I suspect our summer spending (setting myself up here) will be £10 million, Another point i will make, is that includes loan fees, sadly they dont loan players for free.

Given we've lost two in JPVH and Lenihan , id say his guess is pretty good

That's a answer i don't know

Very true, interviewed a guy last week, verbally informed him yesterday he has the role. Now it all needs to go through HR etc, so I suspect his job offer will arrive some time next week if I'm lucky and with IT etc, he maybe in the building in around 5 weeks, as he will have a notice to work which he wont put in until offer arrives in writing

I think we can afford both, without selling anyone too

I think styles going into last year of comtract so fee will reflect that

Styles

Not since yesterday, i can confirm though Waggott was shocked i knew, having been told an hour before I met with him, so technically had it confirmed at both sides now

Its getting that way, i see something in one paper, then our local press then put it in hours later.

Im only 44 lol,

1. Seaman 2. Dixon 3. Pearce, 4. Viera 5. Hendry 6. Struggle to think of one 7. Beckham 8. Gerrard 9. Me of course 10. Bergkamp 11. Giggs

I was quite alarmed regarding how little he appeared to know about the journey the fans have been on. If this is the truth/reality i'm not too sure yet.

I'm certainly not endorsing him at this stage, i'm just reporting back really how the meeting went, how he came across, what was asked, and what the responses were. Each and every supporter can make their own choices based on the factors they are most comfortable with. Hopefully the answers he has given so far have given some shoots to some, but i'm under no illusions, its going to take far more than a few answers to questions for the perception to change. In 5 years, the fans have not come back.

Seen him walk past me a few times, but no, when i stepped down from my group responsibilities 5 years ago, i thought it was vital that I left further progress to those who were to take those groups forwards.

Always up for a pint, and cant argue with any of the above.

I think over the years, you live and breath it. If you feel strong enough about something, it gets etched in the memory bank.

Yes, i don't think he was too pleased he had not been briefed, although the person who managed his diary and penciled it in was someone id never met, so maybe Lindsay was caught by surprise too.

I do speak quite a bit with the various supporter groups, and was part of three of them. I asked for a meeting as a last resort, as i really didnt want to, i didn't see the value if it was same shit, different face. I've always been a person who breaks things down in terms of, where we are? Where do we want to get to? How are we going to get there. When we formed the Action Group, one of the main drivers for me was we had to be transparent and had to be democratic, it was always made clear to the club that was the bat we would be playing as thats our unwavering pledge to our membership base. If I'm completely honest, I dont know how I feel? Where these meetings will lead to? . Until i've asked all I feel I need to ask to satisfy my concerns. Of course I have some ideas of how a rebuild could look and steps which can be taken. However, as i stated to Steve yesterday "There is two Steves, the one I've heard via Media for 5 years and the one i'm sat across from today, the one of 5 years comes across as arrogant, out of touch and whose actions have made me find the need to request a meeting. The one in front of me, is full of passion, drive, ideas and is very marketable" I guess over the next few months if i get the opportunity to ask more questions, I will be in a much better position to give my opinion of which Steve we really have, which will either light up the path to what can be done, or trully close it as a waste of time. I'm always up to talking to groups/supporters, hence I arranged the first Ewood WMC meeting to bring supporters together. Its nice to see that is still going and a different cross section of people from different groups attend. I'm mindful that I dont want to commit to anything right now, as i missed too many years of my marriage and kids growing up. However as i have with the Rovers Trust, if I can see the path, end game, and objectives I will always offer my support. I'm fully behind the Rovers Trust, and its board and very pleased that their mandate has been very welcomed by the club

This was never the case under any board until Waggott came. I got the impression this has been in place quite a while.

A lot more questions to come regarding the above. These things are a sore subject with many of us. I had an idea it wouid be a very slow process asking the questions, i'm sure others may have already asked these things too.

Sorry, on point one - He agreed the Phil Jones scenaro is definitely something they need to consider going forwards as part of their lessons learnt, he also stated that around £10 million was made available for transfers last season but it just wasnt spent so will go someway at plugging the FFP deficit, so although disappointing, he felt we was still in a good place. Point 2 - He seemed oblivious to the Kentaro damage, and when I said Honeyman he answered, Craig? These points were not completely closed out, but we literally ran out of time. This will need a good hour discussion in its own right. We have to appreciate, we've lived and breathed the dismantling of the club, he arrived after the damage was done and the bad guys long gone. Not many can tell the full story, and i'm under no doubt he has heard somethings, but without the dots joined up it makes little sense. On the whole it was a promising first chat, but with so much more to discuss, its going to take a little time

I tend to agree, i was told january cash was there, was gobsmacked it wasn't spent. Im also under no doubt if the right player is there at 3, 4 or even £5 million with massive potential, then that will be spent,

100% a question i will ask, I dunno why i've never been one for writing questions down or taking notes. Its probably because i like to keep eye contact and read body language whilst listening if i need to redirect, or reword a question to prevent the answer being lost in riddles

Not got that far with him yet, never mentioned JDT, season tickets or anything like that as i felt it was vital to stay on point and dig right into the root on each question until I was satisfied it had been answered fully

Got to call it how i see it so far, and if anything i feel very sorry for those who have had it double barrelled including from me for how they saw it. We may actually have a tree with a load of branches on it, but have conditioned ourselves to think the worse