13 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

We need centre back, right winger and striker at least before the transfer window ends

Is this the same player that has asked to leave twice in 6 months cos he not happy about his playing position and game time? 

Your wish list always reminds me of my wife in a morning casually running through what she needs from the shops .

What we need and what we get are almost certain to be poles apart.

Our window so far is a feckin joke and a disgrace and sure as eggs are eggs, it will only get worse.

What we need are new owners who tear the club apart and get rid of all the dross from executive management, football coaching, recruitment, fitness and medical  and commercial.

IMO, we need one great feckin rebuilding job because we are one huge shambles from top to bottom.

Time you stopped acting like the club's puppet and woke up and smelt the coffee.

Difficult one to call today.

Two poor outfits.

First goal particularly crucial today.

Gut feel is Rovers will edge it given home advantage.  Unfortunately, a Rovers' win will only paper over the ever widening cracks and keep the happy clappers even happier.

1 hour ago, Gav said:

He never said that did he?

Reading the comments above, I was going to have a listen, having given up on Gally after his King rat support and fence sitting back in the day. 

Yep, he was hugely disappointing.  Think he fancied a position on Rovers' coaching staff.  Never taken to the guy - goes back to his playing days, a bit of a sulker in my eyes.

17 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

The new Jim Fryatt ? Or is it the new Frank Lord ?

We have had worse than 'Big Jim'!  My God, he could head a ball - who can forget that header at the Blackburn End back in the late sixties against Man City in the FA Cup at Ewood to make it 1-1 in front of 40,000+.  I was at the back of the Blackburn End that night and it was a magnificent header and the noise almost blew the feckin roof off.

As for Frank Lord, add Alan Gilliver and Martin Britt to the list to name but two.

If Rovers sign this guy, will @chaddyrovers seek help from The Samaritans or will he turn over a new leaf and welcome even ex Clarets if they can help Rovers!?

His goal record isn't great (think he's about a 1 in 5 man) but my goodness we do need a half decent experienced physical presence up front.

It's almost scraping the bottom of the barrel but think we could do worse if Gallagher goes.

23 minutes ago, rigger said:

For me it doesn't matter whom appears to be better or worse than whom. We have to get on with what we have got. It is upto the manager to get the best out of our present players and see  if it is good enough. 

Nail on head.

Sadly, I don't think this is happening.  JDT could make us so much harder to beat.  Sometimes, you have to sacrifice your principles for pragmatism whether that be short or long term.

I think we are fecked.  Our longevity is at the mercy of the Indian authorities.  These are desperate times and sadly, I see no one in our exec. management, coaching staff or players on the field who I would want in the trenches with me.  The white flag is almost at the top of the flag pole and the bugler is practising his Last Post rendition. 

Ipswich seemingly closing in on Keiffer Moore.

Could well be the end of their interest in Gallagher - a great shame for us.

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

What are the chances do you think of that actually happening at Ewood a week on Monday? 

 

Not a chance.

Far too many happy clappers.

Think the last offer from Ipswich for Gallagher stands at £1.5million.

Suspect Rovers playing hardball and £2million seals the deal.

Anyone who thinks Rovers are now making decisions other than for financial reasons need to give their head a wobble. 

Hudders under Moore are crap and the fact they recently beat us at their place shows just how far we have fallen.

Fancy us to win this one though and Waggott will be giving it the big one in the corporate facilities post match 'crisis, what crisis'!?

If we don't win, nowt will happen.  The 'happy clappers' will go on about our style of play arguing all will be fine once we've brought in 4 new players in the window and got a couple back from injury.

My prediction - chaos and apathy will continue to reign no matter what the result.

5 hours ago, TheRevAshton said:

I don't think Gallagher is going anywhere.

Money from his sale would not be reinvested, JDT and Gregg know this - so they won't let him go.

I very much doubt it will be their decision!

59 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Altho I think a different type of player is needed him being bad at Coventry doesn't make him a waste of space 

12 months earlier Brighton paid £5 million for him plus he is a full international 

We also bought a Swedish full international called Leo!!!

Any prospective buyer of Rovers would want the club for nowt and debt free.

Venky's face a huge write-off when they relinquish the club either voluntarily or through insolvency.

Just consider this - for starters, any new owner would need circa £30/40million in working capital just to keep the show on the road!

The only way Venky's were going to recover sizeable chunks of their investment was for Rovers to get back to the PL.  Sadly, that ship sailed and Venky's failed to jump on board on more than one occasion.

Would think Venky's are now close to tipping point as not only are they continuing to flush £20million per year down the sh1tter but the aggravation factor is growing rapidly with scrutiny / process from the Indian authorities.

Sadly, our future looks as bleak as today's horrible weather.

50 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Think some clarity needed here.

If personal guarantees are in place then the borrowing has been undertaken by a company  - presumably either The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Club (despite what Waggott told you) or Venky's London Limited.  No doubt it will be a belt and braces job in terms of security - debenture, cross company guarantees and personal guarantees.

