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Blackburn Rovers set up AEK Athens friendly
8:15pm Friday 6th July 2012 in News
BLACKBURN Rovers will play Greek giants AEK Athens in a pre-season friendly at Fleetwood’s Highbury Stadium on Sunday, July 29 at 2pm.
Rovers previously faced AEK in Australia two years ago.
Tickets will go on sale on Thursday and cost £10 for adults, and £5 for under 16s and over 65s. Under fives gain free admission.
Comments(68)
stick to football
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8:56pm Fri 6 Jul 12
andychoc
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9:00pm Fri 6 Jul 12
trampus
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9:52pm Fri 6 Jul 12
forever-a-blue-jean
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10:05pm Fri 6 Jul 12
Vikings Rover
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10:12pm Fri 6 Jul 12
KEAN OUT!
KEAN OUT!
KEAN OUT!
R.T.I.D
blueblooded
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10:40pm Fri 6 Jul 12
blueblooded
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10:53pm Fri 6 Jul 12
French Rover
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10:56pm Fri 6 Jul 12
blueblooded
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11:00pm Fri 6 Jul 12
burnleyglentoran
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11:36pm Fri 6 Jul 12
You have to feel some sympathy for the people - Regular civil unrest, with protest marches a regular occurrence, no jobs, property prices crashed. A lack of trust in their leaders has left the people hopeless, demoralised and feeling broken, fearing the future will only bring bankruptcy.
Mind you Greece is a bit of a mess as well!!!!!
baldie
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12:36am Sat 7 Jul 12
andychoc wrote:Is it cos of the new pitch at Ewood?
Why the hell are we playing at Fleetwood???????
Rishtonian
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1:04am Sat 7 Jul 12
baldie wrote:Why have Venky's sld that as well
andychoc wrote:Is it cos of the new pitch at Ewood?
Why the hell are we playing at Fleetwood???????
Rishtonian
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1:05am Sat 7 Jul 12
Rishtonian wrote:sold even
baldie wrote:Why have Venky's sld that as well
andychoc wrote:Is it cos of the new pitch at Ewood?
Why the hell are we playing at Fleetwood???????
Batty23
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1:34am Sat 7 Jul 12
Batty23
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4:10am Sat 7 Jul 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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6:30am Sat 7 Jul 12
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Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
.
34th....
fitz808
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7:38am Sat 7 Jul 12
doleboytrotter wrote:extremely hard to believe, considering he's actually physically been there on numerous occasions.
"I thought we always play our home EPL games at Fleetwood Park" says Bilaji Rao who doesn't even have a f*cking clue where Blackburn is. The scary thing is, is this that hard to believe?
Wild Rover
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7:40am Sat 7 Jul 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:In your opinion ...you are going to look pretty silly come the stary of the season then when sales are prove to be at a reasonable level.
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
.
Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
.
34th....
It is only your fantasy to want to see Ewood empty. Why? Bankrupting the club will only bring the Doomsday scenario to pass, it wont make the Venkys go away, only possibly the club itself, that is your agenda not mine.
As stated previously you dont go anyway and you said Venkys were our Saviours when they came
Hypocrite, I think so. Dingle? Probably, but that is only my opinion
fitz808
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7:48am Sat 7 Jul 12
if, as is most likely, there is no shady motive behind it, i would suspect it it because as some have already pointed out - something to do with the cost of hosting it at ewood, or the fact that there could be preparations or maintenace happening at ewood. or it could be about looking for new fan recruitment opportunitites. fleetwood is certainly within catchment area, so what's the harm in playing there where some locals who hate blackpool may think it's worth getting down to ewood on a saturday.
and if it is something deeply sinister, like some are predictlably suggetsting, then maybe the threats of protests and torrents of abuse are just too much hassle to deal with for a friendly. the club might well have to pay for additional policing etc, so it is not worth it. or maybe it's some devious attempt to continue to bleed the club dry by keeping the gate receipts out of ewood to make it even less complicated to get it straight into venky's pockets??? eeeeeekkkkkk, that must be it!!!!
either way, i'm pretty sure it's not worth getting in a tizz about, so have a day off chaps and chappetes...
Gaz M
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8:07am Sat 7 Jul 12
petemcglinn
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8:14am Sat 7 Jul 12
burnleyglentoran wrote:Where can you buy a house for the price of a second hand skoda, it's burnley as documented on tv.
Notice they've made the tickets cheap so the visiting fans can afford to go.
