Mattyblue

Be clear then, 1864. So many empty seats are, of course, dispiriting to see, but the ones that do attend are nothing but supportive. I’m sure you agree?

Err they do? They get nothing but support at both Ewood and especially away from home… oh, sorry, you obviously mean the division and spats that are all over social media and brfcs.com that mean absolutely bugger all!

‘Improved’ offers. Pretty much all pro players will get an ‘improved offer’ across football, as standard. Means nothing without knowing the figures. If it is just a nominal increase they’ve been offered and they turn it down then that isn’t simply a case of ‘greedy players’, is it? But it certainly gives Waggott an easy way out by saying, ‘well, we did offer them an improved offer’… and of course, plenty of the fanbase will lap it up…

2500 sold as of dinner today looking at their forum. No chance they get close to filling the DE… so that master plan of two fingers up at home fans and any attempt to market an attractive fixture to our own supporters so cash can be raked in at £30 a pop from 6/7000 PNE has worked a treat then. Lowest crowd for this fixture for decades incoming? Bravo once again Swag 👏

Of course, but unfortunately the current Chief Exec obviously has no strategic vision for re-building the fanbase, just month to month incomings and outgoings. A John Williams would have sniffed the opportunity for a big crowd for this weeks ago, especially on the back of a decent run post Fulham.

Just the £36 in the JWU… THIRTY SIX POUNDS!

Oh I agree, be it attitude, a bit of nous, it’s that little 1% that separates a huge chunk of similarly talented players, some reach the PL, some get to 27 and have never been higher than mid table in the second division.

Oh I imagine so and it doesn’t surprise me one bit that Championship clubs are all for it - but I’d be shocked if the Andy Holts of the EFL are just nodding it through…

Notice there’s a lot of ‘no sales on the day’ this season - ‘’cos o’ covid”, obviously!

And we’ve seen the collapse of crowds for midweek games. Of course, money talks, always. But they need to think very hard about decimating match going fanbases across the country, as once they’ve gone, it’s bloody hard to get them back, as we know all too well. At Championship level it may be less of an issue as TV money makes up a a pretty large slice of club income already, but get to L2 and gate receipts/food and drink income is absolutely vital.

You can only imagine it’s a negotiation tactic to get more cash out of Sky… or the clubs really are that stupid.

Rothwell is a consistent final ball away from having the lot.

Now playing in the German fourth division by the looks of it with Hannover reserves …

That press conference had excellent BRFC 2011-2013 vibes.

BB is a different issue as he would command a sizeable fee, but why on earth would you sell any of Rothwell/Lenihan/Nyambe if sitting in 6th/7th in January? You would get bugger all for them with just four months left on their contracts and you could sabotage our own season and potentially cost the club hundreds of millions!

Of course, and that’s the same everywhere. My point is that there looks to be something more to it here when numerous senior players are happy to let their contracts run down at the same time. That isn’t something I see regularly elsewhere or indeed previously here as you become accustomed to seeing contracts signed on a fairly regular basis through the season(s). Are we still able to offer competitive wages to experienced Championship players? If the answer is no, or indeed if we have chosen to pursue a new ‘model’ of young lads, lower division signings and loanees, all within a strict wage ceiling, then ok. In some ways it’s admirable and a business coming to its financial senses, but it is certainly a risky one and perhaps a naive one as it doesn’t change the realities of the league you are operating in and we know where it can lead in such a relentless division.

Nowt to worry about then as such mediocrities won’t be getting any better offers, so they’ll soon come round to their senses and sign

Three senior pros out of contract, three haven’t signed. Those are the facts, and ‘improved offers’ means bugger all if they aren’t at the Championship going rate. The club is obviously at a cross roads if it the case that it is longer competitive when it comes to wages at this level.

What a cracking attitude to the game he has. I can only compare him Chapman, a lad with plenty of skill, but a really poor attitude and looking at him, a poor professional too. He should take a long hard look at what Dolan is making of his career before he ends up out of the game completely.

Of course some players run down contracts, but at normal clubs you don’t have all senior pros that are in their last year nowhere near signing with only a few months left. There is obviously an issue here, be it wages, be it club ambition

I’ve personally always felt that TM can spot a player… it was his own muddled tactics and how to deploy them that was the issue. This season, a smaller squad seems to have focused his mind and stopped the relentless tinkering, let’s just hope he keeps to it.

Bloody hell, people actually listen to manager pressers?! Pre match manager speak is even more cliche-ridden and inane than post! ‘Be a tough game’ ’Manager X is doing a good job’ ‘We’ve trained well’ ’Lads are full of confidence/have put last week behind us’ (delete as appropriate). 🥱

And the best bit is that the top level players actually pay social media advisors to post that inane tripe!

Accy Stanley have one man and his dog to sell to and they still put infinitely more effort in than the time servers down Ewood…

You aren’t looking very far, Woody, there’s the Ewood WMC outside the Jack Walker, Fernhurst across from the Darwen End, the Fox can be seen as soon as you look up Livesey Branch Road from the ground, plus the Moorgate, Brown Cow, Lord Raglan and Navigation all walking distance on and around Livesey Branch. Now Blackburn certainly isn’t what it was for pubs (and that’s putting it very mildly), but around Ewood is one of the few areas that you can certainly still have a bit of a crawl.