Some concerns getting aired amongst the great unwashed down the M65.

All manner of staff heading for the exit..most having walked..no talk of replacements. Senior academy staff the latest to leave the ship...lots of exits amongst the playing staff...some of their higher earners too..and rumour has it that Venks weren't prepared to fund wages for new arrival Adam Reach (free transfer)...no sign of significant incomings.

Sale of the academy facility at Brockhall, or at least downsizing of same has resurfaced as an issue.

Feelings growing that Venkys are ready to pull the plug.

Staff leaving, senior academy staff gone, and no sign of significant incomings you say ?

Can we just sign Adam Armstrong and help them out a little? Please?

I’d do a little wee in my pants if the Venky’s upped sticks and really left the Bastards in the mire.

jdrobbo wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:50 pm

Can we just sign Adam Armstrong and help them out a little? Please?

I've been wondering if we might go for Brereton, if only for commercial reasons

Serious question. Would you want them to completely fold or keep them where they are knowing that we might play them again at some stage in the future.

ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:55 pm

I've been wondering if we might go for Brereton, if only for commercial reasons

Whilst Brereton got some media hype playing for Chile this summer, he barely looked Champ standard last season at Ewood... Bit of a gormless ape really..poor man's George Oghani if truth be told.

beddie wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:21 pm

Serious question. Would you want them to completely fold or keep them where they are knowing that we might play them again at some stage in the future.

Fold 100 percent.

Be comedy gold

beddie wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:21 pm

Serious question. Would you want them to completely fold or keep them where they are knowing that we might play them again at some stage in the future.

I'd be happy with a fall through the leagues to maybe the old Lancashire Combination level. Maybe a dozen years down there before they finally crawl back to peak at League 2 level.
I can then visit Ewood regularly for a spot of gloating and general grief tourism.

beddie wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:21 pm

Serious question. Would you want them to completely fold or keep them where they are knowing that we might play them again at some stage in the future.

Burnley Football Club is an important part of my life and I’d be devastated to see it taken away from me, I’ve seen my Bury supporting friends go through it. It’s very sad.

I have friends who support Blackburn, I enjoy having a natter about all things footy with them. It nice to have the banter with them too. I wouldn’t like to see my friends lose their club.

It’s like not being an animal lover and wanting your mates dog to die

I am happy to see them suffer, but not to go under.

Things are pretty good for us atm despite our continued gambles with under strength squads. However, things can change quickly, especially when debt is involved. So any gloating would be off my agenda.

There's rivalry and there's rivalry !!!!

Wishing a football club to fold is taking it to new, unacceptable heights for me tbh.

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:47 pm

Some concerns getting aired amongst the great unwashed down the M65.

All manner of staff heading for the exit..most having walked..no talk of replacements. Senior academy staff the latest to leave the ship...lots of exits amongst the playing staff...some of their higher earners too..and rumour has it that Venks weren't prepared to fund wages for new arrival Adam Reach (free transfer)...no sign of significant incomings.

Sale of the academy facility at Brockhall, or at least downsizing of same has resurfaced as an issue.

Feelings growing that Venkys are ready to pull the plug.

If they were ready to pull the plug why did they do this in June

Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:24 pm

I missed this yesterday - Venky's continue their generous support of the charity tea, down the road by buying another £5.25m of shares that are not worth the paper they are printed on.

https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/statu ... 58/photo/1

There used to be a manager in the Premier League who referred to this practice as financial doping, no one really seems to care anymore

and this a little later in June

Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 28, 2021 9:06 pm

So have Blackburn Rovers had a very bad year financially or are Venky's going all out for a promotion push - they have put another £29.5m into the club it seems

https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/statu ... 1799447560

I’d want them to fold, then we could wind them up about their ‘lack of trophies’ when the Phoenix club arose.

beddie wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:21 pm

Serious question. Would you want them to completely fold or keep them where they are knowing that we might play them again at some stage in the future.

I'd never want any club to fold, especially one local to East Lancs, not least because of the damage it would cause to the local community & economy, just look at Bury's sad demise to see the dreadful impact that such an event would have.

