Leeds at home has been moved to the Sunday for TV. I only know about this because the Blackburn 10K that was due to be on the 10th December has been brought forward a week because of the game being moved.

It’s both. They don’t care enough to do market research, but a lot of it (I think) comes from the old belief that everything should see a year on year price increase. They’ll tell us costs have gone up but will politely ignore the fact that those costs shared by more people would reduce the cost per head.

Have conversations around customer database with certain people from the club as part of my job, and speak to almost every other club in the country on the topic too. I can safely say Rovers are the least interested in actually doing anything with it. They just aren't arsed. Doesn't help that the head of marketing is a child.

Best part of football bar none. Maybe European competition draws but I’m too young to have experienced that properly so couldn’t say.

Only 6 of the unsold blocks are limited availability. I'm sure they'll sell more this week, but that's rather poor.

I think he literally meant the U23s game this week.

Completely agree with this - comes across as the club endorsed his particular way of supporting the club… Or is it a PR stunt? The cynic in me says the latter.

Great prediction

I expect that they've seen a few mentions of the word protest RE Monday and are just telling the staff to expect people being angrier than usual etc. Nothing to see here, sadly.

Death by a thousand cu(n)ts

I wouldn't put it past Brum's snide owners to do it purposely to have the excuse lined up for shit/no signings, and Waggot to completely miss it, the daft prick.

Any player-manager meeting will take place at the team hotel/St Andrews surely

You read something like this and wonder why you're going to spend your day on here waiting for rumours/links/actual transfers, but we'll all still do it. I hate this game.

You're right. If there was ever a time to sell Ewood and move onto the outskirts in a soulless bowl with 17-20k seats, it's this next few years. I am not advocating for that just to confirm, but barely anyone would raise an eyebrow.

You're completely right, but also I can see a lot of the remaining fanbase being glad to see the back of him. It won't happen even if everyone was apoplectic with rage - there seems to be no organisation at fan level at the moment.

Is there a plan Q or are we now just going to hope an agent offers us someone?

Losing another player to Nice so he's staying

Genuinely - I do not expect them to leave. I'd argue our only hope is that when it's passed down a generation, there's some more interest.

I think this is a really good outlying point, specific to this season. For me to get to Ewood involves 3 unreliable (at the best of times) trains or an hour drive each way, made worse currently by the state of the M6 between Warrington and Wigan, which has put me off considerably and fed into my feelings of apathy. I know others in a similar situation who've been to less games this season than for many many years. If there was a feeling of excitement & positivity around the ground with swash-buckling football and players giving it everything, the above wouldn't even be a remote concern and I'd be there as much as possible, however I can't be arsed getting to Ewood for 12.30PM after a 3 hour journey on trains or sitting in standstill traffic.

I think for me it's the monotony, you know what's going to happen almost immediately and spend the rest of the time watching (at home/the pub/the match) waiting for the inevitable and then being pissed off when it happens. Even the good results (both Norwich games) recently haven't given me any inspiration. The lack of signings, the lack of a wailing banshee in the middle, the lack of a final touch, the lack of fight. It's all too much to get that worked up by now. I feel passive towards Rovers, which is itself a wholly unpleasant feeling.

Nice to see that Dom Hyam has taken yesterday's defeat well enough to piss off to Dubai for some winter sun.

Why didn't the Wharton brothers play?

Based on Twitter comments I can’t see Mowbray being there in January to sign him.

Is he happy?

Unsure on trains, but you can get the x41 bus from Manchester to Accy, and then head onwards from there via bus/taxi.