An interesting listen of a podcast Nick Harris did in 2020

https://audioboom.com/posts/7728459-blackburn-rovers-the-incredible-story-of-the-venky-s-turbulent-ownership

5 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

You mean Yasir Sufi? 

Yeh

Very poor statement, given its had more kick than the match ball 

I also saw the other day that the engagement guy , can't remember his name, now also has job title commercial manager , surely not?

2 hours ago, RoverDom said:

Is it possible that other people can have access to the system at a lower permission level to the club sec? So maybe other staff can upload various things to the portal but only the club sec has the access to do the final bits and pieces that submit it to the EFL? 

My experience with systems and portals is that the more senior people don't have as much knowledge or inclination to use the system compared to the more junior staff so there's always an element of delegation. 

I think it's in the rules that only the club secretary can formalise the paperwork , this is why they have club secretaries.

I don't know how the system works , what it looks like or who uploads what, only that only 1 person under the FA rules has the authority to submit it

3 hours ago, Jimmy612 said:

Question. How would an admin girl be aware that the paperwork hadn’t been submitted?  I work in Asset finance on various proposal and documentation platforms, all protected by password and accessible for certain individuals.  When I hit submit on a proposal, the status changes to submitted on the platform. I can then close the platform and it’s locked again. 
 

We’ve been told that only the secretary has the permissions and ability to submit and presumably see the progression of the documentation. 
 

Why, at precisely 11:04 would an admin person be aware that the proposal had not been submitted? What indication would she have? 

It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever, and after last year I just do not believe that this was a case of incompetence. It stinks to high heaven. 
 

EDIT: apologies, I see that Jakey asked a very similar question. But as an integral part of the story, it needs some explanation. It’s all too convenient. 
 

 

I imagine the secretary had a discussion with a number of people and would of been the first aware, who notified who and how it spread around the office is irrelevant.

I wasn't there,

5 hours ago, Jakey said:

Glen, sorry if this has been asked and already answered but how did the admin girl find out at 11.04pm that it had not been sent? In other words why was it her that found out and why not earlier?

I think she was just the messenger tbh 

1 minute ago, Miller11 said:

Think it’s also worth mentioning that Sky, Talksport, The Mirror, Elliott Jackson, Andy Bayes, or Dave on Twitter can all announce that one manager is leaving and another is coming in as soon as they get wind of what is happening.

The club can’t announce a manager has left until the contract is actually terminated, which is often accompanied by negotiations, payments, agreeing to and signing of many other documents, etc.

100%

I follow all these apart from Dave, what's his twitter handle ?

1 minute ago, DE. said:

Eustace is probably one of the best options when our criteria is out of work and won't want to bring in their own staff.

Good luck to him - as others have said, he's going to need it. 

Honestly Glen, the meeting as a whole was unfair to all in attendence except one man. 

Don't disagree at all

18 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

@J*B was Eustace incoming the thing discussed on Wednesdays panel that no one could talk about?

Was not mentioned in that meeting at all, would of been terrible to say new manager is Eustace, just waiting for JDT To clear desk.

I am aware this was very much a done deal a week ago, due to the "In out in out in out" Behaviours of JDT, But this was certainly not stuck on the group that went Wednesday to burden, I think that been massively unfair to all in attendance.

I think we could all tell in the meeting that there could be movement, but it was never said he is 100% out the door, 

1 minute ago, Oldgregg86 said:

So if we can see past the distraction techniques we can assume IS GB and waggot are keeping there jobs . Which clearly states as fact after three cock ups and no sackings it’s all from India and there was no intentions from them of helping the team of Jon and we are being hoodwinked and lied to again and again about paperwork and send buttons and everything else down at ewood

I would not be too sure about that, that axe still swinging

Got visions of Eustace walking around JDT's car with a clipboard , pointing out scratches and dings before accepting the keys, and JDT Awaiting a black cab to pick him up

9 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Given Ennis wasn’t getting a game, I would imagine that a move to Stoke on similar, if not better money and nearer to his hometown Wolverhampton would have been a dream move. Given this, I doubt there was any requirement for us to sweeten it by paying up any of his contract.

