Championship 24/25

[Mattyblue]

What’s your point? 

End of the day Ewood was re-built for a club at the top of the Premier League. We will never, ever fill it completely (so say 28,000 home fans with 3k away) with our own fans week in week out even if we ended back in the top flight. The fanbase isn’t big enough. So if it takes a ticket offer to do it, so what?
 

[chaddyrovers]

apart from the odd game we will never fill Ewood again

[Hasta]

4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

apart from the odd game we will never fill Ewood again

Yep. That’s the Rovers attitude alright.

I’d prefer to think if we were in the premier league again under new owners and tickets priced sensibly, then with the modern boom in football attendances and a connection with the local population, we could get back to previous levels. Think big.

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Hasta

[rigger]

4 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Yep. That’s the Rovers attitude alright.

I’d prefer to think if we were in the premier league again under new owners, tickets priced sensibly then with the modern boom in football attendances and a connection with the local population, we could get back to previous levels. Think big.

 

It's not just thinking big, it's thinking positively.

[Mattyblue]

Previous levels without a doubt, the boom in crowds across football coupled with the scale and profile of the PL (that has gone up a fair few levels since 2012) means we’d do that no problem.

[Tomphil2]

3 hours ago, Old Rover said:

yeah, when in 1978 the crowd was over 27000 , not many were supporting us, things change, a few years later we won the league , ups and downs, the biggest home support i remember-after we won the  league cup in 2002, against Fulham, 10 pound a ticket , we also got 26700 against Oxford, in 2018 guess what, 10 pound a ticket

The people at the club now are just ignorant to the local market and too spineless to present anything radical to the owners in case it threatens their own position.

The only focus is squeeze and ever dwindling fanbase to the max to ensure a certain static level of income per season. There have been multiple missed opportunities to get thousands back in overnight and at certain times the finances would've allowed it.

There is zero real desire for it though in head office.

To achieve the gates we did under the Souness/Hughes/Allardyce era we still had to price tickets very competitively because quite simply that is what the local market required it was the only way it would work. If these lot were in charge then we'd be averaging about 18k given their attitude to pricing.

It was just the same for Wigan and Bolton by the way, just as it still is now so anyone who constanly cries about crowds and we don't get 20k a home game like we used to because 'shit fans' seriously has a hole in head and a grape where their brains should be.

It was never happening at this level and certainly not the way the clubs been run.

[Wheelton Blue]

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

apart from the odd game we will never fill Ewood again

Nonsense.

That's exactly the sort of small minded mentality that those who purportedly run our club have.

[chaddyrovers]

13 hours ago, Hasta said:

Yep. That’s the Rovers attitude alright.

I’d prefer to think if we were in the premier league again under new owners and tickets priced sensibly, then with the modern boom in football attendances and a connection with the local population, we could get back to previous levels. Think big.

I would agree with different owners its good possibility but until the current owners it won't. 

People have walk away for good, found other things to do, some gone supporting Stanley, etc

11 hours ago, Wheelton Blue said:

Nonsense.

That's exactly the sort of small minded mentality that those who purportedly run our club have.

Small minded mentality? 😂😂😂

We have talked about the current ownership to death and we all know the issues. 

Under new owners who are here, understand the local area and fan base, etc. Most likely very different but until the current owners sell We will never get a full Ewood Park again regular only in certain games. 

[Mattyblue]

If you now ‘support’ another EFL club you were never a proper Rovers fan in the first place.

[Wheelton Blue]

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I would agree with different owners its good possibility but until the current owners it won't. 

People have walk away for good, found other things to do, some gone supporting Stanley, etc

Small minded mentality? 😂😂😂

We have talked about the current ownership to death and we all know the issues. 

Under new owners who are here, understand the local area and fan base, etc. Most likely very different but until the current owners sell We will never get a full Ewood Park again regular only in certain games. 

I'll repeat what YOU said...nothing to do with the owners.

apart from the odd game we will never fill Ewood again

At face value, that comes across as a pretty small minded comment to make.

I wonder when Jack designed the stadium whether he thought we'd never fill 30k home fans.

[roversfan99]

Gone supporting Stanley 😂

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

I'll repeat what YOU said...nothing to do with the owners.

apart from the odd game we will never fill Ewood again

At face value, that comes across as a pretty small minded comment to make.

I wonder when Jack designed the stadium whether he thought we'd never fill 30k home fans.

Rovers were a very different under Jack Walker and the Walker Trust under John Williams compare to now. 

Fans have walked away cos of Venkys or their decision. The owners set the direction of the club. 

If you had a new owner with proper coherent plan, Good CEO, understanding the local area and being part of the community, meeting fans, etc..

If we Season Ticket prices at £250 or even £200 under this ownership do I think we sold many more? Possibly but no guarantee, under a new owner, I reckon we would. 

[chaddyrovers]

6 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Gone supporting Stanley 😂

Think @K-Hodpost it. 

I know a couple of fans who support both. Go to home games when they can. 

[roversfan99]

Support is a very loose term.

[Wheelton Blue]

'Support' more than one team?

In my world, that is inconceivable.

[chaddyrovers]

29 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

You've gone from 'we will never fill Ewood again' to 'We will never fill Ewood again under these current owners'.

Perhaps you should have said that in the first place.

Same thing just nic picking from yourself 

28 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

'Support' more than one team?

In my world, that is inconceivable.

Plenty of people do whether its one English and one overseas team

[Mattyblue]

Nice attempted deflection but we are talking about two EFL clubs.

[Hasta]

33 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Same thing just nic picking from yourself 

Absolutely not the same thing. They are two separate statements. In my opinion one is true and one is potentially false.

 

 

[Wheelton Blue]

39 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Same thing just nic picking from yourself

Aye OK 🤣🤣🤣

[Wheelton Blue]

44 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Plenty of people do whether its one English and one overseas team

These aquaintances of yours who you say 'support' both Rovers and Stanley.

What would they do if say Rovers played Stanley in a cup tie? 'Support' both teams? Wear half-and-half scarves? Hope for a draw? 

[K-Hod]

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Think @K-Hodpost it. 

I know a couple of fans who support both. Go to home games when they can. 

If anyone who’s a Rovers fan has a season ticket at Stanley, they can still get in the bin for me.