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6 hours ago, tomphil said:

Pink kits though, yuk.

I love this personally…

7 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

 

If the halves on the back are finally reversed then fair play to them - it's really not that hard. 

Certainly looks that way…

1 hour ago, martonrover said:

My money's on "Everything Heroin".

It's all good, because they're a local company, and nothing to do with alcohol or gambling.

Let me plug this again from a few years ago…😉

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/financing-football-the-waggott-way/10

2 hours ago, Displaced Rover said:

Don't get the hate for the third kit, think it looks great as a one off. Nice to have something a bit out there (like last season) so long as they get the home and away right.

Needs black, graphite or navy trim rather than royal blue IMO 

1 hour ago, Upside Down said:

I agree with chaddy on this one. The manager should be from the country they're managing.

There’s a strong argument to exempt developing countries from such a restriction. 
 

Insert your own gag here about England being a developing country…

5 hours ago, matt83 said:

Before the tournament I thought our chances were similar to Man U winning the fa cup. Let’s say Citeh- France, lpool - zee Germans, Arsenal - Spain all better but we could give any a game but also lose to some random outfit. I’m downgrading our chances to that of Bournemouth.

I’m not aware of a manager being sacked mid tournament but it’s the only hope I have left. Going nowhere fast with Pizza Hut boy. 

Ivory Coast sacked their manager in the middle of the last AFCON.

They went on to win it. 🤨

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/07/football-managers-sacked-mid-tournament-and-hammered-hosts-knowledge

I really hoped we’d got rid of that awful sponsor…

1 hour ago, B16Rover said:

Has BRFCs taken on influencer marketing?  Don't you need to finish this with #ad

I’d rather discuss M&S clothing than England at the moment…😉

On 19/06/2024 at 10:29, Upside Down said:

Wonder if they've finally managed to get the blue and white on the correct sides on the back of the shirt this time.

I believe they have but until I physically see it…

1 hour ago, Forever Blue said:

I like Gareth’s zip up polo shirt.

Available in M&S 😉

The best hope for seeing Wharton in this tournament is a big England win tonight then Southgate will be able to experiment/rest players for the 3rd game. 
Still think Rice/Wharton is the best DM combination in our 4231 formation. 

2 hours ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Another game done by HT.

I'd be off to watch the cricket but it's raining heavily in Antigua.

Still, the footy is quite watchable.

England going out at Scotland’s expense due to rain is irony I can get behind TBH 😆

1 hour ago, B16Rover said:

Very exciting high scoring games so far (until the first half at least) 

What's the over/under on a poor England performance and a 0-0 bore-athon

First dull game of the tournament?
“England…come on down…” 😆

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

In truth Ian I am far more excited by the prospect of Waggott disappearing that Gestede coming. 😂

I suspect you aren’t alone but be careful what you wish for 😉

Just now, arbitro said:

Interesting.

 

This CV doesn’t scream “capable of leading a £20m+ business” - I hope his academic studies were thorough. 

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24389765.blackburn-rovers-finance-latest-transfer-funds-requested/
 

no more fan takeover days…

1 hour ago, sharpysharps86 said:

It was supposedly some sort of consultancy role wasn't it? All a bit strange that nothing ever seemed to come out officially about it.

I say strange, what I mean is perfectly normal for the basket case club that is Blackburn Rovers these days.

Ambassadorial role…in other words, purely PR.

21 hours ago, tomphil said:

A much dumbed down, cheaper model to run with top playing assets and fixed assets cashed in but an academy producing players going straight into a league one team and sustaining it would be cheaper and therefore easier to sell.

What those who write all this 'relegation on purpose' stuff off as wild conspiracy fail to take into account is how business and finance people really look at things. Those drawing up future sale plans have zero empathy or attachment and purely look at facts and figures.

Managed decline is a real concept and whilst relegation might not be an actual short term aim they'll also factor in the real risk of it running the current set up presents.  Then it's a case of if/when that happens this is what we'll do to take advantage of the situation.

If you wanted to get rid of a championship club that was costing 15 mill a season but would only fetch about double that in a sale you wouldn't keep pumping in 15 mill. No, you'd reduce costs, steamline it, cash in it's own assets and reduce the whole thing in size to minimise your losses and make it easier to have a quick sale.

Rovers as it is or was didn't present a good investment to anyone who doesn't just want to waste 10s of millions on a plaything. However a club like Blackburn Rovers with a cheap wage bill, minimised losses, little to no external debt and an academy producing players, no big contracts on the books and the potential to rebuild it back up from league 1 all available for 25 mill suddenly becomes a very interesting proposition for investors.

We are the Lancastrian Rotherham United.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/12/euro-2024-england-adam-wharton-crystal-palace

A coping strategy for the next month…😉
 

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/a-coping-strategy-for-the-euros/548

2 hours ago, J*B said:

Would be interesting to know how many full-time working, ST holding fans within 5 miles of Ewood Park have had a real world 33% wage increase since 2015!

There’s the rub…