The drop in intensity is obvious and reading comments from WBA and Watford fans it was missing in his time there where he seemed to prefer the slow ball approach. The Barnsley time seems very much to be a one off and imo they've gone for him partly because he's a plodder, record is neither good nor bad but bang average. This club loves that.

If someone offered those two a big fee or slice of the action to arrange a deal to buy the club they'd be on the next flight to Pune International. I'd suggest that's the only way it would ever happen.

Did the Walker Trust ask for the money back Jack spent in the decade he and they were funding the club ? No, they asked for roughly the saleable asset value but then had to knock 20 mill off because of external debt so the price was circa 39 mill. Previous owners nearly always have to write off their balance outstanding sheet because in reality it's just money they were prepared to lose when they spent it.

The sales of Kalinic, Jones and Samba brought in near enough the 39 mill they paid including the debt which for all we know wasn't paid off but restructured. Be no surprise if they got their 24 million back pretty quickly and whilst they have clearly used a gigantic amount of company money there's a lot of smoke and mirrors to that 2/300 million. Nobody and i mean nobody just throws away that hard cash.

He ended up here because he had experience of running struggling clubs regardless of Mowbray who no doubt recommended him but was doubtful in a position to appoint his own boss. I'd say the usual agent connections played the biggest part.

WTF are you on about now ?

Well it seems they think we only have 6-9k fans so they are well on track to achieve that and will expect them to pay more and more for the honour. Just shows their real mindset the bunch of downgrading wage thieves.

If it was all about survival in the Championship and breeding players to sell because we didn't have wealthy owners. Who hadn't created a black hole and dragged us back to the level we were 35 years ago and we were run by proper directors then some of the bleating from the men in suits might be palatable. Those are the points a lot of other clubs supporters and the media don't get and for me and i suspect thousands more if we are going to be constantly on the bread line there i'd rather it be without this ownership who've caused most of it. The club is a soulless shell and even sometimes when we are doing well it just doesn't seem right because you know around the corner is more nonsense.

He learned everything he knows about downgrading from his Charlton and Coventry stints and i suspect that is why he ended up here. Hes been trying to replicate Mowbray ever since he left but the last two were too ambitious for him. Now it looks like the guy from above and the guy below have joined ranks and given him what they hope to be the French TM. But it's certainly an exiting summer for those 3 if they are on commission for wheeling and dealing players. £30k a pop ?

Well we are due a performance and long overdue a win so it might come in this one and could probably end with the Boro fans being the one's who are irate. Rovers 2 Boro 1

If the stuff in the WATR email is correct them i can see why we go nowhere and do nothing with these people in charge. I'm not for one min saying Waggot is the good guy but he is the only one with any genuine football administration experience whilst this Suhail guy is literally winging it. Overruling everything he doesn't like and pushing the things/people he does. It's nothing but a balance sheet to him and i suspect a nice wage and ego trip keeping him away from flogging chicken feed under his bosses gaze back in India. This or should i say he imo has been a major force in the stagnation but he's clearly in panic mode now the rosy picture he sends back to Pune may be well and truly busted.

Yes he has Championship experience and knows what this league is about which makes the games hes taken here and the tactics we've seen all the more worrying. In terms of the rest of it he can only be referring to the time at Barnsley because there is little to back it up from Watford or WBA and iv'e yet to see a WBA or Watford fan say anything positive about him.

It most certainly will not be sat in an account waiting to be used i think its pretty much been covered that that money has already been accounted for. Settling an 8 million loan for starters. Plus there is still a 20% Indian govt tax before we mention guarantees and bonds so they'll only sent what they have to when they have to i'd wager.

I refuse to believe there are people who would look at the likes of Luton, Brentford, Bournemouth, Wrexham and Burnley but completely discount Blackburn Rovers. It simply isn't true no one would buy us the only issue is price and the vice like strangulation of the Venky overlords. Unfortunately that issue is huge.

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.

It can really only be he's French, he knows Rudy, his record isn't good but isn't a disaster, he keeps getting sacked and is desperate for a job stability so he'll himself fit right into our wage budget.

Following on from that interview with the 3 stooges i'm still struggling to get my head around why appoint this guy. They went through their tick box exercise and said he hit the standard on all of them and that is extremely worrying and i suspect a bit of a lie. Could understand Eustace he was ideal for where we were, had a cv of saving a struggling club from relegation then having them in the top 6. Could understand JDT even if he was another left field appointment, good brand of continental style football and had just won back to back Swedish top league titles. This guy though is nothing more than a mercenary looking at his record yet they waxed on about him bringing everything we need to the table. Can only assume that a WLD dull style football record and aiming for 12th is what they aspire to as long as they can tell him who to play and keep selling players from under him. This was nearly as bad as Waggots 'best bus in football' snakeoil job.

Iv'e been calling this Pasha guy out for years it's nice the spotlight is finally on him and he has had no choice to put his head up. You just don't have someone working at a club who hides in the shadows all the time, half don't know he's there and the other half don't actually know or won't say what he actually does. Even various managers have been unable to or stopped short of naming his role. Its been off from the start and now he seems to carry the Chief Operating Officer title then obviously he is (and always has been) the big cheese. So how much of the constant circus down there is really down to him ? I'd say most of it and Waggot has been happy as a Venky stooge taking his money and covering for them or just hiding away himself aside from his corporate lounge hob nobbing. Chain of command now looks like it'll be Suhail - Gestede - Ismael. Buckle up we are going back to the Kean or at very least the Coyle years imo.

Back to back wins and by next midweek it'll be 'Ismaels Blue & White army'.....

If Rudy is now the defacto DOF it;s not odd that he'd want someone like Ismael if they know each other and feel they can work together. If Pasha is overruling Waggot on it though then it means Gestede is now ruling the roost.

Lets not forget the mention of power struggles behind the scenes when Park left for a second time and there were obviously issues for Eustace. Now we just happen to end up with an odd choice head coach who is French.

O'Neil

And the 3rd head coach in a row bemoaning a lack of anything resembling a proper forward line. If the reply from the club is low budget foreign punts and over priced short term known crocks then the 4 th head coach in a row will be saying the same thing.

Big budget cuts and survival whilst hoping to develop a few to sell. The usual unwritten rule at Ewood whilst the back of a beer mat statement written by Groc will tell us the owners are committed and want a return to the Premier League.

To be coming into a club in 5th or 6th place and immediately becoming aware of fan unrest says it all really. Another season of enjoyment ruined by the clowns owning and running Rovers then they wonder why fans are saying what is the point. We haven't even fallen away organically this time it's been totally self inflicted.