The State of Ewood Park!

[rigger]

38 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

Eddy Grants coaches trumped the away travel club 10 fold 👍

The only trouble is. I don't wanna dance.

[DeeCee]

14 hours ago, rigger said:

The only trouble is. I don't wanna dance.

We did 😂👍👌

[Sparks Rover]

Forget Ewood look at the state of that  bird shit, paint , needs a right clean up   beginning of the season aswell.  shameful

[lraC]

17 hours ago, rigger said:

The only trouble is. I don't wanna dance.

The feeling is bad.

[tomphil]

2 hours ago, Sparks Rover said:

Forget Ewood look at the state of that  bird shit, paint , needs a right clean up   beginning of the season aswell.  shameful

How the fuck can the suits drive past that eveyday and not feel ashamed.

For gods sake all it takes is soap and hot water,  just shows they've no pride in anything at all. All just a wage as they trudge drearily in everyday.

Sickening.

[Sparks Rover]

3 minutes ago, tomphil said:

How the fuck can the suits drive past that eveyday and not feel ashamed.

For gods sake all it takes is soap and hot water,  just shows they've no pride in anything at all. All just a wage as they trudge drearily in everyday.

Sickening.

Not to mention the threadbare grass in front and that ugly grey box thing....🤷‍♂️ trees need cutting back a bit and tidying up ...

[JacknOry]

3 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Not to mention the threadbare grass in front and that ugly grey box thing....🤷‍♂️ trees need cutting back a bit and tidying up ...

Is that grey box thing not a light meant to light up the sign and badge when it gets dark? Does look ugly though.

Edited August 5, 2021 by JacknOry

[Sparks Rover]

2 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

Is that grey box thing not a light meant to light up the sign and badge when it gets dark? Does look ugly though.

I'm sure there is a more up to date way without that carbuncle 

[tomphil]

They have the excuse that messing with cutting trees back and altering electric things costs  money.

Soap and water however doesn't and i'm sure they've a stiff brush lying around somewhere.  Thing is it just won't register with those dweebs that half an hours scrubbing once in a while might make it look like someone cares.

[Sparks Rover]

1 minute ago, tomphil said:

They have the excuse that messing with cutting trees back and altering electric things costs  money.

Soap and water however doesn't and i'm sure they've a stiff brush lying around somewhere.  Thing is it just won't register with those dweebs that half an hours scrubbing once in a while might make it look like someone cares.

Apprentices did that when I was a 16 year old. Gareth Ainsworth scrubbed our facilities down Ewood when he was a lad, if its good enough for him.

[rigger]

12 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Apprentices did that when I was a 16 year old. Gareth Ainsworth scrubbed our facilities down Ewood when he was a lad, if its good enough for him.

Times they are a changing. When I was an apprentice (in industry ) all you had to worry about was getting your bollocks blackened.

Edited August 5, 2021 by rigger

[DeeCee]

25 minutes ago, rigger said:

Times they are a changing. When I was an apprentice (in industry ) all you had to worry about was getting your bollocks blackened.

Or being sent for a long stand, a tin of tartan paint or a left handed screwdriver.

[HowieFive0]

43 minutes ago, rigger said:

Times they are a changing. When I was an apprentice (in industry ) all you had to worry about was getting your bollocks blackened.

Had mine done with Cherry Blossom Black ..still not fully come out 37 years later !

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 minutes ago, HowieFive0 said:

Had mine done with Cherry Blossom Black ..still not fully come out 37 years later !

Try washing them.

[windymiller7]

2 hours ago, Sparks Rover said:

I'm sure there is a more up to date way without that carbuncle 

Yes, it is a floodlight & yes you can do it more discreetly & could when the STC was built. An in-ground uplight with asymmetric distribution would do the trick quite nicely.

Mind you, looking at the state of the wall, there'd be 2 inches of bird shit on it by now so there wouldn't be much light coming through!

Alternatively a new sign with integral LED backlighting - not much chance of that when a bucket & sponge seems to be above our budget! We can dream! 😆

[OldEwoodBlue]

4 hours ago, rigger said:

Times they are a changing. When I was an apprentice (in industry ) all you had to worry about was getting your bollocks blackened.

Thought it was Engineer's blue... was at my place applied by the "women".

[rigger]

3 minutes ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

Thought it was Engineer's blue... was at my place applied by the "women".

Depends what limits you are working too.

Edited August 5, 2021 by rigger

[Riversider28]

4 hours ago, HowieFive0 said:

Had mine done with Cherry Blossom Black ..still not fully come out 37 years later !

I’m sure they must have a nice shine to them HFO. 

[simongarnerisgod]

6 hours ago, rigger said:

Times they are a changing. When I was an apprentice (in industry ) all you had to worry about was getting your bollocks blackened.

they must have changed tack by  the early 90`s,i got tied to a pallet and dumped in a skip😀

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

11 hours ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

Thought it was Engineer's blue... was at my place applied by the "women".

Some guys have all the luck.

[Ianrally]

12 hours ago, rigger said:

Depends what limits you are working too.

Engineers blue in my case too! 
regards the limits, we worked in microns but for the lads at Foster Yates and Thoms it was plus or minus a cap kneb!

[rigger]

32 minutes ago, Ianrally said:

Engineers blue in my case too! 
regards the limits, we worked in microns but for the lads at Foster Yates and Thoms it was plus or minus a cap kneb!

Was that an imperial or metric, cap ?

[Ianrally]

On 06/08/2021 at 10:56, rigger said:

Was that an imperial or metric, cap ?

Imperial in FY&T’s case I think. 

[Roverinbelfast]

For anyone at the ground on Saturday what was the general condition of Ewood like ? For obvious reasons i havent been at the ground since the Preston game in Jan 2020. At that game i was surprised how tired and dirty the ground looked.  The outside of the stands, the metal structures on the roof of the stands etc all looked in desperate need of a good power wash.

[Mattyblue]

From my seat in NO1 of the Blackburn End, the metalwork between the BEnd and JW was absolutely covered in grime… the Totally Wicked devil that hangs between the stands has been infected too.

Just looked generally very shabby… ‘furlough’, obviously. Though not sure what the excuse was prior to March 2020.