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[chaddyrovers]

33 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Why would any Rovers fans want a nice cordial chat and a picture with them tossers?

Didn't Mowbray said Subail is good bloke? 

10 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

In defence of the photo, there is a bit of a running gag on X that whoever that lad has his photo with gets cursed as something tends to happen to them, so think he's done it as a joke.

In no way do I think its a thumbs up to the regime.

The lad is a very passionate Rovers fan. 

[lraC]

19 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

emailed her a number of Rovers issues or other things, always replied and well within a couple of hours. A very lovely lady and good luck to her in your new employment 

Me too.

A very nice lady and I sincerely hope she hasn’t been forced out of the door.

[roversfan99]

27 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Didn't Mowbray said Subail is good bloke? 

The lad is a very passionate Rovers fan. 

Mowbray seems to think everyones a good bloke.

Whereas Suhail is helping to oversee the destruction of the club.

[JHRover]

Mowbray said the owners are nice caring people. 

All the evidence shows they are the opposite of that. What people say and impressions people get often don't correspond to actions and what happens. 

[Tomphil2]

Tony Mowbray earned several million quid off the owners and their puppet and was allowed to plod along till the end of that contract. Along the way bringing in some of his mates players, employing his mates both above and below him and generally just doing what he wanted within reason.

He's unlikely to say anything other than how nice they were - to him personally.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Do us all a favour Mike and take that Picture down please....he's looking deep into my Eyes and into my Soul,grinning,laughing at me and saying 'just taking the piss and loving it...and there is feck all you lot can do about it!'

😠

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

1 hour ago, JHRover said:

Mowbray said the owners are nice caring people. 

...As the Millions in remuneration rolled into his Bank Account,very few will bite the Hand that Feeds.

[Miller11]

3 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Didn't Mowbray said Subail is good bloke? 

And plenty of people who actually care about Blackburn Rovers, pretty much all who have met him in fact, have said he’s the exact opposite.

[chaddyrovers]

13 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

And plenty of people who actually care about Blackburn Rovers, pretty much all who have met him in fact, have said he’s the exact opposite.

I never met him so I can't comment. You have met a few times and you are much better to comment on this. 

Have you met Gestede at these FF meetings and what is he like? 

[RevidgeBlue]

So not even an attempt at an explanation  forthcoming about how we ended up with various sets of minutes coming out of the last meeting or how the sanitised/edited/enhanced version was apparently agreed with the Club?

Brush it under the carpet and hope it's forgotten?

Back to tea and biscuits and the Club saying "We'll look into it" to  everything?

[Miller11]

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I never met him so I can't comment. You have met a few times and you are much better to comment on this. 

Have you met Gestede at these FF meetings and what is he like? 

From my limited interactions I’d say Gestede conducts himself professionally and shows basic manners, which is a step up.

However, people whose word I trust tell a very different story when it comes to their interactions.

I’m a lot less interested in what he has to say than Suhail as I’m a lot more concerned about what’s going on off the pitch (Suhail’s remit) than on the pitch (Gestede’s remit), and any on pitch problems are likely to have a root cause of Suhail anyway.

That said, much of what he has come out and said publicly isn’t great. He appears happy to dumb down under his mates instructions. The clubs stance against Travis supposedly refusing to play seems highly hypocritical on his part.

[chaddyrovers]

1 minute ago, Miller11 said:

From my limited interactions I’d say Gestede conducts himself professionally and shows basic manners, which is a step up.

However, people whose word I trust tell a very different story when it comes to their interactions.

I’m a lot less interested in what he has to say than Suhail as I’m a lot more concerned about what’s going on off the pitch (Suhail’s remit) than on the pitch (Gestede’s remit), and any on pitch problems are likely to have a root cause of Suhail anyway.

That said, much of what he has come out and said publicly isn’t great. He appears happy to dumb down under his mates instructions. The clubs stance against Travis supposedly refusing to play seems highly hypocritical on his part.

Thanks for the reply Duncan 👍

[Ossydave]

10 hours ago, Mike Graham said:

Is this yet another cost cutting exercise?  Rovers used to pay for a guy with a falcon to come to the stadium a couple of times a week to scare away the pigeons and seagulls.  It now appeared that we have a plastic falcon instead.

Any ideas of a nickname for the plastic falcon? I fancy ‘Pasha the Pretend Peregrine’.

 

I just had a closer look at the above photo.The paint on the roof steelwork is peeling away and the Brian Douglas plastic wrap is starting to peel off.  Some basic maintenance needs to take place.

There’s more to it than a bit of routine maintenance I believe. I think there’s some legal/fire safety related work required with regards to the stands. I can’t quite remember the deadline we have to complete the work but it’s expensive, well over a million to complete it. I’ll ask my contact for more detail when I see him but it’s not optional work I know that. 

[Upside Down]

2 hours ago, Ossydave said:

There’s more to it than a bit of routine maintenance I believe. I think there’s some legal/fire safety related work required with regards to the stands. I can’t quite remember the deadline we have to complete the work but it’s expensive, well over a million to complete it. I’ll ask my contact for more detail when I see him but it’s not optional work I know that. 

Prepare for the narrative that the fire brigade are all snakes and out to get Rovers because they've closed down the stand.

Couldn't be venkys fault, they never refuse to sign a cheque.

[RevidgeBlue]

7 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Prepare for the narrative that the fire brigade are all snakes and out to get Rovers because they've closed down the stand.

Couldn't be venkys fault, they never refuse to sign a cheque.

No doubt Ossydave will clarify in due course but Im interested he said "stands" (plural)

If that's the case presumably they'll have to do something?

[Ossydave]

43 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

No doubt Ossydave will clarify in due course but Im interested he said "stands" (plural)

If that's the case presumably they'll have to do something?

They do, I'm almost certain it needs doing by the end of the year too but I'll double check that

[MarkBRFC]

25 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

They do, I'm almost certain it needs doing by the end of the year too but I'll double check that

If its all 4 stands, then surely this is there perfect excuse to shut the Riverside?

I'm amazed they have resisted the urge to close it this far to he honest.

Edited 40 minutes ago by MarkBRFC

[Mattyblue]

Irony being the Riverside is the only stand that’s actually got more bums on seats in it this season. 

[Tomphil2]

Knowing this lot they'll shut the BBE and send everybody to the riverside.

They seem to be actively trying to reduce people buying tickets in there anyway.