Exactly, if you thought there were people boycotting before.....

I knew i was on the right track.

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January will definitely show the intentions and ambitions the club and it's owners. Selling any of the players we have now is absolute insanity when we have a decent chance of promotion. If promotion isn't the goal then really what is the point? We may as well shut the doors right now. We are only in this division because of the owners, be it by design or by neglect. January will show what they are really about.

Although he has definitely inherited a lot of issues and has managed to stave off sanctions from breaching P&S regulations, his overall performance is really quite poor. One of the things these financial assessments of Rovers shows is the shockingly low amount of revenue the club actually generates. I would still contend that we are a reasonably big club for this division, yet we are in the bottom three when it comes to revenue. There needs to be a programme implicated to totally reverse this. It should be the number one concern of the board as more revenue will naturally help with falling foul of P&S. I mean it's called profit and sustainability for a reason. As the both of you mentioned, attendances have a direct affect on the desirability of putting us on the telly. No one is going to want to tune in to watch a game where the ground isn't even a third full with all the atmosphere of a mausoleum. A huge part of the appeal of watching a match on TV is that it gives you the feeling of being a part of the atmosphere without actually being there. We should be pulling out all the stops to fill the ground and get Ewood pumping. Plenty of Other clubs are in the same position as us yet they seem to be able to manage far far better. The commercial side is also a disappointment. I seem to remember many moons ago that they did used to sell retro style rovers shirts, they were like a rugby style I think. With the way the modern shirts are designed now (for athletes to run around, not fat bastards like us to stand on the terraces guzzling pints and pies) there is a definite opportunity to generate some cash flow. I know I would certainly be up for a late 60s style shirt. That is of course just one small area but it's a microcosm of how the rest of the operation is run. The state of Ewood Park is another massive concern. There needs to be immediate action taken to resolve this. It surely cannot be that expensive to organise cleaning the place up and undertaking general maintenance. A football club is in the business of repeat business. Waggot seems to totally miss this point as instead of being proactive in generating cash flow he has instead opted for a program of austerity. Let's take attendances as an example. Rather than try and incentivise more people to come down to watch the games he has instead decided to fleece the solid hard core of supporters that will buy a season ticket no matter what. Rather than opting for a strategy of charging more people less he has decided to charge less people more. Engaging in a war of attrition against the weak and disenfranchised may work really well for wealthy politicians and their rich chums but for the CEO of a football club to wage that war against its own fans is absolute madness. It shows a clear lack of understanding of the basics of how a capitalist economic system works. Overall he has been dealt a bit of a shit hand but we are not alone in this. I think his performance and strategies of dealing with the many issues we have are austere, defeatist and half assed. This is the exact opposite of what we need. It certainly could be worse and I appreciate that his hands are tied somewhat, but it could be a lot lot better. My grade: D

Wow, no wonder I can't remember it then. Funny how there seems to be a correlation between clean sheets and victories 🤔

Piss off with that bollocks again.

We haven't conceded in 500 minutes of football now. I honestly can't remember the last time I read that about any Rovers team.

You couldn't pay me to eat a Big Mac.

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They might find it in their heart but when they go to find it in their wallet they'll likely be struggling.

It's something we all go through at one time or another. No shame in talking about it. I'm sure there will be no shortage of support on here.

I remember it was something like he came from Real Madrid and didn’t cost a quid That was a looooong time ago now.

Yeah I really can't understand this whole thing. However we do live in a world where you can order extrajudicial executions of hundreds of people and also be the holder of the nobel peace prize.

Hear hear

That would take a modicum of self respect.

I always remember that Man U used to relentlessly play to the whistle under Fergie. They scored so many late goals that way and won so many games from it. It was so obvious, yet no one else ever seemed to realise it. We were always the opposite, drop off in the last ten minutes and concede. Infuriating is the word I think. Playing to the whistle and overall game management is so often lost on so many teams. If we can master that aspect of the game then I think we can really give people a good hiding.

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I am angry at the whole league. That's the point. I find it sad that some people have total cult like devotion that they can't respect the decision of other fans who choose not to financially support the people who have totally wrecked the club they support.

If the goal isn't to get back into the top division then what is the point?

It's great to see the team all celebrating as one when they score. Van Hecke went mental when he scored and ran over to celebrate with the fans. That's what it is all about for me. I think the way we are playing at the moment is great. We should be eying up an automatic promotion spot instead of pissing around with the playoffs. I've had enough health problems of recent, I don't need a heart attack to go with it. Especially with being on the other side of the world it's very hard to follow the games.

A few good results in the second division will not bring back the thousands of fans that walked away in total disgust. The only thing that would possibly tempt them back is: 1. Venkys sell up, piss off and never be seen again. (pretty obvious really) 2. We are sitting fourth in the league a bit closer to the end of the season. That's the Premier League by the way. Also the disgraceful state of Ewood is sorted out, the training ground is back on the books as an asset of BRFC and the club is being run well by people of the John Williams, Tom Finn calibre and all the great things they used to do for the fans are back in place (cheap tickets, free coach travel to big away days like the League Cup semi against Wednesday etc..) I think a lot of the people who are giving shit to the people boycotting must be young and missed out on all of that.