Sorry Chaddy These meetings are about Finance and Governance of the club. Mowbray shouldn’t even be there let alone giving a toss about what he had to say. Save it for the Telegraph. I don’t usually mind your messiah worshiping but this is not the correct thread for it. We all like TM but as usual the club uses him as a distraction to take up half these meetings on irrelevant “on the grass” issues.

A simple one (?)

so... in your opinion, are those 2500 Rovers fans or not ? Worth the effort trying HARD to get them back to Ewood or not?

close the thread Waggott has confirmed they are only interested in cash and there wont be any special deals. Waste of 48 pages. Chaddy was right... buy a half season ticket or you are not a proper fan. Biz was right... Premier League is the only way to increase attendances. The rest of us were deluded.

Confirmation the priority is cash not attendances. At least we all now know what we already knew. Thats that then.

Fuck that BB Jack would have Zlatan here. Sam is only 2 grades above me n thee

Need an experienced proven quality goalscorer. Marquee signing to sell tickets and increase attendances... like we always used to go for. Not some unproven kid... Danny Welbeck !? Venkys have the cash. Mowbray needs to grow some ambition to spend it.

Its only the Rovers who dont do offers to attract customers. Agree kids should go to night games unless parents are over protective. Used to love night games then walking home to Darwen via the chippy with my Dad. Stay up late watching Rovers plus bag of chips was more important than worrying about getting up for school. Memories !

Question is “why?” Waggott is probably oblivious

I remember him coming to a Junior Rovers meeting bringing his shirts from the world cup in Spain 82. A true Rovers Hero He was 25 at that world cup. I was 10 ?

AGREED 1 million percent. If the pies ran out... or my fav pie ran out.... so what. bums on seats and pies sold out every week = no waste

On the lake of tranquility, maybe so. But that doesn’t mean attendances will increase. That will involve reaching out to all those who are pissed off with a variety of issues which in truth are easily solved if the club has the will. It is entirely possible to get 18K back in the Champ on a regular basis.

So your big idea to increase attendances is getting to the PL and everything else is a waste of time, effort and oxymoronic. Until then you prefer attendances to stay the same. Truely inspirational.

This is exactly what I think too, which will again point to them not prioritising increasing attendances. Although the December tickets have not been announced yet so we can only hope they have something planned.

Woosh

Abolish surcharge for second half of season (compare data from ticket sales at end of season, publish, set next seasons policy accordingly) Cash Turnstiles or at least Contactless Turnstiles (no staff required) Unreserved seating sections Free or subsidised buses from nearby areas with priority in / out access Get the nearby carparks re-opened Flexi ST options (10 game unreserved seating for example) Reboot slogan locally - Fill Ewood - On our way back - Taking back the pride of Lancashire - Move over Burnley Targetted advertising on new initiatives to the lapsed ST holders (I never get anything from them). To those who went to Oxford game. To those who show buying an odd ticket. To those who buy away tickets but not home. Isn’t this the purpose of the much lauded database ? 2 or 3 game (or both) ticket bundles for Dec / Jan period !!!! on sale now !!!! buy 4 Xmas, includes free pie voucher if buy before date x. post game, kids meet the players sessions - fiver announcements on the scoreboard - tenner Promotion Pledge for next season’s STs - and on sale EARLY Xmas giveaway - spend 30 in the clubshop get a fiver off your next home ticket (costs them nothing to fill the empty seats but extra £££ spent in the shop plus matchday spends) They like a 5 minute Warning don’t they ? What about random ticket push unexpected 24 hour offers ???? 5 minute warning - Sheff Wed tickets buy 1 get second for 20 - next 24 hour only 5 minute warning - Bolton home tickets buy 1 child ticket get 1 free 5 minute warning - Waggotts giveaway - buy a ticket for Wigan home game get a 5er voucher off your next home ticket 5 minute warning - Operation Fill Ewood - Buy a ticket today and get a half price pie & a pint voucher The only limitation is the imagination of the club ! or maybe I am missing the point ?

Agreed ! How much were those fireworks ? Did the money come from the owners or the attendance tax ? I think I will take exception to none tax payers watching them for free just because its the opposite to the view of the sane majority. ?

Of course they want both but which of the 2 is their PRIORITY ? Actions and inactions all point to the money.... not the fans. Do you agree with the surcharge , yes or no ? Do you want more fans to attend, yes or no ?

Nothing further to add, yer honour

They have a big empty stadium. Easy to have sections of unreserved seating. In the old days you got down early to secure your usual spot on the terrace. It was normal to see the same faces in the same places. I have never once sat in the seat on my ticket. I just find an empty seat... there tends to be a few thousand of them. Now wouldn’t it be great if there was some of that flexible and innovative thinking to fill some of them.

correct If their PRIORITY was to increase attendances there would be no surcharge. As well as a raft of other simple initiatives. If their PRIORITY was purely £££££ then they would come up with daft ideas like a surcharge. Fans want to increase attendances. The club sadly, do not.

Vote Miller ! ?

The discussion is not about the 800 who attend and don’t care or realise about the surcharge. It is about the 10 or 100 or 1000 who would attend if there was no surcharge. There are many ideas on this thread from passionate ROVERS FANS many who are not going regularly or at all. Are the club taking note or just ignoring the issue ? The Leeds game with early KO had a surcharge the whole day. I chose not to go because of it. If I was the only one then fair enough.

like I said. Mr opposite. Proven beyond doubt.

Josh, please can we have a poll ? Do you want to increase attendances at Ewood ? yes no debating ridiculous surcharges which may stop 1 additional fan or family attending, suggests either I have lost touch with sense and reality... or Biz and Chaddy are fake fans who just want to be “Mr Opposites”.