Now we know what it must have felt like for supporters of other clubs when Uncle Jack ploughed his millions into our beloved club. Manchester City fans must be going around with a grin from ear to ear. But they don't have a Dalglish and Harford only a Hughes and Bowen. Untested at the dizzy heights of the Premier. Only time will tell if it is money or talent that gets you to the top. But we definitely need another Uncle Jack, although "There is only one Jack Walker".

The club is soundly run so the Trustees are correct in holding out for the right type of buyer at the correct price.The Goodwill aspect of being a mid table Premiership team must be worth 20 million plus the assets of Brockhall,Ewood and players transfer fees.The time is right to introduce new monies into the club to maintain our position in the league as every year a club seems to get richer via backers.

An admirable philosophy - how gutting it must be to be a City fan and see your club traded like a mere commodity twice in the space of a year without any interest in the fans' desires.

We've seen one useless owner at City - who is to say the Arabs will be any better?

Poor Sparky - two successive defeats and they will be bringing in a trophy manager just like they are talking about bringing in trophy players with no thought given to whether they can make a team out of them.

Hughes is a mere puppet in the process now. How long before he does a Keegan?

I, for one, am grateful that our club is not likely to attract corporate investors - yes, we will fall behind in the transfer market but we will always be able to say it is our club - the club that Jack built and that still bears his stamp.

Long live Rovers and all credit to the Board for their determination to maintain the character of the best-run club in the Premiership - bar none.

Well said Kevin,

i agree kevin but we really need investment. i want us to be winners challenging for honours not just turnin out to make up the numbers each week to achieve a mid table finish. i love rovers and have supported them since i was a boy but the trustees might need to lower there price a touch because we get linked with alot of investors but alot bulk at the price!

When i look back at when Jack Walker invested heavily in the club he and us love so much, i look back with pride and when we lifted the premiership cup again with pride and sometimes a tear of so much joy to know this happened in my life time. Would i want them memories to be tarnished by someone who may be rich beyond belief but in the end leave the club battered and broken ? i know i wouldnt, so the person!!!! and they are out there somewhere! must carry on the proud legacy that has been left before them and move it forward in the right direction so my children and yours can be part of the proud cloth that is Blackburn Rovers.

Uncle Jack would turn in his grave. If he saw the state his family have left us in he would be disappointed. He would have been one of the very few people in the world who, if he found some one that could take us onto the next level would sell his stake for a 10er, just to make the transfer easy and make more funds available to make us stronger. instead of trying to preserve all that Jack has done for the club they are dragging us back down to where we were before he started the revolution, just for the sake of money. I hope they are ashamed.

well said talk2jord,

we have the legacy of the Jack Walker, and we are proud of it.

BUT football has moved into dimensions far beyond what was ever forecast. I would gladly welcome an investment from Dubaii similar to what City have.

Jack Walker took this club from the murky depths of English Football, he like many of us, would hate to be average at best for forever more...mid table shouldn't just be good enough!!!!

It's about time the Rovers board and fans have some aspirations and ambition for the future of the club, and dizzy heights is were i would like to be!

Kevin e, He He, what a sad bitter pie eater ! you have been reading the daily mirror too much,Thaksin as done a great deal for the club & is still a part of this deal, Hughes & his team for 5 mill, what a steal ! Get back in the lower leagues were you belong, now the rag n bone fellas ding as dried up ! Bluemoon !

look what happend at chelsk wen roman abromovich took over.. they won the prem a few times then the novelty wore off! they are the most borin team in the prem


just coz u got a squad full of world class players dusnt mean u wil ave a top class winnin side, which these billionaires dont seam to grasp. im glad we are how we are, just wait til the football recession comes along and all the billionaires walk leavin big wage bills. it wont be us doin a leeds for the sake of winnin the prem

Wilky wrote:
look what happend at chelsk wen roman abromovich took over.. they won the prem a few times then the novelty wore off! they are the most borin team in the premjust coz u got a squad full of world class players dusnt mean u wil ave a top class winnin side, which these billionaires dont seam to grasp. im glad we are how we are, just wait til the football recession comes along and all the billionaires walk leavin big wage bills. it wont be us doin a leeds for the sake of winnin the prem

Keep taking the medication you loser !

Perth Dude wrote:
Kevin e, He He, what a sad bitter pie eater ! you have been reading the daily mirror too much,Thaksin as done a great deal for the club & is still a part of this deal, Hughes & his team for 5 mill, what a steal ! Get back in the lower leagues were you belong, now the rag n bone fellas ding as dried up ! Bluemoon !

DUDE!!!!!

HAHAHA cant wait until thos owners get bored and leave you in the lurch!! ur jus going to be a POOR investment!

What's wrong with being 'average' while competing in the richest, most watched league in the world ???? I would rather be 'average' in this league with an occasional good cup run, knowing that our longevity is more or less secure than 'average' in a lower division.
Because the club is realistic doesn't mean we lack ambition because being over ambitious is a recipe for disaster. Remember Leeds Utd ?

