v Ipswich Town (h) - 20/9/25

[chaddyrovers]

12 minutes ago, Cherry Blue said:

Not defending the owners as they should have invested in the pitch but refused, as @roverfan99 states. But the weather yellow flag warnings specifically mentioned "Ewood" & "Waterfall" areas in Blackburn would get heavy rain at 4pm. No such mention in Burnley for "Turf Moor" or in Chorley for "Victory Park".

Unanswered for me is why did Ipswich subs warm up during HT not only in the wrong half but very strangely in the exact same area that the ref used the demonstrate the ball would not roll? Our groundsman saw it ans was clearly annoyed they were using the wrong area. I've mentioned this before but had no reply.

Cos McKenna told them to do so? 

Also what did tell his players to do when losing and down to 10 players? 

[HowieFive0]

4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Cos McKenna told them to do so? 

Also what did tell his players to do when losing and down to 10 players? 

More importantly what were the Rover players told to do in the final 15 minutes. It was obvious Ipswich were trying to apply pressure to the Fourth Official re the pitch ..surely our players should have been relayed this info on the pitch with instructions to simply find put the ball out of play as far into the Ipswich half at every opportunity. Do not even consider playing football just launch into the crowd. Yes Ipswich get the ball back but we were winning against ten men ..a risk worth taking for the last 15 mins of a game which is on the verge of being called off. Ball into the crowd is not giving the ref an option but trying to play football which we continued to try and do finally did.

[London blue]

19 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Cos McKenna told them to do so? 

Also what did tell his players to do when losing and down to 10 players? 

You're DETERMINED to offer the pricks running this club every excuse to carry on neglecting it.

We, not for the first time in the past year, were unable to host a game of football in accordance with the laws of the league in which we play.

McKenna did what you would have wanted Ismael to do in his position, however much you ignore the point.

Stop excusing this charade.

[Hasta]

River, pitch whatever. There was an absolute bucketfull of rain at Chorley but the ball kept rolling on a non league pitch.

They wanted to lie in the fans forum minutes. The Lancashire Telegraph are saying they lied in their recent statement. Do we really think they wouldn’t get the groundsman to lie about this. You cant believe a word that comes out of the club.

 

Edited yesterday at 18:28 by Hasta

[roversfan99]

The pitch was totally waterlogged. Regardless of what McKenna or Ismael wanted.

The owners wouldnt pay for the overhaul a few years back due to cost.

But yes. Its that nasty McKenna, nothing the club could have done.

[rigger]

34 minutes ago, Hasta said:

River, pitch whatever. There was an absolute bucketfull of rain at Chorley but the ball kept rolling on a non league pitch.

They wanted to lie in the fans forum minutes. The Lancashire Telegraph are saying they lied in their recent statement. Do we really think they wouldn’t get the groundsman to lie about this. You cant believe a word that comes out of the club.

 

It doesn't get round the fact, that drainage of the pitch is a known problem that the club have not resolved.

Edited yesterday at 19:03 by rigger

[Upside Down]

14 hours ago, rigger said:

It doesn't get round the fact, that drainage of the pitch is a known problem that the club have not resolved.

That article just confirms this. 

He categorically states that the river was not the issue, says that both the pitch and drainage are old and that the surface can't handle the rain. 

As with all of the problems faced, the club and owners are 100% to blame.

Yes, 77mm of rain is a lot, but the technology and knowledge exists to be able to find a solution to this issue. Rovers are a multi million pound business supposedly owned by supposed billionaires so this should be a simple thing to deal with given that hosting football matches is quite important for a fucking football club.

I haven't been in Blackburn for over 12 years but it is my understanding that there's been a huge amount of development happening around the area in the time I've been away. In short, thia means more hard surfaces discharging more water. I also gather that much of the consent for these developments has been attained with a brown envelope so I doubt there's very little if any requirements for stormwater management to prevent the local rivers from being swamped during heavy rain events. 

Granted, the club doesn't have much control over this but given their economic clout in the local area alone, they should be able to work with the council to find a solution to resolve or lessen the effect this issue has on the club. 

Factor in the climate change effect and this is only going to get worse. The location of Ewood Park means this is something that will affect Rovers so a proactive approach needs to be taken. 

Again, should be an easy ask for supposed billionaires that supposedly own a football club. 

Not to worry, I'm sure all their lies will solve the problems.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Winters forecast to be wetter...sort it out Rovers ffs!