v Sheffield Wednesday (h) - 06/12/25

[Torgeir]

10 hours ago, frosty said:

There isn't one reason to award us three points. In fact I'd rather they award them to Sheff Weds.

I realise that, I was merely emphasising my point that as a Rovers fan I find it odd that our own fans want points deduction or other severe punishment. 
 

As a repeat offender, I absolutely believe we should have to put up some guarantees for investment into the pitch for next season, possibly on top of a fine. 
 

 

[KentExile]

8 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

I realise that, I was merely emphasising my point that as a Rovers fan I find it odd that our own fans want points deduction or other severe punishment. 
 

As a repeat offender, I absolutely believe we should have to put up some guarantees for investment into the pitch for next season, possibly on top of a fine. 
 

 

I imagine this line of thinking would be in line with highlighting the ownership issues to the FA/EFL/wider football world until it can no longer be ignored, and Venkys are "forced" to sod off, rather than just wanting to see their own club punished.

Without a Sheff Wed/Chansiri  style crash out, we look to be stuck with Venkys forever, & I imagine most would take the short term pain in exchange for being rid of them and having the chance to recover, as we will never succeed with this lot in charge & will continue to slowly sink at a pace which causes no real waves so can be ignored by the EFL/FA etc 

Edited 10 hours ago by KentExile

[jim mk2]

51 minutes ago, Parsonblue said:

In the sixties, by this time in the season the majority of the pitch was just mud with the only grass tending to be on the wings.  Thanks for putting that video up.  Remember that season well as we were relegated from the First Division whilst reaching the quarter final of the FA Cup.  All season folk said we were far too good to go down - and we really shouldn't have - but we managed to get relegated with a record low points total at the time, just 20 points.

Remember it well Parson unfortunately. Pitches were terrible in winter then (and into the 1990s - watch some of the title winning matches) but soil and grass technology has improved enormously since and there is no excuse for what is happening now. We’re the talk of football again - but this time for the wrong reasons. It’s embarrassing and very damaging for the club

Edited 10 hours ago by jim mk2

[Gamst]

4 minutes ago, rigger said:

Very rich people can hold a grudge for a long time over what poorer people consider a trifle.

I’ve spent many an hour scratching my head trying to work out why they bother to continue owning the club and punishment and revenge towards the fans is one of the only explanations that makes any sense. It’s not just the snowball though, it’s the ongoing criticism of their ownership too. As pampered Billionaires they are probably not used to being called out and will see this as disrespectful. Especially coming from subordinates like us! 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

I think we are about to witness Ewood's lowest League crowd since the Stadium was rebuilt come Tuesday night...another new record  to be set under the hated Venkys.

[Vinjay]

Does not help either when the pitch sustains damage from exposure to poisonous toxins.

[rigger]

20 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Not a chance this happens.

I am not saying that will happen. I am saying that we are more likely to have points deducted, than be given points as the previous poster suggested.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

The only toxins at Ewood these days Vinjay are the Owners and their Henchmen willfully destroying us.

Edited 9 hours ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[davulsukur]

If nothing else, it's yet again, another spotlight on the poor ownership we're under to the wider footballing world.

For years we just had the line of "WiThOuT vEnKy'S yOuS cOlLaPsE" well now the infrastructure is literally collapsing infront of us.

It's dragging these clowns back under the spotlight and people are starting to look beyond the immediate issue, as noted by the Sheffield based Journalist in his article (posted in here by another poster)

Their ownership is truly baffling, don't want to invest, attend or have any interest in the club whatsoever. And yet, they still won't sell.

[Mercer]

33 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

The EFL wont want to start a precedent so expect them to ask Rovers to commit to investing and installing a new modern football pitch. Drainage from the pitch is the problem cos it was drainage much even in the first half

Why not?

We are a member of the EFL and our playing surface is unfit for purpose.

We have been  found sadly wanting twice within 3 months.  Enough is enough.  We should be heavily fined and docked points and I would support that.

[Upside Down]

28 minutes ago, KentExile said:

I imagine this line of thinking would be in line with highlighting the ownership issues to the FA/EFL/wider football world until it can no longer be ignored, and Venkys are "forced" to sod off, rather than just wanting to see their own club punished.

Without a Sheff Wed/Chansiri  style crash out, we look to be stuck with Venkys forever, & I imagine most would take the short term pain in exchange for being rid of them and having the chance to recover, as we will never succeed with this lot in charge & will continue to slowly sink at a pace which causes no real waves so can be ignored by the EFL/FA etc 

I'd gladly take administration, a 25 point deduction and certain relegation if it meant getting rid of the venky virus.

[davulsukur]

2 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Why not?

We are a member of the EFL and our playing surface is unfit for purpose.

We have been  found sadly wanting twice within 3 months.  Enough is enough.  We should be heavily fined and docked points and I would support that.

I do wonder if discussions between Rovers and the EFL had taken place following the Ipswich abandonment, regarding Rovers mitigating against this in future.

