Thread here about off-season changes at Birmingham. Yes they got relegated but it’s 1 year with new owners and they’re actually sticking to their word (what happened to ‘never refuse a cheque’ with our lot whilst Ewood rots) If you can’t click through; 2 new big screens, new sound system, box to box bar (one long bar across the whole stand with 12 till points and bierkeller style seating), shuttle buses, new WiFi system and more.

Andros Townsend surprised me on comms too - thought he was really good, far more knowledgeable than the usual dross we get (Keown, Dixon etc.)

F*ck me, apparently even a footy kit can be 'woke' these days.

100% and I assume he's referring to Carrick from 8 years ago, who was so often shunned to fit in Gerrard and Lampard. We'll never learn though, how Bellingham played 90 minutes last night is beyond me, I'd be ashamed of his last two performances if he was Rovers level let alone on the biggest stage.

I got my first season ticket as a 'young adult' in the John Williams era (£149 if I remember correct, whilst in my overdraft during 1st year of university). The difference back then though was that Adults were priced correctly too.

Interesting looking at that there really are not many London clubs left in the Championship. QPR and Millwall only. Whilst the likes of Brentford, Fulham and Palace are all flourishing in the top league. The north/south divide feels like it's widening further.

Swag will be happy with that Opener and Boxing Day. Derby and Sunderland will bring big followings, both should be 20k+ with Sunderland probably getting the whole Darwen End that could push further.

Mark Hughes won nothing as our manager, but i'd consider his tenure a success, wouldn't you?

Yeah Rovers have looked after the youth, and young adults. Nobody can fault that. They needed to do more with Adults though in my opinion. £299 vs £349 isn't loads (£50 x lets say 4k adult season tickets = £200k), but would make far more of a statement to shout about. £249 would be the cheapest in the league and would cost less than £500k and we could really go big at that. I'd have liked to see maybe a 'services ST' too - NHS, Military, Police, Fire etc. same price as a young adult or senior. My biggest gripe though as it has been for years is marketing. We're (we all know who) is just lazy now. We need to be pushing in the outskirts of Blackburn like we used to, in the schools, running offers, door to door etc. The opportunity was obviously in prior years though when Mowbray / JDT had us as close to the playoffs as we've been since dropping.

There are small differences in age brackets so it's hard for a direct comparison. a few differences in the image below. The short of it is.....If you're an Adult or aged 0-10 or 18 years old then you're getting a cracking deal at PNE.....if you're a Senior, aged 19-22 or 11-17 then you're getting stung a bit at PNE. e.g. 2 adults with 2 0-10 year olds is £156 cheaper at PNE than Rovers but if you're 1 Senior, 1 Adult, 1 12-17 Year old then you're paying £167 more at PNE. Disclaimer: these are early bird prices, not sure if PNE prices go up too.

I think i've just discovered something that completely sums up the useless shower at our place. 1) I googled "Blackburn Rovers Season Tickets" 2) Top suggestion 2023-24 Season Tickets 3) Click in link and still links correctly to last seasons tickets, details, prices with the url https://www.rovers.co.uk/tickets/season-tickets/ I assume we have no SEO specialists in our ranks, but even just keeping the website in order is falling in the muck.

At Rovers? I'd take him in a heartbeat - take a look at our appointments since Allardyce and wobble your head.

😂 give me the Chadster every day over the transfer rumour frauds.

If the young lad goes to Newcastle it will leave a real bitter taste in the mouth. Even Phillips at least signed a contract which netted us a few million and we were done over there too. He’s looks a messiah compared to this. If he does leave, I’d wish nothing but the worst for his career anyway. Shocking loyalty to the club that has developed you.

I think it’s a minority holding? Not 100% sure though and it probably muddies the water. What I can imagine happening is RB Leipzig and all the others sign players (let’s say Kalvin Phillips), pay him his high wages, then loan him to Leeds. Basically what Watford were doing with Udinese a few years back.