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JBiz

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  1. Isn’t that pretty much what JDT said in March? “They’ve never had it so good”? Personally find (not you Mike) the conspiracy stuff still floating about with Mowbray on this thread incredibly strange. The guys gone, just move on.
  2. Like cigarettes and tobacco - they’re always going to be something kids will likely see adults doing and try, I do get that but cigarettes aren’t even legal to advertise because of the damage they do, and how addictive they are. We don’t know everything about long term vapour inhalation, other than it’s less damaging than smoking. That doesn’t mean they should be sold in sweet flavours and colourful boxes though - that’s the marketing to children part, look at Totally Wickeds branding for Christ sake, couldn’t be anymore alluring for young teenagers. The second part of this is exactly the point - they’re being put into view of every single young rover. It’s bad for them and the environment. It’s bad for our brand too.
  3. Good point but we should try to protect education and opportunities, as well as stopping bad influences. (I could write a dissertation on what TikTok is doing) Whilst it may be a small issue compared to wider problems, I just don’t think it should be all over our brand. @Mattyblue a bit of nuance on our “commercial side” 😛
  4. As a secondary school teacher I couldn’t agree anymore unequivocally. Weve managed to make nicotine more appealing to kids, for short term gain and long term health and environmental damage… and people like Chaddy think this is fine to advertise…
  5. Yea and yours is just ignoring it. You’re once again (classic style) moving the goalposts. Were not advertising those things, because of “morals” yet these addictive things are ok? Because you know that there is no positive side to this - you either ignore reality and accept whatever the club does “as the best it could’ve” or you ask the question, “why are we helping advertise this shit?” If it was any of those examples, beer, betting etc - you’d say exactly the same “it’s probably the best the could’ve got” with no evidence. Nice attempt at taking the piss there btw, I’m sure in the castle you live in, the nearby town is full of the detritus this crap creates. Just because you don’t care, doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter! It’s not, it’s called reality. If you asked a decorator to paint your landing, and they wrote FUCK OFF in the centre of it, would you thank and congratulate them for professional cutting in?
  6. They don’t …. So you’re saying there isn’t one kid in Blackburn with sweet flavoured nicotine vaporisers from them? Also what about the streets littered with them? The shirt is ruined by a tacky logo in the middle of it. How on Earth is anyone supposed to look at the shirt without seeing it?
  7. Rather than just the normal platitudes - why not answer the following; 1. is a company that sells addictive toys to children an appropriate sponsor 2. Do we want a tacky and badly designed logo on the front of our shirts?
  8. @MarkBRFC @Sweaty Gussets @Mattyblue Just trying to avoid derailing other threads - my thoughts haven’t changed since above post at the end of the season. To put more “nuance” in - I have faith that we may improve again next year with more time and investment. If we are similarly laborious, weak as piss and dropping points for fun - I expect the majority will quickly turn on the Dutch dots.
  9. Despite the huge fuck ups in January, namely on transfer deadline day, I agree somewhat with the last sentence. I am fully on board with the DOF idea, even if I’m still referring to Greg as “Broughtnowt” as we currently stand. He is embarking on an extremely important summer to prove his worth. He deserves a chance.
  10. I didn’t advocate or suggest JDT last season as I didn’t know his credentials, so I’d stay away from naming specific people. Plenty of coaches and managers in our league who’ve got more from the “sum of parts” than JDT managed this year however. He didn’t help my opinion either, with comments akin to “this is the best rovers have been” in years, because of cup runs.
  11. I’m not too fussed either way personally. Would be a little frustrated at the “starting again” element but would be a test of this new structure, and we’ve been told there are succession lists for all areas (including players, coaches, staff etc) Wouldn’t miss the tippy tappy goalkeeper to Centre back to goalkeeper bollox either. I’m not suggesting we’d be better off throwing JDT and his style away, but fuck, I could do without the weak as piss defending, bad organisation and laborious build up play.
  12. It’s Andy Bayes that. I don’t dislike his commentary or his general opinions, but he is 100% a preston fan…! When he commentates on our games, you can hear the frustration when we score 😂
  13. Much easier to convince SG who’s next step is likely downwards!
  14. There’s an simpler way to see it. Parachute payment team first year sponsorship money; Roughly 45m None parachute team sponsorship money; 5m Forgetting turnover or selling players for a second, how can any non PP team in the division, stop proven top championship players leaving to PP teams? There is no way to compete with the remuneration. Also, the gap in skill / ability level between top championship players and bottom half premier league standard isn’t that great. Rothwell, Armstrong and Brereton Diaz next, all examples of players who’ve financially “outgrown” us. Lenihan and Nyambe, different questions but east to understand when you’re trying to stretch your turnover to a decent squad, when rivals for promotion generally are teams with far more scope for a wage bill. Trying to beat last seasons relegated teams is akin to playing heads up poker against someone with nearly ten times starting stack. If only we’d gone for a multi award and trophy winning up and coming manager when we’d been relegated instead of the Cumbernauld C word.
  15. Signed in for the first time in a while to see if there is any transfer rumours beyond the LET and as expected it’s just the same cyclical arguments. Hence, found myself skimming other threads and a simple answer to your question @Tom from me is “No”. Still is, and will be one of my favourite pastimes, seeing family and friends. I’m looking forward to an actual home game, on a Saturday at 3pm (first in 3 months), which is also a winnable chance to put us in the 5th round of the FA cup. It might be an idea for some who’ve become extremely fed up and cynical with Rovers, to take your eyes off this website. This has helped my mental health at least. In terms of becoming bored of football altogether, and sick of the way it’s developed - stupid kick off times, VAR, the ridiculous sponsorship / financial scenarios, wages and transfer fees… I can fully understand that, hence why hardly ever watch Sky matches or any premier league.
  16. Re that in bold - Do you understand the point of spending 5m or whatever it is a year for an academy?
  17. How another Centreback fits into our MO? I can’t seriously read past that utter nonsense. Did you see the teamsheet Tuesday?
  18. Wouldn’t be the first or last to have issues and come back from them. May be a good example. Youre welcome to write him off mind but as always I’ll happily get splinters.
  19. He’s 30 not 36 and he’s played nearly 100 times in the championship. When you’ve got players like Barnes, Carter and Phillips - surely someone with experience is a good thing?
  20. Captain obviously, but don’t devalue the importance of selling players to fund renewals for any players developing - the Travis, the Buckley’s, the Whartons.
  21. See Ian’s post above - even if they didn’t spend a penny of it on extra players, and the owners just used it to cover losses, it’s STILL going into the squad, because we’re losing millions per season with wages > turnover!
  22. Depends if you class wages as “going into playing squad” since that’s where the bulk of all our money goes, above turnover, and makes up most of the debt to the owners.
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