I'm just yanking your chain man. ?

18 hours ago, rigger said:

Too close to the river, for a stand that size 

Think BIGGER then! 

Culvert the Darwen. ?

THINK BIG

The Youth Zones are excellent, I met with some of the Blackburn staff over the years and my son often uses the Chorley one too. ( next door but one to the Ale Station ?)

9 minutes ago, HowieFive0 said:

Quick phone call to Rovers ..definetely NO refunds.. "trying our best to recover as quick as possible " (at this moment in time anyway)

Mentioned the fact Two householders having season tickets ..told ..the situation doesnt suit everyone and they appreciate that .. although myself and my son can have different iFollow codes to watch on different devices  

phone no. 01254 372000 if anyone wants to ring themselves ..

This is a development .....

7 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

......, struggle to boost commercial income and are completely in hock to our owners. 
Oh yeah....the directors have doubled their wages though...trebles all round....?

This was what caught my eye more than anything else, the rest is copy/paste pattern from previous years.

It's really weird that Steve Waggo is rinsing literally every penny from the supporters, yet the directors got a big wack up on remuneration. 

Could explain the Waggo tax though.

51 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I tend to agree. For me we need to get EVERYTHING back to normal asap. It wouldn't bother me in the slightest if everything went back to the way it was pre virus tomorrow.

 

@pk1875 Would you agree with this?

There are most likely 25,000 dead, with a 1,000 more a day,  every day, dieing right now in UK. 

Football can wait. 

Great them Gav. 

For newer posters, I uploaded these from 84-85 about 10 years ago, but here are a load more on Flickr.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskhk1orv

Pete Davies-All Played Out.

Story of England's World Cup at Italia 90.

Brilliant

8 hours ago, JacknOry said:

So they should too - they earn more than enough. The rest of us are having to cope with our own individual circumstances. They are not playing or training and cannot 'work' from home. Not their fault but all players should accept lower terms for now. 

Problem with that is like me their budgets and outgoings would probably based on a fixed income. Even if it is significantly higher than mine. Any drop could be an issue on mortgages  car payments etc. 

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

I’d venture Lenihan, Travis, Nyambe in that order is our new pecking order of saleable assets. 

For FFP purposes it’s not simply a case of adding up the last three years’ losses & hoping it comes to less than £39m of course. The running costs of the academy are an allowable expense for FFP so the development and onward sale of talent is the most likely income stream. Ticket sales aren’t growing, non-Matchday revenues opportunities are minimal, sponsorship in the Championship isn’t great, TV money is better than League One but nothing to write home about so player sales is the only other option.

I suspect that under their new (former Burnley) CEO, the EFL will soon stop the sale & leaseback of a stadium; a loophole closed. Sheff Weds hilarious legal action will bring that to a conclusion no doubt. 
Rovers recently advertised for a new head of commercial or marketing or something like that, with responsibility for growing revenues...having seen these figures, it’s no wonder. That role is probably the 2nd most important in the club right now. If the incumbent fails to deliver, we are going to struggle.

I don't know where extra income can be achieved though without promotion, which is a 5% chance right now. 

Currently just about getting blood from a stone, but looking at those numbers it would take huge increases in match day and commercial income to even come near to being enough.

154% wages to turnover?

Every tenner we take, we The V's have  to add £5.40 just to pay wages. Never mind anything else.

Madness and in any other walk of life we would not be allowed to continue trading. 

Courtesy Bobby Saxton

Boxing Day 1984. An all time classic.

Those figures are absolute total nonsense

5 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Heard a tale today.

Our commercial manager has gone to Blackpool, as they offered to double the pittance he was on here.

He wrote a letter to Waggott outlining how  gutted he was having to leave the club he supports, Waggott laughed and ripped it up in front of him...

Greg Coar?

54 minutes ago, Rogerb said:

12 pound is for an over 60. Adult price is 15 pound having said that a lot in the national league are charging 20 pound plus for an adult which makes Rovers look very competitive

Blimey. That does makes Rovers look cheap.  

Maybe Rovers could do a Riverside ticket for say £279. So £12.13 a match. You can miss half a dozen and still be paying less per game than some none league clubs. 

At least the facilities would be comparable.  And at that price they should spark a fair bit of interest in new sales and tremendous good will with existing holders. (I promise I have nothing to gain in this  ?). 

4 hours ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

Sorry Ozz,

This is precisely what many have already done.

You openly display the Waggott mentality of pay or go away?

 

You mock the suggestion because you prefer going down and sitting in the desolation of 20 thousand empty seats?

You mock because you or I can pay £45 in one hit but you don't want those who can't clogging up the half time pie queue?

 

I would have thought they would like to sell 10,000 of these tickets. Not 2000.

It means facilitating the purchase by as many potential customers as possible.

Working class people from Blackburn ?

 

Sorry,  to say Mock makes it personal and that is not my style/intention. 

£15 a game paid in monthly installments though,  is effectively a season ticket. The offer already exists. Not done much for the attendances has it?

Riverside is £329 for a ST, gives a guarantee of 23 games, so £14.30 a game.  

You expect Rovers to break the deal down even more? 

4 hours ago, Paul said:

I can't decide if this is a serious suggestion or not? It works if a fan buys one or two offers. Imagine it's a roaring success. 

 

 

No I was mocking the suggestion that while £45 for three tickets was good , Rovers should offer installments! 

Frankly if that offer is not good enough then one should consider an alternative hobby. 

Its £12? to get on Chorley now!

1 hour ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

1.  
2. £45 is still a lot for some people to stump up in one go. It would have more take up if say it could be paid in 2 installments. 

Or an even greater take up if it could be paid in 45 weekly installments  of a pound.

Does it only relate to  'young men' John?

18 minutes ago, DaveyB said:

You keep making this claim about Graham playing on the left wing, but he didn't. He was up front with Brereton - Buckley and Downing were the wide players, albeit tucked in with Nyambe and Cunningham overlapping.

Graham played slightly to the left, with Brereton to the right, but they were essentially a front two. He certainly wasn't playing as a left winger, or left mid - I just don't know why you seem to think he was

Correct.

If you got to Flickr website  and search for Bernie Horne, your mind will be blown.

On 10/08/2019 at 14:53, Stuart said:

@Ozz might be able to help. If he still posts?

Bernie will have all those. You can't really give them away these days, like VHS cassettes.