Have Blackburn had the worst ever week in the championship?

[mickleoverclaret]

I liked this post from the Redcafe link above.

"What happened to them? Their billionaire owner who artificially kept them competing well above their level left..simple as that."

Fair dos Hutchy, you've convinced me.

[Culmclaret]

The idea that people in general think of Rovers as a PL club is hilarious. Maybe in a narrow demographic stratum some people (not associated with the club) have a vague memory of them being a force, but they’ve spent just over 15 seasons of the past 59 in the PL. Hardly part of the furniture

[Dyched]

Not so sure on “tough week”.

Here’s a stat. Burnley have 5 more Championship points than Blackburn since the start of the 2022/23 season. Despite playing 46 games less due to playing in the Premier League in 2023/24.

[Stonehouse]

More and more apathy

[MDWat]

Shebby Singh’s dead? ******* hell.

RIP.

[fatboy47]

Well, at least today's early bird ST offer looks like being well received...They'll be flying off the shelves...apparently the target is over 4k adult sales.

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[claretonthecoast1882]

Well, at least today's early bird ST offer looks like being well received...They'll be flying off the shelves...apparently the target is over 4k adult sales.Screenshot_20250325_122455_Chrome.jpg

The entitled lot thought they were getting season tickets for £150 to mark heir 150 year anniversary. Strange bunch they spend their whole life telling everyone how the Venkys don't care about them or the club and in the same breath expected a deal to give them even cheaper tickets than they get.

This is another legacy of Walker giving them discounted tickets, that when the time comes to pay the going rate they think they are being ripped off. Hopefully the spineless action groups launch a protest before the end of the season to give every other club in football a laugh.

[Claretitus]

Apparently, they’re having a 2 tier pricing structure, with seats that face the pitch, actually being cheaper than the ones that face the back of the stand.

[ralph8]

Given them trying to squeeze every last penny from their season ticket holders for 2025/2026, you would never have thought they could have rejected ticket sales of around 10,000 in the last two derbies.

[Conroy92]

Another thing for them to look forward to next season. Low attendances and an absolute dire atmosphere. Should help them on the pitch

Long live the Venkys!

[mybloodisclaret]

Another thing for them to look forward to next season. Low attendances and an absolute dire atmosphere. Should help them on the pitch

Long live the Venkys!

Help who on the pitch? There will be no one left!!! Hutchy getting his boots out.

[BurnleyFC]

They won’t be bothered one jot about what we think.

Their main rivals are Manchester United, remember?

[Commy]

It does look like they are trying to force people into the Riverside then they can close the rest of the ground . The over 65s have gone up more than the rest. Not a lot saying they are going to renew and some are waiting until they see if/who they sign, but the prices will have gone up again then.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Blackburn fans urge hierarchy to not attend games - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 6161z4531o

They've got a busy summer if that article is right about 12 players either reaching the end of their loans or end of their contracts

[ElectroClaret]

"...12 players either end their loan deals or are out of contract."
That sounds quite promising.

#snowballsrevenge

[fatboy47]

Fear not for Rovers.

There's a rake of worldwide big-time billionaires biding their time before slugging it out for possession of this icon of British football...the minute Venky's are prepared to sell they'll all be piling in...

[IPAclaret]

Fear not for Rovers.

There's a rake of worldwide big-time billionaires biding their time before slugging it out for possession of this icon of British football...the minute Venky's are prepared to sell they'll all be piling in...

Yes I think fatboy has it right. The world's leading billionaires are fuelling up their private jets and heading to lower Darwen as we speak, to bail out the venkys of the 200M they've pumped in and then splurge another (take your pick of a figure) 500M? all out of the goodness of their philanthropist hearts to put pampered self entitled ones back to rightful place in English football.

Or perhaps back in the real world, this isn't going to happen and they can stay roughly where they were before uncle jack appeared. Without a pot to pi-ss in.

Same old bturds always happy to spend huge amount of other people's money.

Bless em. 5 in a row at Ewood.

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[ElectroClaret]

Doesn't get any better, does it?
Still ne'er mind.

Ismael starring.

