2021/22 Pre-Season

[chaddyrovers]

13 hours ago, rigger said:

Are tickets for the Notlob game beig sold by the Rovers. Or do we have to buy them through the Notlob site ?

 

 

[arbitro]

Adult tickets for Leeds are £15. Adult tickets for Bolton are £10.

Rip off Rovers. 

FOW. 

[alex l]

6 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Adult tickets for Leeds are £15. Adult tickets for Bolton are £10.

Rip off Rovers. 

FOW.

One is a game against a league 1 side. The other is against a Prem team. 

Dont get me wrong, yes they are taking advantage of it being the first game at Ewood and the likelihood Leeds will bring a significant crowd. But it's understandable to charge relative to the opposition. 

[Mattyblue]

It’s done because they know Leeds will fetch plenty.

Same rationale for ‘Category A’ and ‘A+’.

[arbitro]

1 hour ago, alex l said:

One is a game against a league 1 side. The other is against a Prem team. 

Dont get me wrong, yes they are taking advantage of it being the first game at Ewood and the likelihood Leeds will bring a significant crowd. But it's understandable to charge relative to the opposition. 

Your second sentence is true when you say they are taking advantage - of us!

I for one won't be going.

[tomphil]

Wasn't really expecting it to be any less for Leeds i think most clubs will charge that for Prem opposition. More Leeds than Rovers no doubt and will we even sell 1500 for Bolton at £10 in the current malaise ?

I'm actually more concerned with what will be on display, two 0-1 defeats, manager happy, possession stats good. How many years are we behind Leeds and Bolton and their 'models' ?

I'm sure we'll soon find out.

[JHRover]

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

Wasn't really expecting it to be any less for Leeds i think most clubs will charge that for Prem opposition. More Leeds than Rovers no doubt and will we even sell 1500 for Bolton at £10 in the current malaise ?

I'm actually more concerned with what will be on display, two 0-1 defeats, manager happy, possession stats good. How many years are we behind Leeds and Bolton and their 'models' ?

I'm sure we'll soon find out.

Next news is that Mowbray will be so impressed with Leeds and so grateful to Bielsa for sending a team over that he will decide that they are the model to follow this season and will tell anyone who listens that we are setting about emulating them.

Of course he won't be taken to task on how ridiculous he sounds and how the Leeds project started over a year into Mowbray's reign here. But it will sound good and impressive and keep the dwindling number of fans he has hanging on to promises of a bright future.

[Hasta]

What chance we end up with a Leeds player on loan after Mowbray asks Bielsa who is avaialble?

 

 

Edited July 22, 2021 by Hasta

[JHRover]

10 minutes ago, Hasta said:

What chance we end up with a Leeds player on loan after Mowbray asks Bielsa who is avaialble?

 

 

This! I suspect that this is Mowbray's transfer strategy. Invite a PL club for a run out, make them feel very comfortable and welcome, put a side out to play football against them and obsess about the possession stats, then have a cup of tea with their manager afterwards, prattle on about his philosophy and beliefs and try to persuade them to send some players our way.

Seemed to work with Liverpool and Klopp.

Alright if it is a cherry on top but doesn't look like there's any other strings to our bow at present.

[Uddersfelt Blue]

On 21/07/2021 at 15:56, Mattyblue said:

It’s done because they know Leeds will fetch plenty.

Same rationale for ‘Category A’ and ‘A+’.

Not sure if true but I hear from a Leeds fan that they have sold 7000 tickets for this game

[JHRover]

3 minutes ago, Uddersfelt Blue said:

Not sure if true but I hear from a Leeds fan that they have sold 7000 tickets for this game

I heard yesterday that they had sold out their initial 4500 in the lower tier and so we were cleaning the upper tier to open up to them. Expect those will then be sold and then we will give them the Riverside.

Quite possibly looking at 10,000+ from Leeds and about 3,000 from Rovers.

