RIP. Ally was technically gifted footballer but didn't really hit any great heights with us. 63 is really no age.

It is Andy but the Jimmy not the John variety (although they were both masters of the dark arts). As a kid it would have been enormously beneficial to Mark and a better football education than any Academy could have given to him.

I remember many years ago Mark did an interview with the LT and mentioned playing at Blacksnape and in particular one player who he described as the animal. I narrowed it down to one person and asked Mark if it was indeed the one who I thought it was. He flatly denied this but I still think I was right and Mark was fearful of the animal finding out. 😁😁😁

Thanks for the information on Marks upcoming book Andy. Now I would say that it should be a must read for Rovers fan's of a certain generation particularly for us Darreners.

I'm sure I have seen notice of a pre-meet by the FF before they meet with the Ewood hierarchy. Are questions compiled and submitted in advance? If not then it should be considered to avoid the vague or non existent answers from the evasive Swag and Co.

The 'newly purchased' lighting rigs were bought from Watford FC. The aim of raising between £3.5 and £4m from season tickets sales is pie in the sky and this should have been hammered home to Waggott. Offering value for money? Based on what exactly? Far too many 'look into it' answers from the people who should have immediate answers.

Two years ago (I think) we paid some business consultants a reported £750k to give their recommendations on the non football side of the business. After the recent accounts and Venkys putting in another Kings ransom it appears it was money well spent. 😠😠😠

Less than two weeks to go and zero, zilch, nothing in terms of new signings. I said it before and will say again that I really don't expect anybody of consequence in before August 7th. The modus operandi of Venkys will be picking up scraps, desperados and kids from PL clubs who will add to the numbers rather than improve the quality. Without trying to sound melodramatic I really fear for the future of our club in its current guise.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/vaccine-passports-football-matches-coming-24610700 I'm not sure which thread is the best but this one seems appropriate.

I thought it was really strange that Lowe did the post match interviews rather than Venus. It's another sign to me that all isn't well with two thirds of the Coventrio.

I went to Bradford today and the performance aside the real worry for me was what Armstrong and Rothwell did after being substituted. Neither sat with the other players and staff on the bench but instead walked half the length of the pitch and sat on the steps outside the changing room well away from everybody else connected with Rovers. Now I might be reading too much into it but it really looked like neither of them wanted to be there. Anybody championing Chapmans cause will be in for a shock. He was our worst player today, that really is saying something in a sea of mediocrity.

There was an excellent documentary last week about Family Courts which are coming in for increasing criticism. Somebody in my family had the misfortune to go the the turmoil and emotional trauma these places can bring. Ultimately it worked out well but seeing the tension and worry they can bring affected many, many people. Some of the people involved have been to hell. https://www.channel4.com/press/news/torn-apart-family-courts-uncovered-dispatches

Wages and salaries up by £3.2m from 2019 to 2020? Is that the whole business or just the playing side? If the former it's even more questionable as most of the non playing staff were on furlough.

That's my favourite all time kit Tyrone. I know we live in different times but it beauty is it's simplicity and no manufacturers or sponsors logo. They did retro versions of the older shirts which were sold in the club shop and they were actually 100% cotton.

A competent Chief Executive would have addressed that long ago. Mowbrays control and autonomy has allowed this to go unchecked with the awarding of contracts to players who should have been shown the door. It's a amazing how a club like Millwall with smaller crowds than us can manage their finance, not worry about P&S and still finish above us, even flirting with the play-offs.

Keeping Mowbray and getting relegated would cost the club over £6m in lost broadcasting monies alone. If we are to go with the current squad I just can't see Mowbray getting enough out of them. In my view it's critical we get somebody new in who can get more out of the players tactically.

You should be extremely proud of yourself mate.

You make some good points but lets assume we sell another two million quids worth of season tickets. It will barely scratch the surface in terms of P&S. Things have spiralled out of control as the year on year accounts demonstrate. Questions have to be asked like why players contracts have been renewed unnecessarily and why we have a useless Chief Executive who goes nowhere nearing justification of his huge salary. I honestly don't blame anybody for not engaging with Rovers anymore.

Your assumption that I'm not renewing could be wrong but your guilt trip comments are an insult to everybody who isn't. Why not just respect their reasons and carry on? If Rovers went to the wall then no fan would be to blame irrespective of what you think. There has been cash flow problems in pretty much all of their tenure because of gross mismanagement and things like paying up to 185% of turnover in wages. That's why they are putting in colossal amounts of money. But you carry on blaming the fans if it makes you feel better.

What absolute nonsense. The lack of fans won't kill the club, it will be the gross mismanagement of the decade of decay. To try and guilt trip the fans with that comment is poor and the tactic that Waggott employed when he refused to give refunds for BCD games.

Your thingy says you are a former season ticket holder now boycotting. So I'm assuming at some stage you actually boycotted but now your asking others to buy tickets and saying we're either fan's or we're not. Double standards?

Your second sentence is true when you say they are taking advantage - of us! I for one won't be going.

Adult tickets for Leeds are £15. Adult tickets for Bolton are £10. Rip off Rovers. FOW.

The main reason they are having to chuck £20m in each season is their own mismanagement of the club. Lest you forget we were a stable, well run top flight club when they appeared. Dwindling fanbase, wages to turnover ratio, poor commercial activities, a succession of poor appointments into positions of power, I could go on. The mess that is Blackburn Rovers lies solely with the owners. The black hole they have created is getting bigger and bigger. Where do you think we will be with them at the helm for another five years?

That is what's happening now, it's just that many are in denial. In my view we are well past the point of no return. The golden goose of the Premier League will not happen under this lot and where will we be in one, two or five years more of these wretches? We owe them nigh on £200m which is increasing by £20m minimum each year. We need new people owning and running the club. The biggest threat to the future of Blackburn Rovers are the current owners.