Nobody said he was coming, just that he could cope with the physical side of the prem

I don't think I realised what a big coup our signing him was until I did a ground tour at the Bernabeu and his picture was all over the place!

Actually it's not because there were some suggesting that Mowbray had gone as far as he could with this squad. He got some criticism that was OTT and he didn't deserve that. Criticise his tactics or team selection thats fair enough but some went further than needed

Didn't I read in that article on the new efl deal that Leeds aren't happy with the fact they're shown so often?

Increased volume should, in the medium to long term bring more cash. It may have to be short term pain to get it. Other clubs and other sports do it but not, it would appear, Rovers

Can I say, I became a season ticket holder on the basis of free school tickets. I went as the staff member accompanying the kids

Yes. If they don't want to discount all tickets just decide on an area to fill and put those on short term sale when they're gone, they're gone type deal. Put a time limit on it. See what happens

Sale did a 24hr Black Friday deal yesterday on tickets for a match in the New Year.

That Wigan Asda is massive. We bought our Christmas tree there a few years back when at a Rovers away game

Or outside Ireland.

Thing is, and I know the volume of fans is not the same, that at Sale we get free transport for all fans from the Trafford Centre and buses going back there get priority, thus avoiding queues and high parking costs. . It's imaginative ideas from the owners who recognised that traffic access to the ground was not easy and carparks were poor, especially when the M60 was at its worst and did something to take away that excuse from fans. I'm not advocating Rovers run free buses although it is an idea Charlton tried with some success several years ago but match day specials from certain places with designated pick up points as we used to get when I was young might be worth trying. We can turn up ages before or when we can and get tickets from the ticket office. Sometimes we have to queue for a while but we don't mind that and we don't pay any extra for chosing to buy last minute. Takes us a bit longer to get there than it would to get to Ewood but nowadays the journey is easier as some of the M60 is complete, and to be honest the worst part of any journey is getting out of or back into Clitheroe.

I'd understand wanting to deter late ticket sales if they were going to be 3-4000. I don't understand when it's likely they wouldn't need any extra staff over what they have now. Currently if they're running at 800 they could probably take double that without extra ticket office staffing as that's not 800 single requests and money processing they go through. Most people go with someone and one of them gets the tickets, whilst the other goes in the shop, buys a programme or whatever. Extra staffing is not that expensive anyway on the short hours they'd need.

You don't need cash for purchases under 30, just contact less cards which are faster than cash. And sometimes you just can't commit to going without other people's lives meshing with your timings so you have to take your chance and just turn up

We tend to go to Reel at Burnley who sell cheap tickets on Groupon. Nice cinema and never crowded.

I was going to suggest that a weekend away in Middlesbrough is hardly the height of romance and who should know better than me who comes from Teesside?

My point wasn't that either was right or wrong. Just that if you include the cost of food etc at the cinema then you'd have to include it at Ewood.

Why is it tight to buy nothing. We eat well and don't need to graze whilst watching a film. We go to watch the film and don't eat out afterwards because we don't eat in the evenings generally

And I wouldn't want my husband to take me out every couple of months. We go out together. He doesn't take me and I don't take him.

Precisely. If you factor in food at Ewood and a meal afterwards as you have with the cinema you're coming up with a small fortune. Just because you choose to spend money on food and drink at the cinema, your choice entirely, it's not part of the basic cost

Well I'll tell you that family tickets at peak times for 2 adults and 2 kids are 31.50 to 33.50. Individual tickets are less than the 13 Chaddy insists they are even at peak times

https://movietheaterprices.com/vue-cinema-prices/ Not what chaddy said and look at the family ticket. Also worth noting student reductions and the fact that seniors start at 60 not 65 like at Rovers

But if you add in food costs at the cinema then you have to add in food and drink at Rovers. You're still not comparing the seat prices. If you take someone to Rovers you'll be paying approx £54 as opposed to £26 for 2 cinema tickets. Now obviously you yourself have a season ticket so it wouldn't cost you that but we're not talking about you personally. We're talking about a hypothetical couple of people, neither of whom is a ST holder. My kids wouldn't get anything to eat at the cinema btw. If they can't sit through a film without annoying everyone else with the smell of popcorn, the rustling of sweet wrappers or the slurping of drinks, I wouldn't take them. Scrooge had nothing on me as a mum.

Oh joy. We're discussing transfers and mercer's back! Look forward to some optimistic and cheerful stories

That's still half what it costs to go to Rovers on some of the cheapest match day tickets. That means you and someone else could go for the cost of one of you at Rovers. Given a choice, some people would choose the cinema as it's cheaper, warmer and nobody expects you to turn up every week if you don't want to. If you're spending £40 going to the cinema then you're not in the basic seats without food or drink, so you're not comparing like with like.

To be honest, I couldn't care less who were playing if I want to watch Rovers. I know it's not true of everyone but for me it is