Mattyblue

The ground won’t be empty. Just like it wasn’t for Sheff Wed’s the other month. All about expectation management and having the real figures (and how they compare to a standard 3pm) quickly to hand. I don’t generally disagree with much of EiT’s post. Do I think it will lead to much? No, not really. But it’s been fifteen years, we have to try something, quickly too, as we are getting to the point of no return as once we get stuck in the lower leagues, with the Cat 1 academy gone, with Brockhall once again in the sights of developers, with the Riverside either mothballed or actually in the river, with a ground generally in compete disrepair, then yes, those that decry ‘well, who’d buy us’ would have far more of a point then who this very attractive club could attract as of right now.

But of course a football club is about more than the present team. It represents your town, it’s about its history and heritage that is wrapped up in your own family’s history and heritage. It’s about wanting your own children and grandchildren to follow in your footsteps as you pass the baton on. I’m a ‘diehard’ for all the above, but others seem to struggle to see that players, teams, and yes, even regimes come and go, we are the constant, we are the club and sometimes action to protect the above has to taken because we are diehards, not in spite of it.

Remember when this club was renowned for how it treated people.

Totally agree. Sheff Wed fans did a lot of grumbling in earlier seasons, but it was only when wages stopped being paid that the whole house of cards came down and fans properly mobilised. Here, a ‘small club’ with ‘crap crowds’ is still in the Championship and the wages are paid. ‘What you all moaning about, who else will pay them?’

One person doesn’t, he’s been very clear that he has zero other social/life events/holiday commitments between August and May.

Just as an aside, rigger was a regular till this season (and I think he’s still been this season).

…not cake available in club outlets though (burger van only).

So yes go to games, but no to food and drink, but yes to merchandise… the famous ‘o-meter is in full flow here.

Remember a fair number of those who won’t be boycotting aren’t doing it just ‘because I want to support the lads’. They don’t want Venky’s out in the first place, so logically why would they not turn up.

Their fans thought it was around 3/4k home turn out (plus Boro brought 3,600) https://www.owlstalk.co.uk/forums/topic/343485-attendance/page/12/#comments

Big crowds at Ewood make bugger all difference to these players.

It’s £26 million now. Be £126 million next. Ewood Spark has thought the owners fantastic since day one… don’t be a trembler!

I like how the ‘early 80s’ is referring to the 1880s.

You don’t even ‘repeatedly slam’ this clown we have in now.

I mean, nobody’s perfect.

From an anti-Venky rebel to stating the club would be dead without them… some arc.

Hmm, not sure about that, certainly something I’ve heard plenty of Rovers fans say… not much these days like.

You’d think so, but no. It’s ‘FFP’, it’s ’crap support’, just like it was ‘bad advice’ at one point. Never, ever the owners.

Will be Crawley’s 62nd cap, the ninth highest for a specialist opener in English history… with an average of 31 (31!), he’s one lucky fella to be part of this set up (and being a Kent lad helps). Just think of the top players that never got near the number of chances he’s had

Couple of weeks ago it was pretty unanimous on there post Sheff Wed that the club was in a Venky-induced hole. As was social media. The fanbase had moved. Now it’s flipped 180. Why? Because a lot of fans have this tribal thing where they think ‘loyalty to the club’ means to that organisation running the place, as of now - talking of official boycotts was always going to end this way. I’m afraid the Coalition have made a quite large strategic mistake.

All that would do is make them double down and say we need these owners even more. ’who would buy a team bottom of League 1 with 6,000 gates?’ Why do you think we are in that position in the first place you fecking idiot?

So how do they square that ridiculous statement with NAPM by Blackpool fans? Oh and for addressing that disgraceful family like they are writing to Jack Walker. Good god.

Extremely disingenuous, but to be expected from him. There are plenty of clubs situated in struggling towns, guess what, a lot of match goers live elsewhere. There’s these things called ‘cars’ or ‘trains’ or ‘buses’. Other clubs even engage with things called ‘supporters clubs’ and arrange transport from outer areas. Imagine that.

You want the team to win, me too. It isn’t a prediction, we worked that out a long time ago.

And the regime comes out on top again. We will go down with a whimper. The collective will just isn’t there.