Championship - 22-23

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

...And to think he gave up Rangers?

[gazzaa2]

How are we 3rd is baffling but then I said the same a year ago and look how that ended up.

Clubs like Boro and West Brom are transformed after managerial changes and will expect to make the top 6 like Forest last year. Norwich should improve with a new manager.

[Aqualung]

Over 25, 000 at Bolton today and over 28,000 at Ipswich yesterday!  Both a division below us. 

Christ almighty we are light years behind in forward thinking in attracting supporters despite our shite performances. 

[roversfan99]

23 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

We should sign players that fit how JDT wants to play and fit how squad. We shouldn't copying other teams. 

I still am unclear as to how he wants to play.

[DE.]

2 hours ago, Waggy76 said:

Norwich sack Smith and they are 5th in the league ....

So it is possible....

The crowd had completely turned against him and he'd started having a pop at the supporters, as I said after the Norwich match that rarely ends well at a normal club. 

[simongarnerisgod]

20 minutes ago, Aqualung said:

Over 25, 000 at Bolton today and over 28,000 at Ipswich yesterday!  Both a division below us. 

Christ almighty we are light years behind in forward thinking in attracting supporters despite our shite performances. 

both clubs been through terrible ownership and come out of the otherside on the up,we need to rid ourselves of ours(somehow)

[Bbrovers2288]

Dean smith and Chris wilder- I’d bite your hand off for either 

[simongarnerisgod]

13 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Dean smith and Chris wilder- I’d bite your hand off for either 

i would`nt touch smith with a cattle prod,far to much likelike jdt with his fanny football,

definately have wilder,he`s no nonsense and and a straightforward bloke

[chaddyrovers]

5 hours ago, Waggy76 said:

Norwich sack Smith and they are 5th in the league ....

So it is possible....

Rovers would be stupid to shock JDT

5 hours ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Journos saying he approached them 

Also saying Scott Parker has been approach

6 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Dean smith and Chris wilder- I’d bite your hand off for either 

Would they be doing any better than having us 3rd in the league? 

[JHRover]

4 hours ago, Aqualung said:

Over 25, 000 at Bolton today and over 28,000 at Ipswich yesterday!  Both a division below us. 

Christ almighty we are light years behind in forward thinking in attracting supporters despite our shite performances. 

They get worried and have to issue warnings to supporters if we get anything above 15,000.

They'd have a breakdown if we ever got over 20,000 on never mind close to 30,000.

I don't think they want it. The decision makers are quite happy with the 'optimum number' of 11,000 home fans paying top end prices and then a few bumper away followings to cash in on.

Easy to cash in on away followings - those fans will turn up and pay without the need for Rovers to make any effort. Getting more home fans in on a regular basis however does require effort and imagination.

[ItsRoverZ]

Boro on good form and were unlucky in the reverse fixture, I feel another loss here 3-1 boro .. Owen ghaul to score for us 3rd game running 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Burnley breeze past Brum without breaking a Sweat...depressing to watch.

[longsiders1882]

On 26/12/2022 at 16:39, simongarnerisgod said:

sheff utd far and away the best side in the division

Looks like far and away the best side in the division will need to wait a little bit longer to be top of the division. Quite a dirty side Birmingham but that’s another game, another three goals and another 3 points. 11 ahead of third now and just wish January was over so our squad can’t be disturbed.

Just on the attendances thing - Bolton is about 3 times bigger than Blackburn. Ipswich, whilst it’s direct population isn’t much bigger than Blackburn, there is literally no other league team near - Norwich is about 50 miles away. Is it really a fair comparison?

[Upside Down]

13 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

both clubs been through terrible ownership and come out of the otherside on the up,we need to rid ourselves of ours(somehow)

No, you must have that all wrong. If you lose your owners you will end up like Bury.

[Upside Down]

7 hours ago, longsiders1882 said:

Looks like far and away the best side in the division will need to wait a little bit longer to be top of the division. Quite a dirty side Birmingham but that’s another game, another three goals and another 3 points. 11 ahead of third now and just wish January was over so our squad can’t be disturbed.

Just on the attendances thing - Bolton is about 3 times bigger than Blackburn. Ipswich, whilst it’s direct population isn’t much bigger than Blackburn, there is literally no other league team near - Norwich is about 50 miles away. Is it really a fair comparison?

Those clubs made some effort to increase their season ticket sales. The brainless chumps here couldn't be arsed. 