[IPAclaret]

Hopefully they've got many more, much worse weeks to come. We can live in hope.

Fck em the bturds.

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[Bosscat]

Just arrived home and the Mrs watching Midsomer Murders ... One of the plot lines is Valerian used in the murders Valerian is definitely murdering Rovers

[Claretitus]

Just arrived home and the Mrs watching Midsomer Murders ... One of the plot lines is Valerian used in the murders Valerian is definitely murdering Rovers

He’s doing a fabulous job. Leave him in situ for next season, he’ll take em back down to their true, natural, place in the football pyramid.

[fatboy47]

Probably a reasonable fit for Rovers...I'd say their natural level would be a yo-yo club between 2nd and 3rd tiers..and that's about Pishmail's level.

Same with Parker and us...where our natural level is between the first 2 tiers.

Absolutely nothing left of their season now other than praying for their more upmarket neighbours to fail.

[AndrewJB]

At a normal club with normal owners, yeah. Absolute no brainer. But something has been sus about that takeover fron day one. The theory is that they don't want the Premier League spotlight on them and they don't want to invest the levels required for Premier League football I.e on wages, signings, stadium improvements etc.

They haven't made a single attempt in 12 years to win promotion to the Premier League. Not one. Why not? Look at how JDT and Eustace have been driven out. Either of them could have won promotion with a bit of backing.

Mowbray, in his last season, had them in 2nd in January. He was completely ignored, given naff all that January and just allowed to walk away on the summer without so much as a goodbye from the owners. He said in May 2022 "I've heard nothing from the owners, so I assume I'm leaving". What's all that about? What kind of way is that to treat any manager?

Don't forget, two consecutive transfers were recently scuppered in Lewis O'Brien and the American striker McGuire. The first had a £10m obligation to buy attached to it. The second had a £5m transfer fee attached. By some coincidence both failed due to last minute admin/paperwork errors. Some accept it was an error both times, others argue something else stopped those signings.

Haven't they invested a lot already? Fifteen to twenty million a season? If they weren't around who else would be putting that kind of money in?

[Venkys4eva]

I love venkys they are the best

[mybloodisclaret]

Haven't they invested a lot already? Fifteen to twenty million a season? If they weren't around who else would be putting that kind of money in?

Hutchy has been really clear further up in the thread that there are a number of billionaire backed groups who are trying to get the keys to ewood park, and when they do roverrrs will instantaneously be returned to their rightful place fighting for the CL spots.

Honestly this guy is brilliant.

Anyone seen Hutchy by the way? He's gone really quiet in the last few weeks?!

[Quicknick]

I wish Roverrr's new manager had taken over earlier in the season.

[IPAclaret]

Hutchy has been really clear further up in the thread that there are a number of billionaire backed groups who are trying to get the keys to ewood park, and when they do roverrrs will instantaneously be returned to their rightful place fighting for the CL spots.

Honestly this guy is brilliant.

Anyone seen Hutchy by the way? He's gone really quiet in the last few weeks?!

I agree, where is hutchy ? After an outstanding run of 5 defeats and a draw in the last 6 games we could do with an update/ good laugh on all things t'roverrrrrrs

Come on hutchy lad don't let us down, you know us Clarets are concerned at the sad sad plight occurring down ewood way ...

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[Sutton-Claret]

This my new favourite thread

[CoolClaret]

....

[Claretitus]

The ‘Turds, have lost twice as many games (4), in March, than we have since last August. In a month with 2 blank weeks for an International Break.

[Bosscat]

https://x.com/JamesSetters05

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[Bosscat]

Rovers advertising on twittler again ...

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They sacked the previous incumbent

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[fatboy47]

Just checking for signs that Venkys might be turning things around .. estimates of home support varying between 5k and 7k last night..this chap sounds like only a "maybe" for a ST next season.

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[frankinwales]

Hard to believe that their week could get any worse...

Up the Clarets

[Aclaret]

Feed em Chicken Food you will get Horse Shiit

[Colburn_Claret]

Can someone go back 15 years and repost all the gloating coming from Deadwood on the day the Venkys were announced.


Please.

