Kieran Maguire. Football Finance "expert" “I wouldn’t say Blackburn have monetary problems, the Venky’s have been benevolent owners, but they have other priorities and I think the level of financial support at Blackburn is something they are scrutinising very carefully at present.” Is he living in the real world?

He's certainly consistent then!

Jennings steps down from captaincy. Lancs sadly fully deserve to be where we are at the moment. The Northants game was embarrassing.

Listened to this on the way home from work today. All the contributors were great, really captured the feeling. Some great tales as well. Roger perfectly put how I've explained it for years at the end, we're similar in age and it was really nice to hear that affirmation about what Blackburn felt like to live in, the town was alive and it's difficult to explain that buzz there was, but I think he put it beautifully.

More than watch the Under 18s? The point is more if you can't fund, then sod off and let someone else and treat people better at least give some warning. Maybe under other owners this wouldn’t illicit such anger, but it's just another thing with this lot and no trust in them. Cutbacks once they start, where do they stop?

It's not Faux outrage. It's genuine anger because it reinforces the nonsense of this myth the owners care about the club but are hamstrung by various things out of their control PSR/Court Orders/Covid etc. It's another example of their ways of running the club being unsuitable. People care about Blackburn Rovers FC, first team, women's team, under 16s, walking football etc. All same Umbrella. FWIW I've been watching the women's team for over 17 years on and off and have family and and friends whove worked for the club and it's night and day from pre takeover to now, just in terms of them being dealt with in a manner befitting a properly run football club.

I think they will lie and try and infer it's being done to comply with FFP. There are already plenty of people citing this is a necessary reason on social media and I think the club, being quite content to mislead will allude to this without quite saying it.

If we're floundering due to having an inexperienced squad and Ismael says this is the reason, you'll be the first to say we should bring in experience and claim you said this all along.

To keep within FFP rules.... "In the English Championship, certain costs at football clubs are excluded from Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) calculations, including those related to youth development, women's football, community projects, and infrastructure. This allows clubs to invest in these areas without impacting their overall financial compliance with PSR." I'm anticipating this will be the clubs angle (I know you're reading) It's bigger than the women's team, it's about how our owners treat the club and some fans will climb over themselves to support this. "None so blind as those who will not see"

However the spin this and try the divide and conquer. Whichever way up they pitch it, it boils down to owners don't want to put a penny into the club they don't have to. Pretty low, to say those bloody women , if we weren't throwing money away on them we'd be all over the transfer market, like a Gestede looking for a move.

Does the phrase, cost of everything, value of nothing mean anything to you? Your ilk who shrug your shoulders further erode the community standing of Blackburn Rovers and the role it plays in local football. It's about wanting to do the best, if we were owned by well meaning but skint owners you could make an argument. How do you defend an ownership that has billionaires thay are chomping at the bit to invest if it wasn't for that pesky FFP? What is stopping them from at least doing bare minimum? The money won't go into the mens team. These are people with hopes, dreams, bills to pay, life decisions to make who represented our club and our town. Being strung along and treated like this. Have you no pride in what a football club should be or how it's perceived? If they aren't prepared to invest when they have an open goal for a relative pittance , walk away and let's get owners in who want us to be the best we can be.

Everything gets worse under these twats. They pulled the plug in funding when they first came in too. How anyone can't see the bullshit from our Billionaire owners stooges I don't know. We've ceased to be a club , we're an Indian brats forgotten toy , now played with by a set of self serving talentless losers. First the Women and then the mens team, follow the playbook.

Blooding youngsters is great, IF they can step up even selling our most promising is a reality for us (although flogging as quick as we can to pay the bills is a terrible model) How can anyone be comfortable with this: "That affects the value of the asset and we want to go back to that model. That was part of the discussions with Valerien. They have to be part of your squad planning" Whether you've supported Rovers for 60 years or 60 minutes we shouldn't be happy at prioritising becoming a B team or Lancashire Crewe at the expensive of success which clearly Eustace refused to do, while we sat 5th.... It's about flogging off the silver so Venkys can wean off , not to reinvest and build a team, Bristol City have spent 18 million last 2 years based on the Scott money. That's a model and used to be our model pre 2010, not what we are doing now.

Pretty sure the intention is to carry on in the Championship next year. I think there is a minimum yearly wage that players have to be paid though in line with new tv deal, it wouldn't surprise me if the do a U turn and choke on then idea of doing that.

In a parallel universe Eustace is celebrating a promotion powered by Wharton and Szmodics performances , Wharton is expected to join City for £50 million with a loan back to Rovers for the upcoming Prem campaign, the ambition to keep hold of them paid off and the money and hope is flowing back into the club.....

Can't fault the players today. Plenty of Labore , no Arte. Toth at least a positive from this last half dozen games, excellent anticipation today.

Sticks in the throat that 2 teams in any other season without a total dross bottom 3 would be looking over their shoulders seriously at Championship football next year , will be looking at Champions League and a european trophy. The global behemoth of the Premier League total distorting our own pyramid and across Europe. I really just wish both clubs got what they deserve from this year, relegated and nowt.

I'd imagine discontent + sky deal makes it tricky to justify the cost and disruption to life and plans. The lack of 3pm Saturdays is unprecedented.

It might have been taken out of context. It might be they are seizing on the results to push PR to change narratives. Nowhere in the whole article does he say how or what hes doing for lapsed fans, that's quite telling considering the accusation. Irrespective, it's too difficult to reengage with lapsed fans, kids are the low hanging fruit is very much reflective of our easy option always being taken. He's been in charge of engagement for a while now and whilst he should be applauded on the Ewood Express and attempts to get kids in. I've seen no attempts to re-engage with lapsed fans and after a few years actions speak louder than a defence of a possible misquote. It would have been nice for him to say, we realise we've lost around 10k fans and my priority is to get these people back AND grow new supporters. But you know, that would involve his paymasters actively wanting this.

I'm a natural pessimist when it comes to Rovers , but this weekend, I think everything will conspire in our favour. It's been one of those seasons.

Ill try and stomach the video but if I cant, did he clarify his comment to WATR about having no interest in bringing back fans we've lost?

Thanks for the link. I liked when you asked "where is the money going" with what appeared to be a large dose of cynicism. Nearly threw my phone at 48 minutes though. I see the new narrative at play we still think it's 1995....

Did I read on here the maximum we can get now is another £4 million? Madness on a player that could go for £80-100 million. We should have insisted at least 20% on any future sale of over x amount.

ChatGPT redrafting positive ways to say we're embrassed by season ticket sales?

Lancs saved by the rain... saved by a last wicket partnership last week too. What Benkenstein is still doing there I don't know. Too many youngsters.