A well qualified man who has been doing his job competently for years and years overseeing hundreds of transfers of every nature suddenly forgets how to do his job ?

This is what always sticks in my mind some big names in the UK and Europe and beyond have been here. Players and managers who in a lot of cases have been at some of the World or Europe's biggest clubs and you never hear a bad word about the place or the fans. Yet we enter an era of nobodies and dollopers in every level of the club and you now struggle to hear a good word, it's all about levels though and the level of BRFC has been dragged to that akin to the back rooms of a greasy fried chicken joint in the last decade plus. If you want hero worship then earn it.

Or did Mike Cheston tell Silvester no do not send that at the 11th hour because he knew we couldn't pay it or he hadn't had express permission from Mrs/Mr D ? So they've both got the push...

Somebody at this club didn't want Mcguire here and that's why he isn't, it was a crazy amount for GB to commit anyway and that's why it didn't really go through lets be honest. Human error my arse. So i doubt they'll revisit it unless they can loan him which is all they really wanted in the first place and to be fair i wouldn't be against that. Committing millions plus add ons to sign him just because we feel guilty is dafter than it falling through in the first place.

That's 3 out of 6 who are just Venky employees from India who haven't the first clue or qualification of running a football club. One of the remaining 3 is just a name from the past in a guest role. Is it any wonder we not only go nowhere but also continually run into the problems we do ? Truly ridiculous and must be unique at a club this size, an epty hollow vessel.

The REAL problems remain, shadow MD, Waggot and Venkys. Last of the old guard finally removed, someone somewhere has been stitched up.

A glimpse into the future here....

Hes earned a pre season and a go at the early part of next season, i would say a bit of backing as well but that's pointless. I'm not expecting anything other than another water treading attempt and this guy is probably as good as it gets for that now.

He knows this that's why he'll follow his well trodden squeeze what you have script and decimate the fanbase a bit more whilst retaining the same income. We've had a bad season, the club is a farce again and everyone is fed up so price rises to cover the expected drop off. We've seen it all before, the sooner this clown gets a foot up his backside the better but again ultimately the rot starts at the very top.

Brown turned up- on a free i think - almost 20 years after 1995 so he's flattering himself somewhat to think anyone actually expected anything from him in the first place.

They've always been on the ball with this since the days of Hoyle which helped get them a season in the Prem. Used to have gates similar to us but now despite being not very good they get tremendous support for another town club.

He has a bee in his bonnet but to be honest i don't remember him getting much stick. Like a few former managers as well as players and execs it's an easy stick to beat Rovers fans with to cover for themselves. I've not met one fan in the last 20 years who still thinks or expects 1995 or anything remotely close. Just because we have a bunch of fans who expect hard work as a bare minimum from every player every game it doesn't sit well with some of these entitled wankers.

£15 quid ?

Very little difference between them if we are being really honest. Also factor in we lost 2 academy products on modest wages at the time to be replaced by 2 guys who cost a combined c3 mill + ? Plus similar if not bigger wages. In the grand scheme of things you'd expect a better upgrade than what we've actually seen.

Knobbers desperate for his return, mind you some of them are still praying for a Billy Davies return.

So they are grooming another complete novice for the job ? What could possibly go wrong.

Broughton was never fit for purpose the guy had zero experience for the role let alone one at this level at a club like this. Just typical Rovers trying to do stuff on the cheap again hoping they'd landed on a gem who would flourish. He speaks well of course but most of them do yet he operates spouting ideologies that will never happen here then relieves himself of accountability by saying 'i recommend things it's up to the board if they do them'. So he isn't really a director directing anything he's just a hired consultant who they can chose to follow his advice or ignore. He gets paid regardless. Yes a few good signings that may or may not be down to him but the real purpose of him is to bring young players in to develop because there is no money. That's the idea of the model as well as filling half the squad with academy and young loanees to save money. The signings on that mantra - which is supposed to be his area of expertise - have been an all out disaster. That's made a significant contribution to this seasons struggle because we've needed all hands to the pump and those guys have contributed nothing. More of that this summer, is that what we really need ?

The original point is cheaper season tickets not match by match tickets so in your usual arrogant tone and pointless cheek puffing you've spouted the usual generic crap we'd expect from Waggot et all. Big away followings this season have taken the points because the rest of Ewood isn't full enough nor fiesty enough in this current era with this squad so it's like a home game for opposition. When fans and team or 'on it' then we rise to the occasion but all the background noise and nonsense pollutes the stands, understandably and it would at any club. Here in particular though people are just sick and fed up of this regime. They deserve league 1 or the dole even if the players don't. Give them 5k instead of 7 so they ain't breathing down the players necks but more to the point which will obviously be lost on you is the fact it INSPIRES the opposition way beyond what it need to be. You obviously don't actually attend that often if you champion vast away followings because it's nauseating to sit there and i'm sure it's crap for the team. This isn't the Mowbray team or the Souness team it's a squad of 30% academy kids, 20% young loans and they need ALL the help they can get to create an environment to prosper in. Perhaps you and that berk in the directors box ought to start thinking about things from a football and points perspective. Even experienced managers like Mowbray and Allardyce complained to the hierarchy about it and things were done, you obviously know better. Why am i not in the least bit surprised

We already had one.

How many clubs have a stadium as empty as hours, regularly complain about lack of fans and atmosphere yet do nothing about it other than pray for big away followings. That is what is lame and seeing as you've already mentioned a certain set of prices as an even lamer excuse perhaps you could enlighten us with a few suggestions instead. Other than carry on fleecing the ever dwindling hardcore of course.

I'm sure you pretty much preach this teacher to pupil type sermon every summer and i'm sure most of our fans are well aware of all the details. The ST thing above is such a weak argument i'm surprised you included it to be honest, getting fans back into the ground regularly is a priority. In order to do that a small hit in takings will have to be swallowed like Preston have done, like Bolton have done. Their cheapest STs are over a hundred quid less than ours. A fortune to open stands ? Again what bullcrap the bloody things are already open all it would need to comply is a few more stewards. The extra spend in the ground/shop etc will easily cover that. The figures you posted are a nonsense, how is 12,500 grand per game going to bankrupt the club ? It is easily covered by the extra tv money or a good cup run or loose change from the near 40 million quids worth of players we'll have sold in a year by the time Sammie departs. Get fans in, take the hit, rebuild the ST base number ONE priority.

We haven't done well on player trading at all the model is a selling one the issue is we should have had a trading model years ago. That's how similar sized clubs boost their income/wage bill and out perform Rovers, many of them also losing 20 mill per season at times also. Not all under pinned by billionaires either.

No pressure on him from anyone at the club for next season, no expectation just water treading. Grind to at least 50 points will be the target so i expect far more of his early work than the Sun'land, Leeds and Leics type shows.

Pasha and Waggot are in tandam in operation managed decline so i expect it'll be Broughtons head that rolls. More money will wasted paying him off and gagging him.

They bought it through VLL but i'm sure i read somewhere they'd already paid it back though might be wrong. Either way whilst any money is a help it isn't like transferring the usual 10/20 million and i think Waggot is clearly lying again when he said that issue is sorted. If they are offing this pad to get money into the club things are still in a bad way.