Well that was a hard week to ten days of negotiation then.
"We're giving you the minimum 5%. Now bugger off."
"Sounds great to us. Would you like over 25% of our ground?"
Agree with everything Paul says.
The Club have allowed themselves to be stitched up big time by Celtic.
IF Celtic were being awkward and only offering the minimum 5% then we should have offered them the same amount.
And unless my maths has gone to cock 2,800 is most definitely not 5% of 60,000 anyway.
Yet again a lazy short term "let's maximise income on the night" outlook from the Club. If we want to expand the fan base for the long term you have to give Blackburn people the opportunity to see the big games. Unfortunately these are the ones people want to see, not Southampton and Charlton.
Being there to see Rovers beat Celtic would be worth fifty "hearts and minds campaigns"
As someone else said we have to TRY and start selling to Rovers fans for big games. Otherwise if we just automatically assume we won't the fan base will never grow much beyond it's current level.
As far as criteria are concerned there should also have been something to reward the regular traveller. A person who hasn't been away for 20 years now has as much chance as the person who hardly ever misses an away match.