You have to feel some sympathy for the people - Regular civil unrest, with protest marches a regular occurrence, no jobs, property prices crashed. A lack of trust in their leaders has left the people hopeless, demoralised and feeling broken, fearing the future will only bring bankruptcy.
Mind you Greece is a bit of a mess as well!!!!!
So as the saying go's people in glass houses, or slums in your case you should keep your mouth shut.
Coyb
owd nick
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8:18am Sat 7 Jul 12
burnleyglentoran wrote:Not bad for a dingle, chapeau lol
Notice they've made the tickets cheap so the visiting fans can afford to go.
You have to feel some sympathy for the people - Regular civil unrest, with protest marches a regular occurrence, no jobs, property prices crashed. A lack of trust in their leaders has left the people hopeless, demoralised and feeling broken, fearing the future will only bring bankruptcy.
Mind you Greece is a bit of a mess as well!!!!!
owd nick
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8:32am Sat 7 Jul 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:What a clown.
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
.
Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
.
34th....
The only constants at any club be it football or any other sport are the fans.
Managers, players, owners, good, bad or as in this case totally appalling, come and go but the club soldiers on because it has its fans there to support it.
Or should have.
If you can't put your hands in your pocket to support your club whatever the circumstances then you loose the right to criticise those who are willing to risk it.
Because without the fans the club will quite simply cease to exist.
A Darener
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8:42am Sat 7 Jul 12
owd nick wrote:Try telling that to the owners. They think without fans the club will thrive and they are trying to prove it!
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:What a clown.
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
.
Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
.
34th....
The only constants at any club be it football or any other sport are the fans.
Managers, players, owners, good, bad or as in this case totally appalling, come and go but the club soldiers on because it has its fans there to support it.
Or should have.
If you can't put your hands in your pocket to support your club whatever the circumstances then you loose the right to criticise those who are willing to risk it.
Because without the fans the club will quite simply cease to exist.
hasslem hasslem
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8:47am Sat 7 Jul 12
fitz808 wrote:a reasonable theory fitz about new fan recruitment - but it doesnt really stand up to scrutiny. fleetwood have just been promoted to the football league and thus all the efforts in the town will be about fan recruitment for their own team....why would a resident of a town where newly admitted team opt ot choose to support rovers who have just been relegated from the "most glamorous league in the world" to a lesser league??? it does not stack.
does everything really require a conspiracy? even something as non-eventful as a pre-season friendly?
if, as is most likely, there is no shady motive behind it, i would suspect it it because as some have already pointed out - something to do with the cost of hosting it at ewood, or the fact that there could be preparations or maintenace happening at ewood. or it could be about looking for new fan recruitment opportunitites. fleetwood is certainly within catchment area, so what's the harm in playing there where some locals who hate blackpool may think it's worth getting down to ewood on a saturday.
and if it is something deeply sinister, like some are predictlably suggetsting, then maybe the threats of protests and torrents of abuse are just too much hassle to deal with for a friendly. the club might well have to pay for additional policing etc, so it is not worth it. or maybe it's some devious attempt to continue to bleed the club dry by keeping the gate receipts out of ewood to make it even less complicated to get it straight into venky's pockets??? eeeeeekkkkkk, that must be it!!!!
either way, i'm pretty sure it's not worth getting in a tizz about, so have a day off chaps and chappetes...
.
equally, if your theory on new catchment was correct - we wouldn't have abandoned playing reserve games up at morecambe in favour of behind closed doors at brockhall.
.
dont think its a conspiracy - more one of c0ck-up like most things at ewood since venkys and kean set up shop - probably summat as simple as they didnt realise that grass grows through the summer and they had given the groundsman the summer off cos there were no games.....(i am only partially joking).
Harwoodstblue
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8:55am Sat 7 Jul 12
owd nick wrote:Your last line should be highlighted to Venkeys. It's that lot who don't get it.
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:What a clown.
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
.
Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
.
34th....
The only constants at any club be it football or any other sport are the fans.
Managers, players, owners, good, bad or as in this case totally appalling, come and go but the club soldiers on because it has its fans there to support it.
Or should have.
If you can't put your hands in your pocket to support your club whatever the circumstances then you loose the right to criticise those who are willing to risk it.
Because without the fans the club will quite simply cease to exist.
makaveli96
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9:02am Sat 7 Jul 12
This Harrods top of the range toaster should do the trick.
makaveli96
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9:05am Sat 7 Jul 12
makaveli96
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9:07am Sat 7 Jul 12
lightamatch catcharabbit
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9:08am Sat 7 Jul 12
blueblooded wrote:Is that the name of a player or the colour of his hair?
