[Archived] Burnley Out Smart The Rovers!

[trueblue]

"The worse we play the more you pay"

Brilliant Rev... absolutely BRILLIANT !!! :lol:

[bluebruce]

I think this actually IS a genius masterstroke by the Dingle board. Think about it. WE all know it's not going to happen, but all the Burnley fans are constantly dreaming that the gap is closing. It'll sell extra tickets, and since they will never get promoted, it's for nothing!

[thenodrog]

I think this actually IS a genius masterstroke by the Dingle board.

EVERYBODY that I have spoken to thinks that it's absolutely hilarious! To all but the most dyed in the wool clampett it''s a huge PR disaster.

[Tris]

EVERYBODY that I have spoken to thinks that it's absolutely hilarious! To all but the most dyed in the wool clampett it''s a huge PR disaster.

Fast forward 12 months, and it's 99% certain it IS a disaster for them.

It's like offering a lavish gift paid for with borrowed money, before getting the loan confirmed.

If the locals take the offer up, what on earth can the club offer them this time next year when the freebie hasn't materialised? Free abseiling off the cricket stand roof (if any of it remains by then)?

[neekoy]

I think it is an extremely clever move, most Dingles would be too stupid to realise you can't make Premier League from League One

[USABlue]

It's a bit presumptuous isn't it? Can you get promoted from Division 1 to the Premier League in one season?

That exact thought sprung to mind as soon as I read the opening post.

I don't think they will go down, it's not gonna happen. There are teams below 'em that are worse and it looked to me like there are a few dog eat dogs going on with the teams below them. I would be one happy camper if they did though. It's about time they ate some crow after their arrogance with the likes of Blackpool and such. I am so glad the clarrots are elated about signing some of their players to long term contracts, the same players that helped get them in this situation.

No the drop I am worried about is Stanley's hope they stay up or it may boost the clarrots attendance heh heh.

[Perth_Rover]

Wouldn't they be in even more finacial strain if they made the premier league? And get relagated the season after again? Wouldn't it be funnier? Cause a kid only cries when you take a lollie of them after they've tasted it...........

[bob fleming]

I don't think they will go down, it's not gonna happen. There are teams below 'em that are worse and it looked to me like there are a few dog eat dogs going on with the teams below them.

I can't see them going down either, too many teams below them still. It would take a really special effort and whilst I know they're trying their best by not winning since November I think it's going to be too much for them and they'll stay up.

Having said that they're hardly home and dry are they? If it was to happen this offer would probably become one of the funniest things to ever happen in football.

Talk about setting yourself up for a fall! No pressure lads...

[CAPT KAYOS]

I can't see them going down either, too many teams below them still. It would take a really special effort and whilst I know they're trying their best by not winning since November I think it's going to be too much for them and they'll stay up.

Having said that they're hardly home and dry are they? If it was to happen this offer would probably become one of the funniest things to ever happen in football.

Talk about setting yourself up for a fall! No pressure lads...

And could all be a bit deja vu for me

Reminds me a few seasons ago when they managed to stay up on the last game of the season (when we where relegated)- think they played Gillingham and got a draw or a win or Gillingham beat somebody else in the last minute or so (QPR where involved I think somewhere.... )

Let me explain ... I was on a Stag do at Haydock Racecourse with Bumleh fans in our midst also and unfortunately ( ) found our selves in one of the bars. As the results started coming through one minute up one minute down etc scenario started to arise ..anyway as History shows they stayed up. Anyway as this hit home I started to to see red mist again and susequently started a 'fight' with a fixed waste bin and verbal abuse to everybody and nobody, and of course was 'cordially' escorted off the premises, however 'en route' what happens, but only another deluded sole wearing a claret top that inadvertently got a boot up the backside which only proceeded to speed up my escort to the exit (much to the amusement of the Bumleh fans in our midst) ... yet there was more .. where I was ejected I had to walk back down to the carpark where our coach was and guess what .. I ended up bumping into the said dingle again but he made a swift exit. Anyway to to top it all off, two of the Bumleh fans in our midst decided I as was a bit of a nutter so refused to get on our coach (we where going to Southport after that) - and only reappeared again at night after a little persuasion by the stag.

So my deja vu - at the beginning of May I am due to be going on another stag do ... guess where?? (although it could be Leeds as a final decision has not yet been made)

BTW I have not been back to Haydock since that day yet

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Cheapest Adult ticket at Turf morgue next season will be £18.........

Our tickets available at just £15 for 15 of our PREMIERSHIP home games

[OscarRaven]

I bet this increases their ticket sales - their support are just too stupid to realise and absolutely petrified of missing something for now’t no matter how far fetched the proposition!

