Herbie6590

Some photos here... https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0ZJqWzChGIq96G

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17661130.remembering-magician-tugay-10-years-after-rovers-farewell/

Sheff Weds under embargo last season Derby’s sale & leaseback is being challenged by Middlesbrough. What if they lose on Monday ? Burnley went up under “he who shall not be named” with no parachute payments

I think this is the crux. FFP whether we like it or not means a transfer embargo if you are in breach. We’ve been there, it didn’t do us any favours. There is a school of thought that says “put the house on red” & hope that it doesn’t come up black...but that is selling the family silver...like a sale & leaseback on your ground, it’s not sustainable. I’m not going to castigate the owners (whoever they are) for not gambling with the future of the club. Let’s also acknowledge that 3 clubs come down each year with massive parachute payments that last for 3 years & we have to compete with those clubs, plus in the Championship we are also up against a number of rivals with larger fan bases than ours which works in their favour regarding FFP calculations. The model for a sustainable punt on promotion is Burnley, Norwich, Sheff Utd...so you’re right, we need a manager, working in a system that identifies, develops (& possibly sells on) a conveyor belt of young talent mixed with shrewd “Moneyball” type signings. I think our academy is now starting to show the fruits of recent labours so we need to augment it with some signings a la Pukki (& Dack) etc to have a shot & all working for a manager with a clear plan as to how to extract the maximum value from such a squad. Dyche did it. Wilder did it. Farke did it. Step up to the plate Mr M !!!

I’m pretty sure that they are aware of the income opportunities available to Premier League clubs 47er...their challenge is squaring the circle of FFP isn’t it ?

There were a number of “interactions” on Twitter with Miguel...all very civilised TBF & he has recognised the poor wording and amended accordingly.

I like him on the Indy football podcast....very good during last year’s WC...

From this morning’s independent https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/premier-league-epl-efl-league-one-two-championship-miguel-delaney-a8926126.html?amp&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&__twitter_impression=true Rovers have “struggled to pay wages”

I like these....confirms with stats what the gut tells you when watching our lot...

He has...look one post up...

https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/news/newsid=2530253.html

Extraordinarily....I know...there is a 3rd place play off....so England nailed on to be in that I suspect ?

...at least now we know why Rovers have unfollowed all of BRFCS on Twitter...?

#KitTeaser ?

A pattern like the Stadion one ? ?

PSV are using Stadion...

What about these....? ? The 50/50 one is obviously the boy but the Stadion one I’ve seen on a few foreign kits for next season...

It’s all about marketing. By using a fundamentally different colour palette it means that the club can offer a lot of other products in the new palette & hopefully increase sales. The argument runs that if you have the same colour scheme every season sales drop off, hence also mucking about with the shades of blue & position of the halves etc. The jade green a few years ago was another example. Personally alternating with yellow/blue & red/black would be my preference & always royal blue for the home kit ?‍♂️

Ask @Madon ...? ...perhaps Britt Assombalonga will launch it ?

The away kit is grey & yellow apparently...

Haha...we both know that’s not happening... *carries on designing new logo*

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

This is an old Nike top but ....ugh...

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... View full record