Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

Rover the dog just tweeted that he is looking forward to wearing the new kit tomorrow ant that he has a special guest to look after. 

Regardless of the sponsor being a bit RUFF, could Rover be talking about a new signing? 

#morereliablethannixon 

Or the Liverpool mascot? or a Mrs Rover mascot

Umbro Design Studio , Manchester February 2018

Art Director: Dave what are you doing   Dave : Nothing I have told you I want to design the City kit

AD: , Dave I've told you Nike took City with them when they cut us afloat, now do your work or you are sacked

Designer, S***, right what do you want me to do  AD: The new Blackburn kit  Dave : who?

AD: Blackburn Rovers  Dave: oh , yeah I remember them 

10 minutes later;

Ad: Dave you have done a Man City kit  - Dave: and?   AD: Look its got have white halves, its their tradition

Dave  : Ok here you are    AD: we do not have any diamond trim in that man city blue  Dave : Oh FFS

AD: Look we have a overstock of the trim colour that other clubs refused , bang that on -  Dave: Right done, IM off

AD: but Dave we need to match the numbers and letters  - Dave: Sorry, Im off down the pub ,let colourblind Bob do it

Don't be like Dave   

Just now, Butty said:

That sponsor is absolutely horrendous.

Tom mentioned earlier that there does not seem to be  a set colour for the sponsors logo, looking at the website . social media etc he is right , so why they went with black instead of  dark blue to at least match the socks , who knows.

Just now, schoey said:

Image of the back from the Rover store site too if anybody is interested...

uhmm, The nike zebra kit has just jumped up a place from bottom in my Rovers home kit league table

Just now, Tugay's Right Foot said:

7 figure isn't alot, is it?

Well it is at least a million over three seasons

Just now, JHRover said:

 

Having seen the full kit it is almost identical to the Zebra home strip. I don't mind the pale blue as I think it makes a nice change from time to time. Don't like the socks at all, would be better in pale blue or white.

Think the socks are the only part of it that looks good

Lets hope umbro "celebrate history" from the late 60's and early 70's next season

I presume the back of the shirt is halved? from this pic the backing seems one colour

Edit just seen official pic and it is halved on the back

Thumbs down from me

Just now, Stuart said:

Really odd that there has been no teaser, no big reveal. No prior marketing of any sort.

Our media team used to be all over this.

Maybe there is a big surprise in store , Venky's back of shirt sponsors ?

31 minutes ago, Tom said:

Worst thing is about 90% of the championship will have betting companies as sponsors 

You mean the Skybet Championship

6 minutes ago, Husky said:

If Dack was more Ronaldo than Rooney, perhaps he could step up to the plate.

 

and then fall over it , roll about for an hour and then chase the ref to give the plate a card?

No need to panic the transfer war chest is on a very very very very slow boat from Mumbai, only one sail (is cheaper is better) , Last seen 2013 off the coast of Oman ETA 2022

Bloody hell thought I'd missed something looking at an headline on social media "Pussy riot invades pitch at WC final"

Turns out not

A quick heads up for those in AU, Thursday nights game against Liverpool will be available live on Foxtel Channel 517 (if you have a foxsports subscription)

10 hours ago, misterbigalow said:

They're not the kits, but someone on Facebook is saying that betuk.com will be our sponsors and they're also sponsoring Swansea

Just had a look on the Swansea site, you have the option of adding a logo of another of Leovegas recent company purchases 21.co.uk to their training gear (you have to pay for the addition), can't see many taking that option.Link

Wonder if the training gear at Rovers will have the same, if that particular company is the sponsor?

15 minutes ago, harryl said:

Again I’ve been drawn to comment on this thread. I’m sure I speak for the majority of people who simply want to come on here and read peoples views on various players we get linked with my views below.

It seems at least 50% of posts are from this character called “Chaddyrovers”, every post has some form of passive aggressive tone, often quoting 5 different people in one, questioning each one with stuff like “really????, Why???? ” Etc.. This as you can imagine makes it very difficult to follow. 

When will the mods limit this tyrant so he can only post links?! He adds nothing but arguments and confusion. 

Giving him the benefit of doubt and based on the effort he has showed  in Rovers games  compared to international games, did he not say "for f***s sake we always have to run"

Just now, RovingRover said:

Just watching the Smallwood interview on IFollow on the Rovers site. Really interesting.
Seems like there was an undercurrent of annoyance from Smallwood not only about how long it took to get the new contract finalized, but also the length of the contract.

The contract is essentially a 12 months extension to his contract with likely increased wages. Personally I'd have liked him to get a longer deal and wonder why it wasn't a longer deal.

Has anyone else seen this interview, if so what do people think?

So it takes the contract to 2020 which I think is fair enough , gives him enough incentive to earn a new one when we are back in the Premiership the season the contract ends

12 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Kent was poor for Barnsley? Really? 

Aim a little higher then Gallagher? Like who???

Massive BS from you there. Maybe its time I ignore you for a while. 

Ive mention Gallagher, Armstrong and Chapman before the season ended

I think anybody who has commented on games last season will also have mentioned Armstrong and Champman and probably a few of those would have mentioned Gallagher from the previous season in comparison , Does everybody get a prize?

From the two or three Birmingham games I watched (Live on TV) last season, Gallagher looked a little bit stronger than he did the previous season at Rovers, still not the finished article but only 22, as for being street wise enough to play the lone forward role if we play that way not convinced. If the terms of a lone deal are decent worth another chance.

I'm surprised our transfer budget is not 5 million and a few loans - the lying cow!

A Brum supporters verdict on Gallaghers time there LINK

Interesting choice of sponsor (website)  on that mock up,  owned by Norwich's and Brentford's new sponsor Leovegas, Swedish mobile gaming company. 

27 minutes ago, Stuart said:

Widening the jumpers again though mate.

The question as I answered it was ‘would you prefer England to win a World Cup or Rovers to win a promotion’?

I’ve never seen England win a World Cup and it’s hugely likely that I never will. I’ve seen Rovers win promotion three times.

Seems to have turned into a complete club v country debate.

oh ok, with regards to the question , Rovers promotion for me every time.

Would be more benefitial* to the club than England winning the World Cup

*under normal circumstances

Link to rovers twitter account and LT reporter coverage of the Port Vale friendly, to save Chaddy posting every tweet (can be viewed even if you do not have a twitter account)

Rovers  LT

13 hours ago, Stuart said:

It’s sad that as a nation people have become so apathetic to the national side.

Being British or English used to stand for something.

It is not a case of that at all. 

Never seen England win the world cup , but I have never seen Rovers win the FA cup either , and I know which one I would prefer. 

Would England winning the WC benefit Rovers? apart from maybe a few extra at Ewood on the wave of football fever , probably not.

Personally I give the Football Association England team probably more interest and respect than the FA gave to one of their leagues founder members being raped and pillaged by one of their approved agents under full view of one of their old ties , think that is fair enough.

Not taking into account the previous  paragraph, it has always been Rovers first England second for me

Just now, AdamRochina said:

I read that as a 56 year old jamacian 

Got a Nigerian birth certificate so he is only 22 apparently

1 minute ago, Biz said:

Later in transfer window 500k + add ons.

After seeing the posh chairman’s tweets, perhaps my glass half full attitude is telling me that we’ve almost signed Marcus Maddison. Either that or the 4 cans of Red Stripe...! 

Alan Mixon @Reluctantnico  Just now

Unusual, 2 cans incoming, Jamacian, 56 easy payments, might only be one, unbelievable

Bit in paper #rovers #venkys