It's not irrelevant because of FFP. You are concentrating too much on what has been spent, and ignoring what revenue is being generated. Income is massively relevant. Now on previous form, your next response will be to say "other clubs ignore FFP and get big lawyers in so it's OK, Rovers should be doing the same" Which is wrong on so many levels. Firstly, risk. See Sheffield Wednesday. Secondly, ethics. See Derby. Wayne Rooney wearing the 32 shirt because a betting company basically financed that stunt? Thirdly, integrity. You seem to think that Rovers should flout the FFP rules just because it's possible. Well it's possible to go to a local rave tonight, no face mask, no distancing, no care about the impact of behaviour that is socially unacceptable. Whether or not the EFL are competent at enforcing their shit rules is irrelevant for me. All 72 clubs sign up to them and I'd hate Rovers to join the ranks of the cheats.

So you think that when the Rovers ticket office sell away match tickets on behalf of ever other league club Rovers get to keep all that money?!! ? ?

The BCD at the end of last season was different. ST holders had paid for something that could no longer be delivered to them. Which is why I suppose you were so insistant on asking for a refund at the time rather than accepting the streaming offer. A season ticket at Ewood is what it says on the tin. I don't think charging 10 quid to view an away game is any different to buying a match ticket to attend the same game. They've not been able to sell any away tickets for 6 months! Charging a tenner for away fans to get the stream doesn't seem like capitalising on the situation to me! It's a commercial necessity to try and get some income.

The away club I assume. So if you choose to watch Bournemouth on 12th October then Bournemouth will get your 10 quid. Just like they would get your 20 (or 30) quid if you went to the actual game. And as mentioned earlier, I suspect the reason midweek matches are different is because Sky have the rights to show all Championship midweek games live on the red button, and were doing before lockdown. I suspect they will do so again. Don't think it's a ploy to confuse people.

Which isn't unreasonable. Kind of like having to buy a match ticket if you go to an away match really!

Nothing, but it says clubs can't offer Saturday away games as part of any season ticket package. But nothing to stop Rovers fans going on the Bournemouth website on 12th September and buying that game as a one off. I guess Sky Red Button will be back for all midweek fixtures which is why those away games are available to stream for ST holders.

It's neither astonishing or shameful - that's just ridiculous and provocative language designed to fire more bullets at Rovers. No seats can be allocated, seats likely to be imposed by clubs around their grounds with little or no choice of area How does that stack up for people who just want to sit where they used to sit? No arrangement yet in place for the first few games which will certainly be BCD No EFL or Championship agreement yet in place on iFollow streaming arrangements home or away No concourse refreshment sales are likely to be allowed Guidance needed on other concourse facilities All summer I've read that not having STs on sale was hampering our ability to use cash and sign players, whilst Luton and Bolton were racing ahead. So where's the cashflow problem now, are we paying Gent with Bitcoin? Some people on here need to take a step back imo

From what I have heard (crucify me now, I'm sure it will happen ) this is the final throw of the dice. Behind closed doors has been done long ago. And it's Chapman who has lost the whole dressing room (not just the manager and senior players) because of his abysmal attitude to his colleagues and the club. He's been thrown a lifeline in the meaningless games at the end of last season and now in these few games. Ball entirely in his court. Some promising signs imo, but he has broken bridges to repair. If he can't the best for everyone is he goes, but who would take him now?

Whilst I have a tiny bit of sympathy when it's Sky or BT having their content stolen and sold on by criminals for their own profit, in this case I really don't. This is Blackpool and Rovers trying to provide a service to their fans at a reasonable price, and maybe bring in a few thousand quid whilst they can't sell any tickets. Edit - and just by the way, if everyone went down your route of stealing the coverage, how would there even be any TV pictures available?

You do realise that the "pricing strategy" has nothing to do with BRFC don't you? And "the platform" is not iFollow, it's something called InPlayer which Blackpool have used to make their home friendly games available to their fans? I don't know if you took advantage of the free YouTube coverage of the Fleetwood game on Saturday, I for one was delighted to get pictures of a game I'm not allowed to travel to. Same tomorrow. Don't care if the money benefits Rovers or Blackpool, God knows they've been through shocking times recently so if my money helps them and not us then so be it. And 6 quid is a whole lot less than I'd have spent physically attending the match. Which I'm not allowed to do.

Just open an incognito tab, you'll be able to read as many articles as you want.

Funds which can't be spent because they might need to be paid back. Absolute lunacy to suggest Rovers are missing out on anything by not having STs on sale. And I don't know why you are giving Luton Town sales updates on here - who cares if they have shifted 200 more since the middle of last week? It's irrelevant. Also, do you even remember posting the below not even 3 months ago? Then, you were slating the club for not refunding you 60 quid for games you couldn't watch. Now, you are slagging the club off for not taking money - almost on false pretences - off the very same loyal ST customers! Which would inevitably lead to the same refund conundrum that you were so indignant about in May!

The ones that "aren't that bothered" I'd suggest wouldn't be the ones spending 300 quid blind on a ST. And the ones who might be concerned about their future financial situation won't be spending 300 quid on anything they don't need - new TV, holiday in Spain, ST which might not let them in to the ground until after Christmas. BTW, if they were on sale now I'd have bought mine. But I'm actually grateful that BRFC have taken the sensible approach and aren't going to sell until they can tell me what I'm buying.

So what you're saying here is that the most loyal fans who are prepared to throw 300 quid at the club now, totally blind as to the product they might be getting, will for some reason decide not to spend that money with the passage of time or once it becomes clear what actually is being sold?? That just doesn't make any sense.

Raya (and/or his much praised Brentford coaches) have just cost them £160 million.

Maybe time to switch newspapers.

Some clubs (not sure if they are lesser or not) have had them on sale and then taken them back off sale. That's chaotic, it's not having their act together. Imagine the mayhem when those clubs have to decide who gets to sit where. Hanging about is the correct thing to do in these circumstances.

And what harm is being done by the club taking the sensible option to wait for clarity before going on sale? None at all.

Because in about 5 weeks time Luton are going to have to start handing some of that money back. Or issuing free iFollow passes. Perhaps Rovers saw the uproar on here last time they went down that route. In some peoples eyes every single decision Rovers take is the wrong one.

I think the club are doing the right thing here. Why start selling something when they can't at this stage accurately describe what is actually for sale? And there's no evidence the club needs "help" in terms of cashflow, other than they made it clear they'd prefer not to refund 8,500 part-STs from last season. But we're just through July month end and there's nothing to suggest Rovers didn't meet all of their normal payment commitments. Given the uproar on here when the iFollow / no refund policy was announced a couple of months back, you'd think the club would get some credit for taking a sensible approach and not taking money off loyal fans just because they could if they wanted to.