The "number of fans" thing is a bit of a red herring when comparing us to other clubs. There's a whole host of factors that militate towards whether we have comparable attendances to them, not least town/city size, catchment area, recent performance, cultural demographic, ticket prices / affordability. Size of fanbase isn't a reason; Bournemouth, Brentford, even Luton recently managed it, why can't we?? Look at Wrexham now? Birmingham City, all clubs with historically low attendances & even less success / stature in the game, both likely to out-compete us next season. Even Wycombe have some major backing nowadays! What's clear & public knowledge is that Rovers are now down to just 4,000 adult season ticket holders. The other 5,000 are concessions, most of which have gone up multiple times annual inflation for 2025/26. That can't be far off the lowest number since season tickets became a thing. Engagement from the club to the fanbase (and I mean proper engagement, not social media floweriness) is as low as I can remember in the modern era, even going so far as to say that no more effort is going to be made to re-engage lapsed matchgoers; apathy rules, and being blunt that's myself included too, especially on Friday night, I was just too disheartened to get angry). These owners have undone EVERYTHING that Jack achieved, short of knocking down Ewood (but which is slowly decaying before our very eyes anyway due to lack of necessary maintenance) & cancelling the Academy. There are no signs of that changing under them. We're a zombie club with no drive, plan, strategy or direction amongst the board or owners. Is there any other club whose owner(s) has not attended in over a decade? That just says it all, whilst presiding over 2 relegations & not 1 single play off qualification berth to get back into the PL? If they can't be bothered coming, when money is no why should any fan who feels that their club, a fsmily & community hub steeped in pride & history in the global game, has been stolen from them? The status quo just cannot continue, and that starts with these owners realising they've locked everything up & that the decent things to do are either sell up to someone who does care (ideally), or at the very least appeal to the fans for forgiveness, appoint proper people at Ewood who know football & their roles as custodians of the club (i.e. not outside agencies), and give them the support and autonomy to start driving the club forwards again & stop this sleepwalking existence into oblivion.

The only criticism could be that some folk might argue it came across as a rant, but it's impossible to squeeze all relevant issues & feelings into 4 minutes or whatever, there's just so much to refer to; and you don't want to be sidetracked by the interviewer from getting facts across & wasting valuable airtime. But there were plenty of facts provided with evidence supporting them, including giving rational thoughts & context behind your own personal involvement back in 2012 etc re attending Parliament with Jack Straw etc & how that had some general impact on the debate re club ownership & the (hopeful) establishment of the football regulator, which will hopefully benefit your bread & butter football fans generally, not just BRFC.

You got a lot of points in that "interview" Glen - I think the interviewer got about 20 words in! Definitely highlighted the long term paralysis that the club has suffered & the lack of understanding, desire & ambition in the last 15 years. Lets see how much traction it gets, & what's in store tonight. Well done again, your passion & frustration really came across.

Good luck!

I've not been that active on here of late due to other stuff going on that took my focus sway from all things Rovers so i'm playing a bit of catch up. I must say, hats off to Glen & Co for efforts made these last few weeks to try to start to fashion a cure or this rot that has set in over the last 14 years. I don't have the bandwidth in my life atm to get too involved, but I am trying to get word about to the (relatively small!) people in my social circle who are interested that enough is enough! I'm quite a reserved person in general. I don't go in for public spats & vocal protests / marches / direct action as I feel they can be confrontational, divisive & often self-harming to the cause being supported. But this one feels different; it feels more structured, focused & strategised & aims (and so far is succeeding) to emphasise the sheer frustration of being a Rovers fan right now, and the futility of being a fan generally when we're powerless to affect things in terms of the overall welfare of the club as a community institution. The timing, it being 150 years since formation & 30 years since being Champions of England (and all the media spotlight that alonee has got this week), is perfect. Sadly, regardless of our history, as a club we're an irrelevance now to probably 50% of active football fans in this country, including probably 90% of U18s. "Blackburn Rovers? What, they won the Premier League? But they're crap!" I'm really in a quandary about all of this though, & I imagine my situation mirrors that of many. I'm a 40yr season ticket holder, have been going that long with my dad & brother. I live an hour from Ewood, so me going there with them is routine / part of my DNA, a family tradition. It's my club, our club, and watching it splinter & wither away at the hands of dome uninterested billionaires thousands of miles away is gut wrenching. That interview just proves to me, if ever evidence were needed, that there are no fit & proper custodians of the club anywhere within its corridors of power. I can't just give it up though, boycott, as I worry that if I do for any period of time I'll become one of those who finds something else to do instead. There's hope, finally, that things could change & this proves to be the time that life is breathed back into our zombie club. Roll on Friday, it'll be a passionate one for sure.

