Steve Waggott

[ABBEY]

so this Walter Mitty lying fat twoat reckons shirt sales have broken records. 

here's a challenge waggot. I'd wager me leaving you alone and venkyscum over you quitting on the history that our premier league winning season sold more shirts than on Fridays "record sales"

[arbitro]

Probably the wrong thread (perhaps a thread should be started on people leaving) but I have been told Fraser Read is leaving. For the uninitiated his job title is Head of Consumer. He might be remembered by some for the Digital Day fiasco.

[RevidgeBlue]

18 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Probably the wrong thread (perhaps a thread should be started on people leaving) but I have been told Fraser Read is leaving. For the uninitiated his job title is Head of Consumer. He might be remembered by some for the Digital Day fiasco.

Mike Graham will be gutted, didnt he say Fraser Read was "a credit to the Club" and we were "lucky to have him" ?

We have so many "Heads" of different things I'm not sure if anyone individually can possibly be left with very much to do.

We'll have a head of handing the pencils out and making sure they're safely returned at the end of the day soon.

Not bad for a Club that seemingly can't afford to sign any players

[chaddyrovers]

24 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Probably the wrong thread (perhaps a thread should be started on people leaving) but I have been told Fraser Read is leaving. For the uninitiated his job title is Head of Consumer. He might be remembered by some for the Digital Day fiasco.

Jamie Stoddart has taken over as Commercial sales manager Jamie Stoddart | LinkedIn

[tomphil]

Commercial manager at BWFC.... when they slashed ticket prices.....

He's been around a bit in the last few years though.

[DuffsLeftPeg]

Question - why are Rovers’ pre-season friendlies so uninspiring?

Bolton & Preston are both playing Italian giants, Serie A 8th place finishers & Europa Conference League Finalists Fiorentina at home.

Rovers are playing League One Wigan & Stockport away. 

[Salgados Hair]

14 minutes ago, DuffsLeftPeg said:

Question - why are Rovers’ pre-season friendlies so uninspiring?

 

Edited July 10, 2024 by Salgados Hair

[JHRover]

42 minutes ago, DuffsLeftPeg said:

Question - why are Rovers’ pre-season friendlies so uninspiring?

Bolton & Preston are both playing Italian giants, Serie A 8th place finishers & Europa Conference League Finalists Fiorentina at home.

Rovers are playing League One Wigan & Stockport away. 

We might not even be doing that if the Stockport game is cancelled due to the League Cup game. Don't forget Tranmere behind closed doors and Morecambe on the Friday night!

[MarkBRFC]

I think the Stockport game will go ahead because we're incapable of getting anyone else to play at this notice.

If it's cancelled then that would leave two weeks in pre season with out a game.

[RevidgeBlue]

54 minutes ago, DuffsLeftPeg said:

Question - why are Rovers’ pre-season friendlies so uninspiring?

Bolton & Preston are both playing Italian giants, Serie A 8th place finishers & Europa Conference League Finalists Fiorentina at home.

Rovers are playing League One Wigan & Stockport away. 

I have it in the back of my mind from the PL days that the more glamorous Clubs charge a fee for their attendance at friendlies. I may be imagining that though.

[arbitro]

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I have it in the back of my mind from the PL days that the more glamorous Clubs charge a fee for their attendance at friendlies. I may be imagining that though.

You are correct. Tom Finn told me that after a friendly against Chievo. He said we would lose money as there was a circa 5k gate and we had to pay Chievo for their appearance.

[Mattyblue]

1 hour ago, Salgados Hair said:

 

Comp ticket for the posh seats in hand, the life of the corporate grifter.

Edited July 10, 2024 by Mattyblue

[chaddyrovers]

I would have like to play Salford City this pre season. Its a ground I haven't visited yet. I would have like to have play Blackpool aswell. 

Its look like we won't play a home friendly before the season starts

Edited July 10, 2024 by chaddyrovers

[JHRover]

Every pre season should have at least one 'glamour' tie. That might be a home game against PL opposition such as Liverpool or Everton like we had a few years ago, or might be a foreign side as we've had in the past to add some intrigue and interest.

I suppose this summer we've got the Austria fixture v Nuremberg (2nd division opposition) but unless you are very keen you won't be going to that, so those in the UK will have to make do with Stanley, Morecambe, Wigan and Stockport, of which one might yet get cancelled and I'm sure that one of Morecambe or Wigan will be the youth team. Not exactly thrilling.

A quick glance around what our peers are doing. QPR host Spurs and Brighton, Hull play Newcastle, Leeds play Valencia, Sunderland play Forest, Sheff Wed play Werder Bremen and RB Salzburg, PNE play Everton, West Brom play Mallorca, Swansea play Wolves and Stade Rennais, Cardiff play Hamburg and Hertha Berlin, Millwall play Murcia, Norwich play Club Brugge, Standard Liege, Hoffenheim and St Pauli, Coventry play Werder Bremen and Getafe

So there's plenty of options but now never seems to be the right time here, always late in getting things sorted out

[Hasta]

I believe Burnley have no friendlies announced at all. Their fans have no idea what's going on. .