Will anyone care? Not Waggott that's for sure.

[JHRover]

Has there been any announcement on whether tomorrow's game will be streamed online? I thought Rovers said they would try and set this up given fans aren't allowed.

[MarkBRFC]

6 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Has there been any announcement on whether tomorrow's game will be streamed online? I thought Rovers said they would try and set this up given fans aren't allowed.

Would be amazed if they managed to sort that out.

[Uddersfelt Blue]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

Would be amazed if they managed to sort that out.

That would probably require Bradford to stream the game. 
 

Will be interesting to see if the EFL permit streaming of home league games to those who don’t want to attend? 

[roversfan99]

3 minutes ago, Uddersfelt Blue said:

That would probably require Bradford to stream the game. 
 

Will be interesting to see if the EFL permit streaming of home league games to those who don’t want to attend? 

Very good question. Whilst attendances are uncapped, surely it is not in the clubs best interest to in anyway discourage getting people into stadiums?

[rigger]

5 minutes ago, Uddersfelt Blue said:

That would probably require Bradford to stream the game. 
 

Will be interesting to see if the EFL permit streaming of home league games to those who don’t want to attend? 

I bet they will, but at an additional charge.

[rigger]

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Very good question. Whilst attendances are uncapped, surely it is not in the clubs best interest to in anyway discourage getting people into stadiums?

Quite true. Then Waggot comes out with his walk-on pricing policy.

[simongarnerisgod]

24 minutes ago, rigger said:

Quite true. Then Waggot comes out with his walk-on pricing policy.

he`s most likely banking on fans who are desperate to get back into ewood,he can`t be very bright because he`s completely misunderstood his target market,people in blackburn won`t pay those walk on prices,when it comes to low key games and bad weather we`ll be lucky to get 6000 on especially when his managers tactics  bores the pants of everyone and festoons us in the lower half of the table

[HowieFive0]

3 hours ago, JHRover said:

I heard yesterday that they had sold out their initial 4500 in the lower tier and so we were cleaning the upper tier to open up to them. Expect those will then be sold and then we will give them the Riverside.

Quite possibly looking at 10,000+ from Leeds and about 3,000 from Rovers.

Will anyone care? Not Waggott that's for sure.

JH ..do you want the club to only guarantee Leeds 500 tickets and make nothing and have people such as yourself blaming the club the day after for not making more out of it  ..or exploit a 'friendly' and make something at the very least.

 

[JHRover]

5 minutes ago, HowieFive0 said:

JH ..do you want the club to only guarantee Leeds 500 tickets and make nothing and have people such as yourself blaming the club the day after for not making more out of it  ..or exploit a 'friendly' and make something at the very least.

 

No problem with that. More worried about who is going to be supporting Rovers in future and what we are doing about it.

[bazza]

2 hours ago, Uddersfelt Blue said:

That would probably require Bradford to stream the game. 
 

Will be interesting to see if the EFL permit streaming of home league games to those who don’t want to attend? 

Rovers TV are offering to stream the Bradford game. Not sure if payment is required because I'm doing something else.

[Ossydave]

Mowbray isolating and won't be there today apparently. Closest we're gonna get to a new manager is Venus taking charge 🙄

[lraC]

15 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

Mowbray isolating and won't be there today apparently. Closest we're gonna get to a new manager is Venus taking charge 🙄

At least the style of football, will be different.

[AllRoverAsia]

On 22/07/2021 at 18:37, Hasta said:

What chance we end up with a Leeds player on loan after Mowbray asks Bielsa who is avaialble?

 

 

I suspect the Leeds game was part of the Douglas loan deal and a requirement of Waggotts.

Why else would we take on a donkey.

[perthblue02]

13 hours ago, bazza said:

Rovers TV are offering to stream the Bradford game. Not sure if payment is required because I'm doing something else.

Where did you see this @bazza ? Can't see anything on the Rovers TV site regarding the offer to stream etc