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Returning the original post to the top of the agenda We need these alleged CRIMINALS Steve Maggott and the Rao Family HOUNDED OUT of our club before it’s too late and the real asset stripping begins. It’s incredible what’s transpired after this thread was created on the 23rd January but finally glad the wider Rovers fanbase & national media are waking up from their slumber as to what’s actually going on and Venky’s/Maggott to be shown up for what they really are. This is bigger than the players or any new manager now. We need them gone to safeguard the future of Blackburn Rovers FC! 🥀 🐔

It wasn’t about luck. 2 clear reasons why we didn’t get into the play offs last season: 1 O’Brien Transfer Shambles 2 The treatment of Thomas Kaminski; the best goalkeeper in the Championship left out of the team so Pears could get Championship experience & later sold for a pathetic £2m. He’s gone on to be a huge success and a fan favourite at Luton in the Premier League and now worth at least 10x that. With those two players in the team we would’ve gained the points to get in the Play Offs quite comfortably, likely in 4th or 5th position and had a good a chance of getting to a final v Luton where anything could happen. It all went Pears shaped after the Sheff Utd FA Cup game. Before that and despite everything we were still fighting on 2 fronts to get to Wembley. The failures of 1 & 2 above point straight to Venkys & Waggott and it is their failures alone that have left us in the mess we are in now. Everything else is just a convenient excuse.

I think we should go full circle and bring back Big Sam! Venky’s can then f*ck right off and it’ll almost be as if the last 13 years haven’t happened 😆

Agree. McFazdean & John Fleck could play a big part in this and their experience will be key. Next 2 games against the teams immediately below us are absolutely crucial!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DVX1QlWX5W4 Good watch this. Shows how the entire playing style/philosophy of the club from Academy to First Team is built around having a 6 & two 8’s in midfield. So for the first team it was built around Adam Wharton. No wonder JDT is fuming as he’s gone ahead of time and not been replaced so we’re starting from scratch again. Do think Buckley has the ability to play that role when he’s fit though & Ayari could possibly do it too. Explains why Travis wasn’t favoured because he hasn’t got the footballing ability to play a 6 and he’s not good enough in forward areas to play an 8. GB is interviewed and comes across really well, he’s clearly passionate and heavily invested in the youth development model and a Rovers Academy that is a proven success. Venky’s however are killing the entire model that GB & JDT have worked so hard to put in place because of their financial issues and cutting of the budget. Makes it impossible for us to ever progress with the Rao Family at the helm.

You specifically said the Newcastle “game” though and called the idea of targeting it daft ⬇️ I started this thread and understand there is a lot of different opinions, my point was, if you’re actually willing to take action then join the WhatsApp group. The current plan is to target the Newcastle game with a protest during the game. This was the idea behind the original thread prior to the Wrexham game. Unfortunately only 2 of us were willing to do anything at that point. Hopefully following the QPR game and the conclusion of another shambolic transfer window, the tide is beginning to turn. Most people on this messageboard seem to have big opinions & a lot of things to say but aren’t actually willing to do anything about it.

Good job it’s got nothing to do with Newcastle then. The game is live on BBC One, that’s why it should be targeted - for maximum impact and maximum exposure. Join the WhatsApp group if you want to discuss & come together on a planned course of action. If not then please don’t comment on this thread if you’ve got nothing useful to say to take things forward.

Do you really think JDT was really the only person behind those decisions? Wake up mate

Any banner related to Venky’s Out or similar…stop fannying about with your fancy ideas. I’ve got my banner done already, it’s been out at the Wrexham game and it’s going to every home game I’m at from now on. Newcastle game is the one to target. High profile, on TV against a huge Premier League Club, Shearer in the studio, what could be better? Rubber Chickens on the pitch on 18 minutes, Pitch Invasion on 75 minutes and get the game stopped. Simple. Maximum Impact, Maximum Exposure. That’s the only way now.

Calm down I’m on about now not 10 years ago. Not a whimper v Wrexham and barely a minor chant v Huddersfield. Let’s focus on the here and now, not argue amongst ourselves. I’m not trying to spin anything just telling it how it is right now

I’ve printed out a 6ft banner that cost me £40 and it came out v Wrexham on Monday night on 85 minutes with the kind help of @Oldgregg86 I’ve done something positive and would do it again if I was able to make the game. Not seen anyone else do anything, apart from 1 minor chant in the Blackburn End v Huddersfield that died down very quickly! It’s incredulous to me that other people on here won’t, despite the negative feelings towards Venky’s and yet another shambolic transfer window. The level of apathy is unreal. Crystal Palace fans protested recently v Arsenal and they’re an established Premier League Club with some top class talent on their books and they’ve just signed one of our own, a generational talent to build a team around, a future Champions League & England player who didn’t really want to leave…and yet we’re the ones doing sod all. Incredible!

