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Mark Brfc beat me to it but - No, just cheaper inferior ones to replace the ones we've already got.

The suggestion that Pasha has been telling the owners that all is well and they don't need to spend has been doing the rounds for a few seasons now from a variety of "inside" sources. I didn't give it any credence at first, it's just too ludicrous for words, who apart from their right mind (apart from Mowbray) would be discouraging the owners from spending? Anyone normal on the ground would be doing their utmost to persuade the owners to spend as much on players as they possibly could. Does seem to be an increasingly common suggestion though - not least from one of our former managers" "Ask Suhail".

Question not directed at me but I've always thought it was those on the ground at Ewood whose cushy little number with minimum hassle would be affected - Suhail, Waggott, Mowbray, Venus, Lowe, Caley etc etc. Gestede has now come in and seemingly bought quickly into the "Play offs weren't the target this season it was building for next year" line. Can't see why the owners wouldn't want promotion if only to recoup some losses.

Exactly. Conversely if they'd gone the other way and suddenly decided to fully fund the women's side for good PR, bearing in mind it's not PSR related, but not communicated the decision miles in advance, that would have been absolutely fine. In general terms there genuinely isn't any impediment to them funding the women's side if they wanted to, they obviously just don't want to. It does make me continue to worry if funding has now been completely cut off all round , no matter what the situation, but we haven't quite got to crisis point yet.

Somebody who holds a stake? Beyond that I'm no wiser than you are. Trendy buzzword for something or other I presume.

Just seen a decent article online alleging Waggott and the owners clashed over the women's team. Apparently a meeting was held last season at which a firm which invests in women's football by taking an equity share offered external investment into the Rovers women's side. The article alleges that Waggott would have been up for such investment but the owners refused because they thought the optics of accepting investment for the women but not the men's team looked bad. Interesting if true. Edit: It might be this Company have done us a massive favour by hastening Waggott's long overdue departure even if they didn't get their investment.

What if we lose the first six or seven last season? Will you change your mind again and concede you were right in the first place and wrong to change your mind when we won a few? 🙂

Because a better CEO might have the mindset that he or she can achieve similar results by attempting to increase revenues or at least bums on seats rather than just shrinking the Club and merely cutting costs.

It is technically possible I suppose that they could appoint someone just as bad or even worse. Id suggest they'd have to go go some though if it was anyone external.

So do you think the owners micromanage the Club from India on a daily basis and Waggott just sat there not doing anything other than what he was specifically told? I'm sure for £300k p.a. (initially) he'd have had a lot more latitude than that and neither do I believe the owners show enough interest in the Club to have that level of involvement.

Who apart from you and WATR care whether they communicate? It's whether they do the right thing or not which matters.

Waggott has done exactly what HE'S wanted for years.

https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/80230/steve-waggott-appointed-chief-executive-of-blackburn/p4 Looks like the Charlton fans had Waggott sussed many years before we ever heard of him - and not a Suhail type villain to be typecast as the main culprit in sight. Unbelievable he cost them c£500k for two years of not very much as well. How do people like him keep getting gigs on those sort of salaries?

Didn't it say in the LT our initial proposal to him had been rejected? I mean how difficult can it really be to re-sign a 34 year old CB for a further 12 months? What the hell were we offering?

Well said Sir. My thoughts exactly.

The only cautionary note to be sounded about Waggott leaving is that he wouldn't leave that cushy number unless it were absolutely necessary. Having massively upped his own remuneration in the last set of accounts that might have been one last hurrah from him before he left knowing the s**t was flying unerringly towards the fan. Might be he wanted to exit stage left before he got the blame for none of the better players being signed up to new deals this summer or next etc. If it is a sign of internal implosion and the owners' exit possibly being hastened, most will view that as a positive I'm sure.

In my opinion the owners allocate Waggott and Pasha an annual budget and beyond that, up until recently at least, as long as the Club remains within budget, they have relatively little idea what happens down at Ewood on a day to day basis. Do you think the owners actually set ST prices? Or care two hoots whether we sell (say) 15,000 Season tickets at £150 or 7,500 at £300 as long as financial targets are met?

Hope you are right. Great work so far, keep it up! I think we're seeing now aren't we that the owners don't like hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons. They seem to be more worried about that than losing millions upon millions annually.

I don't know. Nothing would change if Waggott was still here, he would attempt to continue to downsize the Club, therefore to that extent any change is prima facie positive.

If nothing else, is it not good that he hasn't been allowed to shamelessly fleece the Club one final time?

Do you think Suhail is under any serious pressure with his Lords and Masters or is his position secure?

That has to be the worst suggestion I've ever seen.

All these worries about who will replace him are a bit like when Mowbray was replaced as manager. "Who on earth could we ever get who'll be better than him?" Errr.....the next one in and oh! - the one after him as well. We've got rid of an absolute scourge upon the Club. That at least should be celebrated. Let's pass comment on his replacement when we know who it is.

All that has happened under Waggott and would no doubt have continued under him though. I'd rather hope someone came in who wanted to try and grow the Club as opposed to shrink it and reduce it in size.

As soon as he ever opened his mouth I just assumed he was lying and that the opposite was true.