Mattyblue

I was being sarcastic, I.e the kind of cheap skate thing they’d do.

The Club Secretary forgot to press send for the request for a game, I heard.

Why would I have known about a secret game against Blackpool? And of course if we had they would have at least mentioned it. A midweek game in the middle of the season to help a player back to fitness, maybe they wouldn’t, but of course they would announce the final friendly regardless of the venue… come on Chaddy, it’s piss poor for a supposed Championship club.

They could, but why wouldn’t they have announced it?

It’s pre-season. I’ve seen us play appallingly throughout them… then first day, played well, and vice versa. Teams are at different stages of fitness so you have to take everything with a pinch of salt… case in point Celtic Park yesterday. Nobody picks up any injuries and minutes in the legs is what it’s all about regardless of results, but yes, despite all that, who wouldn’t rather see a win on a summer’s day, whatever the format.

Nevermind ‘ambition’, ‘or we should increase gates by doing x’, ‘there’s an opportunity to do y’. They aren’t now even fulfilling the absolute basics of running a professional football club… and that’s doing a disservice for non-pro clubs who will be able to organise a friendly for the weekend before the season kicks off.

Red and black again. There’s a whole palette out there.

Our USP is halved (quartered before I’m shot! 😅) shirts, so why not hone in on that for away kits, that classic from nearly 20 years ago aside we just haven’t done it, which I find odd.

It’s the Championship, the margins are very small between the non-parachute clubs. If VI gets them organised we could well be steady enough… or we may not be, but when you read ‘definite relegation battle’, you can never say that in this league pre kicking a ball.

Exactly, Plymouth had not one, but two ‘away’ kits last season, why? Because it certainly wasn’t for colour clashes…

I was about to say, I thought we were supposed to be commemorating 150 years of Blackburn Rovers, not 150 years of the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen…. Suppose it’s telling that they are steering clear of celebrating the actual football club they’ve completely fucked over.

Do we care how they come across? The last guy was a very good manager and that’s all I want from them.

‘A love letter to Blackburn’… then show Darwen Tower.

The deal was *fine*… U21 appearances, or something.

Oh Waco, I do admire your enthusiasm… but no, they couldn’t give a flying fuck.

It’s only a friendly.

Seems like marketing 101 to me (not often you can say that about this lot). A game on the day a new kit goes on sale, wear it. Who cares if we are at home, it’s. a. friendly.

Yeah not too fussed, it’s only a friendly and if we want to advertise our new away shirt, then go for it.

Revidge Ru...oh!

What a grubby, small time set up from top to bottom.

Unintended consequences.

Petard, hoisted.

‘Not doing them’. If ever a phrase summed up the past fifteen years.

Well, there you go, I’ve got sellers remorse now.

They’ll be stuck in China because of Covid or was it the Suez Canal? I forget what excuse we are going with this time.