Tomphil2

Why is Nixon obsessed with Blackburn Rovers academy kids ? The non stories he puts out aren't even newsworthy and rarely something you see in regards to other clubs academies. Almost as if he is trying to draw attention to our kids for some reason.......

Blackburn Council = Don't want a nightlife, don't want a busy matchday crowd, don't want a thriving market. Do want - parking fines, mass house building, anything the ISSA brothers demand. Maybe if the club didn't invite so many away fans the problems wouldn't be as bad.

They pretty much were in partnership that was the whole idea as stated they'd have their name over the door and the advertising leverage whilst Kentaro/SEM would cover everything else. Of course rules don't allow that kind of co ownership so a simple contract is drawn up instead to cover for it, so co owners no probably not but unofficial partners and maybe initial investors ? Yes very possible. As far as i know there was never any proof of that contract being terminated/paid off/expiring, just some rumours of an alleged court case and out of court settlement. More smoke and mirrors probably but why after that alleged event was some 3rd party bringing in the managers/head coaches and other staff certainly up until Mowbray/Venus/Waggot and co ? The links have remained very much alive imo just well buried now when stuff takes place as it does well away from the club itself who knows who is involved.

I think we are about to find out.

Wasn't Waggot the man who brought Eustace in ? From various rumours and hints it seems he had a problem with the rest of them behind the scenes and not particularly Waggot who was clearly being sidelined at that point. There has always seemed to be two factions wrestling behind the scenes at Ewood.

I know you are taking the proverbial but i actually saw a post on faceache by a proper clown who was actually seriously saying something similar. Given he's a crackpot who defends everything they do it wasn't surprising but what was was the amount agreeing with him.

I wonder if he's still registered as a player ?

It isn't them it's the men in the middle benefiting constantly from their lack of interest and cack handed approach and they don't care. Basically third parties run this club for them by way of shadowman and his mates and every now and then they seem to get carte blanche. Probably Waggot kept a bit of a lid on it but that doesn't mean he himself and his pals didn't benefit also. That's football it's a murky world and when you have a 3 thousand mile or whatever it is void it becomes easy for the right people to sit in it.

But they knew what was coming.

Agent gets commission for bringing him in then a bit more for loaning him out, then a bit more the next time he moves.

Buying British talent and actually investing 1.5 million upwards before add ons, developing it then selling it HAS worked here as you've shown. Chuck in Dack and Diaz who should have been sold for vast profit also if it wasn't for injury and incompetence and a lesser extent Rothwell then the model was there for all to see. However you simply have to invest a decent chunk at first and pay them more than cheap imports. They won't even do that now and certainly won't pay them so that model is consigned to the bin despite overwhelming evidence it was the right way to go, they just never got it right like stable well run other clubs have.

God knows what's going on with him but they haven't got rid of him yet don't appear to have any intention of using him. So paying him thousands per week doesn't fit in with everything else that's going on.

If they've suspended Pears without pay for getting barnet surgery without consent then they'll be happy saving a fortune and having this kid on the bench as long as they can.

There is NO plan here it's just an agents feeding frenzy again if it ain't nailed down then move it on and get the commission then move something else in and get the....... As for Dennis for the final time F### OFF i'd rather loan Harry Leonard back !

Thing is the court case has been used as largely the reason this is happening now but way before it came to light we had the Lenihen, Nyambe, Rothwell saga's. Perhaps we are paying in a way for that now i'm sure if the owners were aware of it they can't have been happy with that at all, then there was BBD and 7 million and 4 years of coaching and wages flushed down the bog. Why is the shadowman still anywhere near the club ? Is this his way of trying to pay them back and atone for his errors ? If we listened back to some of Mowbray's hints in interviews towards the end of his reign they knew this was coming.

I swear those people deserve league 1 or worse the stupid clowns will be making the same comments when we are locking horns with Accrington desperate for a home win to kick start our season. Nice to see the mythical 20 million a season has made a comeback.

We are a development club nothing more and Hyam came and improved as the seasons went on so now in typical fashion someone else will benefit from his peak years for a few million quid, Not being prepared to give good centre defenders a good contract because they are in their 30's or pushing it just shows how clueless and out of touch the people running this club are. You'd still recoup that Hyam fee for a good CD aged 31+.

The good old Nixon 'Watford eye Hyam' piece a few weeks ago was the flag for that one he, as per normal, was putting Dom up for sale for Rovers. I doubt Watford ever even considered a genuine bid but to me it was obvious then what was happening. Did Rovers come out and say there's nothing in it no bid and we won't entertain any we need to keep him - Like Brizzle did to Wrexham - nope. Just got Val saying the usual spiel he's happy to stay here but we'll do what's best for the club type stuff. In other words show us your money.

Imo Waggot was a bit dodgy in that classic slippery football suited kind of way and he himself was over promoted ending up as CEO here. However he had a set way of working and stuck to it and i think that has played a huge role in holding this club back and simply refusing to step up a gear or take the odd calculated gamble. That being said though he also kept it competitive, steady and in business whilst at least being an official challenger to the pillock in the shadows preventing him from doing everything as he pleased. So now i think we can wave goodbye to calm waters and hello to sink or swim, it'll either click and somehow work well or it'll go spectacularly wrong.

If Carter or Wharton could play every game then no he probably wouldn't be but right now football wise that is a big hole. A good British focused scout could replace Hyam for modest money but we are now in the freebie pond so anything could happen.

Hyam ta ta message was short and not very sweet. The one i saw anyway, basically thanks for everything it's been fun, all the best. I never ever got the impression he ever really wanted to be here in the first place.

I'm not really excited about this one i'm sure there are others out there if anyone is bothering to look. Doesn't need to be a high profile guy look at Batth and Mcfadz, just need someone fit enough, still has legs and good experience/leader qualities at this level.

I doubt that will be impacting him in any way otherwise he'd take the first offer wouldn't he. Considering the likes of Birmingham are interested means if it's about money that's where he goes, if it isn't we've a chance.

We are suddenly going to pay a 35 year old 25k a week for a year or two ? Give over, this interest ends when he's offered 10 grand a week for one year but maybe another year as an option.

He very much comes across a child in a sweet shop, a very small spoilt child whose been told he can eat what he wants and it doesn't matter if he eventually trashes the place and pukes everywhere because mummy and daddy will clean it up.