glen9mullan

Can't disagree we need money , they want promotion. I think lots be sniffing now to see if they can grab him, and with his age. I'm sure he would jump at the chance to try and get in the prem

You've probably met him more than me, so be a better judge of what he is likely to say

Match feed was going off topic. Just to clear up a few things which maybe lost in translation or being read or written confusingly . Blackburn rovers has many parts and for 19 days a season Ewood Park is used to host first team fixtures for the football team. However Ewood in itself is part of a wider business which operates throughout the whole year and to be honest most of its business operations are non football related. This is firmly the remit of SW. Operating the business , being accountable for the P & L , Marketing , sponsorship, Ticketing , Security, up keep of the ground, community engagement, business plans, business ventures (un football related) . He is accountable aa a company director to abide by all company/financial regulations and sign off accounts. Away from that believe it or not there is another side of the business which is playing side, academy, results etc. This falls under GB , as pointed out by himself in numerous interviews. He is accountable to the owners and has full responsibility. The cross over is of course the money, and how much the SW side can generate as a business or extract from the owners to provide for GB. The compromise comes when there is no money and GB had a decision to make on who he can sell to generate his own, noting any losses incurred by the business side would need to be fed too. The two have clearly different remits. SWs is the balance sheet. GB is the playing side and results Given no funds are forthcoming GBs side is becoming impossible. We can link this back to SW who has not exactly put bums on seats to generate or be self sufficient. However SW would argue not only are we operating within FFP, he is ensuring we don't over commit with irresponsible spending on wages or transfer fees which leaves us foul of FFP or worse unable to operate or pay bills. When this was one Party I.e just a CEO fully accountable for the lot, then it was much easier to go gunning for the CEO regarding results, now all we can gun for him is bums on seats and commercial activity unrelated to the playing side. The pressure on him or the opportunity to remove him was 2,3,4 and so on years ago. This new model means anything football related the buck stops with the DOF, who is answerable only to the owners. So in terms of picking your battles, although there is a link from a financial perspective, that's where it ends as both parties have carte blanche to operate how they see fit the things they are responsible for. I strongly believe had Swag asked for £15 million in each of the last two January transfer windows, it would of been granted. He didn't because he didn't want to gamble with the clubs future had promotion failed. Ultimately we've downgraded year upon year to keep afloat, playing it safe. In business terms you could say he has acted responsibly. This wouldn't be the popular view, as we all want to to see success, but the spin of the coin don't always end in success and had we spent beyond our means and failed , then we would be in a pretty damning position. A more cavalier and ambitious CEO would of thrown the kitchen sink at promotion, some have already done so and succeeded, Bournemouth being one of them. Though others have failed by doing so. I genuinely feel we have missed the boat and are scraping the bottom of the barrel now. The lack of proper investment into the playing side bar the academy has us in a precarious position. I can't see us reaching the heights of the time before venkys, as we've done a fantastic job of handicapping ourselves on all fronts.

As in my previous post , I don't believe he has bad mouthed a single person, it's not really his style, he has answered difficult questions posed.

I don't genuinely think he has taken a swipe at GB. He has acknowledged that GB has an impossible job with zero to spend. We've seen just this week loaning a captain out to free up wages to try and bring bodies in, I'm sure GB would rather Travis was in the building. Stating that we've recruited on the back of 12-18 months research for certain signings is hardly a kick at GB? I guess it's how you want to read into things. In terms of the boards performance during its tenure, its been in the main mediocre and I don't think that's disputed here bar by SW and a handful of others

Daily as is Babu's (never missed a board meeting , SWs relationship is strong there and had this confirmed from both sides. Mr D had reiterated daily and gone to every length to find ways of getting money into the club, their commitment to this (not popular i know) is unwaveredm I think it be harsh to say he don't rate GB (he has an impossible job with no money). The model , its fair to say is questionable. I would say 100% though that lack of investment previously can be chucked firmly at Swags door, he just wants to balance books and has no intention of advising let's throw some cash at this, which he could of in previous seasons when we was on a promotion push

The football accountabilities are no longer SWs

They get third party advice, always have. They see this model works at other clubs. They think a football club needs departments , not micro management of each detail , hence different direct reports to them and different accountabilities. The CEO in their model is by title only and not responsible for the playing side

Mr Desai, who in the main is making most of the decisions

I think its more of what you ask, how you ask it, and how you line the dominoes up. I've made it perfectly clear from day dot to him, I don't do secret hand shakes or come for a balloon or picture. My time is precious and I will report exactly what's said. We ain't playing games here, it's our football club and he might not like the questions, but he is gonna get them anyway and be probed , probed again until he gives a tangible answer. If I was rating him against the others who came before , I'd put him behind Shaw in terms of progress. I strongly believe he is holding the club back and I've seen zero evidence in the meetings to date that we can improve without a wholesale board change. He has this strategy that he wants to be everyone's friend. It's a terrible recipe for change as the reality is, he holds all the strings and the more he keeps people quiet the longer progress won't be forthcoming

