Venky’s & Waggott Out Protest Ideas

[Mattyblue]

Just tuned in to hear ‘TK’ saying Waggott’s doing a great job, nobody would ever buy us, and we can’t afford to buy players, if we do we’ll go bust… and he wasn’t called out on a single opinion, all very strange.

[bobbybrfc]

Just want to add, well done Glen Mullan and all involved 👍 some genuine progress has been made over the last few days 

[RoverDom]

  On 01/04/2025 at 19:58, Dan said:

Kidder Street Twitter thing:  Who is the knobhead talking now?!!

 

 

Fuck me.

 

Swaggots rent boy?!

 

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He's all over the Facebook page being massively pro venky  pro waggot absolute cringe worthy

[BlackburnEnd75]

  On 01/04/2025 at 20:08, RoverDom said:

He's all over the Facebook page being massively pro venky  pro waggot absolute cringe worthy

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Claims his grandad was the chairman in the 70s. Anyone know who that was out of interest?

[TommyRovers]

  On 01/04/2025 at 20:12, BlackburnEnd75 said:

Claims his grandad was the chairman in the 70s. Anyone know who that was out of interest?

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William Bancroft? Died a couple of years ago

[RoversClitheroe]

  On 01/04/2025 at 20:08, RoverDom said:

He's all over the Facebook page being massively pro venky  pro waggot absolute cringe worthy

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Is he legit?

[RoverDom]

  On 01/04/2025 at 20:12, BlackburnEnd75 said:

Claims his grandad was the chairman in the 70s. Anyone know who that was out of interest?

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Based on surname possibly Derrick Keighley

 

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9169044.rebel-rovers-fans-set-fc-blackburn/

Odd change of attitude tbh

 

Edited April 1 by RoverDom

[Dan]

  On 01/04/2025 at 20:15, RoverDom said:

Based on surname possibly Derrick Keighley

 

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9169044.rebel-rovers-fans-set-fc-blackburn/

Odd change of attitude tbh

 

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Maybe he's had a bad bang to his head since then?

[rigger]

  On 01/04/2025 at 20:12, BlackburnEnd75 said:

Claims his grandad was the chairman in the 70s. Anyone know who that was out of interest?

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Bill Bancroft, saw him actually on the Blackburn end

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The love of a club has to flow through everyone's vains in order for success to feel like success. 

Rovers til I die. 💙

[Scotty1991]

Glen superb effort!

That 30 minutes was an absolute PR disaster. They are fucked but so are we, they’re steering us off the 65!

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N stuff like that

[davulsukur]

Really great interview from Suhail, Waggott and Gestede. Guys, seriously, I applaud the effort 👏, you surpassed all my expectations. I wasn't expecting to be fuming until a good 10mins in, but there I was, livid after just 45 seconds. Well played 🫡

What the hell was Waggott thinking having a pop at the fans in the opening fucking line of the interview??

Obviously, plenty of bullshit throughout. 

My notes:

Did Suhail finally admit that the club lied about the court case? He mentioned a point where the owners could not send any money at all. This was not what Waggott told us when the court case came to light.

The fabled £20m has been nudged up to £22m

Gestede passing off pure incompetence as an exciting time as 12 players set to leave, with more to follow the next summer and no new contracts for key players.

Following that point, a further excuse trotted out that we don't know what league we'll be in, when clearly we do know.

Ismael having a strong input into the "shaping" of the squad, more likely to see off the remaining higher earners, under the guise of getting in "the right" players.

Suhail clearly not happy about season tickets and possibly a sly move on their part to target the next generations, a sensible plan at most clubs but here it's probably to get a new generation in, that have only known Venkys Rovers and nothing more.

The excuses given for Eustace's departure were truly pathetic.

This charm offensive seems to have done more harm than good, looking at the YouTube comments.

It's all guff and noise as we know it won't be backed up by any meaningful action.

Edited April 1 by davulsukur

[Atko's Engine]

I've not been that active on here of late due to other stuff going on that took my focus sway from all things Rovers so i'm playing a bit of catch up.

I must say, hats off to Glen & Co for efforts made these last few weeks to try to start to fashion a cure or this rot that has set in over the last 14 years. I don't have the bandwidth in my life atm to get too involved, but I am trying to get word about to the (relatively small!) people in my social circle who are interested that enough is enough!