[rigger]

4 minutes ago, Hasta said:

I believe Burnley have no friendlies announced at all. Their fans have no idea what's going on. .

Is that just on this occasion, or at any time ?

[Hasta]

Just now, rigger said:

Is that just on this occasion, or at any time ?

One of the two at work is pretty clued up. He would normally do pre-season friendlies, even abroad, and he has no idea.

The other one hardly talks football to me except every now and again blubs "Not fair, you should have given us the whole Darwen End" 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

9 hours ago, Salgados Hair said:

 

££££££££££ "Cushty number this Suhail lad,he,he!....cough,sure is waggo te, he! "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Edited July 10, 2024 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[Waggy76]

On 10/07/2024 at 10:12, Salgados Hair said:

 

These 2 morons are Venkys UK face.... 

Time the heat was turned up fully !

[Norbert Rassragr]

On 10/07/2024 at 10:12, Salgados Hair said:

 

Looks like Steve Wright's simple minded brother.

[philipl]

On any basis, Steve Waggot is a massive part of the club's failure- three lot's of transfer deadline cock-ups and all.

What he has done is removed everyone of any talent and ability from the club who could be a threat to him and now the chips are really down he is clueless and drifting as finally the heat goes on him.

As the CEO of a football club, he doesn't even understand that fans want to live their dreams. Last year when JDT was still here and we were coming off the back of missing a play-off on GD, he wittered on about buying a coach (which was hired) and avoiding relegation WITHOUT squaring with us why he was so pessimistic. 

He still hasn't come clean about the situation on funding from India - whether it is Rao family choice or ED dictat.

What we are faced with is a useless CEO.

Someone who has so manifestly failed to manage upwards that the Rao family are as clueless about what football club ownership entails as the day Waggot walked into Ewood five years ago.

What is certain is that unlike the inheritance of the best management team in English football which came with Rovers when Venky's acquired us in 2010, any new owners now will find a useless void in the senior management which they would need to fill ASAP.

 

 

 

[tomphil]

Sitting back during covid and using the money he didn't spend in the previous Jan to then give to some players, a few who hadn't featured and were never going to, slight contract extensions showed what he's all about.  He then followed that up by letting 4 good young players leave for nothing because when he was sitting back he was low balling them with contract renewals thinking he was being clever.

That's the lifeblood of this club who the then manager had developed and one cost nearly 7 million as an investment to double up on and bring income in.

He should have been out the door after those 2 scenarios were he proved himself beyond useless for anything other than being told what to do or trying to make himself look good penny pinching in the owners eyes. Do we really think for one second he pushed them to invest or trade when the last 2 gaffers had us in the top 2 ?

Not a chance and as iv''e said before once the Mowbray and Venus clique left he was badly exposed and had no idea or hope of handling the new ambitious set up that had been thrust upon him.

He is and always has been a small time low level operator and no surprise that's what we now resemble although obviously not all his fault but he's a part of the mess for sure. No nous, no gumption and no foresight, scrabbling about getting in the Flecks and Mcfadz's are the height of his transfer prowess.

[Dreams of 1995]

Men like Steve Waggott are symptoms of careless ownership

He would not be allowed to get away with what he has if the owners had more than a fleeting glance at their Blackburn based enterprise once every 12 months

When you look back at his time here, it has been failure after failure, with the most successful period being when he lost some semblance of control...

The training ground development will go down as a failure on his part. Completely under estimated the mood of the fan base and the local residents of Brockhall

The car crash interview around JDT and the coach - that's a low point, even under this lot

The transfer 'errors', the stadiums' disrepair, the declining STs... all under his watch

What is worse, is the man is paid handsomely for his time here. So he won't give a crap. He will continue to share a brew and biccy with the odd fan here and there whilst picking up 6 figures to basically be the fall guy of a declining business. Soon he will retire and never think of Blackburn or Rovers again. Someone else will have to pick up the pieces. It's criminal, really

[wilsdenrover]

47 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Men like Steve Waggott are symptoms of careless ownership

He would not be allowed to get away with what he has if the owners had more than a fleeting glance at their Blackburn based enterprise once every 12 months

When you look back at his time here, it has been failure after failure, with the most successful period being when he lost some semblance of control...

The training ground development will go down as a failure on his part. Completely under estimated the mood of the fan base and the local residents of Brockhall

The car crash interview around JDT and the coach - that's a low point, even under this lot

The transfer 'errors', the stadiums' disrepair, the declining STs... all under his watch

What is worse, is the man is paid handsomely for his time here. So he won't give a crap. He will continue to share a brew and biccy with the odd fan here and there whilst picking up 6 figures to basically be the fall guy of a declining business. Soon he will retire and never think of Blackburn or Rovers again. Someone else will have to pick up the pieces. It's criminal, really

Unless Venkys leave first, there’s no guarantee the next CEO won’t be even worse.

[RevidgeBlue]

57 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Unless Venkys leave first, there’s no guarantee the next CEO won’t be even worse.

I know what you're saying but blimey, that'd be a stretch.

Bit like saying "Who could we possibly get who is better than Mowbray?" * **

(Magnified by 1000.)

*The next guy in

** And probably the one after that