Yes Jason, you are all backward inbred small minded muppets like your brothers down the rd. Robhino 30mill + luv it !

The 1st page of comments iv read this year that are all positive!! Chuffed with the comments about not selling OUR club to just anyone-we are a family club that should stay that way.

John Williams has done a brill job of bringing in quality managers (Ince included) and quality players over the years since Sir Jack passed away RIP and we should support and back our beloved club through thick and thin!

WE have a team spirit and a club spirit! BRFC through and through!

every club is to a certain degree ambitious, but every club has limitations. We know we a well run club,and we a top 10 side. Saying that,every club in the top 10 can spend heavily and we will soon take a bit of strain,especially trying to be competitive.

I take the points that compared to some, our club is well run BUT what deeply concerns me is that each year we are told we have a smallish budget to spend but even when players are sold for vast amounts, ie Bentley and Duff, the money is never invested back into the team, it just dissapears. Then we get the same old stories of we missed out on x & y, when the club had no real intention of re-investing the money.
I hope I am wrong but I don't think the Bentley money will be spent on any big name player which I feel the club needs. So far we have had mainly loan and lower league players this season, with not a right wing person in sight. Only thing to look forwared to is signing Fowler!!

Proud to feel part of Rovers as our fans do.

Poor, poor City fans.

Them, Newcastle, Chelsea, West Ham, Liverpool, Tottenham and even United - loads and loads of cash and loads of moaning, supposed fans.

I can live with the idea of supporting an average club and I know that the moaners we get on the various sites care deeply about our club (even if they do moan before they have cause to do) - how can City fans care deeply about their club any more? It has been sold from beneath them - not once but twice, up to now. They have been a joke ever since Malcolm Alison's times - and that is going back a bit!

Yet another false dawn has come to pass.

They have become a 'global brand' and their club is run by foreigners spouting 'corporate-speak. The executive chairman was poached from Nike and can't open his mouth without making a fool of himself in football terms.

Good luck to them - enjoy it while it lasts.

nevad wrote:
I take the points that compared to some, our club is well run BUT what deeply concerns me is that each year we are told we have a smallish budget to spend but even when players are sold for vast amounts, ie Bentley and Duff, the money is never invested back into the team, it just dissapears. Then we get the same old stories of we missed out on x & y, when the club had no real intention of re-investing the money.
I hope I am wrong but I don't think the Bentley money will be spent on any big name player which I feel the club needs. So far we have had mainly loan and lower league players this season, with not a right wing person in sight. Only thing to look forwared to is signing Fowler!!

Our gate receipts don't cover the running costs of the club so revenue from transfers has to be directed towards paying expenses.

It's a bore but it's a fact of life.

That is why people say that we "punch above our weight" and it is the reality of being a 'small-town' club.

If the option is to sell out to the likes of Mike Ashley I would truly prefer to see us in the lower leagues where many envious observers say we belong as hideous a prospect as that may be.

All credit to John Williams and the rest of the board for keeping that awful prospect away - at least for now and the foreseeable future.

Just got to say, What an absolute twonker that kevin e is, You are & always will be a hill billy club, bye bye to the prem very soon !

ahh yes, fat jack wnakeer, the man who brought us the mighty brian kidd!
why does everyone keep bumming jack wnaker for?

Perth Dude wrote:
Kevin e, He He, what a sad bitter pie eater ! you have been reading the daily mirror too much,Thaksin as done a great deal for the club & is still a part of this deal, Hughes & his team for 5 mill, what a steal ! Get back in the lower leagues were you belong, now the rag n bone fellas ding as dried up ! Bluemoon !

ahh yes, the MIGHTY MAN CITY!
remind me what the score was again
8-1!!!

come on boro!

Apparently a lot of Man City's new money is going toward paying off a huge electricity bill - the last time someone went in their trophy room they left the light on!

Perth Dude wrote:
Kevin e, He He, what a sad bitter pie eater ! you have been reading the daily mirror too much,Thaksin as done a great deal for the club & is still a part of this deal, Hughes & his team for 5 mill, what a steal ! Get back in the lower leagues were you belong, now the rag n bone fellas ding as dried up ! Bluemoon !

mate.. pie eater = wigan.... not blackburn.. thick sod

Has anyone seen McCarthy's latest outburst?

http://www.goal.com/
en/Articolo.aspx?Con
tenutoId=850328

Apparently he reckons that his problems started when Ince arrived - he must have forgotten he wasn't in the team last year either! He's been told he's unfit and overweight, but apparently he doesn't believe in such a thing as overweight. What a shame we didn't get rid when Sunderland came in waving the money!