[Bosscat]

Has anyone seen Hutchy, he has been missing for 3 weeks ... please check under bridges in your locale

[houseboy]

They badly want promotion? Ha. I've heard it all. I can almost guarantee your son in law was Kean out, Venky's out in the early days, but later gave up all hope of change at the club and decided to just be positive instead and bury his head in the sand.

If that is a wrong assessment, I apologise. There are too many in that fanbase who have trodded that path, which is who I refer to next.

They don't like hearing the truth about the ownership, they don't like reading/hearing "negativity". They don't like what has happened to Rovers since 2010, but in order to protect their mental states, they start to block out what Venky's have done, they try to lie to themselves about what the last 15 years have been like and decide to take the "positive" route instead. That being "ah well, at least Venky's are paying the bills, it could be worse, relegation was inevitable anyway, Venky's were badly advised, at least Rovers aren't like Wigan/Bury etc, these plastic fans who are moaning are to blame, they are entitled, spoilt, they make us look bad, just get behind the lads ffs".

Those of you who know Rovers fans with similar views to the son in law and the other poster's Rovers pals, please apply my explanation above to those lads/lasses and assess for yourselves. You will see that I am spot on. They have given up and are trying to maintain a positive mental state. It's fake positivity. They know it deep down.

Many of that fanbase have given up. Many are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome yet ridiculously portray themselves as being wise and realistic Rovers fans. Downplaying the club and it's history at every turn. Playing straight into the hands Venky's and Waggott. They've been conned and have forgotten who they claim to support.

What are you talking about. How can you even begin to know what others think or feel? How arrogant. Just because he is a Rovers fan you assume he is making some false statement? He is a great guy who loves football with a passion and just because he is a Rover you make accusations like that. He actually doesn’t want Venkys out because he knows it will destroy the club. You are the worst kind of Burnley fan. One who has such a pathetic hatred of Rovers that you cannot even conceive of the idea that one of their fans can talk sense. He fully understands what is going on and criticises his own fans for thinking above their station. He actually watches Burnley and admits they are light years ahead of his club. What the fck is wrong with that? His knowledge of the game is amazing and he is a guy who played up to a reasonable level till injury cut him short. Just because he supports Rovers does not make him some kind of changeling who has a false positive attitude. There is nothing false or positive about what he says. He is a realist who actually knows what he is talking about. He is unhappy about the situation his club are in but accepts that they are not a PL club and realises that their brief stint in the limelight was just that. Just for the record he wasn’t even born when they won the PL so he is not and never will be a plastic. He’s just a fan with a realistic attitude.

[TheFamilyCat]

Sheffield United: hold my pint.

[Hutchy]

What are you talking about. How can you even begin to know what others think or feel? How arrogant. Just because he is a Rovers fan you assume he is making some false statement? He is a great guy who loves football with a passion and just because he is a Rover you make accusations like that. He actually doesn’t want Venkys out because he knows it will destroy the club. You are the worst kind of Burnley fan. One who has such a pathetic hatred of Rovers that you cannot even conceive of the idea that one of their fans can talk sense. He fully understands what is going on and criticises his own fans for thinking above their station. He actually watches Burnley and admits they are light years ahead of his club. What the fck is wrong with that? His knowledge of the game is amazing and he is a guy who played up to a reasonable level till injury cut him short. Just because he supports Rovers does not make him some kind of changeling who has a false positive attitude. There is nothing false or positive about what he says. He is a realist who actually knows what he is talking about. He is unhappy about the situation his club are in but accepts that they are not a PL club and realises that their brief stint in the limelight was just that. Just for the record he wasn’t even born when they won the PL so he is not and never will be a plastic. He’s just a fan with a realistic attitude.

I'm sorry if I offended you pal, but I stand by what I said. The Rovers fans who defend Venky's fall into two camps:

1) Those, who due to age, know nothing except the Venky era at Blackburn. To them, the last 15 years aren't as bad as what others say they are. They look on at those complaining as being angry, old men/women, who aren't "proper fans" because they dare to criticise the hierarchy and the club.

