
RevidgeBlue
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There was nothing to suggest during King's time here he'd be significantly better up front. When he played wide for us he couldn't hit the proverbial cow's backside with a banjo.The FA Cup games were right towards the end of his time here and he'd obviously made up his mind to move by then. Maybe Howe shouldn't have moved him from up top but many players would get their heads down and do a job wherever they were asked to play. King obviously isn't one of those type of players
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There's a lot of sentimental revisionist rubbish being spoken about King now he unexpectedly had one outstanding season in the Premier League. He didn't get in our side up front because we had two guys in there who scored 41 goals in a Season. When he had the chance to impress from a wider position he invariably stank the place out and only decided to put a bit of a shift in when he was looking to put himself in the shop window during the FA Cup games. Seems history is now repeating itself at Bournemouth, he's been asked to play in a slightly different position, his form has tailed off and the dummy has come out of the pram.
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Not sure I'd agree on the merits of Fielding v Raya but my point would be more along the lines that hypothetically we could also blow the rest of our budget boosting the squad depth by bringing in players as back up almost as good as our other best players such as Dack, Mulgrew and Lenihan but I' sure no-one would want us to do that. I'd far sooner see us replace the likes of Williams, Evans, Conway and Samuel with quality rather than worry about bringing in competition for Raya which to me seems pretty unnecessary.
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Raya is very good keeper imo and not far short of developing into an outstanding one. Fielding would undoubtedly be an upgrade on Leutwiler and if he is happy to come just to sit on the bench fair enough but I doubt that and overall it seems a very strange move to me, I'd have thought we had other areas that were a far greater priority.
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That's all he did! Doesn't offer anything much these days imo and in fact hasn't done for a couple of seasons at least. The money would be far better spent elsewhere for me.
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I've been watching Rovers 47 years, I Don't get a free season ticket. We're a football Club not a charity!
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Championship 2017/18
RevidgeBlue replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
It seems to be the general consensus within football that he is an excellent coach but a poor man manager. -
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RevidgeBlue replied to blueboy3333's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We all love each other really. -
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RevidgeBlue replied to blueboy3333's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I'd have thought that iin general f you can afford £280 up front you can afford £320 and if you can afford £33 p.m. on DD you can afford £38 p.m. etc. Guess we'll know when the final figures are released. Hope you enjoyed your experience at Ewood on Saturday btw. Will we be seeing you at Ewood 5 or 6 times next season when your busy social calendar permits? -
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RevidgeBlue replied to blueboy3333's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I assume you've got your tongue buried firmly in your cheek with that comment but it's still a bit harsh. A lot of people have a very strange definition of "riches" if working hard to make ends meet and at the same time juggling it with looking after your wife who's been ill is the yardstick! -
Championship 2017/18
RevidgeBlue replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Unbelievable. That's Hodgson, Moyes, Pardew, Carvalhal, Lambert and McClaren who have found work in the last twelve months. Some of them were bound to survive if only on the basis only three can go down. I know a couple of QPR fans who are friends of a friend. Bet they're absolutely gutted. -
Thank goodness for that. We might be trampled underfoot in the rush to sign him otherwise. Not done enough for me overall but did have a decent scoring run at one point. I'd let both him and Conway go and look further afield.
