Venky’s (& Suhail) Out Protest Ideas

[Mercer]

2 hours ago, Gav said:

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Mercer has been posting claptrap since he joined this site over a decade ago , with a 20+% hit rate, but I know you know that. 

Ps - Hope you and the family are well Mercer 👍

Hi Gav

Hope you and yours are well too!

Trust you eventually found Sean Dyche in La Manga and therefore back on board!

Corrected your posting!  Keep up old boy - 2/3 correct revelations in last week alone!

You are right on one thing 'Venky's out and that's all that matters'!  Fingers crossed, it might be sooner than folk think!

KR

M

 

[Upside Down]

1 hour ago, JBiz said:

Mark from the Blackburn end podcast made a point about doing a reverse boycott as a one off advert to potential new owners.

Personally thought was a great idea, but sceptical on how you’d organise so thought I’d mention to see what others think.

There's been plenty of those. See the dingles game last season. 

This idea that we've got a small fanbase is a complete fiction. It's been proven time and time again that there is support there. Remove venkys and it will start to return.

[JBiz]

4 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

There's been plenty of those. See the dingles game last season. 

This idea that we've got a small fanbase is a complete fiction. It's been proven time and time again that there is support there. Remove venkys and it will start to return.

You’re preaching to someone who would buy the club, but would never have the opportunity!

There is no removal of The Raos without a buyer.

36 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Hi Gav

Hope you and yours are well too!

Trust you eventually found Sean Dyche in La Manga and therefore back on board!

Corrected your posting!  Keep up old boy - 2/3 correct revelations in last week alone!

You are right on one thing 'Venky's out and that's all that matters'!  Fingers crossed, it might be sooner than folk think!

KR

M

 

Just kills me this sort of hope. Thanks again MM. Hope you’re well.

[Upside Down]

2 minutes ago, JBiz said:

You’re preaching to someone who would buy the club, but would never have the opportunity!

There is no removal of The Raos without a buyer.

Just kills me this sort of hope. Thanks again MM. Hope you’re well.

There's no buyer without a seller.

Another fiction.

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5 hours ago, Upside Down said:

There's been plenty of those. See the dingles game last season. 

This idea that we've got a small fanbase is a complete fiction. It's been proven time and time again that there is support there. Remove venkys and it will start to return.

Also just puts money in their pockets and they just shrug their shoulders

[ageoftherover]

I think a "reverse boycott" that also included a significant/demonstrative protest component would be very good PR.

[Mattyblue]

A consortium in the wings, different issue. 

But if its ’right we’ve done the boycott, next part of the campaign is a reverse boycott for Portsmouth on the 7th March’ .
No chance.

[ageoftherover]

15 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

A consortium in the wings, different issue. 

But if its ’right we’ve done the boycott, next part of the campaign is a reverse boycott for Portsmouth on the 7th March’ .
No chance.

What if 3/4s of the crowd are wearing Venkies out shirts?

[scotchrover]

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[davulsukur]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

A consortium in the wings, different issue. 

But if its ’right we’ve done the boycott, next part of the campaign is a reverse boycott for Portsmouth on the 7th March’ .
No chance.

A reverse Boycott just undoes all the work of the original boycott,  surely?

Especially when the tag line is turn off the taps or not a penny more.

[Mattyblue]

Yes, not feasible. Everyone turning out for the first game in administration etc after a rallying cry or a potential buyer has gone public. Yes, can see that.

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[Browjd]

One of the big draws for the club for a prospective new owner has to be our Academy. In many ways, it could be one of the saving graces (IF we stay up...) of playing Academy players this season. Imagine a good ownership structure with actual qualified football people running the club...you would have a potential money tap of young players coming through, properly managed, progressed, delivering for a good Manager and sold by football finance people that know what they're doing.... 

[ageoftherover]

Chicken jockey 😂

[StHelensRover]

I think a 'reverse boycott' is a bit pointless. 

We've got recent evidence that there is still a decent sized fan base, it still shows up for big matches, but is disenchanted enough to not attend on a regular basis.

In the same way that the organised boycott isn't going to completely empty the stadium, an organised reverse boycott wouldn't completely fill it.  However, if we drew Liverpool or Man United etc in the FA Cup, that probably would actually fill it. 