MikeD wrote:
warnock03 wrote:ahh yes, fat jack wnakeer, the man who brought us the mighty brian kidd!why does everyone keep bumming jack wnaker for? warnock03 - I'm guessing that's your age is it? You're doing well to type, but I guess with all those genetic mutations from the inbreeding, you're aging a bit faster than normal. Obviously you don't think Ince was the right appointment, because he's not going to take us back down to you level, Dingle.

im starting to think all this talk about burnley and burnley fans that you do you are a secret fan its ok though you can confess, we wont tell anyone

warnock03 wrote:
Ted Maul wrote:warnock03 wrote:ahh yes, fat jack wnakeer, the man who brought us the mighty brian kidd!why does everyone keep bumming jack wnaker for? Button it dingle.i dont support burnley, im just saying but it appears that everytime someone says something negative about blackburn then they are accused of supporting burnley,im just saying, i dont think ince was the right appointment, the transfers into the club have not been up to standard, a couple of division 2 players and a goalkeeper that could not even catch a cold plus blobby fowler who even cardiff city wont take back, so it hardly fills you with exitement does it, blackburn will struggle this season and ince will ruin the club already shipped 7 goals in 3 gamesthe walkers dont care about blackburn wich is being proven as they no longer want the club and are despratly trying to sell

If you are a Blackburn supporter then you'll know that the reason we 'keep bumming Jack Wnaker' on here is because Jack Walker is the reason we are where we are today, he helped to create a team that climbed up the divisions (that's what we used to call the leagues, in case you're too young to remember) and held the premier league title.

But he didn't just do this like some Arab millionare wanting a business or toy, he did it as a passionate football fan wanting to see his side reach the heights he had always dreamt of.

So don't come on here as a supposed Rovers fan and call the guy 'Jack Wnaker' as he was a fantastic Rovers fan who loved his club.

You could learn a thing or two from him

Blue Rover wrote:
warnock03 wrote:Ted Maul wrote:warnock03 wrote:ahh yes, fat jack wnakeer, the man who brought us the mighty brian kidd!why does everyone keep bumming jack wnaker for? Button it dingle.i dont support burnley, im just saying but it appears that everytime someone says something negative about blackburn then they are accused of supporting burnley,im just saying, i dont think ince was the right appointment, the transfers into the club have not been up to standard, a couple of division 2 players and a goalkeeper that could not even catch a cold plus blobby fowler who even cardiff city wont take back, so it hardly fills you with exitement does it, blackburn will struggle this season and ince will ruin the club already shipped 7 goals in 3 gamesthe walkers dont care about blackburn wich is being proven as they no longer want the club and are despratly trying to sellIf you are a Blackburn supporter then you'll know that the reason we 'keep bumming Jack Wnaker' on here is because Jack Walker is the reason we are where we are today, he helped to create a team that climbed up the divisions (that's what we used to call the leagues, in case you're too young to remember) and held the premier league title. But he didn't just do this like some Arab millionare wanting a business or toy, he did it as a passionate football fan wanting to see his side reach the heights he had always dreamt of.So don't come on here as a supposed Rovers fan and call the guy 'Jack Wnaker' as he was a fantastic Rovers fan who loved his club. You could learn a thing or two from him

yes i could learn a few things from fat jack,

dont eat too many pies!

the guy ruined the club and had no idea on how to run it, bringing the likes of the mighty brian kidd, and leaving ray harford in charge, spending lots of money on nothing, then eventually getting relegated

Just out of interest results of Manc City vs Rovers for past 3 seasons in chronological order, Rovers score first

0-0
2-0
3-0
4-2
2-2
1-0

Not bad for a hillbilly club

well said blue rover even though i air my views i could not and will not slag off uncle jack and anyone that does is a cretin.
warnock 03 i suggest if you want to make such comments you should go back to dingle land and suck owen coyles d##k

warnock 03 if you feel like this then you should go and support the dingles at tu#d moor because you have shown no respect for the club at all

ok people come on here to air their views on things that are going on at the club majority of it towards signings and lack of signings and the manager but nobody apart from yourself is slagging off uncle jack (rip).

if he had not put his money into the club i don't think this club would be where it is at the moment or maybe your p#ssed off because uncle jacks son is a dingle fan and they didn't get a penny and it all came to us.

even if you did get it you would still struggle in the lower reaches you d#ck

warnock03 wrote:
ahh yes, fat jack wnakeer, the man who brought us the mighty brian kidd!why does everyone keep bumming jack wnaker for?

What a Knob!! No sense, no life and definately no respect! Bog off somewhere else gimp boy!!

It is all very well Rovers wanting somebody who loves Rovers and wanting the club to remain a family club - but who is out there? As thankful and grateful I am to the Jack Walkers days, I cannot help believe that his family have let Jack down. Again grateful for the 40 million the trusies have put in since Jack's death - but in order to make Rovers an attractive investment for somebody else there needs to be success on the field - therefore huge investment in the playing staff - to get into the top 4. Once there, this would create the income needed. But without the investment in the team, Rovers just remain part of the premier league going through the motions of desiring success. I suggest most Rovers supporters would like the current owners to do more for the club to keep hold of the club. Not for any personal ambition, but for the sake of Jack Walker and the dream he had.

why is every rising to this walnock03 person.

i recommend reporting him for abuse for his swearing and he will be removed.. dont rise to him