Team for tomorrow. Hopefully Fazzy Bear is fit to start. This is based on what I saw v Wrexham - Garrett, Siggy and Moran don’t deserve to start after their weak performances against League 2 opposition and Atari can play 😉 Fingers crossed for the W but with the chaos currently engulfing the club I can’t say I’m confident! Pears McFazdean Hyam Wharton JRC Chrisene Ayari Tronstad Dolan Gally Szmodics

The naysayers can be silenced in an instant by telling them we were a Premier League Club when Venky’s took over. Tell them to go home, do some research and they’re more than welcome to join the protest when they’re more clued up. Back yourself and what you believe in. Why are so many on here so opinionated but haven’t balls to put their money where their mouth is and actually TAKE ACTION? I can’t make the QPR game as I’m away for the weekend but if there’s not even a minor voice of discontent from the fans we are well and truly f*cked! JDT has been silenced, we’re the only ones left DO SOMETHING

He’s fuming and I reckon likely to unleash his fury on the owners post-match, so as not to affect the team’s build up to a vital game A sensible decision me thinks but one that further highlights the incredible chaos that is now the new normal at Blackburn Rovers FC Venky’s & Waggott OUT 🥀 🐔

He didn’t need to go, it’s a good move for him and no player in their right mind would turn down a big contract in the Premier League. No-one is saying he’s a victim here. But he clearly didn’t want to leave and he only left because the club NEEDED to sell him to prop our finances up whilst our cretinous owners are being investigated by foreign courts…what don’t you understand about that? He’d still be here if we had any kind of ambition to progress. That’s what people are pissed off about. Wake up!

Incorrect. Read his first interview for Palace and he references coming into the the club and being inspired by Samba, Santa Cruz, Ryan Nelsen. We are a shadow of a team and players that good now and as long as we have these criminals in charge of our club, we will NEVER get back there. Wake up people! This is the new normal. Selling once in a generation talent for peanuts in comparison to what he’ll be worth after only a handful of Premier League appearances. All for NONE of the money to be reinvested back into the playing squad and we’re now two home grown midfielders light and heading for League One either this season or next

🚨 New signing 🚨 We’re getting Crystal Palace Fans’ Banner on loan for the rest of the season! This would be a better signing than any player if we get #VenkysOut 😆

Do you think in return for selling them Adam Wharton Palace fans could loan us their banner?! To think we are are selling them our best player with the club going nowhere (apart from League One!) and our fans STILL haven’t got the balls to do anything and protest about it!

Agreed, 18 minutes would be the time and then if the game isn’t cancelled for whatever reason do it again on 75. Every fan who wants to join on the pitch with a bag full of feathers emptied everywhere & a dozen eggs to be launched at the directors box!

Agree with the above if the transfer window plays out as expected. Get on the pitch during the game on Saturday, it’s the only way. 18 and 75 minutes. With banners and Venky’s / Waggot out chants! They’re an absolute shambles and an embarrassment with the way they are treating people.

Did anyone in the ground actually see the banner brought out on 85 minutes and again after full time against Wrexham? We were in Jack Walker Lower, on the Darwen End side in W03 close to the away team area. Unfortunately I can’t make the QPR game but the Newcastle game is another great opportunity against another side with new owners who are present and care about the club they have bought! And let’s face it, we’ll likely get spanked so any protest is irrelevant to the team’s performance, which I am keen to protect as much as possible. Needs more numbers and co-ordinated action in the ground. One relatively small 6ft banner, although a start, is nowhere near enough. It needs to be something that is cast iron guaranteed to get the attention of the directors box, JDT & the players and ultimately the national media. I got my banner into the ground with no issues whatsoever and the stewards nearby weren’t interested at all. We had the banner up against the glass into the corporate section too at one point as a woman was filming on her iPhone. A few dissenting comments nearby but @Oldgregg86 quickly put them in their place, telling them to go home and do some research on Venky’s! At full time a group of younger lads of Asian origin helped us hold up the banner at the front of the stand and were very much in support of Venky’s Out, saying they can’t believe this is the first time they’ve seen anyone protesting recently about our inept and absent owners. So the appetite IS there, even from younger people newer to the support. Is anyone else actually going to do anything or just keep moaning about it on here and elsewhere online? Inbox me if you would like to join the WhatsApp group I have set up to discuss further ACTION plans.

All talk no action you, but agreed. Did anyone in the ground actually see the banner brought out on 85 minutes and again after full time against Wrexham? Unfortunately I can’t make the QPR game but the Newcastle game is another great opportunity against another side with new owners who are present and care about the club they have bought! And let’s face it, we’ll likely get spanked. Needs more numbers and co-ordinated action in the ground. Is anyone else actually going to do anything or just keep moaning online?

High praise - Ronaldo is a machine and one of the greatest footballers of all time, not sure he runs as much as our Sammie though! Top performance 🫡 he can definitely play at a higher level than the Championship, hopefully we can hang on to him for at least another season but can see him moving on in the summer.

Moran was poor. Not sure what he actually offers other than passing backwards, out of play or to the opposition. Yet to really nail down a position despite being in the team most weeks.

Szmodics was outstanding tonight, genuinely don’t think we’d have won the game without him…he was a class above every player on the pitch. His work rate and energy are unmatched in the team, I’ve never seen a fitter footballer at any level than him - he was literally everywhere on the pitch tonight and never stops running. His quality and finishing ability in front of goal are highly underrated. Playing with absolute bags of confidence at the minute and it’s great to see! Thought the rest were average in comparison. Great to see Dolan, Gally & JRC back on the pitch, more to come from them hopefully. Moran, Garrett & Siggy have to do better. Delighted for MegaTron to get his first goal for the club, looked like he enjoyed it! Hard to gauge a result like that against a very poor Wrexham team but you can only beat what’s in front of you and it was very comfortable in the end.