Just now, blueboy3333 said:

In fairness, when under pressure, he talks some utter shite.

Give over ..he's nowhere near perfect (how many managers are ) but he,s been far more honest than most

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

I've been saying that all season. 

..and yet we give a 32 yr old CH a new two year contract 

Just now, Mercer said:

Sadly, it's not the first wake-up call.

We've rode our luck on a number of occasions this season.

Expect days of 'Bowyeresque' cliches from Mowbray.

Hmmm I reckon Mowbray will be pretty blunt 

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

Mowbray should be ashamed of his and his team's performance today. 

And so should the players ..

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

I would agree 

or simply found out ..

BB on ...

...AA off!

Rothwell  coming on ..

back in it !!!

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

 

So predictable. 

Ah sorry ...?

Just now, booth said:

I think everyone agrees we don't have a watertight defence, it's nothing new. So isn't that more reason for the manager to not set up a team that's unable to hold onto the ball, leaving a weak link at the top of the tree?

I agrre but if the team aint ready and up for it from the first whistle away from home youre skating on thin ice regardless of whos playing 

Just now, S8 & Blue said:

I’m aware of that.

I just genuinely don’t think that Graham holding the ball up or not is the problem with those goals.

Without Danny Graham we should expect to concede every five minutes? Daft.

Radio Lancs agreeing in principle ..we didn't turn up to the party until we were 2-0 down .. regardless of team selection ..BUT TM doesn't escape criticsism with AA Dack and Palmer not doing a job that a striker could do...

DG going through stretches with fitness coach ..imminent sub ?

Meanwhile ...how are we playing at the moment ?? 

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

cheers. 

But not saying it does work because changes were made !

Just now, AdamRochina said:

feel for brereton not starting while grahams out,  i would of put armstrong wide for palmer and brereton up top through the middle but i trust mowbrays tactics even if i sometimes raise my eyebrows at them

Raise your eyebrows Adam ??? !!!!?

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

Possibly, not sure without checking. You should know, you said it! I'm sure you just wouldn't be making things up (again) ?

West brom and Bolton

Id go with that ..Bell dropped which most seemed to want.

Hopefully AA up front ..as BlueBoy has quite rightly pointed out DG is off the boil at the mo in front of goal.

Just now, Al said:

I wonder where you got that idea from??

some one said stick a rose in the flag ? Simon Garner 194 ? so had a bash of sticking one in 

 A more modern Rose ..im sure theres a professional on ere who can concoct summat ?

x

49 minutes ago, J*B said:

Lancaster Rose then? We won't be able to use it - but if someone wants to make one similar...

Copyright on the Lancaster Rose ??

2 hours ago, J*B said:

Have you made the rose or taken it from somewhere?

Lancashire Wiki page JB

46 minutes ago, cesus said:

This for me is one of the biggest points in attendance dropping, the eye has massively been taken off the ball on attracting people through the door.

Customer loyalty (fans are customers, I hate to say but plenty of our followers in years gone by were PL fans not necessarily Rovers) does not lend itself to blindly following a brand. Everybody will always look for a better deal be it car insurance, supermarkets or mobile phone contracts, do Rovers offer something out with of the 90 minutes that stands up to the local competition?

Accy Stanley have gone down the route of having a £30 day out, £20 ticket and the rest in beer with good quality ales at £2 a pint and £1 after a win, I know a good few lads who I know used to go to Ewood see this as a better option for their hard earned cash than spending sometimes £27 (lets not start on the surcharge!) on a ticket then circa of £4 for a fosters at Rovers. 

As Matt says whilst Burnley are in the PL they will sweep up “customers”, but at the same time their fanzone has good quality beers at reasonable prices and the golden goose of PL football. 

I started going to Rovers as they gave handfuls of tickets to my primary school in the early 90’s is this an avenue that is still used, if not why not? As others have previously said is any sort of transport laid on? As a kid I used to get on a bus at the Boars Head in Accy as my parents didn’t go to the match, this pub doesn’t exist anymore and my parents wouldn’t have trusted me to get on multiple buses could the club run free/ cheap buses from nearby towns that will allow kids to go without parents?

Talking from personal experience that bus allowed me to see my heroes in the 90’s and had me buying season tickets until last season, my brother too! If you can’t get the parents get the kids is my biggest advice. 

Just in case anyone from the Accrington area is not aware, as Cesus  pointed out there WAS a bus from The Boars Head that ran directly to Ewood on match days but as he says The Boars Head is now shut but the bus did continue and  still runs on match days from The Sydney St Working Mens Club on Sydney St.

Bus leaves about an hour and fifteen minutes before match day kick off time and is away pretty quick after the game dropping off at certain points on the way home back to the The Sydney St. Ideal for teenagers like Cesus says whose parents may struggle to take them or others who may want a drink and don't want to drive and park up etc. Seats are bought on a first come first served basis.

19 hours ago, david brent said:

I’ve read today about Accy Stanley distributing over a 1000 shirts to Hyndburn school children. That’s what happens when you have a canny local man in Andy Holt running their club. As much as I admire how he runs Stanley I share the same concerns as the posters above - Stanley are a threat to our dwindling catchment area. 

Rovers should be ruthless about this and should be targeting these traditional blue and white places. Hyndburn is a load of administrative cr@p anyway - Knuzden is Blackburn and yet falls under Hyndburn. Rishton and Ossy are still just about Rovers supporting towns but the club need to do more to protect this given the rise of Burnley and Stanley.

Someone mentioned above there is an EFL gentleman’s rule that a club shouldn’t encroach into another borough. If that’s true it’s ridiculous. Again the borough boundaries should be ignored. Rovers wouldn’t target schools in Edgworth and Belmont as they are Bolton Wanderers supporting villages despite being in Blackburn borough.

Unfortunately this is what happens when you get somebody running the show who doesn’t understand the town, the fanbase, the traditional catchment area etc. John Williams did. 

Not only did they get free Stanley shirts the kids got four free kids tickets to attend the games with a PAYING adult. Not all their parents will take up the offer but its there ..some will and in doing so will increase Stanleys attendance and the possibility of those going maybe returning in the future. Nothing worse than a pestering kid ..I want to go I want to go ! My cousin a devout Burnley season ticket holder is already under pressure from his daughter because " everyone else is going dad " !

As I said thirty odd pages earlier on this thread ..start with the schools ….brainwash them at an early age!