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Difference being he had fallen out with his manager and had just been regularly playing in the Europa League for Vitesse.

I’d argue we didn’t even want Forshaw, given we actively released him.

Disagree entirely. Lowe getting out is a HUGE positive. Rumours he was fired and rehired in a shady way around the time Lambert was around.

It’s info or knowledge that everyone has. Just look at the wages other clubs pay compared to us, and look at the players we get linked with who turn up elsewhere. Or the number of times it has been reported in the last 3 years that we’ve made an offer to a player and then low-balled them when they arrive to sign their contract. It’s not a mystery.

As much as I have enjoyed some of the recent kits, I can’t bring myself to buy one. It’s actually not to do with my Venky-hatred, but affordability. As K-Hod said earlier, £60 for a football shirt is mental. I have spent less (very often half the price) purchasing better-fitting shirts made from better quality fabrics, that are genuinely wearable in non-sport settings. All from this site, or from FootballTown or from various retro-kit sites.

Yeah, THAT’S what’s unacceptable, not the bog standard kit or the way our club’s name is being dragged through elephant shit in international news outlets…

To any journo worth their salt (which is the whole problem), that is a story in itself.

Ormskirk is nearly the halfway point between Brockhall and Wrexham…

I hope you’ve sent yours 😉

I’ve said before from my time in the Trust, in addition to those who made public offers (The two Ian’s, and the Qataris), there are at least 4 potential owners (I believe all are consortia) who had maintained an interest from when they first privately engaged Venkys up to at least the point I left the Trust a couple of years ago. That means they were still interested during our L1 season. Nobody should underestimate the appeal to new potential owners of the ‘kudos’ of ‘taking a founding member of the FL and PL back to the top’. It holds real appeal for those people that can afford to play Football Manager in real life. But it continues to beg the questions: Why does that not appeal to Venkys? Why do they not sell or seek external investment? What is in it for them to cling to our carcass?

Now that I’ve paid attention to the source of the figures, could Rachel Dugdale have based her figure on the fact Venkys London Limited costs (year to 31/3/24) were £43 million?

Fair point actually. Although that does just remind me what a shitshow Venkys have reduced us to 😕

You think £6.4m isn’t realistic? If we include events since those accounts were finalised, including the sacking of two managers and a DOF, as well as multiple backroom staff, and around £1.8-2m in agent fees alone, then I think we could hit that additional figure reasonably quickly.

We do accept it, but you keep using it as some sort of brag. Prioritising Rovers games over literally everything isn’t the flex you think it is.

Girls who rejected City, Everton, and Chelsea pathways for Rovers (including two who did so purely for their love of Rovers) have been badly let down. I don’t like what our club has become at all.

My ideas for the 150th were conceived 6 years ago and presented to the club: 1. Ask the council to twin Blackburn with Bilbao (we influenced the club, and the human geography between the areas is very similar, historical links, working class, trade etc). 2. Arrange mini tournament between ourselves, Southampton, Bilbao and Atl. Madrid. ‘The Fred Pentland Trophy’. 3. Flat rate £150 season tickets across all ages for home areas of the ground.

It is quite literally not remotely what GB was doing.

Between this (Andy and Pete) and BRAG (Glen et al), that’s a lot of clout with the FSA and EFL.

You bastards, I thought he’d died for a minute!

Link?

Should happen more often if clubs feel it is warranted. John O’Hare tells of when he was banned from Anfield as a scout for Leicester City. It was because of the clear and obvious penalty he got for Forest when piledrived by Phil Thompson in the European Cup (he dived, obviously). He got to the ground and was told at reception ‘Fuck off, we don’t like you here’.

Of course I would always rather see Wharton playing at as high a level as possible, including the men’s side BUT Devil’s Advocate: Might he benefit from playing every game of U21 international tournament football (similar to the old Toulon tournament) rather than two friendlies?

An absolutely superb series. A real love letter to the 80s imo.

A return to the ‘benevolent dictatorship’ model favoured by GlennP and SteB?!

Nah fuck him, absolute tosser. I’m joking obviously, great representative. Passionate, fair, dogged, and thorough.