That Rovers win at Man Utd that Kean lived off for 2 more years.

On 08/04/2020 at 10:21, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Anybody willing to have a bet on the date of the next " normal " game at Ewood ? IE with all fans from both teams allowed to attend freely. I'd say it won't be in 2020.

Depends on definition of 'normal'.

If PL and EFL have any sense of strategic management they will now be looking at the dates of the Qatar World Cup(mid November 2022 to December 19th 2022) and trying to make sense of what the Seasons either side of that should be. Say the first normal match  of next season is no earlier than September/October 2020 or later, how can we get 2 seasons in before the World Cup(plus Euro2021).

Basically, it means the next 4 Seasons will look quite different than any we have ever experienced.

AND the only reason we have professional footballers is to play competitive matches watched by passionately invested Supporters!

On 13/01/2020 at 12:04, PeteJD13 said:

I've sent you an email, i'll be really interested to see how the club respond to the prospectus there are some excellent ideas on there

Hi Pete....not got your email as yet and keen to read any comments. 

Can you forward it to  growthclusters@hotmail.com    please(one of my many email addresses). Thanks.

Its been quite a 10 years hasn't it?

Only for one hour in the Championship play-off positions!!

Agree 100% with Mashed Potatoes re FFP vs selling the Ground. Thst's why we renewed the ACV cos its a very slippery slope.

The Owners have another option...buy the naming rights for the Ground for £5mn.....we would all still call it Ewood Park and hold our noses.

I would take a transfer embargo rather than meddling with the assets of the Club.

MOST SUCCESSFUL TOWN CLUB IN THE WORLD!

Should be all over the Ground. Recently we had figures for Clubs supplying England players.....we were 9th and very close to 6th.

Thanks Herbie and a better New Year to all the Rovers Family. Has there ever been such a monthly change of fortunes. We need February to be a good month.

Meanwhile our DRAFT Marketing prospectus still welcomes any comments,support, alternative ideas to make it a fully engaged document.. It will be handed to the Club at the end of the Month.

It is not a short-term document and really asks questions like "Okay, we do not use the Lower Darwen End for Away Supporters, but what do we use it for?" and tries to answer that. Anyone at Hudders will see what they used the Away End(or half of it) for.

You can email me at  chair@roverstrust.co.uk and I will reply to all emails I get.

Asley Ward.....the rubber dinghy men....with Kiddo leaping around.

Leon Best at Watford Away(just remembered)

MarkBRFC ….that team is rank!

Think that picking a player of the Decade is quite hard. Mainly because you have to plough thru the period from 2010 to 16 at least....and wince.

SO what is the worst team of the decade? The one with all the wastrels in. The one that cost all the money or the players who were always injured.

Captain : Danny Murphy

               Dickson  Etuhu (wince)

               Bradley Orr

               Vince Grella (sicknote)

Maybe    Jason Steele (never saved anything)

That Centre Forward that came on at Watford Away  in the 85th minute and got sent off

               Jordan Slew

Maybe:  Ben Goodwin (saw him at Morecambe and looked good)

Numerous Portuguese players who never played

Manager: Steve K***** (undisputed)

What do you think? I suppose if we put them in formation they would not stick to it.

Gallagher missing= loss of form ?

Anyone else find it ironic that the team who did us 5-2, when Raya(and Mowbray) had his worst display of the Season, and his worst 'rick', should then come in and buy him.

If they saw enough in him to help fuel their promotion bid, in time for their new Stadium in 2020/2021, then why are we letting go......Leutwiler's performances will never be as good as Raya's and now we are diverted from a CB into finding a Goalkeeper.

Is Sales Sharks wage bill tied to any comparable FFP-style oversight by the RFU?

Its so precarious running a non-Premier League Club and BRFC must be the worst one in the League to assess how to price Season-Tickets.

And then there is the annual Gumboots phenomenon.

Just observing.

On ‎23‎/‎04‎/‎2019 at 08:29, Mattyblue said:

Either red and black halves or stripes. Or yellow.

Traditional Rovers away colours and we should always alternate between them.

We should be the ' halves ' Club....with the most history and tradition behind it. Red and Black halves looks wonderful and very cool for sportswear as well.

And please a proper blue not a washed out one on the Home strip.

The site is a fantastic resource for all Rovers supporters. Sometimes controversial....always argumentative.

Where is Hughesy now?

35 minutes ago, rigger said:

As long as it's suspend not forgive.

I did pick my words carefully(I hope)….SEEMS and SUSPEND. Miller11's summary is very accurate of the mood of the meeting.

Thought it was very funny that whenever there was a tricky question Steve W involved Tony Mowbray and he took us on an elliptical journey lasting many enjoyable minutes!! Lighten up MCMC1875,you know how we all appreciate you.

19 hours ago, JoeHarvey said:

Would hope that on point [2. (a)] somebody raises questions about The Riverside, the clubs current plans for the stand, where it stands safety wise, when the next safety check is, and whether plans are in place to develop any areas of the stadium in general?

I'd also like to think that clubs new commercial partner https://hozeit.co.uk could be contracted to do some work on the bricking and signage at Ewood which is in dire need of some attention.

Rovers Trust has submitted a number of questions including State of Ground and plans for future; ticket offers and how they have worked or otherwise; perennially late  Season ticket sales ; current position re FFP ;and a couple of others on the Catering Contract etc. 4 Members attending including myself and Ozz Jones.

The team was totally wrong from the start,with 4 forwards and none of them really players who track back. Dack's play was mystifying and Mulgrew had his worst game since Coyle's dismal period.