Just got to say, What an absolute twonker that kevin e is, You are & always will be a hill billy club, bye bye to the prem very soon !
So writes Perth Dude in reply to Kevin E.
Well, Perth Dude, I see you resort to mere name calling and abuse, whereas Kevin shows how much more intelligent he is with his reasoned arguments. Try debating rather than name calling and we will take you more seriously. Sparky and Bowen are a fantastic team, but they will not get a fair crack at city. You may have the money old son, but it needs spending wisely. The names you are banding about just make you look foolish - Ronaldo - I mean come on!!!. I actually have a soft spot for city. When Hendry left Rovers for City, I would go and watch him whenever I could and stand on the kippax. Most of the City fans were great, know their football and were gracious in defeat. I am afraid Perth Dude, you are not a city fan, you are a Burnley fan. Now get back to Scotland and sit in that armchair!!

ashowopikin wrote:
warnock 03 if you feel like this then you should go and support the dingles at tu#d moor because you have shown no respect for the club at allok people come on here to air their views on things that are going on at the club majority of it towards signings and lack of signings and the manager but nobody apart from yourself is slagging off uncle jack (rip).if he had not put his money into the club i don't think this club would be where it is at the moment or maybe your p#ssed off because uncle jacks son is a dingle fan and they didn't get a penny and it all came to us.even if you did get it you would still struggle in the lower reaches you d#ck

grow up you nob jockey im just saying that i dont like the guy thats all and i beleive that what he did eventually ruined the club and what his family are doing now are ruining the club, no one wants to take over blackburn as the board have no ambition selling david bentley and bringing in the mighty keith andrews, wow i bet all the other teams were crapping themselves over that, bringing in the likes of paul ince who has not got a clue

blackburn will struggle this season, but the board dont care you cant really see it as you are still so far up their backsides, still i bet you will be highly entertained visiting the likes of charlton athletic and crystal palace soon

pafell i agree with you totally and i have viewed my airs on that point but lets face it, it ain't happening,

the trustees are not interested in investing in the club and out only for their own personal gain which is a shame but as i said previously most of his kin where dingles so it's understandable really.

but your comments on the fact rovers need to be in the top four to get anyone interested is a load of tripe for 1 man city who for the last few seasons have been below us 2 newcastle have also finished below us for the last few seasons have both invested in one more heavily than the other but it has happened.

i believe that (and this is my own personal opinion) the trustees have put a price on the club that would satisfy their own greedy needs and not what is benficial to the club so therefore has put off respective buyers just like the speculation about the yank who wanted to invest in the club and they could not agree on the amount

Warnock03, I would love to know what you are on, I think we could all do with some.

By the way name calling is inmature and proves that your arguement hasn't got a leg to stand on.

Why would you come on here and say all that cr8p about Jack Walker if you weren't trying to create an arguement.

Get a life!

warnock 03 i should grow up i suggest you look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself i am a dingle i am a dingle and maybe once you convince yourself of this maybe then you will stay on the dingle site and leave us alone.

i am annoyed just like many a person on this site about the fact the club brought in ince who i felt was the wrong person but he is here i wanted the board to provide money for him to buy players ok they did but not the amount the fans were expecting we all know that money is scarce and the managers don't get that much but all managers thus far have been treated the same since uncle jack died.

souness was on a scrimpers budget but got us promoted and won us a trophy and hughes was on a scrimpers budget and as much as he did, he still did not win a trophy but stabilised us in the top 7.

hughes left rovers because of lack of funds but all managers know what they are getting into when they come here.

i was not impressed i was the first to complain when he signed andrews but i tell you something he hgad a better debut than the so called international and i have to admit he did impress me however that was only one half a game so we shall see if he can maintain this.

i remember my mates saying to me when we signed nelsen and samba " who the f#ck are they" but look at them now.

as for uncle jack ruining it for us i don't believe he did it was actually ray harford who signed a couple of players who turned out to be not very good and i believe it was roy hodgson who actually got us into trouble because if my memory serves me right the first season he was there he got us into europe and it was him that bought grabbi and davies and i think it was him that actually bought martin dahlin as well and he turned out to be a sick note if i am wrong i will stand corrected but i don't think i am and uncle jack brought in kidd to try and stop us getting relegated unfortunately he could not and he was sacked after losing the first few game in chumpionship so to ultimately put the blame on kidd is a joke

Blue Rover wrote:
Warnock03, I would love to know what you are on, I think we could all do with some.By the way name calling is inmature and proves that your arguement hasn't got a leg to stand on.Why would you come on here and say all that cr8p about Jack Walker if you weren't trying to create an arguement.Get a life!

not trying to create an argument, im just saying thats all

So basically you just have no idea.

I have never met (and expect I never will) a real Rovers fan who dislikes Jack Walker.

