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I'm hoping for, four draws in the championship tonight.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/fans/fans-forum/ Have a read and see what they've left out

The first goal is important in this game. Not because we can hold on to it but because we KNOW JE can. We have hit good form and we will be up for it. You can guarantee Derby will. My only hope is that John doesn’t get peppered with abuse. He doesn’t deserve it. What happened to him whilst at this club is a disgrace. I think any boos will be entirely undeserved but you can just see them coming

You have hit the nail on the head with Hedges. The criticism has always been unfair. I’ve seen him be called useless and worthless to have on a pitch. Couldn’t be any further from the truth. You can tell he’s the type of player you would love to have on your side - he isn’t obnoxious, he’s not a trouble maker, he works hard and he’s a tidy player too One bad injury spell aside, he’s been ever present. Must be approaching his 150 apps for us now - all for less than £200k. In his time at the club he’s been ever present under 4 different coaches. In that time, we’ve been a top half club every season except for 23/24, which coincidentally he was injured most of that season. In no way saying that was the root cause of our issues that season but it does show his importance to this squad.

Paul wrote a superb letter outlining the clubs unique achievements and importance to the game of football over the last 150 years. There had been hope/expectation that we would be actually making a big deal of celebrating our anniversary so inviting representatives from the above bodies as guests, or to open exhibitions etc seemed like a good idea.

Very much agree, the reason I stepped down after a brief stint over a decade ago was I felt we couldn’t make real change after being lied to our faces in India. Now even more than ever a statement could be made by resigning en masse.

Dogs of war on both sides..

If it was an honest account of their 15 year disastrous reign of terror, then fair enough. but yeah, anything else and it should be on the bonfires tonight.

Big occasion, good sales (by Venkys standards), a bit of a grudge match, former players starting against us. I've watched enough of Rovers-under-Venkys to know what happens next.

DM asked for an update on behalf of Paul Salmon regarding a letter he wrote which it was agreed would be sent to FIFA, the FA, EFL and The Royal Family. SS stated this letter had been sent. DM expressed disappointment that Paul hadn’t been notified of this. (At the end of the meeting SS clarified that the letter had been sent to Mike Jackman, and not to any of the intended recipients.) Could someone expand on this comment please?

Firstly, I acknowledge any volunteers for giving up their time free of charge or favour and for the perceived betterment of an organisation. Rovers is many folks’ passion and if you think you might make a positive impact and you are willing and have the inclination, then fair play to you. However, in my opinion, when something such as the Fans’ Forum has so apparently become a busted flush, one might assess and reflect whether you are still making a meaningful contribution, or whether perhaps you might possibly be becoming part of the problem, enabling matters to continue unchecked. By which I mean the obvious inaccuracies with regards to what is discussed and what is reported in the minutes. Not to mention holding a mirror up to the Rover’s senior management team as to their actions in running our club and when they are failing to be compliant with the EFL’s regulations. I have no idea under what constitution the FF was established (I’ve read what is on Rovers website, which appears to have holes within its narrative) and briefly noted that it was set up in 2002, with then minutes appearing from 2017. There would appear to be a core number of representatives, with a number there from the outset. I can see who the members represent in the July minutes yet not in Octobers. My question is to the Chair Mark Hitchen (laughatthedingles ?) and to the Secretary John Wareing (Only2garners ?), at what stage do you decide enough is enough?

Can you upload pictures of the two pages?

When Leamington Road Baptist Church was built, between 1892-1895, their history reports that "A site was purchased in Leamington Street on land formerly used by Blackburn Rovers Football Club" . The ground was in the position shown in green on the illustration above. This was also reported in the Northern Daily Telegraph in April 1893 when the memorial stone was laid..

I wrote a long post here about this process, but have just deleted it because it's a convoluted way of saying much simpler: This is insanity. The entire point of minutes is an agreement from everybody in the room about what was said. If the minutes don't reflect what was said, they should never be agreed to.

Very distasteful that the owners are included in the history book. I think I would rather burn it.

No trains between Preston and Blackburn on Saturday.

They won't make any comment The FF is not fit for purpose. Surely, the FF is supposed to hold those with powers responsible for the decisions made. The FF has lost all credibility, and fans are losing hope. I personally believe the chair and secretary are not fit for purpose in this role if they continue to allow the club to get away with murder

Terrible comparison. Alf knew the system he wanted to play in advance and chose his players to suit the system. He merely swapped Hurst for Greaves. Vi started with a system which didn't work and was forced into a change of system due to injury. Doesn't really matter if we keep winning using the new system however though.

Even so much as a passing reference to that family in India negates any positive there may be about that book and prevents me from buying it. They have brought nothing but shame and damage upon this club and do not deserve to be part of it.

This is what I've been waiting for, how bad is it with regards to the Roa's? It's the one thing that's stopped me buying the book. If it's full of praise for them, it was a pass from me. 2 pages, could possibly handle but it depends.

You think he always planned to play a back 3 and 2 up front but was just waiting all this time for Cantwell to get injured to deploy it?

Big game, bigger than usual crowd, returning manager and players ( or judas and his greedy snakes, depending on which narrative you believe) and of course Blackburn Rovers being Blackburn Rovers. Just when things are finally going well...... Rovers 0 Rovers B 1

John/OTG, I keep offering you the opportunity to proffer some sort of plausible explanation as to why this happened if correct or to deny it if it didnt. Any comment to make?

Yea when Toth wasn't proven in the championship. Pears was.

Absolutely spot on Ian. It was seemingly not that much different when Waggott was here either. "Can't" "Wont" "We weren't aware" "We'll look into it" etc.