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Only way to deal with Chaddy is to ignore him.

I’ll drop you a message 🙂

I saw Celtic's chairman resigned today after receiving significant threats. You wonder how a fanbase like that would react to being owned by a distant, immovable object like Venky's.

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The Coalition has nailed its colours to the mast but I do think it has wider spread than the previous action group or Trust did. Plenty of people will join in I think the Coalition could do a much better job at putting the message out about the history of Venkys. Plenty of people still quoting £200m investment / £20m a year investment / “who will buy us”? There is a very easy win that none of the £20m per year is actual investment - it’s dead operating losses - and this can be demonstrated very easily in graphs and charts. PowerBI is excellent at this sort of data analysis these days - how Venkys have decimated us financially to be a stagnant and useless operation. It’s not good management and people need to see that in a way they understand The next step is showing where else true investment has happened in the FL. We are not asking to be Man City (but it would be nice) however it’s very clear other clubs with less of a history to us have benefited from smart and interested owners who want to see a sporting success. As a protest movement, it is my opinion this is what is lacking. Just my two pennies worth mind. If I can lend a hand and people want that, feel free to message me

The only thing I probably would have changed about the original statement would have been the full boycott call. I think it's the right message, but for many who are still going that will be too much to stomach at this point in time. It might have been better to target one specific match to begin with, and go from there. I know Watford has since been designated as the game separately, but not sure if that came from the coalition or from a different entity. I think a single game to begin with would be more tolerable to a larger group of fans, and would give a focus point for both the campaign and the media. I think the reasons to boycott are implicit within the statement released, so I'm not sure it needed to be spelled out any further. Perhaps some bullet points on the specific intent to try and coerce those on the fence, but again, a lot of the reasons are in the statement and if one has read the entire thing it shouldn't be necessary to regurgitate the same points in an appeal to fans who, in all likelihood, will attend no matter what. You'll never get a full boycott from everyone - I'm sure the coalition understands that. There will always be a sizable group that are just going to see a team in blue-and-white playing each week. They concern themselves only with what's happening on the pitch, not the boardroom. No judgement from me on that, we all have our own ways of seeing things. Nonetheless, I think many would put the effort in for one match, and a sparse crowd still sends a message. A lot of the success of a theoretical single-match boycott call would, ultimately, come down to what our results are like leading up to whatever match the boycott is aimed at. Should we be on a winning streak of a few games, you're likely to see less people participate than if our form is as bad as it is right now. Not much anyone can do about that, though - it's just the way things are. Do I think any of the above will change things? Probably not - but why not try? Worst case scenario it has no affect and things stay as they are. Nothing gained, but nothing lost either. Best case scenario it does cause some kind of shift in dynamic, and is the start of some form of change.

Nice of them to extend the same disrespect they’ve consistently shown us fans to the players too. No doubt this is what we’re seeing with Pickering play out right now.

Finely poised. First hour tonight is big. Skittle them quickly and we should look to keep them out there 4-5 sessions and wear them down and take a healthy lead. I fear if we dont and have to chase 4th innings against Lyon. If they add 50-60 as Starc can do and momentum shifts, I hope we've enough beligerence to see off the new ball.

I understand the points here, but something needs to move.

Until we eventually drop to league 2 which is what will happen with these shysters

If the Coalition were interested in pursuing a bottom-up strategy I’d be more than happy to lend a wordsmithing hand, but I see no evidence as yet that they are.

I don’t think anyone knows what they care about, and what will make them want to sell. I’m fairly certain they won’t care about a five-minute slot on Rock FM or Radio Lancashire. Publicity isn’t an end in itself, especially in today’s 24-hr news cycle. However, it is a fact that there is a wide spread of opinions within the fan base about the owners and the desirability or not of getting rid of them. Personally, I think the Coalition’s efforts would be better directed first finding common ground across the majority of the fan base before calling for anything. A game-changer would be then getting a credible buyer on board, but easier said than done.

Spot on.

The ground won’t be empty. Just like it wasn’t for Sheff Wed’s the other month. All about expectation management and having the real figures (and how they compare to a standard 3pm) quickly to hand. I don’t generally disagree with much of EiT’s post. Do I think it will lead to much? No, not really. But it’s been fifteen years, we have to try something, quickly too, as we are getting to the point of no return as once we get stuck in the lower leagues, with the Cat 1 academy gone, with Brockhall once again in the sights of developers, with the Riverside either mothballed or actually in the river, with a ground generally in compete disrepair, then yes, those that decry ‘well, who’d buy us’ would have far more of a point then who this very attractive club could attract as of right now.

What’s the alternative? Sit around and wait for the inevitable relegation to league 1? And become a middle of the road league 1 side? What an inspiring future that is.

They crucified Broad for the same thing. Bet they’re a bit quieter about this one.

I disagree fairly firmly on all points 1. It's an open letter. Often the intended audience to such a letter isn't the addressee. 2. Are you able to point me towards an institution/group of people better placed to claim to speak for the majority of Rovers fans than a coalition of the club's biggest supporter groups? 3. I think this is fairly widely accepted as a way to starve out negligent owners, and outside of football, a boycott is probably the most widely recognised form of protest against a business. 4. Wholly disagree. I think it's well written, impassioned and earnest. There's no need for militant language, and I would argue that using such language would be detrimental to the cause. There are far too many people looking for a reason to discredit the coalition and their aims.

I feel what ultimately will make a difference is a strategy that gains a lot of publicity. I don’t think they will care about lost revenue as it’s a drop in the ocean for them. They will care about being publicly shamed. There has been some good early publicity for the boycott but it needs to gather steam in order to keep up the pressure. I’m worried that we will win a couple of matches and the momentum will be lost or the fans who are likely to boycott have already done so and only a few hundred less fans in the stadium won’t look much different to the pitiful turnout against Oxford. I think we need to do something before it’s too late though so in the words of Gary Bowyer we should ‘give it a good go’ 💪🏽

We don’t know what the outcome and effect might be. At least we are finally trying and we need to get behind it, rather than opining why it won’t work.

Should we just keep going down there to GeT bEhInD the LaDs? Something needs to change. If the owners aren't changing anything then we can only try. I personally can't keep goin down there seeing a club that should be in the premiership. And yes we should be. We've fallen away from the pack. Sinking like a rock. The foundations were there already to make us greater. Not to necessarily go and win the premiership again but to stay up there playing the big boys every week. The club was ready to be continued by new owners. We got one that didn't know you could get relegated. 15 years is enough for me. I've spent a small fortune over the years as have many many more to watch our little town become known as giant killers.

Our young keepers main problem is that they are not very good, without worrying about how tall they are.

Having thought about this some more, I’m afraid to say I think it’s the wrong strategy being pursued in the wrong way. Calling for a boycott sounds great to the fans already boycotting, but to the fans who aren’t, there’s nothing in the letter to make them consider doing so. 1) It’s directed to the wrong audience - it’s a letter to the owners, not the attending fans. 2) “The Coalition” calling for a boycott is a long way from Red Robbo calling out the lads at Longbridge. They are by no means widely accepted as the voice of the majority. 3) There is no argument, persuasion or rationale in the letter as to why a boycott will change anything. 4) It’s too long, repetitious and reads like it was written by a committee (no doubt it was). It’s not exactly the Gettysburg Address or the “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” of the French Revolution. When the ground isn’t empty against Watford, all that will have been achieved is a further loss in credibility.

Bring on all the insults, as long as we win.

Even during that period, I wouldn't have classed them as a decent team.

I'm going 2-0 to Blackburn Rovers, when everybody writes them off, they come up with the unpredictable.