Therefore in conclusion.....you must be a dingle!

ashowopikin wrote:
warnock 03 i should grow up i suggest you look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself i am a dingle i am a dingle and maybe once you convince yourself of this maybe then you will stay on the dingle site and leave us alone.i am annoyed just like many a person on this site about the fact the club brought in ince who i felt was the wrong person but he is here i wanted the board to provide money for him to buy players ok they did but not the amount the fans were expecting we all know that money is scarce and the managers don't get that much but all managers thus far have been treated the same since uncle jack died.souness was on a scrimpers budget but got us promoted and won us a trophy and hughes was on a scrimpers budget and as much as he did, he still did not win a trophy but stabilised us in the top 7.hughes left rovers because of lack of funds but all managers know what they are getting into when they come here.i was not impressed i was the first to complain when he signed andrews but i tell you something he hgad a better debut than the so called international and i have to admit he did impress me however that was only one half a game so we shall see if he can maintain this.i remember my mates saying to me when we signed nelsen and samba " who the f#ck are they" but look at them now.as for uncle jack ruining it for us i don't believe he did it was actually ray harford who signed a couple of players who turned out to be not very good and i believe it was roy hodgson who actually got us into trouble because if my memory serves me right the first season he was there he got us into europe and it was him that bought grabbi and davies and i think it was him that actually bought martin dahlin as well and he turned out to be a sick note if i am wrong i will stand corrected but i don't think i am and uncle jack brought in kidd to try and stop us getting relegated unfortunately he could not and he was sacked after losing the first few game in chumpionship so to ultimately put the blame on kidd is a joke

i think you should look in the mirror and say that you are a burnley fan, as you keep mentioning them, seems like you have some obsession with them or something

as for the likes of brian kidd ect who do you think appointed them in the first place? they did not just walk into the job you know


ince is the wrong man for the job and wil not take the club forward blackburn will struggle this season

warnock 03 you are dingle moron and i'm not talking to you again because you are a moomin

Finally we are all in agreement ;-) Warnock03, you're an idiot.

Warnock03 - 03? if you put it the other way round it's

30 YEARS AND COUNTING SINCE DINGLES BEAT ROVERS!

Perth Dude wrote:
Just got to say, What an absolute twonker that kevin e is, You are & always will be a hill billy club, bye bye to the prem very soon !

Funny really. Robinho looked delighted to be next to Sparky on the TV. Not. He looked at the Citeh shirt and thought " That aint fooking Red" Most people in Brazil only know one club exists in Manchester, so when his pimp, sorry, agent said we had a bid from Manchester he thought he was off to Old Trafford. Cue the complete anti-climax you saw in his eyes when he realised he had prostituted himself in front of the entire world to end up at Middle-Eastlands.Be prepared to have what tradition and pride you had left completely ripped from your supposedly massive club. As I stated in a previous post, Citeh fans don't know how to be happy unless wallowing in the pit of self despair they always wound up in. I'm still praying for Beadle to pop up and give it the old " You've been framed" Perth Dude, you went all quiet when old Frank'smoney dried up and the wages didn't get paid, nice to have you back on here. We need delusional fools like you on here to keep us interested.

Perth Dude wrote:
Just got to say, What an absolute twonker that kevin e is, You are & always will be a hill billy club, bye bye to the prem very soon !

Funny really. Robinho looked delighted to be next to Sparky on the TV. Not. He looked at the Citeh shirt and thought " That aint fooking Red" Most people in Brazil only know one club exists in Manchester, so when his pimp, sorry, agent said we had a bid from Manchester he thought he was off to Old Trafford. Cue the complete anti-climax you saw in his eyes when he realised he had prostituted himself in front of the entire world to end up at Middle-Eastlands.Be prepared to have what tradition and pride you had left completely ripped from your supposedly massive club. As I stated in a previous post, Citeh fans don't know how to be happy unless wallowing in the pit of self despair they always wound up in. I'm still praying for Beadle to pop up and give it the old " You've been framed" Perth Dude, you went all quiet when old Frank'smoney dried up and the wages didn't get paid, nice to have you back on here. We need delusional fools like you on here to keep us interested.

nothing like a moronic dingle to bring the rovers fans together.

warnock 03 try shouting that jack walker is a fat wan3er in the blackburn end. if you did it next to me i'd give you a slap and im sure there'd be a few thousand more behind me ready to take there turn.

what a toss3r

ashowopikin wrote:
warnock 03 you are dingle moron and i'm not talking to you again because you are a moomin

see, there you go again mentioning burnley, like some sexual obsession over them that you have just admit it you are a secret burnley fan that goes around calling other people burnley fans as you are too ashamed to admit it, bet you wear your burnley shirt in secret too

To "Perth Dude" you sound like an aussie just from your name...at least our club has a soul, yours did when you were in the championship...even when all your fans left before you equalised against gillingham in the div 2 playoffs - your a joke, Robhinio thought he'd signed for chelsea according to his interviews...prob never heard of mancity

Blue Rover wrote:
So basically you just have no idea.I have never met (and expect I never will) a real Rovers fan who dislikes Jack Walker.Therefore in conclusion.....you must be a dingle!

you obviously havent been out then
i know a number of people who are not happy with what the guy did in his latter years regarding the club, bringing in brian kidd, appointing ray harford as manager wasting endles amounts of cash on managers that only last 2 seasons, you need to wake up and realise that the guy was not all good