However this is the chickens now coming home to roost for Rovers, they've been running at a loss for several seasons I believe, and that's simply not substantial even in normal times, let alone without factoring covid into the equation.

I wouldn't get too smug about our neighbours financial woes though, as in the event of relegation, and no seemingly with a large debt to repay, we could quickly find ourselves in similar dire straits, the positive for us as that we've still got plenty of saleable assets, should the worst come to the worst.

Rovers have only Armstrong (now in the final year of his contract, and Dack who's unfortunately for him recovering from yet another ACL injury, his 2nd in the space of less than 18 months, so I don't see an obvious quick fix for them, and cost-cutting is finally starting to really bite them now.

I'd like their local derby to be versus Barnoldswick Town but I don't want to see any club go bust

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:36 pm

There's rivalry and there's rivalry !!!!

Wishing a football club to fold is taking it to new, unacceptable heights for me tbh.

Did they not wish that on burnley years ago ?

When does it stop though? Chucking another £35m just to cover costs is mental.

I doubt they'll go anywhere any time soon. They could only sell if they wrote off all the money owed to them and I can't see them doing that.

Just a question btw

Fold 100%.. the wild rover will have some real meaning then.

Sky bet have them at 6/1 for relegation. It does look tempting.

lrac wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:40 pm

Did they not wish that on burnley years ago ?

Some take far too seriously, and personally. If I meet a rival fan and they start going down that road, I just tell I’m I’m not interested in any of that and ask them a boring question of stadium redevelopment or something. They soon walk away

I too have many good mates who are Blackburn fans. And it’s a historic northern club who provide us with a great rivalry.

That said, I’d have a beaming smile from ear to ear as I drove a bulldozer into the crumbling remains of Ewood Park and the place of misery was finished for good.

I wouldn’t like them to fold…. I’d ******* LOVE them to fold.

Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:37 pm

If they were ready to pull the plug why did they do this in June



and this a little later in June

Well, tbh Chester, you could say that about the full £220m or so that Venks have flushed down the bogs at Ewood... Its all been a big vanity project.

But this is genuinely the first time I've picked up so much anxiety from that direction...theres a genuine concern about rats leaving the sinking ship coming from many that thought father Xmas really existed.

beddie wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:21 pm

Serious question. Would you want them to completely fold or keep them where they are knowing that we might play them again at some stage in the future.

Not not completely fold. But below us FOREVER

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:39 pm

I'd never want any club to fold, especially one local to East Lancs, not least because of the damage it would cause to the local community & economy, just look at Bury's sad demise to see the dreadful impact that such an event would have.

However this is the chickens now coming home to roost for Rovers, they've been running at a loss for several seasons I believe, and that's simply not substantial even in normal times, let alone without factoring covid into the equation.

I wouldn't get too smug about our neighbours financial woes though, as in the event of relegation, and no seemingly with a large debt to repay, we could quickly find ourselves in similar dire straits, the positive for us as that we've still got plenty of saleable assets, should the worst come to the worst.

Rovers have only Armstrong (now in the final year of his contract, and Dack who's unfortunately for him recovering from yet another ACL injury, his 2nd in the space of less than 18 months, so I don't see an obvious quick fix for them, and cost-cutting is finally starting to really bite them now.

Oh I wouldn't be too unhappy if Manchester City and Chelsea folded

I would like them to survive, perhaps with another relegation, but most of all re appoint Shebby Singh.

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:46 pm

Well, tbh Chester, you could say that about the full £220m or so that Venks have flushed down the bogs at Ewood... Its all been a big vanity project.

But this is genuinely the first time I've picked up so much anxiety from that direction...theres a genuine concern about rats leaving the sinking ship coming from many that thought father Xmas really existed.

I get the point, but that is a lot of money in just the last 8 weeks to then shut it down completely - downsizing on the other hand makes some sense the academy being Cat 1 is expensive to run, particularly for a club generating about £13m a year. Covid will have had a very negative impact and a semblance of sanity has been needed for some time, with them and Preston - who get between $7m and $10m most years from Trevor Hemmings.