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RevidgeBlue replied to blueboy3333's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
You Don't have to dig a hole for yourself by laying bare every last detail of your life history every time some one winds you up. By doing so, whilst what you say is quite correct, you come across a bit holier than thou and only encourage people to try to wind you up even further. What you do with your time and money and how you lead your life is absolutely nothing to do with anyone else and if you think a £50 p.a. rise is not a lot you're entitled to say so and for what it's worth I agree. Judging by my walk down to the ground Saturday I wouldn't mind betting many in attendance spent not too far shy of £50 on ale before and after the game. Good luck to them, it would be rude not to given the occasion and with it being a sunny Bank Holiday as well. However There's a bit of a difference in commitment in signing up for a 23 game season ticket and rocking up once a year for a promotion **** up in the sun when it's a tenner. I still Don't think the price in itself will deter people although I could be wrong. If there isn't a very decent increase in numbers following promotion then obviously the balance isn't quite right. -
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RevidgeBlue replied to blueboy3333's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Aren't we all jim? However, if we're talking about being "flippant" you started it by mentioning food banks when clearly anyone unfortunate enough to be in a situation whereby they currently have to use one Can't afford a season ticket whether or not Rovers implement a price increase. -
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RevidgeBlue replied to blueboy3333's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Why? It's also extremely patronising assuming that Blackburn is this poverty ridden hell hole where everyone has to use food banks and no - one between the ages of 18 and 25 can afford a normal price ticket. There's a cheaper 18-21 ticket anyway. -
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RevidgeBlue replied to blueboy3333's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Went into renew earlier and the guy in the Club shop said that the Direct Debit Scheme is now back with Zebra Finance and as such the scheme is no longer anything to do with the Club. He said I should get an e-mail from them in a couple of days with the details and if anything is inconvenient such as the monthly payment date etc you can probably ring them to amend it. If the figures released from the Club are correct I'l be paying 9 lots of £37 something for my ST in the Riverside which has a headline price of £319 then there is usually an annual cost of about £20 for the privilege of paying by DD. Hope we Don't end up with a flipping Zebra on the front of our shirts again though! -
Darwen End Closure / New Singing Section
RevidgeBlue replied to pk1875's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The lack of maintenance on the ground has been a feature for many years not just during Venky's period of ownership. John Williams used to freely admit at the Fans Forum that there were jobs needed doing on the ground but that these were being overlooked because there were more pressing priorities, I.e. putting a competitive Premier League side out on the pitch. -
Yes, 3 days into the close season and one near meltdown already. Next one will probably come soon when Nixon or someone similar runs a story claiming that club X are big admirers of Dack and "could" be ready to make a swoop for him in a deal worth a half eaten mars bar and a box of liquorice allsorts.
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Thanks for the confirmation Kamy. Without wanting to sound too much like Chaddy exactly as I predicted! Taken in that context it actually sounds quite positive to me. It implies that we'll be spending a decent amount on transfer fees and wagesin the first place!
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Darwen End Closure / New Singing Section
RevidgeBlue replied to pk1875's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I agree. Stadia are all seaters and you know that before you go in. You Don't go to the Cinema and stand up throughout the film with the view that "Because I want to stand up I will do and if anyone behind me doesn't want to or Can't see, **** 'em." But apparently you do at away games and increasingly it seems it's creeping into home games as well. The same principle applies to the seemingly increasing practice of running on the pitch as well. A completely spontaneous outpouring of emotion immediately after you've won something is absolutely fine. A preplanned notion to invade the pitch a couple of weeks after the event you're celebrating and hold a competition to see who can act like the biggest prat on the pitch regardless of whether it disrupts the officially planned celebrations and therefore annoys the majority is something else entirely imo. -
I'd be surprised if he wasn't merely trying to dampen expectations a bit and said it in the context of "If we go out and spend Willy nilly we'll be heading for an embargo" and the quote wasn't conveniently cropped and a different interpretation attached to it
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Thanks. That's what I meant.
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Absolutely! The stench is overwhelming. Firstly we were governed by League 1 rules last season so we couldn't have fallen foul of any Championship rules last season. Secondly, isn't the Championship rule that owners can spend £39m as they wish within any 3 year period. How can we be in breach of that before we've even got there? Lastly, if we were in breach of Championship rules last time we were there surely action would have been taken against us long before now. On the contrary, all the indications were that we had actually moved from a position of being in breach of FFP to being in compliance with it. The entire rule is complete bolloxios anyway. How can you stop an owner spending his money as he sees fit? I wish someone would go to to Court and get it kicked into touch once and for all. The rule should be that you can inject as much cash as you like but Can't load Clubs up with debt.
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How many players did he bring in though? He might have been able to spend a bit more if he'd brought in a bit more quality and a lot less quantity.
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RevidgeBlue replied to blueboy3333's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Course it is chaddy. Don't be so selfish. I think you should also set off to the ground several hours earlier and pick Baz up door to door, and give him a free lift down to and from Blues Bar. Not forgetting of course to treat him to a slap up meal an route. Then go back and repeat the process several times for other of the unfortunate fans who apparently Can't afford an extra £5 -£6 per month on direct debit over 9 months. On your way to and from the ground, try also not to knock over any unfortunate wretches who according to Jim will be staggering out of the food banks because no-one in Blackburn can afford to feed themselves, or any of the bone idle 18-25 year olds lazing about because according to many others no-one in that age range is capable of finding any form of gainful employment.