Ultimately football is a results business and we ain't getting them. 1. The manager picks the team, picks the tactics, decides which ones he don't want (existing crop and those that have left). Nice guy, football can be pretty, but the steep drop in form , how long can we persevere? 2. Director of football, bought in the main shite, had a grin from here to Sweden when he bought Leo. He ain't earnt any brownie points, renewing contracts is part of football, not some magic thing he has invented . Talks a good game, fucked last January up, and with the buttons we have, may have not bothered wasting them. 3. CEO - Spineless, out of his depth , happy with mediocre, and needs shipping out. I'm expecting a deeper decline in crowds and even at free right now,I'd tell him to shove it. 4. Venkys- All the above and paths lead to them. Rather than promote "let's get to Ewood" where these shysters ain't been in years, id rather promote a full boycott until they do turn up and face the music.

Yep, I think these two only go if they decide to go themselves. Feet under carpet

Given the manager has no set achievement goals, I'd have at a guess no does GB, bar generate young players from the academy , so we are self sustainable

TBH, I don't think I have much interest meeting again. He wanted another meeting this month, but right now if any of them said it was sunny outside , I'd grab my umbrella and rain coat. Its very much a pointless exercise, I.got the answers which I asked, recorded them on here (all meetings to date). What people take from the answers is up to them. I will always be transparent. I think the lot of them should go, all the way to the owners, they are holding the club back and right now I can't forsee a change in the pattern. I'm currently working with an investigative journalist in India who is trying to get more insight into the sorry mess out there. Hopefully this may get an article written in their backyard, but who knows

It's the same at all clubs, we have operating cost which are not met by other revenue streams. Don't matter which is sat in the seat, bills still need to be paid

I think there will be a sale (Travis wages alone won't fund loan fees and wages, and those figures already gone to the courts). I think Carter is the likely sale (despite us needing CBs) , and have heard murmurings of us wanting £12 million for him (I personally don't see £3 million in him) So it's a case of stacking replacements over the next week before pressing the trigger , because a sale if one happens I'd expect to be first half of the window (just my opinion)

Can't disagree we need money , they want promotion. I think lots be sniffing now to see if they can grab him, and with his age. I'm sure he would jump at the chance to try and get in the prem

You've probably met him more than me, so be a better judge of what he is likely to say

Match feed was going off topic. Just to clear up a few things which maybe lost in translation or being read or written confusingly . Blackburn rovers has many parts and for 19 days a season Ewood Park is used to host first team fixtures for the football team. However Ewood in itself is part of a wider business which operates throughout the whole year and to be honest most of its business operations are non football related. This is firmly the remit of SW. Operating the business , being accountable for the P & L , Marketing , sponsorship, Ticketing , Security, up keep of the ground, community engagement, business plans, business ventures (un football related) . He is accountable aa a company director to abide by all company/financial regulations and sign off accounts. Away from that believe it or not there is another side of the business which is playing side, academy, results etc. This falls under GB , as pointed out by himself in numerous interviews. He is accountable to the owners and has full responsibility. The cross over is of course the money, and how much the SW side can generate as a business or extract from the owners to provide for GB. The compromise comes when there is no money and GB had a decision to make on who he can sell to generate his own, noting any losses incurred by the business side would need to be fed too. The two have clearly different remits. SWs is the balance sheet. GB is the playing side and results Given no funds are forthcoming GBs side is becoming impossible. We can link this back to SW who has not exactly put bums on seats to generate or be self sufficient. However SW would argue not only are we operating within FFP, he is ensuring we don't over commit with irresponsible spending on wages or transfer fees which leaves us foul of FFP or worse unable to operate or pay bills. When this was one Party I.e just a CEO fully accountable for the lot, then it was much easier to go gunning for the CEO regarding results, now all we can gun for him is bums on seats and commercial activity unrelated to the playing side. The pressure on him or the opportunity to remove him was 2,3,4 and so on years ago. This new model means anything football related the buck stops with the DOF, who is answerable only to the owners. So in terms of picking your battles, although there is a link from a financial perspective, that's where it ends as both parties have carte blanche to operate how they see fit the things they are responsible for. I strongly believe had Swag asked for £15 million in each of the last two January transfer windows, it would of been granted. He didn't because he didn't want to gamble with the clubs future had promotion failed. Ultimately we've downgraded year upon year to keep afloat, playing it safe. In business terms you could say he has acted responsibly. This wouldn't be the popular view, as we all want to to see success, but the spin of the coin don't always end in success and had we spent beyond our means and failed , then we would be in a pretty damning position. A more cavalier and ambitious CEO would of thrown the kitchen sink at promotion, some have already done so and succeeded, Bournemouth being one of them. Though others have failed by doing so. I genuinely feel we have missed the boat and are scraping the bottom of the barrel now. The lack of proper investment into the playing side bar the academy has us in a precarious position. I can't see us reaching the heights of the time before venkys, as we've done a fantastic job of handicapping ourselves on all fronts.

