Haha, totally baseless comment. 2 of those players have gone to a more ambitious Championship team who will very likely finish higher than us this season and one is now playing in the Premier League. How can you possibly say we will sign players of similar ability or better. We COULD do, but it's going to be a hell of an uphill battle unless GB and JDT are very well supported financially. Actions speak louder than words. A month into Broughton's appointment we've had nothing more than positive soundbites. It can change and we all hope it does, but it won't help resorting to stubborn statements with no substance or evidence.

Deeply depressing.

What's the general demeanor across the Dingle message board(s) after this glut of signings? I imagine some positivity has swept the fan base? Okay, you're losing some big hitters (to be expected), but swift action in the market has considerably softened that blow? Also, any indication on number of season tickets sold thus far? Dare I ask 😪

I hadn't seen this post. "Attitude" seems an interesting choice of word. Do you mean as simple as a 'change of heart' or 'change of mind' whereby he would decide that the offer (no-one knows for sure if it's good, bad or otherwise) by Rovers was acceptable and he would therefore re-sign? Or was it a more deliberate use of the word "Attitude" to imply the offer from Rovers might no longer be there unless something changes.... whatever that may be?

Burnley now up to signing number 5 for the summer; Samuel Bastien from Standard Liege. Kompany getting their business done quickly. Yes, they're losing players, but they've identified their targets and got them in, quick sharp. Meanwhile, just before 3pm our Twitter team were eagerly counting down the minutes until our new kit was formally on sale in the club shop ☠️ Trying not to get impatient/worried at this point. Come on Rovers, time is ticking!

Maybe. Think I'm too sensitive nowadays 😂

13,000? We should be so lucky. It was all so avoidable as well, all they had to do was listen to the people who'd run the club brilliantly for many years. No wonder the fan base are apathetic... they're bloody lucky they aren't apoplectic and causing more of a stir! Many have simply voted with their feet and won't return now. As I said yesterday, short of tearing down Ewood and Brockhall, this ownership have essentially taken us back 35 years.

"A place where we all belong" "Where your background doesn't matter" Which football club does that not apply to? I can see the angle they're going for with our diverse community, but it's still Marketing guff and flies in the face of the continued disconnect many of the fans feel since the Rao's bought the club.

Who wrote the script?!? "Other fans won't know what it's like to have that connection, that real connection with your club".... What a load of bollocks, and actually a bit of a slap in the face to the fanbase, many of whom feel less connected to the club than ever. This is just empty platitudes... Marketing guff written by someone who has zero understanding of the last 11 years. Define a connection with the club... To me its uniting all stakeholders in a continued vision, communicating as strongly as possible, engaging with the fanbase and community, taking pride in the club and its assets, doing things properly. More fiddling while Rome burns. Some connection the club have with its fanbase. We've sold less season tickets than all of our local rivals... Stanley aside I dare to presume. The kits horrid as well.

How many times have Rovers fans said this in the last 11 years? We're the famous Blackburn Rovers, we're a miles bigger club than 'X'. Blatantly untrue, frankly. A city club with an average attendance of 27,000 last season, the highest in the Championship..... our average was 14,000. What other measure of club size are there? Financial - Two years in the prem and support from parachute means they're superior.... not to mention the woeful mismanagement of our finances through the years. Infrastructure - Probably our strongest suit (Thanks, Jack). The stadium is slowly rusting away.... the training centre is top class... Sheff Utd are hoping to have their own cat 1 before long anyway.... History - bit of a nonsense argument, because no-one cares apart from the club's own fans. No-one wants to be the next West Ham, embarrassingly regaling rival fans of the great Bobby Moore and co that won the world cup. No-one gives a shit, just like no-one outside of our fanbase really gives a shit that we won the league in 1995. Anything I've missed? From that centre halves point of view the only thing that matters is how much money he's getting paid and then I suppose likelihood of success, prioritised in that order... unlikely we're going to match Sheff Utd on either of those fronts this season. Short of burning down EP and the STC, the Rao's have more or less managed to obliterate Jack's legacy, never mind 'absolutely respect it' as they promised, along with bold claims of making Rovers a 'truly global brand'. When they bought the club it was unimageable that we'd be considered equals with Preston, Blackpool, Burnley and others.... Well, here we are. Short of making us a truly global brand, they have essentially taken us backwards 35 years.... difference being, at least in those days we had people running the club who genuinely cared about it.

