2022/2023 Pre Season Thread

[Guest]

25 minutes ago, Butty said:

Are you @Mercerin disguise? 😉

Was just a rumour doing the rounds! Call plenty of things right, get plenty of things wrong 😉

[GHR]

33 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

QPR at home for us on the opening day

Dingles away to Hudds 

 

Championship fixtures: Vincent Kompany's Burnley start at Huddersfield Town - BBC Sport

I know it's illegal for a Blackburnian to feel sympathy for that mob, but I hate how the media bang on about Lampard's Everton, Rooney's Derby, Gerrard's Rangers, and now Kompany's Burnley. They don't own them; they've been around for decades long before and hopefully long after whichever hired hand disappears again. Have some respect for the club's heritage, history and fanbase for crying out loud.

[Mattyblue]

Unfortunately unless you are a ‘big 6’ club the media think the casual football fan will only pay a blind bit of notice to any other club if they have a connection to an ex superstar player.

[R0verb0y]

31 minutes ago, GHR said:

I know it's illegal for a Blackburnian to feel sympathy for that mob, but I hate how the media bang on about Lampard's Everton, Rooney's Derby, Gerrard's Rangers, and now Kompany's Burnley. They don't own them; they've been around for decades long before and hopefully long after whichever hired hand disappears again. Have some respect for the club's heritage, history and fanbase for crying out loud.

That says more about the media's impression of the IQ of the average football fan, imo. It's (quite) interesting that we're not being seen as "Tomasson's Rovers". Guess that's because JDT only played 1 season in the Premier League.

Still, I'd prefer us to go under the radar initially, rather than crash & burn, like our neighbours to the east.

[rigger]

21 hours ago, JoeH said:

1st Game: (A)
Boxing Day: (H)
New Years: (A)
Last Game: (H)

apparently...

actually not.

Edited June 23, 2022 by rigger

[Jimmy612]

21 hours ago, JoeH said:

1st Game: (A)
Boxing Day: (H)
New Years: (A)
Last Game: (H)

apparently...

😂😂 This is great.   Have you been speaking to Mercer? 

[rigger]

57 minutes ago, R0verb0y said:

That says more about the media's impression of the IQ of the average football fan, imo. It's (quite) interesting that we're not being seen as "Tomasson's Rovers". Guess that's because JDT only played 1 season in the Premier League.

Still, I'd prefer us to go under the radar initially, rather than crash & burn, like our neighbours to the east.

We know who we are, fuck the rest of em.

[J*B]

2 hours ago, JoeH said:

Was just a rumour doing the rounds! Call plenty of things right, get plenty of things wrong 😉

Well in Joe, I respect that.

[chaddyrovers]

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20232283.blackburn-rovers-handed-ryan-nyambe-contract-blow/

[Rogerb]

Goal posts moved on Accrington friendly now two sixty minute games

[arbitro]

15 hours ago, Rogerb said:

Goal posts moved on Accrington friendly now two sixty minute games

I quite like the idea myself. It gives Rovers and Stanley a great opportunity to look at lots of players and formations, it's perfect for the players to have an hour of decent intensity given it's the first game and as spectators we get excellent value for money. 

Great thinking from JDT, can you imagine Mowbray coming up with something so novel. 😂😂

[bazza]

Not be long before we are calling him Tombola Tommason.

[Mattyblue]

I’m sure we did something similar a few years back, away at Morecambe or Fleetwood, from memory

[arbitro]

23 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

I’m sure we did something similar a few years back, away at Morecambe or Fleetwood, from memory

We did at Morecambe when we played them and Stanley but they were both full games of 90 minutes. One memory of that day was the excellence of the Morecambe catering. Knowing fans would be there for around four hours they had a great choice including pasta. 

[matt83]

I’m surprised there’s still 600 tickets left for Stanley thought would have easily sold out the 2,300 allocation by now particularly as it’s JDTs first game. 

[rigger]

32 minutes ago, matt83 said:

I’m surprised there’s still 600 tickets left for Stanley thought would have easily sold out the 2,300 allocation by now particularly as it’s JDTs first game. 

Maybe because it is a pre-season friendly.

[arbitro]

38 minutes ago, matt83 said:

I’m surprised there’s still 600 tickets left for Stanley thought would have easily sold out the 2,300 allocation by now particularly as it’s JDTs first game. 

I think we sold our original allocation and asked for more. Stanley put out a message for any of their fan's who had bought tickets in two blocks of the Studio Stand to contact them and be relocated to another part of the ground. As the game is two weeks away and JDT's first I would expect us to sell out. I have actually bought tickets through Stanley and would expect other Rovers fans to do the same.

[rigger]

I expect, because when the tickets first went on sale, it was to season ticket holders only, some Rovers fans will have bought tickets through Accy.

[Sparks Rover]

14 hours ago, arbitro said:

 

Great thinking from JDT, can you imagine Mowbray coming up with something so novel. 😂😂

Aahh ye that's genius.👍

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

9 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

 

Looks like “ the tides going out “ for Dack.

[chaddyrovers]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Looks like “ the tides going out “ for Dack.

why?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

why?

It means his hairline is receding. He’ll be needing the Rooney treatment soon.

[Claytons Left Boot]

13 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It means his hairline is receding. He’ll be needing the Rooney treatment soon.

Tide went out for me and kept on going out. Hasn’t come back in yet. I must have been the cause of the tsunami.

[oldjamfan1]

36 minutes ago, Claytons Left Boot said:

Tide went out for me and kept on going out. Hasn’t come back in yet. I must have been the cause of the tsunami.

Yeah same Mark, I'm the equivalent of Southport as far as the tide goes, and have been since I was 19 😮😂