Venky’s & Waggott Out Protest Ideas

[Dan]

Could Adam Warton could be persuaded to wear a Venky's out t-shirt under his jersey?  I guess there's rules against it? Surely he hasn't signed an NDA too?

[Ossydave]

People are numb to any form of protest now, anything that happens will be a small number of people I'm afraid and fair play to them.

[A Northern Horde...]

How much more of a kicking is our support base going to take,this is unreal.

[Dan]

Please can we find out which fucking idiots abused Glen and ban them from the forum? We need Glen back, he's a legend and a hero to me.

[DuffsLeftPeg]

If not now then when?

Enough is enough when it comes to the running of this club 

No cosying up to Waggott in meetings with the players. The time for dialogue is over. They’ve shown their true colours.

It’s time to show ours 🔵⚪️

[dallydally]

12 hours ago, scotchrover said:

For me, it has to be a boycott. We’ve had all the chants inside the stadium before. They don’t care. The only way it was hit them even more is if we stop going. Waggot’s kept his job because he keeps increasing the club’s revenue (or so he says). Only an empty stadium will speak volumes. Not for part of the game, but for the full 90 minutes.  

Agreed but there's too many people who feel this way but just will not do anything when push comes to shove. Happy to post ad nauseum on sites like this(which is easy as it doesn't cost anything) but totally unwilling to take strong, proper action.

[Mashed Potatoes]

1 minute ago, dallydally said:

Agreed but there's too many people who feel this way but just will not do anything when push comes to shove. Happy to post ad nauseum on sites like this(which is easy as it doesn't cost anything) but totally unwilling to take strong, proper action.

What would be "strong, proper action" ?

[Upside Down]

15 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

What would be "strong, proper action" ?

Grenades and machine guns.

It's time to stop fucking about.

[dallydally]

31 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

What would be "strong, proper action" ?

What I reiterated. Protest by STAYING AWAY!!!

[Iceman]

I don't like to talk about protests, because I'm unfortunately not there. However, at which point do the entire fan base say enough is enough, stand together and just rescue this club from this lot. I get the feelings of back the lads, support them, but if I was there, I would honestly just go for it non stop. 

[chaddyrovers]

59 minutes ago, dallydally said:

What I reiterated. Protest by STAYING AWAY!!!

plenty of people have been staying away and nothing has changed 

I know a few who walked away during the Kean and Relegation season and said they would come back after he left. They didn't and not been back since. 

Edited February 11 by chaddyrovers

[Crimpshrine]

7 hours ago, Dan said:

Could Adam Warton could be persuaded to wear a Venky's out t-shirt under his jersey?  I guess there's rules against it? Surely he hasn't signed an NDA too?

He's a member of the Rovers Supporters London Branch. He joined as soon as he moved down there. Maybe they could persuade him to pose for a photo in said T shirt ? 

[dallydally]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

plenty of people have been staying away and nothing has changed 

I know a few who walked away during the Kean and Relegation season and said they would come back after he left. They didn't and not been back since. 

It needs more than "plenty". It needs EVERYONE and I'm afraid that isn't going to happen. There are far too many happy clappers who are blind to the real problems. The owners and their stooges at Blackburn are toxic and nothing will change till they get out. Rinse and repeat should be the Club motto

[Rogerb]

39 minutes ago, Crimpshrine said:

He's a member of the Rovers Supporters London Branch. He joined as soon as he moved down there. Maybe they could persuade him to pose for a photo in said T shirt ? 

Premier league would probably charge him with bringing the game into disrepute

the tossers

[JCRovers]

1. Fundraise to make some large banners, place them around the stadium and then leave the stadium empty with only away supporters left for the upcoming home games. Will be particularly effective for any televised matches.

2. Organize protests outside the stadium and put it up on social media.

3. Stop buying season tickets, matchday tickets, merchandise etc. Stop funding the owners until revenue drops so bad that Suhail Pasha is forced to ask owners to send money over.

4. If revenue is kept low for a sustainable period, say a couple of months or even up to 1-2 years, owners will then be forced to make a business decision as to whether they will want to continue making substantial losses or cut them altogether and put the club up for sale. From an asset perspective, squad value will drop significantly over the next 18 months if no contracts are renewed and no permanent signings are made so the club is unlikely to rely on player sales for the coming seasons to fund the day-to-day operations.

I would argue that the language of money speaks louder than the language of dissent in the eyes of the owners. They need to realise that they messed up our PL position all those years ago, that the accumulated internal debt is solely due to their incompetence and that the only way back to PL is to make proper reinvestments. But they have showed time and time again that they're only interested in cost-cutting so I advice the fans to respond in the very same fashion to get rid of them.

