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No problem mate. The emails we send are usually in the form of a newsletter, as well as ad hoc one off news items. We generally don’t send the minutes via email, but they are available on the website. With the updates they aren’t all on there at present so we may have to look at adding an archive for the older ones. https://www.roverstrust.com/news-resources/minutes The history page is not on the new website any more. It was very incomplete (including the omission of yourself and others as well as missing key achievements and activities) and it became very difficult to try and bring it up to scratch as there isn’t any continuous board member who has been involved at every step, so the decision was taken to remove that section. Hopefully the site is more user friendly nowadays. In due course (probably before our next AGM), I will write an article outlining the history properly and mentioning all those who have contributed… it’s quite a list! And find a more appropriate home for it on the site and in future Trust literature.

To be perfectly honest in the last 3 and a half years there hasn’t been anything confidential of the slightest bit of interest. To answer your question though, there definitely would be instances in theory. Long term health of the club is far more important than anything else.

Can you drop me a DM with your name and email address. I’ll get it sorted

Our systems and processes were in an absolutely horrendous state and unfit for purpose, hence the investment in our website. It’s not been as quick as we’d like but we are hoping to implement some of the above very quickly. Live stream of the AGM is a definite one. We also need some more active volunteers for working parties and board members, which we are planning to be more proactive in recruiting for. I think a Trust board members badge would be great on here. I’ve got the login to our profile, I tend to just use my personal one through laziness and the fact I don’t get ads. Regarding minutes we are obligated to publish them for both board meeting and MOU meetings, so no excuses there.

To provide a different perspective from the Trust Board… I don’t agree the owners deserve any credit for doing the bare minimum, and the 13 year mess we are in is entirely of their making. I came back on to the Trust board in 2020 after being involved during its inception. I’d say that, broadly, the Trust has had a number of different phases, driven by the desires of the fan base and the actions of the owners. Stage 1 - actively perusing ownership stake Stage 2 - campaigning against the owners Stage 3 - focusing on fan led review Stage 4 - attempting to work with the club to re-engage fans At the back end of last season stage 4 seemed the logical step. Thoughts on the owners ranged from praise to apathy. Personally I felt in limbo with them so why not try and make the best of it, genuinely felt we could make some positive contributions. While I think we have succeeded in some ways it is clear that major issues remain that undo a lot of the good things we’ve tried to achieve. Stage 4 was always going to have to be a long term process, but it’s been hampered from almost day one by owner driven issues. As little as a month ago things were far less bleak than they are now, and we have since hurtled into a period of crisis. It’s been a few years but was inevitable under Venky’s. We now need to regroup and consider our approach. Of course this needs to be driven by the members. We receive regular communications from them via email, messages, in person. We canvas opinions broadly at AGM’s, and I absolutely agree with the points Glen and Josh have made here. Our minutes need to be on the website from our MOU meetings, I’m not sure why they aren’t and will get them on. And Josh, you should be receiving regular comms, particularly after our website and database updates - I’ll chase this. I can’t give you an accurate percentage without polling, but we have a lot of members who totally disagree with my earlier expressed thoughts on the owners. And broadly speaking those at our last AGM thought there were no issues with our ticket prices. So it’s not as easy as just calling for heads. What we do need to do is look at the way forward now. Effectively what does phase 5 look like. Any members who want to have an input here, get in touch.

I think the tide has turned. Seems to be a lot more “Venky’s Out” sentiments than “Venky’s are keeping us going” for the first time in years.

Nyambe Lenihan Ayala Bell Cost 300k (left for nothing) Carter Hyam Wharton Brittain Cost 3-4 million I know which defence I’d rather have.

He might scrape a 1/10. Garrett was our best player by a country mile. Wharton tried to make things happen. Not gonna be too hard on JRC or Gallagher as neither could move, but the rest were awful. Special mentions to Wahlstedt, Brittain and Hyam who were a disgrace.

Disgusting performance. 0 out of 10 for everyone except Adam Wharton and Garrett. The manager has either lost the dressing room or the plot. That defending gets you relegated. He won’t be sacked though as even if we had owners with any interest they can’t find a way to send over the minuscule percentage of their vast wealth it would cost to get rid. As always, a crisis was never far away under Venky’s and here we are again.

Warnock in for the rest of the season.

Fuck off

Hyam, Brittain and Wahlstedt should all be subbed off now.

Brittain twice now 5 yards behind the rest of the back line playing people on side. Doesn’t have a clue what is going on around him. Something very wrong with Hyam too.

Embarrassing goal to concede. No defender shone and goalkeeper nowhere.