As in my previous post , I don't believe he has bad mouthed a single person, it's not really his style, he has answered difficult questions posed.

I don't genuinely think he has taken a swipe at GB. He has acknowledged that GB has an impossible job with zero to spend. We've seen just this week loaning a captain out to free up wages to try and bring bodies in, I'm sure GB would rather Travis was in the building. Stating that we've recruited on the back of 12-18 months research for certain signings is hardly a kick at GB? I guess it's how you want to read into things. In terms of the boards performance during its tenure, its been in the main mediocre and I don't think that's disputed here bar by SW and a handful of others

Daily as is Babu's (never missed a board meeting , SWs relationship is strong there and had this confirmed from both sides. Mr D had reiterated daily and gone to every length to find ways of getting money into the club, their commitment to this (not popular i know) is unwaveredm I think it be harsh to say he don't rate GB (he has an impossible job with no money). The model , its fair to say is questionable. I would say 100% though that lack of investment previously can be chucked firmly at Swags door, he just wants to balance books and has no intention of advising let's throw some cash at this, which he could of in previous seasons when we was on a promotion push

The football accountabilities are no longer SWs

They get third party advice, always have. They see this model works at other clubs. They think a football club needs departments , not micro management of each detail , hence different direct reports to them and different accountabilities. The CEO in their model is by title only and not responsible for the playing side

Mr Desai, who in the main is making most of the decisions

I think its more of what you ask, how you ask it, and how you line the dominoes up. I've made it perfectly clear from day dot to him, I don't do secret hand shakes or come for a balloon or picture. My time is precious and I will report exactly what's said. We ain't playing games here, it's our football club and he might not like the questions, but he is gonna get them anyway and be probed , probed again until he gives a tangible answer. If I was rating him against the others who came before , I'd put him behind Shaw in terms of progress. I strongly believe he is holding the club back and I've seen zero evidence in the meetings to date that we can improve without a wholesale board change. He has this strategy that he wants to be everyone's friend. It's a terrible recipe for change as the reality is, he holds all the strings and the more he keeps people quiet the longer progress won't be forthcoming

That recruitment has been a shambles and at times "embarrassing" (referring to last January). His words not mine. Hyam, Sammy, Brittain our long standing relationship with Brighton is the old regime, way of doing things and 12/18 months of solid scouting/data provided by the departing old guard. The model had always been making a profit and it was acknowledged the likes of Armstrong etc were bought with that in mind. Now through circumstances of time, finance and change, its just not worked for one reason or another and its those coming though our ranks now seen as the next cheque rather than smart recruitment which was in place for the previous 5 years. I don't believe there is some sort of power struggle, I do believe we are taking more risk than we've ever done, hence more misses than hits to date (which in fairness is dictated somewhat by being potless) Sadly football is run "live" daily , time is one thing that no one gets. GB has no money to work with, which makes it difficult to be critical. Fault lies at the door of the owners and board

The point waggott made throughout a 2 hour meeting

Had no reason to put it on table , so yes , he talked in detail on Sammy, as some sort of personal triumph of how we were operating better prior to a DOF in the transfer market . I'm sure Mark Fish who was in the meeting will confirm this too

https://targetscouting.com/2023/08/24/duncan-mcguire-orlando-city-scout-report/

Waggott said in the meeting I had last month GB was totally against bringing is Sammy. He had been monitored for 12 months prior to GB and when all other avenues closed , GB caved in.

Never spoken to him, and tbh I prefer just to send my thoughts direct to the pay masters than piddle around with the "wun ton" brigade. If I wanted to be played like a puppet id buy some strings

He didn't and was told so

I did exactly this in our last meeting , and also asked him what he had achieved. I also told him single handedly on four occasions since the end of last season he has ensured my renewal remains unrenewed , and not even a free ticket would get me through those turnstiles. Under no certain terms was it pointed out to him that he lacks ambition ,that he now only does 50% of what was his original remit and should of took a pay cut. I also stated that protest are not something of the past and could become very much of the near future, as those with the largest voice are voting with their feet by not attending.

If Ayari had joined in August he be a decent punt, followed him for a couple of years and certainly has potential to be an excellent player as he progresses with age. As a complimentary signing during the summer he'd been decent to get off the bench and give him some experience. Fast forward 4 months, team in free fall, lacking experience and captain loaned out to a team heading towards the Premiership, this has more Leo written all over it than Harvey Elliott in terms of improving our first 11. Right signing, but wrong time if we have freed up wages for this after the screams for experience then this maybe see the tide turn on both JDT and GB who have not amassed enough brownie points to date. This is a young group is what we've been fed for 6 or 7 seasons now. Ultimately its the results that matters