Rover the Hill wrote:
Perth Dude wrote:Just got to say, What an absolute twonker that kevin e is, You are & always will be a hill billy club, bye bye to the prem very soon !Funny really. Robinho looked delighted to be next to Sparky on the TV. Not. He looked at the Citeh shirt and thought " That aint fooking Red" Most people in Brazil only know one club exists in Manchester, so when his pimp, sorry, agent said we had a bid from Manchester he thought he was off to Old Trafford. Cue the complete anti-climax you saw in his eyes when he realised he had prostituted himself in front of the entire world to end up at Middle-Eastlands.Be prepared to have what tradition and pride you had left completely ripped from your supposedly massive club. As I stated in a previous post, Citeh fans don't know how to be happy unless wallowing in the pit of self despair they always wound up in. I'm still praying for Beadle to pop up and give it the old " You've been framed" Perth Dude, you went all quiet when old Frank'smoney dried up and the wages didn't get paid, nice to have you back on here. We need delusional fools like you on here to keep us interested.

The Rover hillbilly as returned, so you have been to Brasil & know this do you ? anti climax in his eyes, nice one.More sell out crowds watching class international players,Players didnt get paid ? get your facts right fool, fools on here to keep you interested in a nothing of a sh*t little club, what was that song you was singing 2 weeks ago ? make my day fool !

Bobby Blackburn wrote:
To "Perth Dude" you sound like an aussie just from your name...at least our club has a soul, yours did when you were in the championship...even when all your fans left before you equalised against gillingham in the div 2 playoffs - your a joke, Robhinio thought he'd signed for chelsea according to his interviews...prob never heard of mancity

Sh8t crowds no atmosphere thats eehbyeckwood, I was @ wembley when a small percentage of the 60,000+ city fans left so what ! & also was it the year after when we took over your unfinished ground ? Slip of a tongue,yes you will never have had jet lag buzzing around B,burn. I know it is never likely to happen,but if some big money was offered to this little club from another rag n bone geezer, it would be sold pronto !

warnock03 = your clearly a burnley fan.. no rovers fan would say such things about uncle jack (rip)

perth dude = i also beleive you to be a dingle.. why would a city fan, for no reason at all, come on this site, and start **** like a big girl?

i have no doubt if we ignore both of this little peices of trailer park trash they will both do one.

Perth Dude. Don't come one here from your rented ground that you don't own!! Ewood park is owned by blackburn, not a council house that manchestercity council either knocked down or let manchesters 2nd team play in.

Face it Robinho only joined cos he wanted to be an arse to madrid. Do you really think he sat there on the plane over thinking "WOW this is amazing I am leaving Madrid and the Bearnbue, spanish style, and warm weather" Then he was probably driven through oldham, and he thought I love this place it's just like that shacks in Brazil!!! Did he chuff wanna sign for city, his heart wont be in it!!!

peemacgee wrote:
Perth Dude. Don't come one here from your rented ground that you don't own!! Ewood park is owned by blackburn, not a council house that manchestercity council either knocked down or let manchesters 2nd team play in.Face it Robinho only joined cos he wanted to be an arse to madrid. Do you really think he sat there on the plane over thinking "WOW this is amazing I am leaving Madrid and the Bearnbue, spanish style, and warm weather" Then he was probably driven through oldham, and he thought I love this place it's just like that shacks in Brazil!!! Did he chuff wanna sign for city, his heart wont be in it!!!

I do believe they are buying the ground very soon,You do not drive through Oldham I am afraid on route from the airport to the ground.

Probably would have been more appealing for him if he had driven through Oldham!

Perth Dude wrote:
Rover the Hill wrote:Perth Dude wrote:Just got to say, What an absolute twonker that kevin e is, You are & always will be a hill billy club, bye bye to the prem very soon !Funny really. Robinho looked delighted to be next to Sparky on the TV. Not. He looked at the Citeh shirt and thought " That aint fooking Red" Most people in Brazil only know one club exists in Manchester, so when his pimp, sorry, agent said we had a bid from Manchester he thought he was off to Old Trafford. Cue the complete anti-climax you saw in his eyes when he realised he had prostituted himself in front of the entire world to end up at Middle-Eastlands.Be prepared to have what tradition and pride you had left completely ripped from your supposedly massive club. As I stated in a previous post, Citeh fans don't know how to be happy unless wallowing in the pit of self despair they always wound up in. I'm still praying for Beadle to pop up and give it the old " You've been framed" Perth Dude, you went all quiet when old Frank'smoney dried up and the wages didn't get paid, nice to have you back on here. We need delusional fools like you on here to keep us interested.The Rover hillbilly as returned, so you have been to Brasil & know this do you ? anti climax in his eyes, nice one.More sell out crowds watching class international players,Players didnt get paid ? get your facts right fool, fools on here to keep you interested in a nothing of a sh*t little club, what was that song you was singing 2 weeks ago ? make my day fool !

My facts?
1. Bill Borrows, ex Citeh fanzine writer on Talksport two weeks ago spoke of his fears for the future of the club after Thaksin's assets were frozen and they had to borrow money to pay wages.
2. Tim Vickery, World Soccers correspondent and resident in Brazil, said that the country was in shock at Robinho's transfer to this unknown club.

