7 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Either a contract, unofficial shareholders or covering up it always comes back to one or all of those.

In any line of business or even friendship you only listen to bad advice once, twice if your generous but 3 strikes and your out. If it's costing tens of millions per year you'd be suing your own mother never mind a friend like 'one of the family'.

 

Absolutely and I bet Valeri Belokon, doesn't invest in any more Companies with any Oyston connection. Once you have had your fingers burnt, you stay clear, but these lot keep going back for more.

4 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Yes correct that's  what I'm saying ,...... about the Oystons.

You added the other bit yourself but bottom line is if they'd used agents it would have cost them but they'd have got away with a huge wad and been able to put it down to bad advice.

Besides that doesn't it strike you that the Vs don't particularly care that huge amounts have gone into Anderson and co's pockets ?

Either that or they couldn't/can't do anythjng sbout it 

That's exactly what I have been saying for a while. What causes Venkys to keep going back to them, time after time, for more bad advice?

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

All Oystons have done at Blackpool is freeze out the agents and didn't wheel and deal in big money big contract players and kept the profits themselves whereas at Rovers a myriad of people have taken the money generated by tv income and big contract/fee wheeler dealing.

About time those here are brought to book, if Oystons followed a similar path to the happenings here they'd probably have got away with it by having 3rd parties bleed the money out but it would have cost them commission of course.

Rovers has been stitched up good and proper by a set of thieves who clearly knew what they were doing and a bunch of idiots who didn't.

 

The opportunity is there now, to jump all over this. If a few clubs, who have been fleeced by dodgy owners, get together and make enough noise the powers that be will be to act. Fans United, is a good starting point.

11 minutes ago, Skiptonrover said:

You won't trip me up mate I can back up what I say - It works as the oystons still own the club & I'd say the majority don't like the oyston family but despite that, the club does still exist & continues to run albeit in a abnormal fashion. It works.

I guess it works, if a trip from the premier league to league two and then back to league one again inside 8 seasons, is success. From what the courts  verdict is, Oystons appear to have asset stripped BFC, which contributed to their demise. I guess it is the same as Venkys and Rovers, that works too. The fact that we have gone from the premier league to league one and are over £100 million in debt, suggest otherwise, so I guess it is what people consider the term " I guess it works " means.

Owen Oyston, put a statement out a couple of years ago, denying any wrong doing and suggesting he was  investing heavily in the club. Platitudes from owners like this, when all the fans see, is the team sinking deeper and deeper, never has and never will make any sense. I think the spiel given at the last Bi annual meeting at Ewood, was in a similar vane. Don't worry everyone, things are on track.

http://www.opnlttr.com/letter/owen-oyston’s-open-letter-blackpool-fans

33 minutes ago, neophox said:

Is the game against Fleetwood live on ifollow?

I think it's Saturday games only

There is only one club I can think of that this would be appropriate for, although we could start a team.

Peter Schmeichel (The Great Dane)

El Hadj Woof

Harry Kane ine

Diddier Dogba

Rio Fur dinand

John Terrier

Johan Cruyfts

David Barkham

Dwight Yorkie

Thierry er Henry

Wilfried Bone Y

The entire Huddersfield team are Terriers too and thet could play at Ewood Bark.

http://www.barking-fc.co.uk/

Perhaps we should use the under 23's and management team for the next chuck it away trade game. I know that would lead to a fine, but if that proves that they are a better side than the first team, it will be worth the fine.

21 hours ago, J*B said:

iFollow will be available for every game at a fee next season. 

Looks like that's midweek only, reading the link, none available on a Saturday.

Just now, Madon said:

However, it would appear tongihts game is been broadcast on a couple of foreign channels. 

It is being shown on six different channels all abroad.

8 minutes ago, Miker said:

Is tonights game being live streamed on ifollow by any chance? Or at least providing radio commentary? 

For anyone abroad, who has been subscribing to I Follow, it isn't on that tonight, but it is available on other channels. I have got Bein Sport 9 and it is definitely on there.

Just now, SkipDonoghue said:

2-5 Platt header from corner

if this stays the same this is an exceptional result absolutely brilliant

They seem to be putting the first 11 to shame.

Perhaps they have done this on purposes, as they don't want to be picking up this award again and sending staff down to London, all expenses paid, to pick up the award!

