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[wilsdenrover]

24 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Despite your reverting to keyboard warrior tendencies aimed at people that give up their time for free, don’t worry, I’ll still ask your question 😅.

In any event, we don’t set the schedule.

Out of interest, is the date dictated fully by the club or do ‘you’ have any say at all?

Edited Sunday at 10:58 by wilsdenrover

[K-Hod]

7 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Out of interest, is the date dictated fully by the club or do ‘you’ have any say at all?

Not a question for me, I’m just in an email thread, where I’m told when the meetings are, I’m afraid.

[Boz]

23 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Not a question for me, I’m just in an email thread, where I’m told when the meetings are, I’m afraid.

Hi K-Hod very much appreciate you giving your time in listening to what at times must be infuriating garbage spouted by the Rovers officials at such forums.

Without wanting to distract conversation away from way more important matters concerning owners, transfers, contracts. 
Might it perhaps to add under AOB, a stadium capacity question? If the reported capacity is 31,367, with 4,043 Burnley tickets sold in the Darwen end (including others in hospitality sections?) with a circa 8,000 capacity and all home tickets sold out.  
With a published attendance yesterday of 25,909, where were the circa 1,400 missing seats?

Or do Rovers need to revise the stadium capacity? 

I also ask partly as the match was sold out over a week beforehand and I know Rovers fans who would have bought tickets. 

[K-Hod]

2 minutes ago, Boz said:

Hi K-Hod very much appreciate you giving your time in listening to what at times must be infuriating garbage spouted by the Rovers officials at such forums.

Without wanting to distract conversation away from way more important matters concerning owners, transfers, contracts. 
Might it perhaps to add under AOB, a stadium capacity question? If the reported capacity is 31,367, with 4,043 Burnley tickets sold in the Darwen end (including others in hospitality sections?) with a circa 8,000 capacity and all home tickets sold out.  
With a published attendance yesterday of 25,909, where were the circa 1,400 missing seats?

Or do Rovers need to revise the stadium capacity? 

I also ask partly as the match was sold out over a week beforehand and I know Rovers fans who would have bought tickets. 

So, I’ve got a question about that on my list already.
My gut reaction is the club (and the police tbf), don’t fancy doing a bit.

[Mattyblue]

I’d say 250 in the JWL corner netted off. Front row of the BEnd Upper (I believe, couldn’t see from the lower) so another 180. Apart from that, couldn’t see anything, even the whole JWU corporate section was full which wasn’t even the case for the Liverpool QF.

So where were the other 1,000 empty seats in home areas? As you say the only explanation is the capacity of Ewood Park is no longer 31,367

 

Edited Sunday at 11:57 by Mattyblue

[Ossydave]

17 hours ago, Rogerb said:

Is the attendance announced those who actually turned up or number of tickets sold. Two empty seats very close by today

Nobody I know went to their actual seats in the riverside, not sure where you were. I wans initially on the Blackburn End side but moved to the opposite side when everyone sat down!

[Ossydave]

As an aside, first time I've been in the riverside for a while and was appalled by the state of it in parts! The metal section of steps looked like they were ready to crumble at some point from the rust. Was chatting to a couple of Zwolle fans at half time and they too were saying what a shithole that stand was.

[Mattyblue]

On the filpside viewing it from the other stands when it’s actually full it doesn’t look quite as ramshackle. But I imagine it’s closure gets ever closer…

[Rogerb]

41 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

Nobody I know went to their actual seats in the riverside, not sure where you were. I wans initially on the Blackburn End side but moved to the opposite side when everyone sat down!

EO2 row14 30 yards from Blackburn end goal

[only2garners]

4 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

Out of interest, is the date dictated fully by the club or do ‘you’ have any say at all?

Probably a question for me. I liaise with the club about Forum dates and they often move. In fact, although K-Hod doesn’t know yet I’ve been asked if we can move the 10/2 date to 11/2. I will be asking members if that’s OK in the next few days. As it happens I can’t do 11th but that won’t affect any move as I am away for nearly 6 weeks from then anyway. 
 

If a significant number of members can’t make the new date we will look again. But it’s virtually impossible to get any date all members can get to. And there is no point in sticking to a date that the club’s senior management can’t make. But we have had meetings moved in the past if I and/or the Chair can’t make a date.

[RevidgeBlue]

On 05/01/2025 at 10:33, K-Hod said:

Despite your reverting to keyboard warrior tendencies aimed at people that give up their time for free, don’t worry, I’ll still ask your question 😅.

In any event, we don’t set the schedule.

Christ, don't bother if you're going to be like that.

My ire is directed primarily not at you or the people who give up their time for free but the representatives of the Club who have turned the whole thing into a charade by never providing a worthwhile answer to anything.

I don't know how you have the patience to sit there and have your intelligence insulted time after time. I certainly wouldn't have.