Let's not worry about the details

It doesn’t work. If there’s minutes, they don’t say anything. This is part of the reason I dislike the combined Sheff Weds Trust x Rovers Trust statement. It talks about more communication. Pasha has been here 15 years. Waggott has been here 7 years. Yasir has been here 5 years. They’ve had more than enough time to talk and engage with fans and the attempts that have been made have proven to be meaningless. Can we stop trying to meet these people? They’re only asking for meetings to try and stop pressure on themselves.

From memory Yasir said he had “received an apology”, not “WATR have apologised for lying”. It wouldn’t surprise me if WATR apologised for publicly saying it as it caused so much drama. THIS IS PURELY SPECULATION ON MY OWN PART AND NOT FACT BEFORE SOMEONE TRIES TO SUE ME.

Yep

I’m reasonably confident this isn’t the same person.

Some thoughts: 1) NAPM/Do not attend isn’t a viable protest. Not enough will do it, the vocal majority are already doing it. There’s been fans surveyed and then response is “don’t tell us what we can’t do”. It will cause division and make us look weak. 2) Stopping games will work, but will need hundreds of people committed. Anything less and the fans that do commit are at risk of a criminal record. How committed are you? 3) Any official protest needs someone to lead and be responsible for it. If something happens at that protest and all reasonable precautions where not taken, the organiser is partly responsible and stood up in court with their job, home and family on the line. Are you willing to have your name on the list as the organiser?

https://x.com/kidderstnoise/status/1907145633871360206?s=46

There’s no point targeting the owners, they haven’t been here in 13 years, aren’t coming back and are royalty in their homeland.

Interesting, they’ve opted to give fans a hall pass to vent their frustrations at such an important time.

The statement doesn’t say BRFCS.

PR 101 - Don’t release statements without being prepared to release a prompt follow up or conclusion.

Any further on finding out what the emergency meeting was?

Chaddy you’ve been saying this for the last 10 years.

Seems we've moved on from the CEO telling the fans if we wanted safe standing we'd have to fund raise for it.

Jeez, is everything booked? Can you delay?!

A disaster, as predicted. A good DOF hires a manager that fits the players available. Ours hired one that only knows how to play 3-4-3.

Not many things have made me smile today - but knowing we’re contractually obligated to run a MOTM poll after a disaster of a performance and announce it did raise a small smile.

You can’t protest in India. BRAG / BRFCS were trying to do that 10 years ago. The major media (newspapers, magazines, billboards) will not take your money. Going after Venkys in India is like going after Tom Jones in Wales. They donate significant amounts of money to charities, employ thousands of people, own significant amounts of land and spend millions on advertising. The media will *not* risk that. The journalists won’t be allowed to write about it, the media agencies won’t give you the advertising space, the billboard companies won’t take your money.

Lovely. Nice and clear comms!

I’ve been told tonight that WATR have been working with Rovers on a season ticket offering for next year to try and increase sales. I don’t know if this is true or not, but I sincerely hope it isn’t. If it is, you are being used once again and need to walk away from anything that makes Waggott and Pasha’s job easier.

This is the worst football I’ve seen us play since whoever was before Mowbray.

God I wish I had to stay late at work tonight.

Manager is a total nightmare. They’ve absolutely no idea how to play this system.

For what it’s worth I’m not sure WATR need to improve comms through content. WATR need to recognise that they don’t have the reach or membership to make any meaningful change alone. For what it’s worth, neither does BRFCS. It needs coordinated messaging from multiple partners to try and get as many fans as possible on the same thought process. RE the MOU meeting, I’ve been a Rovers Trust member for a long time and I’ve never once been asked what I would like asking at these meetings. WATR cannot claim to represent its membership if its membership is never asked for their opinion.

Venkys fund Rovers. By funding Rovers, you’re funding Venkys. I have a flexi ST because I liked what Eustace was doing. It won’t be renewed next year.