That recruitment has been a shambles and at times "embarrassing" (referring to last January). His words not mine. Hyam, Sammy, Brittain our long standing relationship with Brighton is the old regime, way of doing things and 12/18 months of solid scouting/data provided by the departing old guard. The model had always been making a profit and it was acknowledged the likes of Armstrong etc were bought with that in mind. Now through circumstances of time, finance and change, its just not worked for one reason or another and its those coming though our ranks now seen as the next cheque rather than smart recruitment which was in place for the previous 5 years. I don't believe there is some sort of power struggle, I do believe we are taking more risk than we've ever done, hence more misses than hits to date (which in fairness is dictated somewhat by being potless) Sadly football is run "live" daily , time is one thing that no one gets. GB has no money to work with, which makes it difficult to be critical. Fault lies at the door of the owners and board

The point waggott made throughout a 2 hour meeting

Had no reason to put it on table , so yes , he talked in detail on Sammy, as some sort of personal triumph of how we were operating better prior to a DOF in the transfer market . I'm sure Mark Fish who was in the meeting will confirm this too

https://targetscouting.com/2023/08/24/duncan-mcguire-orlando-city-scout-report/

Waggott said in the meeting I had last month GB was totally against bringing is Sammy. He had been monitored for 12 months prior to GB and when all other avenues closed , GB caved in.

Never spoken to him, and tbh I prefer just to send my thoughts direct to the pay masters than piddle around with the "wun ton" brigade. If I wanted to be played like a puppet id buy some strings

He didn't and was told so

I did exactly this in our last meeting , and also asked him what he had achieved. I also told him single handedly on four occasions since the end of last season he has ensured my renewal remains unrenewed , and not even a free ticket would get me through those turnstiles. Under no certain terms was it pointed out to him that he lacks ambition ,that he now only does 50% of what was his original remit and should of took a pay cut. I also stated that protest are not something of the past and could become very much of the near future, as those with the largest voice are voting with their feet by not attending.

If Ayari had joined in August he be a decent punt, followed him for a couple of years and certainly has potential to be an excellent player as he progresses with age. As a complimentary signing during the summer he'd been decent to get off the bench and give him some experience. Fast forward 4 months, team in free fall, lacking experience and captain loaned out to a team heading towards the Premiership, this has more Leo written all over it than Harvey Elliott in terms of improving our first 11. Right signing, but wrong time if we have freed up wages for this after the screams for experience then this maybe see the tide turn on both JDT and GB who have not amassed enough brownie points to date. This is a young group is what we've been fed for 6 or 7 seasons now. Ultimately its the results that matters

I'm flabbergasted at some of the things I'm reading, and head is spinning around. Some questions 1. People trying to contact the owners, hoping that over a biscuit it may happen. Why has only one person actually contacted me for their numbers and introduction and not any of the people who seek this? 2. Why are people helping to paper over the cracks, when the best solution is the removal of the board and new owners? 3. When did we become so helpless and soft centered? It's either ramp up the pressure for the removal , or continue down the spiral. When is enough really enough? We are going backwards here, from a club who we had on the ropes to now a club where to the outside world couldn't be any rosier

Always a good time to remind those less informed. https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/misery-at-blackburn-rovers-leaked-documents-reveal-harrowing-details-of-the-indian-rule-at-riverside Don't work with them, drive them out, the only way this club gets to safe shores

Just repeating what SWAG said, I didn't think we learned an awful lot more tbh, than what we already knew and what was publicly said by Waggott and GB regarding the lack of expectations on JDT in September. The India issue is also well reported. Putting decent transfer kitty's in, has been lacking for a number of seasons. Until the route cause leaves, the club can't truly push on. Everyone from top to bottom are literally on survival mode, balancing the books. That dare to dream , and rovers does not go together. It's been depressing since the V's came and its going to take a hell of a lot of work for Rovers to get back to the position they were in 12 years ago.

JDT was identified prior to GB, though he was involved interview process. It would of been impossible to have his own target list that first window, I don't think anyone could. He relied on 12 months of scouting previously which had included January enquiries prior to his arrival on Hyam and Brittain. Smodzics again was a long time in the working by the previous recruitment team. January, he simply got it wrong. This summer his list had to be ripped up at the 11th hour. Hill , Tronstad and Moran have been decent additions. The others very suspect, but have cost buttons. Our plight sits with loons in Pune. This quantity over quality is a direct result of being potless. I'm sure GB be as cheesed as us tbh

I wil add, that GB took some convincing that Smodzics would be a decent capture and was very much against the idea. However given the leg work which had gone in, and the lack of a real target list (hadn't been here long enough to impact one) it was decided Hyam , Britain and Smodzics would be signed. January's window was a shambles for different reasons, Whilst this summers window was handicapped by the Venkys, So it's very difficult to judge a proper window for Broughton , as for one reason or another it has handicapped the outcome

I did point out how bad his previous club had been Coventry, how they had been to hell and back. However when they cashed in on players this season they actually gave the manager a workable budget to actually have a go. I questioned his "play it safe attitude" and if it was hindering progression . I pointed out Bournemouth had a real go for promotion in theJanuary window, and although not all were successes, they actually achieved the goal of promotion. I said the lack of ambition is there for all to see, and at no point has he given me a reason to why I or anyone else should attend, apart from our blind loyalty to the badge