[47er]

1 hour ago, Upside Down said:

Those clubs made some effort to increase their season ticket sales.

By charging less!

[Mattyblue]

9 hours ago, longsiders1882 said:

Looks like far and away the best side in the division will need to wait a little bit longer to be top of the division. Quite a dirty side Birmingham but that’s another game, another three goals and another 3 points. 11 ahead of third now and just wish January was over so our squad can’t be disturbed.

Just on the attendances thing - Bolton is about 3 times bigger than Blackburn. Ipswich, whilst it’s direct population isn’t much bigger than Blackburn, there is literally no other league team near - Norwich is about 50 miles away. Is it really a fair comparison?

Ipswich no, so not fussed about them.

Bolton very much so as throughout history we’ve always been fairly similarly supported. Also ‘population of the borough’ as the basis of your argument is not an exact science as support comes from outside borough boundaries, indeed parts of Bolton borough are historically not even BWFC hotbeds, they just got bundled in with the town in the local government changes of 1974, whereas the town of Bolton is not significantly larger than BwD.

Third division Bolton have higher crowds for one reason  - season tickets with an entry point of £220/£230

 

Edited December 28, 2022 by Mattyblue

[longsiders1882]

2 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Those clubs made some effort to increase their season ticket sales.

 

45 minutes ago, 47er said:

By charging less!

 

5 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Third division Bolton have higher crowds for one reason  - £250 season tickets. 

Fair enough - it was just on the surface it seemed a little unbalanced.

[Dolly blue]

When we look at gates / following it’s about supporters buying into something they either a) believe in or b) want to be a part of…….eg Bolton , Ipswich , Burnley or c ) it’s because they can support their team at a reasonable cost…. eg PNE . 
….now let’s look at why Ewood is a morgue with neither hope nor expectation…

1 An ownership that has taken us back years …no ambition 

2 A CEO who believes price increases are the way forward 

3 A manager , who in my opinion, is out of his depth, who is one dimensional and who,  like his predecessor, chooses not to play to the strengths of his limited squad 

The current Championship is there ( probably via play offs ) for us to take …….could we ? YES……..will we ? NO  and why ? …no ambition, no guts, no leadership on or off the field…we can only dream of the gates at Bolton / Burnley/ Preston / Ipswich…..how sad is  that?

 

 

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

A decade of pure shite with very little exception has decimated the fan base. I know blokes who were die hard Rovers fans who wouldn’t go if you gave them a free season ticket now. 
 

It’s not just the results or the football it’s the feeling of complete alienation from the club. Nothing we can do or say will effect anything of what goes on at Ewood. We count for nothing. Absolutely nothing. We’re totally dis-connected from Blackburn Rovers. We exist in a parallel universe to the Chicken Chokers. Short of getting on a plane to Pune and lobbing a brick through their window that is.

I was there when we were playing and losing to Rochdale in the old Div 3 and I didn’t have this feeling of powerlessness that I have now. I’ve said it before but I feel like I’m a passenger on that plane that the pilot decided to fly into a mountain.

[Aqualung]

I fear we will be bouncing between the championship and league one for years to come as I see zero ambition from our owners. 

Bloody sad state of affairs really and I can't see it improving soon. 

Waggot stealing a living. 

[simongarnerisgod]

10 hours ago, Upside Down said:

No, you must have that all wrong. If you lose your owners you will end up like Bury.

id`e take starting again in the west lancashire league if it meant getting rid of the indians,football clubs never die,they always rise again,coppull utd vs rovers😅it would be friggin epic!!!!!!!!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

57 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

id`e take starting again in the west lancashire league if it meant getting rid of the indians,football clubs never die,they always rise again,coppull utd vs rovers😅it would be friggin epic!!!!!!!!

As long as this shower own Rovers it’ll just be more of the same with the only route out of this league through the trap door. I just hope I live long enough to see them gone.

[booth]

21 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

id`e take starting again in the west lancashire league if it meant getting rid of the indians,football clubs never die,they always rise again,coppull utd vs rovers😅it would be friggin epic!!!!!!!!

Football clubs do die. Halifax, Wimbledon, etc.

New clubs are formed but would you really want to lose Rovers history?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

26 minutes ago, booth said:

Football clubs do die. Halifax, Wimbledon, etc.

New clubs are formed but would you really want to lose Rovers history?

Halifax are still playing.