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Any communications to the fan base will need to have wording in it to discourage division, infighting and arguing between supporters over whether they choose to boycott. There will also be some groups of supporters less likely to boycott who clearly shouldn't face derision or abuse for attending. I'm thinking of certain vulnerable groups like some disabled or very elderly supporters. For them, attending might be a very important part of their routine and we don't want to put these fans at risk from infighting or pressure. Edit - I'm not saying that anyone on here would behave badly to fans who disagree with their views, but unfortunately there are some idiots I've seen and heard over the years who can't behave.

Let’s get the call for a boycott moving then, it is way overdue.

I think everyone knows the fan base is still there without the need to actively call for people to turn out. I think too many instructions and caveats will distort the message. Let's call for just one boycott at one match, initially. There was 26-27k home fans at the East Lancashire derby last year, we took 5k to Preston this year, 6k to Sheff United for the FA Cup quarter final, 6k to Anfield about a decade ago, 5k to Doncaster on a midweek for promotion. 26k on against Oxford in L1. I've no doubt that if we had somehow made our way into the playoffs there would be 30k fans after a Wembley ticket. When there is a huge fixture even many of those who stay away are temporarily drawn back in with their fingers crossed that things will change (they won't under Venkys). I'm not worried about demonstrating we still have an active fanbase. There's plenty of evidence. I'm one of the few still attending and I'm briefly prepared to stop to send a message. We need to think about how we communicate/convince/plead with the other remaining attendees to make a stand. Just for one game.

Is there a reason that we can’t follow suit ?

Agree. The silence is deafening. Posturing and pontificating will do feck all. Metaphorically, hit the bastards where it hurts and maximise sensitivity and embarrassment.

Count me in, would need massive social media campaign and also for LT to communicate the campaign, albeit they will never endorse it.

I have not seen this information so maybe thousands of other fans haven't. Post the information on here, let's make it punchy and disseminate widely and see if we can gain any traction. Has to be worth a go.

Honestly this doesn’t need half as much thinking as you lot think it does. It needs 50 local people willing to make a real nuisance of themselves at home games within the law and some funding.

I completely respect you for going to matches as you clearly enjoy it and you should keep going if it makes you happy. You’re not a mug for pursuing what you enjoy. You should also respect those who want to protest or boycott as it makes some people miserable to see how the club is shrinking. I think if I lived locally I would probably keep going too. Regardless of off field matters, I can’t help but support the team. Apathy has set in to a degree but I still have the love for the team that is quickly rekindled with a couple of wins. My worry is where the club will be in 5 or 10 years. I’ve managed to convince my 8 year old son to support the club (poor thing) but with the rate of decline currently I’m worried there won’t be much left to support in the future. Rovers have been important in my life and I want the same for my son. I think this is a legitimate concern and as such I will support any (legal) protests.

He’ll always be remembered for being part of that Jim Montgomery double save in the FA Cup Final.

Ah that's a shame, OK thanks

everyone has as opinion on protesting,let them choose their own way,venkys ar`nt selling the club so there is really nothing we can do to change the situation,though i suspect a mass pitch invasion leading to another abandonment would seriously rattle pasha and his puppet gestede,after the debacle of two waterlogged pitches it would certainly enhance media interest in whats going on

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Are you sure?

Why are you in a protest thread when no form of protest would be supported by you?

And you done what? I'm a mug for wanting to back the team. Yes the team. We have games to play and win. You might not fecking shit the players and winning games then fine.

A spreadsheet with all this information was sent to media & representatives & to the club to ask if they were concerned, differences as high as 5,222, a 33% difference. Nobody, and I mean nobody cares

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/december/14/-it-means-a-lot-to-get-far----joseph/ https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/december/14/-a-dream-come-true----harvey/

Certainly doesnt help. Although our defenders individually are poor anyway which compounds it. McLoughlin is a squad player at best, Miller is even worse.

I obviously know Gestede doesnt go out scouting the players. I never said that he did. Even back in Ferguson's era, he would have had scouts. I never said that. We will have limited our managerial search to desperados like Ismael because managers wont want crap players put before the. They wont want dickhead novices like Gestede being at the head of the recruitment operation, or demands put on them regarding how to play, how many youngsters need to play etc. The manager should be able to choose as he should be best placed to decide. Ismael might have decided between x and y but I can only imagine how bad some of the lists of players will have been. Tomasson was the same and got publically frustrated by it. I remember him saying when we had a self inflicted block on transfers that he had said yes to loads of people that hadnt arrived, suggesting that he was just desperate for bodies at that point. Im guessing you are happy with Gestede being in the position he is and with the structure of Gestede and Ismael. I do understand how many modern day football clubs are setup. I DISAGREE that it necessarily makes total sense all of the time for them to run like that even if it modern day fashion.

Wow

You are a mug chaddy. The club is being destroyed and can't see it. Not even bling the frog. Why you come here I don't know.

Why if you want to rid this club of, IMO, an utterly shite ownership and executive management? Spot on. Hit the sensitive spots where it hurts. A way forward to secure an embarrassment across our ownership, executive management and the football world. When the wider football world can see official attendances are being grossly exaggerated (perhaps by as much as 50%), it will sting and more than raise eyebrows. Using social media, starting with the last 6 home games list on a match by match basis the real attendance against the official attendance and add to after every home game. Has to be done on a rolling basis (ie all matches shown and not a game in isolation) for impact. Agreed Agree Agree Sadly, it's an issue we face with many of our fans - they are so gullible it's untrue and they simply don't get it. IMO, there is a lot of hot air and seemingly no action. It's simple, maximise embarrassment and make Pasha and Gestede squirm uncomfortably. Look what happened last season when the 3 stooges were forced into a woeful q & a. Since then, seems like all pressure gone and feck all happening. Lastly, IMO, unless you want to end up watching Rovers at Griffin Park or Pleasington, grow some balls and resilience and BOYCOTT EWOOD PARK entirely instead of bellyaching and pontificating on this MB.