I'm quite a reserved person in general. I don't go in for public spats & vocal protests / marches / direct action as I feel they can be confrontational, divisive & often self-harming to the cause being supported.

But this one feels different; it feels more structured, focused & strategised & aims (and so far is succeeding) to emphasise the sheer frustration of being a Rovers fan right now, and the futility of being a fan generally when we're powerless to affect things in terms of the overall welfare of the club as a community institution. The timing, it being 150 years since formation & 30 years since being Champions of England (and all the media spotlight that alonee has got this week), is perfect.

Sadly, regardless of our history, as a club we're an irrelevance now to probably 50% of active football fans in this country, including probably 90% of U18s. "Blackburn Rovers? What, they won the Premier League? But they're crap!"

I'm really in a quandary about all of this though, & I imagine my situation mirrors that of many. I'm a 40yr season ticket holder, have been going that long with my dad & brother. I live an hour from Ewood, so me going there with them is routine / part of my DNA, a family tradition. It's my club, our club, and watching it splinter & wither away at the hands of dome uninterested billionaires thousands of miles away is gut wrenching. That interview just proves to me, if ever evidence were needed, that there are no fit & proper custodians of the club anywhere within its corridors of power.

I can't just give it up though, boycott, as I worry that if I do for any period of time I'll become one of those who finds something else to do instead. 

There's hope, finally, that things could change & this proves to be the time that life is breathed back into our zombie club. 

Roll on Friday, it'll be a passionate one for sure. 

 

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Shysters, grifters, liars,  begging a living. It's tragic, but more than that when it's our club.

Not an ounce of compassion, regret, apology.

Fuck all three of them, and fuck off out of our wonderful 150 year old club.

[Upside Down]

  On 01/04/2025 at 20:07, Mattyblue said:

Just tuned in to hear ‘TK’ saying Waggott’s doing a great job, nobody would ever buy us, and we can’t afford to buy players, if we do we’ll go bust… and he wasn’t called out on a single opinion, all very strange.

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Did you call him out?

[Mattyblue]

I only just tuned in, he was the next to last speaker scheduled by the sounds of it…

[den]

When Venkys took over they had John Williams and Tom Finn running the club. A premier league club at that.

Those three stooges and Championship football is where they’ve taken us to - and they’ve paid an absolute fortune to get us there.

Football geniuses.

[Tom]

Wish I could have joined the live thing but I’ve deleted twitter and fully deactivated my account 

Hopefully more events to get people talking soon!

[Roverall]

You don't need to have X - it's open for everyone and it's still going on

[G Somerset Rover]

Who is this tosser / Venky’s stooge?

[Penwortham Blue]

  On 01/04/2025 at 19:37, StHelensRover said:

Just had to come out of it due to other commitments but I just listened to the Twitter/X space fan forum for the best part of half an hour and we have some brilliant, passionate, articulate fans involved on there that gives me some hope 🤞🔵🌹

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Great until one absolute plank came on, wasn’t reading the room at all and was given far too much air time for his Venky apologist / Waggott doing a good job / who would want Blackburn Rovers bile.

[Penwortham Blue]

  On 01/04/2025 at 19:58, Dan said:

Kidder Street Twitter thing:  Who is the knobhead talking now?!!

 

 

Fuck me.

 

Swaggots rent boy?!

 

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Unbelievable, he just wasn’t reading the room at all and must have got a kick out of it !

[Upside Down]

  On 01/04/2025 at 21:11, Penwortham Blue said:

Great until one absolute plank came on, wasn’t reading the room at all and was given far too much air time for his Venky apologist / Waggott doing a good job / who would want Blackburn Rovers bile.

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Did anyone tell him to shut the fuck up and stop talking complete bollocks?

[Penwortham Blue]

  On 01/04/2025 at 20:07, Mattyblue said:

Just tuned in to hear ‘TK’ saying Waggott’s doing a great job, nobody would ever buy us, and we can’t afford to buy players, if we do we’ll go bust… and he wasn’t called out on a single opinion, all very strange.

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At least Bumble and the lad in Beirut then came on to truly reflect the feeling of the wider fan base, enough is enough.