I’d rather have him further forward than at left back to be honest. If he is on his wrong side he will frequently turn back in on himself and play worrying backpasses.

Rovers TV has had players missing from the bench at times this season. It’s probably some EFL staffer looking at the same Google search result as Moran’s Uncle Gary.

Szmodics not playing pisses all over the little bit of optimism the returns of some of the injuries had brought about. Can’t see where a goal is coming from, but hope I’m wrong. Ennis not even making the bench. Becoming a worse signing by the week.

Just level with everyone and explain your fascination with Moran. Nobody will mind. We get all sorts in here, there’s even a couple of Burnley fans who contribute regularly (results depending). If you’re his dad/brother/partner/agent/best friend/youth coach/window cleaner, nobody will mind. Your masquerading as a Rovers fan is not acceptable though.

If it’s true we’ve turned down £1.5 million for Gallagher we might as well give up. Surely we wouldn’t be that stupid. Again.

Georgie Gent has apparently turned a few heads with his performances on loan for Motherwell, so don’t be surprised to see him challenging for the left back spot next season. He’s a couple of years older than Batty, who will probably go out on loan next year anyway. Sounds like we’ve got some good options coming through in that position.

Out of interest, are you really a Rovers fan, or are you related to Moran/his agent? Just you’ve made at least a dozen posts today talking only about Moran being better than Wharton and no Rovers fan I know would agree with that. You also refer to us as Blackburn which is a dead giveaway. Moran’s got a lot of potential and great feet, but is very inconsistent. He’s obviously a very good technical player but he’s a way off being a player who will contribute regular goals and assists at the top level. He is really struggling at present and needs a prolonged spell out of the side. He’s way off Wharton in terms of his development. And Adam has turned in at least half a dozen 10/10 performances in about 18 months of first team football.

Rovers v Everything wrong with modern football Phase 1 - Those who went to Cambridge - £5 Phase 2 - Season Ticket Holders/1875 - £10 Phase 3 - Those with a ticket history and Wrexham fans - £25 Phase 4 - anyone who hasn’t been before, or who hasn’t been since the Oxford L1 promotion game £50

Getting rid of Gallagher wouldn’t be a miss. He’s been missing pretty much all season. 2 starts since 19th April last year. His wages could definitely be put to better use just by finding someone who isn’t always injured.

I imagine it will be a big part of the match debrief and a big concern for the HSE. It will have to go down as a near miss. If it had happened during play the game would’ve been abandoned, and thank god they didn’t have kids on the pitch taking penalties this particular half time. It’s only extreme fortune that somebody wasn’t badly hurt or worse. I saw Martin Winters from the Community Trust removing the remnants from the pitch. It looked like a broom handle. I’m not a big fan of fireworks at the best of times, but surely something like that should not be readily available for any idiot to buy in a shop. It’s a potentially lethal explosive. Have to agree with Abbey, they ought to be facing some very serious criminal charges.

Got there just after 2pm and Ewood was dead. A very stark contrast from a fortnight ago… that two weeks has been pretty horrific on and off the pitch. I was in a stinking mood before kick off because of it, combined with not being able to sit in my usual stand, let alone seat. Apparently there were ridiculous queues to get through the turnstiles as kick off approached too, with people struggling to scan their digital tickets. We started like we thought we just had to turn up. No urgency and a lack of effort. Our quality showed through eventually, no surprise as we are a long way ahead of them in terms of ability, we didn’t always match their effort and application though. Thank god for Szmodics. Dreadful defending for their goals. Wharton visibly frustrated with his team mates on occasion. The one time Brittain was brave in his play he created a goal brilliantly. Sigurdsson clearly has bags of ability but was pretty pathetic on occasion too. Hyam looked like he was pulling a caravan from the start and doesn’t look right at all. Moran needs a spell out of the side. Telalovic works hard off the ball, but doesn’t have much idea on the rare occasions he gets it. Him and Leonard (great header withstanding) both demonstrated our need for a new centre forward. Turn in a performance like that in a league match and the result is very different. It was apparent Finneran and Gamble were coming on from about 70 minutes. They kept getting told they’d be coming on in a minute… they came on as the clock hit 90. Shame our youngest ever player didn’t have chance to show a bit more than one touch and one foul. There was also a very near miss at half time with the firework hitting the pitch. If things like that can be bought legally in shops by anyone, the law needs tightening. If that had happened during play there’s an abandonment and several hospitalisations. Thank god there were no kids doing penalties on the pitch today. A big concern for Rovers H&S bods.