No one is asking him to. He said he'd share the email with Damo when he received a response.... He hasn't done that. I'm quite sure the email didn't simply say "Meet at EP, 08.00 hours, 6.7.2022" There must have been some content, some acknowledgement of his questions.... He's being cagey, that's all.

That's not the reply, that's the eventual outcome.... Have you perhaps been asked not to post the reply on here?

So what was the reply? You promised you'd put it in here. Looking forward to seeing it. Hope it sheds some more light on the topic!

Is it that for the first 15mins of the Stanley game, before Ayala inevitably signals to the bench?

I cannot comprehend why seemingly beneficial (non-routine) maintenance/improvement of the much maligned playing surface would not be communicated to the fan base. Surely it would be seen as more positive news and a sign of progression in this new era for the club. Or perhaps it's just the fact that it may be viewed as a big step-down from the level of investment promised some 20 or so months ago....

I'm guessing no news?

I really don't believe either of them. Mowbray waxed lyrical about the owners and their extraordinary support before they completely disrespected him over the contract palaver - then he came out and gave us a bit more an insight in to the chaos behind the scenes. It's all nonsense, it's all covering arses, it's all self-preservation.

Do you mean several different journos/papers/sites/twitter accounts quoting Waggott and Mowbray's comments? Because that would be the same source, via different channels.

CEO being Waggott? Manager being.... Mowbray or JDT?

1. Based on what evidence? The only facts I see to date are that they have both turned it down. 2. This sounds like pure conjecture. Has Nyambe come out and said that? Has his agent?

Unless I've missed something, no-one on this messageboard knows that for a fact. The only facts we do know are the following; Rothwell has signed for a PL club Lenihan has signed for a Championship rival who finished 1 place and 1 point above us last season. Nyambe has decided to walk away with no immediate destination decided. We also know as you rightly point out that Brereton has also refused a contract offered by Rovers. That's not a good strike rate. Factor in Gally, Travis and Kaminski and there has seemingly been an improvement, hopefully enabling us to avoid this absurd situation in the future. Lessons learnt perhaps... try to avoid the players (and their agents) holding all the aces.

With respect, you aren't a credible source - this isn't the lots in black and white is it? You're an alias on a fans message board, people would be crackers if they just believed what they read on here. I'm surprised the club haven't communicated the works done, particularly given the criticism levelled at them in recent years for the poor playing surface and the absolute state of Ewood generally. Would be good to have Waggot or the club communicate the works carried out,

Can you point us to it? With a quick google search all I can find is Sharpe saying pitch maintenance started earlier due to the cancellation of that festival (https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20222407.blackburn-rovers-set-portugal-trip-part-pre-season-plans/) Then a load of info from September 2021, about them stitching bits of the pitch.... "Although I couldn't get the full refurbishment with the £2m funding that we needed, I will be looking at that over the coming months because I would like to get a Desso pitch in there. We've stitched a couple bits of it, the goalkeeping areas and some other areas with Desso but we still need a full refurbishment so we're looking for funding on that." ...Waggott, September 2021 - https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/blackburn-ewood-park-waggott-pitch-21650777 I can't see anything on the Rovers website, despite looking back to the end of this season.... have I missed something? Based on the above, there would be zero reason for Waggott to keep such an investment to himself. So, do we have a full Desso pitch now? Seeing as he admitted to seeing the fans thoughts about the season ticket prices, perhaps this topic may reach his eyes and ears too..... STEVE.... please, please provide an update on the standard/level of maintenance that has taken place this season? Is the pitch now fully woven, or is it still 'a couple of bits of it' that are stitched?

You've an impressive memory. To be honest, I thought Sheff United was our first foray into a back-5,...seemingly not. Anyway, you think he's decent based on two games, I think he looks ropey based on two games. Perhaps we'll find out more in the coming months.

The best possible deal or the best possible outcome for their football career? They're not always the same thing.