I`ve been going to Ewood now for nigh on 25yrs.

In recent years, i`ve not been going as often as i would`ve liked (due to financial restraints )

I tend to pick & choose my games these days.

I personally believe BRFC don`t do enough to attract new fans & win back lost fans.

Also, lot`s of little things niggle me about the club....e.g

1...double standard stewarding. Away fans can stand up, we have to sit down. Either we can all stand up or all sit down.Make your mind up!!

2...Making people take down banners etc...(as was mentioned last week on this board)

3...selling our top players (Dunn,Duff,Cole)

4...Ticket prices.

5...Lack of club ambition in cups.(progress in cups can give a 'feel good factor' in a club/town)

....i could go on.

All in all, most of these things are trivial on their own, but put together can make going to watch Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park a less than exciting prospect. Sometimes i look in my wallet & think to myself "Hmmm £25....i could go to the Rovers or have a night at the local with my mates & get a kebab on the way home.......which one??"

At one time, there would`ve been no competition.

"Hew-say-ays blue & white army"

simple

well! i`m glad all that`s sorted!

...now let`s all be friends

How many people on this site recognise the names of any of these 'hooligans'??

I used to work with one of them & find it hard to believe he is now a hooligan....as he`s a bit of a soft lad!

....well, it just goes to show it takes allsorts

.....so i guess it`s not worth owt?

I`ll tell him to bin it

Whilst delving into my mate`s record collection,

i came across an old 7inch single by a group called FRENZY

the song was called 'Blackburn Rovers' or something like that.

I remember it used to be played over the tannoy system at Ewood during the early 80s.

I told my mate it might be a collectable (to someone)

...so he asked me to find out.

Does anybody know owt about it??

He may be willing to part with it.

.....why not just hold up pieces of card with the number of games since penalty during each game?? It`s easily changed every week & cheap to do.

....What-ever happened to the huge Blackburn banner we had way back in uor champions league days??? You know the one we used to cover all the empty seats in the darwen end??

The link isn`t very accurate, as it says "Matin o`neills search for a quality striker.

Oh well....let`s stay very quiet until the ink has dried, then we can all have a good chuckle!!

...like i said on the previous page <.

Blackburn Rovers have a team of professional backroom staff who see & train the squad every day. These guys have many years of experience with players both old & young. For some reason Matt Jansen is not impressing the coaches of the squad enough to warrant a place in the starting 11.

Hopefully (and we ALL pray) Matt Jansen will recover his form & come good, but we (the fans) have got to respect the views of the coaching staff at this club.

....Remember, for every player who makes it, there`s loads who don`t....& it`s these guys who have to make ruthless decisions for the good of the club. If Matty is not up to scratch, then they`ll tell him so & let him leave.

In my view, they are giving the lad a fair crack of the whip.

Maybe he`ll get his chance this year....but he simply has to warrant his place in the team not through sympathy but by impressing in training.

GOOD LUCK MATTY...WE`RE ALL ROUTING FOR YOU!!

I think all of us would love to see Jansen make a come-back.

I bet Souness & BRFC as a club would love to see it even more. It would also save the club millions in transfer fees.

It`s easy to say "Souness isn`t giving him a run in the team" or "Souness needs to give him games".....but it isn`t just Souness involved. He has a backroom staff of proffessional trainers & medical people who see Matty every day. If they don`t feel he is 'up to it' then you have to respect their proffessional view.

I hope Matt Jansen makes a full recovery & we get to see the player of old, because his talent is a joy to watch, but please don`t use this as a stick to beat GS with.

GOOD LUCK MATTY!

for me.....

1...Simon Garner.......the man, the myth, the legend.....the cigarettes!

2...David Speedie......only at the club a year, but will always be held in the highest regards. Remember his header against Newcastle & his taunts at the geordies?

3...Colin 'Braveheart' Hendry.........2 fantastic spells at the club & always gave his all

I only watched the programme once....but i`ve still got Garners song going round in my head. Does anybody actually know the name of the song he did?

ROONIO!

Its all personal preference.

exactly!!

I know i'm repeating myself and for that I apologise but I would ask you once again if success on the field will get the fans on then how do you explain finishing 6th and 2000 not renewing

.....It`s all a matter of finances. Each year i consider buying a season ticket, i also have other things i need to do in life...i.e...i need to buy two new double glazed windows for my house, i could do with a new suite in my lounge, i may want to go on holiday & i am thinking of putting an extension on my house. Each year i list my 'things to do' in order of priority.

If i think i can afford a season ticket, then i will buy one.

I`m sure other people have similar things to consider. Football can be a very expensive passtime.

LOL!!

when the doorbell rang on fantasy football & Frank Skinner opened the door......"Look! it`s Simon garner!" he said

Absolute silence from the audience........

they were either gobsmacked it was actually him or they didn`t know who the hell he was!! LOL!!

....i think it may have been the 2nd option.

THERE`S ONLY ONE SIMON GARNER!!

ROVERS LEGEND!!

I know some people when they’re kid can’t go they take a mate. I know someone who’s said that they’ve used the child’s season ticket and said that the child has used his season ticket and already gone through.

hmmmmmmmm.....interesting (cletus little brain starts to tick)

I couldn`t....could i?

Bazza as captain......a good forward thinking move by Souness!

Hats off to the boss!

Can anybody help me with a season ticket question?

I`m thinking of buying an adult & a junior ticket sat together (obviously).

Sometimes the junior i take cannot go for one reason or another.

Will the club let another adult use the junior seat if we pay the difference??

This is a major factor in whether i buy 2 season tickets or just go on a casual basis.

I`m still toying with the idea....

Do i buy a season ticket

or

do i enjoy my saturdays?

(only kidding)

Alex ferguson....(to the same tune as 'you`re so s##t it`s unbelievable')

"Fer-gu-son`s got a big red alky nose!" (clap clap clap etc...)

................................................................................................

Phil Thompson....(To the tune of 'Auld lang syne')

"sit down big nose, sit down big nose, sit down big nose sit down...etc..."

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any more?

"I never felt more like singing the blues,

the Rovers win, the burnley lose,

Oh Rovers,

You got me singing the blues" (ratty tata ratty tata)

Whatever happened to

"Come - on - you - Blues!"

when we got a corner?

Due to a change in working hours (no more weekends! ) & the sensible decision to freeze season ticket prices....i think i shall be taking up the offer 'as soon as'.

Tooting Rover Posted on May 6 2004, 15:55 

  QUOTE (cletus @ May 6 2004, 14:29 )

I think Gazza would be an excellent choice of new manager, as Burn-a-leh seem to have a tradition of having alcoholic managers. 

Given the topic Cletus I think it's high time you changed your signature 

I have grown rather fond of my signature & i am reluctant to do away with it.

I shall wait to see who fat Stan`s successor is & then decide if his name will fit into my little ditty.

I think Gazza would be an excellent choice of new manager, as Burn-a-leh seem to have a tradition of having alcoholic managers.