IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ALL USA BASED SUPPORTERS:

Starting with today's match at Hull City, 7 of the 9 matches to be played over the next 39 days will be televised by ESPN+ due to their selection for broadcast by Sky Sports in the UK.  Be aware that the total cost per month of ESPN+ is only $6.99 plus applicable taxes in your state, so you've no excuse not to be paying attention.  I'm not one to sing ESPN's praises, but this is too good to pass up, especially when compared to the cost & streaming quality of RoversTV.

Well done Stu.

Cool idea this.

I've always thought that when traveling to away matches supporters should all wear red/black anyway, unless it's an away ground where we can wear our traditional kit.  Even in years the club hasn't made that choice, wearing those colors (colours) every time would send the not so subtle message that those are what we prefer, which seems to be the case amongst the supporter base by a considerable margin.

On 17/05/2021 at 12:31, rog of the rovers said:

.........Looking forward to seeing what they come up with. A simple Blue/White halved home, with the same in Red/Black away, and they'll be off to a flying start

 

AMEN.

When is the club going to get its head out of its collective rear-end hole and become a licensed partner with The Terrace Store?  10 clubs from the top 2 flights have already made the jump.

Just now, rigger said:

As long as the team play well I don't give a damn about the kit. Buy a blue and white scarf instead

So an all brown kit sponsored by Scott's 1000 toilet paper would be copacetic with you?

Alright, that's it!!!

First, we need somebody in East Lancs who knows how to silk screen to carve out 2 10Bet logos. (make sure they're perfect)

Everybody who prefers the red/black halves buy one from Umbro. (You can get their generic blue/white too if for some reason you dislike this year's traditional (home) kit.)

Now we'll need a good supply of embroidered club badges. (Does the club sell them in the store?)

Someone will need to offer at cost to screen the 10Bet logo onto the kits (white onto red/black, RED onto blue/white) & affix the badges. (DO NOT TRY TO PROFIT FROM THIS; THE CLUB &/OR UMBRO WILL SUE.)

Voila: The kits I believe most of us prefer exactly as we want them, complete with the current sponsor's logo in the color it should be.

If enough of us keep doing this they will eventually capitulate; it's simple commercial math.  It will take a concerted effort, but we can do this.

3 hours ago, dingles staying down 4ever said:

You've still bought an Umbro kit

Point taken, but as Joe points out below, they lose considerable markup.

57 minutes ago, JoeHarvey said:

The other funny bit is that it’s £20. They could slap a Blackburn badge and a 10Bet logo on that and they’ve got themselves a £60 kit somehow.

19 minutes ago, dingles staying down 4ever said:

Umbro get the best of both world then. People buying that kit and possibly buying the offical away kit as well

No, no, no......That would defeat the purpose.  You buy the red/black halves & you keep wearing ONLY them at the away matches until they get the message.

42 minutes ago, JoeHarvey said:

The frustrating thing is they sell a half and half red/black kit, which is what so many people want, but we won't get. Would be so easy.

If a bunch of us went out and bought this and applied Rovers badges to them and kept wearing them at away match after away match, season after season, then maybe they'd get the ****ing hint.

Add white shorts for Ewood & those are spot-on.

Keep the blue for away matches where we can wear the traditional top.

Just now, bluebruce said:

They did, Ryanie, I even thought he was about to change the decision as the guy was running up, like in the Burnley game. But I think he was just gesturing for Raya to stay on his line.

The gesturing to Raya was after the discussing part Brucie. Like I said, we disagree.  In the record books it will always be a penalty, but it was a bad call, period, end of.......ta ta.

1 minute ago, USABlue said:

I would have been amazed if we had got that.  Not enough for a pen for me, cheat, why was he holding his ear, stay down so long? He did nit decide to flop till he realised be was never catching the ball.  I have no idea how the review can give it either, I have watched it over and iver and still have a hard time seeing contact.

You ain't the only 1 'Blue.

6 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

The real contact was actually exactly when he goes down. There were two points of potential contact to watch for on the replay. The first point, I agree he doesn't touch him. But he leaves a foot in and slightly trips the player, who immediately goes to ground.

Soft, but a penalty. Then again Armstrong got full on shoved in their box when it was going out in the first half, and we got nothing.

We'll have to agree to disagree Brucie.  I found it especially interesting how long the ref and the VAR schmuck discussed it before the spot kick was taken.

That was NOT A PENALTY.  That was A DIVE.  The supposedly violating contact is steps before the self-induced stumble.  

 Travis was A+.

The only good thing about this toilet paper is the Riverside bit on the back.  If we get yellow away kits (used toilet paper) the smarter bookmakers will drops our odds for going back down considerably.

True, but a highly unlikely scenario when you factor everything in and I really don't feel like typing out the 3 paragraphs that would cover all that.

Translation: I stand by my statement.

If some club makes a bid for him that we find acceptable, Barcelona has the right to match that offer and take him back. There is no set fee that allows Barcelona to take him back whenever they want. This prevents Barcelona from dealing with the dreaded scenario of having given up too early on a big star who then ends up with ManU, Inter, etc.... or worst of all for them: Real. The clause protects them from that.

In other words: If he ends up a big superstar, the only way he lines up against Barca is with Rovers in the Champions League.

Sounds good to me.

If the transfer fee is already set then that could be a big problem, Barca could buy him back just to sell him on at a higher price if he's a success.

There's no fee set. Just a "right of first refusal" clause. Now everybody relax.

The photo towards the bottom of the article is particularly funny if you look closely enough......

I was not referring to whether or not the signatures were real. I give you more credit than that. Just list, exactly, the brand, style and any specific print on the ball. (a picture or 2 would help) If it was the brand & style of match ball used by the FAPL that year it would increase the retail cost of the ball by £100 - £200.

Some of that depends on what kind of ball it is. Is it an actual match ball or some piece of junk you could buy at Rover the Moon for £5?

Pathetically sad.

But let's try to remember he scored 52 goals in 103 starts (+37 subs) for us. OK?

Please refrain from the usual pubescent volatility that pervades this forum.

All you're doing is beating a dead horse and it's classless behavior.

Well, thank you for keeping us updated.