These younger fans are "top fans" in their own lunchtime and accept any shite that the club feeds them without question. They think they are diehard and the real fans in the fanbase, but in reality they are being taken for mugs and are enabling the destruction of their club by trying to appear "reasonable". The hierarchy laughs at these people.

2) The older fans who have seen it all. They know and remember very well what Venky's and their agent pals have done to the club, they know how far standards have fallen since 2010. However, after years of frustration and distress, they have now decided to "be positive" instead and overlook all that has gone on before.

In their quest for a positive state of mind, they have decided that the Premier League days were just an illusion and that mid table championship isn't all that bad, that the situation today isn't all that bad. They have convinced themselves they actually don't want Premier League football because Rovers would "get battered anyway". These people were once "Venky's out" but their new fake, toxic positive tune for a quiet life is "but who will buy us, be careful what you wish for...at least Venky's pay the bills".

I'm sure your son in law is a top man, but that doesn't make him right about Rovers. Why is it Venky's or bust by the way? Is there nobody in the world that would buy Blackburn? When billionaires are buying Tranmere, Carlisle and other smaller clubs? Why is the idea of somebody buying Rovers unrealistic?

You say he wasn't born when they won the title. That tells me that this is the naivety of youth that is being portrayed as a "realistic" attitude. Let's assume he was born in 1998...that means he would have been 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 years old when Rovers had the likes of Duff, Dunn, Tugay, Cole, Jansen, Pedersen, Bellamy and so on. What does he remember of those times? By the time he was of an age to really understand football, the Venky bastards arrived. Poor lad.

I'm sorry to say, but he doesn't know or remember the standards of Blackburn Rovers, let me tell you...and this is coming from a Claret who doesn't have much of a fondness for them.

No serious Blackburn Rovers supporter can defend what Venky's have done. If they had taken the Clarets from a top 10 Premier League club in 2010 to the shite that Rovers are today, everybody here would be fuming and rightly so. The League finishes in the 70s and 80s would be of no relevance. Anybody telling Clarets in that scenario to "be grateful Venky's are paying the bills" would be given the shortest, swiftest and most fitting of responses.

What's my point? Simple. The Venky sympathisers need to ******* wake up and get a grip if they want to get their club back. They have been conditioned for 12 years now to just accept Championship mediocrity and to smile while it's happening.

[Foshiznik]

I'm sorry if I offended you pal, but I stand by what I said. The Rovers fans who defend Venky's fall into two camps:

1) Those, who due to age, know nothing except the Venky era at Blackburn. To them, the last 15 years aren't as bad as what others say they are. They look on at those complaining as being angry, old men/women, who aren't "proper fans" because they dare to criticise the hierarchy and the club.

These younger fans are "top fans" in their own lunchtime and accept any shite that the club feeds them without question. They think they are diehard and the real fans in the fanbase, but in reality they are being taken for mugs and are enabling the destruction of their club by trying to appear "reasonable". The hierarchy laughs at these people.

2) The older fans who have seen it all. They know and remember very well what Venky's and their agent pals have done to the club, they know how far standards have fallen since 2010. However, after years of frustration and distress, they have now decided to "be positive" instead and overlook all that has gone on before.

In their quest for a positive state of mind, they have decided that the Premier League days were just an illusion and that mid table championship isn't all that bad, that the situation today isn't all that bad. They have convinced themselves they actually don't want Premier League football because Rovers would "get battered anyway". These people were once "Venky's out" but their new fake, toxic positive tune for a quiet life is "but who will buy us, be careful what you wish for...at least Venky's pay the bills".

I'm sure your son in law is a top man, but that doesn't make him right about Rovers. Why is it Venky's or bust by the way? Is there nobody in the world that would buy Blackburn? When billionaires are buying Tranmere, Carlisle and other smaller clubs? Why is the idea of somebody buying Rovers unrealistic?

You say he wasn't born when they won the title. That tells me that this is the naivety of youth that is being portrayed as a "realistic" attitude. Let's assume he was born in 1998...that means he would have been 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 years old when Rovers had the likes of Duff, Dunn, Tugay, Cole, Jansen, Pedersen, Bellamy and so on. What does he remember of those times? By the time he was of an age to really understand football, the Venky bastards arrived. Poor lad.

