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This is an old Nike top but ....ugh...
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The pod squad of Linz Lewis, Michael Taylor & Stuart Grimshaw reviews the season both on & off the field and awards the Mike Delap Trophy for the most accurate pre-season predictions.
Thanks also to Bill Arthur, Louis Gee, Tom Schofield, Scott Sumner & Hollie Thurstan for their soundbites.
Thanks to everyone who has helped us throughout the season - whether behind the scenes, as a panelist, helping us to book guests or being a guest !
You are all wonderful & without you, we are naught but a whimsical notion...
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35 minutes ago, sympatheticclaret said:
As I mentioned on another thread, eighteen months ago, I attempted to trace 51 lads who'd played u19's ( Colts ) Rugby at Blackburn Rugby Club between 1980-83, and with the help of various contacts, social media etc, I tracked down 47 of them. We had a fine well lubricated re-union in October 2017, but I was amazed that out of the 47 I traced, only 4 of them still resided within the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen.
Of the others, 10 now lived in the Ribble Valley, 14 lived in other areas of Lancashire ( Including Greater Manchester, Merseyside etc ), 12 lived in other parts of England & 1 in Glasgow. The expats. were France ( 2 ), New Zealand ( 2 ), and 1 each for Dubai, Italy and Sweden, leaving 4 untraced ....
They virtually all kept up with information from home including Rover's fortunes, by way of family texts, streaming games, Facebook, Whatsapp, Facetime etc which makes us all realise how fortunate we are in the modern age .... has anybody any memories of going to great lengths to find ( or avoid ) scores from " Back in the Day " .... ?
Likely Lads plot...”England F..”
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Former General Election candidate Duncan Miller, late of the "Venky's Out" party, attended last week's Fan Consultation Evening at Ewood and was won over by Steve Waggott & Tony Mowbray.
In conversation with Ian Herbert, Duncan shares what was discussed, how it has impacted his thought process, his rationale & provides optimism for next season.
Essential listening for those who still find the whole Venky's reign difficult to reconcile.
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1 hour ago, blueboy3333 said:
@Herbie6590 If V12 are doing ours will Rovers absorb the costs like Barnsley have. I'm guessing Rovers haven't announced it yet if no-one knows.
V12 are doing Rovers instalment plan it appears....interest free but with an admin fee
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These guys are linking up with a number of football clubs...
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Just a quick heads up, the 2018/19 end of season review podcast will be recorded & edited later this week & will be out hopefully before next weekend all things being equal...
Following the re-vamp of the site, the podcast page now has ben refreshed and shows all the pods from the last year...should you want to revisit the pre-season predictions before listening to the post-season episode then I can heartily recommend Ep 97 where numerous panelists stake their reputations & forecast anything from 8th to 19th.
There are some prescient predictions about key players and the need to strengthen the squad in key areas - remember, this was recorded before Armstrong, Rodwell, Brereton & Chapman were signed...
We'll have a think over the summer about "podcast strategy" for next season; if anyone has any ideas, any contacts for interesting interviewees or just generally wishes to contribute, please PM @Herbie6590 or contact us on the @brfcsdotcom Twitter if you prefer.
Thank you..!
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24 minutes ago, Paul said:
While I realise you're offering examples I feel the club would need to be a lot more creative than this. I do find it very hard to think of any new idea but do like the suggestion of discounts for loyalty.
On an entirely selfish basis allowing ST holders out of the DE end car park ahead of away coaches would improve my matchday experience. We often wait 20-25 minutes to get out. I realise it's probably a police issue but I'd guess near 100% of those paying £200 for parking are ST holders. Perhaps the car parks at the BBE and DE should be disabled and ST only??
No one initiative alone does the trick but the cumulative impact of a myriad of incremental ones might...I think this is what the club tried to find out when it did the surveys earlier this season. It is an ideal topic for crowdsourcing ideas...
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5 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:
As an existing season ticket holder I don't EXPECT any perks or advantages. It seems to be the way of the world, entice new customers in with cheap deals whilst the loyalty of existing customers is ignored. "Brand new customers only" as the very funny Building Society ad went a few years back.
