Boycott Or Not?

[Upside Down]

3 minutes ago, RoverDom said:

The owners have boycotted us for years. The owners have failed to support the club. Pasha and gestede have failed to support the team when they dismantled it and replaced players with dross. They failed to support JDT and Eustace on the brink of play offs. They failed to support the club when they pissed off and got rid of long standing, well liked staff. They failed to support the team when they stuck with val. 

However it's the fans boycotting one game that will send us down... yeah right.

I think this needs to be pinned.

Hit the nail right on the head here.

[rovers11]

49 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Id say it's the other way round.

I read nothing at all into them issuing a "statement" They have to put out a response of sorts otherwise it looks bad. It's whether the response is genuine and from the heart or offers any hope of improvement that is relevant from our point of view.

Imo it's just the usual meaningless platitudes and lip service. If anyone thinks they're genuinely worried, fair enough, Im not going to try and dissuade them.

If season ticket sales were to fall off a cliff, THEN I think they'd be worried and have to make a genuine effort.

It all has to start somewhere!

You think any statement other than "Venky's have put the club up for sale" would offer any hope of improvement? Of course not. Words are irrelevant at this stage. 

The only way to get Venky's out is to squeeze them financially and that's achieved by no one buying tickets anymore.

[bigbrandjohn]

46 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Nonsense. If a player has a straight choice between a Club at the top or one at the bottom on the same money then obviously he's usually going to choose the one at the top.

Otherwise pay them and they will come. The problem is we won't pay them. (The going rate)

The operative words were of any worth. 

[bigbrandjohn]

37 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

You seem to be leaning on the side of blaming the fans for the predicament the squad finds itself. I could not disagree more

Regardless of what fans are present at Watford, it is the 22 players on the field of play which decide the result

As fans we like to wax lyrical about the impact of the crowd but it really is a matter of muchness. The BBE is not going to be rocking if a boycott is cancelled; the football on show is dire, it is defensive in the first instance but it is neither exciting, quick or full of good moments. Ismael's football is turgid and drags other teams in to our quagmire. Second to this, Ewood has not rocked for a game against Watford in well, god knows

Players will not sign for us not because the fans are unhappy but because the club has a reputation for messing players around. They (the board, the owners) don't pay the going rate, the don't offer good contracts for renewal which rewards loyalty and above all else they don't show a respect for the club

I would say with the most amount of confidence as one could have that the fans will not decide this season. That was decided last summer - when the powers that be decimated our squad of talent and ripped apart a backroom staff with a degree of unnerving carelessness. You reap what you sow but unfortunately football brings with it collateral unlike any other business. It is the fans who suffer from the decisions of idiots. And we have a lot of idiots in charge

My first couple of sentences may be a clue here. 
 

[roverandout]

2 hours ago, Gav said:

Yes.

Good man

[RevidgeBlue]

7 minutes ago, bigbrandjohn said:

The operative words were of any worth. 

My operative words were "We won't pay them".

[Exiled_Rover]

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Not really a genuine statement though is it?

Generic AI inspired waffle which roughly translates as:

"We know there's a boycott planned for Saturday and we really couldn't give a **** but we have to pay lip service to it and say something"

Bit naughty to hint there might be trouble or a nasty atmosphere. Ironically that might persuade a few more to stay away.

I think it's more "ticket sales are worryingly low and there's no way we can hide an empty ground from the Rao family, so we're shitting ourselves... but throw in a petty slight at the fans potentially causing trouble too, cos we can't help ourselves"

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, cesus said:

"The club remains committed to work constructively with supporters and values their passion". That is absolute horse shit and should have been called out by Radio Lancs. They have been sent an open letter by multiple supporters groups and have ignored it, that is a fact. So they are clearly not committed to working with supporters at all, and Radio Lancs are a vessel peddling questionable statements.

To be fair, Radio Lancashire clearly hate us, so I don't expect anything more from them. 

[ToonRover]

I have managed to convince another 3 ST holders to boycott and spoken to another 2 who weren't going to boycott but are now. 

Thats on top of the 12 I have already spoken to who are boycotting. 

The statement by the club is nothing short of embrassing given what has taken place over the last decade and a half and can be added to the mountain of other BS they have spouted during that time. 

[Browjd]

If you are going on Saturday, you are either going because of family (very fair) or support progressive decline (mental). It’s simple. 

[John]

Any news or update on the club reversing the LT ban or is it permanent!? 

[cesus]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

Players don’t give a toss. ‘Is the package decent/am I going to get a game?’ Is the start and end of it. 

Do you think Leicester will be getting turned down by players because large numbers of their fans boycotted their West Brom game?

This a thousand times over, let's not forget Axel Henriksson (who we all think is pretty crap) spoke to a paper in his home country to say how much of a dump Blackburn is and how our facilities aren't great. Players do not care how backed they are, they are contractors and move to clubs like ours these days in the hope of the next move.

[OnionBalaji]

The club is not a normal club - things have dramatically got worse much faster (who thought that was possible) post Waggott. Rudy and Pasha are left unchecked, with no connection to the fans, no connection to the club other than a pay check and no fucks given between them. 
 

As a player Rudy gave no fucks when he forced his move out. He gives none now when forcing others out & no respect to the players who are here either. This man given his history should never have been near this club in a senior position. Most people have to earn that level of position and work and understand every facet of the business in their remit - this man does not. If the calls are genuine - Pears has every right to be fuming and turn the dressing room against those above. 
 

Those at the helm give absolutely no shits about the fans who pay their hard earned money for tickets, who pay for shirts & merch. No shits about the strength of the team, not even the pitch, the ground, the actual “people” in the playing squad rather than a value (we lose if he plays - what great sales skills). There are no shits given about the history of the club other than a late half arsed attempt to make £200 from season ticket holding hardcores. There is no shits given about the clubs reputation. No care given about even hiring a CEO. No shits given about the fans forum (doctoring minutes) and Rudy certainly doesn’t about staff who were here long long before him. 
 

I disliked Waggott but since he has gone it’s really fallen off a cliff.  

 

REMEMBER - Rudy cares only about Rudy, and Pasha about his bank balance 
 

BOYCOTT BOYCOTT BOYCOTT 

 

[B16Rover]

Given the summer antics, I wonder if any of the player liaison mafia will post cryptic likes (potentially if prompted to do so)

[OnionBalaji]

In the last 12 months we’ve had (reasons to boycott)

 

- a local journo blackballed for being “negative”

- Sky sports cancelled 

- 2 games rained off

- an experienced squad dismantled 

- no Wharton money spent 

- the 150th anniversary as an afterthought 

- a PNE shirt for our anniversary game 

- 99 excuses and the pitch is one from Val 

- Dion De Neve

- Henriksson 

- leaked calls allegedly disparaging players

- doctored and delayed FF minutes 

- no court case resolution still (not in the club hands)

- a senior staff member calling BRFCS mods spice heads and drug addicts 

- longstanding club servants bullied out 

 

there’s probably so much more we’ve forgotten or don’t even know about yet 

[Armchair supporter supremo]

3 hours ago, ... said:

Petty. 

Keanesque tactics

 

Preparing to blame the fans for the teams demise this season 

 

Just the usual nasty and manipulative divisive tactics

[Lancaster Rover]

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

To be fair, Radio Lancashire clearly hate us, so I don't expect anything more from them. 

They don’t, in fact the rovers coverage is very good on BBC Blackburn. However what they won’t do is get themselves an LET style ban. 

[sjsbrfc]

I’m a season ticket holder of 45 years. 
I will not be at Ewood on Saturday I will be boycotting.