Just looking at clubs at that level there are more and more trying to go about it in a more sensible fashion, even if it means bouncing between League 1 and the Championship - not unlike what we are beginning tp see between the Championship and the Premier League

A very credible source tells me that ST sales at Ewood have dipped to levels not seen for over 30 years... 4.7k have been shifted and currently sales are now just a very tiny trickle.
With walk on prices having been raised again it'll be hard to envisage Ewood being packed to the rafters any time soon...

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:04 pm

A very credible source tells me that ST sales at Ewood have dipped to levels not seen for over 30 years... 4.7k have been shifted and currently sales are now just a very tiny trickle.
With walk on prices having been raised again it'll be hard to envisage Ewood being packed to the rafters any time soon...

I think it’ll be hard to imagine Turf Moor being packed to the rafters anytime soon looking at our season ticket sales.

Back to Rovers, it’s been brilliant to gloat after so many years of them lauding it over us regarding league positions. Long may it continue! Wouldn’t want to see them go bust though.

If I think about how I'd feel if ALK were to mismanage us to such a level that we go out of business and fold, I couldn't possibly wish that on any other club.

Filthy lot that they are, their diehards do deserve a football club to support as we all do.

burnmark wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:10 pm

I think it’ll be hard to imagine Turf Moor being packed to the rafters anytime soon looking at our season ticket sales.

Back to Rovers, it’s been brilliant to gloat after so many years of them lauding it over us regarding league positions. Long may it continue! Wouldn’t want to see them go bust though.

How many have we sold ?

randomclaret2 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:18 pm

How many have we sold ?

I don’t know an exact figure but here is an overview of availability last Wednesday. Red means ‘limited’. Plenty of sections labelled as ‘good’ availability.

Let's hope they are relegated this coming season or we could be playing them next season.

burnmark wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:28 pm

I don’t know an exact figure but here is an overview of availability last Wednesday. Red means ‘limited’. Plenty of sections labelled as ‘good’ availability.

Hasn’t the James Hargreaves/Longside been re-branded as the North Side?

Have plenty of Rovers mates and from recollection everyone of them in 1987 wanted us wound up and disbanded. Non league would be far too good for that lot.

Let me remind all those who don’t want Rovers to fold of the following words

Staying Down Forever. Love Rovers

Still want em to survive ?

It's a difficult one for me. I grew up mainly amongst Blackburn supporting lads, was at school over that way in 95, they won the league, we were relegated, I was targeted by the older lads and regularly mugged off. It was in this time, when I was about 12/13 that my passion for Burnley exploded. My dad took me everywhere watching Burnley, we had some great times, great results and just good days out. Burnley were down, but my dad used to say it won't be for long. We didn't have much cash back then as a family, but my parents saved up all year so me and my dad could get season tickets to go on.
Despite all the grief I took as a kid, I still have a lot of mates who support rovers, good lads just like us. I can't imagine the pain i'd feel if we were going under.
I wouldn't mind them suffering a bit longer, but to go under? Not for me.

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:04 pm

A very credible source tells me that ST sales at Ewood have dipped to levels not seen for over 30 years... 4.7k have been shifted and currently sales are now just a very tiny trickle.
With walk on prices having been raised again it'll be hard to envisage Ewood being packed to the rafters any time soon...

A bit like us over 30 years ago. I never thought I'd see Burnley Fans all entitled and Billy Big Bo llox.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:40 pm

I'd like their local derby to be versus Barnoldswick Town but I don't want to see any club go bust

Wouldn't it be against Burnley United?

Out of business,not really,but I would love it if they had their 'Orient' game...and lost

Quicknick wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:08 am

Wouldn't it be against Burnley United?

Surely it would be Cherry Tree United?

Fold

Knock the ground down and build a sports direct megastore in its place for the scrubbers to shop at

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:00 am

Fold

Knock the ground down and build a sports direct megastore in its place for the scrubbers to shop at

conyoviejo wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:29 pm

Let's hope they are relegated this coming season or we could be playing them next season.

One of the "benefits" of going down would be a Derby.

We’ve sold 11,500 down from 14,500

If they crashed out of the EFL it could be worth a couple of thousand extra spectators on the Turf, a little step closer to the rest of the PL financially. I could see ALK getting their marketing team on this one.