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I think agents are generally a scourge on football and it's a widely held sentiment. I would love to know how much Dolan's agent made out of his move to Espanyol !!! 😉

Saxton was early to mid 1980's - things had calmed down a lot by then!

Extracts from 'Ewood Park The Cradle of English Football' - those around at the time will recognise some of this, particularly the late 60's and early 70's: Edit @jim mk2has beaten me to it and provided the link in above post.

Not always the case! Not sure how old you are and how far you go back. Rovers' fans had a notorious reputation in the 1960's and to a lesser degree early 1970's.

When you reach a certain age you become more circumspect about exposing yourself to potentially dangerous situations. That is not fear but commonsense. I would ask you to stop trolling. I feel sure other users of this MB are also bored and fed-up with it.

I understand your point, however, there are ways of protesting and expressing your discontent without risk of getting a criminal record. I would willingly participate in any substantial and well organised protest(s) / activities. I also did my bit, when needed, along with others like @jim mk2 many, many years ago - as to how effective those protests were, buy a pint or two for Rovers' fans of my generation in your local!

I doubt it. I honestly don't know how much sh1t would need to hit the fan before our owners and executive management sat up! We must have the most passive fan base in the country - what other fan base would put up with what we've had to put up with for 15 years? 50 to 55 years ago, there would have been fans on the pitch, demonstrations in the enclosure in front of the directors' box and post match, Nuttall Street would be a cauldron of intense emotions. The powers that be then didn't like it and it did bring about change. Time for our fans to get off their arse and do something before our club drifts into oblivion with barely a whimper. Given Carter was thought to have merely cramp against Accrington Stanley, I have little, if any, confidence in our medical staff. Would be no surprise to see Alebiosu out for weeks. Think it will be an inevitable Hull win.

Billy Wilson left Rovers in 1972!

Spot on. You need players who make things happen themselves. Sadly, we have no players capable of that.

Extrapolated, it's 46 points over a seaon - would see us relegated.

With a cheapskate policy the only wages within our reach will be the desperados no other clubs want (eg Forshaw) and the cheap and unproven foreign imports (eg De Neve). Nail absolutely hit on head by @AndyBand @MarkBRFC. Sadly, the gullible and naive section of our fan base will continue to swallow what, IMO, is utter bullsh1t coming out of Rovers.

Sadly, the worm(s) will only turn when it's too late and the coffin is being lowered into the ground. Unfortunately, far, far too many of our fans simply don't get it and / or can't be arsed and will put up with our club being shat upon for ever and a day.

The buck stops with Ismael. He has fully responsibility for training, coaching, team selection, tactics, structure and game management. He was there on the touchline and could have ordered players back into position to cope with any potential Brum break - he didn't! If he's not happy with the coaching staff then sack the feckers.

Consolation provided by the size of his weekly wage packet!

Clear as day to me.

Would beg to differ! I don't think 'Burnley Bob' does owt for nowt!!!

Indeed - would also love to see who else is on the payroll!!!

Accounts to June 2024 showed directors total remuneration of £766k with the highest paid director (Waggott) accounting for £592k of that. Leaves £174k shared between Coar, Babu and Screenivasa Rao - I wonder just how much Coar gets paid for doing, IMO, not a lot!?!?!? Nice 'work' if you can get it!!!

Yes it can. Individuals and roles are often designated 'director', however, they are not designated 'Board Director' nor do they sit on 'the Board'. Jackson refers to a 'Board decision' and if Coar, Babu and Screenivas Rao made that decision then I will streak around the area where I live tonight!!!!

So let's just clarify that point: Other than Waggott who is seemingly on gardening leave, we have 3 other Board Directors who "carry full accountability": Rob Coar Babu (resident in India) Screenivas Rao (resident in India) Is this not one extraordinary p1ss take!?!?!?

So Waggott is still an active Board Director!?!? Would suggest the role of 'Head of Football Administration' encompasses the previous Company Secretary role !!!

The only ones that matter are those listed at Companies House for The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited and it is shown we have 4 active directors (see below). This should be simple but essential governance and the penalties for providing inaccurate information range from financial penalties to more serious actions like disqualification and even criminal prosecution. It is typically the role of the Company Secretary - just wtf does our do (does he still work from home in Brighton?) COAR, Robert Duckworth Correspondence address Ewood Park, Nuttall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 4JF Role Active Director Date of birth January 1947 Appointed before 19 October 1991 Nationality British Country of residence England Occupation Company Director GANDHI BABU, Reddy Correspondence address Ewood Park, Blackburn, BB2 4JF Role Active Director Date of birth August 1963 Appointed on 12 January 2011 Nationality Indian Country of residence India Occupation Director MANDAVA, Sreenivasa Rao Correspondence address Venkateshwara House, S. No. 114/A/2, Pune Sinhgad Road, Pune, India, 411030 Role Active Director Date of birth November 1959 Appointed on 12 September 2023 Nationality Indian Country of residence India Occupation Service WAGGOTT, Steven Correspondence address Ewood Park, Blackburn, BB2 4JF Role Active Director Date of birth June 1954 Appointed on 5 January 2018 Nationality English Country of residence England Occupation Chief Executive Officer

Pretty sure Liverpool know what they are doing - their owners and executive management are light years (1 light year = 6 trillion miles!!!) ahead of their Rovers' counterparts.

It's laughable isn't it. Seemingly, the club can't even comply with simple governance. Just WTF does our Company Secretary do down in Brighton (filing changes to directors at Companies House typically falls on the Company Secretary)?

If Liverpool need a striker then Rovers must be in ICU on life support with our strike force!?!? Ekitike looked the real deal to me - an all round striker with football intelligence. Think he's only 22 (same age as Leonard) but will get even better and better and develop into one of the top 3 strikers in world football.