Silva to sign next week apparently. Deal agreed finally.
makaveli96
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9:08am Sat 7 Jul 12
makaveli96
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9:11am Sat 7 Jul 12
"C'Mon ROGER!!!!"
Matt Newcastle
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9:11am Sat 7 Jul 12
A person or group of individuals attacks your family and you end up a few weeks later befriending them again you have got to be joking. I cannot figure out where anyones moral compass lies there.
No apology has ever been forthcoming, quite an easy and noble thing to have done, yet they try through cheap season ticket renewal, fancy new away kit and supposed quality signings ( not) to tempt you back to liking them.
Sorry but You have got to be having a laugh.
banned again phil.m
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9:11am Sat 7 Jul 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:well said morst ,,we know the situation , we will stick to our guns till they are gone ,WITHOUT A DOUBT i will not spend my hard earned money on the venkys nor kean ,i spend for love of Rovers and enjoyment ,seeing that theres is no enjoyment at the moment ,nor does the club with these owners include the fans thus there is no Rovers .
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
.
Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
.
34th....
As fans ,we will succeed these idiots .
dangerous dave
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9:15am Sat 7 Jul 12
OUT WITH KEAN AGNEW SINGH AND VENKYS
banned again phil.m
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9:24am Sat 7 Jul 12
hasslem hasslem wrote:well said hasslem ,maybe they are giving more time to the bodygaurd whom took over john newshams job ,what a joke they are ,no way are they getting ANY of my money , i wont be at that game as its counted as a home match ,,they shall not have a penny from me ,instead i will save for the brsit take-over .
fitz808 wrote:a reasonable theory fitz about new fan recruitment - but it doesnt really stand up to scrutiny. fleetwood have just been promoted to the football league and thus all the efforts in the town will be about fan recruitment for their own team....why would a resident of a town where newly admitted team opt ot choose to support rovers who have just been relegated from the "most glamorous league in the world" to a lesser league??? it does not stack.
does everything really require a conspiracy? even something as non-eventful as a pre-season friendly?
if, as is most likely, there is no shady motive behind it, i would suspect it it because as some have already pointed out - something to do with the cost of hosting it at ewood, or the fact that there could be preparations or maintenace happening at ewood. or it could be about looking for new fan recruitment opportunitites. fleetwood is certainly within catchment area, so what's the harm in playing there where some locals who hate blackpool may think it's worth getting down to ewood on a saturday.
and if it is something deeply sinister, like some are predictlably suggetsting, then maybe the threats of protests and torrents of abuse are just too much hassle to deal with for a friendly. the club might well have to pay for additional policing etc, so it is not worth it. or maybe it's some devious attempt to continue to bleed the club dry by keeping the gate receipts out of ewood to make it even less complicated to get it straight into venky's pockets??? eeeeeekkkkkk, that must be it!!!!
either way, i'm pretty sure it's not worth getting in a tizz about, so have a day off chaps and chappetes...
.
equally, if your theory on new catchment was correct - we wouldn't have abandoned playing reserve games up at morecambe in favour of behind closed doors at brockhall.
.
dont think its a conspiracy - more one of c0ck-up like most things at ewood since venkys and kean set up shop - probably summat as simple as they didnt realise that grass grows through the summer and they had given the groundsman the summer off cos there were no games.....(i am only partially joking).
BlueSkies
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10:35am Sat 7 Jul 12
makaveli96 wrote:Hahahahaha!
It's time for all true Englishmen to put the past behind us, forget our differences and get fully behind our boy on Sunday!!
"C'Mon ROGER!!!!"
blueblooded
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11:04am Sat 7 Jul 12
petemcglinn wrote:+1
burnleyglentoran wrote:Where can you buy a house for the price of a second hand skoda, it's burnley as documented on tv.
Notice they've made the tickets cheap so the visiting fans can afford to go.
You have to feel some sympathy for the people - Regular civil unrest, with protest marches a regular occurrence, no jobs, property prices crashed. A lack of trust in their leaders has left the people hopeless, demoralised and feeling broken, fearing the future will only bring bankruptcy.
Mind you Greece is a bit of a mess as well!!!!!
So as the saying go's people in glass houses, or slums in your case you should keep your mouth shut.
Coyb
The only difference is that second hand Skoda's are still desirable (and worthwhile) purchases.. whereas the boarded up tenements in dingletown tells their own story..
blueblooded
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11:08am Sat 7 Jul 12
lightamatch catcharabbit wrote:boom boom! lol :)
blueblooded wrote:Is that the name of a player or the colour of his hair?