Had any such discussion taken place, presumably The EFL would have had to accept our proposals, which failed spectacularly yesterday. 

In any case, I'd like to think The EFL would now be demanding Rovers properly invest in the infrastructure with works to be carried out at an appropriate time (the club would likely argue the summer for this). Failing to do so after that time would result in punishments. 

All depends on if any discussions have taken place. As much as I think the club deserves to be punished, it needs to be given an appropriate chance to rectify the problem.

[jim mk2]

9 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Why not?

We are a member of the EFL and our playing surface is unfit for purpose.

We have been  found sadly wanting twice within 3 months.  Enough is enough.  We should be heavily fined and docked points and I would support that.

Sorry I don’t understand why fans would want us docked points that would almost certainly lead to relegation. Docking us points won’t lead to a change of ownership  - or any other positive outcomes. A fine is appropriate 

[rigger]

If I was making the decision about the outcome to the game. I would make the game away to Wednesday, a double header. This would punish the Rovers without extra cost to the fans, and would not add any extra fixtures. 

[DE.]

The only thing those in charge at Ewood seem to care about these days is the financial bottom line, so if the EFL want to spur us into action then a heavy fine is the way to do it. 

[K-Hod]

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

Very rich people can hold a grudge for a long time over what poorer people consider a trifle.

Very rich people could've done even more damage more quickly if they'd wanted to punish the minions.

They wouldn't sanction another 160 million down the drain since the snowball.

In a world of nonsensical stuff that is the biggest nonsense notion.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

So why are they running the Club like this Tomphil?...nothing makes sense.

You cannot rule out anything with these utter Clowns.

[Tomphil2]

2 hours ago, davulsukur said:

Bolting on a pipe wouldn't be expensive in the slightest.

Although the flow of the drainage now goes with the flow of the river, the pipe looks so small it would probably be restricting the outflow.

Yes it looks like their expert (cheap) preventative measure to stop water flowing back up the gulley has resulted in it not flowing from the pitch quickly enough now.

Who'd have thought that eh.

If Del and Rodney were selling drainage solutions this would be it.

[Old Codger]

1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

All depends on if any discussions have taken place. As much as I think the club deserves to be punished, it needs to be given an appropriate chance to rectify the problem.

Erm, how about the FACT that there should not be a problem in this basic respect in the first place? The simple solution would have been to continue to prepare the playing surface in the way in which it supported many years service without any issues during our Premier League tenure. But no, the buffoons in Pune, aided and abetted by their bean counting sycophantic legion of leaches 'knew better'. Hence here we are, once again the focus of unwanted (but well warranted) attention and derision of the rest of the football world. 

It was never rocket science. It was never difficult. It just needed some appropriate planning and preparation from people whose job it is supposed to be to care about these things. As we can see. THEY DON'T CARE.

Feck them.

Edited 8 hours ago by Old Codger
Shame on theRaos. The worst shower of shit ever to befall Blackburn Rovers

[JHRover]

There's a closet full of skeletons. As long as they keep hold of it that closet stays closed. The minute they let it go, or even give potential buyers access, it's open and people find out everything that's been happening here since 2010.

Potentially a very good reason to keep hold even when it clearly benefits nobody and costs them millions.

[Tomphil2]

11 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

So why are they running the Club like this Tomphil?...nothing makes sense.

You cannot rule out anything with these utter Clowns.

For a start there was 4 of them involved and it seems like they've all had a go at it one at a time.

Mrs D took it off Barry when it was going tits up then quickly lost her rag with it. Venky the 3rd wheel had a brief go but he was never really interested. Now we are stuck somewhere between Barry again, his kid and Mr D.

Arrogance and ignorance is their main issue they've clearly demonstrated in the past 'It's OUR club we'll do what we want and pay for the mistakes'

Then came the court case.

 

[AvRover]

2 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

I think we are about to witness Ewood's lowest League crowd since the Stadium was rebuilt come Tuesday night...another new record  to be set under the hated Venkys.

We have to hope we're inching towards the end of the Venkys era as these factors add up. Remember: regimes collapse slowly slowly then all at once.

God help us with whatever comes next!

[Tomphil2]

Remember when Paul Lambert signed his own p45 by presenting them with his blueprint for pushing the club forwards all those years ago ?

I believe a complete redoing of the pitch was top of that agenda alongside team investment.

Didn't take long for his exit clause to be activated once he realised they weren't interested.

[den]

3 hours ago, ... said:

Water will still get in it and back it up due to water volume etc just because its pointing downstream still won't solve the issue. 

Not exactly true.  When water flows over other surfaces, toss molecules blow become attached to them. That means the flow from the upper surface will be aided.

Strewth, Blackburn Rovers fans and fluid mechanics 😀

https://home.zcu.cz/~kovarikp/MT/freestudy/FLUID_MECHANICS_D203/FLUID_MECHANICS_D203.pdf