Go way back to Brentford Away when at 3-2 to Brentford the Manager put on forwards instead of midfield stabilisers. And Lennie V said to me " Mowbrays going for it!"

From that point the ceiling has fallen in!!

At 3-2 down after Bennett had struggled all the match with little support from Armstrong, we took off Evans in midfield and put on another forward.

Clearly Tony M went to get at least a draw.....but it backfired cos it further unbalanced the team.

Problems occurred at 2-0 when Travis was ambushed repeatedly as Brentford worked hard for supremacy.

We scored too easily and too early. Smallwood should have been on at half-time.

Only 3 points lost whatever the score,

6 minutes ago, Mellor Rover said:

Or it shows that, as everyone said at the start of January, that it's an incredibly hard window to strengthen. 

Money is obviously available. OUR FECKING CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND MANAGER CONFIRMED THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE AND WHAT OUR RECRUITMENT STRATEGY IS.

I don't know what more proof anyone needs.

I'm believing Mowbray and Waggott over people's brother's girlfriend's step mum's doctor who works part time as the Forest dinner lady and says that Brereton was expensive. 

But with 4/5 members of the usual 18 man squad from the Under 23s and cost nought, there seems no reason to panic. Instead go 'softly,softly' on key targets and pick them up when their current Club or the players Contract becomes vulnerable to a quick swoop. EG Chapman. After the 2010s we need organic growth.

18 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

In my view, the problem with Waggott is he just doesn’t seem to get the Rovers fanbase. He sees a 31,000 ground and a famous name, so improve the results and gates will improve markedly, not a lot else to do.

Sorry Steve, it doesn’t work like that here.

We are a club with a limited fanbase, based in a non affluent town with challenging demographics, in a highly competitive region. Season tickets between £320 and £400, match tickets at £24-£30 for mid table Championship football and he expects 16,000 gates?

We have 10-12,000 that turn up year in year out, but at this level we have to work hard to get it much higher. We aren’t based in an area like Waggott’s old stomping ground of Coventry, yes they are in the doldrums, but they have a big potential support in a city three times the size of Blackburn and a fanbase that stretches across Warwickshire (no other league clubs to compete with).

John Williams got it but it just doesn’t look like this guy will.

Reluctantly I went last night as Chair of the Trust but with limited expectations.

I quote MattyBlue here because it mirrors a lot of what we said to 6 of the Management team when we met them on November 5th. I will add more on the Attendances thread after the Nov 29th Trust board meeting. We really hammered the £3 surcharge and I did again last night. Also our main theme is 'how do we get fans back into the habit of going?"......get them for 3/4 games and you may well keep them. We met a bit of a wall and a bit of a siege mentality(we have done this before/people complain etc etc) but the Trust will keep pushing away. BUT the 6 people we met on Nov 5th I judged to be pretty committed and excellent professionals(including Steve Waggott) and we must not be too harsh and critical of them. I would like them to experiment and go for a 2,000 target  more each half season, around more £10 type matches/season ticket promotions and general Events. The Trust did put forward a number of great ideas put forward on the  BRFCS Attendance thread here(as MCM1975 knows)and we will continue to do so.

Back to the Consultation Event, it was ironic that the bitterness came from several sources but not from the Trust or BRAG - we were close together in the Forgive(but not forget) and Move On theme. Tony Mowbray talked about his Dad scratching the money together so they could go to Boro when he was 7, and squeezing thru the turnstyle to also get in free. The eyes of the audience last night started to get moist cos Tony gets it. Consultation meetings don't tend to move us on much, but I am sure many there last night will keep on pushing.

1 hour ago, den said:

Well I got tickets. This is my first game for quite some time. Venky managed to pee off a supporter of 52 years so we’ll done to them. 

Rang up and got allocated block L. Asked for the centre blocks but was told that they were only going to ST holders, which is absolutely fine. ST holders should - and will always get looked after. Looking forward to it.

Welcome back Den...you know how much you are well regarded plus how much it has hurt these last few years. Hope you lose your voice on the day(out of practice!)

Remember a good drink close to ground with Rovers supporters. Then amazing match with some players almost fighting with Kean on sidelines; think Nzonzi refused to come on as sub. Defence arguing with 'management' and my neutral mate commenting that we were a 'shambles'. I then went to West Brom away(our last Prem League match?) and we were even worse.

Thanks Stuart. Top item in todays LT as well.

Clearly with the Club doing/acting much better in the last 18 months the RoversTrust is looking to re-set its relationship with the Club.

There still could be a sale and (unlike Blackpool) we do not want to be caught offguard by this. About 10 of the Trust's 800 members meet monthly to discuss strategy and actions. We have been doing a 'gap analysis' recently on which skills we do NOT have(eg Crowdfunding, Membership Development etc) and will be sending out a communication re this soon.

Personally, I have been 'lurking' intently on the Attendance thread and agreeing with most of the ideas. These we may take to the Club before Christmas.

Any one who is interested in the Trust's activities and future work plan can email me on  chair@roverstrust.co.uk

A 'stretch' target for STs would probably be 12,000 ,,,,,,,,,so 81% of that is approx. 9,700 ?

On ‎09‎/‎06‎/‎2018 at 23:16, scotchrover said:

When are they planning to increase the budget for stadium maintenance? The roof on the Blackburn End is leaking, close to where I sit. Looking it around the stadium, it needs a good clean too. I also would imagine there’s other issues.

3 Members of Rovers Trust are going tonight. I am away but not missing being there. As far as I remember this is on our list to ask or be answered before we can ask it!

My question was " Now we have a CEO/Director do the Board have monthly meetings?" Fits in with JH Comments which I thought were spot on.