[CAPT KAYOS]

Done that BBC predictor thingy me bob on the BBC Website and have bumleh staying up quite comfortably with 2 wins - its quite amazing what fixtures remain for them and the others down the bottom end ie playiong each other

In addition it came out with Preston finishing top (they appear to have the easiest run in but play Big club in their final game at home which I can see them winning) condoning big club to the play offs pipping Derby by 1 pt for the title.

Relegated - LUTON /BARNSLEY with LEEDS bottom

[BrianPotter]

Haven't read all the details but the offer seems nothing short of riddiculous!

Realistically:

(1). They simply aren't going to get promoted next season (and I think the club know that hence the offer). End of offer.

Un-realistically (but could be funny):

(2). If a large number of people take up the offer, and the dingles are looking like promotion via the playoffs with a handful of games to go (unlikeley I know!) the board will be willing them not to make it - they go up and face their first season in the prem with no season ticket income! Coupled with the fact that no one will show any of their games live (other than against us!) they could have put the nail in their own financial coffin! Hows that - promotion and administration in the same year!!

[Antgrad]

Haven't read all the details but the offer seems nothing short of riddiculous!

Realistically:

(1). They simply aren't going to get promoted next season (and I think the club know that hence the offer). End of offer.

Un-realistically (but could be funny):

(2). If a large number of people take up the offer, and the dingles are looking like promotion via the playoffs with a handful of games to go (unlikeley I know!) the board will be willing them not to make it - they go up and face their first season in the prem with no season ticket income! Coupled with the fact that no one will show any of their games live (other than against us!) they could have put the nail in their own financial coffin! Hows that - promotion and administration in the same year!!

Yeah, but even finishing bottom they'd be guaranteed £30m wouldn't they?

[pleasure]

Having said that they're hardly home and dry are they? If it was to happen this offer would probably become one of the funniest things to ever happen in football.

Talk about setting yourself up for a fall! No pressure lads...

I'm looking for Burnley to do ' a palace. '

in 1993, I remember MOTD showing the palace players having a lap of honour (thinking they'd got enough points with 3/4 games to spare). they lost ALL their remaining games and were relegated.

that, for me, healed the play-off wound somewhat.

so, maybe all is not lost, bob.

[The Harwood Yankee]

The equivalent offer from Rovers would be something along the lines of:

Buy a season ticket this year, and get next year's free!......

..... if Benni lasts a season without straying offside, Ronaldo joins Rovers on a free transfer and guides us into the Champions League, that blonde who does the half-time draw wears anything other than that long black coat, Rovers are awarded a penalty at Old Trafford, and a fleet of pigs fly over Ewood every home game in a V formation.

Oh, them Dingles know how to toy with their fans!

[Roost]

The equivalent offer from Rovers would be something along the lines of:

Buy a season ticket this year, and get next year's free!......

..... if Benni lasts a season without straying offside, Ronaldo joins Rovers on a free transfer and guides us into the Champions League, that blonde who does the half-time draw wears anything other than that long black coat, Rovers are awarded a penalty at Old Trafford, and a fleet of pigs fly over Ewood every home game in a V formation.

Oh, them Dingles know how to toy with their fans!

[Bigs]

Hehehehehehehehehe

What a change in fortunes :-)

[Well this is awkward]

Well ........ this is awkward.

[T4E]

On one hand dredging up a 10 year old thread and commenting on how things have changed isn't all that clever. When this thread was made no one had ever heard of the terms "iPhone" or "Twitter". A lot has changed. 

 

On the the otherhand......if I were a Burnley fan I too would be dredging this up and laughing my backside off. Fair play to you. 

[Sparks Rover]

Wow imagine trawling through all the threads to find this....

Nowt to do mate?

[sympatheticclaret]

16 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Wow imagine trawling through all the threads to find this....

Nowt to do mate?

Not really Sparks, International break next weekend and no EFL Trophy game...

[Dreams of 1995]

Don't think I've ever logged on a Burnley forum or any site based around them. Don't think I would either.

Almost as bad as them lads that bought tickets to watch us play Liverpool just to see us beat. It must be awful to be so obsessed. You can certainly tell our good times in the 90s/00s has left some emotional scarring on the unwashed, toothless few.

[blueboy3333]

4 minutes ago, sympatheticclaret said:

Not really Sparks, International break next weekend and no EFL Trophy game...

meow

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

They'll never get over the success we had. It's scarred them for life. Bringing back a ten year old thread on another board tells you all you need to know about how much the trophies hurt in Burnley. Just ignore them, they'll go away.