I'm sorry to say, but he doesn't know or remember the standards of Blackburn Rovers, let me tell you...and this is coming from a Claret who doesn't have much of a fondness for them.

No serious Blackburn Rovers supporter can defend what Venky's have done. If they had taken the Clarets from a top 10 Premier League club in 2010 to the shite that Rovers are today, everybody here would be fuming and rightly so. The League finishes in the 70s and 80s would be of no relevance. Anybody telling Clarets in that scenario to "be grateful Venky's are paying the bills" would be given the shortest, swiftest and most fitting of responses.

What's my point? Simple. The Venky sympathisers need to ******* wake up and get a grip if they want to get their club back. They have been conditioned for 12 years now to just accept Championship mediocrity and to smile while it's happening.

Where do you “proper” Blackburn fans expect or believe you should be? Mid table championship seems fair for a club of your size. Same as Burnley really just we are playing levels above our size and have been for over a decade.

[blatherwickstattoos]

I'm sorry if I offended you pal, but I stand by what I said. The Rovers fans who defend Venky's fall into two camps:

1) Those, who due to age, know nothing except the Venky era at Blackburn. To them, the last 15 years aren't as bad as what others say they are. They look on at those complaining as being angry, old men/women, who aren't "proper fans" because they dare to criticise the hierarchy and the club.

These younger fans are "top fans" in their own lunchtime and accept any shite that the club feeds them without question. They think they are diehard and the real fans in the fanbase, but in reality they are being taken for mugs and are enabling the destruction of their club by trying to appear "reasonable". The hierarchy laughs at these people.

2) The older fans who have seen it all. They know and remember very well what Venky's and their agent pals have done to the club, they know how far standards have fallen since 2010. However, after years of frustration and distress, they have now decided to "be positive" instead and overlook all that has gone on before.

In their quest for a positive state of mind, they have decided that the Premier League days were just an illusion and that mid table championship isn't all that bad, that the situation today isn't all that bad. They have convinced themselves they actually don't want Premier League football because Rovers would "get battered anyway". These people were once "Venky's out" but their new fake, toxic positive tune for a quiet life is "but who will buy us, be careful what you wish for...at least Venky's pay the bills".

I'm sure your son in law is a top man, but that doesn't make him right about Rovers. Why is it Venky's or bust by the way? Is there nobody in the world that would buy Blackburn? When billionaires are buying Tranmere, Carlisle and other smaller clubs? Why is the idea of somebody buying Rovers unrealistic?

You say he wasn't born when they won the title. That tells me that this is the naivety of youth that is being portrayed as a "realistic" attitude. Let's assume he was born in 1998...that means he would have been 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 years old when Rovers had the likes of Duff, Dunn, Tugay, Cole, Jansen, Pedersen, Bellamy and so on. What does he remember of those times? By the time he was of an age to really understand football, the Venky bastards arrived. Poor lad.

I'm sorry to say, but he doesn't know or remember the standards of Blackburn Rovers, let me tell you...and this is coming from a Claret who doesn't have much of a fondness for them.

No serious Blackburn Rovers supporter can defend what Venky's have done. If they had taken the Clarets from a top 10 Premier League club in 2010 to the shite that Rovers are today, everybody here would be fuming and rightly so. The League finishes in the 70s and 80s would be of no relevance. Anybody telling Clarets in that scenario to "be grateful Venky's are paying the bills" would be given the shortest, swiftest and most fitting of responses.

What's my point? Simple. The Venky sympathisers need to ******* wake up and get a grip if they want to get their club back. They have been conditioned for 12 years now to just accept Championship mediocrity and to smile while it's happening.

I was paying attention until the “this is coming from a claret” bit

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Given what was said on that Radio Lancashire special last week I'd have them going down next season. They're losing money hand over fist every single week and the Rovers chap on there who's name escapes me stated that they have a transfer budget of around 4 million quid currently which would rise if they got promoted. Given all the possible outgoings in the summer and possibly a manager they might not be able to pot due to costs involved I'd be tempted to say it'll be a torrid 26/26 season for them

[Wile E Coyote]

I dont hate them until we play them, they are local fans who just support their local club.
I know many of their fans, funny people, honourable people.
I would not want the crappy ownership to define their loyalty.