He's definitely feeling the love in this photo!!

If it happens, you just have!!

Re Hyam - silly boy really, looking at replays. Needs a talking to, whether or not it gets retrospective assessment (can it be? Not sure if ref blew up or not). Dennis - first challenge directly in front of me; was late & painful, but low & clearly an attempt to get the ball. Yellow fair enough imo. His 2nd yellow was too far for ne to see clearly, but both players went in high in an honest attempt at the ball. Arguably unlucky, but can see why it was given. Not covering himself in glory so far isn't Dennis, tbf, but could still be an asset. Yuki - looked v close to being a pen, but I guess those go either way. Goal - again looked close, angle not good for me to know for sure & replays I've seen inconclusive. Felt like a winner though! Nunez - could easily have had 2 yellows himself for 2 hefty challenges in succession; didn't even get 1!! Overall - take the point & move on. Keeps Norwich at arms length. We've got 3 massive games to vome before the break 6 points or more is imperative imo.

Without wanting to join the ITK club(!), one massive issue with Gueye is his confidence having grown & it's abundantly clear how settling in has helped that happen. I used to work with the fella who has been hired by the club in the last few months to teach Gueye & Yuki to speak & understand English. He says both of them are lovely fellas & that their enthusiasm is genuine and that both their grins are infectious, but also that they are keen & quick learners. I sent him the video of Gueye's recent interview & he was well chuffed with how Gueye comes across in that. We can only hope that the more he learns the language, & he and his family get settled in to England, the more improved & consistent performer in him will continue to emerge.

Let Boro have Boateng, he's one of their ex players!!

It was a really solid, professional performance yesterday against an in-form side with their tails up. We didn't panic (aside from the Forshaw backpass at 0-0 & a Pearsism at 1-0), kept our shape & widened the pitch more, mixed up short & long balls, & were able to up the tempo 2nd half which Plymouth couldn't cope with. I thought Forshaw & Travis worked well together. In fact, I think me & Travis would play well together, which is a mark of how good Travis has become because tronstad, Buckley & Forshaw all look better next to him. Ribeiro looks great, a proper swashbuckling up n downer, love him already. Samderson looked decent but wasn't really pressured. Kargbo looks a real live wire & has pace to burn. Gueye was quiet but still had influence, Dolan was electric 2nd half & unlucky not to get MoM. Everyone else was solid 7s bar ACD, who had some good moments but looks a little lost at this level generally. Hats off to David Lowe in particular. He's clearly respected by his fellow coaches & the players & now I think the wider fanbase can see why. His under-the-radar persona led many to wonder what purpose he serves, which in turn fed into unfounded criticism. The same applies to Benson in many ways. I'm really pleased for Lowe that his stock amongst the fans has sky rocketed & I hope it leads his detractors to think twice about casting unfounded aspersions & his, & others' value behind the scenes.

I don't think we should be looking at just a short term appointment, but getting a longer term successor will be harder of course. I get the rationale given where we are in the table at this time of the season, and agree we don't want someone coming in & changing things drastically. But having a short term vision is what's put the club in the disastrous shambles behind the scenes as it is. If this shitshow has done anything positive (besides hopefully galvanise the players in adversity), it's shone a light back onto how badly run the club is in the eyes of the outside world, with most comments this last week being along the lines of how crap must it have been for Eustace to do his job here day to day to cause him to jump ship like he has, a move which is pretty much unheard of. I'd hope (maybe forlornly) that makes one of SW or SP to sit up & take notice, realise that for the benefit of their boss's reputation (and therefore their own comfy existence) they need to up their game in terms of day to day ops, structure, financing etc. order to attract the best candidate for the short, medium & long term & to actually follow through by not treating the next incumbent like shite, marginalising them in terms of recruitment & moving the goalposts. It's the hope that kills. So far as candidates are concerned, I'd be happy (or at least content) with either Carsley, Allardyce, Cooper or O'Neill. Gerrard would be a big gamble, as would Challinor & Wicky. Absolutely no to Rob Edwards (flash in the pan), Wellens (poor in all but one job), Rooney (obvs) or Boateng (no experience). I'm almost certain it'll end up being none of the above!!!

Lowe clearly making a point re poor recruitment in support of Eustace by not picking any of the new signings apart from Ribiero, & that only cos Beck is injured.

Bit in bold sounds familiar... save for it was the lack of VAR that did for us on Sunday!

But if he did that, he'd just get labelled a "yes man", or a "Venkys stooge / sympathiser", & "willing to put up with their nonsense in order just to feather his own nest" a la Mowbray