v Burnley (h) - 4/1/2025

[TheRovers1994]

7 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I’ve watched Leonard, putting himself about isn’t his game. He’s the sort of striker that lulls his opponents into a false sense of security by doing very little.

Did you say that about Rhodes ? Leanord is a goal scorer wtf do you expect him to do in that type of game ? Wasn’t doing nothing when he bailed us out against Sunderland with his poacher instinct 

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3 minutes ago, TheRovers1994 said:

Don’t get me wrong I’m an advocate for the cups and wanna take them serious but if you put out a changed 11 doesn’t mean you ain’t serious it’s all about mentality and I want us to give everything Saturday and change the starting 11 for boro, hopefully a couple new players for then too, can’t afford more key players breaking down 

Yea completely agree be good to even use it to try a few new things. Not that I think much needs to be changed with how JE is running things but a game to showcase options. And I use the word options loosely 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

7 minutes ago, TheRovers1994 said:

Did you say that about Rhodes ? Leanord is a goal scorer wtf do you expect him to do in that type of game ? Wasn’t doing nothing when he bailed us out against Sunderland with his poacher instinct 

Yeah, I said that about Rhodes. No good scoring goals at one end when you’re leaking them at the other end because off the ball you’re playing with 10. You defend from the front, all 11 of you. Where did the goals get us in the league - nowhere,

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[JHRover]

So despite refusing to sell almost 5,000 tickets out of our 31,000 capacity stadium the club are now attempting to rake in extra money by trying to persuade people to 'upgrade' their tickets.

Just a totally ludicrous operation down there. No other club in professional football would get themselves into a position where a sixth of the ground is stood empty, turning away high demand from both home and away fans, for no reason. 

If they really wanted to they could get a crowd of over 30,000 on for this. They don't want it because it is just too much hassle. Leeds can pack 36,000 into a 37,000 capacity ground including having home fans underneath away fans in a 60s era stand. No problems. 

They must have plenty of money at Ewood to be turning away upwards of £100,000 from the 3000 or so extra seats they could have filled had they tried all due to 'advice' that no other club needs to follow.

[RevidgeBlue]

8 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Yeah, I said that about Rhodes. No good scoring goals at one end when you’re leaking them at the other end because off the ball you’re playing with 10. You defend from the front, all 11 of you. Where did the goals get us in the league - nowhere,

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We did this to death at the time but I think it had rather more to do with having the likes of Lowe in midfield.

[roversfan99]

Pears

Brittain Hyam Batth Beck

Tronstad Baker

ACD JRC Dolan

Weimann

Really difficult to select an attack.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Pears

Brittain Hyam Batth Beck

Tronstad Baker

ACD JRC Dolan

Weimann

Really difficult to select an attack.

I think you’ve just proved that.

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Pears

Brittain Hyam Batth Beck

Tronstad Baker

ACD JRC Dolan

Weimann

Really difficult to select an attack.

You're not the first person to suggest Weimann up front.

What attributes has he shown to suggest he can do a job there?

[47er]

1 hour ago, ... said:

I just don't think it's going to be a Brickwall game like Leeds I feel we'll have more opportunities to attack and we need an outlet up top for that I think Leonard can fill it for this occasion. There won't be one player in there that isn't going to throw all they have into this game. Gonna be some sore tired bodies

We took it up to them at t'Turd? no brick wall there.

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

You're not the first person to suggest Weimann up front.

What attributes has he shown to suggest he can do a job there?

He can actually finish unlike calamity Gueye. And Leonard proved again yesterday that he is nowhere near ready.

[BankEnd Rover]

10 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Pears

Brittain Hyam Batth Beck

Tronstad Baker

ACD JRC Dolan

Weimann

Really difficult to select an attack.

Move Dolan to number 10 and hedges on the left then I probably agree.

Think Weimann is the best option we have up top to start - Gueye to come on in the second half.

My god we need reinforcements!

