JHRover

You don't have to offer refunds if you make it clear in the smallprint that they won't be offered. People would then be free to make their own decisions as to whether to wait and risk not getting into games (not going to happen here but will do at smaller grounds) or whether to pay up now and run the risk of getting 4-5 games on I Follow instead.

You've got to hand it to Waggott and his mates. They really do have it set here. Spend half their time telling every fan that will listen that the club is desperate for cash, restricted by FFP rules, needs to generate it's own income, struggling against richer clubs blah blah blah, many lap it up as gospel truth without any question. Now here we are with no tickets on sale, no new shirts on sale and won't even bother to open the club shop whilst others all do. As above, if a local pub or grocery store can open why on earth can't Blackburn Rovers club shop? Of course its easy and risk free to keep it shut. Why not do that permanently and never reopen it again? Same for Blues Bar, maybe the same for the whole of Ewood Park? That way no risk of any aggro or difficulties. You can't have it both ways yet it seems this is exactly what Waggott wants - every excuse in the book as to why we can't do things yet very little evidence of any effort being made to change the situation and a legion of fans who will never question, challenge or doubt it. Accy Stanley up at the Crown Ground are selling season tickets and have their shop open to try and make some money. Please please please can someone on here give me one single sensible reason why we can't do either of those things? My mate, an Accy Stanley season ticket holder, sent me a message yesterday as he had been down to their ground and renewed his season ticket. He was telling me that he was looking forward to October and finally being allowed in the ground and asked me what I was doing with Rovers. I was completely embarrassed when I replied to him saying that we haven't had a peep out of the club in months, that we can't buy anything and the place is locked down. He was amazed, he sees us as a major professional outfit compared to Accy Stanley. I had to correct him and state that sadly even Stanley are ahead of us in approach these days.

the season starts next weekend. By mid October we could be stuck towards the bottom or competing at the top. Aren't you fed up with starting every season slowly and poorly. For once in a decade it would be nice to have our squad ready and raring to go on game one. Never happens and we will be scrambling around in the last couple of days for essential additions.

Bit more than that. We need two CBs, at least one LB, another keeper and that's a minimum. Ideally we would be looking to improve in other areas too rather than sticking with the same old. So there's 4 signings needed and quickly. Given it seems to take weeks and weeks to get one done and with the League kicking off in 9 days time it really is a shocking situation to be in. The excuses will come thick and fast. First it will be telling people to wait until October when the window closes. Then there will be sob stories about Covid 19, no money, FFP, travel restrictions, quarantine, unusual circumstances, targets getting poached by other clubs, the stars not aligning as hoped. Everyone else can find a way to get the bare minimum in the building. Our scenario has been unfolding before our eyes for 2 years and we still haven't solved it.

Some experience would be nice. A CB and LB with more than a couple of dozen games each who have played at a decent level before. Under contact to us so we can avoid going through the same process again in August 2021. Won't hold my breath. Interesting the club is claiming 3 signings for the summer although McBride and Dolan are for the u23s so it is actually only 1 signing.

Villa going from spending silly money on unheard of foreigners last year to now spending silly money on good Championship players this year. Suggests Dean Smith taking more of a role in recruitment. Expect them to be down struggling in the bottom 6

Hanley has today been given squad number 5 for Norwich. Would they have done that if looking to get rid or sending him to us?

Ayala would be a good addition. Still got years left in the tank and experienced at the top end of this league. Would be very pleasantly surprised if there was potential for that one given his likely wages.

Phillips ticks all the Rovers boxes so would be no surprise to see him turn up here. - Young - Inexperienced - Only a handful of senior appearances - Cheap - Loan Liverpool likely to be happy to do a deal. He's 23 and never played for them so probably one eye on a future elsewhere.

Interesting they refer to 'current season ticket holders'. As of 18th July 2020 and the conclusion of the Reading match the club has had 0 season ticket holders. We are all ex season ticket holders. Presumably the club will be emailing those who held season tickets last year but they ought to be doing this for every ex season ticket holder not just those who had them last season.

And how does this explain 7000+ signing up for 4th division Bolton which was my original point? Is Blackburn some island of deprivation or are we just looking for excuses not to do what most other clubs are doing?

Mowbray warning against loans on Saturday and then signing a loan on Wednesday would be routine Rovers. Sarr an odd one. Free agent. Highly rated by Charlton albeit a side that got relegated last season and in League One the two before. Don't know much about him. Seems to have the attributes but only 100 or so career appearances, strange.

Lad from Celtic for u23s but dressed up as a first team signing to appease the fans?

Birmingham doing some decent business. Just signed Adam Clayton on a free transfer.

Yep great post. I'm at a similar stage. Extreme disillusionment with the whole thing and I've never felt so undervalued by the club. They just don't seem to care or think that loyal fans should be treated in a certain way.

Yep. We can mostly appreciate that we have a budget and getting good players isnt particularly easy and there's not a lot we can do if a Premier League club decides to come in for a player we are after. But there comes a stage where we have to wonder if there is a bigger issue with being too selective or slow in our processes. End of the day 18 months on from Mowbray's defenders speech to have still not signed one suggests there is a problem

On the contrary for those who have been until now receiving furlough money and unable to go out or go on holiday they might have had spare cash to part with. Now moving forward redundancies may well increase and foreign travel starts to open up more people will have less money or other things to spend it on. 7000 Bolton fans seem happy enough to do it. They can all read the small print. Lucky for Bolton they now have a couple of million in the bank and haven't had to do very much to earn it.

Even if we accept Wharton is ready and good enough that still leaves 2 slots to fill. Assuming that Mulgrew and Williams are on their way.

Just the 7000 sold at Bolton now.

Is walking or driving through filth going to attract new visitors to Ewood Park? New sponsors to associate their company and bring their clients on match day? We've enough difficulties nearby with the horrific council and their schemes along Alan Shearer way, dragging the area down and making it an unpleasant place to visit, the least Rovers can do is keep the ground and entrances in good condition. The fact that it took photos going online and uproar to shame them into taking action is the problem here. Looking after your area doesn't stop on the boundaries of your property. How many people on here would be comfortable with garbage piling up on the pavement outside your house and do nothing about it because it should be up to the council to sort? I know in most decent neighbourhoods people would take some pride and responsibility for it and get it shifted.

Yes admittedly only about 6 weeks between the Reading and Doncaster games meaning not a lot of time to carry out a lot of work on the pitch but there was 3 months earlier in the year that could have been used instead.

When you look at the lack of investment and terrible state of Ewood is anyone remotely surprised that the pitch is now looking a mess? No investment or pride now for a decade. I know the ground staff do the best they can. They can only work with what they are given, which I understand to be very little.

I think hate is a strong word. Although i do dislike the owners intensely and I don't ignore that in return for their money to keep the lights on. In terms of the rest it isnt hatred or particular dislike, just my view that the operation is grossly inadequate for a club of our stature, assembled on the cheap and unlikely to see the club succeed or reach its potential on or off the pitch. Of course that then comes back to the owners.

Yes. And a bad start due to not having the squad in place could set the course for a season of struggle. I'd like a good start but it never seems to happen here.

The only source of £450,000 is the Lancashire Telegraph. If correct it has been covered by wage savings made in the last 6 weeks. That was my point.