v Cardiff City (h) - 27/9/23 Carabao Cup

[rigger]

I would go with :

 

                                                                                    Wahlstadt

                                        

                                                    Carter                    Hill                          S Wharton

            JRC                                                                                                                                             Batty

                                                  Travis                      Tronstad                  A Wharton

                                                  

                                                             Telalovic                         Markanday

              

[roverandout]

My dad's funeral on Wednesday so hope rovers can bring me some cheer

[arbitro]

28 minutes ago, roverandout said:

My dad's funeral on Wednesday so hope rovers can bring me some cheer

I hope the funeral goes as well as it can do.

[roverandout]

17 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I hope the funeral goes as well as it can do.

Thanks will be hard but will get through it

[Paul Mellelieu]

If the decision to close the BBE for financial reasons, surely the blame lies in Pune (and maybe our stay away fans).

[Mattyblue]

We had 6,000+ on for the first round, that is plenty for early round League Cup ties, indeed it was more than what a fair few other Championship sides had on the night. So why aren’t all the other Championship clubs closing two thirds of their home areas then?

Ergo ‘stay away fans’ had bugger all to do with it and it is another example of how the club is obviously now under some kind of Pune edict to cut costs everywhere, however minuscule and pathetic these savings may be.

The irony being they will lose more money than if they’d have kept it open as plenty of Blackburn Enders now won’t go negating the peanuts cost saving they were attempting (oh and losing a load of goodwill with long standing supporters whilst they were at it) .

[lraC]

1 hour ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

If the decision to close the BBE for financial reasons, surely the blame lies in Pune (and maybe our stay away fans).

Someone who know nothing about traditions and fans feelings, so Pune is correct.

The stay away fans may well increase on the back of another crazy decision though, but no way are they to blame.

[Rogerb]

29 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

oh and losing a load of goodwill with long standing supporters whilst they were at it) .

As a long standing supporter I have no goodwill left to lose. I still go because I'm a stubborn bugger whose not prepared to let these feckwits drive me away.

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Rogerb said:

As a long standing supporter I have no goodwill left to lose. I still go because I'm a stubborn bugger whose not prepared to let these feckwits drive me away.

That's the thing about goodwill - it is often assumed to be elastic by those who rely upon it to get more out than they put in, but of course it is completely inelastic if constantly abused. There comes a point in any relationship, however, where the broken elements (trust, goodwill, reciprocity, capacity to accept disappointment) are all too far gone to retrieve. And that is where so many Rovers fans have sadly reached, in their relationship with what was once a wonderfully run, family oriented club with a proud tradition and a bright future.

We all know that the state of the game isn't what it was when Jack Walker was around, and there are plenty of clubs that have endured and come through desperate times and odious owners. But it does feel like Rovers have had a particularly painful fall from grace, especially when the club now seems to be run simply as a line on a spreadsheet for owners who neither give a toss, nor seem to have a plan for changing the script (other than to run us into the ground).

So fair play, RogerB and all you stalwart who endure the decline first hand at our shadow of a stadium. Let's hope the boys can put a smile on your strangely dislocated faces on Wednesday evening, and that there is a loud and continuous chorus of "Open Up the Blackburn End, and Waggot Waggott OUT!" from the JW from kick off to final whistle.

Rovers 1 Cardiff 1 Bluebirds to edge it on penalties 18-19

[tomphil]

2 hours ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

If the decision to close the BBE for financial reasons, surely the blame lies in Pune (and maybe our stay away fans).

They don't make these kind of decisions and the cost of opening it would easily be covered by those who would go in it. The savings will be non existent if it wipes hundreds off the crowd and certainly not worth ruining the atmosphere and pissing off even more fans.

It's pathetic shooting into a totally empty home end when the other half of the opposite end is open for a couple of coach loads.

[RoversTilliDie]

The last 4 games Rovers have dropped 9pts out of 12, mainly down to Pears and his dip in form, he was responsible for Rovers not coming away with a point against Ipswich. He punched the ball instead of catching it right in front of an Ipswich forward who stuck it in the back of the net. As for Wednesday night closing the Blackburn End will make the crowd even smaller. I was impressed with Sigurdessons debut, were getting there players who can stick the ball in the net.

[bazza]

8 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I would say getting 3 points against Leicester and the playoff place at the season is more important. 

League has to be priority every time whilst having a good cup run but the league matters first. 

Ask the Wigan supporters. They were trying to avoid relegation whilst on a good cup run. They went all out to win the cup and did so. What did it matter that they were relegated that season or the next or the one after?

Wigan's name is on the list of FA Cup winners for evermore just like Blackburn Olympic.

[Atko's Engine]

4 hours ago, roverandout said:

My dad's funeral on Wednesday so hope rovers can bring me some cheer

My sincere condolences. 

[Moptop1]

4 hours ago, roverandout said:

My dad's funeral on Wednesday so hope rovers can bring me some cheer

My thoughts are with you and your family. My Father passed away nearly four years ago. Time is a healer. You will have your memories of your times together. Hold on to those. 

[rigger]

I had a reply from Christina Haynes, with regards to my E-Mail to Waggott. She states that the closure of the Blackburm end for the Cardiff cup game, is to save money. A piss poor decision, in my opinion

[Wheelton Blue]

As otherrs have suggested, it would be very interesting to see from the club exactly what they expect these cost savings to be, and how the numbers were derived.

It;s all a smoke screen IMO.

[Guest]

It's to save money...

Oh, well it might be 'their stadium' but it is OUR HERITAGE, OUR TRADITION and OUR ATMOSPHERE that is being lost through this death by a thousand cuts.

SHAME ON THE DECISION MAKER(S) AT THE CLUB FOR SUCH A CRASS GESTURE OF STUPIDITY.

 

[tomphil]

21 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

As otherrs have suggested, it would be very interesting to see from the club exactly what they expect these cost savings to be, and how the numbers were derived.

It;s all a smoke screen IMO.

Like i said previously he'll just spin it to suit his dour miserable downgrading narrative like he did with STs, cheap ticket offers etc.

Worst thing is it gets swallowed by general fanbase most of who won't turn up to these anyway unless it's Man U or Liverpool.

[neophox]

Waggott clown out

[neophox]

AIK found a superb striker in the bargain basement mould Ioannis Pittas...I do question our scouting department..

[roverandout]

4 hours ago, Atko's Engine said:

My sincere condolences. 

Thanks atko

[roverandout]

3 hours ago, Moptop1 said:

My thoughts are with you and your family. My Father passed away nearly four years ago. Time is a healer. You will have your memories of your times together. Hold on to those. 

Thanks I have a lot of fond memories that I will cherish forever 

[roverandout]

Thanks for everyone's well wishes and likes. I'll be thinking of you all on Wednesday 

[philipl]

Even with 5 injuries and Buckley away, JDT can make 10 or 11 changes and nobody would be making a debut and the majority would be players we would expect to be full first team covers vying to be picked every week.

I wonder if we will see 45 minutes of Sigurdsson at number 10 building him up then Moran or Markanday there second half?

[lraC]

9 hours ago, Wheelton Blue said:

As otherrs have suggested, it would be very interesting to see from the club exactly what they expect these cost savings to be, and how the numbers were derived.

It;s all a smoke screen IMO.

I guess we won’t know until the crowd is announced, but it could be an idea to check what not opening the Blackburn ends saves, in advance.

Waggott has stated that he expects a crowd of 6,000 so is we get 5,000 for example, the maths are easy enough.

For those going, I hope he gets it from you large.