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2024/25 Season Tickets
Lancaster Rover replied to TheRevAshton's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Do kids season tickets generate loyalty points? -
Rovers kits 24/25 season
Lancaster Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
It's usually the way, I've posted previously that (recently) the years we have nice kits tend to be the ones we're awful and/or get relegated! So this doesn't bode well. -
Rovers kits 24/25 season
Lancaster Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I really hope the away shirt has a collar -
I’m sorry but that’s not how PMA works, that’s bordering on delusion. If you have years of examples of the club failing to bring in quality and poorly using it’s resource both on-field and off-field then what gives you the belief or confidence in the same people ceasing to make the same mistakes this year.
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Makes me chuckle Nixon talking about agendas, his posts are all driven by an agenda - to generate revenue, be that clicks, signs ups to his patreon or buying the paper he writes for. It’s fairly clear the non existent pot we had to piss in last year has now been smashed all over the floor! SS sold shortly before or after the court case with all monies used to keep the lights on. Only incomings will be loanees and maybe an out of contract player or 2. All this will happen after we’ve played at least 1 game of the season! We may get lucky and see an ‘exciting prospect’ loanee before the season starts. Oh what a time to be alive
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I’ve not seen what Nixon has said, I’ve probably worded it badly as I wasn’t inferring that Eustace and recruitment aren’t aligned, more pointing to the hands outside of that department who are involving themselves unnecessarily. That coupled with the inability/lack of desire to sign things of at VHH leaves us in an ever increasing mess
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To an extent it shouldn’t matter what anyone bar the manager and DOF/head of recruitment want. They’re the 2 people in the top football positions, they set the style, coaching, etc. They need to come ro agreement on what’s needed and go for there. Outside of that it shouldn’t matter what Waggot or anyone else including us want. Once again it would appear there are lots of hands stirring the pot which leads to further exacerbating the mess we’re in. The cynic in me would say all these hands in the pot going in different directions only make further mess, which would suit some. No signings, no spend.
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The England Team - all the news, views…
Lancaster Rover replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
To be fair to Southgate, he did that role alongside Howard Wilkinson and others 10 or so years ago. Whilst they’ve made strides with St. George’s Park and coach development we’re still a million miles behind many of our European neighbours. -
The England Team - all the news, views…
Lancaster Rover replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
It’s been the same all tournament, so many are totally incapable of taking the ball on the half turn especially in congested areas. Last night should have been a humbling experience for English football that laid bare the huge golf in technical ability of executing fundamentals of the game. None of which is down to Southgate, that’s a much wider problem -
The England Team - all the news, views…
Lancaster Rover replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Having worked in academies for over 10 years the hoovering up of pre-academy 'talent' is now being identified as one one of the key problems, with the pre-academy selection in England being so heavily based on biological age. Meaning the vast majority of the players signed at u9 are September - December births with biological ages up to 12 months ahead. There are then a huge amount of technically gifted players left in grassroots football receiving appalling coaching, on terrible pitches with a playing style that is based on winning, again resulting in 'big lads' being pushed to the front. Also, we don't have better players than Spain in my opinion. There is just a huge amount of visibility bias towards players we see week in week out. Before the competition Fabian Ruiz was being hailed as a water carrier, he's arguably been the player of the tournament. The same can be said across the Spanish team. Thats before even mentioning their depth, missing Pedri, Gavi, Balde, Pau Cubarsi. You look beyond Englands starting eleven and it's Conor Gallagher who with the greatest respect is a decent PL player but nowhere near being an elite CM, Zubamendi who is a 3rd choice rotation is far superior. -
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Lancaster Rover replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The coaching set up is far superior in Spain than it is to the UK. Grassroots clubs have incredibly highly qualified coaches and gaining your B and C license is a matter of course over there. Add in the availability of good quality artificial pitches, the use of Futsal alongside football makes for even better technical development. In the Uk providing you do the FA Safeguarding and the Playermaker (unfailable course) you can call yourself a coach and run several teams. -
The England Team - all the news, views…
Lancaster Rover replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I find all the talk of most successful manager such a small island mentality. Teams play more knockout games than ever in expanded competitions with a diminishing level of quality. When it comes down to brass tacks England have won nothing. They’ve won 2 games in normal time in this completion. However you wish to draw positives from that the reality is there for all to see. -
Rovers kits 24/25 season
Lancaster Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The only worrying thing about these kits is that in recent history our best kits have resulted in the worst league positions (barring the league 1 away kit). I'm thinking the two red collared Perspex style kits (princes trust and Coyle season), both resulted in relegation! -
It's hard to say what a realistic valuation, market wise is for Szmodics. I believe there is a significant difference between his value to us and his value to others in this scenario. From a stats point of view, he's 28, played the majority of his career in League 1 and scored over a 3rd of his career goals in a single season. A total of 38 championship goals (32 for us and 6 for Peterborough) across 114 apps, a goal every 3 and a bit games. So it all depends on how clubs view last year, whether it's a statistical outlier or the start of an upward trend. 3 or 4 years ago, you could see someone chancing 15million + on him, a la Armstrong. Those days seem long gone though, clubs less willing to take financial risks due to PSR and the step up from championship to PL seemingly harder by the year. From an objective 'football business' point of view you'd have to say 10 million (plus add ons) seems a fair fee given his age and record. From a subjective Rovers view he's priceless, history tells us the money would not be re-invested and with the greatest respect to Messrs Gallagher, Leonard and Dolan I think they'd struggle to meet his individual goal tally, collectively.
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Rovers kits 24/25 season
Lancaster Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Very Palermo -
Rovers kits 24/25 season
Lancaster Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I think it’s smart, bit different. Wonder if the shirts are pink or white? White May break it up a bit, a full pink kit could be a little bit angel delight -
Rovers kits 24/25 season
Lancaster Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
With an ST and the club cash thing that was part of 1875 it made it a real softener, I remember one year getting my lads kid for about 20 quid -
The England Team - all the news, views…
Lancaster Rover replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Sorry, my mistake. Agreed, maybe an argument had De Jong been fit but not sure he’s in the world class bracket with the last few injury ravaged seasons he’s had -
The England Team - all the news, views…
Lancaster Rover replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
True, but the OP said no world class midfielders rather than CM’s. I think Simons could cause England a massive headache -
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Lancaster Rover replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Xavi simons is well on his way to being world class -
The England Team - all the news, views…
Lancaster Rover replied to roverandout's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Stones is world class, the only reason he hasn’t played as much at City this year is down to injury. When fit he is probably one of the first names on the team sheet. England lack a world class CM on the pitch, there is one from Wilpshire not getting a kick though. -
Rovers kits 24/25 season
Lancaster Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Infant kit is 48, which in my experience fits up to a 7 year old. Shirt alone for an 8 year old is 47, shorts 24 and socks 13 with printing you don’t get much change out of £100. Rovers are charging similar to most clubs however that doesnt make it right. Made me chuckle Nike putting out a statement re the lack of England shirt sales due to people buying fakes, well stop charging extortionate prices then for a garment that costs less that 3 pounds to produce