Venky’s & Waggott Out Protest Ideas

[Riverside pessimist]

I am too at the point of walking away after 30 years of support. I am willing to get behind any form of protest. However, I believe only way now and the most hard hitting form in terms of media coverage and financial burden for Venky’s is fans on the pitch and stop the games, Friday night is the perfect opportunity. If Reading can muster a few hundred fans on the pitch why the fuck can’t we, Venky’s have been here over a decade. Surely there are 200-300 anti-Venky fans who would be prepared to go through with this. Meet up before the game, decide what minute and on. Protesting in the stands doesn’t work, outside the ground doesn’t work, so what else is left? Open letter from fans / local MP’s requesting the sale of the club. 

[lraC]

13 minutes ago, Andy said:

I think the 'players not being paid' thing is just chaos creation and nothing more.

Stick to the facts for any protests, rumours just detract from what's trying to be achieved.

It isn’t 100% confirmed, but I’m pretty confident it is true.

I agree about sticking to the facts though, so for now, will assume it isn’t true. 

[simongarnerisgod]

got to be patient with the protests and not expect everyone to be joining in straight away,personally i don`t think we`ll win another game this season and that alone will intensify fans unrest and get more moderate fans involved,ismael is clearly not liked by his players and next year will be the season of complete anarchy and fan unrest,he`s not going to get any money to spend and there is`nt any slight possibility that he`s going to turn it around

[Bethnal]

20 minutes ago, Riverside pessimist said:

I am too at the point of walking away after 30 years of support. I am willing to get behind any form of protest. However, I believe only way now and the most hard hitting form in terms of media coverage and financial burden for Venky’s is fans on the pitch and stop the games, Friday night is the perfect opportunity. If Reading can muster a few hundred fans on the pitch why the fuck can’t we, Venky’s have been here over a decade. Surely there are 200-300 anti-Venky fans who would be prepared to go through with this. Meet up before the game, decide what minute and on. Protesting in the stands doesn’t work, outside the ground doesn’t work, so what else is left? Open letter from fans / local MP’s requesting the sale of the club. 

It’s been a form of protest in the past but fans should be mindful that entering the pitch without permission can result in a criminal record and a lifetime ban. I would encourage anyone considering it to remember who the hierarchy at the club are and whether they’d seize on the opportunity to permanently remove fans they deem to be “undesirables” or “troublemakers.”

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, Bethnal said:

It’s been a form of protest in the past but fans should be mindful that entering the pitch without permission can result in a criminal record and a lifetime ban. I would encourage anyone considering it to remember who the hierarchy at the club are and whether they’d seize on the opportunity to permanently remove fans they deem to be “undesirables” or “troublemakers.”

i doubt getting banned from ewood is much of a deterent given our owners,ceo and so called "head coach"😁

[chaddyrovers]

20 minutes ago, lraC said:

It isn’t 100% confirmed, but I’m pretty confident it is true.

I agree about sticking to the facts though, so for now, will assume it isn’t true. 

confident from where? 

You thought the other week Ismael was being told to play Forshaw which hasn't been the case has it? 

[lraC]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

confident from where? 

You thought the other week Ismael was being told to play Forshaw which hasn't been the case has it? 

It’s come from a WhatsApp group and the person who posted it, is rarely wrong.

You are correct about my post on Forshaw and accept I was wrong, but did not say 100% just like now, unless I am.

Have you ever posted anything that turned out not to work out the way you thought?

[chaddyrovers]

7 minutes ago, lraC said:

It’s come from a WhatsApp group and the person who posted it, is rarely wrong.

You are correct about my post on Forshaw and accept I was wrong, but did not say 100% just like now, unless I am.

Have you ever posted anything that turned out not to work out the way you thought?

I haven't had any inside info regarding Rovers since we were set to sign Steven Caulker before we backed out of it. That's it. 

deffo

 

Edited March 30 by chaddyrovers

[lraC]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

I haven't had any inside info regarding Rovers since we were set to sign Steven Caulker before we backed out of it. That's it. 

deffo

 

Well my post about Forshaw was my opinion, which may be correct it may not. Obviously he isn’t being picked now, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t correct at the time  and like your post on Caulker, there was an about turn.

This with the wages, is not my opinion, it is an unconfirmed rumor, so if true it will come out, so let’s see.

[Mattyblue]

It’s 2025, ‘protest’ doesn’t need to mean lads with bedsheets.

Friday morning was the best form of protest we’ve seen in a long, long time. It’s the multi-media age, so more of that please!

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

52 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

got to be patient with the protests and not expect everyone to be joining in straight away

We've been patient enough....15 years too patient!!

[davulsukur]

Look at Bournemouth, packed out stadium, great atmosphere, 1- 0 up against City (who've missed a pen), absolutely loving life.

Can we ever have that again?

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

...Until we get rid of Venkys NO!

[simongarnerisgod]

7 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Look at Bournemouth, packed out stadium, great atmosphere, 1- 0 up against City (who've missed a pen), absolutely loving life.

Can we ever have that again?

watching bournemouth makes me vomit,not because iv`e any grudge against them,more a case of a tiny enclave on the south coast with no fans and a non league ground achieving so much and then i look at us🤬,i get nauseous watching brentford as well,which is the same example

[davulsukur]

2 hours ago, lraC said:

It’s come from a WhatsApp group and the person who posted it, is rarely wrong.

You are correct about my post on Forshaw and accept I was wrong, but did not say 100% just like now, unless I am.