Re @glen9mullanposting, make no mistake, the football club is well and truly hooked in here

Should be noted that personal guarantees, usually directors' personal guarantees, are in the main only pursued by lenders when all other options have failed to generate sufficient funds to repay capital and pay interest which in commercial  lending situations generally includes default penalties 

14 minutes ago, glen9mullan said:

The loons borrowed money where the liability is theirs using personal guarantees. The repayments are their responsibility and SW stated this loan won't appear in club accounts. He was also confident that this money loan would be paid off within months and the number was not that vast .

It was a way of them putting money in from other sources other than India. 

He added that the source of the loan was from a long standing business associate of the v's who they utilise for other endeavours.

It was in minutes I posted in meeting with Swag in December 

Think some clarity needed here.

If personal guarantees are in place then the borrowing has been undertaken by a company  - presumably either The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Club (despite what Waggott told you) or Venky's London Limited.  No doubt it will be a belt and braces job in terms of security - debenture, cross company guarantees and personal guarantees.

29 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

no links on social media linking Szmodics with a transfer away. Why are people suggesting Ipswich when they have Chaplin as their number 10? 

Mercer, no one is forcing you to read this thread. Rovers and JDT needs signings in this window 

We all know Rovers need signings Chaddy, some feckin quality signings.

The reality is, IMO, we are in the financial knackers' yard.

Think Rovers paying any transfer fees in the forseeable will be as rare as rocking horse sh1t.

Think this thread might as well be closed.

Can anyone really see our owners now signing off on ANY transfer fee to be paid?

Think the direction from India will be sell what you can and continue to substantially cut the wage bill all with the objective of minimising any additional funding, that's if the Indian authorities were to allow it!

Player sales might just get us through to the end of the season and then, if not before, our fate will be firmly in the lap of the Gods.

All of this, yet again, IMO, simply underlines in huge bold capital letters that our owners and Waggott can neither be trusted nor believed. 

A desperately sad state of affairs.

14 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

The @RoversTrust should be putting a press release out asap asking for the removal of the board.

Reading fans are far more passionate than us and that's a really sad state of affairs.

 

Generally speaking, the Rovers' fan base in an apathetic lot.

Over 50 years ago, there would be very aggressive and vocal protests in Nuttall Street outside the main entrance if fans weren't happy - the then directors hated it and certainly felt the pressure and more often than not reacted.

Even when Glen and co really went for it in the Kean era, they didn't get the support they needed as many either sat on their hands or buried their heads in the sand.

Sadly, too many embrace our owners, naively unaware of just what the feck is going on and the damage that has been done and is being done.

One can only hope the beginning of the end is at last underway.

I would expect Rovers to issue a statement tomorrow.

They can't bury their heads in the sand - the genie is out of the bottle.  Season ticket holders, fans and club employees have a right to know what is going on - failure to do so will only lead to wild and possibly damaging speculation and the further alienation of an already alienated fan base. 

It's reminiscent of the 'sell Brockhall' fiasco - they were found out and were forced to react.

3 minutes ago, glen9mullan said:

Hence as per last week's Post I'm working with an investigative journalist in India to shed more light.

The truth is even Waggott don't know what's going on.

I asked him straight out, was anything else gonna come out which wasn't already out there , and he said No

Personally, I would not trust Waggott as far as I can spit.  Anything he says I would take with a pinch of salt.

6 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

If this story was in the public domain months ago as claimed unless I missed it why wasn't it more widely reported in the local media? 

I know local football journalism has gone downhill over the years but there's still one or two reporters who know a good story when they see one

IMO, it stinks.

Either our local media are asleep at the wheel, which wouldn't be a surprise, or they have been asked not to report on this issue for obvious reasons.  Also, surprised at Glen's comments tonight as he would usually be banging the drum on an issue like this - I cannot recall a single posting on this MB on this issue since April last year.

Year end accounts (to 30 June 2023) for The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited are due to be filed by 31 March 2024 - think the Auditors' Report, in particular their conclusions to going concern, will make fascinating reading given this issue from April 2023 which has now come to light and all the other ongoing stuff with the Indian courts / authorities.

1 hour ago, K-Hod said:

Any danger of one day without the melodrama?

Melodrama?

Guess you aren't old enough to remember the playing chaos we had under Iley.  You will certainly remember Coyle.  Are you telling me, given some of your recent scathing comments about Rovers, that some of our recent shambles have not been at an Iley/Coyle level or even worse!?

35 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Didn't take you long to mention Coyle again did it? Coyle was a clown 🤡 simple as. 

It's down to the players to not make mistakes, mark correctly and catch the ball. 

Coyle the clown got Burnley promoted to the PL which is more than any clowns have achieved at Rovers since we were last relegated from the PL!

It's down to JDT not to sign or select players who consistently make mistakes, don't mark correctly or can't catch the ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 hours ago, Hasta said:

Partly Broughton’s as certain aspects of the contract / process were not understood causing an unnecessary delay from 10pm to 11pm. You just don’t accept this. 
 

Wasn't Broughton also 'feeding O'Brien' (his words or similar) in Manchester's finest instead of hot footing it back to Brockhall / Ewood to ensure all tickety boo ?!?