Rudy Gestede

[Wiggy]

 

 

I know this  may have been brought up before?

It intrigues me how such a left field appointment as Head of Football Operations could be made at an established championship club. Rudy Gestede is 37 years old and seems to have zero experience in coaching or management.

AI: Connection between Steve Kean and Rudy Gestede

The connection: They overlapped at the club

Because both were at Melbourne Victory in the 2020-21 period, Kean (as part of the coaching staff) and Gestede (as a player) worked simultaneously at the club. Specifically:

 

• Kean was assistant coach from October 2020, and Gestede joined as a player in November 2020.
• They were both part of Melbourne Victory’s setup in that season.
• Hence, their connection is through their employment at the same club at the same time
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  Is this a remarkable coincidence or are other factors at play?

Edited October 22, 2025 by Wiggy

[RevidgeBlue]

8 minutes ago, Wiggy said:

 

 

I know this  may have been brought up before?

It intrigues me how such a left field appointment as Head of Football Operations could be made at an established championship club. Rudy Gestede is 37 years old and seems to have zero experience in coaching or management.

AI: Connection between Steve Kean and Rudy Gestede

The connection: They overlapped at the club

Because both were at Melbourne Victory in the 2020-21 period, Kean (as part of the coaching staff) and Gestede (as a player) worked simultaneously at the club. Specifically:

 

• Kean was assistant coach from October 2020, and Gestede joined as a player in November 2020.
• They were both part of Melbourne Victory’s setup in that season.
• Hence, their connection is through their employment at the same club at the same time
•  
• 
  Is this a remarkable coincidence or are other factors at play?

(Tin hat on)

There's so much you can legitimately go at them on that I think this is a red herring and a bit of a coincidence which deflects attention from the real issues. A bit like the conspiracy rumours in the old days about Venky's not being the actual owners etc.

Even if it's not sheer coincidence and say for the sake of argument Kean/Gestede/Waggott and Pasha have connections to or dealings with some of the same people or agents within the footballing world, what does it prove other than a bit of an old boys network?

[Hasta]

21 minutes ago, Wiggy said:

 

Because both were at Melbourne Victory in the 2020-21 period, Kean (as part of the coaching staff) and Gestede (as a player) worked simultaneously at the club. Specifically:

 

2020/21 you say. Hmm. 🫣

Edited October 22, 2025 by Hasta

[RevidgeBlue]

Apparently the Coach that season was someone called Grant Brebner a Scottish man from Edinburgh who doesn't seem to have had any managerial experience before or after. Him and Kean seemingly worked at Reading at the same time years ago.

Kean took over as interim manager in April until the end of the season when Brebner was sacked.

Edited October 22, 2025 by RevidgeBlue

[Leonard Venkhater]

Has the arrogant ***** gone yet?

[scotchrover]

Football Today’s view-

 

Blackburn Rovers & Rudy Gestede: A lesson in why you shouldn’t take LinkedIn seriously | OneFootball | https://onefootball.com/en/news/blackburn-rovers-rudy-gestede-a-lesson-in-why-you-shouldnt-take-linkedin-seriously-41842123?utm_campaign=NativeShare&utm_medium=website&utm_source=OneFootball_CW
 

 

Edited October 22, 2025 by scotchrover

[Upside Down]

1 hour ago, scotchrover said:

Football Today’s view-

 

Blackburn Rovers & Rudy Gestede: A lesson in why you shouldn’t take LinkedIn seriously | OneFootball | https://onefootball.com/en/news/blackburn-rovers-rudy-gestede-a-lesson-in-why-you-shouldnt-take-linkedin-seriously-41842123?utm_campaign=NativeShare&utm_medium=website&utm_source=OneFootball_CW
 

 

Yep, 100% everything in that brief article is totally correct. 

Especially the line "venkys make Chansiri look competent". 

[Hasta]

Exciting times this Rudy, you arrogant, stubborn buffoon. Sorry if that counts as “social media abuse”. 

 

[KentExile]

6 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Exciting times this Rudy, you arrogant, stubborn buffoon. Sorry if that counts as “social media abuse”. 

 

pretty sure it does 😉 

In Gestede's world at least

Edited December 13, 2025 by KentExile

[Tomphil2]

28 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Exciting times this Rudy, you arrogant, stubborn buffoon. Sorry if that counts as “social media abuse”. 

 

Filling the club with his dross after helping force out others, sneering at fans who could see the car crash coming a mile off, getting paid handsomely in a position NO other championship club would give him.

Balls to him he deserves holding partly accountable at least.

[Upside Down]

Gestede. Fuck off you useless cunt.

Take the shadow man and the chicken nuggets with you as well.

[KidderStreetNoise]

Starting to think he’s picking the team 

[Tomphil2]

I certainly think he's having an influence as the continued involvment of some despite them contributing nothing or even contributing to losing goals is astounding for any manager.

They are getting Championship mins though and upping their stats and that counts towards making them more attractive to farm back out to foreign leagues.

And agents commission.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Where are you Rude boy?

You were laying down the law with a swagger,giving it the big one and talking the talk in the Summer...in hibernation from the coming East Lancs Winter Son?

[scotchrover]

Bump

When’s he back on Allardyce’s podcast? 

[StHelensRover]

He won't be doing any interviews any time soon, he's too busy phoning every struggling 2nd and 3rd division club on the continent desperate to see what dross he can bring in for £200k this week to appease the fans 

Edited Thursday at 18:05 by StHelensRover

[Eddie]

On 01/01/2026 at 16:13, StHelensRover said:

He won't be doing any interviews any time soon, he's too busy phoning every struggling 2nd and 3rd division club on the continent desperate to see what dross he can bring in for £200k this week to appease the fans 

⏲️

[aletheia]

Is the clock ticking for Rudy?

[K-Hod]

It’s not ticking for him, it’s not ticking for Val either.

[aletheia]

Pasha? Or do you mean that nobody has anything to worry about? I didn't really understand Eddie's graphic. Nice to see he is still around.

[alcd]

56 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

It’s not ticking for him, it’s not ticking for Val either.

It's definitely ticking for Rovers as a Championship club. 

[G Somerset Rover]

I wonder if Rudy the t*sser will give an interview in early Feb once the window shuts. Once again eulogising over his signings and declaring ‘we are stronger’.

[K-Hod]

1 hour ago, aletheia said:

Pasha? Or do you mean that nobody has anything to worry about? I didn't really understand Eddie's graphic. Nice to see he is still around.

They aren’t judged by league position or results, they’re judged by how much money they stop the owners spending.

By that metric, Pasha will think Rudy is doing a great job.

[Scotty1991]

Time he got some abuse at games really. 

[aletheia]

1 hour ago, K-Hod said:

They aren’t judged by league position or results, they’re judged by how much money they stop the owners spending.

By that metric, Pasha will think Rudy is doing a great job.

I know.

What did Eddie's clock mean? Perhaps he will answer in due time.