Have you ever posted anything that turned out not to work out the way you thought?

I have no reason to doubt your info, as I have 0 inside track but the club is in the black, the CEO got a cushty payrise and we've added 2 new staff to the scouting team.

Can't see how we're not paying the players.

Even at our lowest the players still got paid (to my knowledge) can't see it changing now.

As soon as the players stop getting paid, that's when the authorities start looking (at last) and Venky's won't allow that. 

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13 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

watching bournemouth makes me vomit,not because iv`e any grudge against them,more a case of a tiny enclave on the south coast with no fans and a non league ground achieving so much and then i look at us🤬,i get nauseous watching brentford as well,which is the same example

Admittedly did have a realisation yesterday that Brentford, yes Brentford are playing in the best league in the world. Like where on earth did they come from? I remember the scores being read out on a Saturday afternoon as most of will remember, "Brentford nil, Rotherham four"

Brentford. What the fuck we need what they've got. 

we are Blackburn Rovers ffs we won the premier league, worthington cup champions multiple fa cup winners, giant killers, jewel in the crown of Lancashire. Why can't we do what Brentford has done. Venkys Out I've had enough.

@glen9mullanwhatevers coming next I hope it makes a difference, hearing everyone's stories 40+ years on Ewood Park, 30+ years supporting the the Rovers.... all turning theor backs on the the regime and turning the blue light out. 💙  completely saddened by it all and royally pissed off with the whole thing. Mates of mine messaging saying they are done with the season... its just not heard of round these parts. Anyone that loves this club feels like half a person right now whilst all these other teams around us flourish. Venkys waggot suhail anyone connected if youre reading this. Do something right for once. Walk away before we all do.

[damo100]

5 hours ago, glen9mullan said:

"Express yourself" 😉

World in motion

New Order

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, ... said:

Admittedly did have a realisation yesterday that Brentford, yes Brentford are playing in the best league in the world. Like where on earth did they come from? I remember the scores being read out on a Saturday afternoon as most of will remember, "Brentford nil, Rotherham four"

Brentford. What the fuck we need what they've got. 

cos Brentford owner is a fan and successful Businessman similar to Our Jack Walker 

Matthew Benham - Wikipedia

[RoversClitheroe]

5 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

confident from where? 

You thought the other week Ismael was being told to play Forshaw which hasn't been the case has it? 

So you don't think he was asked to play forshaw in that first game? Lol

[RevidgeBlue]

5 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

confident from where? 

You thought the other week Ismael was being told to play Forshaw which hasn't been the case has it? 

It's not really the time to be leaping to the defence of the Club and to be trying to shoot down any criticism quite so aggressively Chadster.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, MCMC1875 said:

The person with the username "Lord Of The Pies" is/was actually a Riverside season ticket holder and a semi-retired former sales executive for Scottish and Newcastle who washed up here when S&N took over Matthew Brown and lives in Walton Park near Bamber Bridge. 

He has incrdibly strange views though.

Another one who sticks out like a sore thumb is Roverend who basically never wants to see us investing in the team in an attempt to push on as he fears it will put the Club at risk financially and he'd rather we looked for gradual improvement. over a number of years.

What genuine supporter thinks like that and doesn't want to see us at least try to succeed and push on?

There's about 4 or 5 of them who dominate the LT comments section. Typically one of them comes out with a ludicrous post then they all start agreeing with each other and congratulating the original poster.

All very odd. As I've mentioned previously I've tried to register several times to add a bit of balance but the site wouldn't let me. I'd be interested to hear if anyone has the same problem or if it's just something I'm doing wrong.

[superniko]

44 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

cos Brentford owner is a fan and successful Businessman similar to Our Jack Walker 

Matthew Benham - Wikipedia

More to the point the bloke is shrewd as fuck and we’re sat with a load of plebs with only air between their ears 

[Ghost7]

52 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

cos Brentford owner is a fan and successful Businessman similar to Our Jack Walker 

Matthew Benham - Wikipedia

So would you agree success starts with passionate and interested owners?

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15 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

So would you agree success starts with passionate and interested owners?

That's kind of half the battle and the ones you need. As I said on previous posts. I'd pay £500 for a 3rd tier ST with the Rovers if we had passion and vision at the helm

[Upside Down]

6 hours ago, Riverside pessimist said:

I am too at the point of walking away after 30 years of support. I am willing to get behind any form of protest. However, I believe only way now and the most hard hitting form in terms of media coverage and financial burden for Venky’s is fans on the pitch and stop the games, Friday night is the perfect opportunity. If Reading can muster a few hundred fans on the pitch why the fuck can’t we, Venky’s have been here over a decade. Surely there are 200-300 anti-Venky fans who would be prepared to go through with this. Meet up before the game, decide what minute and on. Protesting in the stands doesn’t work, outside the ground doesn’t work, so what else is left? Open letter from fans / local MP’s requesting the sale of the club. 

I agree 100% that there needs to be the very real threat in place that we will get matches abandoned.

This can be achieved without people risking criminal convictions though.

Whether we do it on Friday is debatable. It's difficult as the next manoeuvre has to be just right so that the club can't demonize and blame the fans for the team losing a match and missing out on the playoffs, even though anyone who has a working brain can see that the club themselves have once again deliberately sabotaged any chance of that ever happening.

They need to know that we will make life difficult for them and the easiest way for them to avoid this is selling up and fucking off.