Very nice tribute to Uncle Jack at the Reading match. Lots of respect to that club for doing that for us.

Can’t watch the game but I was at Reading. One thing that was infuriating me was every time a pass through the middle was made it went to the opposition. Hoping the same thing isn’t happening in this game?

Was always going to be a tough one after they took a battering against Rotherham. I think Ince has done well to get a response from his players but that’s exactly what we need now. A response to a poor performance. If Reading can do it against us, no reason why we can’t against Sheffield United. 

On their forum some Reading fans are saying that our good start reminds them of the good start they had a couple of years ago which soon was negated after the bubble was popped. They think that after Wednesday we won’t sustain the same run of results. On the flip side some are saying we are their first real challenge of the season and for them to only have 3 points against the teams they have played is a warning sign of things to come. Hopefully we win comfortably but this is reminding me of the run-in towards the Hull away last season.

4 minutes ago, rigger said:

Sad as it may seem the Dingles drawing may have been better. But I am so happy I don't give a shit.

I agree that it would have a better for the table but I’ll take it for what it is and celebrate it either way haha

Perfect weekend.

Rovers win

dingles lose

Man U lose

Da, da, da da da da, Darragh Lenihan!

Two teams that hit good form last season and tailed off at the end. Both had management replacements too so it'll be an interesting opening game as these two clubs are somewhat mirrors of one another in recent times.

23 hours ago, windymiller7 said:

I assume you mean this one?

Erm, no thanks. Not for the home anyway. Wouldn't be too averse to doing something with it as an away or third kit, but no, definitely not the home shirt. Those halves (or quarters!) are our identity & are sacrosanct as far as I'm concerned

 

That's the one yeah. Just imagine it in blue and white and id be happy with it. I know the opinion is controversial however. I like what you say about it being an away kit though. That would be good in black and red wouldn't it.

20 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said:

I like it 🤷🏼‍♂️
They had better reverse the halves ( or quarters) on the back though if they dare be that brave 😅

Glad at least someone likes the idea.

20 hours ago, alex l said:

All for trying something different but the forest one was too extreme for a halving of the colours. A smaller section of fade might work.

There's other ways to try it - Atletico Madrid have wavy stripes next season, but I'm not sure a wavy line for the halved shirt would look good. Maybe a red pin stripe separating the halves? Dashes of the opposite colour on each half?

I find the "dashes of the opposite colour on each half" idea quite imaginative. I could go for the odd splodge of blue on the white part and vise versa.

19 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

That shirt was awful... so your mate was right.

 

Hahaha love how blunt that comment was.

Thanks to everyone for being respectful in agreeing or disagree with the original post. Can be some quite harsh people on here who wont only disagree with you, they will attack you personally.

I was telling a work colleague about what Macron could do with our home shirt and he dared me to post it on here after I told him. He said it won't be well received but here goes anyway.

The Forest away shirt by Macron last season was a two colour half shirt with the fading of the colours where they met in the middle. I said "I think it would be different if we tried something like that instead of the straight cut line down the middle for a change."

That's when he dared me. Be kind please...

1 hour ago, Upside Down said:

Get the sponsorship off the shirts all together. It totally devalues them.

I agree, the silver line of that period of time where the club couldn't get a sponsor sorted in time, was that we could buy a shirt without the sponsor on it at the start of the season.

2 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

I hope the sponsor on the actual kits is similar to the training wear, instead of a horrible black/blue box just stuck on there.

Yeah that’s what I was going to say. I think there is a good chance the sponsor will be like that as I think the sponsor last season had to be the way it was to cover the up the recoverite logo. 

I’m used to the totally wicked sponsor now. I think it won’t be as bad as last year as it needed to be that big to cover up the previous sponsor. Hopefully it’s more akin to that on the training kit and isn’t as dominant with the big licence plate size block on the front.

On 25/05/2022 at 23:00, Mattyblue said:

‘Barmcakes’ on a Blackburn Rovers forum?

I believe the mancs call it a ‘Baaaaaaaaaamcake’

5 hours ago, WacoRover said:

It’s funny how managers are…

Ted Williams was arguably the greatest hitter the game of baseball produced, in the modern era. But even with all his skills, in four years of managing the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, he won only .429% of his games. 

Leading one manager to opine, “it’s not always about the X’s and O’s, but about the Jimmy’s and Joe’s.”

Our new manager can only do so much with his skills; here’s hoping he will be given a budget to buy a couple decent players! 🍻

Rays Up!

I go to the home games but as I have other life commitments I only tend to go to one away game a season. This seasons away game for me was Reading which I did actually really enjoy despite the game being awful to watch. 

Is it worth someone making a new 22/23 thread for this topic?

Hope Macron are quick to design and make the new shirts for the 22/23 season. Would make a huge change.

On 27/03/2022 at 14:03, Mattyblue said:

You always say variations of this rigger, I’ve noticed, but you have to be ‘bothered about other results’, as we obviously won’t win every game (and neither will anybody else) so clubs will always need favours from elsewhere.

I agree that teams need favors from other teams somewhere or another. Those favors are useless if you don't do yourself a favor and capitalize on them. Rovers have been failing to pick up wins when favors have been handed to us. So all in all my take is, teams do half of the favor. The other half of it from yourself.

2 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Unthinkable just some 10 years ago...fecking Bournemouth!

I remember going to an Accrington Stanley cup game against Bournemouth that Accrington won while in the conference, and Bournemouth were in league 1.  For sure would have been unthinkable back then.

Anyone know when Dack is expected back? Not much of a like for like but he does have some amount of ball carrying ability. 

From what I’ve gathered since speaking to people I know about the new shirt sponsor, the ones that are complaining about us promoting vaping have never expressed a problem with vaping before (and having the sponsor on the training gear or stadium). When I’ve called them out on falling victim to their own cognitive dissonance, when in reality they think the sponsor looks hideous and the sponsor name sound ridiculous, they have been stumped.

In short they don’t like the look or the name and they don’t see it as a good enough reason to be outraged so they decide to be offended about vaping companies when they couldn’t care less.

On 20/12/2021 at 20:09, RevidgeBlue said:

Me too.

Thought I was the only person in the Country.

Not only does it ruin every boxing event I have to endure it at at Rovers as well.

I disliked it from the very first time I heard it. It's just become a really annoying, over rated, and over played song like Mr.Brightside.

1 hour ago, Mhead2 said:

So who missed the Game on Saturday?

Access worked well.....atmosphere rocking...would not have missed it for the World.

Sweet Caroline!!

Sorry to sound like a 'Negative Nancy' but I've always hated that song.

17 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said:

I’ve nothing of substance to really add . I just wanted to say I’m so excited and enjoying football in a way I thought I’d never feel again. I thought my youthful ignorance coupled with the good times was the pinnacle. With age, getting older and wiser plus the decade we’ve had , I assumed that my truly passionate days were done and I would just enjoy the football as a pastime but I’m just delighted to be able to feel truly passionate again. I’m counting down the days to the next game, I’m giddy and nervous pre match. I’m feeding off the positive energy in and around ewood and I’m proud of all the young lads who put 100%  every week regardless of anything else.  I’m happy again. Merry Xmas everyone 🎅

I feel like this comment will have resonated with a lot of Rovers fans. Well said buddy!