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The difference between us and Wednesday was they repeatedly stopped playing the players. Therefore boycott action to remove the owners was also seen to be supporting the players. I imagine it made it a much easier decision for match attendees to miss a game. Even then, they still had people that turned up.

As I’ve said previously, I think there’s a lack of understanding of match goers and their motivations. The lads around me aren’t particularly the happy clapper, turn up to Ewood to watch a team in blue and white and don’t think much else of if till the next game types (like some certainly are), they think the owners have been a disaster, we’ve had many a discussion about it. However, despite them, they see themselves as fans, as ST holders and as such they go and support the team. If you told them that they are ‘complicit’ because they are choosing to sit in a seat they’ve paid for to try and help the team stay out of the third division they’d see it as a very odd descriptor of them. As Herbie says above, only one winner from the looks of this thread.

Yep I can certainly see that and in many respects I agree, it is just in reality name calling...but I firmly believe attendance really is just justifying the status quo to those in their ivory towers. This is about a show of force; that fans have had enough. I suppose my overriding feeling is of sadness that some will not make a tiny sacrifice for the greater good.

Seen Gueye is training away from Rovers - think where Dolan was?

There was one article saying Everton have an interest in Alebiosu and that makes you think he has gone? Moyes has said Everton are unlikely to be signing anyone this January. I don't think they will sell Alebiosu this window, and not at the 4 million suggested.He be gone in the summer

The last Group game in which he got a deep gash which kept him out of the Round of 16 and might not be healed by Saturday.

Nah, we lack an Alebiosu equivalent at LWB and pace at CF.

He's muck 9 games out of 10

You made some good points in your initial post. But whether folk attend or not is a personal decision for them alone, and is no one else's business. Calling them 'complicit' should they choose to attend, is basically just name calling and serves no purpose.

That's excellent 👏 lucky you got to see them play (Best and Moore)

The notion of strong support can be countered irrespective of the success or otherwise of the boycott.

Depends if he is fit and motivated. A very small % of experienced player who drop down from prem to Championship are.

What's ridiculous is people not willing to make the minute sacrifice of not attending a single game to help prove a point and shine a spotlight a little more on our crazy owners. Imagine being one of those people and the history books... "Fan groups attempted to rally support against the Rao family ownership, by organising a blanket boycot of a single game, yet there remained a number of supporters who were unwilling to do so, instead insisting that they would not be told what to do by anyone" I can tell you now, that anyone attending the game will, by proxy, be supporting the spinned notion by 'the club' that there "remains strong support amongst the fan base for what we are trying to do here"

But but but Cantwell, the highest paid talisman

...who is prepared to cover his wages.

I post this occasionally on social media from BRFCS...I was lucky enough to be at this game...

Indeed...imagine you are Suhail reading this thread...he'll be delighted at the lack of unity across the fanbase. We need to rise above petty insults & concentrate on getting the message to Venky's that we ALL want owners who care.

He's only played 1 game in the tournament

We lack creativity and spark in the middle. We are so lacklustre and slow the majority of the team prefer a backwards or sideways pass, it will only ever get us so far.

Wilson is the sort of signing we have a chance with if no other club has even given him a hint of interest by February, and he wants to keep his fitness ahead of a real move in the summer.

I always read this as technically limited. They should all be no nonsense and good at basics.

It always makes me chuckle when I see accusations of 'complicity in the regime' should people choose not to boycott one game. By extension, anyone who has attended any game over the past 15 years is arguably also complicit. Yes, it's a ridiculous thing to say.

He’s already left and is a free agent

He'll be way above what we can afford in wages.

The most worrying thing for me is that Cashin seems to have come here for guaranteed game time regardless of what footballing ability the lad has ! Regardless of our defensive injury woes this season the 6/7 in front of them have been the biggest weakness for me with the likes of Gueye, Kargbo, Tavares, De Neve, Forshaw and Henriksson stealing a living from the club. As an aside Brighton who seem to facilitate a good chunk of our loan business were taken over by Tony Bloom the year before Venkys got there hands on Rovers. At that time they were still playing at the ramshackle Withdean and were languishing in League 1. With sensible investment, management and care and attention look where they are now, Premier League regulars calling the shots on a cheap loan to a club that had an infrastructure, support, management and playing staff they at the time could only have dreamt of. Sad times....