Gregg Broughton

[KentExile]

14 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

I think it's pretty obvious to anyone with even a faint interest that both those incidents were not his fault.

Everybody blaming him for the shit recruitment over the last two years and look how great it's been since.

Just to be clear, I am not blaming him for those 2 failures,  I think we all have suspicions on which direction the finger should really be pointed, but his name is associated with them nonetheless.

[Upside Down]

12 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Just to be clear, I am not blaming him for those 2 failures,  I think we all have suspicions on which direction the finger should really be pointed, but his name is associated with them nonetheless.

Yeah I know that. I got what you were saying, I was merely adding to it.

Shouldn't be too difficult for him to distance himself from it, look at the state of the club now.

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Beggars belief doesn't it that if you're good enough at bullshitting you can get a job almost anywhere irrespective of ability.

He's not "Our Gregg" any longer. Thank fuck!

bull*****g is a skill,almost a trade in itself,iit will take you far if you are an expert at it,just look at 80% of middle managers in this country,they`ve no idea what they are doing but get to their exhalted position by bull******g and keep there  by bull******g 😄

[Roving Mick]

19 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

bull*****g is a skill,almost a trade in itself,iit will take you far if you are an expert at it,just look at 80% of middle managers in this country,they`ve no idea what they are doing but get to their exhalted position by bull******g and keep there  by bull******g 😄

It's called The Peter Principle:  https://www.rovingmick.com/2024/04/08/blackburn-rovers-being-run-by-the-peter-principle/

[simongarnerisgod]

13 minutes ago, Roving Mick said:

It's called The Peter Principle:  https://www.rovingmick.com/2024/04/08/blackburn-rovers-being-run-by-the-peter-principle/

there should be a hatchet man/women at every company,who go round investigating incompetence,lies and bull****,once rooted out the useless party  get demoted back to the shop floor🙂

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[wilsdenrover]

3 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

there should be a hatchet man/women at every company,who go round investigating incompetence,lies and bull****,once rooted out the useless party  get demoted back to the shop floor🙂

But what happens if the hatchet man/woman got their role through the Peter Principle? 🤔🧐 

[simongarnerisgod]

15 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

But what happens if the hatchet man/woman got their role through the Peter Principle? 🤔🧐 

thats a good question🙂,id`e give them a pyschological analyis that roots out any b*****t dna then set them free to root out the useless,the crap talkers  and the brown tongue brigade!!!

[wilsdenrover]

16 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

thats a good question🙂,id`e give them a pyschological analyis that roots out any b*****t dna then set them free to root out the useless,the crap talkers  and the brown tongue brigade!!!

If you did that at Rovers there’d be nobody left 😁😁

Edited November 12 by wilsdenrover

[martonrover]

Broughton is a first rate chancer who talks a good game, but that’s about it.

Getting shot of him didn’t cure our underlying problem (the owners) but we are better off without him.

Chicago, you are welcome to him.

[tomphil]

I don't blame him for the signings that fell through nor having to shop in the lowest rungs due to lack of backing.

I do blame him for the horrendous back up signings he brought in to develop and talked up like they were the cream of the crop. 

I do blame him for implementing the policy of 30% youth players making up the squad as that along with other factors almost saw us relegated.

End of the day he was badly let down by the owners but he was also out of his depth and rather Steve Kean like in the way he talked a good game but clearly didn't have much clue beyond youth level.

 

[Upside Down]

1 hour ago, wilsdenrover said:

If you did that at Rovers there’d be nobody left 😁😁

Get it implemented now.

[Upside Down]

3 minutes ago, tomphil said:

I don't blame him for the signings that fell through nor having to shop in the lowest rungs due to lack of backing.

I do blame him for the horrendous back up signings he brought in to develop and talked up like they were the cream of the crop. 

I do blame him for implementing the policy of 30% youth players making up the squad as that along with other factors almost saw us relegated.

End of the day he was badly let down by the owners but he was also out of his depth and rather Steve Kean like in the way he talked a good game but clearly didn't have much clue beyond youth level.

 

I agree he was a bullshitter but comparing him to that absolute piece of human waste is uncalled for.

[roversfan99]

4 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

What happened to Mcguire was an absolute disgrace from the player's standpoint and should never happen to anyone, but, viewed objectively, we were probably being asked to pay way over the odds in terms of fee and wages for a relatively limited player.

Gueye is getting a lot of stick recently after a reasonably promising start but I'd still say this summer's recruitment was a lot better than the summer before.

The initial issue with Mcguire was that despite a record sale, the owners wouldnt authorise a buy for a couple of million. We then renegotiated a loan late in the day which obviously descended into chaos.

Im not sure the recruitment this summer has been a lot better at all. But whoever is employed here has both arms tied behind their backs because we regularly sell and dont reinvest.

[tomphil]

17 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

I agree he was a bullshitter but comparing him to that absolute piece of human waste is uncalled for.

He even looked like him.

[doctorryan]

2 hours ago, martonrover said:

Broughton is a first rate chancer who talks a good game, but that’s about it...............

1 hour ago, Upside Down said:

I agree he was a bullshitter but comparing him to that absolute piece of human waste is uncalled for.

He's the Donald Trump of association football's front office world.

 

[Upside Down]

6 minutes ago, doctorryan said:

He's the Donald Trump of association football's front office world.

 

Nah, he hasn't got that much personality. Just a run of the mill billy bullshitter.

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[tomphil]

25 minutes ago, doctorryan said:

He's the Donald Trump of association football's front office world.

 

Nah the Orange one is a master at his craft of bullshitting but Greg was just another of footballs numerous run of the mill lickspittles.

[doctorryan]

OK, then at least he's a graduate of Donald's Trump University. 

[lraC]

13 hours ago, KentExile said:

Quite mad, given that his (*)  2 major failures, are both linked to the MLS (O'Brien moving to the MLS after the failure to sign him, & failing to buy McGuire from an MLS club), that he gets a job at an MLS club

I would have thought his career opportunities in the USA would have been blocked off on that basis

* If not his failures directly, they are very heavily associated with his tenure

It depends what he said at the interview.

 I can make you millions, with my contacts in Europe. The proof is the signing I made happen of Maguire, which was at 20 times his true value.

That was all done and dusted, until the tea lady spilled the contents of the teapot, onto his contract and we missed the deadline. 

[Tom]

Always thought he was a snake oil salesman (please don’t search back through the thread in case I ever contradicted that) 

[Old Codger]

On 12/11/2024 at 16:52, rog of the rovers said:

Gregg resurfaces!

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/chicago-fire-name-gregg-broughton-as-sporting-director

Sporting Director of Chicago Fire FC.

Presumably working under 'Technical Director' Sebastian Pelzer, formerly of this parish. 

Hope he's packed his thermals ahead of a winter on the shores of Lake Michigan! That said, my personal favourite of all the US Cities I've visited.

Another wrinkle being Chicago's manager, the former US Mens National Team, fellow double G  Gregg Berhalter, the hugely unpopular coach was sacked in June.

Loves a challenge does our Gregg!

My favourite US city too - I spent a fair amount of time in the US in the 90s and felt the place of the smelly onions really stood out as having a distinctive character and vibe compared to most other places I visited. Lake Michigan is a mind bender for folk from round here, who are more used to the brownish brackish water off the Fylde coast than the pristine fresh water expanse of the Great Lakes. Greg will surely fit in with his west coast smile and lugubrious personality.