Those are facts. He thought he was going to OT and instead ended up at Citeh, hence the complete dejection we seen in his first press conference. Puzzles me why you want to be on here anyway, is it cold in United's shadow? Are you afraid to go on their message-boards?

Roveres will always have a soul. Come on at the end of the season and crow about it if, only if, Citeh finish above Rovers. Hasn't happened very often in the last 16 years has it?

This thread started off so well with some really good, educated points, then nose dived, as they often do, with some mindless comments and childish bickering. I read these pages on a daily basis and more than not read the fans comments. But as a mature and reasonably educated adult, I am sick of the repeated comments at or towards opposing fans. If the other fans want to make comments on this site, there is nothing you can do about it, but I would urge everyone to ignore them and do not reply to any comments. Stick to comments about BRFC.

Robbie wrote:
warnock03 = your clearly a burnley fan.. no rovers fan would say such things about uncle jack (rip)perth dude = i also beleive you to be a dingle.. why would a city fan, for no reason at all, come on this site, and start **** like a big girl? i have no doubt if we ignore both of this little peices of trailer park trash they will both do one.

i think its you who is the burnley fan, seeing as you keep going on about them all the time accusing other people of supporting them when obviously its clearly you who supports them

im just saying form 1995-2000 old fat jack did nothing for the club by bringing in the likes of ray harford
and brian kidd and played a big partin the demise of the club had he sat and thought about it brought in a steady manager then blackburn would probally be competing with man utd each season

Well said Wayne.
I just to make one more point though -- Why can't people get off Ince's back, let's show a united front and back him.
Are we Rovers supporters or not ?

nexile wrote:
Well said Wayne. I just to make one more point though -- Why can't people get off Ince's back, let's show a united front and back him.Are we Rovers supporters or not ?

is that what they said about brian kidd?

warnock03 wrote:
nexile wrote:Well said Wayne. I just to make one more point though -- Why can't people get off Ince's back, let's show a united front and back him.Are we Rovers supporters or not ?is that what they said about brian kidd?

Not even going there !

Well having read all the twaddle it's now time for some sensible comments. The root of all financial problems in the "uncompetative" Premier league lay at the the doorstep of the FA. They are the ones who have allowed the situation to get out of hand. Had they applied an appropriate wages cap for clubs to operate within the league at it's inseption, we would not have been seeing the same old parade of the top four clubs year in and year out and the never ending parade of "so called" foriegn stars looking for the big money moves. The benches would be full of British "stars" of the future not full of internationals suffering from "rotation" sickness and club share holders might even of been paid a decent dividend instead of seeing it get blown away on ludicrus transfer fees.

The FA has always negotiated tv deals that favour these so called top clubs who are already a wash with cash, when they have a responsibilty to ensure all 20 clubs receive a equal share.

Thier is no devine right for any club to win the league or be in Europe because they have the most fans or spend the most money, the right should be earned by playing on a level playing field, not beating inferior teams who might give the occasional good game.

Clubs are being forced to look for unrealistic and usustainable funding not just to try and compete but mearly to stay in the league.

Yes Rovers made substantial investment in the early premier league years to be competative and build a suitable stadium, but only through sustainable finacial management they have continued to play a worthy part in the league and for that they have to be commended.

The answer is not to bring in "sugar daddies" to contiually throw money down the black hole of player wages and agents and transfer fee's but for the FA to implement an approprate financial leveling structure that will force clubs to invest in thier youth academies for future players and limit transfer spending and start to drive wages down to sustainable levels.

As we all know the FA is run by a complete set of idiots who are only interested in thier own egos. I know, let's employ a manager that can't speak English. Trevor Brooking(FA), Westham naughty club = no points deducted. Need I say more!!

They best way to resolve this situation is hand responsibility for the Premier League to Sky Sports Richard Keys and Andy (master of hindsight)Gray to run, oh I thought they already had control!! Silly me

russellinspain, What an absolute load of rubbish, this is the way football/business is run in the 21st century, live with it , Brooking & co are small minded cretins who will ruin the english set up if they get there way. B,burn have had there day & unless somebody wants to inject cash into the the club will struggle.

Perth - remind me when Sh!tty last won some silverwear. Come back when you win something. The way l see it, you're 5 years behind Chelsea and a good 15 years behind United so l expect to see you again in, what, about 20 years. Thats if your new owners ain't fecked off just like Frank did.

Warnock03 - You truely are a **** and l'm 100% positive you ain't a Rovers fan so that begs the question, what brings you to these part's Dingle? Worried 3 very unlikely points might give you the bends considering the depths you find yourself in? Mind you, charity begins at home and l'm pretty sure your mum and brother could do with a hand in the bedroom.

