January Transfer Window.

[Polky]

I’m hopeful we hear something before 3pm, otherwise O’Brien and Ayew will both be screwed. Although it’s the EFL and the Premier League so two different organisations, so EFL will probably take there time.

[Penwortham Blue]

2 hours ago, Miller11 said:

Obviously our attendances rose in Jack’s time and peaked at the time of our greatest success. There were fluctuations over the following years, largely depending on the pricing.

You’d be mad not to expect some drop off when we were relegated from the Premier League, but not to the extent we saw. Back to the point I made in the earlier post the hardcore or core support should’ve grown. It’s crazy to presume that the 10-15k we’d grown the fanbase by during the Walker years were all flighty, fairweather spectators there for a day out, who’d simply stop bothering once Ipswich were coming to town instead of Man Utd.

As I said before, there is only one comparable “off a cliff moment” in our history. 1960. See the fairly crude graphs below!

What we have now isn’t a natural level, it’s a fanbase that has been battered down by poor ownership decisions and a badly run club. There are a large number of supporters who are still engaged enough to care deeply about the club who don’t attend games for a multitude of reasons. Price is a big one, obviously, but there are plenty of people on this forum who aren’t priced out but have made a conscious decision not to attend. They still care enough to come on here and be furious about our transfer ineptitude, analyse our performances, and discuss all things Rovers with fellow fans. And there’s lots more in the wider world.

You could argue that in the 80s pretty much anyone who was really interested would go to games. It’s not the case now. There’s a hell of a lot more the club need to be doing to re-engage the existing supporter base, and that’s before we start talking about attempts to grow it.

Fantastic post

[Ghost7]

Venky's should put that chart on their wall.

Some achievement losing so many thousands of fans!

[BankEnd Rover]

Not happening according to Nixon!!! FFS

[BankEnd Rover]

[BankEnd Rover]

Cue the music…Looking forward to the clubs explanation.

[Ghost7]

As expected! Time to protest against this board.

[CD_93]

Well done, Rovers.

Well done.

[jim mk2]

Nixon's usually wrong. Let's hope he is again

[G Somerset Rover]

"Blocked" is an odd choice of word if it's completely over.

If it is over, I wonder if we'll get a club statement, or if they'll just hope the local rag report on it.

Edited February 2, 2023 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[CambridgeRover]

So .... when you going to walk waggott

[Fraserkirky]

He might just be posturing for clicks. Somebody get in there and see what he says please.

[AspRover]

Does the 3pm squad registration deadline apply to championship clubs too? If so surely we have to get an answer in the next hour either way. 

 

Edit - just seen the above, sack the board etc.

Edited February 2, 2023 by AspRover

[islander200]

Nixon said Pascha and Waggott were in Birmingham and it was down to Sylvester to send off the relevant forms.

Said O'Brien heading back to Forest .

[Roverite94]

It's been blocked 

 

[CD_93]

3 minutes ago, Fraserkirky said:

He might just be posturing for clicks. Somebody get in there and see what he says please.

Exactly what you think. The EFL stuck to their rules. Silvester fu***d it.

Edited February 2, 2023 by CD_93

[islander200]

12 minutes ago, Fraserkirky said:

He might just be posturing for clicks. Somebody get in there and see what he says please.

It's been turned down.Nixon wouldn't be saying it had if he hadn't got an answer.

It's over.No O'Brien and a powderpuff midfield for the rest of the season 

[Bbrovers2288]

Hahahahahaha 

fkn marvellous. Well done rovers

the balls up of all balls up

[davulsukur]

What an absolute fuck up Rovers are.

Sylvester needs replacing, unacceptable.

[smiller14]

Utter circus. At a normal club you'd expect repercussions, but there'll be a shrug of the shoulders and confusion as to why half the fans can't be arsed with this utter shitshow anymore. 

[Polky]

A player who could have made a real difference to our season and we’ve pissed it up the wall.

Waggott and Broughton have some explaining to do…

[MarkBRFC]

An absolute disaster of a transfer window.

Only one that rivals this is that January one under Mowbray where we had no fit defenders so we let Paul Downing go out on loan and the only player we signed was Harry Chapman.

Edited February 2, 2023 by MarkBRFC

[Ghost7]

We're a fckin joke of a club, top to bottom.

[Bbrovers2288]

And there goes any chance of signing o brien long term, who is without doubt top 3 champ mids. Sick of this honestly 

[BigBar]

What a shit show. Gutted even though it was probably always unlikely after the fuck up. Devastating to be a supporter of such an amtuerly run club. Sickening.