Any prospective buyer who intends to make a success of the club will surely do some research into the existing and potential fan bas. They're not going to see 30 second highlights on the off chance on ITV of a fairly full stadium and decide to buy the club.

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1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

A reverse Boycott just undoes all the work of the original boycott,  surely?

Especially when the tag line is turn off the taps or not a penny more.

I'm all for showing what we can do but after they've gone

[davulsukur]

8 minutes ago, ... said:

I'm all for showing what we can do but after they've gone

Yeah, once they've gone or a takeover is well on the way. Absolutely.

[Crimpshrine]

13 hours ago, JBiz said:

Mark from the Blackburn end podcast made a point about doing a reverse boycott as a one off advert to potential new owners.

Personally thought was a great idea, but sceptical on how you’d organise so thought I’d mention to see what others think.

Only a good idea once the owners have put the club up for sale. Otherwise it is just money in their pockets when the objective is to turn off the taps.

[speedies gonna get ya.]

Has been discussed and is something I suggested in September. My idea was boycott, pressure into owners saying club for sale, then reverse boycott to show new owners our potential.

Only works if boycott successful and they say club for sale. Those in self imposed exile would only return for a match if the above was expressed  publicly.

[MarkBRFC]

3 minutes ago, speedies gonna get ya. said:

Has been discussed and is something I suggested in September. My idea was boycott, pressure into owners saying club for sale, then reverse boycott to show new owners our potential.

Only works if boycott successful and they say club for sale. Those in self imposed exile would only return for a match if the above was expressed  publicly.

Out of interest, say the boycott happens this weekend, Rovers completely ignore it which they will, and there is a crowd on Ewood similar to the Oxford/Milwall games which were both really low but nothing out of the ordinary in recent times.

Do we all (ST Holders) just trudge over to Ewood as normal next Saturday against Hull?

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[davulsukur]

Rovers fans seem to be finding Instagram posts which feature one of our delightful overlords, Balaji Rao, and are flooding the comments with "VenkysOut" or calls to sell the club etc. 

Comments keep getting turned off on the posts though.

[Browjd]

Keep it up! 

[Browjd]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/37985939/blackburn-rovers-relegation-battle-injury-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunfootballtwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769074782

[RoversClitheroe]

1 hour ago, Browjd said:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/37985939/blackburn-rovers-relegation-battle-injury-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunfootballtwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1769074782

Great article.

All these definitely seem to be turning the tide on the boycott in my opinion.

[JBiz]

7 hours ago, Crimpshrine said:

Only a good idea once the owners have put the club up for sale. Otherwise it is just money in their pockets when the objective is to turn off the taps.

What if they never put the club up for sale and just do what they’ve done previously and cut more and more costs on the basis of low turnover?

I guess I like that idea from the podcast because the club, like most things, is already for sale “at a price”. Mark described a more of a public plan / organised sort of protest which would be more than a slightly more busy Ewood on EFL highlights @StHelensRover

There is no rationale argument against the idea that low turnover can turn off potential investors and vice versa. It’s also inherently far more positive of a protest.

Would make it feel less like I’m crossing a picket line on Saturday as I have a season ticket.

[RevidgeBlue]

10 minutes ago, JBiz said:

What if they never put the club up for sale and just do what they’ve done previously and cut more and more costs on the basis of low turnover?

I guess I like that idea from the podcast because the club, like most things, is already for sale “at a price”. Mark described a more of a public plan / organised sort of protest which would be more than a slightly more busy Ewood on EFL highlights @StHelensRover

There is no rationale argument against the idea that low turnover can turn off potential investors and vice versa. It’s also inherently far more positive of a protest.

Would make it feel less like I’m crossing a picket line on Saturday as I have a season ticket.

If you feel like you're crossing a picket line on Saturday then it'll probably be your guilty conscience nagging away at you. I hope there isnt anyone stood outside the ground or turnstiles encouraging you not to go in and I havent seen any indication anywhere that will be the case.

I've no real objection to a Venky's out protest match and personally Id gladly attend for that. As others have said if the overall strategy is to starve them out probably best left for the time being.