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Results will play a part as well. We have some tough and also some critical fixtures between now and the Watford game: Millwall - Tough Middlesbrough - Tough Sheff Wed - Critical Wrexham - Critical Charlton - Critical Ipswich - Tough Swansea - Critical Watford - Boycott I don't see us picking up many points across those whole set of fixtures but there could be some devastating losses in there. If we're in the bottom 3 by the time Watford come to town, we might very well get a lot of fans boycotting.

Let's get those ducks in a row now. Relegation and a failure to pay the bills and a few will want to jump on board. The question is then, will the venkys ever let it get to that amd would they just have to put their hands deeper in their pockets? I also think calling a boycott now highlights and gives credence to those us of who have already taken this stance (for example me and my group since the summer). Otherwise its too easy to pass it off as shit support when in reality if you changed the ownership and made imo basic attempts to reengage with supporters you'd quite quickly get a lot back (albeit some who are out of the habit will take longer to come back).

I have given some ideas to a member who messaged me here but I can't repeat enough that your last point is hugely important to any form of protest movement winning. There's a PR campaign to be had here. Open letters and calls to boycott are great but they will never really 'go viral'. Too often the retort to protesting fans are along the lines of Who will buy us? £20m per year investment £200m investment so far We are a small club, small town, small fan base...who will buy us? These sorts of narratives can and should be challenged on the battleground that is social media. Since the Venkys ownership, a cursory glance of the accounts show that, based on the accounts and position of Rovers on their purchase, to where we are now, there is around a 460m implied revenue gap. That is the cost of Venky's ownership and it does not even count in the new TV deals, which I am certain in concerted efforts on here we have the ability to produce and show that 'revenue gap' being much bigger had we maintained our PL Status This sort of simple graphic challenges the "£200m pound" lie easily, without drawn out debate and given its nature has the potential to go viral You can run all sorts of similar campaigns. A "Uncle Jack's Legacy" campaign could feature, with the well-known quote from Madame heading a series of "before and after" photographs, data or actions which could feature everything from the general state of Ewood, the attempt to sell off Brockhall, the drainage or the demise in fan base and interest In short I think there's a battle to win hearts and minds, to remind some supporters of what we can be as a football club instead of what folk think we should be and it needs to be social media friendly, quick, graphic and in large volume. From a single series such as the Uncle Jack's legacy you could create dozens of graphics and circulate periodically. And the wider football fanbase are insignificant - these graphics need to be targeted at Rovers fans and if they do reach others great, if not who cares And if you keep it factual then the Club can threaten all they want but they can't do a thing. Spelling out facts online is not a crime

It would seem that a few of the die-hard attendees, are only going because they have already paid for a season ticket.

I agree. Its come to the point where something more drastic has to be attempted.

He's 28 years old now and he played the last Ashes series down under. Played 4 test. Average 10 over 8 innings. I would be tempted by giving Durham opening batsmen Ben McKinney his head now. Supposedly the next big thing and bring in Jordan Cox at 3 perhaps

Or even within it (initially).

Yes...but as I say, we shouldn't beat ourselves up for lack of traction external to (parts of) our fanbase...

Not just the hearts and minds of neutrals, a lot of our own fans too. The long term anti-Chansiri crew only got the rest on board once the wages stopped being paid.

Difficult to imagine you could hate someone that badly.

By the end of next summer, we will wish we had a first 11 of players as good as Dion De Neve 🙂 The downgrade is ongoing

Is it not better though to try and make headway BEFORE we get to the stage where bills aren't paid etc?

Imagine finding a ticket for that in your Christmas stocking 🎅

The biggest issue Rovers fans face in "selling the protest" is Venky's haven't yet failed to pay a bill. There's nothing anyone in authority can do to address owners with no ambition, no empathy, no drive... just so long as they keep paying the bills. Once staff/players aren't paid, HMRC issues winding up orders, local businesses' bills aren't paid, THEN you get real traction from other clubs & most importantly the media. As things stand we are caught in a cleft stick - we recognise the direction of travel but unless & until it results in breaches of regulations/legislation we risk coming across as entitled & consequently will struggle to win hearts & minds of the neutral IMO.

😄 mental isn't it. Genuinely feels like an obligation at this point rather than something I look forward to, imagine I will bin it off at the end of the season unless something changes. Can you imagine the state of this squad after another summer window that Rudy and Pasha oversee? A first 11 of Dion De Neves, no thanks.

Think there's far too much hand wringing and worrying going on about whether or not a boycott will be a major success. We won't know until it's tried but for me if we do nothing the Club dies. If the take up isn't as good as hoped, never mind, move onto something else and/or try again when conditions are different and take up might be more favourable. At the very least organising a boycott brings the issues firmly into the public domain even if initially take up isnt as high as hoped.

No idea how reliable a source this is, but that is quite frankly hilarious. What a shambolic appointment.

Get your tickets for a question and answer evening with Ismael at Ewood..think I'll book the day off! 🤡

And we're still here a decade later. Fair enough for Blackpool they got through it, I bet they couldn't give a damn about us now they are sorted though. Just the way football fans are.

The Crickets - More Than I Can Say

That wasn't about not spending on the concourse though. That was about being united and and bringing to light piss poor ownership

George Michael - One More Try

Yep I remember it, over 2k of them still bought tickets to go in and spent money on the concourse though.

Blackpool fans at Ewood. You'd be surprised at who is willing to help out especially when they've been through it