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[Ossydave]

24 minutes ago, tomphil said:

How long would it take for half a pint in a plastic glass to be launched onto the pitch ?

Not long sadly so that's why it'll never happen.

You can't get away with throwing things onto the pitch these days, if you're that way inclined. CCTV is a legal requirement in football stadiums as far as i know - the culprits would be fished out without issue and banned. Besides, a plastic pint glass would do nothing (they're paper anyway now).

[tomphil]

1 minute ago, Ossydave said:

You can't get away with throwing things onto the pitch these days, if you're that way inclined. CCTV is a legal requirement in football stadiums as far as i know - the culprits would be fished out without issue and banned. Besides, a plastic pint glass would do nothing (they're paper anyway now).

The opposition score 5 mins into the second half and celebrate in front of the BBE you are not telling me they don't get some pelting.  People still chuck stuff now several times a season there is an issue of some projectile or other and if an empty plastic water bottle can make it to the 6 yard box so can plastic glasses containing some ale.

I'd love for it to be possible but for obvious reasons it's unlikely.

[Mattyblue]

I’m not sure, standing is the prime example. The unwashed plebs that watch football wouldn’t have been allowed anywhere near that a decade ago.

It’ll come.

[Ossydave]

43 minutes ago, tomphil said:

The opposition score 5 mins into the second half and celebrate in front of the BBE you are not telling me they don't get some pelting.  People still chuck stuff now several times a season there is an issue of some projectile or other and if an empty plastic water bottle can make it to the 6 yard box so can plastic glasses containing some ale.

I'd love for it to be possible but for obvious reasons it's unlikely.

I'm not saying it would never happen, perhaps more so initially. But once people realise its gonna equal an almost instant ban they'd be pretty damn stupid to copy said morons.

There wasn't even major issues when we were sent to our seats with ale at the Turf that time!

[tomphil]

26 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

I'm not saying it would never happen, perhaps more so initially. But once people realise its gonna equal an almost instant ban they'd be pretty damn stupid to copy said morons.

There wasn't even major issues when we were sent to our seats with ale at the Turf that time!

That's probably because it was a bigger hazard unfolding underneath in that dump.

At least everybody had drunk up by the time we scored  🙂

[Upside Down]

10 hours ago, LeftWinger said:

This frustrates the hell out of me. You get to the stage where it's not even worth going for a pint at half time as you have to miss the end of the first half to give you a chance and then down it quickly so you don't miss too much of the second half.

Same issue across various stadiums - but Rovers' seem particularly bad.

If someone can invent a solution where you can pre-order drinks on an app and then collect from an Amazon style locker in the concourse (chilled) clubs would sell a hell of a lot more drinks. 

BYO?

[Hasta]

The latest minutes are now up .

[Mattyblue]

The lack of basic knowledge down there of how football fans tick never fails to amaze me. 

’The Jack Walker will be able to accommodate all home fans’.

So if we expect a crowd of under 10k we now only open one stand? We won’t see it open again then for the vast majority of cup ties going forward in that case.

And so what if all fans could fit in one stand?  How about offering a service to your supporters, how about recognising the decades folk have sat in there, how about encouraging a bit of atmosphere behind the goal for the players.

Pathetic the lot of them.

Edited September 14, 2023 by Mattyblue

[Ossydave]

SW is that out of touch he probably thinks forcing Blackburn End stalwarts into the JW might drive increased season ticket revenue the following season,  as they all decide they like the view better and snap up more expensive season tickets 🤡

In reality it just means people won't go.

[JHRover]

None of the measures Waggott has introduced since his arrival nearly SIX years ago (almost £2 million down for the service) has led to any improvement or growth at the club.

Even though (no thanks to him) most of the last six years the club has been on an upward or at least steady trajectory footballing wise.

A promotion, positivity returning to the Championship, now fresh off two serious play-off pushes. Yet I get the impression that none of that comes into his thinking. 

He isn't here to improve, grow or progress the club.

He'll point to little schemes he's overseen and probably roll out some massaged figures showing what a great job he's done. He'll say how season ticket sales are higher than the season before he arrived (under the wretched Coyle) so all's good. He's got a few million extra from JDT's cup runs to use towards his figures and will probably collect a nice bonus off the back of JDT actually taking the cups seriously unlike his buddy Tony. 

Fundamentally though all he's here for and all he knows is how to squeeze and cut. Drag the club down to a level more in keeping with his dismal footballing CV working as a 'consultant' in the lower leagues and with crisis clubs. He's just not an operator that suggests PL or Championship standards and his record proves he's done next to nothing to move the club forward.

Just manage a hand-to-mouth existence, celebrate meeting bill payments on time and paying for the grass seed when it arrives and collect a share of the spoils each summer. 

Make no mistake, the BBE will be shut now for all home cup games bar those against PL sides. The decision has been made (another without involving the fans, contrary to their disgusting claims to consult with supporters on major issues).

