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18 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Can I ask what the protesters are hoping to achieve by staying away from the Watford game?

Trying to pressure Venkys to sell. 

4 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

From memory Three thousand and odd for a League game.

Night game in Div 3?

14 minutes ago, speedies gonna get ya. said:

The banners are made by a fan who is not part of Coalition working group. I am very grateful that he is being proactive and getting the message out by any means. It is not a GCSE art exam after all. Wish more people would to the same. 

Same. They got a headline story in the LT didn't they? Good publicity.

People attacking them as "amateurs" are making personal attacks to avoid addressing the issue.

Well done to the lads I say. If there were hundreds of "amateur "posters all over Blackburn the club would be shitting themselves.

Its not too late!

54 minutes ago, glen9mullan said:

I have heard these calls in full and known of their existence for some time.

They are 1000000% legit,

Why they've surfaced tonight i'm unsure, but im glad they have. 

Hopefully its all released and not just the snippets

Any chance of getting a full transcript? I'm not on X.

10 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Nobody is bringing extra people, they’re just trolling.

And they are all going to splash the cash and feed themselves  to a heart attack with Ewood's gourmet food offerings!

Literally dying for their club!

On 14/01/2026 at 03:57, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

You both right and wrong Jim. It is a real photograph from “ Getty Images “. It’s from the game against Stoke City on the 21st of September 1963. We won the game 1-0 with an Andy McEvoy goal. I went to this game, it was shortly after the 7-2 mauling of Spurs, and I was expecting a repeat so I was really disappointed with the 1-0. The only other thing I remember was Stanley Mathews was down to play in the programme but didn’t appear. So I never got to see the great man play.

He was always down to play at that time but he rarely did! Got extra spectators in though!

16 hours ago, bazza said:

So! I'm not the oldest on here. Nice to know that. Take care GHD

I watched my first game in 1952 aged 2 so remember nothing of it! My Grandad, Dad and Uncle were all at the 1928 Cup

Final. I had a season ticket  from age of 5 in the Nuttall St Stand. My Dad stopped going after the 1960 Cup Final  fiasco but  I continued.

In all those years since I have never felt so bad about Rovers state as I do now.

The Venkys have no clue about our culture and the memories and dreams that they are destroying.

EDdit: Sorry --got this wrong. First game 1949!

5 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i think thats it,though there could be another inauspicious loan or forshaw type free transfer coming in,i`ll be amazed if there is another buy,as ever with the chicken disrespectors,someone will likely be sold to offset the jorgensen deal

Well there's not many worth anything but Alebiosu comes to mind. German club reportedly after him.

1 hour ago, Jimmy612 said:

This would surely be an argument packed full of contradictions… Venkys are the best we can possibly hope for, but due to the current state of the club (after 15 years of their ownership) we couldn’t possibly hope to improve on statistically the worst performing manager the club has ever seen? 
 

All those people need to do is ask themselves why they see modern day Rovers as such a poisoned chalice that we couldn’t do better than a manager with a win rate of 28%.  Or would they just tell us we’re a league one club in waiting and that’s the natural order of things? 

Br fair though, the Club is doing its best to  ensure the boycott is a success.

5 hours ago, AndyB said:

Will Elliott Jackson and the LT have the balls to call for him to be sacked?

 

Well they can't ban him!

2 hours ago, LDRover said:

I've had a one or two beverages and have come to conclusion that Ismael is on the right tracks.

The two are clearly linked!

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Managers do this, Ismael is particularly fond of it, but its a totally skewed analysis of the game to put so much focus on that decision.

We were absolutely shocking throughout. Putting so much emphasis on that decision at 2 nil takes focus away from that.

I know as a fan, my annoyance lies predominantly at what we could control today, not refereeing decisions.

Always a bad sign when a manager keeps putting the emphasis bad refereeing decisions. Ismael does it every week.

Pure deflection. As if we've won that game otherwise. We're is serious trouble.

46 minutes ago, KentExile said:

It will be similar to the Tavares deal, where the reported fee on €3.5M is if he hits every single add on, scores a truckload of goals, and we win premonition 

'the initial fee will be circa €1.5M

We've been robbed.

7 hours ago, Commondore said:

Dønnum is apparently a right midfielder/wing back. I wouldn't complain if he came here, but it does seem like a strange position to spend what I imagine is relatively serious money on for us.

Wouldn't be a replacement for Alebiosu would he? I've only just learned to spell his name!

10 minutes ago, briansol said:

Looks like Jackson dropped the ball there. Norwegian journalist dismissed it as well.

Unlike Jackson, rarely sticks out his neck like that. Must have gotten bad intell

It's definitely pulled. I got the message that "the page can't be found".

Somebody has dropped a clanger.

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

To be fair, Mercer didnt name the player. He just said that a striker is signing.

It turned out for a change to be true so fair play but I am not sure saying an unnamed player will sign is a huge scoop. Nor was the skepticism unwarranted considering the track record in question.

C'mn be fair. Mercer's tip was correct. He didn't name the player because he didn't know the name.

Let's hope he's also right about a new offer for the Club.

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41 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Iv no real issue with the rumour it’s just the two ‘updates’ contradict one and other so was asking about that  

I wasn't aiming at anyone in particular.

2 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

He wanted all the Lancashire clubs to join forces under a 'Lancashire United' banner at one point, if I remember rightly?

 

I'd forgotten that one! Bet he has too!

There's a lot of bickering at the moment. Isn't there enough division between our fans? I don't mind the odd rumour---

distracts me from the reality. You don't have to believe it do you?

Just now, roverandout said:

Abbey and chaddy used to go at with hammer and tongs on here till Abbey decided he'd had enough and left. 

Quite right, Abbey was not fond of Chaddy its safe to say!

Just now, roverandout said:

Agree back then we were poorer than we are now but we had hope that something magical might happen.  Now we know nothing will happen 

Well ---nothing good!

56 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Yeah, they (can't quite remember who was the instigator) set up that forum because they decided they didn't like this one, despite posting on it for years.

Drog and Abbey wasn't it? Fallen out with each other now and Abbey doesn't post.

11 minutes ago, roverandout said:

This kind of talk is what really pisses me off

 

 

'Exactly right Drog, we have the most unique fanbase in the whole country, split right down the middle.

Some, like me and you, see the Walker years as the outliers, the 30 years or so before and the 15 years or so since, as a more realistic indication of where a small to medium sized club lies in the modern game dominated by money and the big city clubs.'

In any case the years before Jack walker were way more enjoyable than now. Even when we were in Div 3.

3 hours ago, M_B said:

They'll go when they're ready and not before,I think you're kidding yourself if you think otherwise . 

We're helpless and we shouldn't try to do anything.

Is that a fair summary of your view?

They paid  £31M and have apparently "lost" $200M+ in the 15years since.

I'm sure they'd sell for that but nobody will pay it.

The only joy I get from that is how much more the Walker Trust would have got if they'd only hung on for a while longer.