Great to see these appointments confirmed, but no doubt some will find something to moan about below :)

No criticism from me regarding these roles. I’m sure MA has made them with good reason. That said Dinitri has been a bit of a job hopper. 8 jobs in last 15 years. Average tenure 2 years. Assuming he’s good at his job, let’s hope he manages more than one more year at Town.

I had a crap commute to work this morning… but can’t find anything else to moan about today. :-)

Are we ‘scraping the barrel now’ OR ‘injecting New Life’ ? - won’t take long now to find out !!
I’ll bet Gamechanger are begging now for a Buyer - I genuinely feel sorry for them after so much enthusiasm, and funding they have put into the Club.

Bazza 8564, you weren't disappointed :)

Know Ben well so delighted for him very approachable guy always ready for a chat. His son plays for the academy.

Im happy for Dmitri, seems like he is really being rewarded for helping the academy achieve cat 1 status and look forward to seeing what he can bring to all 3 branches (mens, womens and academy) of the club

Linkboy13, that's very good to hear. He's landed a really important job at the club, at an equally important time, we must all wish him the best of luck and of course success!

The same applies to Dmitri of course too. I don't think it's overstating the case to say, these are 2 of the very most important jobs at the club, lots of responsibility, anf of course expectations from the likes of me! Once again the best of luck to both.

Blueboy1981. What are you on about? How are we scraping the barrel? Ridiculous comment. Halation has already achieved getting us category 1 for the academy, and Chenery has a good background. And stop with all this rubbish about gamechanger looking for a buyer. Beginning to think you and darkhorse are either twins, or the same person . They are looking for investment thstxwill put the value of the club up to £375m. Andzaimong to get tge value up to £1bn by 2030. So whycwould they want to sell now when they could sell for almost every times the amount in 5 years time? Assuming they want to sell even then. Ud clearly make as poor a businessman as darkhorse.

Blues1, YEP!
I have no idea what he's talking about either. Who sells a club they are committed to AFTER dropping out of the PL?
Building market cap to £1bn as a stated ambition is about as far as being up for sale as you could ever imagine.......

Blues1, thanks for the shout out. Love you too.

It bit his opinion we are for sale. WE ARE. A MAJORITY STAKE of ordinary shares, is available, and if that wasn’t the case. Both gamechanger and the club would have clarified that.., I’m only guided by what Brett said in his statement, because unlike me and you, he knows. He literally speaks for the owners.

So everything he said, including player sales, is true.., that it makes you feel bad, and that’s all you see, your blind emotion, is perhaps why YOU are not very good in business? .., that did sound a bit like it’s psychological projection.

You don’t seem capable of stepping back, looking at the facts. The evidence: and the probable situation.

Owner clarified we are for sale.., Ashton tests to put out the fire, but with no official statement.

All staff, that would leave (potentially under new ownership) leave.., staff that won’t easily find jobs once the season starts.

NO new staff are appinted are either out on player contacts, with that security, or are already under contract at the club.

The player sales the owners said could be £100 million (which you baulked at) is already at almost £70 million when Omari leaves (and he will).

You’re not exactly good at critical evaluation are you.

You wouldn’t need to be Colombo, you’d just need to be able to step back.

And thanks for your concern about my business acumen, it’s genuinely touching.

I’m like David Brent and Simon Jordan’s love child.., dollars for donuts, I doubt my achievements are a mere bagatelle, relative to yours.

Genuinely, I’m 51, can’t see my iPhone mini and I have fat thumbs.

Have you ever considered I just can’t see to type Mark Ashton is a strategic genius, this is what planning, strategy. Contingency, and process look like after spending up to £150 million, and making our manager one of the best paid in Europe.

We are for sakle.

I don’t feel great about the situation either.., but there’s no point being in denial and not accepting it.

Oh. And why are they selling now?

After £140 million revenue, plus a years parachute money.

Well, if we go up, you’re right, financially, they shouldn’t.

If we don’t.

We still have 4 years of 15-20 million £ worth of liabilities to service, from the spending spree you think never happened.

SO I guess they don’t agree with you that Ashton is world class, and they think this is the best value exit…, they can sack Ashton and possibly McKenna..probably just Ashton

OR sell at what is likely now the peak financially.., with continuity of key management who have had huge EFL success.

Makes a lot of sense.

Probably the right risk management for them.., servicing debt in the EFL is a tough gig, you’d think with your business background, you’d know what 100% wages to turnover can do to a club.., we had 16 years of it!

So they are OUT.

You need to learn to adult, stop attacking people who want to talk about what’s actually happening at the club.., you can’t see the wood for the trees.

We all want what’s best.

Burying your head in the sand…, that’s not a solution.

I’m VERY optimistic.

We are NEVER staying in the Prem with Ashton and Gamechanger - that’s the reality.

So this is a fantastic opportunity.., to be an established premier league sides

I know you prefer measuring us to Cheltenham and Forest Green, as does Mark when he’s made another blooper - but that’s not who we are mate.

We aspire to be in the top division and established.

That means you need to adult, and the club need to make tough decisions, which might not always be popular.

It’s time for your big boy pants now.

Blues1

Can you use my full name in future please, I’m darkhorse28

28 is in reference to my IQ, and I was up days thinking it up, so in future I’ll ignore all your compliments if you don’t use it. Thank you.

Right, one last video of Steve Whittons greatest penalties, then bed, sweet dreams.

Bazza8564 - can I sell you one of my businesses.., they have aspirations of market caps circa £100 billion, with detailed roadmaps of how to get there too.

Have you ever bought anything, from anyone?

Seriously. When someone sells something.., sometimes they exaggerate its potential.., because they’re selling it.

If that thing costs £180-200 million those exaggerations can be a little tippy toppy.

I question. If we’d ever be worth £1 billion .., why would any stakeholder sell any stake in that investment?

Newcastle cost £305 million, and they were profitable, have match day revenue more than double ours, play in Europe and get £150 million a year in TV revenue.

We blew our TV money on EFL players.., and now look potentially like our TV revenue will be £5 (if we get games on TV).

Our wages alone will be MORE than our entire revenue streams combined.

You want to know what we are actually worth if we don’t go up this year?

You couldn’t give us away.., ask Marcus Evans.

Selling a championship club, if they don’t have parachute money.., is very difficult for anything like the numbers Gamechanger are quoting.

£1 billion.

We’d need a ground twice our size, to own that ground, and champions league football for a number of years.

Then we’d be worth less than that.., there is no realistic pathway to those valuations.

And THAT is 100% why stakeholders ARE selling.

£180-220 million now, might be possible.

Next year, in the EFL, knock up to £75 million off.

Thats a lot to wage on a CEO and Manager that just spent £100 million plus, and made you a lot of promises, they didn’t keep.

THAT is what risk management looks like in real time.

They’re OUT.

Unless nobody wants us.., then they were just out feelers out, but yeah, we can’t recruit external staff, and players will be sold.

Consequences. It’s the real world you’re in.

Not your fantasy bubble where you make up the fantasy, and confirm your own bias, dismissing facts like they’re an inconvenience!

FOR SALE.

See it as your new fantasy that you can build and emotionally invest in.., I am.

New owner is a real football person, this is the beginning.

Watch this space.