I really do feel sympathy for someone who needs to resort to make objectional comments based on jealous local rivalry, I would not debase myself to read Burnley or other club articles let alone postings from dingles and the like. Still I suppose we must be flattered that someone of sub-intelligence wishes to better themselves by reading Rovers related items

Big Bob Joylove wrote:
Perth - remind me when Sh!tty last won some silverwear. Come back when you win something. The way l see it, you're 5 years behind Chelsea and a good 15 years behind United so l expect to see you again in, what, about 20 years. Thats if your new owners ain't fecked off just like Frank did.Warnock03 - You truely are a **** and l'm 100% positive you ain't a Rovers fan so that begs the question, what brings you to these part's Dingle? Worried 3 very unlikely points might give you the bends considering the depths you find yourself in? Mind you, charity begins at home and l'm pretty sure your mum and brother could do with a hand in the bedroom.

i am a blackburn fan or at least i was untill they hired coco the clown to take over as manager, but i dont see why i should pay money to watch the likes of keith andrews and blobby fowler and for paul ince to ruin the club and i dont see why i should contribute towards their wages

it amazes me how if you loath burnley so much then why do you keep talking about them? and accusing of other people of supporting them, what just because someone says something negative about blackburn suddenly makes them a burnley fan,

i heard they had to take the red lights down cos your mum kept sitting in the window

Personally, I can see the club's lack of ambition in the transfer market getting us relegated this season.
Our midfield is littered with average championship players, no class or creativity at all, and the 2 biggest issues, signing replacement's for Bentley, and the embaressingly woeful Pedersen have not been adressed.
How anyone can say they would rather be in the hands of our ownership, as oppose to city's is comical! sounds like sour grapes to me.
At least city have a pretty stable place in the premiership garenteed for the next 5-10 years.

Isn't that what Leeds thought?

mike rover wrote:
Personally, I can see the club's lack of ambition in the transfer market getting us relegated this season.Our midfield is littered with average championship players, no class or creativity at all, and the 2 biggest issues, signing replacement's for Bentley, and the embaressingly woeful Pedersen have not been adressed.How anyone can say they would rather be in the hands of our ownership, as oppose to city's is comical! sounds like sour grapes to me.At least city have a pretty stable place in the premiership garenteed for the next 5-10 years.

It's not so long ago (and I bet it's not much different now) that 100% of our gate receipts went straight out on wages. Regardless of the money from other sources (TV & sponsorship etc.)-- that is not a great business model for financial success or well-being.
Are you suggesting that we spend all the money we make from player sales on more players that are currently vastly overpriced and on the whole not going to improve what we already have, not to mention the massive wages that someone in that price bracket would want paying.
Rovers just can't compete now. If we were attracting 30,000 to Ewood every week I would be as upset as you about what seems to be the average quality we have brought into the club. Ince obviously feels they can do a job and wont be pushed into a decision that could jeopardise our already precarious position.
It's not a lack of ambition - It's reality. Our ambition has to be to remain in this league and be competitive, hopefully with the odd good cup run and maybe even a european place through our league position, or to put a little pressure on the percieved favourites.
I have followed Rovers for 40 years and can remember some dark days but I will always follow them regardless of reality.
How would all these people calling for us to spend big feel if we were in Leeds' position right now ?

mike rover wrote:
Personally, I can see the club's lack of ambition in the transfer market getting us relegated this season.Our midfield is littered with average championship players, no class or creativity at all, and the 2 biggest issues, signing replacement's for Bentley, and the embaressingly woeful Pedersen have not been adressed.How anyone can say they would rather be in the hands of our ownership, as oppose to city's is comical! sounds like sour grapes to me.At least city have a pretty stable place in the premiership garenteed for the next 5-10 years.

be careful what you say on here all the girls may accuse you of being a burnley fan, no why would anyone want to be in the ownership of blackburn apposed to man city, i mean man city signing the likes of robinho and blackburn signing the double class act that is the mighty keith andrews and blobby fowler

talk2jord wrote:
Uncle Jack would turn in his grave. If he saw the state his family have left us in he would be disappointed. He would have been one of the very few people in the world who, if he found some one that could take us onto the next level would sell his stake for a 10er, just to make the transfer easy and make more funds available to make us stronger. instead of trying to preserve all that Jack has done for the club they are dragging us back down to where we were before he started the revolution, just for the sake of money. I hope they are ashamed.

Couldnt agree more. The walkers are now sdragging the club down back into the murky depths of where we used to be.

money is needed and needed fast. it ok to go on about all this family history bull-sh*t......but the past is the past.

if were lucky we get a mention whenever someone on Sky says the winners of the permiership - and thats makes me smile to know we are are one of only 4 cluibs to win it and the only club outside the BIG 4

but like sed. its in the past, and we should look to the future. the future to me seems that prem clubs are becoming rich men's hobbies/playthings.

the walkers f*cked up the chance of a local born, investor last year cos they were being greedy swines as usual. he was a fan of the club as well. i was gutted when that all fell through cos of thier greed.

i say - sod off to run your airlines walkers and leave our football club to flourish without you.

what i will say about that investment is - they valued the club at £60mil, he offered £45mil - we ahve a fan base of 22,000. they are valuing the club way too much.