Mattyblue

A decade going nowhere as the club slowly withers on the vine has knocked the ambition out of them, so they obviously don’t know how to react to an employee of BRFC that burns with it.

If he does warrant anything?, Of course he does. The 74th minute applause sounds exactly the right approach.

Wrong thread.

£30-£35 for these games is purely to cash in on 5k+ away fans, the fact more enticing pricing could attract a few more Rovers fans wouldn’t even cross their minds for a second. Plus, the BEnd and JW lower tiers will look fairly well populated on the night (unlike the sparse, but hidden from view Riverside), so good job done all round from Swag’s perspective.

I first realised I needed glasses when I mixed up Andy Cole and Jon Stead… in fairness they were down the other end of the pitch. 😁

For me, (and I don’t say this lightly) the club has been pretty sensible with the allocation, as for a night game on Sky at £30 it’s difficult to gauge how many they’ll fetch. Especially as they only brought c4k for a dinner time match and so didn’t actually require the upper tier to be opened last season. Give them the bottom tier first, if they sell out that give them more, all fair enough.

Catching practice? How quaint. Keeper training across the game now looks like it consists of passing triangles and other foot based practice, who needs to use hands!

They haven’t sold what they have been given yet after being on sale for weeks, and the game’s tomorrow, so what revenue is the club missing out on exactly? That allocation sounds like half of the upper tier and the bottom (with netted off sections). Their Twitter account stated that ‘on the day sales to be confirmed’, so every chance they will still be able to rock up and buy one at Ewood if they do sell out today. I slag off the commercial operation down there regularly, but don’t see the issue on this occasion.

I was a regular on the Ewood Blues coach for a good few years. He often came across as a bit gruff, but a real heart of gold. Obviously he was the ultimate Rover for his own attendance record and commitment, but he also looked after so many fans over the years, especially taking young ‘uns under his wing on their first away days. The work and organisation he put into it with all the games, weekend trips, foreign tours and all the rest of it was so very much appreciated. RIP 💙

Get rid of that one in November too and play those games in June and they’ll be on to something… but it’s better than nowt, I suppose.

It is what it is at this modern day BRFC. You operate in the markets we do with the budget we have you obviously aren’t going to get Championship ready players every time. Just got to hope for improvements… starting with catching warm up style crosses for yon mon.

Three international breaks between September and November has to be knocked on the head, ridiculous. Just play them all in a block in June, perhaps with one other break at some point in Autumn. Not all this stop start nonsense.

Contracted to 2026 on Premier League wages… so no chance.

Obviously not a particularly healthy situation to have the manager calling out/taking the piss out of the CEO every week… but I do enjoy it all the same.

The thing with Leo is the simple crosses he drops/punches to nowhere in particular. Ball fired in at him with a six foot striker or centre half bashing into him then understandable, but he looks a bag of nerves even when unchallenged. I’m still fairly hopeful as the rest of his game looks solid enough, but TK he ain’t.

Hill is a centre half.. bloody good one too.

You say these things with such certainty, you’ve no idea if that’s true.

As you know it’s usually b. inside the box, a. outside. That well known fact that there’s an entirely separate set of the Laws of the Game for the 18 yard box.

Don’t think that’s the case anymore, now always the next game.

Ban it is then.

Didn’t the rule change a few years ago that says it isn’t a red card if a genuine attempt to play the ball or not a handball in the box? Or is that only for fouls in the box due to the ‘double jeopardy’ thing that used to lead to a red card and a penalty?

They are selling tickets in the upper tier, I see… won’t somebody think of the bin bags!

Well obviously, but take specific players out of it it’s clear such players are vital to any successful side.

Commentators not mentioning his name much is kind of the point, you won’t hear it as he wins it, moves it quickly. Footballers like that often go under the radar, but I bet if you asked the players/JDT they’d make clear how much he’s pivotal to the side..

If someone actually thinks the game ‘completely passed Tronsdadt by’ then I’d question their knowledge of the game… or is it due to him being a signing of that ‘dire’ DofF…