I know this will hurt a lot of people in the short term who are working with the club, are passionate and wanting for it to succeed, but until the owners are gone we will never be able to support a functioning club again.

[chaddyrovers]

23 minutes ago, dallydally said:

It needs more than "plenty". It needs EVERYONE and I'm afraid that isn't going to happen. There are far too many happy clappers who are blind to the real problems. The owners and their stooges at Blackburn are toxic and nothing will change till they get out. Rinse and repeat should be the Club motto

Of course it wont happened, but over half of the STH have walked away and nothing has changed. The stadium could be empty and the owners won't care, They will just simply order Pasha to cut the cloth accordingly and we ended up worst off, more budget cuts, more staff cuts, etc. 

I would suggest any protest isn't going to work cos the owners are in India. Have you listen to @Miller11on Radio Lancs this morning? 

[chaddyrovers]

Just now, JCRovers said:

4. If revenue is kept low for a sustainable period, say a couple of months or even up to 1-2 years, owners will then be forced to make a business decision as to whether they will want to continue making substantial losses or cut them altogether and put the club up for sale. From an asset perspective, squad value will drop significantly over the next 18 months if no contracts are renewed and no permanent signings are made so the club is unlikely to rely on player sales for the coming seasons to fund the day-to-day operations.

They will simply just cut the operating budget at Rovers, playing staff budget cut, staff cuts, etc. 

That is what they will do. 

[Penwortham Blue]

1 hour ago, dallydally said:

It needs more than "plenty". It needs EVERYONE and I'm afraid that isn't going to happen. There are far too many happy clappers who are blind to the real problems. The owners and their stooges at Blackburn are toxic and nothing will change till they get out. Rinse and repeat should be the Club motto

I agree, the only way we win this is by total boycott, no ST sales and no match day attendance until they are gone. With thousands travelling away to show our support and outside Ewood on match days.

[Mike E]

38 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Of course it wont happened, but over half of the STH have walked away and nothing has changed. The stadium could be empty and the owners won't care, They will just simply order Pasha to cut the cloth accordingly and we ended up worst off, more budget cuts, more staff cuts, etc. 

I would suggest any protest isn't going to work cos the owners are in India. Have you listen to @Miller11on Radio Lancs this morning? 

Do you know how I could listen to that?

[lraC]

Obviously on the back of the WATR statement, the club are now well aware of their feelings and are also aware of their fantastic organisational skills to bring together the two fans take over day.

Based on this and focusing on the Trust organising it, what about a Venkys out match.

Instead of boycotting, why don’t we aim to do the opposite and maybe get some crowd funding going to fund some tickets for the vulnerable and needy in the area.

Choose a match, get a DJ set up and some other stalls outside of the ground, maybe get some sponsorship and a bit of free food.

Let’s see if we can raise £10k for staters, then select the match and get it publicised. Maybe even split any funds raised with a local kids charity. 

I will pledge £100 for starters, so if someone from the trust will open the crowd funding page, I will pop that in

As an after thought, what about choosing the away game at Derby. 

Edited February 11 by lraC

[JCRovers]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

They will simply just cut the operating budget at Rovers, playing staff budget cut, staff cuts, etc. 

That is what they will do. 

Well, that may be true if they are that stubborn to keep hold of a football club they have not shown any interest in for 10+ years. Otherwise we may just hope that the new Football Governance Bill is quickly passed in Parliament and that the IFR finds the owners unfit, subsequently forcing them to sell up. But with all the current amendments proposed to the bill, that might take years before it gets passed and implemented. 

[Aqualung]

15 years ago we lost thousands of season ticket holders. Those were the real protesters wether they be bandwagon or not. 

Now we are left with a few old farts with plenty of reason to complain but do nowt along with the younger generations who know nowt. Total apathy to my way of thinking. It is what it is until that vermin have gone. 

All credit to those who come up with new ideas in way of protest etc etc but sorry to say it's a waste of time. In fact it's been going on 15 years!  And nothings changed or likely to. 

[petestan]

58 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Do you know how I could listen to that?

This link should do it, or forward to 1hr 38mins. It lasts 10 mins.

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kljqgf

[Waggy76]

11 minutes ago, Aqualung said:

15 years ago we lost thousands of season ticket holders. Those were the real protesters wether they be bandwagon or not. 

Now we are left with a few old farts with plenty of reason to complain but do nowt along with the younger generations who know nowt. Total apathy to my way of thinking. It is what it is until that vermin have gone. 

All credit to those who come up with new ideas in way of protest etc etc but sorry to say it's a waste of time. In fact it's been going on 15 years!  And nothings changed or likely to. 

We have 4000 adult season tickets, that will halve if the owners have not departed by July.. I will be one of them!! 

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

Do you know how I could listen to that?

I provided the link in the WATR thread