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Looks like I was initially wrong and their "reported" attendances were actually quite strong but the reality having taken a look at their forum was quite different

Anyone not wanting to participate in a ONE game show of solidarity against the Rao family systematically destroying the club, the fan base, the proud legacy and history of 150 years should now be considered complicit and history will I honestly do not get it at all. Digging in and saying "I won't let anyone tell me what to do" get your head out of the f*cking sand. You're having your pants pulled down by a family who simply don't give two shiny turds about you, the club, the town and our proud history. They're taking you for mugs. Maybe put your pride to one side for ONE...JUST ONE match and see what happens. It will get a lot of coverage from the press if there's barely a sole in attendance and we have already seen over the past year how just a small but of pressure starts to make the weak at the knees. It can work. Look at Sheff Wed. They did it, even THEY are telling us to crack and on persevere and they're in the worst of it right now from a sporting sense. I guarantee somebody will buy us if we are in administration. We are a large club with a fantastic history and lots of potential for increases in revenue in basically all areas. It won't take a lot for big losses to be much smaller losses. We can all think of clubs similar to ours who have been through the mill and come out the other side bigger, better stronger and propelled themselves skywards. Attendances across the country have absolutely rocketed in the last 5 - 10 years yet we are an outlier. It will flip, it will change and people will return. Think of the taking back Ewood campaign and the huge number of STs that were sold...cast your eye a little bit up the road to Horwich and you'll see exactly that. We must keep pushing, we must stick together and people must make choices for the greater good. It can happen and we have to keep believing it will.

Went out on Liverpool a few weeks ago and this was on a random pub wall

More likely Rovers have appointed him as their "press advisor" 😂

The doubling down would almost be unbelievable if we hadn't already had nearly 15 years of utter sh1te already. As it stands now nothing at all surprises me any longer Really hope Andy Bayes can get stuck in here and pick the scab that has seemingly formed over some wound that's been opened

Sadly Den I've seen the same. Absolutely shameful. Honestly cannot believe how brain dead some people genuinely are "brilliant. Shows the club have strong leadership" Beggers belief

Bad move from the club. Can't see many, even the happy clappers, seeing this as a smart or positive move

Hyam always plays much better when he is the less experienced underling. Will make a good partnership. Oh, wait...🫣

TBF I think its fairly common. I believe at some point Johnson had the remit of Loans Manager under his technical stuff

Oh how people scoffed when Rovers were predicted on the BBC sport site of finishing 23rd. If I had any money to spare I would lump on us to go down

Any updates?

Would there be any legs in engaging other supporter bases who are / have gone through similar owner issues? Blackpool, Charlton, Reading, Pompey, Coventry even Liverpool fans to form some form of solidarity statement or actions? Getting a huge supporter base to make a bit of noise such as Liverpool fans would attract a lot of interest I would imagine

What a guy. Absolutely nailed it 👏👏

I listened to only a few minutes of the interview on Rovers TV and turned it off. It made my skin crawl. I'm glad Bayes pushed a little harder on some points. Surely now, if anyone would ever be serious about owning Rovers, this is the moment. They Rao's are under pressure, they're on the back foot and the 3 stooges have basically admitted they would be open to offers. It would be VERY easy to get the fans on board and with their assistance change can happen.

The statement is basically what we all guessed it would be. But, but we have had open dialogue.

Glad my mind was made up before the latest fraud that is these season ticket prices. It's utterly embarrassing that we aimed for only 4,400 adult season tickets last season. A club local to me, Marine, who are in the 6th tier have 1,000. Our club is a fucking mess from top to bottom

Would make a hell of a lot of sense, apart from the fact this has been happening long before the court case was hanging over the Rao's collective heads.

I didn't get one this year and in all honesty I haven't missed it. I've done 3 match tickets thus far and that's all. I already had a multi-year hiatus about 10 years ago but really got the bug back the last couple of Mowbray years, but really I CBA anymore. Same as @Polky I'll buy IMMEDIATELY at genuinely whatever the price (obvs I mean within reason not like £1k+) once the shysters have done one.

Embarrassing, really. Sadly the ref got it right to overturn the pen as it was Gueye who handled the ball. This club is finished until the Rao family leave, and sadly I think I might be too. Emotionally it's almost too much to take now. I'm about to tick 40 and can't believe we have been in this spiral since my mid-twenties. The rot has properly set in, and we rolled the dice with JDT and Eustace and got a pair of 6s but Ismael is another Coyle. We are cooked this season and next.

He said it's clear it needs a lot of investment and is in a bad state. I spoke to a former physio a couple of years agol and he told me similar and that we basically do just the very bare minimum to keep the Cat 1 status in respect of available facilities

Listening to Deeney on Talksport now after a private chat with Eustace this morning. Says he had been promised cash to spend if we kept us up and the long term future and backing from the board. Wouldn't extend Eustace's or other player's contracts especially those expiring this summer. Wanted to stay apparently and wanted assurances about the future direction of the club before committing either way, whichever way. Deeney saying the training ground and ground are in a mess after visiting both last summer. Says they are not reinvesting in the squad after getting big money in from Szmodics and Wharton and we are in a mess and Venky's should sell. Something is clearly running deeper here but its fantastic people are seemingly sitting up and taking notice. re the above is probably paraphrased a bit due to typing whilst it was ongoing.

I think it'll be Carsley. Wouldn't be my choice but I think Waggott will be dreaming his pants at "ex-England boss" taking over at Rovers. I can't myself see it working at all but if we can get even any kind of bounce then we will likely get in the playoffs. Id personally go all in on Allardyce until the summer

Quite interesting to see Lesley Fields Instagram story. She is usually the first person to wish a colleague well and says she will miss them...last night's was "We win together, we lose together, we stick together.." Maybe towing the party line but seems a peculiar one...

Spin spin spin

Has there been any post match words from Eustace? Did he give a little lap of ta-raa after that game?