However in an ideal world, it would be nice if loyalty could be rewarded. What if for example you got £25 off your ST up to a maximum of 4 years so that in the 5th year you got £100 off the price? Would that help build the fan base and keep them? I don't know if the figures stack up practically on that though, if you got 10,000 people doing that you're a cool 1m p.a. down after 4 years. It might reduce the rate of "natural churn" i.e. the rate at which people drop off slightly though.
This sort of stuff keeps sales & marketing directors in jobs year after year...the secret is to offer an incentive that is low cost to the club but high value to the customer...so things like going in a draw for a player meet & greet, signed shirts, free children’s tickets, discount concourse food, programme subscriptions etc all could be candidates.
The more seasons you have a ticket, the more entries into the draw type of thing....
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8 hours ago, 47er said:
I think he meant "you" to mean "one" ODB., not referring to you specifically.
At least that's how I read it.
Exactly what I meant ??
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Just now, DeeCee said:
Again, great idea but that mostly encourages existing st holders, the point should be trying to attract more/new business
We need both...new recruits....then keep ‘em !
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Just now, old darwen blue said:
Go on then I’ll bite.
Why not give that age bracket free season tickets for a year and see if they buy one at full price the following year? I think we both know the answer to that.
Oh and in reference to your second sarcastic comment do I detect a resentment that senior citizens get cheaper tickets??
ODB we seem to have got off on the wrong foot here...you originally raised a theoretical example & I responded with a similar theoretical example where the age profiles were reversed. FWW I’m much closer to being an OAP than a beneficiary of a 25 y/o ticket...sadly...for many reasons ?
i was not intending in ANY way to be sarcastic so I’m sorry if it came across that way...??
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It’s a massive jump from £90 to £319...FWIW I think we should encourage the club to price more creatively. I suspect the research undertaken last season has informed this decision & IMHO its worth a try to see if it retains interest & grows numbers in that demographic.
As a fan base we do seem to be prone to criticise the club for having little imagination regarding new initiatives & only ever get behind those that specifically benefit us personally. Rovers need to grow the next generation of supporters & this initiative is clearly an attempt to try something new.
I would like to see them build in some kind of a loyalty reward that grows with the number of consecutive seasons a S/T is held - if this were to apply to all full price S/T holders this might sweeten the deal all round.
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2 hours ago, old darwen blue said:
You cheeky f*cker, I haven’t got a discounted senior citizen ticket I pay full price.,
It was a theoretical example as was yours. I presume you aspire to live to a healthy, fulfilling & ripe old age ?
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5 hours ago, old darwen blue said:
So a 25 year old bloke buying his first season ticket can sit in the next seat to me when I’ve had one for years and pay just over half of what I will pay?
Hmmm seems fair....
Not.
This initiative is clearly aimed at retaining the patronage of young people & to soften the transition from kids prices. The same argument in reverse could be levelled when that bloke is paying full price & you have a discounted senior citizen ticket.
There is no pricing structure that pleases everyone. If season tickets were £50 each we’d then have people complaining that we have to sell all our players to pay the bills.
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1 hour ago, Tom said:
They are lovely, remind me of the England Umbro kits 10 years or so ago which were more like a t shirt.
Is there a pattern on the sleeve of the bottom one?
Looks like it...the gold/sky blue trim looks superb....struggling to imagine it looking quite as good in grey & yellow...
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Couple more Umbro ones here for South American clubs. Nice collar on the Santos one. The broad stripe on the shoulder/arms seems to be this season’s template...
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10 hours ago, Tom said:
Why the constant questions about Suhail?
Hes been around since the start, sure his official appointment was a little bit of favouritism but it’s always seemed there’s too much emphasis on him and his presence
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24 minutes ago, Madon said:
It'll be Grey, i assure you. Might not be the exact design of the Derby shirt, but definitely grey, or a variation of multiple greys. ?
Grey....the very epitome of inspiring, creative and innovative design ?
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On 23/04/2019 at 20:24, Madon said:
I quite like that light grey Umbro Derby 3rd kit, anybody else? ?
...more chance of that turning up than Britt Assombalonga wearing it...?