Just like they took no fan input on board when shutting the town centre Roverstore, when ditching a matchday programme because they couldn't be arsed putting one together, like when they shut the DE and BBE upper to home fans, closed down Radio Rovers, hollowed out the club in the name of saving a few quid. 

I can think of a quicker way to save a decent wedge. Axe this CEO. We could afford a new signing then. 

[chaddyrovers]

That's decision to shut the Blackburn end for cup game is disgraceful by the club management 

[Ghost7]

It's poor for the players too and generally unnecessarily embarrassing for the fans but that is Waggott...

Unnecessary and embarrassing.

[Ossydave]

It's a bloody poor do when even Chaddy is critical of the club 🥲

I'm looking forward to JDT's take on this. Imagine having a manager who takes the cups seriously, gets the players up for it,  which in itself would add more bums on seats.....All for Waggott to ensure an even more empty looking ground than usual with literally no atmosphere whatsoever. 

The magic of the cup eh Jon?

[arbitro]

The hypocrisy is alarming. Somebody authorised the spending of a reported £3k on that unsightly lettering in the Darwen End Upper and yet, to save money arguably the most popular stand is closed. I recall when Waggott closed the Family Stand and quite a few regulars didn't renew their season tickets in disgust. I think this will probably push a few over the edge, supporters who have sat in the same seat since the ground was rebuilt. And how many Cardiff fans will the Darwen End be opening for?

Shambolic decision making by the club once again to save a few quid.

[Mattyblue]

Makes no sense whichever way you slice it.

The commercial operation down there is completely unfit for purpose and needs gutting… good job there isn’t a pressing need to increase revenue or anything.

[Upside Down]

Fuck it. Let's just close Ewood all together and play all games at Brockhall behind closed doors.

Sorted. No expenses to worry about there.

[Mattyblue]

Brockhall? Sounds a waste of some prime real estate to me.

Lets just get back to Pleasy, another job for Lowe, he can fish balls out the River Darwen as well as putting the cones out.

[chaddyrovers]

3 hours ago, Ossydave said:

It's a bloody poor do when even Chaddy is critical of the club 🥲

I'm looking forward to JDT's take on this. Imagine having a manager who takes the cups seriously, gets the players up for it,  which in itself would add more bums on seats.....All for Waggott to ensure an even more empty looking ground than usual with literally no atmosphere whatsoever. 

The magic of the cup eh Jon?

It's disgraceful action shutting the main stand at Ewood Park. The saving the club will be making will be small in terms of cost. Increase of trying to increase revenue it's cost savings at all the time. 

 

[arbitro]

The suits behind this decision (likely to be Cheston and Swag) probably take £500k out of this club in earnings. If they took a 0.5% pay cut it would more than cover the expense of shutting the Blackburn End. And another thing that grinds my gears is that these twats don't even pay to watch Rovers. They sit in the lap of luxury in the Directors Box and will be fed and watered for free. Any away games they go to will be the same.

The gall of these self serving knobs is really beginning to grate with me.

[Upside Down]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

Brockhall? Sounds a waste of some prime real estate to me.

Lets just get back to Pleasy, another job for Lowe, he can fish balls out the River Darwen as well as putting the cones out.

You're on to it.

Give this man a £400,000 a year job.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

1 hour ago, Upside Down said:

Fuck it. Let's just close Ewood all together and play all games at Brockhall behind closed doors.

Sorted. No expenses to worry about there.

We'll be on Pleasington Playing fields at this rate.

These shysters running our Club are so out of touch with the fanbase its unreal,nay,frightening.The arrogance and stupidity of this decision beggers belief.They are pushing their luck with this one for sure!

Can you imagine Liverpool shutting the Kop,Utd the Stretford End?

Edited September 15, 2023 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[rigger]

1 hour ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

We'll be on Pleasington Playing fields at this rate.

These shysters running our Club are so out of touch with the fanbase its unreal,nay,frightening.The arrogance and stupidity of this decision beggers belief.They are pushing their luck with this one for sure!

Can you imagine Liverpool shutting the Kop,Utd the Stretford End?

Can you imagine any other club, at any level, shutting their home end ?

[Ghost7]

Whoever's behind the idea needs sacking, it really is as simple as that IMO.

Before someone says that's an overreaction, I don't mean for the action alone but whoever is behind the idea is so out of touch they are forming a rotten part of the football club and it will continue.

[rigger]

25 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

Whoever's behind the idea needs sacking, it really is as simple as that IMO.

Before someone says that's an overreaction, I don't mean for the action alone but whoever is behind the idea is so out of touch they are forming a rotten part of the football club and it will continue.

It would not be an over reaction, it would be a much needed reaction.

 

26 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

Whoever's behind the idea needs sacking, it really is as simple as that IMO.

Before someone says that's an overreaction, I don't mean for the action alone but whoever is behind the idea is so out of touch they are forming a rotten part of the football club and it will continue.

 

[Polky]