Mattyblue

Bet Swag is, Category A+ being taken out of cold storage as we speak…

2019 last time we had a home game on Boxing Day (with fans).

He likes the chips!

🚂 (not a 🚆 one though)

Ha he does I believe, he did take me off for a while, it’s great for getting the last word in, which is verrry important on a message board. 😁 Generally though as long as it’s not abusive (and the Mods should clamp down on that sort of stuff anyway), anyone that does that obviously doesn’t have the courage of their own convictions…

Good gag that Phil 😁

I see what you did there… but it kind of illustrates Pete’s point, no?

When did they stop allowing that? Must have been late on in the season?

Not everyone is interested in a match day programme, so should they just stop bothering with thos… oh!

It is absolutely pivotal for the future of the club that the pretty much half of Blackburn that has thus far taken very little interest in BRFC, for a plethora of reasons going back decades, does so going forward. In a way we are pushing against an open door as there is big interest in football within the community, just not, as yet, big interest in the Rovers. More and more of our ST base no longer lives in the town and it is always a challenge to keep a scattered fanbase in the tent, the longer distance fan starts by not making a mid week, that turns into not making an odd weekend game, turns into no ST - we need a solid core of Blues within the town. The community engagement the club has undertaken this past couple of years has certainly had a big impact in social and traditional media, I imagine the social media team are cockahoop with the amount of ‘impressions’, Yasir is certainly earning his corn . Though the proof of the pudding will be in a substantial increase of the Asian community through the gates in the short and medium term. I am certainly seeing more Asian young lads in the Blackburn End, families in the JWL than say, five years ago, but it is an improvement from a very low base. Because as worthy (and essential) as the engagement is, it can’t exist merely so Rovers can help to bring the disparte communities of the town together or for online acclaim, as the social media bandwagon soon moves on to something else. A club’s number one aim is to win matches, as that is what ultimately improves football clubs, and larger Ewood crowds containing Blackburners from every single neighbourhood and walk of life will be a pivotal part of that.

He actually agrees that the tickets are overpriced, he said as much a while ago. But I worked out a few days back that he’s since spotted that a few of us in this thread are very passionate about the topic and he’s been enjoying the wind up ever since. However you get your kicks, I suppose…

Presumably it will be the end of the classic Lancs out grounds when they build that new one in Leyland.

I think so, yes. But I’m not certain, how could I be? But then neither were PNE when they went for it last summer.

12k at £275-£350 instead of 8.5k at £375-£450… do the math(s).

Excellent idea that Leeds 👌

Why we not buying lots of players then?

They came back a week earlier on the 13th June last summer as the season started a week earlier (so also 6.5 weeks)… so it’s an ‘extended’ pre season this time in what context?

There aren’t 5000 folk staying away because of Venky’s. We all know that. Of the fans that stopped going between 2010 and 2012 many did so because of the results of their decisions certainly, but most of those fans, if they haven’t ever been back by now, are just long out the habit. However there are also plenty of floating fans out there that would be interested in lower prices. We had 10,000+ ST holders in this division in 2019, so why couldn’t we get to c12k if prices are reduced? PL glory hunters stuff is a red herring, nobody expects PL numbers at any price whilst in this division. But higher than the present pitiful figures? Course we bloody can.

Oh dear 1864 more commercial improvements that never happen, funny that. I don’t worry too much about the more peripheral stuff as a new broom on the commercial side could well look at all this stuff. It’s having such low crowds for so long that is the existential worry. Swag leaving the club urgently needs to happen, but of course why would he leave a number as cushy as this?

It was mentioned again in the latest FF reading the minutes… of course they are ‘looking into it’. But it doesn’t help that the response of FF members isn’t ‘great idea, it will really help get folk to the ground’, but ‘oh it’s a thankless task’, ‘administrative burden’ Really proactive, go getting meetings of minds, isn’t it 🙄

That’s beautiful, man 🔵⚪

Looking at their forum a lot of humble pie has been consumed 😁

Barmy Flags I’ve known folk offer from in the past http://www.barmyflags.co.uk

Platelet Rich Plasma… it’s why he still won’t retire.

You’ve been ‘just saying’ a lot of things, but I spotted a while back that you are largely just after a reaction, so I’ve stopped biting, you still have plenty 🎣 though…