150th Anniversary kit/celebrations

[JHRover]

They missed 12:25pm - round of applause as our former manager, assistant managers, captain, and six(?) other players take to the field for the opposition having been forced out of Rovers over the last few years due to mismanagement/contract negligence.

[Tom]

It’s a ludicrously pathetic attempt isn’t it?

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Piss take.

[Mattyblue]

If it’s only a piddling 40 minutes why not play it pre the Derby game?

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Whole thing just reeks of unorganised chaos. 

As Rory said on 4000 holes pod, after Rovers game, if we win I wanna head out n go for a pint and a chat if we lose I wanna head out n go for a pint n a chat, I don't want to have to sit there for another 2 hours after potentially getting beaten.

I mean I want to stay, I want to stay and celebrate but. I wanna watch the game and head out. 

Just utter madness

[MarkBRFC]

Literally nothing that could make me stay at ewood for the rest of the day after an an embarrassing anniversary defeat to our ex manager, staff and players.

If the legends game is only a 40 minute match then get it kicked off at 10am and get folk in early for some food or a pint etc.

[Mattyblue]

The obvious solution, but of course this lot not never take that option.

[Mike Graham]

14 hours ago, TheKitGuy said:

A 40 minute kick about. Rather watch Shearer and Sutton play heads and V's against Tim Flowers. 

Is this a freebie invite or the one you have to fork out £230 for?

If i do get my invite (🙀🤣🤣🤣) it will be returned with a wee message of rejection.

[Parsonblue]

For our 100th Anniversary we played a League game v Bolton.  For our 125th Anniversary we played a League game v Wolves.  For our 150th Anniversary we have a League game v Derby County + the Old Etonians game.  Not sure why the uproar about this game when the previous two anniversary games took place without comment at the time.

[Herbie6590]

16 minutes ago, Parsonblue said:

For our 100th Anniversary we played a League game v Bolton.  For our 125th Anniversary we played a League game v Wolves.  For our 150th Anniversary we have a League game v Derby County + the Old Etonians game.  Not sure why the uproar about this game when the previous two anniversary games took place without comment at the time.

FWIW my take is that by tacking on a “celebratory match” of this dubious quality is symptomatic of the typically half-arsed efforts of the current regime who seem to know the price of everything & the value of nothing.

The constant tinkering of the home kit to make it look more like a Grasshoppers or Feyenoord variant, the removal of the historic timeline outside Ewood, the shockingly bad 150th merchandise…the overwhelming sense is that nobody in charge cares enough. 

A match to celebrate the 150th…against a team that actually beat us in an FA Cup final…it just feels…shoddy. 

[Parsonblue]

The LEAGUE match is the Anniversary game, just as the the 100th and 125th Anniversaries were League games.  The Old Etonians seems to be an added extra.  There is a book, just as there was for the 100th and 125th.  Sorry, I just don't get the outrage over this particular point.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

38 minutes ago, Parsonblue said:

For our 100th Anniversary we played a League game v Bolton.  For our 125th Anniversary we played a League game v Wolves.  For our 150th Anniversary we have a League game v Derby County + the Old Etonians game.  Not sure why the uproar about this game when the previous two anniversary games took place without comment at the time.

That's an odd post from you Parsons to say the least.🤔

The whole organization of this event smacks of cheap,shoddy desperation....the vast majority of fans expected better tbh.

Everyone to their own I suppose.

 

Edited 21 minutes ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[Mattyblue]

Parson has made it clear that he has fundamentally no issue with how the club is being run.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

1 minute ago, Mattyblue said:

Parson has made it clear that he has fundamentally no issue with how the club is being run.

A respected Club historian too.Go figure!

[chaddyrovers]

Genuine question, what do people actually want as the 150th anniversary? 

[Herbie6590]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

Genuine question, what do people actually want as the 150th anniversary? 

Throughout this thread several posts have highlighted what was suggested by e.g. WATR. 

My view (again FWIW) is that (as @Parsonblue) highlighted - marking the league game closest to the anniversary is fine. Personally I think tacking on the extra match (especially in this form) is no more than paying lip-service to the idea of a celebration…it’s half-arsed.

A pre-season friendly against say Athletico Bilbao would have been a great way to kick off (!) the celebratory season. 

The book in principle sounds great…but like many on here I fear for the quality/content & independence of the editorial.

A special shirt again - sounds great, but I’ll keep my powder dry until I’ve actually seen it. 

 

In summary Chaddy - it’s less about the “what” but more about the “how” the club does things these days…

[Parsonblue]

21 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

That's an odd post from you Parsons to say the least.🤔

The whole organization of this event smacks of cheap,shoddy desperation....the vast majority of fans expected better tbh.

Everyone to their own I suppose.

 

Did you expect more than a League game against Bolton for the 100th Anniversary?  We've done exactly the same for this Anniversary as the 100th and 125th.  All I'm saying is what is the difference in terms of an Anniversary match.  They have all been regular League games played on or as close to 5th November as possible.