Silva to sign next week apparently. Deal agreed finally.
Miller11
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11:16am Sat 7 Jul 12
Per season games at Ewood are always poorly attended, and always end up costing the club. Possibly with Football being very much on the up in Fleetwood, The geographical location, the fact that Rovers and Fleetwood have had other things going on in previous preseasons, it's probably just acade of being convenient for all parties.
Wild Rover
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11:34am Sat 7 Jul 12
On SK's appointment " we can look forward to free flowing football at last"
On Big Sam's sacking " it is a new dawn for the club, free at last from hoofball"
On Big Sam again " I would rather be relegated than keep playing hoofbalL"
"I was responsible for increasing ST sales to 25k"
So taking account of the above you are no better than the club regime that you cri
call so much
Wild Rover
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12:00pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Whatever else is wrong we do have an award winning Head Groundsman who will be dictating play , especially after the current monsoons which must have delayed operations
Sorry to be sensible...
speedie_rovers_legend
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12:12pm Sat 7 Jul 12
They are all boycotting my beloved rovers , i and thousands of others will tell you, you will not be missed , you moaners just come on here and moither , as you are not welcome at the rovers!!!!!
speedie_rovers_legend
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12:37pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Iiii1111
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12:50pm Sat 7 Jul 12
fitz808 wrote:nah, none of them....the AEK team are staying at a bispham hotel and want to catch the tram to save on costs.
does everything really require a conspiracy? even something as non-eventful as a pre-season friendly?
if, as is most likely, there is no shady motive behind it, i would suspect it it because as some have already pointed out - something to do with the cost of hosting it at ewood, or the fact that there could be preparations or maintenace happening at ewood. or it could be about looking for new fan recruitment opportunitites. fleetwood is certainly within catchment area, so what's the harm in playing there where some locals who hate blackpool may think it's worth getting down to ewood on a saturday.
and if it is something deeply sinister, like some are predictlably suggetsting, then maybe the threats of protests and torrents of abuse are just too much hassle to deal with for a friendly. the club might well have to pay for additional policing etc, so it is not worth it. or maybe it's some devious attempt to continue to bleed the club dry by keeping the gate receipts out of ewood to make it even less complicated to get it straight into venky's pockets??? eeeeeekkkkkk, that must be it!!!!
either way, i'm pretty sure it's not worth getting in a tizz about, so have a day off chaps and chappetes...
banned again phil.m
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12:51pm Sat 7 Jul 12
speedie_rovers_legeni dont mind starting again like wimbledon if it means no kean or venkys ,,there shall not be one penny of my money going into their pockets ,simple as ,if you want to give to them with no returns ,thats up to you ,were in the championship on venkys and keans merit .
d wrote:
Moaners THE LOT OF YOU , true Rovers fans will follow the club in BAD times as well as GOOD , or are you all fair weather supporters, we have no devine right to be in any one division , you are there on merit , we were not good enough and went down, deal with it , and if you don't like it go elsewhere i can tell say you are not wanted at OUR rovers
lowelife
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1:03pm Sat 7 Jul 12
speedie_rovers_legenYou are doing your club no good by blindly supporting Kean and the Venky regime.
d wrote:
At last i will be going to watch the blues next year without any moaners. They are all boycotting my beloved rovers , i and thousands of others will tell you, you will not be missed , you moaners just come on here and moither , as you are not welcome at the rovers!!!!!
It is not about moaning; boycotting is the only way to make the owners reaise that Kean is a liability to the club, not an assett.
If your peformance at work had been so bad for nearly 2 years, you had upset customers by telling them lies, blamed customers for spiking your drink, would you still expect to be in employment.
Of course not!
Customers have a right to expect poorly performing suppliers to put their company in order; the same goes for football. Customers and fans must be listened to.
A Darener
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1:14pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Wild Rover wrote:I am surprised they haven't replaced him with one of Kean's mates.
Or it could be that the new pitch surface needs time to bed in
Whatever else is wrong we do have an award winning Head Groundsman who will be dictating play , especially after the current monsoons which must have delayed operations
Sorry to be sensible...
You know someone he met down the pub.
A Darener
says...
