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So you have probably been the most consistent poster in this thread and again have barely discussed anything remotely relevant. If you dont eat at the ground because of choice around value and food options, it has absolutely no relevance to protests. Your postings earlier about merchandise displayed a total ignorance towards the protest and the suggestion. Obviously its down to personal choice but just repeating that isnt really relevant to whether this form of protest is suitable.

Bring your boots!

Great post btw and I agree until something big happens a lot will see no issue. (Although lots were happy to see us concrete half of brockhall and then no issue when it was used as a loan guarantee and left club ownership) The frustration is, some of those who want to boycott inc myself, think that it may happen down the road, we have the roadmap, we can see an ownership who no longer wants to fund the club and should draw parallels it may be a slow death. If its fair for the Venkys in crowd to conclude we'd be another Bury/Bolton, its fair to counter argue we could be another Sheff Wed with this ownership. Better to intervene now, knowing what we know, than wait until it does happen. Not aimed at you btw, it makes sense to the wider fanbase. You articulated the challenges. None of us know what on Earth the owners are thinking.

I’ve lost track of how many choices I have.

Firstly, RF99, @RevidgeBlue and @lraC , I don't consider myself any better than any other fan. Yes I am diehard passionate Rovers fan who loves and breathe Blackburn Rovers every single day of his life. I'm sure everyone else is similar. I asked you some simple questions which yet again you have chosen to ignore and not answer but then expect others to answer your questions. Maybe have a think about that My stance is very clear and straight on all the issues. I respected others who make their own choice for the own situation, whatever decision or choice they make should be fully respect, not moan or complained for making their own decision on what they think is right for them. I never said my non-buying on the concourse was my protesting but me making a choice not to buy based on the options available. That's my choice. I fully aware of what the coalition points are and what they want supporters to do but it is still down to that supporter to decide what they want to do which is personal choice. If Supporters choose to not do as the Coalition has ask for that is down to them and what their choice. It isn't wrong and people shouldn't be made to feel guilty over it either.

I obviously hope we win on Saturday, but I do worry that some fans will be pleased with the three points and yet again simmer down and forget about or criticise the call to boycott. I also think that if we win, the club's propaganda machine will go into overdrive against the protesters and that some people who are on the fence will be won over by it. This game on Saturday is a must win IMO, in really tough circumstances. We have to claw our way to 50 points this season or we're doomed. It's strange feeling that if we get a good result it will have other knock-on negative effects around the club. Not a nice feeling to have.

The reality is that the only think that will get the wider attend8ng fan base to get of their seats is if results and relegation, but even then there will be those that blame the poor form and league position on 'negative fans'

The Eustace exit made me afraid again. An awful reminder of the toxic people behind the scenes. I was almost starting to believe again with Eustace. The acid test was always going to be the January window. Again, it was an unmitigated disaster and reminder that we were in the midst of another sabotage. Somehow, it felt worse than the previous ones.

They have form for dropping ChatGPT statements online on a Friday afternoon/evening before a game. If they do respond I imagine thats when it will be, telling everyone we're entering a crucial period and get behind the lads etc. Then when we don't win on the Saturday, it gives all the pro venkys folk ammunition to point the result as being the fans fault.

Id wager there'll be some sort of sly dig about it somewhere along the way. "Those that would want to see us fail" or "Enemy within" type thing.

Be interesting to see what the crowd reaction is on Saturday. Will the call to arms be generally well received and lead to "Venky's out" type chants or will it provoke a sort of superfan "Rovers 'til I die" type backlash? Either would arguably be preferably to the morgue like atmosphere prevalent recently.

They won't respond, not a chance. They'll be a rallying cry from the manager, especially if he get's asked about it by BBC Lancashire. And they'll probably get a player to do the same in a pre-match interview. Other than that, as you were for the last 15 years, radio silence.

I can't understand why driving Eustace out wasn't the tipping point for everyone. They had the perfect manager for our current situation and either couldnt see it, or could and clearly didnt like what they saw!

I fully respected your choice Josh as I do with other people who made a similar stance over the years including what were good friends at the time. As I said it's a personal choice for everyone

And still we await a responce to the Coalition letter...do they think it will all go away if we win Saturday?

I want to see more than "communication" from them or any other owners, you could communicate freely and still run the Club extremely badly but great post nonetheless. Sums up the last 15 years really well.

One of the all-time Ewood greats and the best strip bar none Take me back

I have been boycotting home games since Owen Coyle was appointed and every game is still a massive wrench. Just neds to be done.

Americans are used to paying silly prices to go to sporting events. The average NBA ticket price is £100, NFL is £120 with concerts being smuch steeper, so spending big money on a once in a lifetime event won't phase an American populace getting more and more interested in watching football. FIFA know this so have priced accordingly. It's not right, but they have a captive audience. Also factor in that the country has immigrants from everywhere who also want to see their country play, and that football fans in America tend to be higher than average earners you have a recipe for FIFA to maximise profits.

Who is the better keeper between all 3 of this? what qualities have they got each of them and would any be ready to step up for first team in a couple of years time?

Agreed. There was always a chance/likelihood that Rovers wouldn't survive long term in the prem. We were squeezed financially and despite the increase in Sky money, it's still a hell of a tough job to stay up there. Chairmen like Steve Gibson who I consider to be a good operator, never managed to establish Boro as a regular in the PL, and there are other clubs who have been up and down. But like you, I despair at the lack of ambition and the directionless, inexplicable degradation of every facet of the club. If we as a fanbase genuinely could see a modicum of a plan, communicated to the fans and operated by a competent board of football operators, then I think some of the pressure would be off the owners. What we've seen for 15 years is crisis after crisis, incompetent board after incompetent board, infighting, backbiting, feathering of nests, shadowy agent involvement, embarassing managerial appointments, embarassing managerial departures.... and now, an obvious (and likely unsustainable) ongoing plan to run the club on the lowest budget feasible. And what do we get from them.... an out of touch AI generated letter at the start of each season.

Nearly 3 goals conceded a game, over 3 seasons, and with more than 3 goals a game conceded last season, is shocking. Pakistan must be terrible to cap him. The only reason I can think for why we have kept him on (aside from our absolute love of hoarding youth keepers) is that if he did come good, it could help tap into more locals for our fanbase. But he quite clearly isn't going to come good.

I agree on Ismael. Saying that Ismael needs to go is a current problem at least though, rather than fixating on staff members that have been and gone and are not current issues. You also arent suggesting that any ambition went with Ismael. There has been no ambition across the last 15 years, consistently. It cant just be pinned on a former manager. Nor are you saying that Ismael has lowered the standards that the current board are just continuing with. By making these sorts of comments, you are pinning the root cause down to individuals rather than Venkys so it is deflecting blame. Saying that their name is over the door sort of does put it back on them but only artificially. Venkys (Suhail is an anomaly here is he is essentially an extension of them, but even then, even he isnt the direct cause) are the problem and always have been, beyond merely just being a name over the door. If you pinpoint what you perceive to be the trigger standard lowering or downgrading of the club down to any individual, whether it be Mowbray, Waggott, Broughton, Ismael, Kean, whoever. Just look before and after their employment. Standards were no higher, its been consistently like this since Venkys came in. We need to focus on them. If people have lost interest/are boycotting for any reason other than the owners then not enough attention has been paid.

But there should be the pride, of playing the game they love, if not to wear the shirt. If guys want to further their careers, they should always play hard.