Go on I will bite, CIRCA 40k loss in total, confirmed!!! Source not SWAG Before anyone ask!!

To recover most the money is success in current climate, 

I would say "Opinion" not fact, but given the Coventry CB Arriving Ex Waggott player , Fleck who Waggott signed at Coventry too, and now Eustace, I think reading between the lines the DOF Has now been made irrelevant, and with that the writing is on the wall.

My concern though with lets gets some mates in is, with agents etc and money passing hands, I sincerely hope these are with the best intentions and there is no creaming off the top to top pensions up!!!!!

8 minutes ago, Crimpshrine said:

Ennis would have had a fair proportion of his 4 year contract paid up. I bet we didn't make any profit at all

Just this, when you put his signing on fee and wages into the mix, I believe we actually made a loss

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

So just to be clear, the man that should have been potted 12 months ago (as the only person that could submit the paperwork that was in the building and failed to notice multiple errors) has been allowed to remain in post and mess up again?

Yep, and I would go as far as saying those who allowed him to remain in situ are as culpable if not more. I think the 10 years service probably saved him last time, but this time its got to be au revoir 

5 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Anyone else think spending 5-7 million on this untested rookie is an absurd amount and we could get two 3 million pound strikers for the same money or a top striker with some pedigree. That decision in itself is quite worrying going forward . Duncan was reported in the media in the 2.3 million mark which whilst a lot for us is more a fee I’d be comfortable with involving a player of that pedigree

for example imagine if we had paid that for telalovic

I think the try before we buy is the only sensible option here, and the board was right to say NO to a purchase 

1 minute ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

Thanks Glen.  It is interesting to read that Rovers hadn't had a bid accepted ahead of McGuire boarding his flight and rather at odds with the widely accepted accounts that we've had up to this point.  

I have also been responsible for submitting documents to non-negotiable deadlines and it is routine that I ask the team member submitting for email confirmation that the documents have been received and accepted.

 

We are in the a world of social media where things are being passed as facts by random and ITK Everywhere, even hashtag ITK.

Its gets snow balled all the time,

Our local press have not gone to print or on the radio stating we bombed him mid flight, because it did not happen.

I try to avoid tbh, putting things out nowadays, I.e Eustace etc, I was aware of this days ago and some trusted people I did let them know by DM. I did chat with someone yesterday and actually made out I did not know to see if they had same name, which they did.

Its not worth the hassle, and much better to wait for the announcements

Just now, TugaysMarlboro said:

Last question from me on it all Glen.

The bit in bold, did Waggott hold his hands up and claim any accountability to the January transfer fiasco during yesterdays meeting?

I can't recall tbh, I know I did say he was focusing very much on Maguire and not the wider picture. Just my opinion of course, but we have much wider issues than not signing a player on loan. The more we put Mcquire fiasco in lights the more we dilute the wider and bigger issues at the club. The frustration was there long before we stuck this cherry on top

5 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

@glen9mullan any thoughts on that? It is rather odd that JDT mentioned Suhail instead of GB. 

Guys exiting the building having lost the dressing room, may as well drop some bombs on his way out.

Reality is the CEO is top of the food chain and holds accountability for any shit show,

Suhail is not a club director and is a consultant

1 minute ago, tomphil said:

I bet the curry order was double checked though so no fooker missed out on a free bhaji.

PMSL, I hope they all had the shits

1 minute ago, Crimpshrine said:

One person makes a mistake. I don't buy it. Where is the procedure put in place by Broughton, peer  checking, printing off verification for filing. All sorts of methods to ensure mistakes like that don't happen when the stakes are high.

There is certainly question to be asked, why we have one user who can do this and it has to be the secretary, It maybe a FA Rule, I genuinely don't know, but I'm sure one of the groups will pose this question perhaps the Fans forum

1 minute ago, jim mk2 said:

I asked this question yesterday. Why was no phone call made to the league to make sure they had everything? It’s belt and braces and vey basic 

Yep, Id not risk it, I'd of been on blower, have you got everything