Spot on Tony. Tronstad and Garrett are fantastic players. It went wrong when Hyam went off. The 5 sub rule does not help us when comparing the paucity on our bench and the lack of quality to change a game compared to Watford, Southampton, Leeds etc.

Good point. We have already agreed an evaluation meeting with the club in the New Year and an analysis of those attending (new fans / returning fans / postcode etc) is part of that discussion. A follow up with them sounds like something we should definitely discuss.

Thanks to everyone who supported the Trust ‘Fans Takeover’ today. Thanks to the work of various fans groups, especially brfcs and rovers chat, along with the active support of the Club we put well over 5,500 on the attendance today of whom many bought items in the shop, kiosks and concessions. Without it being a ‘Fans Takeover’ game with reduced pricing we would have probably have had 12,000 maximum. The best thing was seeing all the families turning up. Happy Christmas 🔵⚪️ PS: this is the time for you to show your support for what your Trust is trying to do to engage the Club and boost attendances. We are all volunteers in the Trust but we need new members, finances, ideas and your support. Join us via: http://www.roverstrust.com

I hope so but goodness knows what they will find under the segregation banner.

Yes. The number of comps is very low these days, probably a couple of dozen at most.

The Club tell me they have just reached 16k home fans.

15,900 home tickets sold as of 1/2 hour ago. Watford just under 1,100.

Wrong thread

The key message for fans today must be: ‘Buy your pies early to avoid disappointment’.

WO1 by the Darwen End. It is about 250 seats. They may find a dead body or two underneath as it has been there for a long term. You can’t miss it as it says Venkys but many may sublimely pass over it without noticing 😂😂😂

Whilst dropping off our stuff in the Fanzone yesterday Duncan and I asked about corporate and were told it is “very full”. I don’t know how that equates to numbers.

There are only about 150 tickets left in the whole of the JW which equates to 10,650 sold in that stand when taking into account the netted off area which surely should be removed today. I cannot recall it being that full for 15+ years.

The Rovers Community Trust BRCT do some fantastic work in BwD schools, youth centres and the local community in general; it helps having a unitary authority and some excellent contacts in the council. I would find it difficult to fault their work. When it comes to outside BwD it is more challenging with competition with other club community trusts for catchment areas. Also the schools outside are mainly under Preston based Lancashire County Council with the leisure centres and youth centres tending to come under numerous district councils. This requires different and far more numerous relationships and the funding to undertake such work. I am not trying to score points here but outside of BwD includes many far more prosperous areas which, in my opinion, should be targeted as the value to Rovers in terms of income as well as footfall is invaluable.

Just over 50% of our ST holders are from outside of BwD. Try driving away from the game today along Livesey Branch Rd and up Moulden Brow in the direction of Hoghton and Wheelton; it will be chocker.

That is true, they are counted because they have been paid for. SW told me we had sold just over 15k home tickets by 10am this morning.

Try the Butter Chicken Curry - it is lovely. They sell it in the JW.

WTF 🤬 Sammy Szmodics out due to being fatigued. He has looked knackered for the last few games.

Yes I know the figures. Those attending the MoU meetings are privy to some confidential information. The first time we breech confidentiality will probably be the last time financial and other information is meaningfully shared and the Trust will lose our credibility.

At their peril. In my opinion it will not be totally ignored.

Email him and go and talk to him. I am not a spokesperson for the Club. However I do have a lot of time and respect for him.

Speak to fans of any club and it is our job to take issues, ideas and proposals to owners, CEO’s, MD’s and FD’s. If we did not we would inviting disaster. The Trust has a responsibility to take up issues on behalf of our present and future fanbase.

Very good points. The Trust wants a long term relationship with the club based on a long term plan. We have to start from somewhere and to be honest the bar is pretty low at the moment. They seem prepared to listen so the door has been opened, but we need to also prove they can trust us.

As a (now retired) National senior trade union official I can spot and smell bullshit a mile off, sorry 5 miles off. Fraser is not one of them. However you will make your own minds up.

Thanks Gav. If the Trust did not engage (along with the fantastic support of brfcs, RoversChat, Her Game Too, Proud Rovers, and South Asian Supporters*) we would probably have been looking at a miserable 11,500 gate. * btw this is a powerful coalition we are building

Yes. The challenge is that the owners set financial targets for sales so we may have focus more on the structure and options of the ST offer. One of our Supporters Trust Board members has already made a presentation to the Club and we will have further discussions. If you have any ideas please send them to enquiries@roverstrust.co.uk or post on brfcs under the Trust thread.