1:19pm Sat 7 Jul 12
speedie_rovers_legenAbsolute drivel..........we WERE good enough, we had a team well capable of finishing above the relegation places. Look where we were several games before we plummeted to the bottom towards the end of the season. It was only Kean's incompetence that took us down.
d wrote:
Moaners THE LOT OF YOU , true Rovers fans will follow the club in BAD times as well as GOOD , or are you all fair weather supporters, we have no devine right to be in any one division , you are there on merit , we were not good enough and went down, deal with it , and if you don't like it go elsewhere i can tell say you are not wanted at OUR rovers
And for the umpteenth time I shall spell it out to you.....
IT IS NOT THE DIVISION WE ARE IN THAT BOTHERS THE "MOANERS" AS YOU CALL THEM. BUT THE SHEER IDIOCY OF THE CURRENT MANAGEMENT.
Billypieman
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1:23pm Sat 7 Jul 12
speedie_rovers_legenIn the past I would have agreed with you. I was always one of the first to criticise the fair weather fans. Just supporting a team when they are doing well is not being a true fan. However, I have never seen this situation before. I know many many true loyal fans who will not be going to Ewood this season. These are not part timers or glory hunters. These are people who have gone for decades through thick and thin and who now see their only option is to boycott. I will never criticise any fan who boycotts nor any fan who continues to support the team. The real enemies here are Venkys and their odious puppet manager.
d wrote:
Moaners THE LOT OF YOU , true Rovers fans will follow the club in BAD times as well as GOOD , or are you all fair weather supporters, we have no devine right to be in any one division , you are there on merit , we were not good enough and went down, deal with it , and if you don't like it go elsewhere i can tell say you are not wanted at OUR rovers
Vikings Rover
says...
1:34pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:With you all the way Morst . . . till the pips squeak !!
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
.
Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
.
34th....
Lets hope the KO blow comes soon . . . . .
Kean Out!
Kean Out!
Kean Out!
1rover
says...
1:35pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:KEAN OUT
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
.
Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
.
34th....
jimluftas
says...
1:40pm Sat 7 Jul 12
Billypieman wrote:Spot on. Still unsure whether to get a season ticket. What else can I do on a Saturday afternoon for a tenner?!
speedie_rovers_legenIn the past I would have agreed with you. I was always one of the first to criticise the fair weather fans. Just supporting a team when they are doing well is not being a true fan. However, I have never seen this situation before. I know many many true loyal fans who will not be going to Ewood this season. These are not part timers or glory hunters. These are people who have gone for decades through thick and thin and who now see their only option is to boycott. I will never criticise any fan who boycotts nor any fan who continues to support the team. The real enemies here are Venkys and their odious puppet manager.
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Moaners THE LOT OF YOU , true Rovers fans will follow the club in BAD times as well as GOOD , or are you all fair weather supporters, we have no devine right to be in any one division , you are there on merit , we were not good enough and went down, deal with it , and if you don't like it go elsewhere i can tell say you are not wanted at OUR rovers
Lancs - pensioner
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1:56pm Sat 7 Jul 12
blueblooded wrote:It's a great ground to shout Kean out for ninety minutes
Ewood Park is too big and expensive to open for the 500 fans or so who will show up probably.
A Darener
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1:57pm Sat 7 Jul 12
or even amateurs, Pleasington etc. all will be grateful for your support.
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2:42pm Sat 7 Jul 12
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5:10pm Sat 7 Jul 12
A Darener wrote:But our esteemed owners don't listen do they, so there is no point is there?
owd nick wrote:Try telling that to the owners. They think without fans the club will thrive and they are trying to prove it!
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:What a clown.
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
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Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
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Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
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We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
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Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
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This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
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The only constants at any club be it football or any other sport are the fans.
Managers, players, owners, good, bad or as in this case totally appalling, come and go but the club soldiers on because it has its fans there to support it.
Or should have.
If you can't put your hands in your pocket to support your club whatever the circumstances then you loose the right to criticise those who are willing to risk it.
Because without the fans the club will quite simply cease to exist.
At the end of the day every supporter has to make a decision whether to go or not, mine is to go and support my club irrespective of what I think about the imbeciles in charge at this present time.
Its ok chucking out insults and talking about the FC Wimbledon's and FC United's of this world but if Blackburn Rovers go to the wall the club that takes its place will no longer be Blackburn Rovers.
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No history, no culture, no feeling of belonging, no ground, no players, nothing.
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It could be worse, we could be Portsmouth fans who appear to be at that stage, like us through no fault of their own, or Rangers fans, ditto.
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I am not going to hold my breath regarding Venky's and their incompetence, but they do appear to have realised they have messed up big time, and appear to be attempting to do something about it, but I am not going to desert my club in a fit of pique either.