[Vegas Claret]

They didn't give one iota of a toss about us in 1987, let them drop to the depths.

[ClaretDiver]

I'm sorry if I offended you pal, but I stand by what I said. The Rovers fans who defend Venky's fall into two camps:

1) Those, who due to age, know nothing except the Venky era at Blackburn. To them, the last 15 years aren't as bad as what others say they are. They look on at those complaining as being angry, old men/women, who aren't "proper fans" because they dare to criticise the hierarchy and the club.

These younger fans are "top fans" in their own lunchtime and accept any shite that the club feeds them without question. They think they are diehard and the real fans in the fanbase, but in reality they are being taken for mugs and are enabling the destruction of their club by trying to appear "reasonable". The hierarchy laughs at these people.

2) The older fans who have seen it all. They know and remember very well what Venky's and their agent pals have done to the club, they know how far standards have fallen since 2010. However, after years of frustration and distress, they have now decided to "be positive" instead and overlook all that has gone on before.

In their quest for a positive state of mind, they have decided that the Premier League days were just an illusion and that mid table championship isn't all that bad, that the situation today isn't all that bad. They have convinced themselves they actually don't want Premier League football because Rovers would "get battered anyway". These people were once "Venky's out" but their new fake, toxic positive tune for a quiet life is "but who will buy us, be careful what you wish for...at least Venky's pay the bills".

I'm sure your son in law is a top man, but that doesn't make him right about Rovers. Why is it Venky's or bust by the way? Is there nobody in the world that would buy Blackburn? When billionaires are buying Tranmere, Carlisle and other smaller clubs? Why is the idea of somebody buying Rovers unrealistic?

You say he wasn't born when they won the title. That tells me that this is the naivety of youth that is being portrayed as a "realistic" attitude. Let's assume he was born in 1998...that means he would have been 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 years old when Rovers had the likes of Duff, Dunn, Tugay, Cole, Jansen, Pedersen, Bellamy and so on. What does he remember of those times? By the time he was of an age to really understand football, the Venky bastards arrived. Poor lad.

I'm sorry to say, but he doesn't know or remember the standards of Blackburn Rovers, let me tell you...and this is coming from a Claret who doesn't have much of a fondness for them.

No serious Blackburn Rovers supporter can defend what Venky's have done. If they had taken the Clarets from a top 10 Premier League club in 2010 to the shite that Rovers are today, everybody here would be fuming and rightly so. The League finishes in the 70s and 80s would be of no relevance. Anybody telling Clarets in that scenario to "be grateful Venky's are paying the bills" would be given the shortest, swiftest and most fitting of responses.

What's my point? Simple. The Venky sympathisers need to ******* wake up and get a grip if they want to get their club back. They have been conditioned for 12 years now to just accept Championship mediocrity and to smile while it's happening.

You truly are smoking some serious stuff….a Clarets fan, give me a break…crawl back under the horse you came from and keep your delusional ramblings to yourself!

[The Shire Claret]

I'm sorry if I offended you pal, but I stand by what I said. The Rovers fans who defend Venky's fall into two camps:

1) Those, who due to age, know nothing except the Venky era at Blackburn. To them, the last 15 years aren't as bad as what others say they are. They look on at those complaining as being angry, old men/women, who aren't "proper fans" because they dare to criticise the hierarchy and the club.

These younger fans are "top fans" in their own lunchtime and accept any shite that the club feeds them without question. They think they are diehard and the real fans in the fanbase, but in reality they are being taken for mugs and are enabling the destruction of their club by trying to appear "reasonable". The hierarchy laughs at these people.

2) The older fans who have seen it all. They know and remember very well what Venky's and their agent pals have done to the club, they know how far standards have fallen since 2010. However, after years of frustration and distress, they have now decided to "be positive" instead and overlook all that has gone on before.

