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[Paul Mani]

5 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

I see, but others having opinions about the managed decline is whinging, fair enough.

 

Yep, it’s the same. Of course it is 👍🏼

[Mattyblue]

What positives are you seeing on the transfer front?

[Forever Blue]

2 hours ago, LDRover said:

The 'warchest stage' was really short lived this Summer.

I think we need to get that going again, just for a bit of positivity. 

[TugaysMarlboro]

24 days before the season starts and we are (technically) weaker than when we played Leicester last season.

 

Genuine question, for away games, do Venkys get any of the revenue whatsoever?

[A Northern Horde...]

2 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

We’re in managed decline, 100%. The club is being stripped. It’s not great but the number of fully grown men melting down about it is laughable.

I’ve supported the club over 30yrs and had season tickets for at least 25 of those. I care. But no one died…in truth we’ve probably been shit longer than we were any good in my lifetime.

I spend more time cursing Mr Seed, the manager of my local u10’s team who made me fall in love with David Speedie and Co!! 

My God what a post!

And you wonder why there is so much apathy  surrounding our Club..you wonder why we can barely raise a protest while Rovers crash and burn.

🫣

[Mike E]

15 hours ago, Miller11 said:

One of the strangest performances I’ve ever seen from an opposition player. He absolutely terrorised us that day, but his finishing was woeful. If he’d banged in 10 goals last season he’d no doubt be getting a move to the Premier League considering his physical profile, the fact he’s only 21 and a full international.

Jason Roberts mk2?

[Mattyblue]

30 minutes ago, A Northern Horde... said:

My God what a post!

And you wonder why there is so much apathy  surrounding our Club..you wonder why we can barely raise a protest while Rovers crash and burn.

🫣

If you were born in the early 80s, an odd season aside Rovers teams had been anything but ‘shit’ until this lot turned up (and it certainly wasn’t a shit club until 2010)

Edited July 16, 2024 by Mattyblue

[Forever Blue]

The years from 1987-2009 were an unmitigated success for this football club. A modern football club was born, driven by people who knew its value. 
 

The years from 2010 onwards have seen the a good proportion of that progress destroyed. 
 

Our only hope is that the owners fuck off pronto. 
 

 

[cesus]

23 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

The years from 1987-2009 were an unmitigated success for this football club. A modern football club was born, driven by people who knew its value. 
 

The years from 2010 onwards have seen the a good proportion of that progress destroyed. 
 

Our only hope is that the owners fuck off pronto. 
 

 

The fairest summing up any supporter could give. They bought a club that was literally renowned as being ran as "the model club" under John Williams stewardship. 

Relegations, big players leaving still happened but we always looked to grow.

[roversfan99]

3 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

We’re in managed decline, 100%. The club is being stripped. It’s not great but the number of fully grown men melting down about it is laughable.

I’ve supported the club over 30yrs and had season tickets for at least 25 of those. I care. But no one died…in truth we’ve probably been shit longer than we were any good in my lifetime.

I spend more time cursing Mr Seed, the manager of my local u10’s team who made me fall in love with David Speedie and Co!! 

Seems a strange hill to die on. Clubs in severe decline due to neglectful owners, yet you'd rather appear non plussed so you can paint others who like you have a long history of supporting the club as a lifelong passion as being whingers. If only all had your emotional intelligence.

[bigbrandjohn]

300 up and not even a tickle to first slip. Wickets normally fall aplenty around 650 pages. Could be a long innings before any real news. 

[Mike E]

3 minutes ago, bigbrandjohn said:

300 up and not even a tickle to first slip. Wickets normally fall aplenty around 650 pages. Could be a long innings before any real news. 

I… we… huh?

[Forever Blue]

6 minutes ago, bigbrandjohn said:

300 up and not even a tickle to first slip. Wickets normally fall aplenty around 650 pages. Could be a long innings before any real news. 

We’ll be playing at Boundary Park in the not too distant future if it carries on like this.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

Jason Roberts mk2?

He'd be our best player now.

[LDRover]

48 minutes ago, bigbrandjohn said:

300 up and not even a tickle to first slip. Wickets normally fall aplenty around 650 pages. Could be a long innings before any real news. 

Tavare at one end and Sir Geoffrey at the other, blocking for all they are worth.

[bluebruce]

4 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

We’re in managed decline, 100%. The club is being stripped. It’s not great but the number of fully grown men melting down about it is laughable.

I’ve supported the club over 30yrs and had season tickets for at least 25 of those. I care. But no one died…in truth we’ve probably been shit longer than we were any good in my lifetime.

I spend more time cursing Mr Seed, the manager of my local u10’s team who made me fall in love with David Speedie and Co!! 

Sounds like you don't give much of a shit about the club tbh. Certainly not like the rest of us. You might find it a better use of your time to set up a forum for your local U10s team and put your attention somewhere you actually have passion for by the sounds of it, instead of lecturing those of us who care deeply about BRFC about being whingers.

[RevidgeBlue]

4 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

We’re in managed decline, 100%. The club is being stripped. It’s not great but the number of fully grown men melting down about it is laughable.

I’ve supported the club over 30yrs and had season tickets for at least 25 of those. I care. But no one died…in truth we’ve probably been shit longer than we were any good in my lifetime.

I spend more time cursing Mr Seed, the manager of my local u10’s team who made me fall in love with David Speedie and Co!! 

So you admit we're being run into the ground but you're not particularly bothered about it.

What an incredibly strange point of view.

[RevidgeBlue]

4 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

I see, but others having opinions about the managed decline is whinging, fair enough.

 

He's commented it's happening but he's right, it would appear he's shrugging his shoulders as opposed to whinging about it which is incredibly worrying if a large enough section of the fanbase are equally indifferent.

[Mattyblue]

Who knows folk may be slightly different in real life then what they post on a football message board.

[SuperBrfc]

That's the law of attraction for you in a nutshell. Just be positive. Forget reality. Comforting lies are more appealing.

'Ah well'.

Seems to be a widespread sentiment among plenty in the Rovers fanbase today in regards to our decline. Almost as if the rest of us dreamt the years before Venky's.

Let's have it right, the only narrative here is to see Blackburn Rovers prosper again. That is where the anger and 'negativity' is stemming from, seeing clueless tossers with not a fibre of winning intent running the club into the ground constantly. Over and over. Year in, year out. Bringing more shame, embarrassment and disgrace upon the club. But no, people are being unreasonable to be getting wound up about any of this. Why not 'manifest' positivity instead, eh? How liberating that is.

There's no doubt that Chaddy wants the same as everybody else here, Rovers back in the Prem and the club restored to how we were back in 2010, his own words. He just tries to paint a positive picture, a picture which doesn't exist in reality, but something which some might find comforting. When there's something to genuinely be positive about, people will see it on here. But that process will not begin until we are rid of Venky's, Waggott, Pasha and the rest of the hangers on.

[Mattyblue]

Yep, when faced with reality all they have left is to belittle folk and respond with ‘err, well, it’s only a game’.

[J*B]

26 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Yep, when faced with reality all they have left is to belittle folk and respond with ‘err, well, it’s only a game’.

And it is, of course. Until you consider the huge impact which a successful football club - or at least one we're proud of - has to our small and in places extremely deprived town. 

[Polky]

 

[Forever Blue]

Jackson saying he also understands Rovers have approached the reps of the German 2nd tier striker linked a few days ago. The striker wants to come and he’d cost about £500k

[sharpysharps86]

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

He'd be our best player now.

Indeed. Jason Roberts at championship level was a monster. To have someone like him in this Rovers side is the stuff of dreams now. Sad.