 

 

Edited Thursday at 21:54 by BankEnd Rover

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

He can actually finish unlike calamity Gueye. And Leonard proved again yesterday that he is nowhere near ready.

Hmmm....I'd say Welmann has no pace, isn't strong enough, no good in the air, doubt he can hold the ball up - apart from that he might do OK.

He does have a knack of being in the right place at the right time though so if one drops right to his feet he might finish it off.

[TheRovers1994]

26 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Yeah, I said that about Rhodes. No good scoring goals at one end when you’re leaking them at the other end because off the ball you’re playing with 10. You defend from the front, all 11 of you. Where did the goals get us in the league - nowhere,

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Are we leaking goals ? Your so off the mark here 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, TheRovers1994 said:

Are we leaking goals ? Your so off the mark here 

Well we’ll see on Saturday.

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Hmmm....I'd say Welmann has no pace, isn't strong enough, no good in the air, doubt he can hold the ball up - apart from that he might do OK.

He does have a knack of being in the right place at the right time though so if one drops right to his feet he might finish it off.

Its a sorry choice and not one I would be comfortable with.

Due to the constant budget slashing, any choices feel like scraping the barrel in attack.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 minutes ago, 47er said:

We took it up to them at t'Turd? no brick wall there.

We had a more or less full squad to pick from then.

[TheRovers1994]

20 minutes ago, JHRover said:

So despite refusing to sell almost 5,000 tickets out of our 31,000 capacity stadium the club are now attempting to rake in extra money by trying to persuade people to 'upgrade' their tickets.

Just a totally ludicrous operation down there. No other club in professional football would get themselves into a position where a sixth of the ground is stood empty, turning away high demand from both home and away fans, for no reason. 

If they really wanted to they could get a crowd of over 30,000 on for this. They don't want it because it is just too much hassle. Leeds can pack 36,000 into a 37,000 capacity ground including having home fans underneath away fans in a 60s era stand. No problems. 

They must have plenty of money at Ewood to be turning away upwards of £100,000 from the 3000 or so extra seats they could have filled had they tried all due to 'advice' that no other club needs to follow.

Police have a big say, extra fans requires extra planning meaning extra cost, sellling another 3k to the dingles would cost more than we would make in revenue so why do you care about the upper darwen being empty ? Aslong as home ends are full ? They wouldn’t have known there would be such demand given we haven’t come close to this since Oxford, common sense to open up block by block as demand requests, why open up more and have a bunch of empty seats cause demand has dried up ? Is there another 2k people wanting tickets ? I doubt it 

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

I’d start off with the same line up as we did Leeds but with Maktar up front - they’ll be wary of him given the way he set up our goal at t’Turd. I’d rather keep things tight rather than be too adventurous in the first hour. Cozier-Duberry I thought was useless at Leeds, he doesn’t have any of Whartons awareness so gets caught out trying to take possession when really he should first time it. Could be a useful sub if we need to turn up the gas tho.

[TheRovers1994]

Just now, Exiled in Toronto Mk2 said:

I’d start off with the same line up as we did Leeds but with Maktar up front - they’ll be wary of him given the way he set up our goal at t’Turd. I’d rather keep things tight rather than be too adventurous in the first hour. Cozier-Duberry I thought was useless at Leeds, he doesn’t have any of Whartons awareness so gets caught out trying to take possession when really he should first time it. Could be a useful sub if we need to turn up the gas tho.

Disagree mak she effective when he starts 

[BankEnd Rover]

It's incredibly worrying that we go into the biggest game in years with an attacking front line which is probably on par with Wycombe Wanderers.

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2 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

It's incredibly worrying that we go into the biggest game in years with an attacking front line which is probably on par with Wycombe Wanderers.

