J*B

It’ll be forgotten about within 24 hours. It has to cost them as much money as possible. When every home game starts costing them money to play they’ll pull the plug.

Which is why a boycott won’t work. They’ll release numbers similar to any other game.

I’m right in saying we haven’t sold out, I fancy going but I can’t buy a ticket either online or over the phone?

Every pass is forward. It’s so simple.

We seem to still be overlooking the biggest argument to be made to anyone not willing to miss one home game. ”Name one thing that has improved in the 15 years of Venky’s ownership?” They can’t answer. Because there isn’t an improvement. Think about that. For 15 years things have either got worse or not improved - which given advancements over the 15 years - is actually a net negative. If you can’t miss one home game after 15 years of no improvement then unfortunately you will never see the light. This does end, eventually. It’s simply a case of the speed of the demise now. There’s 10,000 people missing. The standards are dropping. The results are trending down. We either force their hands, or let them do it themselves. If you want it to be quick and painful then don’t spend a penny. No season tickets, no merchandise, no TV match passes. If you want it to be long and excruciating continue going and spending your money.

You’ll only ruin your own Christmas, don’t get your hopes up.

A dreadful footballer who despite having all the attributes is either nowhere near committed enough or intelligent enough to see the opportunity that’s fallen into his lap. I can’t wait to see the back of him.

He didn’t have many in, to be fair.

Let’s throw the cat amongst the pigeons, given it’s Saturday night and I’ve had a beer. Over the last 8-10 weeks, I’ve somehow been in contact with (supposedly) investors and advisors to the current owners of an Australian football club who have significant investments in land, offices and commercial property across the land down under. They said they have investment (I’ve no proof) to the tune of circa 150M to spend on buying an English football club and are actively in the market to buy one as their main business expands into the UK. I was told Rovers where a club they had identified as a target. Why me, I hear you ask? I have no idea, other than they knew (very loosely) what BRFCS was and I was introduced as a “leading fan’s voice”, which I went along with for the ride Via email (I have the receipts) and one slightly insane 30 minute conference call, I was asked about the potential of Rovers. On the call, they had a very simple mandate: They want a club they can increase the revenue of, has a link to Australia and doesn’t require “Billionaire money” to be successful. I did a sales pitch - mostly because I’m so pissed off with Rovers - and explained that having any owners that weren’t Venky’s and gave a shit would increase fan attendance, the stadium needs investment but the most expensive bits are done, we have a very good academy on some expensive land (which they’d have to buy, too), we loved Lucas Neill and Brett Emerton (I chose to omit Vince Grella) and in my opinion “success” to the customers would be something the town could be proud of, not a top 6 Premier League competing club. I’ve not heard anything in about 3 weeks now and I assume I won’t hear anymore, especially after posting this. There is of course the chance I was duped and equally, the chance they’re real but no better than our current owners. But if an Australian consortium buy an English club for less than 150M in the next few years - or are in the mix to do so - they where interested (theoretically) in buying Rovers and I’ll name them at that point, although with some semi-decent googling I’m sure you can find out who the people are just from this post.

This chap did nothing but mither me on Twitter for weeks. Eventually I got quite sick of it and offered to meet him for a beer in any Salford pub. He told me to meet him at The Stocks Hotel at 5pm and against all sensible advice, I turned up at 4.30pm and sat there with a lime and lemonade until 6pm, at which point I decided he was all talk and potentially not even a real person. If anyone here is clout chasing, it’s “Martin”.

I made the choice 10/11 years ago that the owners and management aren’t to what k want so I go elsewhere or away games.

Of course it’s not, the post literally says it’s a classic shirt. If you keep being an idiot we will ban you.

I can’t blame anyone for trying but I too fear anyone interested in taking part in a boycott to get rid of this lot is already doing so.

You deserve Venky’s.