glen9mullan

Had to get my thesaurus out for this one lol

I fully understand your points and couldnt agree more. I have a lot of questions to come and all i'm taking at this stage is i've made contact and opened dialogue. None of the things he had said, am I endorsing at this stage. It was difficult at times as he went off on a tangent and i had to cut him off and bring him back to the points I was asking. The meeting started like a speech and for 5 minutes I couldnt get a word in edge, however once I got a word in, the format changed significantly. Especially when he asked where my list of questions was? I told him my questions are not rehearsed or the questions which he has answered in 95% of his meetings. I advised him we would barely touch the surface and it was very much the first of a number of meetings I would need, and very much a breaking off the ice sample. What I can promise you, is i read msg boards, talk to different fans all the time. I will always endeavour to ask a specific question if someone ask me to, as i'm very mindful I represent no-one bar myself and dont want to potray myself otherwise either on here or to the club.

My point exactly

Thats shocking

Sorry all another point I made, which was more of a point than a question was regarding community engagement. I stated that the good work being done within the Asian community cannot be allowed to overshadow the bigger picture and the work needed across the whole piece including the thousands who have walked away. I said that these supporters are not a lost cause, and its not just a simple case of replace and forget. Lindsay remarked that the town is 40% asian community. This really got my back up and i said the following. "Blackburn Rovers is the 10th most successful football club in the English league, its the most successful town club there is. We have global owners, we have played European football and have fans from all over the world. If our efforts cannot be bothered to leave our own doorstep within a 3 mile radius of Ewood for today and tomorrows supporters, sponsors, partners, then its time for people to be moved out and people with a clear vision to be brought in. The great Jack Walker said "think big" , we are currently thinking Sunday league" She stated she has more time now to support other things and she is getting involved in PRIDE and one or two other things. I stated this is good, but we need to start seeing traction, and people will judge on what they can see and not what they may see.

I'm with you on this, and suspect that special cash would be used to do it

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.