JHRover

They're just bullshitters whose sole purpose is to retain their 'Head of' status, that they have no right to occupy to start with, for as long as possible because they know full well they wouldn't get anywhere near equivalent status at any other Club, in any other league. One look at their past roles tells us that. Yasir Sufi doing 'community development' roles for Lancs CC and Rovers, next news he's 'head of' commercial. Shadow man Pasha, I doubt even he knows what his job is these days as his title seems to change every time he speaks, but I'm sure his little kingdom beats driving cars for Balaji or whatever he was doing before coming here (does anyone know yet what his background really is?) Talbot, once secretary to proper executive staff, by process of elimination finds herself as 'Head of' operations Gestede, a random ex-player with nothing to do after hanging up his boots, suddenly finds himself 'Head of Football Operations'. His favourite excuse of 'the previous players didn't want to be here' shows him up. He's playing to those who still want to boo those nasty ex players and staff for leaving, without addressing the bigger issue of WHY all our players wanted to leave, which of course (even if true) ultimately comes back to the rotten regime at Ewood. Truly scary stuff but striving for excellence, growth, improvement has never been on the agenda here. I'd forgotten Brett Baker even exists The lesson to learn is that saying the right things and being willing to tolerate the freak show here sees you get a nice title and cushy number, the only inconvenience to which is having to turn up to these sort of meetings and blag your way through it with a litany of excuses and hard luck stories.

Maybe this time he will have found himself a serious football club, the type that reward good results and league position with proper backing, don't slash budgets half way through transfer windows or have slippery shadowy characters running around in the background undermining transfers.

Absolutely. No doubt at all in my mind that certain elements behind the scenes were actively working against Broughton. He did the hard yards - got those deals lined up, probably put in a painstaking amount of time and work to get them ready, then he was deliberately thwarted at the 11th hour. I suspect by the one who is now running the show and who has been there throughout. All part of the great Rovers mystery. Who was the one responsible for bringing Broughton in if he wasn't going to be trusted and empowered to control recruitment and was going to be undermined? Maybe the shadow man who wanted a puppet he could control and has now got that it seems. Maybe someone else at ownership or board level and shadow man spent 18 months working to remove that threat to his position. The fact that Broughton was prepared to sit infront of the media and take responsibility for deliberate sabotage from elsewhere says a lot about him - more professionalism and courage than any of the slippery liars that hide away in the boardroom these days. Just a shame a lot of the fanbase still can't see what is staring them in the face and believe people like Broughton and JDT were the problem here.

I'd have thought even you would have dropped the old FFP excuse by now Chaddy. It has been nothing more than a convenient excuse used to explain a lack of interest/investment from the owners. The last 4-5 years have (if anyone needed it) provided proof that our problems are nothing to do with FFP, and probably never have been. Fortunately for those who hold BRFC hostage a shiny new excuse came along just in time - the Indian legal action. Now that one is wearing off they've just given up altogether and are effectively admitting that the owners just don't want to invest, not that they can't.

Says who? Lancashire Telegraph? They get their info (or did) from the club stooges, that was until they started to act like real reporters so the club cut them off as they weren't toeing the party line. And why has nobody else needed to sell prime real estate and players for over £10 million to avoid such embargos?

Has anyone purchased the 2026 Official Calendar? It appears this is a 150th anniversary version, complete of course with the Yorkshire White Rose (does ANYTHING we have come with a red rose these days?) I'm slightly surprised they chose 2026 to be the celebratory calendar, falling after the anniversary, rather than the 2025 calendar. Hopefully the calendar isn't just the usual 12 players photos (half of which will probably leave in January/the summer) and they've actually made some effort with it being the anniversary special (e.g. historic Rovers photos of cup triumphs, league successes etc.) UPDATE - no, of course not, it is the usual 12 players photos, so actually nothing to do with the anniversary other than they've used the Maltese cross/white rose combo to make out as though it is part of the anniversary range. Anyone want to guess how many of the 12 players will still be here in December 2026?

Norwich seem to have an interest in Scandinavian appointments. Wouldn't surprise me to see him turn up there.

So we get promoted this season to the PL, and offer Tronstad a 3 year deal on double his money and a chance to play in the PL. Is he rejecting that to move back to Norway? No It is all relative. Make him a good offer he stays. Show him we want to accomplish something as a club he stay. Muck him around like everyone else, go nowhere as a club other than backwards and of course he'll leave at the end of his deal.

Could have signed a proper striker in the summer. We knew Gueye wasn't good enough. Convenient with Tronstad. Another one going for personal reasons and nothing to do with Rovers. Still helps us avoid a new contract and pay rise. Centre back - why didn't we sign a Hyam replacement?

Why does he want January signings when the 'owners backed us' with investment and 10 new signings in the summer and Rudy delivered the goods?

Nailed on home win this. They're doing well, have been very solid at Deepdale and will be typical Preston - up for it, physical, direct, organised and all round horrible. We will be nice and have lots of possession but get nowhere with it. Another downside to the 'project' of Gestede is some of these foreign signings won't know what has hit them in a Lancashire derby there. People who would have served us very well in this from last season - Batth, Weimann, Travis, Wharton - not here to be called upon.

TEN parties have already provided proof of funds to the administrators of Sheffield Wednesday. 'But who would buy us if Venkys left?'

Everything is 'after the international break' now that we are in it

Judging by the numbers sat up there it even looks like interest in Yasir's free bus is on the wane.

This is the folly of releasing FOUR kits over the course of a season. It is just ridiculous and unnecessary. Rovers need TWO kits - home and away. We could have used both this year to properly commemorate the anniversary - a retro / one off home shirt and then an away shirt - perhaps the gold version with other anniversary references. Job done. Get adequate stock in over the summer and ensure the shelves are full through the season. Totally needless for us to have 3 kits in any season. The blue and white halves does the job in most games and an away shirt to be used at Millwall/QPR/Preston/Birmingham/WBA/Leicester/Portsmouth Totally needless to release a 'one-off' special kit for the anniversary game. Why not just use this all season and make the most of it? And in the end the whole thing botched by people who have no idea (I'm not sure what commercial experience the likes of Suhail and Sufi have but certainly not enough to be running a multi-million pound organisation). You might have had people willing to pay £80+ for that white Maltese shirt for the occasion of Saturday. But are they really going to pay that much for a shirt released in January and never worn in a match?