It is with great delight that Blackburn Rovers has been named the Nickelodeon Family Club of the Year at the 2017 EFL Awards.

Some very good debate on this topic today and glad to see different opinions, which is after all, what football is all about.

2 minutes ago, ruggles1995 said:

Nuttal - 6 goals in 3 games.... From the fans that have gone to watch our academy teams is he worth a shot? not a bad ratio. Obviously in a bit of form.

The lads who have seen him play, will no doubt be in a good position to comment. There is one thing for sure, the step up, is quite often greater than people realise. I do recall us signing a non league striker years ago called Paul McKinnon. He was prolific at none league level and many thought he would make it, be failed miserably at Ewood.

Signed for Slough in the summer of 1991 from Sutton United.

Made 525 appearances for Sutton, scoring 278 goals in the process. McKinnon also played abroad in Sweden playing for Malmo and briefly in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers. Scored 36 times for Slough in his 97 apperances for the Rebels.

8 hours ago, Stuart said:

There is always a danger when cost cutting impacts on your core values...

This is complete ridiculous and needs bring to the attention of the media. Josh I think you have Alan Myers E Mail and I know he communicated with the fans, will he help, or do we have other Avenues?

4 hours ago, AggyBlue said:

Well I missed Radio Rovers whilst sat in the car waiting for the car park to clear. Had to make do with listening about PNE, Blackpool and the scum on Radio Lancs.

Surely it could be run by some of volunteers, I only want to listen about Rovers, even if it isn't positive.

A Tweet has been sent out this afternoon, where apparently someone has suggested that any blind or partially sighted fans, should get their carer to provide commentary. If this is true, then another two fingers up from the club to their disabled fans.

It could well be the Taj Mahal, before the end of the season, as a mark of respect to our gallant owners, with a picture of Sachin Tendulkar thrown in, for good measure.

We all know there is no easy solution to getting rid. Just less over a week ago, the season kicked off and plenty were optimistic, that we would at long last, see some positive results and start to enjoy the football again. Seven years of demise, will become eight, then nine etc. No promotion this season spells disaster and the end of the club. We either all rally and make a concerted last desperate attempt to oust them, or we kiss goodbye to our club.

50 minutes ago, sympatheticclaret said:

I must correct you, Burnley have reached the quarter final twice in your lifetime ( 1982-83 & 2002-03 ) and the semi final once ( 1973-74 ,when we actually finished 3rd in the Cup, as there was a 3/4th place play off game that season )..

To cheer you up, we are though the only top-flight Club to lose twice at home to non-league opposition in the FA Cup, Lincoln last season and Wimbledon in 1974-75 ....

Sorry, I obviously don't follow things, quote as closely as a fan, so thanks for the information. I genuinely do not ever remember a play off for 3 and 4th place, but given I was 10 I have obviously forgotten. I knew the bit about losing to non league as top flight. I think the Wimbledon one, was when their keeper was Dickie Guy, who saved a Peter Lorimer penalty in a later round. We all have the embarrassing  ones I guess.  

For those suggesting we will get turned over easily, think Lincoln or Accrington Stanley. Lincoln on their own patch prevented them getting into the quarter final, for the first time in my lifetime and I am 52. They will bottle this I reckon and embarrass themselves, yet again. COYB

3 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Injured or 'injured'...ski?

As bad as Bradley going clubbing with a tight hamstring, skiing when injured.  

1 hour ago, blueboy3333 said:

Who thought he was the messiah?

I don't know anyone personally, but we have a chant going round, which started last season and has carried on in pre season friendlies. Something like we've got Tony Mowbraaaaaay, so I think a few are expecting god like things of him.

Lots of negative posts about Mowbray today, many having thought all summer he is the messiah. I have thought for a while now, that things have always seemed a tad better when we haven't played, for example, when we have had an international break. With the summer recess, perhaps many of us have thought, Mowbray is the bees knees and we are going to have a good season. We are only one game in and painful as that was, a week is a long time in football. Hopefully, we can get a couple of wins under out belt and hail Mowbray again, I am wishing like hell, he is the real deal.

Coventry got off to a good start on Saturday, with a 3-0 win at home to Notts County. I won't be putting my house on it, but see us going out, so will have a couple of quid on Cov to win the tie at 6/5. I will be happy to lose the money, as I do want us to progress and get the first win on the board, to set us up for an important game on Saturday.