Boom. Passed that one in

Ayala and Ash really comfortable so far.

Brittain is a massive upgrade on Nyambe.

Go on then. Agreed. COYB

But we are not talking about those already in the tent. Not really. Its the topic. The strength of the local economy (Blackburn) and its direct link to the local club (not just at Rovers). Enticing people from outlying areas vs BB1/2. In which local economy the money is spent. Jobs, pay and affluence to afford certain priced tickets. Ticket prices and how in touch the club is with affordabilty of their customer base. It is complicated and all interlinked. Matty reconciles it as rapid demographic shift. I do not disagee with that but I disagree that going forward we ever fill our stadium with folk from out of town and ever increasing prices. I want the stadium full of working class folk (because they love Rovers AND they can afford to go). As it was for most of us. So for me the primary target must be within Blackburn.

Of course they can. But do they ? I suggest they get the train back and spend it in Clitheroe. And if they are already doing this, they are not in need of the club enticing them are they so those few not the topic here. The club must focus on gaining fans from the local area to attend games AND spend their brass locally. Unsure what relevance demography has but if anything sounds like snobbery....

And I will add.... you do realise there are folk being born every day in BB1 and BB2 ? These should be Rovers fans and our targets first and foremost. Those who left town are already Rovers fans and old enough to choose whether to go down or not. So I respectfully disagree on this point Matty.

Rovers needs fans from BB1 / BB2 who can walk down and spend spare income before and after locally and in town. Local working class people on which our club and its values were founded. Working class people who live out of town are less likely to spend time and money on travel, parking etc AND money in the local shops and town centre. Think that is just a basic fact. And sorry but like or not, the more who come from the Ribble Valley etc who don't blink at a £500 ST takes the club further and further away from our heritage and a full stadum. Special mention to Brentford fans. 10 minutes after the game not one had left the ground. What a credit to what is going on there and in their community. Our lot are leaving with 10 minutes left to get out the car park and back home.

Amen

Blackburn was booming when we were in the PL. Many local businesses have gone as a direct result of our self inflicted decline. Clubs who hit the PL instantly find themselves on the global map. With it brings investment and opportunities to the wider community. Can anyone point to a single Venky investment into the local area. No because there is none. All they have done is fuck up the club and fuck up the town. And I don't advocate going out with a begging bowl to the wider areas. This is basically looking for "not fans" with surplus income, to put bums on expensive seats. Will turn up in their 4x4 and immediately scurry off back to their rural village spending no money in the local economy. No atmosphere. Oh yes we had a box at Turf Moor last season but we decided to give this a try. No thanks. The Venky legacy is 100% a negative one.

So in true Venky style, we are not buying a Rovers central defender. 4th season in a row we are sniffing at PL kids who will go on to be out of our reach. Treading water until we can get one season out of our home grown central defenders, before they also move on and become out of our financial reach. We have become an eager slave to the PL boys, whom Jack had us beating down here on a regular basis.

So no defenders then.

Yes Tony threw the important games which would have seen us Champions.

Be interesting how Edun plays. After JDT brought him on at Swansea it suggests he sees far more in him than we saw under Mowbray. Could even be a player?

Doom monger

We were lucky Summerfest got cancelled.

Back to Josh's (poor attempt at) storytelling.... a good way to explain it would be Manure incentivising Phil Jones to go back to Rovers on far less money....

Round and round and down and down. Have they left yet ?

Are we still talking about the football ?

Just catching up. Defenders not coming as yet.

Jon Dahl Tomasson, all about the team. Backed by Venkys, they once met the Queen. Jon Dahl Tomasson, has a project plan. Blue & White, whether a boy or a man. Jon Dahl Tomasson, the Blackburn legion. We Are Rovers, the Best in our region. Jon Dahl Tomasson replaced Alan Shearer. We're going up and it couldn't be clearer.

Russell Martin will be the first Championship manager to get sacked if he stubbornly keeps playing the same crap, talking the same crap and not getting enough points. Only Mowbray was exempt from that fate.

If we go to market we need Transfer fee + Sign on fee + Wages (within structure). He is already ours so give him a good sign on fee and nice release clause say £18 million. That should protect everyones interests.

Do we have to break the wage structure though ? Don't we just offer a lucrative sign on fee ? We get that back when we either go up or sell him on under contract.

Or new contract. We can't make teams come in for him.