Lmao 🤣 

We need to score early. Before the break at latest and play like we did v leeds after just to piss them off hahaha

[simongarnerisgod]

3 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

It's incredibly worrying that we go into the biggest game in years with an attacking front line which is probably on par with Wycombe Wanderers.

it`s the most lightweight attacking dept iv`e ever seen in all my rovers supporting days,which makes eustace achievement all the better

[Mattyblue]

26 minutes ago, TheRovers1994 said:

Police have a big say, extra fans requires extra planning meaning extra cost, sellling another 3k to the dingles would cost more than we would make in revenue so why do you care about the upper darwen being empty ? Aslong as home ends are full ? They wouldn’t have known there would be such demand given we haven’t come close to this since Oxford, common sense to open up block by block as demand requests, why open up more and have a bunch of empty seats cause demand has dried up ? Is there another 2k people wanting tickets ? I doubt it 

Every extra block that went on sale was sold in hours. The last release of tickets sold in about an hour. There are c800 unsold seats in home areas (never mind the Darwen End) and obviously still demand as it ‘sold out’ with a week to go.

As for the police, Ewood is covered by the same division (East) of the same constabulary (Lancs) as their ground. They have a line of stewards within the same stand as segregation, we have c1500 netted off seats across three separate stands.

It’s cop out from the lazy, complacent people that run Blackburn Rovers.

Edited Thursday at 22:26 by Mattyblue

[JHRover]

23 minutes ago, TheRovers1994 said:

Police have a big say, extra fans requires extra planning meaning extra cost, sellling another 3k to the dingles would cost more than we would make in revenue so why do you care about the upper darwen being empty ? Aslong as home ends are full ? They wouldn’t have known there would be such demand given we haven’t come close to this since Oxford, common sense to open up block by block as demand requests, why open up more and have a bunch of empty seats cause demand has dried up ? Is there another 2k people wanting tickets ? I doubt it 

The Darwen End can be a home end and be split between home and away fans. That's the main issue here. Either by giving home fans the upper tier or by splitting it down the middle and giving half the upper and half the lower to the away team.

This has happened many times before (pre-Venkys and Waggott) and indeed that stand was designed with such a division in mind. 

Tickets have been on sale for many weeks and it was obvious at least 2-3 weeks ago when they were forced to open the BBE upper that there was high demand and that further seats may need to be unlocked.

I am not advocating giving them 7000 tickets. Never have and never will. But some of the 4000 empty 'could' be occupied by Rovers fans. Might only be 1000-1500 in the lower tier but there's no reason not to do it. It can be done, it has been done before and pretty much every other club in England has no issue with home and away fans sharing the same stand. 

Your suggestion that selling an extra 3000 to the dingles would cost us more than we would make in revenue. I would suggest that is nonsense. If the additional policing costs were £100,000 (3000 tickets at £33 each) there is something seriously wrong. If this was remotely close to being correct then we would see most stadia around the division with swathes of netted off blocks every week to save on policing costs. That doesn't happen except at Rovers. At Burnley they have next to no segregation.

There should be no Rovers fan turned away from this ground whilst there remain unoccupied seats.

Then we get on to the other issue here which is that you say 'as long as the home ends are full' - but they aren't. There are at least 300 empty seats in the Jack Walker Lower tier and Riverside bottom corner. The club has refused to release these for sale and instead would rather they be netted off - again not necessary.

Are there another 2,000 people wanting tickets? Who knows. All I know is that we 'sold out' about a week ago now and logic would suggest quite a few more would have gone in the time since as the game gets nearer.

[damo100]

32 minutes ago, TheRovers1994 said:

Police have a big say, extra fans requires extra planning meaning extra cost, sellling another 3k to the dingles would cost more than we would make in revenue so why do you care about the upper darwen being empty ? Aslong as home ends are full ? They wouldn’t have known there would be such demand given we haven’t come close to this since Oxford, common sense to open up block by block as demand requests, why open up more and have a bunch of empty seats cause demand has dried up ? Is there another 2k people wanting tickets ? I doubt it 

This time LAST WEEK most certainly.