Travis can fuck off after that 3rd. Disgraceful

1 minute ago, Rochdale_rover said:

Can van hecke play in a 2 at the back . I'm not so sure . I thought he was quite poor whenever he did . 3 at the back he's great . 2 at the back I feel he's too slow and he struggled. Just my opinion of course .

 

You won't get many slower than Ayala and Wharton and they seem to be doing OK this season...

United will pay him off no doubt. Its been done to death already but they owe him that dosh even if he's sold.

£3m pay off for his wages owed until June next year, net what he gets from us. Everyone's happy.

8 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I imagine they'd just say "you're not going to play for us ever again - so rot in the reserves on £100k a week or take a pay cut and move elsewhere". 

Phillips also looked like he had cramp also probably caused by the heat. Hopefully he can get through at least the majority of Wednesday and we get some more bodies in for Saturday.

2 hours ago, rover23 said:

Van Hecke deal unlikely to happen, and if it does it looks like it will be later in the window. 

The player has family illness problems back home in Netherlands and is considering his options, including a possible move back to Eredivisie. 

That's a shame for the lad. 

Hoping someone points out that you can fly to the Netherlands from either Liverpool or Manchester in 40 minutes.

1 hour ago, Hasta said:

For the first season yes but not for subsequent seasons.  In your second season at Hull if you've had enough by November you can just stop going. Looks like you have to give 2 months notice. 

I'm not sure its a massive benefit to us as fans, and unless it attracts more fans (which doesn't seem to be the case at Hull) then it's not in the interests of the club. 

 

I think its a huge benefit, personally. Would certainly have meant I bought one this season as the ST was too much in a short period. Paying something like £35 a month feels like chicken feed as opposed to finding £400 in 6 weeks.

Didn't realise Hull was a 12 month and then effectively month-to-month. I really think this would have legs but agree it would need an annual commitment.

56 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Hull's average attendance last year was their lowest since 1990.

If there's a month with only 1 midweek game, and you were  it precious about your seat, you would you cancel for that month. Would you bother renewing if you had something alternative the following month?

Also in those years when the season is dead by the start of February think how much the sales would fall away.

It's a good idea for the fans but surely would lead to less revenue for the club .

The way to increase season ticket sales is price them ok to start with, and then give discount for every year you've had a season ticket. If the discount was healthy enough, the churn would certainly be less. I wouldmt have given mine up last year if I was throwing away a 20% discount I'd built up over a few years.

I don't think that's quite how it works. Looks like the Hull membership is for 12 months so you'd be expected to pay if you just stopped your DD.

11 hours ago, Ben Frost said:

I like this idea and I'd probably take it up if it was an option, but there is a very simple reason why it won't ever be for a club in the Championship. 

Income completely dries up in the summer because there are no fixtures. Clubs (not just us) totally rely on ST sales to be able to pay wages and operating costs from May though to August. 

Also, finance providers like V12 take on the risk of default, so Rovers get the ST money when it's needed. If the club offered this subscription model themselves and had a crap start to the season, maybe a couple of thousand fans cancel their direct debits - that's a massive hit to projected income. 

I bank with Nat West, and they have just launched a Buy Now Pay Later virtual Mastercard, 0% interest for purchases over £50 which you can then pay off over 4 months. This is the future (it's like Klarna but respectable) so I will use that to pay for my ST next season. It's a much better option than V12 finance. 

This isn't a reason to keep STs, surely it's the opposite? I'm sure any business would prefer a consistent stream of income throughout the year / season and not have huge peaks and troughs. 

Its a fantastic idea and one which is in place at my local club Southport. Its also not an instead of, its an as well as STs and comes with benefits over and above getting a ST.

2 hours ago, phili said:

If we got rid of season tickets and turned it into a £30 a month subscription instead we would get a higher take up. Paying each month of the year instead of in one go or over 8 months would ease cash flow as well.

This is a bloody good shout!

14 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Is this your guess or what you've heard?

OT? Old Trafford?

1 hour ago, windymiller7 said:

Anyone who's only read the last couple of pages must wonder what the hell is going on! 🤣

What IS going on?

Just now, booth said:

Doesn’t he play for Peterborough?

@jim mk2 I can confirm he's at Peterborough 

Sad for Rovers but probably a life changing situation for a 17 year old and also his family. He will probably go on to a 5 figure a week wage at Spurs without them even blinking. It's a shocking way the system works for Rovers in this instance but I'm sure we too have benefitted hugely from it in the past.

The kid could ultimately and has not to date, achieved anything.

Good luck to him but its just another reason for me to dislike the shite club from North London. 

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5 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

If you’re gonna make wild accusations like that, you’re going to need to give some examples.

83.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.

3 minutes ago, TheRevAshton said:

Really hope we sign another soccer player soon, i've got a funny boner meme that i've been waiting to post... i'm getting impatient

https://media4.giphy.com/media/t3ukMnf9wc1zjppjxQ/200.gif

5 minutes ago, rog of the rovers said:

Question that I'm sure I know the answer to, but just to double check.

My dad now has a Senior season ticket, but often misses the first few games with being away on holiday.

Usually I have a mate that uses the spare ticket, with it being two adults theres never been the need to do anything. But now I assume he'll need to upgrade the ticket from a senior to an adult.

Does he just get charged the difference?

E.g. This weekend's game is £25 for adults and £20 for seniors.

Therefore he'd have to pay the £5 difference at the ticket office before hand?

I think you could be a bind here. I don't think the tickets are transferable so sharing of a season ticket is in essence in breach of the T's & C's so I don't think you'll be able to bump the ticket up to a full price one and pay the difference.

Came down from my office and Mrs. BigUts has made me a Tony special.

I genuinely asked if he was due over...she just looked at me like the idiot that I am 😁

1 hour ago, 1864roverite said:

 

Can I politely suggest that you go and speak to him and arm yourself with your personal knowledge of the footballing side of Ewood, the views and opinions of others, blogs and quotes, documentary evidence that is readily available and your optimal research on SW himself and then and only then see if your opinion changes. Oh yes, I forgot to add compare it with your own experience of running a multi million pound football operation both pre and post a worldwide pandemic.

Don't get this. Surely then you also can't pass judgement on whether or not he is or is not worthy of your support (or whatever you'd like to call it), unless you compare it with your own experience of running a multi million pound football operation both pre and post a worldwide pandemic?

29 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

The £30 surcharge is still on the prices from what I can see…

Sames.

2 minutes ago, J*B said:

This is a fun game whilst we wait - when you think of numbers, which player do you link to each? 

1 - nobody specific 

2 - Gary Neville 

3 - Ashley Cole 

4 - Vieira 

5 - Zidane 

6 - Roberto Carlos 

7 - Beckham 

8 - Lampard

9 - R9

10 - Ronaldinho

11 - nobody specific 

11 - I would have gone for Giggs.

As a kid he fascinated me and I remember seeing him for the first time at Ewood and being mesmerised.

21 hours ago, damo100 said:

Looks like the early bird has been extended again 

Where did you see this @damo100 I can't seem to find it?

3 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

6 was always centre half for me, along with 5.  Klopp knows nowt.

What's 4 then?