[Archived] Name The Group

[Neal]

Great stuff Neal. Very supportive of this.

We need a poll options and for this to fed into the next joint group meeting.

Agreed. I think this structure though is the best way to approach it.

[Roverall]

Venkys Out

[Husky]

Blackburn Rovers Against Venkys Occupation

[Leonard Venkhater]

Sounds like the B-side to Leonard Venkhaters Chicken Train Blues, get composing Leonard

No. That would have to be "Desolation Rao....."

[McClarky]

How do you pronounce that funny squiggle in front of VenkysOut?

[Baz]

How do you pronounce that funny squiggle in front of VenkysOut?

Hash

[DanLad]

_{Venkys Out, or #venkysout}

_{It explains exactly what the goal is. It has effectively been around for years, and already trended on social media, so we can't be accused of being fickle due to a bad start to the season.}

_{Could the Knights be twisted to a racist thing?}

[Roverall]

_{Venkys Out, or #venkysout}

_{It explains exactly what the goal is. It has effectively been around for years, and already trended on social media, so we can't be accused of being fickle due to a bad start to the season.}

_{Could the Knights be twisted to a racist thing?}

It would only be racist if you volunteered to be the Grand Wizard.

[DanLad]

It would only be racist if you volunteered to be the Grand Wizard.

I am trying to anticipate what some media people might try to twist it to be.

[McClarky]

VenkysOut is good, drop the hash though unless you are actually on Twitter or else it looks and sounds very silly.

[CAPT KAYOS]

Not blue and white knights. As someone else said, we shouldn't need to pinch other clubs ideas.

Totally agree

Rovers Preservation Society - too formal/against purpose? ( can 'borrow' the tune from the Italian Job as a chant also)

I like the RAVE or BRAVO

#ve??ysout

[bob fleming]

Rovers Against Venkys

Just about sums it up for me. Says who we are (make it clear for everyone, exclude no one), it says we don't want them, explains who they are. #venkysout is great - but is secondary and a Social Media thang.

[jim mk2]

R overs

A gainst

V enky

E xploitation

You don't need the the Exploitation bit but Rovers Against Venky's, or RAVE for short, is good.

RAVE sums up our anger over the situation so RAVE it ought to be.

[ChrisyG]

Rovers Against Venkys

Just about sums it up for me. Says who we are (make it clear for everyone, exclude no one), it says we don't want them, explains who they are. #venkysout is great - but is secondary and a Social Media thang.

Rovers against Venky's is the kind of thing that the media will twist to makes us sound like haters, or racist.

We've got to be savvy and promote our cause in a way that generates sympathy from the whole football community and more. Making it sound like a battle bewteen Venky's and us is a no, no in my opinion. It's too confrontational.

I know VenkysOut isn't exactly ground breaking but it's clean and precise without any permutations.

ps A customer left a note on my desk today whilst I was out for lunch. They follow me on twitter and signed off the note with #venkysout They're not rovers supporters.

[Leonard Venkhater]

Rovers against Venky's is the kind of thing that the media will twist to makes us sound like haters, or racist.

We've got to be savvy and promote our cause in a way that generates sympathy from the whole football community and more. Making it sound like a battle bewteen Venky's and us is a no, no in my opinion. It's too confrontational.

I know VenkysOut isn't exactly ground breaking but it's clean and precise without any permutations.

ps A customer left a note on my desk today whilst I was out for lunch. They follow me on twitter and signed off the note with #venkysout They're not rovers supporters.

#venky'sOut is live and "out there"...We have got to keep it.

Maybe, there is away of linking several different ideas in a way that enhances rather than watering down key the message, but we would have to take care.

Personally, I loved another poster's strap line: Venky's-Destroying football for families since 2010..

Different actions and protests could have slogans too...whistleblowing on the Venky's is another suggestion that works for me.

The key thing is that we maintain our agreement of keeping focus on the owners.

[bob fleming]

Rovers against Venky's is the kind of thing that the media will twist to makes us sound like haters, or racist.

We've got to be savvy and promote our cause in a way that generates sympathy from the whole football community and more. Making it sound like a battle bewteen Venky's and us is a no, no in my opinion. It's too confrontational.

I know VenkysOut isn't exactly ground breaking but it's clean and precise without any permutations.

ps A customer left a note on my desk today whilst I was out for lunch. They follow me on twitter and signed off the note with #venkysout They're not rovers supporters.

Just seen this, fair play! You make a very good point. venkysout may well be (semi)famous already. Like a lot of what's going on (particularly on here) it's hard to gauge the outside perception when you're so close to something. You just have to trust your instincts. If non Rovers are using it then clearly it's working!

[Neal]

Why would 'Rovers Against Venkys' be perceived as racist?

[Ribble Rover]

Why would 'Rovers Against Venkys' be perceived as racist?

The knights thing may be linked to KKK

[Roverall]

I don't think there should be any group. We may offend someone.

Get behind the team FFS

[ChrisyG]

Why would 'Rovers Against Venkys' be perceived as racist?

It's not, however the media (SKY SPORTS) may twist it that way when the protests get ramped up a notch.

#venkysout

[ChrisyG]

Just seen this, fair play! You make a very good point. venkysout may well be (semi)famous already. Like a lot of what's going on (particularly on here) it's hard to gauge the outside perception when you're so close to something. You just have to trust your instincts. If non Rovers are using it then clearly it's working!

Thank you Robert. It is hard to gauge, but if things go well we're going to get a lot more attention in the media. The cleaner the message the better.

[Pedro]

Arrested for carrying a whistle. Blue and White Knights has racist connotations. Good God, bloody man up!

...that's sexist no doubt.

[JohnD]

A few people from brfc.com who rarely attend matches and who would like to see the Rao family sell the club.

[Stuart]

"The 18/75 Movement"

Picks up the themes of:

- A group of town folk meeting in Blackburn to set up the original club - which is what we are fighting for.

- The first protest idea generated by the coalition.

- The 18th and 75th minutes being symbolic of protests.

- A shared goal by the various fan groups coming together as one unified movement for change.

[perthblue02]

No. That would have to be "Desolation Rao....."

Based on Voodoo Ray?, because that is what is now playing in my head