I got a reply........ Despite some of your personal comments aimed at Mr Waggott, and the fact that your email has not been received due to technical issues that have been publicly broadcast, we now wish to respond with some of the facts behind the decision of closing down not only the Blackburn End but also the Riverside for the second time this season. There are a number of factors to consider when creating the operational plan for a matchday and the decisions made are based on these. Initially we review what the anticipated attendance is going to be and then measure this against the financial cost of opening the entire stadium. For the first round of the Carabao Cup; BRFC V Walsall, we attracted an attendance of just over 6,000 supporters. For this fixture the capacity for the Blackburn End was less than 50% capacity of the lower tier. Due to the make-up of the stadium, once the decision is made to open a stand, the staffing of that area remains the same whether the stand is at capacity or accommodating fewer than 500 supporters. For the Cardiff game, we anticipated an attendance of circa 4000-5000 which is just over a third of the capacity for the Jack Walker Stand and less than one sixth of the whole stadium and therefore the Jack Walker stand would adequately cater for the expected demand. We do appreciate that many of our long-standing supporters sit in the Blackburn End and would argue that this stand is affectionately referred to as the home end, but the Jack Walker Stand can be relied upon to accommodate all supporters with ease. This provides a better backdrop for the broadcast footage based on top of the Riverside Stand and ultimately it will help us to manage costs at a time when all costs have to be carefully considered under Financial Fair Play rules. I’m sure you can appreciate and understand why the Club has taken the relevant measures on this occasion. Of course, these decisions will be reviewed on a match-by-match basis should we progress further in the competition, as we hope to do. Thanking you for your continued support. Kind regards Christina Haines On behalf of Steve Waggott And sent this one back : Thank you for your reply. Does Mr Waggot realise that his decision took perhaps 2,000 supporters off the attendance figure, plus their spend in the shop/concourses, reduced the already declining atmosphere and must have de motivated the players, having to play in a ground that was empty on three sides - less the 300 travelling fans! Surely it would have been better to house thse fans in the end of the JW stand and open the BBE for home supporters, most of who were there before Steve Waggots arrival and will be there long after his departure? That is of course, if the club still exists after the perennial cost cutting that he is implementing for this once great club. Regards, Wonder if I'll get a reply to this one ? 😁

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I've forwarded my undelivered email to Lyndsey Talbot.

Impossible!

WTF? 🤣

"We did all we could" but couldn't afford to pay BT for our Interweb cos we spunked it on the monthly payments on the new coach we don''t really own.

Strangely, I thought he was younger than that -because, tbh I'd forgotten about him being a regular prem starter a of couple of years back .🤦‍♂️

Whatever people's thoughts about BE, he played some great football for us and he could notch, right foot, left foot, headers. I liked him - lots. This thread is depressing me, seeing what we were, and what we have become 😢

Undeliverable is the message just got?

Dear Steve, As the CEO of a world famous, historic, multi title winning, founder member of the Football league and Premier league, you have the temerity to close the Blackburn End - where the majority of supporters choose to go, every match, for a fixture that would be reasonably expected to have a crowd of 5,000+. Can you not see the longer term damage this is doing to the ever dwindling supporter base? Mostly due to initiatives YOU have implemented. I could go on but my final point is that if this IS your real email address, how absolutely un professional it appears to be for a CEO who is reported to be on £300k a year. Unfortunately this is what we have come to expect from you - cheap, penny pinching, no respect for the club or it's supporters, just in it for yourself and the lucrative salary that the position comes with. If this is not the case, I will look forward to receiving your response. No response will prove to me that I am correct in my assumptions. Yours, etc. Dave. This is the email I've just sent to our esteemed leader.

Surely people have told SWAG this? Why no reaction?

By the stats SS is a 9

Erasure - Ship Of Fools

I use Accuview weather, it's reasonably accurate - in Cornwall 😁

Ridiculous modus operandi from our CEO, how long has he been here? And still doesn't understand the fan base/club/local environment. Fucking chancer, I hate the cunt 😡

Nothing new in there mate?

I always thought Wilcox was a decent player but remember sarcastic shouts of "give it Jason" from the Blackburn End when were attacking.

No idea what it's all about other than Venkys are dodgy as fuck.

Had my first session of treatment yesterday, no side effects and all very positive.👍

Franki Valli - The Night. Classic soul dance tune.

Blink 182 - All The Small Things

R.I.P. your dad. God bless.

Is that rhyming slang? 😁

It's where they pump stuff round your body that kick-starts your immune system. What is immunotherapy - Cancer Research UK https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/treatment/immunotherapy/what-is-immunotherapy

Does anyone have any experience, self/family/friends, who have had it? I start my treatment for lung cancer next week.