Billynomates

Hear me out. Jose Mourinho has been mentioned and “talked about and to”, nothing more or less, gauging mutual interest. Current thinking is 3 ways. See how RVN feels, most likely. New coach to develop youth and team for a couple of years and see how current stock of younger players perform, least likely. Pay top wage for bounce back and reestablish, hence JM. Rudkin under severe pressure, may not see out summer. Whelan is pointing fingers everywhere but self, lots of poor decisions over the years including the ladies trip to Australia that cost over £1m and returned £0. great restart may actually happen.

I feel your paraphrasing a touch. Largely you are right about the club moving from big to small, but that brings its own levels of problems. Various staff dislike working there, are they under scrutiny - possibly. Doesn’t make it right though. Ethics have gone out of the window.

On face value she’s really pleasant, she is totally ruthless, and commands respect (she sacked a director in January because the individual (the same individual that worked miracles in getting seagrave and stadium sorted) because they weren’t telling her what she wanted and because they stood up for themselves). In a business sense she’s great because she wants results, but when you tip over the line you get accusations. If Susan Whelan we’re male I’d be saying the same thing. She has worked her way up from a family buisiness but there are a lot of people (externally) that don’t trust her unfortunately.

Absolutely. Difficult transition during covid and seagrave, heads turned by rumour mill (cags!). That’s all.

Nope. ive been a lcfc fan for years, I’ve been to more games outside of premier league than in. I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in recent years and have made great friends. I think that as fans we forget where we were. Maddison last year was caught on camera saying “we need the fans” mid match, yet when fans turn up we’re all a bit daft and ignorant, forgetting where we came from. we identify a ‘singing section’ and fans laugh at it. really I wish I could start a fans movement to implore everyone to remember that 13 years ago we were in league 1 with mid championship finishes being ‘best possible’ pro and preceding that season. we all need to get a grip and support our teams for two hours on match days. The one thing we have that other clubs don’t are that the majority of our players want to be here. vent over.

I could go on for a while here so I’ll just try and keep it light for now. ive posted previously (last year, early this) that: 1. Susan Whelan runs a fear factory. She may have won an award but that’s an outside view, inside view is that she is not nice. She is the solution to some issues and cause of others. 2. Various staff have been moved on, Dave rennie and plenty more that have been with the club for years. 3. inter departmental conflicts 4. a lot if not all staff hate the morale, coincidental with move to seagrave but I’m unsure of it’s the cause. 5. Winning fa cup and achieving 5th has brought arrogance to a lot of people, this could be a temporary blip? 6. Talking to the birch yesterday, all the above is shared. 7. Stadium expansion is poorly managed by CEO who wants beyond a pound of flesh. 8. Seagrave is incredible but has teething issues in terms of day to day operations and player management, they all leave after training and Brendan is trying them to integrate as a friends afterwards. there is a feeling the bubble has burst and it’s difficult to shake off. But looking at individual performances for their countries (ward/Tielemans/Castagne/cags) it’s reflected. They may have hit a glass ceiling and seemingly Brendan is the only one trying to sort it, he cares so much. on a side note, mark albrighton is first in and last out. BR wants him to be a leader off the pitch and the younger players to take an example. summary, yea we have major behind the scenes problems and some people are ignoring/hiding.

The problems we have aren’t as a result of Brendan rodgers, there is a lot more at play behind the scenes and this is filtering through to the players now. Rodgers is striving for perfection and I believe has no interest in leaving. Yes for the first time with us he is under criticism with performances, internally, but a dysfunctional 12 months and ‘office politics’ are currently being voiced and scrutinised. he’s always had a project here, Newcastle would be suicidal for any promising manager that isn’t a mercenary.

I think we’re talking about the same place. National grid is the building classed as heritage isn’t it? Whatever is on the corner is the one which was purchased.

Positive the purchase was last summer.

Intention is to submit for planning permission by end of august which allows three month consultation process for contractor to then start by March of next year. Demo and enabling works. Lots of redesign being completed and still reservations on hotel/accommodation block and office block. Between now and start of September I wouldn’t expect any announcements. But equally as no body is formally in a contract this could all unravel easily. There is slow progress though, but no rush.

Shouldn’t have to, but equally the plan was for three tower cranes so having one on the pitch might interrupt game play.

No not heard anything new. Certainly not a crane base, no idea why they’d want to do that, can’t imagine groundskeeper willy would appreciate that either.

Boys and girls, Tops first visit to training ground is today. Hopefully first tee off on the golf course as they’ve been waiting for him. Also expect some kind of progress on stadium if even just discussions. Fingers crossed.

On the basis there isn’t anything to report on no, can’t see an announcement. Difficult times to work in, part of the development is based on a speculative revenue (offices/accommodation) and whether these are required in the future is a question. Plus the time to start this year has gone so it’s no longer a priority until it is.

I mean where to start. First of all this is unofficially unofficial. 1. Not starting this May, aiming for next May for stadium construction. 2. Which building supplement this is up in the air. 3. The CEO could be the downfall of the club, ok that’s a bit extreme but taste the frustration. 4. Covid is allowing a smoother transition whilst seagrave is getting up and running, some issues with contractor and staff (never mind) 5. Ceo doesn’t like strong willed subordinates, watch the .com staffing change soon. 6. Because of two CEO ‘issues’ all interested parties are walking away due lack of transparency from club, honesty, and new work. 7. This could be a minor hiccup if ‘we’ pull our finger out with a decision. New contractor maybe be needed due to a) Everton stadium b) rumours of ceo being a bit of a knob - hopefully not but this could delay a further 12 months as the window of opportunity is fixed be seasons. 8. Owner is coming (for sure and for first time) to seagrave two weeks on Monday. This is to see his baby in seagrave and possibly provide a boost for stadium. this is all a bit up in air but it’s the best I’ve got. Season tickets for next season will be available at least.