On 07/07/2023 at 15:14, Herbie6590 said:

 

Bingo

7 minutes ago, Feed the Yak said:

No that's Rodders you plonker!

Rodders FC

21 hours ago, sjsbrfc said:

I’m not sure it’s been mentioned. But the colour of the collar is the colour of the blue on the original shirts in the 1880’s

Should have made the entire kit that color then, with some nice red trim or something 

9 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

As it would be if Newcastle ran out in horizontal black and white stripes...

lol not the same. Our only issue every year, is whether the halves are on opposite sides or at least the colors. 

5 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We say quartered cos the halves should be reversed on the back.

If you want to say it should be blue and white halves with the halves reversed on the back, fair enough. I prefer to say quartered.

It's not a Rovers kit, end of.

well yes, but its a hot topic every year come kit release time. 😛

2 minutes ago, alex l said:

They sold out online after about 10 mins. Which in one way is good to see demand, and I hope keeping some back for those who visit the store today, but on the other hand isn't great as they're clearly not going to meet online demand. 

or they didnt have enough stock again 

also Blue and White Halves, Not Blue and White Quarters. Cmon guys lol 😄

the actual shirt should have been the color of the trim on the collar, with some nice red in it. a nice Coventry blue shirt 

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1675942780453941261?s=19

On 19/06/2023 at 17:51, sharpysharps86 said:

Well I don't know about anyone else, but I didn't complain about Crown Paints because they aren't a vaping company.

Like Gambling, having a Vaping Company on the front of the shirt just feels morally wrong. That is my issue with it. It also doesn't help that the Totally Wicked logo is absolutely terrible.

I wasn't a fan of last seasons home shirt so I decided to pass on it anyway, but if this season's is decent the I'll be looking at getting the women's team version providing they have a different sponsor, as they had Watson Ramsbottom Solicitors on the front last year.

Another misstep on the commercial side of things to go alongside the ridiculously expensive season ticket prices.

Nobody complained about McEwans 

8 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Dunno why any of that was directed at me (quoted my post anyway). I know we messed it up, I used the term cockup in the same post you quoted. Doesn't mean I won't continue to look at things with balance. And I certainly don't feel sorry for him. As you say, although LOB would have been an excellent signing, the position wasn't the priority, striker was. I get that targets fall away and you can't control it, but we have needed a good striker signing for both the windows GB has overseen, and all we have mustered was Hirst, who was dogshit and is now gone. It ain't good enough however you slice it. The only thing in GB's favour in that regard is he hasn't been here all that long and there is probably a fair bit of work to sort out our shambolic recruitment. By this window though, I expected him to have been getting to grips with that. I know we have financial constraints too, but there ARE cheap gems out there, there always are. The problem is it takes skill to source them, and our recruitment department in general must still lack that. Between now and the next window, that should be where our recruitment focuses...on finding better recruitment staff! And of course a free agent striker of reasonable ability wouldn't go amiss.

Sorry BlueBruce, I didn't mean to quote anybody 

1 minute ago, Displaced Rover said:

Don't think I've felt as much anger (both personally and across the fan base more generally) for a good few years. 

I think some people are getting sucked in by the PR exercise interview. Yes it's good to finally see some communication but ultimately accepting responsibility is meaningless. We're in a holding period at the moment, as soon as the appeal is (inevitably) rejected, the truth of exactly what happened needs to come out and heads need to roll.

If I was JDT i'd be strongly considering my position. We're a very poorly run football club, with no ambition to actually get out of this league. The more I reflect, the more I think it's remarkable we're anywhere near the play off places with the current resources he has.

Exactly 

11 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Yeh, people in senior positions can't wait to throw themselves under the bus. He's not dropping breadcrumbs to try and get himself sacked, he's just explaining what the day entailed. He probably only mentioned it to try show we were taking care of the player (as the overall cockup certainly wasn't taking care of him) and that various things go into a deadline day.

When he said there were things outside of our control, I hardly think he means he intends to submit in the EFL appeal that the waiting service took too long.

Whilst I'm on the topic of these things allegedly outside of our control...I do understand why he isn't talking about them yet, and agree. It could damage the appeal (hell, I think the interview already did that, by acknowledging we shoulder some of the blame and that he takes full responsibility). However, once the appeal is inevitably rejected, we sure as shit better hear what these supposed factors were. The local journos better not forget to follow up.

 

Fuck man, we messed it up. We had 31 days to find 2 strikers. LOB wasn't even what we needed, and was more just us lucking into that situation. 

The fact that we would have ended up with no striker is a farce. I don't care about Undav or Kone failure, the fact of the matter is this, we had enough time to find a striker that was capable of starting games. 

