Suhail Shaikh / Pasha / The Shadow Man

[RoversClitheroe]

Just now, booth said:

Can we rename this thread SUFAIL OUT!

This c*nt needs ousting from the club asap.

Amen.

[booth]

Just now, RoversClitheroe said:

Amen.

Whether it's true or not that he convinced Venkys not to spend money in January, he screwed it up either way. And not for the first time.

[RoversClitheroe]

5 minutes ago, booth said:

Whether it's true or not that he convinced Venkys not to spend money in January, he screwed it up either way. And not for the first time.

Absolutely agree.

How do we get him out? 

Get that snake Waggott out too.

[Bethnal]

1 hour ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Absolutely agree.

How do we get him out? 

Get that snake Waggott out too.

You don’t get him out. He latched himself onto Balaji many years ago, pivoting into operations roles within Venkys. Was clearly hooked by Kentaro and Anderson to pass along the acquisition opportunity to his bosses and just so happened to have the exact mixture or hubris, ego and anti-talent in Balaji to make the deal work.

He is their envoy. He was entrusted with the overseeing the running of the club but wasn’t experienced enough for the EFL to be running the show himself, by which, I mean other owners, CEOs that you need to negotiate with. Waggott’s the one who calls up the three other owners/CEOs of football clubs who will actually take his calls to initiate negotiations etc. Suhail will very likely be the next CEO, as by that time he’ll have about ten years of experience. The move to COO this year, after Waggott’s pension contributions took a massive boost (rumoured to be a 100% increase in the current FY, yet to be filed), was conspicuous. Waggott’s on the verge of retirement.

They have basically no idea what happens with the club, except what Pasha tells them. He is Wormtongue (though that’s giving far too much credit to Venkys). Occasionally, they send across their finance bods to review and have a look at the place, but to be fair to them, they’ve no idea what they’re looking at.

He’s here as long as Venkys are here. Unless, of course, something changes that. The question is how much of a stomach either party has for whatever action the fanbase takes, although we can’t really get ourselves organised. So many fans don’t care about anything above the manager.

[Waggy76]

An empty ground speaks volumes!

[booth]

2 hours ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Absolutely agree.

How do we get him out? 

Get that snake Waggott out too.

Get him on camera addressing the fans concerns.

Give someone enough rope, etc.

[G Somerset Rover]

Given our owners are both death and blind to events happening at Ewood, we need to target this see you next Tuesday. IMO it’s the best first step to take. 

[lraC]

6 hours ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Given our owners are both death and blind to events happening at Ewood, we need to target this see you next Tuesday. IMO it’s the best first step to take. 

Deaf, but I see what you did there. 

[Nipper1875]

12 hours ago, booth said:

Get him on camera addressing the fans concerns.

Give someone enough rope, etc.

ABUSE HOSTILE EWOOD PAKR -  i was watching across at the rats yesterday sat there motionless yesterday again -   maybe its time to transfer across to higher jack walker and give some serious abuse - turn upto ewood early before he arrives at the front enterance aswell - all this needs to be aimed at the board - gestede telling fans to F off yesterday is final straw the disrespectful useless tool he is 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Target the last home game against Watford (if we have nothing to play for) for protest.

Lets see ALL fans and groups come together under the banner enough is enough.

For christs sake shape yourselves,we cant carry on like this!

Edited March 16 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[Mattyblue]

Won’t happen as plenty in the ground still see them as the only possible people ‘to put x million in’ and it’s the rest of us that are the fools… and the likes of Swag-hail know that all too well.

[Wheelton Blue]

The only thing that will irk the masses is failure on the pitch.

[Mattyblue]

The most notable dissent since day 1 has been the collapse in crowds, we’ll see another visible iteration of it next season.

Edited March 16 by Mattyblue

[Upside Down]

21 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

The most notable dissent since day 1 has been the collapse in crowds, we’ll see another visible iteration of it next season.

Not when season tickets start at the bargain price of £550

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

On 15/03/2025 at 17:30, booth said:

Whether it's true or not that he convinced Venkys not to spend money in January.

Just what the feck does he think he is playing at?

Its as if this collapse was engineered to occur,its happened too many times.

[Upside Down]

Well done to @glen9mullan and all involved for getting this guy out of the shadows and into the spotlight.

Keep up the great work.

[StHelensRover]

What do we know about Suhail's career/background? There seems to be very little online for someone who is COO of a large organisation. 

Is it likely he had any interest in football or had ever attended a football match before becoming COO here?

Maybe he was successful elsewhere in another industry, but that doesn't guarantee success in this one, just look at Jim Ratcliffe.

[KentExile]

17 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

What do we know about Suhail's career/background? There seems to be very little online for someone who is COO of a large organisation. 

Is it likely he had any interest in football or had ever attended a football match before becoming COO here?

Maybe he was successful elsewhere in another industry, but that doesn't guarantee success in this one, just look at Jim Ratcliffe.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/suhail-shaikh-a626b210/details/experience/

 

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[StHelensRover]

12 minutes ago, KentExile said:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/suhail-shaikh-a626b210/details/experience/

 

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Thanks for that 👍

So he was head of international sales in the chicken farming industry, now he's deciding how a professional football club is run...

[KentExile]

23 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

Thanks for that 👍

So he was head of international sales in the chicken farming industry, now he's deciding how a professional football club is run...

and a sales exec for Tropicana 😉 

Edited Tuesday at 20:45 by KentExile

[Upside Down]

There's a lot of suspicion around that he was connected to Kentaro and Crescendo Sports.

If anyone can get proof of this then it needs to be plastered everywhere.

[Andy]

I have to be honest, listening to that interview tonight, if he's an intelligent and successful business professional...he's doing a good job of sounding anything but.

I think most of us can spot a blagger a mile off.

[Upside Down]

3 minutes ago, Andy said:

I have to be honest, listening to that interview tonight, if he's an intelligent and successful business professional...he's doing a good job of sounding anything but.

I think most of us can spot a blagger a mile off.

Just because someone has ended up being successful in business doesn't mean they've got any brains.

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

Going back to my pre-retirement life, if I’d encountered those three in the boardroom, the only one I’d have listened to was Sunhail. I didn’t like everything he said, but at least he said it clearly and briefly. The other two however, are obviously out of their depth. The Geordie Sir Les Patterson blathers on endlessly, saying nothing and with zero charisma. Jeremy the trainee next to him was even worse, he makes Greg the Egg sound like Warren Buffet.

[Tomphil2]

They spoke like exactly what they are, 3 well paid and perked executives who are just there for a wage as long as the lights are kept on regardless of how the team does.

Rabbits in the headlights following the same set script with their hands tied from above, small timers who've assisted in shrinking a big club and now like to pretend its never been anything else.