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Just now, blueboy3333 said:
Very good, and thanks to all those who've worked hard on it. Good links to all the social media stuff.
Is the Youtube channel the official Rovers channel? Could there be an additional link to unofficial stuff like all the 60's/70's/80's/90's match stuff that is out there?
It is a feed so what we really could do with is a fan with loads of spare time & oodles of enthusiasm to start a YouTube account called Rovers Nostalgia say, and post them all in one feed & we could pick that up...
I have toyed with it but just don't have enough time to do that & the pods as well but perhaps when I retire... !!!
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One of the best quiz questions I ever set...What links these photos...? (Obviously it’s a lot easier when posed in this thread...?)
BRFCS - Gratitude Corner
in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
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BRFCS - gratitude corner...??????
At the end of a long, hard season, it’s something of a tradition to hand out awards and such like and to reflect on what has just concluded. Well, we may not have any trophies to hand out but we sure have plenty of plaudits...so bear with me in this self-indulgence if you would be so kind...
BRFCS has for a while been in need of some behind the scenes tinkering, a lot of which you don’t see; more often than not, the site just being up means people have “done stuff” and neither you nor I would have a clue but it keeps the engine revving.
We are lucky to have our own “geek squad” in Glenn, Biddy, Stuart & Phil who tinker here & there and truly speak an impenetrable language of their own in pursuit of IT perfection. Phil has also done some sterling work this season in refreshing the page and creating a new home page which has brought us bang up to date and for that we thank him.
We also thank him by asking him then to do some other stuff which hopefully soon will create a wonderful new section on the site which we are really excited about. Sadly Phil also insists on having a life and a real job that pays him money and sometimes these have to take precedence. However, thanks to Phil for endeavours past, present & hopefully future..and to all of our IT gurus, may your TLAs always be unintelligible to us non-gurus.
The forum can be quite the enigma. Sometimes there is some lovely stuff on there, sometimes there isn’t. Overseeing it is a thankless task that is guaranteed to bring only opprobrium. Why anyone wants to volunteer to do it is beyond me but we are grateful that they do. It doesn’t win you many friends or put you on the VIP guest list at film premieres but heartfelt thanks to K-Hod, Tom & True Blue for helping to moderate the site.
Podcasts next...these truly are a labour of love. We produce them, put them out there and then simply hope that someone listens and enjoys...
Sometimes we get feedback, sometimes it’s positive, sometimes it’s constructive. We are proud of them notwithstanding. This season we were invited to Brockhall, we interviewed Don Mackay, John Nicholson from Football 365 we had help & assistance from various journalists including Rich Sharpe, Andy Bayes, Conor Pope, John Duerden and of course from erstwhile Rovers social media manager Ryan Grant. Let us also acknowledge the hard work of Kamy in keeping lines of communication open with the club.
We had a podsquad of panelists willing to give up time & energy to contribute and we had a new executive producer and host for one truly memorable episode in the indefatigable Linz Lewis who created the terrific International Women’s Day edition.
One of our panelists went on to create the “Ginger Ninja Appreciation Society”...it wasn’t a BRFCS initiative as such that’s true, but we would just like to bask in the reflected glory of Jen Bellamy who always is er... “forthright” and makes editing out swears quite the art form !
Another in Michael Taylor, reassessed Graeme Souness and persuaded a Scottish colleague to act out the role of Souness, which it has to be said he did with some uncanny accuracy making for a memorable episode.
We have had help from Tom at our good friends at the 1875 Podcast, Scott from our favourite fanzine 4000 Holes, we have our very own Canadian corespondent in Bill Arthur who somehow managed to interview a former Burnley player yet make it about Blackburn Rovers ! He was also trying to line Brad Friedel up for an interview but Brad then got himself sacked so...another time perhaps !
We have recorded face to face at Christmas and put it on YouTube, we recorded our last episode in a real studio...all of this, constantly trying new things to make vibrant and hopefully enjoyable listening. Remember, all this is in spare time and for free.
Thank you therefore to Michael, Linz, Jen, Mike, Stuart, Matt, Louis, Millie, Hollie, Lucy, Josh & Duncan who have all helped along the way.
COYB