Mike Graham

It is produced by a 3rd party who produce anniversary books for a number of clubs such as Villa and Spurs. They have done some decent publications but as you will have heard at the WATR AGM Suhail wanted the owners to do the introduction and Steve Waggott sensibly advised against given the threat to book sales. I don’t know what the ultimate outcome is but I would guess, and it is a guess, given that SW has gone it is Suhail who would have determined the outcome.

If the book is a limited edition it is normal to state how many are being produced for sale. A little birdy at Ewood tells me they are doing a “gold trimmed edition for special guests”. I guess the club executives are expecting us to subsidise these.

Don’t forget the loo paper.

I take my own food and drink in with me as do most around me. The guys close by have coffee in a flask and top it up with whiskey. More fans will be doing the same.

The Club said existing staff (by dint a diminishing number) were exempt but new staff would pay.

Yes however the price of pies and gravy granules have gone through the roof. The point is that the club were lying when they referred to £15 as that is only for 8 games.

No. They have now upped it to £18.75 for the majority of games. It is also not available for a few games such as PNE. Match-by-Match Pricing: GOLD (Norwich City, Ipswich Town, Sheffield United, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday, Millwall, Charlton Athletic, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City) Silver (Swansea City, Stoke City, QPR, Oxford United, Watford, Hull City, Bristol City, Portsmouth) £18.75 £15

The Sky licence should be for the whole of Ewood Park not a separate one for Blues. Unless of course Sodexo pay for Jacks Kitchen and the Club are responsible for Blues. Regardless of the above it is tight arsed penny pinching, totally embarrassing. I am minded to slip a Fire Stick in the Blues TV feed and see if the Club notices.

The great Willie Donachie is presently living down the road from me in the Chorley area. He goes to see his wife who is in a home with advanced dementia every day. Every day she does not recognise him but asks to go home with him. He leaves in tears every time. So so sad.

A few positives from yesterday: Cantwell’s distribution, effort and goal; the excellent Alebiosu; and a decent performance from Hedges. Yuki again ran around like a headless chicken, he contributed little and his positioning was poor. However it is what is happening behind him that concerns me. We are so ponderous coming out of midfield and defence with slow movement of the ball and too many touches and passes. By the time we reach the final 1/3 the opposition have their defensive shape back. We need experience and guile. You only get this with experience and virtually all of that is being shipped out in order to reduce the pay bill and replace with mostly inferior players. As Parson says our cover is thin; it is paper thin. As soon as our 3 subs came on I said to my mate we are going to blow this. I am sorry but Gueye is simply not good enough, even as an impact sub; his first touch is appalling and he miss times 90%+ of his headers - perhaps Rovers should should sent a scout to Witton Park rather than France, Belgium or West Africa. The warning signs are there. Who do we have at the Club willing, able or experienced enough to sort it out? Suhail is not capable…..I would rather trust Mrs Miggins the tea lady with the task.

This is what Birmingham City are doing. Puts us to shame when all we are aware of are a few cloth caps (not Peaky Blinders), some additional display cases, and a home game v Derby with no fireworks. https://www.bcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/blues-launch-keep-right-on-campaign-to-mark-150th-anniversary

We were told it was linked to bonus payments.

We were told it was a new addition. In my humble opinion it is all about trying to increase value for future sale.

I can see our attendances taking a nose dive. Not one corporate box was occupied last night (at WBA on Saturday they must have about 50 boxes and all were taken). We did however appear to roll out a welcome to Bradford supporters; it was notable about 40 of them were in the Red Rose Suite at the BBE doing prayers during the 2nd half of the game. Rovers posted a gate of just under 10,000 last night. Are they really suggesting the ground was 1/3 full - a new bean counter needs to be recruited.

I was present when the conversation took place where this information was revealed.

At WBA every single header of his was mistimed.

I saw nothing tonight, and at WBA, to suggest any of our new signings add any value to our team. The only skill on show tonight came from some fabulous touches from Cantwell when he came on albeit he looked a frustrated player and it showed on occasions. If anyone can point to Kargbo having any footballing skills I would love to see the evidence. This could well be a long tough season. I hope not but remain to be convinced.

Found it!! 2021 - how time flies.

Has anyone got a copy of the similar message from the start of the season about 4 or so years back? It was the one with the chicken coat of arms!! I would love to compare them.

So petty. No doubt will soon be telling Duncan Miller he can’t do his excellent playlist anymore. His music was awesome last season and gained numerous plaudits from home and away fans.

100% Matty. I preached partnership for 35 years. Behavioural skills and building trust and respect were key. Guess what - it worked time and time again. It was so successful that after various visits to curious and doubtful corporations in the USA I was asked to join the advisory board of Washington State training company; I even presented to the Lithuania Economic Minister and then their President resulting in a new Act of Parliament to assist with the safe decommissioning of a nuclear power station. Then, as per my presentation to the WATR AGM, I come to Rovers and their UK based leadership. It was all one way. They would only lift their heads from their laptops when we spoke about increasing ST and match day sales; they were also keen on improving the match day atmosphere as long as it was low or zero cost. As I said it was all one way except for Steve Waggott who was accessible and ok to work with. At least he knows the industry albeit he always tried to manage us; at least you could have a private fall out with him without him taking it personally and pulling the shutters down. You cannot make any headway with the present ‘leadership’ (sic). 35 years of partnership tells me when you are flogging a dead horse and this is one of those very rare occasions. We need to expose what up is happening. We need to expose that there has been interest in buying Rovers. We need to use every tactic to change the course of Blackburn Rovers. Demonstrations do not, and will not work. There are far more subtle ways of leverage. EDIT: I should have added the Lithuanian power station was a Chernobyl design and 90% staffed by Russians. The management approach was an authoritarian ‘instruct and command’ style which was a key contributory factor in the Chernobyl disaster. The approach at Ewood and from the owners is also authoritarian albeit I have no doubt they will advise staff and others this is not the case. This approach discourages questioning, innovation and participation over and above the norm. It is unhealthy.

The rumour is yes.

An excellent idea. I look forward to viewing the results. I suggest also doing Facebook as Twitter is garbage and a lot don’t go there anymore. A closely followed by B

Brilliant. Worth saving to comment on Rovers Facebook mutterings.

The club’s version of the FF minutes are out on the official website. Someone needs to get to that reporter chappie at the LT to ensure he has the correct version.