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He may have been picked 'on merit' but Broughton doesn't actually say there was no clause !
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Championship - 22-23
Crimpshrine replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Without googling and searching records for the last 6 or 7 years, I am not sure when Coventry's upturn in fortunes began. Was it when they got rid of despised owners who had little interest in the club and replaced them with someone who cares ? Or was it when they got rid of Steve Waggott ? Either way I think we should follow their example. -
v Millwall (a) - Monday 8th May
Crimpshrine replied to arbitro's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Exactly how I felt. During the period that we were firing the goals in and Millwall had wilted, it had the feeling of a friendly match. Any excitement disappeared when Sunderland scored - PNE were never going to do us any favours. I felt nothing but disappointment at the end. The win was totally irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. -
v Millwall (a) - Monday 8th May
Crimpshrine replied to arbitro's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I was not really commenting on the Sunderland team or players or even Mowbray's role in getting them into the playoffs. I'm not even debating if he is a good or bad manager. What I was pointing out was that Mowbray seems to have thrived at Sunderland while his last 4 years at Rovers were a non-event and he seemed to have very little enthusiasm for the job. In my opinion it is down to the environment he is working in. Sunderland have belief and ambition and momentum. We have Venky's -
v Millwall (a) - Monday 8th May
Crimpshrine replied to arbitro's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
But his attitude is totally different. Under no pressure whatsoever at Rovers, he was able to sit back and coast along. Remember the death spirals ? wouldn't have survived anywhere else. -
v Millwall (a) - Monday 8th May
Crimpshrine replied to arbitro's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The difference between Mowbray at Sunderland and Mowbray at Rovers is entirely down to the ambition of the two clubs, the way they are run and the fact that the owners give a shit. Venky's out -
v Luton Town (h) - 1/5/23
Crimpshrine replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Every year we get the excuse : 'how can we compete with teams receiving parachute payments ?' When Venky's took over we were in the Premier League and Luton were in the Conference! Proof that a well run club can compete. It's some 'journey' they are taking us on. -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I vote ( hope and pray ) for the second option. -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Does it matter? We lost -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Because they didn't need to. They won. -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
They could have gone up a gear if they needed to. They did enough to beat us without really being troubled -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Does not compute. We never troubled them all night. -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Were we ? we didn't create a single chance all night. No point having the ball and doing nothin with it. At any point in the match did you honestly think we were going to win it ? -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Exactly. Cold hard facts, it was men against boys ans I can't imagine much improvement next season. The championship this year has been poor and we had a chace to make an impact. The failure in the January window was always going to have an impact. Once again, we are letting valuable players walk away for free at the end of the season. Tonight just highlighted how far behind we are. We are going nowhere with these owners. -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
results wise we certainly haven't -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
But what we really needed, and what JDT asked for, was a striker. He didn't even manage to have one lined up come the end of the window. -
v The Dingles (h) - 25/04/2023, k/o 8pm
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
WWell, we tried but the honest truth is that we were nowhere near the level requried. Never going to score if we played until Christmas and that is due to the season being derailed in January. A decent striker signed in the window would have seen us safe weeks ago. As for Ashley Barnes, I'd have in our team tomorrow - exactly what we've been missing all season. -
v Coventry (h) 19/4/23 @ 19:45
Crimpshrine replied to Sweaty Gussets's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We were looking nervous and scared for the last 20 minutes and let them take the game to us rather than try and finish them off. That's where we bottled it - not that one incident in at the end -
v Hull City (h) 15/4/23 @ 19.45pm
Crimpshrine replied to goozburger's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
It's probably a disadvantage because it will likely reduce our, already terrible, goal difference -
You are trying to make them sound like saints. They are shysters. They finance the club because they have to. It is their obloigation as club owners. All club owners have to pay the bills. Simple as that. They are rich and the amount of money they put in is nothing to them - they don't do it out of kindness. It's probably like me or you giving £5 to charity to enable us to not have a guilty conscience - but of course we could do much more. Good owners would go above and beyond to ensure there were good staff on the ground in Blackburn to make sure players are happy and not letting their contracts run down to become free agents, Good owners would be present on transfer deadline day to ensure there are no cockups. Good owners would be pulling out all the stops during January if there was any chance of promotion. Good owners would take pride in the stadium and infrastructure and pay to ensure they are maintianed - no FFP implications there. Good owners would listen to the fans and make every effort to increase attnedances rather than try and recoup the money by increasing ticket prices Good owners would not upset the whole fanbase by attempting to sell Brockhall for housing while reducing the team's training facilities and destroying the legacy of Jack Walker. Good owners don't need to be mega rich as long as they have the interests of the club at heart and work night and day to make sure it succeeds. You say they let the managers do their job but didn't they prevent Mowbray from selling Rothwell and he then walked for nothing ? Venky's are rich and that allows them to carry on this charade. They don't give a toss.
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v Leicester City (a) - 28/02/23 (FA Cup 5th Round)
Crimpshrine replied to Gav's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
What a game. Enjoyed last night more than any other match in the last 11 years. For the first time in a very very long time I was able to forget about Venky's and the shambles behind the scenes at our club. It was all about the football and the occasion. Everyone contributed to a fantastic night. It brought back the joy of being a Rovers' fan. -
I may have missed this but have we admitted that we cocked up the paperwork for the Rochdale lad or was that transfer also part of the appeal to the EFL? Have we conceded that the transfer failed due to errors at our end ? That transfer must have been very straight forward so no excuse for failure on that one. The focus on the LO'B transfer may be deflecting attention from this.
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Interestng timing considering the ACV on Ewood expires this year. Sell Brockhall ( Waggott can claim no responsibility - it's not owned by the club ) and squeeze some traing facilities somewhere around Ewood - For the good of the community of course!
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January Transfer Window.
Crimpshrine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We need to do something significant while people are still angry. Otherwise emotions will calm and the issue will drift into the past while we all slowly come to accept the status quo. Rovers continue to decline, the board continue to take their massive wages and Venkys continue to not give a sh*t. We need to reclaim the Rovers.