8 hours ago, Upside Down said:

I would help you if I sat in the JW but I was born a Blackburn Ender and I'll die a Blackburn Ender.

Same but sitting elsewhere for maximum TV coverage! 📺 

Follow @venkysout on Instagram for the latest updates

More to follow after today’s game v Huddersfield

4 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Totally agree. 

It may start with only one banner but there will be more.

All we can really do is keep the spotlight on Venkys and their wretched organisation. The one thing they absolutely do not want is attention. 

Agree entirely. It may start small but it will grow and what’s going on needs highlighting - it’s only the fans who can do that.

We can’t rely on Chris Sutton or the LET to do that for us. It starts and ends with the fans…as it should in any well run football club with owners that understand, care and connect with the community it is part of.

7 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Well we know what life with venkys is like, we've had 13 years of it.

Apparently some are happy to continue with this forever and a day because we have no guarantee of what will come next.

Could life after venkys be worse? Possibly.

Could it be better? YES!

 

Agreed. This was the same doom mongering we had under Tony Slowbray and we got JDT - a young, ambitious, progressive coach who sticks to his principles and plays football in the modern way. If he was backed properly we’d be challenging for promotion.

So let’s stop arguing and talking and DO something about it! Positive action is the only way forward now.

Venkys & SWAG OUT! 

2 hours ago, norwichblue said:

Looks good. Wondering how these can be made and distributed effectively.

Could have 50 of these made up as a starter for £10 a pop to cover costs. Sold at entrance to Kidder Street prior to the Wrexham game and could look into ordering more & distributing wider if things catch on organically 🔥 

9 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I like that, if someone wants to knock up a T shirt or sweat shirt with that logo on I'd certainly purchase.

Edit: Maybe add a "Broughton" as well.

I’d be happy to get some t-shirts on order and sell at cost to whoever wants to buy

My thinking is this:

1) I’ll print out the logo this weekend and can hand out to people at the ground for Huddersfield game and attempt some Venkys Out chants to test the waters in the Blackburn End

2) Wrexham game - Banners, stickers, t-shirts outside the ground near the entrance to the Blackburn End on Kidder Street prior to the game - 6.30pm start

3) Peaceful protest inside the ground with banners & t shirts on, sitting as close as possible to the dugouts in either side of the JW Lower. 7.30pm - 7.45pm so all the players and management can see when they enter the field of play and line up for the fair play handshake.

4) Media outlets to be contacted in advance to drum up attention and a level of support 

5) If the club don’t acknowledge the protest & statements made then it moves to the next stage at the QPR Home Game following on the 3rd Feb, with a pitch invasion and sit down protest during the game

17 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Of course it’s not nonsense. There will obviously be ‘far less coverage’ (not no coverage) for us now than in 2011/12. Just the way it is as a middling second division side for a decade over being a long established Premier League side. But any coverage it did receive would be more empathetic than the disgraceful coverage we received back then.

Oh and the Reading protest saw the game get abandoned so obviously a big football story on the day. A few dozen folk marching down Livesey Branch or a few banners won’t get much media traction so not really an apt comparison.

Wrexham is an ideal opportunity for a protest you are quite right, but there will be no protest against Wrexham (well apart from your banner).

Got to start somewhere…

Positive action is always better than standing by and doing nothing.

Whether it will make any difference is another thing entirely with these cowboys currently at the helm….

3 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

More empathy yes, but far less coverage as the public profile of BRFC has fallen off a cliff under this reign of terror.

The Reading protests were all over Sky Sports News so you’re talking nonsense

The Wrexham game is the ideal opportunity for an in-stadium protest, on TV & under the lights in a higher profile game than normal

Just now, Ghost7 said:

I think there will be more empathy from the media this time around. 

Agreed the conditions are entirely different from the first time around

1) We were in the Premier League, not 18th in the Championship with the worst goals conceded record in the league

2) Venky’s had a lot of the fan base fooled (me included!) with blind optimism

3) We hadn’t recently loaned out our club captain to a team riding high for promotion to cut costs & got rid of the best GK in the league for a paltry price, swapped for a Pear & a Flapper!

My banner is made & en route. Who’s with me for the Wrexham game?

37 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Maybe Bilaji would be embarrassed (if he even remembers that football club his family randomly bought 13 years ago) by a protest in front of Deadpool’s team, but the type of fan that will make up the 3/4,000 or so braving a night match in January won’t be unfurling many banners.

I’ll be unfurling a banner, sat in the JW Lower (Blackburn End Side) so in full sight of the TV Cameras & players when they come out to start the game, who is joining me? 🪧 

Hollywood v Bollywood at the soon to be Deadwood if we don’t take a stand 

2 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

tennis balls on the pitch,charlton fans threw plastic toy pigs on theirs☺️,best way is a mass pitch invasion,but i don`t condone that🤐😉

Eggs! 
Because what came first the chicken or the egg? 🐔 🍳 

1 minute ago, steved said:

Most effective thing, given the match is on TV, would be if nobody turned up at the ground to watch.  Can't see this happening though.