The Broughton interview is just a way to get certain fans to feel sorry for him, but in reality he and the entire board need to be sacked. Everytime we fuck up, Broughton will say some nice things, and fans will bow down again. We are a Joke of a club, run by morons 

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Who has forgiven the Venkys?

If you've seen Twitter and Facebook, you would be shocked to know that forgiveness comes easy to some Rovers fans 

I see Venky's taught Broughton well in the art of deceit .. 

" hey Greg, just say some nice things they want to hear, and they will forgive you, trust us"

Just now, goozburger said:

Sharpe has already stated that the club are waiting on the EFL to ratify the two deals. We don't really need to second guess anymore, thank God.

What we do need to know, is why did we leave it that late again. 

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

Me neither. The only time I'll relax about them is when they f*** off.

Time for us to protest 

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

Almost beyond belief.

Think heads need to roll starting with Broughton's.  Made my views on him quite clear - way, way out of his depth.

A disastrous window.  JDT will be fuming.

Told a mate of mine here, that i wasnt sure about Broughton, just because ive seen many a man talk plenty of words well, and then is nothing more than a chancer. 

I mentioned in another post, that fans have become too relaxed over Venkys, just because they pop a few million now and then. 

4 minutes ago, 47er said:

Yep. The only hope we have is that Brereton pulls his finger out, recovers his scoring form and doesn't get injured.

That is a possibility I suppose......

 

You have high hopes... Dude is Ben Brereton again 

Knowing this lot, we will probably announce O Brien and Amrabat 

7 minutes ago, Realistic Rover said:

We’ve signed the best midfielder in the league from last season, agreed packages on our end with clubs for 2 strikers, and he doesn’t run the clubs social media. Can we give GB 5 minutes off the hurling abuse!

Lol... Okay Gregg

2 hours ago, damo100 said:

278 pages of transfer waffle and at the last hour the club can't be arsed to tell the long suffering fans if we've signed anyone.

Only Blackburn Rovers heh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information that leaked last night re Gregg and our transfer dealings 

Everybody sat in the boardroom looking up at the projector screen, as Gregg nervously starts typing

https://www.brfcs.com/forums/topic/36385-january-transfer-window/page/278

Whats this me lads, he says with a look of horror on his face. 278 pages of transfer waffle? This waffle doesnt look good at all mates. 

Alright gentleman, time to give the fans what they want, says Gregg. 

And what would that be Gregg? 

Nothing, absolutely nothing but pain and misery again, he says with a smile on his face. Fools the lot of em, muahahahaha 

2 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

This is my last go-around to be honest. If they mess up this partnership by not supporting JDT (after years of supporting Mowbray and his wasteful signings) then I'll be done.

It's a soulless club now anyway - the town is detached from the club now, you can feel it. 

100%

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Some very insane and over the top reaction again from the same people blaming Rovers for them when again the club we agreed a deal with has withdrawn from it when he was set to come here on loan. Its the second time it happened now but Rovers or GB aren't to blame here again but the club we are negotiating with. Lorient are selling another forward so he stays. 

I am still think we will make minimal of 2 signings before the deadline

Sorry Chaddy, you can spin this whichever you want. Fact of the matter is this, the board and owners are incompetent, and they are very much to blame for this. 

This is now the 2nd season, where we have a chance of achieving the playoffs, whether its realistic or not, is besides the point. The club is in position, and with that, you find ways to cement that place, before other clubs in a similar position jumps ahead of us.. 

This squad is weak, this club isnt a top 6 club as things stand, so what do you do about it? You go out there, and find some players that will give you a chance, instead of just rolling over, and giving up. We as Rovers fans have become so use to mediocrity, that its no wonder the club is happy to do as they please on and off the pitch, because our expectations are low. 

As a football player myself for years and years, as a youngster right through to senior football, albeit at an amateur level, we never allowed our weakness to show against anybody, because we knew that would be our downfall. We competed hard, and at the end of the day, we left happy. 

I know this is a long post, but i really dont care if we are a small town club. But im pretty sure Uncle Jack never had this mentality, that we are just a small town club, making up numbers.. John Williams didn't sit back as chairman, and allowed his managers to go and compete with mediorce players. 

Mark Hughes didnt have the mentality that a bigger club would just come and roll us over, no, his players went out there and competed and fought for the shirt. 

What im saying here is this, yes we are no longer a PL club, but ill be damned if i have to watch some of these fairies play football, who cant make simple passes, who cannot win a header, or bleed for the club. The ambition of the club should always be PL football, if not, then sell the club and go home..