in after Mowbray.

Very convenient but they were adamant Mowbray had nothing to do with his appointment, I never did believe it.

Waggott is connected with clubs that went the same was as us, when he was there. Charlton and Coventry both very similar trajectory.

[RevidgeBlue]

3 hours ago, lraC said:

Waggott is connected with clubs that went the same was as us, when he was there. Charlton and Coventry both very similar trajectory.

Yes, he's the undertaker all right.

[RevidgeBlue]

On 23/05/2025 at 18:55, Herbie6590 said:

& the author of this…

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2152825-unpopular-chief-executive-steve-waggott-leaves-blackburn-rovers

Be careful not to be used as the PR mouthpiece for Waggott.

His camp have obviously leaked the alleged story about him previously being receptive to the idea of external investment in the women's team as if true it tends to paint him in a positive light.

However I'd say it's doubtful at this stage whether the women's side has any real intrinsic value as an investment vehicle and unfortunately for him (probably fortunately for us) he was not at liberty to be selling off chunks of equity in any part of the Club ( or the training ground). He's not the owner.

I'd tend to take the massive hike in his own personal remuneration as a more reliable guide to his character.

[roversfan99]

All that really matters is that the owners again were unwilling to fund it, either themselves or externally.

[KentExile]

9 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Be careful not to be used as the PR mouthpiece for Waggott.

His camp have obviously leaked the alleged story about him previously being receptive to the idea of external investment in the women's team as if true it tends to paint him in a positive light.

However I'd say it's doubtful at this stage whether the women's side has any real intrinsic value as an investment vehicle and unfortunately for him (probably fortunately for us) he was not at liberty to be selling off chunks of equity in any part of the Club ( or the training ground). He's not the owner.

I'd tend to take the massive hike in his own personal remuneration as a more reliable guide to his character.

[RevidgeBlue]

15 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Aye, he's so thick, he allegedly conned money out of Andy Cole and somehow commandeered salaries of several hundreds of thousands of pounds for running his respective Clubs into the ground everywhere he went.

Edited May 26 by RevidgeBlue

[KentExile]

8 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Aye, he's so thick, he allegedly conned money out of Andy Cole and somehow commandeered salaries of several hundreds of thousands of pounds everywhere he went.

I think it says more about the intellect of those who employed him or put their trust in him than anything else

Personally I find him more lazy rather than thick, He has been happy to coast along, whilst doing the minimum possible for the past 7 years whilst getting paid for it.  But I couldn't find a meme for that, so I made do with what was there

Edited May 26 by KentExile

[RevidgeBlue]

19 minutes ago, KentExile said:

I think it says more about the intellect of those who employed him or put their trust in him than anything else

Personally I find him more lazy rather than thick, He has been happy to coast along, whilst doing the minimum possible for the past 7 years whilst getting paid for it.  But I couldn't find a meme for that, so I made do with what was there

Hmm.... definitely wouldn't call him lazy.

Hopefully irrelevant now but by no means a given that the Club will ever recover from the position he left us in, stripped to the bone at a point where the owners have lost interest.

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Yes, he's the undertaker all right.

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

All that really matters is that the owners again were unwilling to fund it, either themselves or externally.

Chelsea football club have sought outside financial partners to fund the Women team in selling a stake of the team. I only realised this after listening to discuss on the Overlap podcast where it was discussed in some depth. Our owners could have done similar surely

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Hmm.... definitely wouldn't call him lazy.

Hopefully irrelevant now but by no means a given that the Club will ever recover from the position he left us in, stripped to the bone at a point where the owners have lost interest.

Again, its not the position he has left us in. Its the position that VENKYS have left us in.

[RevidgeBlue]

47 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Chelsea football club have sought outside financial partners to fund the Women team in selling a stake of the team. I only realised this after listening to discuss on the Overlap podcast where it was discussed in some depth. Our owners could have done similar surely

From the story  I heard on the radio I'm not sure Chelsea sought the investment as such, some Celebrity or other expressed an interest in buying a stake in their women's side and a rather arbitrary valuation of £200m was placed on the womens side of the Club by Chelsea.

Even for a team that has dominated the WSL that sounds a fairly optimistic figure to me. And much lower down the food chain I'm not sure it's possible to assign much of a monetary value to Rovers women's side at all.

Still entirely the wrong decision to downgrade in the prevailing climate though. The communication aspect whilst displaying our customary lack of class is entirely secondary and of course the decision begs the question of what will be the next thing we've previously taken for granted to face the axe.

[RevidgeBlue]

4 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Again, its not the position he has left us in. Its the position that VENKYS have left us in.

We'll have to agree to disagree on this point as always. I've no idea why you have always dismissed Waggott's contribution as completely irrelevant.

If that's the case when we might as well not bother having a CEO.