It won’t happen. And even if it did then it would counterproductive as our fans would be marked down as disloyal.

So those that care and are passionate enough, attend & protest at the game -  peacefully at this stage from the stands and if there is no acknowledgement from the club then it escalates at the next match, and so on. 

It’s clear to me now that there is only one way our club is going under the stewardship of Venkys & CEO Steve Waggot. Either we take action now or we stand feebly by and watch the club we all love crumble before our eyes.

Positive action is always better IMO

Forget all this rubbish above from a Supporters Group I’ve never heard of. They don’t speak for me or the majority of the fan base.

It’s time to protest and the Wrexham game; high profile given the opponents who incidentally have amazing owners who care about the club and the community it is part of; and also is on TV - all be it BBC Wales. Who knows, even Disney+ might be filming!

Who’s with me and what’s the plan?

19 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

LT analysis on Trav's move:

 

The Lancashire Telegraph understands that Travis has reluctantly accepted a move away from Ewood Park for the good of his career, considering his lack of game time.

The 26-year-old didn't start any of the matches over the busy festive period and has completed 90 minutes once since November the 10th. 

Poor journalism as Travis started the match against Watford on the 23rd December, all be it at left back.

           I would go:

              Flapper
Brittain Hill Pickering Batty
       Trav   MegaTron
            Wharton
Dolan   Szmodics  Siggy

Extra protection of Trav for the back 4, Wharton further forward to play some killer passes through the middle and through the channels. 

Surely Patrick Gamble is worth a punt in defence? 

6 hours ago, Riverside under the drip said:

If you're going to go online only, at least have a functioning website. SIX times I got as far as paying for Harrogate tickets but the website timed out before I could pay. Why is it so bad to go in and buy a ticket from a person? Or even phone? Absurd.

Did you try and ring up? A friend of mine tried his luck first thing this morning and got one. There must have been a handful left after the original phase . Poor communication from the club all round really!

We’re Blackburn Boys

We’re Blackburn Enders

Dingle Fans are all s*x offenders!

10 minutes ago, booth said:

When we destroyed Burnley at Ewood with 5-0 (which for our young readers was a far bigger mauling than our own 3-0 debacle on Sunday btw), their fans felt exactly the same way. No passion, no fight, just another game mentality. They didn't just go oh well, that's that then. It hurts and I'm sure it's the same for every other fan going away disappointed from a big derby game. 

Agreed and this weekends defeat wasn’t even close to the pasting we dished out that day at Ewood. At least we were still in the game at half time!

Lets hope the players show that passion and fight at Ewood where we’ve been mostly excellent this season.

21 hours ago, Cherry Blue said:

Really? I'm free to comment on the game if I was there or not. Please retract your comment.

I did say my comment on 1875 members might hurt but I accept your comment that you think its ridiculous. This message board is all about opinions.

Your opinion on noise levels is irrelevant if you weren’t there. No retraction of statement. Comment on the game all you want. 

You’ve obviously got a bee in your pipe about not getting a ticket due to 1875 members. I’m an 1875 Member & Blackburn End Season Ticket Holder, this was my first away game of this season and I was singing as loudly as anyone, all be it not drunk or coked up like the usual rabble who go to local away games!

The noise level was great, it was absolutely bouncing before the game and we were by far the more vocal fans up until they scored.

Don’t comment if you weren’t at the game. The fans gave their all and your 1875 member theory is ridiculous. Just a shame the players didn’t turn up! That’s the problem here.

14 minutes ago, Cherry Blue said:

How can we argue when JDTs tactics see us reach Championship heights we've not seen under TM.  Embarrassing for me speaking to a burnley fan today. 

"why didn't you turn up?" agree, we didn't.

"never dreamt it was going to be that easy!" well what can I say.

"even Rovers fans failed to make any noise!" really??

Not knocking the 1875 members, and warning this may hurt. Ticket priority was given to this group which no doubt consists of 100% loyal fans of the club. But my guess is as 1875 membership attracts hospitality rewards, the group is not the most vocal. Priority in Away Ticket allocation in all cases should go to fans with most away ticket purchases. Having said that I accept we were vastly outnumbers and I was not there to confirm our "noise level".

In our first attacked yesterday, if the ball had gone left to Diaz then the game might have been different. Good effort by Diaz in the second half when the ball hit their keeper's shoulder resulting in a corner, but that was it. Barnes was playing his last east lancs derby and we allowed him the freedom of the park.

Concern is if we continue not to turn up and with other teams now finding us out, the second half of 2022-23 will be similar to recent seasons.