They won't know what to price it at.  All initial enthusiasm has dissipated with our league performances.  They are going to have to give them away because if it is £20 plus, many won't bother.

5 hours ago, not exactly Scarface said:

You can learn an awful lot by visiting other teams forums, wasn't aware you had drawn Burnley in the next round.

It wasn't until a few years back after reading a sports publication special did I learn of the animosity between sets of supporters and the rivalry that existed.   Now I haven't been to a game between you and themselves but (after reading) every indication suggests it's as big and expected as a Merseyside or North London derby.

Not going to be impartial, would want Blackburn to win, not because being a registered member of the site, just would prefer to see yourselves other than Burnley to go through.    I think the fans deserve it after the disappointments of last season, a victory over that opposition would provide some considerable compensation after the shortcomings of before.

Remember first and foremost the league take priority.   Best of luck in your cup fixture.

 

 

Stout chap!

Can you lend us McCarthy for a week?

42 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Two weeks of pure p!ss n wind from both sets of supporters,local media hype and the Police preparing for Armageddon.

And to top it all we have the worst Rovers side in living memory.

Put a Chaddy on a home win!

20 minutes ago, scotchrover said:

The club threw in the Bournemouth game if I remember rightly, when played them a few years back. We lost and the stadium was empty for the game against the Cherries. 

Yes but this time if we lose it is 'as you were'.   Back then we were expected to win.  Get a win and it pays of big time. Lose and we should still get more through the gate for another local fixture.  

Great oportunity here for some clever marketing from Rovers...

Make it a £5 for ST holders

£15 for non ST holders but throw in a ticket for the Fleetwood game (as it's on telly anyway).

Not off-putting prices and should guarantee a few more through the gate for the league game.  Build momentum.

7 hours ago, Mercer said:

Very good post.

As you get older, the fixture means less and less to you.

 

Ooooh...I wouldn't say that!

I cannot find a link to purchase the game either through the browser or app.  Getting frustrated with it now!

Be better without commentary.  You can add your own.  

"New guy, to that bloke from Rotherham, to the old guy from Villa - oops Cardiff.  Dack through to Feeney.  F###$$$ USELESS #$$$£££!"

Or something like that

2 hours ago, Biddy said:

The link is already there as I described.  

If you can't pay by credit card, use Tunnel Bear (or whatever VPN provider you prefer) and change your location to Hong Kong, Singapore or New Zealand.  All of those give PayPal as a payment option.  Follow the instructions above to go to the match details to get the "Buy a Match Pass" button.  I've just done it as a test using PayPal.

 

That link doesn't present a purchase option on my phone (android/google).  Will try on laptop with IE later.

48 minutes ago, Biddy said:

It says match passes are available from the "Match Centre" which isn't overly helpful.

However, if you go to "Matches" - "First Team Fixtures and Results", The big banner at the top shows the Southend Game with a "Match Centre" button in the middle.  Click on this and it will take you to the game details where 2 buttons appear for "Buy a Match Pass" and "Buy a Season Pass"

So it appears they are integrating quite well with the rest of the site.  The match pass itself is 6 EURO.

Note: This was all using a browser, no idea how you do the same from the app

Queried this with the club this am.  They think a link will appear 24 hours before kick off.  You can only puchase if you have a 'foreign' debit/credit card.

Enjoyed the pod cast.  Good work lads and lasses.

Ok. Downloaded the app.  Signed up to ifollow for free.  Can't find any link to purchase the one off match pass though.  Anyone done it so far?

Hope it works.  On hols in Spain!

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Taken from the lad's twitter account.  Sounds like the right kind of character.   Not over whelmed with the signing but seems the type to put a shift in and that'll do for me.

Welcome Richie

2 hours ago, Roving Mick said:

The Caribou Cup?  Oh Deer!

Is it over 3 legs?

Had a busy half term.  Went to Slane to watch Guns N' Roses.  Absolutely outstanding.  Play with the same energy they did back in the 80s.  Followed that up with Aerosmith in Berlin (Due to Kiss getting cancelled).  Again, really good show.  Steve Tyler is 69 now and still gives everything.  Felt proud to have grown up with these bands.  Hope any of you at Download enjoy Aerosmith tonight!

Just now, gumboots said:

It's not really a local paper any more though is it so the only local news they are interested in is the bland stuff that offends few people. I'd imagine many of those who still buy it for Rovers news are those who sit passively in the stands or those who go on the comments bit of Rovers stories and say we need Venky's.  It's therefore not in the papers interest to upset the apple cart. Readership is down massively in the last few years. They can't afford to lose more.

Not surprising readership is down when they don't do any serious journalism. 

Very poor that the LT have not run this or the tax raids. 

N

Just now, 47er said:

That's the saddest thing about being a "little" club, watching players you saw make their debut with your team, watching them grow into stars and then watching them going on to even bigger things with another, bigger team. Looking back at all the great players we have lost, I never really get over it.

 

Not sure where I sit with Mahoney.  Kid obviously has some talent but whilst some of his cameos were decent, he didn't really impact many games.  He is certainly no where near as good as Duff was at 18. 

If it was the club I supported I would sign a 1 year deal on less money and a nailed on starting place.  If he gets 40 odd games under his belt, he should develop the stamina to impact games for 90 mins.  If we go back up, he can then negotiate much better terms or leave.  

But hey, no loyalty in football these days.

He is at an age where he needs to prove himself.  Sitting on a bench at a champ club on more money won't do that.

Fantastic idea.  Good on the lad for stepping forward.  Wish there was a candidate for the Ribble Valley.  They would get my vote.

5 hours ago, lraC said:

English is painful, try learning Spanish.

Thankfully the wife is fluent in Spanish so I don't have to! (Although I should make more of an effort)

8 hours ago, Mike E said:

You can TECHNICALLY leave the command out of that (although we teach putting it in), as it would be smoother to read. The lack of comma before the word 'but', however, is shocking!

I hate being a teacher; it makes me do this!

Just like those pesky commas we can technically leave out of expanded noun phrases.  English is painful!

On 2017-5-3 at 11:00 PM, Paul said:

It's about perception. When I worked I was often struck by the poor standard of English in business emails in particular but also in other documents. Poor use of language is sloppy. 

When I worked, 

Subordinate clause.  We do that in year 3 these days.

Thank God it's a message board.

No problem - as long as  Huddersfield line up with the same team this week.  Ater all, they don't want injuries and need to maximise the recovery time of the first 11.  Anything else would surely be hypocritical...

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

I've slept on it and still think Huddersfield were in the right. Even you consider the 'reasonable excuse' factor, they have the playoffs coming up and the team that played yesterday held Man City to a draw.

I don't feel we have much basis for complaint.

Can't complain really, though it is irksome on the back of Redknapp's comments.  With a bit of karma, hopefully the same happens to them someday.