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Has Ashley Ward signed yet

I asked a simple question on twitter a few days ago , of the 16 who were okay with current ownership , only 4 were rovers fans. The other 12 in their bios were either PNE or Burnley.

The options are limitless this time around as the anger is not the manager or the players. This means none match days and Ewood Park is a 24/7 option. Amazingly none match days gets far more coverage as the media have 92 football clubs to look after on a match day , whereas they are scratching for stories on other days . Suhail has never had anything thrown at him since he arrived (was part of takeover). The board offices at Ewood, its a critical time for them to try and get sponsorship, corporates. During thar last protest era they lost so much of their ability to generate commercial opportunities as companies did not want their brand associated with the club. To get the table to fall over , we have to take out the legs. We need clear objectives and a clear message of what, why and when? We need some people to put time in, co-ordinated press releases and the club on the Backfoot. There is no negotiation at this stage, as some crappy media communication ain't gonna fix the damage which has accelerated over the last 18 months . The club took away the fans open meetings , the owners are still missing and the club want us to celebrate 30 years ago , to cloud the present. The time for talking and reasoning with these charlatans has passed.

Talk of putting bums on seats need to be halted. Putting bums on seats won't aid getting rid of the board or the owners , It's all very much, how can we help you bring fans back, and all very one sided. Throwing a party at the funeral is rubbing the fans noses in it. A total vote of no confidence in both the board and ownership is where many are more leaning than the very low percentage who thinks this still works

Which ever way we look at it its a shambles. Can't be bothered to add up how many players less we have from last season with exits and loans returning, but with less than two weeks to go we are about to sell two more strikers to add to Ennis and Telavovic who have left since January. Backfilling with loans, freebies and never heard offs. I'm not surprised players want to leave, if I was a player I'd want out too. Worse thing about it, bar some social media discontent , these fuckers are being allowed to just get on with it. There is not a cat in halls chance this would of been allowed to just happen under the action group days. These bustards would of been all over the papers , with the foot soldiers being taken out. What more do they have to do before enough is enough?

Always felt we should be looking at Asia and the J league . From a marketing point of view the fruits can be huge. This lad 28 in a few days and 6 months into a j-league season so will be fit , worry would be can he last a full season with zero rest? January best time to buy players from Japan

Ultimately the clubs actions over the next few weeks will determine the supporter mood , The idea there won't be an organised element of opposition to the current board and owners is a pipe dream for those in charge and those who support what's clearly a f***ing joke. As I've warned Waggott before, the supporters have successfully removed far more infested rot before and if an organised element returns those numbers will outweigh any cordial call of support he thinks may exist. I watched with interest towards the end of the season if those vocal would actually be able to put something together in form of an opposition to the regime. Sadly no one wanted to take a public lead. I'm more than happy to now use my experience, contacts both nationally and internationally to blow a big hole in what's an extremely weak Arsenal

Wrong thread

He does divide opinion , but did raise quite quickly a lot of money to jet the Chile singer to Ewood. Twitter can be a strange place , a bit like marmite, you either like them or don't, but it can also be somewhat away from reality. It's also a powerful tool twitter, I've been asked many times to to not tweet certain things due to it influencing opinion, of course I will tweet what I want

The Trust anyone can pay and join , have equal voting rights and by the same token have an equal opportunity to join the board. All opinions differ (if we all thought the same nothing would ever change) . In a democratic organisation no one should be excluded because their opinions differ, and with the appointments the trust have stayed true to democracy which is a good thing.

Agree with much of this, though the event was sent to 3000 people and it was not how many were watching. AGMs can be a bit of washout going through formalities and many have low attendances. I think the Trust did well to get a Eustace and Gestede to attend , which you'd of hoped more than what appeared the 25 or so people included 70% of the trust board attended. These guys don't get paid for running the trust and have put lots of time and effort into organising this event, the attendance should of been much better given the headline guest alone, and reaching out to the masses has to be top of the agenda for the next 12 months to get at least a more visual impact of numbers that care. It would of been nice to see a slide of the make up of the board, who is who, their role and in particular the new elected board members. There was no bio, no pictures or statements of why they would be a good board member. Given the board didn't have a full electorate these were pretty much passed off, which shows anyone can join the board if they want to, though hopefully at some stage their will be more candidates than positions. I'd of liked to hear what the answers from the club actually were in regards to some of the questions posed. In particular why it was one pay day for the early bird? What was the exact response and why do they feel there is a need to raise the price after this? I didn't think there was any clear answers to questions like above, bar data not supporting many concerns. The crowd and revenue is an interesting debate, as the numbers were pooled with the away attendance, creating somewhat of a smokescreen given we have been playing the likes of Leeds. I'd like to see this numbers deciphered far more to what the actual home attendance is, which is data the club has at the touch of the button. Also they should also be able to share the category. If not WHY? The clubs narrative of improvement curves needs challenging, its why we still have incompetence at senior level, its why we get inexperienced Head of operations appointed etc. The club cannot thrive purely on away support. 24% not renewing was the most damning of all statistics, in any business this is a catastrophe. New season tickets (potentially many kids) again mask the steep decline under the current administration and owners. Keep plodding away guys, its a thankless task at times. I think the next event needs to be the club board at King George's Hall in an open meeting so that the fans can pose in an open forum the many questions which continue to go unanswered.

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

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?

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

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,

I think she was just the messenger tbh

100% I follow all these apart from Dave, what's his twitter handle ?

Pleased and frustrated at the same time, Pleased we've got a new man in as quick as we have, but frustrated we did not do this 3 weeks ago. Its been brewing for weeks in a cat and mouse way, and the fact JDT is close to new job too, suggests it was a test of wits regarding who is liable to pay who off. Would of rather new manager been involved in Transfer window, but it is what it is now. Hopefully he can rally the troops and we can start being hard to beat, I will take 1-0 off Hyam's ass every week if it keeps us up

Don't disagree at all

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,

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

For me, when someone suggest they want out as per the summer, it ends one way, they usually leave. Football is a results business and you have to pee with the cock your given. JDT opted to send certain players out, and some that have come in its fair to say are no better than those sent out (Buckley and Travis). We had a good run second half of last season. We clearly have financial issues, but despite this half of squad has come through the door. At 95% of clubs, he'd of been sacked for the run of results, I believe he has been somewhat given a free pass, as has the DOF Due to continued circus off the pitch. The circus suits the managers script when results are clearly not there. I guess the proof in the pudding with be if Eustace can get a tune out of the same squad, only at that point will be really know if we are under/over achieving on the pitch. I was always taught , concentrate on the things you can control, not the ones out of your control

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,