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Kean's bonuses were specifically for hitting a target. He was to receive a £200k bonus for finishing in the top 12 in the Premier League. If Rovers were relegated - his salary was significantly reduced, but then there a bonus of £500k for getting promoted to the Premier League. If Rovers were relegated to League One, his salary dropped even further and there was no bonus for promotion back to the Championship. His contract certainly didn't reward failure - it mitigated the risk of high salary and bonuses being paid if were relegated.

That's not the same though is it. He would have received a higher bonus had the club been in the higher division. Not much of an incentive to get relegated - receiving a lower bonus.

I read it that the bonus was reduced if we were in a lower league as well. Unusual to have contingency plans in place on bonuses if we're in league one when we were a Premier League club, but it certainly wasn't a bonus for being relegated.

He wasn't offered a bonus payment to take the club to the Championship and League 1.

If he was available for that cheap, SkyBet might be interested in signing him to avoid paying out on this 20 goal bet 😂

West Ham United have been named favourites to sign Blackburn Rovers sensation Ben Brereton Diaz in January. The £5m-rated ace has dazzled in the second tier this season, as well as on the international stage with Chile. Somehow depreciated in value since we bought him 🤔

75% of those goals came in one game against a Belarusian side. In fact, he scored 20% of his entire careers goals in that game.

A fair point.

I remember that book!

Sheffield United attendance - 17,291 (4,705 away fans) - so approximately 4.5k tickets sold for the match in the home areas. That was on the back of a 7-0 defeat and not against another Lancashire side. Maybe I'm being slightly optimistic though - maybe 5.5k home fans rather than 8k.

Well 8,000 (or whatever the number is) have already paid - so it's only another 8,000. I don't think that's completely unrealistic.

I'm only assuming 8k of Rovers fans buying tickets (outside of the season ticket holders)

No issue with that. Presumably there is a good number of season ticket holders in the Blackburn End that would at least make that not look empty - and then fill up the stands down the touchline. How many season ticket holders do we have? 8k? At £30 a ticket: Season ticket holders x 8k = £0 PNE fans x 6k (at £30): £180,000 Rovers fans x 4k (at £30): £120,000 Total attendance: 18,000 (Gate receipts on the day £300k) Home fans (12k) Away fans (6k) At £30 a ticket in the ends / £20 a ticket down the touchline: Season ticket holders x 8k = £0 PNE fans x 6k (at £30): £180,000 Rovers fans x 8k (at £20): £160,000 Season ticket holders x 8k = £0 Total attendance: 22,000 (Gate receipts on the day £340k) Home fans (16k) Away fans (6k) At £20 a ticket all over the stadium: Season ticket holders x 8k = £0 PNE fans x 7.5k (at £20): £150,000 Rovers fans at 8k (at £20): £160,000 Total attendance: 23,500 (Gate receipts on the day £310k) Home fans (16k) Away fans (7.5k) Obviously a large number of assumptions and estimates there, but I don't reckon the numbers are unrealistic.

I'd sell tickets for the Darwen End and Blackburn End at £30 (I think you have to sell like-for-like views at the same price) and then sell tickets for the Jack Walker and Riverside at £20 each. Maximise revenue received from PNE and ensure there is a large number of home fans in the stadium. Assuming you're allowed to do that.

How does that work - we're in November? He must have 19 months left. He signed a two year deal with the option of a third (presumably in our favour as normal).

And the atmosphere would be electric

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Unfortunately falling to a narrow seven goal loss.

You're being silly now 😂

No he didn't. He said they were all laughing after the game.

It's similar in the fact that as fans a 7-1 defeat at Old Trafford or a 7-0 loss at home to Fulham hurts. The players don't lose any sleep after it.

I'd not usually do this sort of thing, but I'm pretty pissed off at this. I sent the images to Lynsey Talbot and I've had an immediate response that she has passed this on to the Press Department at the club.

Can you imagine if current Manchester United players had liked a post from a Liverpool player celebrating their 5-0 win? Can you imagine an ex-Manchester United player liking a post? A Gary Neville, a Ryan Giggs or a Roy Keane. This is everything that is wrong with the club. A complete lack of winning mentality and a no care attitude if we get hammered. They still get paid.

It reminds me a bit of the Gael Givet comments after we lost 7-1 to Man United just after Venky's had taken over.... “We had warmed up and we went back to the dressing room,” Givet reminisced to L’Equipe . “While we were putting on our shin guards, he said: ‘Guys, wait!’ He put down a projector and showed us a montage of the films ‘Gladiator’ and ‘300’. In short, warriors with swords. “We were all in the dressing room going: ‘Ahhhh!’ [he said mimicking a soldier with a sword] “After 30 minutes, we were 3-0 down. We lost 7-1. “After the match, we were all laughing. The warriors had completely passed us by.”

Blackburn Rovers Player of the Season awards: Tom Cairney 13/14 Derek Williams 16/17 Bradley Dack 17/18 Danny Graham 18/19 Hard to imagine a Hendry, Shearer, Jansen, Friedel, Tugay liking a post like this. I used to have loads of players that I felt an affinity with and would always be upset when they left. Not sure if it's my age (37 now) or what Venky's have done to this club, but I can't think of many (if any) players over the last 5 years that I'd have been upset with leaving. Possibly Dack, but not even him now.