I’m fairly sure if Mowbray does lose his job, it’s not on performance it will be signing Ayala

yeah salford when bowyer is potted

we already know the one that is here now

No its not capital spend and money raises doesn't count in FFP they closed the loophole, when clubs started flogging grounds to themselves

No chance Howe is going there he got homesick up here last time, they won’t pay what Bilic is earning either. my point re Mowbray is that until he leaves etc there is no point really engaging in the oh look another manager we missed out on etc. Should he be sacked probably will be unlikely

Mowbray apparently isn’t going anywhere so what’s the point in having a list

The thing is nixon must have been leaked the foreign manager story, that won’t have come from Waggott. They might like Mowbray I suspect they’d like to be in premier league more

Just from speaking to one or two journalists the mood music around Ewood is sweeping changes in the summer, managerial and other so let’s see. I don’t think Mowbray is safe at all he’s underachieving and he knows it. The owners will know it regardless of how valued pasha is he will be under pressure to, as we bleed money

exactly right, so when people say waggott will not sack his mate its sod all to do with SW

I also think its self preservation for touting his services around, for what its worth i believe he will be gone in the summer

I think we can forget any prospective names until we know he’s leaving, even then it’s more likely they’ll be back to the usual advisors

Spot on but that needs to come from venkys, it needs waggott, venus and mowbray being removed from the club. It needs Venkys to be made aware of the brockhall issues if they aren't already. We need bold senior managerial appointments and bold manager appointment. To have faith we need some sign those at the top are aware of the issues and will act

Coyle/Kean syndrome

i haven't checked twitter no doubt the usual suspects glasses will be overflowing after that

FB is pretty much mowbray out

I think this is brilliant, it’s just what we need I’ve always said we need to re branch back into Lancashire towns. Bury, Bolton, etc there are rovers fans there. I moved to Urmston 5 years ago their are rovers exiles here. Brilliant idea I’d love to know more. We live in prime United territory now. My daughter has had a season ticket for two years and my son will come with me to when we can go back. I’d like to see the club branch out but also improve strikers lounge and make it family orientated

did you hear the commentator on sky say he had spoken to Mowbray and had asked if he would be hear next season, mowbray answered he didn't know

Yeah was hoping it was to pot Mowbray but I think it’s wishful thinking

a win and a draw and the social media mowbray swingometer is back to giving him another year, then that will be give him another year after that as he's re building.

Capitol expenditure isn't covered under FFP Venkys could spend 100 million on a new training ground and a stadium revamp, same if they sold Ewood that cannot be offset against FFP

