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He can also play him alongside better players than Southgate can…

Premier Inn M65 J4 is walking distance from Ewood. 👍

Not yet…

Just to ensure credit gets distributed fairly - Macron are very receptive to suggestions from the club re design. But the impetus comes from the club to drive the design - although Macron will offer various suggestions re template, material, design cues etc. The credit for these kits needs to be pointed in the direction of Fraser Read who I have found to be uniformly receptive to feedback about what might sell & why.

The 'What Now?' Show returns for season 24/25 with a summer review of activities so far...including :- Rovers Women's team - what's going on? Venky's - is it Can't Fund or Won't Fund? Shiny new kits The current squad strength The new Rovers Inc. show Roger Whiteside is your host as usual as Ian Herbert & Linz Lewis join to try to explain current events at & around Ewood Park. Click HERE for the episode

Just giving this a bump…the special offer lasts till 31/7 👍

Strong agree…👍

Sorry to pour cold water on this but the programme on Saturday was Seamus Conneely’s Testimonial brochure. There was a folded A4 glossy wraparound with squad listings that made it look like a programme. Stanley also no longer produce printed programmes but Andy Holt is on record as saying he’d love to bring them back at some point.

The best thing about yesterday TBH…you could half close your eyes & be transported back to 1992…😆

Some photos from today…

It was judged by an English referee…

I was there…the Keith Fear game. Murdered ‘em 1st half, 3-0 up, Fear missed a penalty, almost gave it away at the death. Faz talks about it on here 👍

Cost Control Efficiency Drive

I’m not referencing local media for absolute clarity. The local reporters have a very fine line to tread in not burning bridges whilst writing something objective. Don’t envy them.

I do my bit 😉

Selling it as 94/95 retro is curious isn’t it? 😆

Shorts & socks…

Thank you…hope you will enjoy your badges 😁

It’s not my experience that V’s get a universal easy ride in the media BTW.

In a season that is pointing towards ignominy this shirt is possibly going to be a rare positive. I agree that it’s closer to the 92-94 than the 94-95 but it’s still very nice. Hats off to Fraser Read for listening 👍

The parent lends to its subsidiaries interest-free. Rovers aren’t paying for that debt (compared to Man Utd/Burnley for instance). Separately & in parallel the V’s in India will fund their group working capital requirements holistically. If they don’t generate enough cash from their core operations &/or there are timing differences then they will borrow from their bankers. It’s also possible that they borrow to fund capital projects - this borrowing attracts interest clearly - but chargeable to the borrower (the Indian parent). It’s like parents lending money to kids FOC but having to take out an overdraft to fund the loan..!

@J*B @tomphil @IraC I think we are all saying broadly very similar things. The appetite has diminished. The mandate is "keep it ticking over with minimal parental support". By NOT selling they are avoiding having to write off value through the parent company accounts. It's like buying a stately home for £50m, spending £200m on it but at the end of that spending somehow not increasing the capital value of the property or visitor numbers. You still own the asset, but you may have in your head that it should be worth £250m but nobody will give you anything like that. As long as you carry on owning it, you don't have to confront the awful truth that you've just wasted >£200m of your money. Now if you have billions, you don't notice a loss of that scale perhaps ? I get the sense that they don't want to admit that they've cocked up - so they keep it, run it on a threadbare budget & never have to publicly swallow their pride ?

The strongest correlation is usually argued to be wage bill v league position. Given what’s happening to our funding, we can only presume that managing the wage bill carefully is a crucial metric for SW. On that basis, our league position is moving only in one direction.

I doubt the objective is to “achieve” relegation. That makes zero sense for anyone. However, I firmly believe the principal objective now is “reduce the costs”. It’s a side effect that the 2nd almost inevitably leads to the first if it becomes a sustained, repeated requirement season after season. I think that’s where we are.