In their quest for a positive state of mind, they have decided that the Premier League days were just an illusion and that mid table championship isn't all that bad, that the situation today isn't all that bad. They have convinced themselves they actually don't want Premier League football because Rovers would "get battered anyway". These people were once "Venky's out" but their new fake, toxic positive tune for a quiet life is "but who will buy us, be careful what you wish for...at least Venky's pay the bills".

I'm sure your son in law is a top man, but that doesn't make him right about Rovers. Why is it Venky's or bust by the way? Is there nobody in the world that would buy Blackburn? When billionaires are buying Tranmere, Carlisle and other smaller clubs? Why is the idea of somebody buying Rovers unrealistic?

You say he wasn't born when they won the title. That tells me that this is the naivety of youth that is being portrayed as a "realistic" attitude. Let's assume he was born in 1998...that means he would have been 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 years old when Rovers had the likes of Duff, Dunn, Tugay, Cole, Jansen, Pedersen, Bellamy and so on. What does he remember of those times? By the time he was of an age to really understand football, the Venky bastards arrived. Poor lad.

I'm sorry to say, but he doesn't know or remember the standards of Blackburn Rovers, let me tell you...and this is coming from a Claret who doesn't have much of a fondness for them.

No serious Blackburn Rovers supporter can defend what Venky's have done. If they had taken the Clarets from a top 10 Premier League club in 2010 to the shite that Rovers are today, everybody here would be fuming and rightly so. The League finishes in the 70s and 80s would be of no relevance. Anybody telling Clarets in that scenario to "be grateful Venky's are paying the bills" would be given the shortest, swiftest and most fitting of responses.

What's my point? Simple. The Venky sympathisers need to ******* wake up and get a grip if they want to get their club back. They have been conditioned for 12 years now to just accept Championship mediocrity and to smile while it's happening.

Tranmere and Carlisle didn’t come with 200 Million pounds worth of debt and counting every season

Perspective is important

[Claretitus]

They didn't give one iota of a toss about us in 1987, let them drop to the depths.

This, absolutely. Why should any Burnley fan even give them a thought without thinking “ Karma “. The 86-87 season, the plane, the “ We’re having a party when you go down “ singing, and relegation party invites all over the internet, during our ill fated first Premier League season. As a die hard Burnley fan, every one of those hurt me, and realistically, did any of us really think that we would be light years ahead of them 10-15 years later? No, of course not, - so let’s enjoy it. Revel in it, and hope that the Venkys can complete their mission, and wipe this festering turd from the football landscape.

Long live the Venkys.

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[claretonthecoast1882]

The most entitled fan base on football still whinging about their need for a sugar daddy.

Who knew that the true legacy of Walker would be to turn it seems the vast majority of a fan base into spoilt little tantrum throwing kids.

The say that Eustace left due to not being given funds and being let down by the Venkys, yet still sold out the away end at Derby (couldn't even sell out the away end at Luton at the weekend, probably the only club in the division not to do so) to abuse him for leaving yet they seem to be urging fans who want to go to games not to go because of the Venkys.

They should realise that they were always in a false position when sat 7th - 10th, they are a lower half Championship side, they should be enjoying this season considering they are over achieving. Lose a couple of games and out come the soiled bedsheets.

Dopey Glen then emerges from his den with his leave it to me lads I will be the saviour (thought he was going to dust off his dossier and bring the Venkys down) instead they decided to express themselves in a recent game by booing after 3 minutes due to falling behind then have a group of 20 threaten to go on the pitch but the advertising boards were too high for them to get over. He then had goons go on TV and Radio hoping to tell the world how hard done to they are as the owners only put in £15-20 million a season and have spunked over £200 million keeping them going.

Hopefully the slow death continues for a few more seasons before Ewood is turned into a Sports Direct superstore, it is what the town deserves.

[TsarBomba]

The season ticket thread over on brfcs makes for good reading.

They reckon they only sold 4k adult season tickets this year, and are projecting it to be even worse next season.

One poster reckons there was only around 5k home fans on the last game, with season tickets getting thrown onto the pitch.

We’re witnessing the death of Rovers by a thousand cuts and there isn’t a fan base that deserve it more.