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The 'official attendance' will be the same as it always is, as it counts tickets sold not bums on seats The true figure will come in the FOI request to the police, who will release actual data In any case, you will be able to see, visually, if there is a reduction in attendance. What Pasha points to is irrelevant.

Were goals the main complaint? It was his inability to look like a professional footballer that bothered most. That recent social media challenge was really telling. Cantwell said something like "I bet you £100 he misses" when it was Gueye's turn. Even his teammates didn't think he could kick a ball like a professional.

I think the main point being made was that Gueye had not played that many minutes this season But yes, Gudjohnsens strike rate is excellent

Unless I'm mistaken, 1 goal every 205 mins equates to a goal in just over 2 games which is hardly garbage, in fact it's excellent.. I would be delighted if any new striker(s) have a similar goal rate

Yeah, I'm sure that's why he left and not for footballing reasons. Marvelous player.

They'd never come out and say it but through their entire tenure there has definitely been an element of F U we own it it's ours. Come if you want but if not we aren't bothered we pay and we'll do as we please. Imo the ONLY way to break that is boycott and show them a football club is nothing without its fans and all the blame and bad publicity lies with you, regardless of your wealth.

Curiously he seems to have popped in to say goodbye to that Player Liaison lady who was fired before she flew off to Dubai. Anyone that took her side was shuffled out the door.

Unfortunately I think they do, I fear that is the very point of holding on to the club. I believe they hate us.

I'm not going to get into it - but: Gueye was unfairly treated for the last 9 months of his time here. he played 187 minutes this season and people are saying he hasn't scored enough goals. Ohashi has played 1993 minutes and scored 6 goals meaning he scores 1 every 332 minutes. Andri Gudjohnsen has played 1227 minutes scoring 7 goals putting him at 1 every 205 minutes. easy to point fingers but in theory and with this data driven approach all of our strike force are garbage.

Staff and players not being paid at Wednesday meant more anger and probably no opposition from inside the club to protests etc. Plus their owner had a presence at the ground sometimes. Unlike here, invisible owners, people inside the club protecting their own gravy train and don't care about protests because of the thousands of miles buffer zone between here and India. Staff and players always get paid as do the bills so no support comes from them. It's a completely different dynamic here due to 15 years apathy rather than a few years anger as we had over a decade ago. We more resemble Reading or what Charlton were in their slow demise quietly slipping away aside from the odd publicised kick off. When Bolton were slipping away they to had the odd spat but mainly like here loads just stayed away quietly.

Regardless of if folk think he got a fair shake with VI or not, the end result is the same, he did feck all, so the fact his minimal contribution gets a ‘memorable moments’ sign off sums up the standards down there.

Yep, that's why I had to check again 🙂

This surprises me, Alex Tóth isn't that great in my opinion but what do I know.

The biggest boycott will be in the summer when season tickets are released.

I was going to say - Gestede would drive Toth down to Bournemouth himself for £7m.

Assuming in those 60 appearances we're counting all the times he was brought on for 5 minutes by Ismael?

The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There

Like I've said in the past. The local community needs the money - stay away from the game, go to the cafe's the local park the butty shops etc. spend what you would on a ticket or inside the ground on the local area. It's one game that will almost certainly dross whether the fans are there or not. So for one game stay away and do something different. I understand it's routine and for some a way to switch off for 90mins or so, but just do do something within the local community. Surely that's a better story - 'Boycotting rovers fans spend x amount on local cafe's/businesses in Venkys protest.'

I posted about comparisons with Sheff Wed back in December, when the boycott was first announced, and in my opinion it's really difficult to compare the two. Below is a section of the timeline I posted originally (which was way longer and included far more misdemeanours going back years), honing in on the immediate run-up to TWO protests, one vs Coventry (on-pitch protest) and the one vs Boro (boycott). Before either of those happened, the club was under an embargo and players/staff had been told that wouldn't be paid on time for the 5th time in 2025 alone! Immediately before the Boro Boycott the club was facing a winding up petition. On 26 September, the club were placed under a further two embargoes, so five in total, this time for football creditors and amounts due to another club. On 29 September, senior players and staff were told not to expect wages on payday, the fifth time that calendar year. On 4 October, the match against Coventry City was delayed due to a fan protest on the pitch against the owner. On 6 October, the club were hit with their sixth embargo after failure to pay players on time. On 9 October, new chair of the Independent Football Regulator, David Kogan said Sheffield Wednesday's struggles are a "significant problem" and the new football regulator is seeking powers to investigate clubs in such situations. On 9 October, Unite the Union issued a statement against owner Dejphon Chansiri, for his continuous failure to pay non-football staff. On 16 October, it was reported that HMRC are close to issuing a winding-up order due to an unpaid tax bill of around £1m. On 22 October, the fans boycotted the fixture against Middlesbrough. Whilst a lot of Rovers fans (Myself included) are extremely angry about the last 15 years, and extremely worried about the short, medium and long term future of the club under the Rao's, our current situation is (on the surface) not really comparable with that of Sheff Wed. Very little of the above has happened at Rovers, save for a transfer embargo in.... 2015? What I'm saying is, whilst wages are paid, whilst there's 11 players in blue and white on the swamp, whilst we maintain Championship status and whilst there is no imminent (or at least publicised) threat to the club, many fans (and importantly the media and powers that be ((FA, EFL)) will turn a blind eye, and as we have witnessed, become quite angry at the prospect of protests, boycotts or otherwise, citing, "where would we be without them". In my opinion, protests won't gather a huge amount of traction until there's a tanginble threat to the future of the club. At the moment, the Rao's, and the board are managing to keep the good ship Rovers out of totally treacherous seas.

Perhaps this forum needs promoting more it's a great source of info for all the goings on

Amazing assertion all the way from New Zealand, well done great contribution.

Considering our home form this season it seems a stretch to suggest the away team requires an additional advantage to take points from Ewood Park. Our manager and team are usually enough of an advantage for the away team.

Only one I have head of there is Hornby, he's an absolute unit, everything Gueye should have been. No chance on him I would suggest.

UK strikers abroad has led to me Duffus, Hornby and Ure Duffus playing for St Etienne in Ligue 2. 4 goals and 3 assists in 12 games (5 starts). Only signed this year for them however. Hornby 4 goals 5 assists in 2nd Bundesliga across 14 starts. Expires next year. Seems to win a lot of headers based on stats. Robbie Ure 11 goals 4 assists across 28 starts in Sweden. Ex Rangers and Anderlecht. 6ft 2 and good age. Rumoured to be moving Likely won't sign any

I wouldn't be surprised if the Rovers hierarchy tried to blame the lack of signings on the boycott.