glen9mullan

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

Contract discussions have occurred, Ben aint pushing to jump out the door, and the club aint actively trying to sell him. They are realist though and cant stand in the player's way if the valuation is met

I only got through 5% in nearly two hours, a lot more questioning to come and i did make it clear i would circulate the contents of the discussions

Finally, i reiterated i have zero interest in being on the board, being an employee. My only interest is our club to continue to be the pillar of our community long after we've gone so others can enjoy the club and hopefully some good times I stated 1. I was offered a seat on the board to abandon the supporters in our hours of need, our club needed saving and people exposing. 2. I was offered life changing money twice to walk away abandon the supporters who elected me as their action group chairman, enough money to probably retire on On both counts it made me even more determined to see it through to the end and get the club in a position i believed it could be rebuild. I stood down when i achieved that objective. The club sadly has not been rebuilt, but with the right help can certainly return to the better days.

I then started to discuss what the set up of the club was before the latest appointments, I stated that we'd spent years ridding the club of the parasites who were sucking the life out of the club. This journey had seen me attend the FA to meet Newton, The premier league to meet Scudamore, The football league to meet their board, and to Parliament flanked by our our local MP's to speak under Parliamentary privilege to call for an inquiry into football governance. Steve was speechless, he did not know this had occured and asked what sort of things did we present? The main points I pointed out, was despite the club denying there was third party interference with Kentaro, there was a legally binding agreement between Rovers and Kentaro, for them to run the club and for them to make decisions in the best interest of the club including retainment and recruitment of staff. I stated the FA had told the club to get their ship in order as the embarrassment this brought to the top governance of the english game with Kentaro being one of the national teams largest corporate partners would have a detrimental affect on the integrity of the national game. The FA Issued a number of gagging orders to prevent the truth, hence I went to Parliament to speak and instigate an independent review and questions from the sports minister to both the premier league and F.A Regarding independence governance. This was also the first step for the bill of the independent review which is now known as "Fan lead" which has been presented to club by the Rovers trust recently, So based on the above I then asked 4. Could you explain the current structure of how the club is run? what autonomy you have? who is running the ship? Who is making the operational decisions? and what part does the current administration play given those previously had as much power as a broken light bulb, and used there time more to profit personally from the clubs demise? Steve stated that there is a board of Directors which he is head off as the CEO, Which includes the likes of Cheston etc, and also Suhail who is the owners representative on the ground here in Blackburn I then stated - Suhail was part of the negotiating team with Kentaro when the club was bought, his links have been a constant, i'm concerned he is still here given the likes of Honeyman are still getting clients into the club, did you know Honeyman was the former MD Of SEM Kentaro? Steve Stated having Suhail around really works well, he is very supportive of the board and his relationship with the the staff and board is very healthy. He is also good at helping the board in terms of how best to communicate certain things to owners in a respectful way, given the culture differences I then re-directed the question and brought Lindsay into the conversation. I stated to Lindsay that she had been at the club a long time and had worked under the Jack Walker regime too, abeit in a different capacity. Given she has also worked under ever board since the Raos bought the club, I asked in your opinion do we now have a similar reporting line as the one we had when Jack owned the club? Lindsay was not hesitent and immediately stated yes, she said Suhail is like Brown was for Jack, his man on the ground whilst he was in Jersey (just like the Rao's in india). She stated the board now operates like the pre walkers trust days where the board run the club, do their annual reporting, make decisions on recruitment, marketing, strategies and just like the board under jack, if more money is needed or a significant purchase is needed, its relayed to the owners and they sign it off This is all we got through in this meeting with another meeting scheduled for September Main points to note and these are vital: 1. The board structure is exactly what we have all championed for 10 years plus, a board that makes the decisions, is accountable for those decisions. 2.The owners continue to say yes, and always make the money available be that for players or to service debt. 3. A point I have not fitted in the questions, is that its very clear Steve Waggott talks directly to the owners on a regular basis, and more importantly those discussions are heavily with Madam and Mr Venky, It had long been thought that this was Bala's toy and the wider families interest and wavered. However this is not true, the head of the family is very much the driving force in supporting the board both financially but also in all they do by giving them the trust and autonomy to act in the clubs best interest. 4. Steve Waggott in person is not the same Steve Waggott we've heard in interviews, his passion, knowledge and general persona is probably the best I've seen from anyone within the club in my time, and that includes the Williams Regime. Although I'm only 5% through my questions for him, which I will pick up again in September, I can tell from my first meeting that my position/opinion on him prior to meeting him, has changed somewhat. I have been involved in lots of these type of meetings, and I don't go easy on people. I actually told him, this Steve Waggott is actually quite marketable. I can understand why many after meeting him are jumping to his defence, because I actually think with the right approach, he could become one of the most influential people the club ever has. 5. There is evidently lots of work to do to rebuild, and a lot more questions I need to ask, but early signs I think are good for all of us, Finally I apologise for any spellings, missed words etc, It was a lot to write to get it out to you all. I appreciate the nice comments and efforts people have gone to, to read these post

I did not write notes or take any questions in with me, Photographic memory