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Well done guys.....you are the 'bloodstream' of our great(but declining) Club. Only one question " Is Lee Grooby still a Rovers Supporter?"

They picked one of the players with no sense of the change over the last 15 years and wrote him a script. We have seen this a few times over the years(that scum fullback etc) including Dunny. They are running out of wiggle room....the CABAL must have had a meeting and thought of ways to deflect the blame WITHOUT too much getting to Pune. There is no such thing as a Board of Directors just Sohail and his quislings. The kitchen table in Pune HAS to hear more about our 'deathfall' . How can we get in personal difficulty if all we are doing is challenging them?

Seems an adequate summing up. Its December 7th and I still have not seen us win a match!

This is very helpful for the 135 + 15 campaign (where is it?). I clearly remember Steve Waggott's failed attempts to get Pasha(and thru to Venkys) to agree to a completely new pitch rather than minor patching up.....but it was one of the battles he kept losing. There are 4 Water Guzzlers at Old Trafford Cricket Club that could have been hired for 3 months. File all this under short-termism and under-powered Management.

Cantwell, Pickering, Pears are above the Pasha line for wages so they will try to sell them if anyone wants them. O'Riordan and Pratt into the squad means we do not need to spend money - plus bank any fees plus Adam Wharton's £2mn and they have fulfilled their role. Simples.

E-mailing. My 1956 to now life/torture with the Rovers is too scarring/exhilirating not to over-communicate about. I encourage all members of the Rossendale Branch(c.1975) and later the Trust to take part!!

As long as the next generation had a hand on the levers of power within the Venky Empire. Pasha runs the subsidiary.....who will turn it from a Subsidiary to a Community Enterprise?

The only reason we were losing £20mn per year on average was because of stupid deals and stupid pay offs that had to be cleared from the Accounts after each Financial Year. Not at home at moment(or in UK) but at home I have a list of the major cock-ups over 15 years. The ones I can remember to give some indication of a badly-run Club are things like: - Reuben Rochina's real cost incl Agents etc; Leon Best fee and pay off; Kean's Contract; Etuhu/Murphy 5 year Contracts and pay offs; Henning Berg's 6 week odyssey and Court Case; the 5 Portugese players; the list goes on and I got it to £148mn. The above is without Brereton, Rothwell, Lenihan and others(now Dolan,Travis, Tronstad) getting away because of poor direction and handling. This list would go with a Rovers Prospectus to sell the Club, to show that good management, vision and direction could attract the supporters back and re-launch our Club up the Leagues (assuming League 1 is beckoning).

I am aware of 5 Consortia, plus the Qataris from way back. The approaches start very tentatively with a " we are looking to buy a UK Football Club" Its all VERY confidential and not for this forum, sorry. I remember Pasha arriving as an invisble man around the time of the Shelfy Shaw/Henning Berg Court case, but he may have been making Ewood trips before that.

Next round, Herbster?

If we are trying to impose a £10k per week maximum for ALL players, then by definition older, more loyal players will not be offered enough for them to sign. The only exception is Dolan , who has been on nowhere near that maximum. So please no-one hold your breath on the existing players re-negotiating their Contracts. The Accountants are in charge. Simples.

No Board of Directors No Chief Executive No Business Plan No Commercial income No Vision No effin Idea how to run a Limited Company serving its Community.....end of oh.....no surprise

They are having talks on a Contract extension, as reported by Eliot Jackson. Just hope they dont feature on the 2026 Christmas/New Year Calendar.

Well done Herbster (and Scott)!! A very close run thing..... We Are The Rovers team would like to play you in the Champion of Champions challenge match, after our recent victory at The Rising Sun ( a fabulous Rovers Boozer).

Dont do that.....just send your CV to them. Clog the works. Lets see how many are sent. Low Egos only, mind.