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Its as simple as that in my mind.
A Darener
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5:30pm Sat 7 Jul 12
cactus rover
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11:44pm Sat 7 Jul 12
YarkshahRover
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1:45am Sun 8 Jul 12
I'd be interested to see your evidence to support this statement.
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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7:25am Sun 8 Jul 12
Wild Rover wrote:Looks like you got a lot of thumbs down for this Wild Rover - democracy at work! You do seem rather more obsessed with me than Rovers lad - get a life?
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:In your opinion ...you are going to look pretty silly come the stary of the season then when sales are prove to be at a reasonable level.
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
.
Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
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It is only your fantasy to want to see Ewood empty. Why? Bankrupting the club will only bring the Doomsday scenario to pass, it wont make the Venkys go away, only possibly the club itself, that is your agenda not mine.
As stated previously you dont go anyway and you said Venkys were our Saviours when they came
Hypocrite, I think so. Dingle? Probably, but that is only my opinion
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Some fans like you have chosen the Light brigade response and rolled over for Kean. Thousands of others have chosen The Alamo response. 10,000 fans in 32,000 Ewood will look and sound like a morgue. We will be back at the right time but I will not renew my ST for the 40th plus year until Kean is gone. Accept that!
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Accy Phil
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11:26am Sun 8 Jul 12
Roverthere
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12:52pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Wild Rover wrote:No it's a personal choice. The fans have been totally ignored, lied too, insulted, stopped from displaying banners and expression, with no dialog with the club. The club went into self-destruct mode and has declined from a respected mid table PL team to the joke of football through a series of outrageous and illogical decisions and team underperformed with the statistically worst manager in its history still employed and receiving big money. We the fans (season ticket holders) put up with it last season, to support the club and the manager, who said to judge him on results!, we did!
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:In your opinion ...you are going to look pretty silly come the stary of the season then when sales are prove to be at a reasonable level.
Be in no doubt the new board think fans are thick and weak.
.
Current thinking is - we sign a couple of players and put a spin on all the remaining good ones leaving and stick Agnew and Shaw out for a bit of a PR onslaught and fans will cave in and buy season tickets regardless of Kean.
.
Well I think on this occasion the fans have had enough and can see through this more than a Keanocchio comment and most will not buy ST's. Agnew as good as admitted on radio this week that only 10% of fans will buy ST's regardless and the majority of the rest have to be won over.
.
We know where he could start to achieve that but have the MD and OD got the authority to sack kean? Probably not.
.
Hold out blues and keep that ST cash in your pockets because under 5,000 sold brings shame on these people and the site of 20,000+ empty seats will embarass them.
.
This is our club. But current action has to be to stay strong until Kean goes.
.
34th....
It is only your fantasy to want to see Ewood empty. Why? Bankrupting the club will only bring the Doomsday scenario to pass, it wont make the Venkys go away, only possibly the club itself, that is your agenda not mine.
As stated previously you dont go anyway and you said Venkys were our Saviours when they came
Hypocrite, I think so. Dingle? Probably, but that is only my opinion
Yes a personal choice. To continue to pay for the above or wait until the club appologises and makes amends for the diabolical situation it created. I don't see much of that so far.
My choice is to not renew my ST or visit Ewood until I am coinvinced things have changed.
McClaret
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1:16pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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1:59pm Sun 8 Jul 12
Accy Phil wrote:No more boring than someone up the gym always trying to get me up Stanley Phil!
This is getting so boring guys, the post is about AEK athens playing a friendly with Rovers at Fleetwood. Change the record yawn, yawn, yawn! They also playing friendlies at Rochdale, Accy Stanley and other grounds. You have a choice go and watch or don't.FFS!!
Accy Phil
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2:55pm Sun 8 Jul 12
MxMave
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3:41pm Sun 8 Jul 12
burnleyglentoran wrote:I think thats just in the Burnley area mate. Were doin pretty aite over in Blackburn ever since the digital revolution n what not, but you should experience it within the next 50-100 years once the mutants are purged from your fair city.
Notice they've made the tickets cheap so the visiting fans can afford to go.
You have to feel some sympathy for the people - Regular civil unrest, with protest marches a regular occurrence, no jobs, property prices crashed. A lack of trust in their leaders has left the people hopeless, demoralised and feeling broken, fearing the future will only bring bankruptcy.
Mind you Greece is a bit of a mess as well!!!!!
Arthur Labore says...
8:31pm Fri 6 Jul 12