The show is the show, doesn’t change whoever has the rights - a few main highlight games, then a load of narrated-over goal packages. However, the talksport host sounded like he never watched an EFL match in his life, in contrast to CM who showed a real passion for the lower level game.

Words I never thought I’d say… * Bring back Colin Murray*

A 16 year old ‘Pogba6Boi’ troll on social media, presumably in Singapore or Hong Kong, probably couldn’t name a United player from 2008, never mind anybody else.

‘Err, umm. It was ok really. Nothing really stood out, but we’ll have a look at it on Monday. Listen, they are a young team, lot to learn some of them. Anyway, we’ll put the points in the bag and move on’.

What’s that got to do with long lapsed ST holders? Like most clubs of our size we have a floating support/casual support/local glory hunters that come out for those kind of games, many of those won’t ever had a ST. It’s sad, and it made me angry for a long time that these idiotic owners threw away overnight such hard work over years to build the fanbase. However, a whole generation will probably have passed by the time these owners leave, so a whole new generation of Rovers fans will be attending Ewood by then. So there’s no point hoping against hope that these long gone ST holders (who yes you are right left for many a reason including the farce of 2010 to 2012, but long gone they still have), who by then will last have been a regular 15/20 years ago, will come flooding back in 2032 or 2042…

Prayers answered 🤲

Not sure about that. Some will, but plenty more will never be back whatever the division is or who the owners are. You stop going for a decade and you will have new hobbies, new things to spend your dosh on and they wouldn’t even think about going back to Ewood.

They don’t even bother trying to entice those that have just stopped renewing, nevermind those from a decade ago.

Please can the previous PA announcer be back in situ 🙏

My issue with the retained staff was never them personally, I’ve no idea if they are good, bad or indifferent. It was more the chance of scuppering a potential decent managerial appointment if he could only bring in some of his own staff as a result. If the appointee is happy to work with them, crack on.

Bang on are the few posts above. Yes, the behaviour of these owners initially drove plenty away. But as time goes on, most of those that haven’t been back since, never will, they will have just moved on in life. It’s delusional to think that there are thousands of ‘fans across the water’ waiting to triumphantly return to Ewood the day this lot sell up.

I personally won’t be getting overly excited by players coming in from Barnsley/Peterborough who I haven’t seen. I need to have a look at them first, but of course, I trust the judgment of JDT/GB, and yes I am happy to see some actual scouting and bringing in of permanent signings with plenty of games under their belts, that are ready to hit the ground running. Not just ‘ones for the future’ or loans.

It was shit or bust for Hudds last season by the looks of it. Now with a rookie manager in situ as well, doesn’t bode well.

I’ve literally no opinion on it either way as I can’t recall ever seeing him play.

Negative - looks like it’s going to be pissing down, in July. 😩

Decent player, but they should be wearing masks at 2.5m seems to be the general consensus on their forum…

I’m not particularly bothered about Burnley, they have kept hold of the bulk of their PL support, which most relegated clubs do initially. Their numbers will revert back to mean when/if they drop back to second division mediocrity. PNE and Bolton are who have shown us up this summer.

Potent stuff that coffee…

‘I will stand by my opinion’… hmm, pretty sure anybody could work that out by looking at the planner. But fair play for sticking your neck out 😀

There will be a decent gate tomorrow, new era, first game etc. But when things settle down, you obviously won’t be seeing crowds much more than 12k for a standard game, the way it is when you’ve only just scraped past 8k ST holders…

Does JRC have a ‘load of talent’, ‘an eye for a goal’ ? When have we ever seen that in the first team?

Free entry this season. Was it last season? Fair enough, you really can’t be charging for what is a much shabbier place than years gone by.

They do all they can though…

I can tell you that nobody from the club has from the half dozen or so I know that haven’t renewed the past couple of years…

Yet plenty on here were happy for Brown to be going into the season as right back… a 25 year old who’s hardly played outside semi-pro football.