I suspect it’s a good deal for some people not sure they are in Pune though

no probs hope you do not mind me sharing it

Following on from the news that the Club are planning to sell the Senior Training Centre at Brockhall, the Rovers Trust issued a press release asking the Club for answers to what we believed were fair and relevant questions relating to this matter. Last week the Trust had an online meeting with Rovers’ CEO, Steve Waggott, who kindly gave the Trust some time for it to provide responses. The Trust is happy to share these with its Members now. This has been transcribed from the video recording of the meeting, which lasted around an hour. Anything in quotes and italics is an accurate representation of the replies given. There was a reasonable amount of other discussion and repetition in the meeting and this has not been included for clarity and relevance. The Trust agreed with Steve that any commercially sensitive information would be kept confidential and has been done so. Is the Club aware of legal Covenants placed by the Walker Trust when the sale of the Club was completed, preventing the land being used for housing? “In 2018/19 TM started training at the LTC, using pitch five, as it was a more discreet site and we preferred to work from the bottom site for the first team. All the facilities at the top site were good enough for the Academy, for the Cat One status as well. We thought we would put a coaching plan together for an integrated model that would see the Academy, Development Squad, Under-23s and First Team all sit together in the same building. Having them all together is something we feel is really useful, especially with the pressure of Brexit on the way. I’ve got our Legal Team to interrogate the different transfer sale documents; there were negative Covenants on the original lower site and you couldn’t build the actual training facilities club house more than 9300 square feet but this fell away seven years after the sale took place in 1993 (in September 2000). On the upper site, with all our research, it hasn’t shown up any negative Covenants to stop a residential project proposal being carried out on the site.” Why was the process begun before the proposal was outlined to the supporters? Was this a result of social media speculation? ANSWER CONFIDENTIAL Who is being asked to carry out the initial consulting work? Peacock and Smith (Planning) https://www.peacockandsmith.co.uk/ BE1 For Design Work https://be1architects.co.uk/ Camargue for PR https://camargue.uk/# What is the likely cost of the work? “Unknown, but 100% of the sale of the land, should it happen, will go towards the new facility. If more is needed, then the Owners may have to contribute.” Will this affect the transfer budget? “No”. Does this affect the Academy Category One status? “There’s a few challenges if the project gets the green light; pitch wise we think we can program the pitches, it’s the building of the actual Training Centre itself where we have to have classrooms, gyms and everything else that can integrate into the model which will be a challenge in design; again without spending too much cost on the design. The restrictions on the First Team are imposed by the Club, whereas the Academy’s is imposed by an external body, the Premier League. This whole move is predicated by Brexit, the issues of recruitment in Europe and abroad now, a points system, and UK players and local players become a premium....it’s such a competitive market we need to grow our own talentand the facilities are… [INTERUPTED BY QUESTION-If it aint broke why fix it?]-Two things, the facilities are nearly 30 years old they are tired, they are good don’t get me wrong, they service the basic needs of what we want. The split site, even though we bring the U18s and U23 up, the Manager would work better if we can see all the players together on nearby pitches. [QUESTION-How can two separate centres be better than one merged centre?]It’s all about the integration model, how we utilise a much more modern, state of the art facility for all teams to come together then to program the use of the pitches. The hours are flexible now…. with Sky TV etc...and we have got to fulfil the Cat One requirements which is absolutely pivotal to this.” [QUESTION Is this not an asset stripping process and downgrading of the Academy status?] In the pre-planning process request we didn’t have to link the two, I insisted that they were. So that one can’t happen without the other, I don’t want to be accused of asset stripping that’s not what I`m about, I am about trying to push the club forwards. Category One is absolutely essential to this Club, it costs the club £1.9m a year to maintain, with a top up grant for £1.2m -it’s a £3m operation. Because of Brexit and COVID-19 situations, it’s crystalized this. Part of the development includes matching a new pitch at Ewood (a stitch pitch) to the new ones at the training centres. This all about player development. I can categorically state that Venky’s have not asked us to raise money by selling the land for development.” Where did the decision to merge the centre come from, e.g. players, coaching staff, Ewood management, Venky’s? “From the Club.”[Answered partly in the last section also]. What is the plan should the Council reject the planning permission? “The status quo will remain. We may have another look at taking the First Team down the hill and switching the sites and look at more and more integration of the operation side of things.” Are there any FFP implications? “We are currently compliant.”[Longer answer subject to confidentiality]. The Scoping Document for the Brockhall development (not Planning Permission) is due to be lodged with Ribble Valley BC on Thursday 11th March. The KEY role of the Rovers Trust is to preserve the Assets, Status and Heritage of OUR Club. Whilst this does not mean outright opposition to any ‘progress’ it does mean vigilance that the Club does not take a wrong turn, especially after a very difficult decade. You will want to express your opinions on this: To chair@roverstrust.co.uk If you are a Ribble Valley resident (and 148 of our members are) to Nigel Evans MP and/or your Councillor Brockhall Residents have set up an Action Group Any Trust members can write to Ribble Valley BC Chief Executive, Marshal Scott about this bid via Marshal.Scott@ribblevalley.co.uk Volume counts on this! Non-Members of the Trust or lapsed Members, may wish to join the Trust via www.roverstrust.com. As a Community Benefit Society we have to charge a membership fee. No official of the Trust takes any fees. AGM is planned for late-June 21. JM/OJ March 21

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It’s fear of another Coyle or Kean that keeps that up, and also weirdly a lack of ambition. People seem to think being rubbish in the 70s is relevant now. But ignore the massive period of success in between. The lack of Leadership and structure at the club is the basis of his popularity, and people buy into his nice guy working class rubbish