[Archived] Venkys ITV Interview

[Rovers_786]

I thought I put a remainder here that the venkys are due to give a interview to ITV soon and i reckon it will be ready before Thursday.

Any thoughts what there will be saying to the ITV,we know that there not selling up which is upsetting.I hope there are going to listen to us and agree to meet the fans and show use there is no need of worrying and that Steve Kean will be gone.

We fans should get the chance to see them so we can talk to them and why dont we go up to ITV headquarters only a idea unless there are not doing the interview at the ITV.

[Mattyblue]

Oh for christ sake.

[Mc Love]

Why do they always do it on itv

[John]

God help us, can’t wait for some classic lines…..hopefully some tough questions are asked with detailed answers in return.

[arbitro]

I thought I put a remainder here that the venkys are due to give a interview to ITV soon and i reckon it will be ready before Thursday.

Any thoughts what there will be saying to the ITV,we know that there not selling up which is upsetting.I hope there are going to listen to us and agree to meet the fans and show use there is no need of worrying and that Steve Kean will be gone.

We fans should get the chance to see them so we can talk to them and why dont we go up to ITV headquarters only a idea unless there are not doing the interview at the ITV.

Are they being interviewed in the UK or have ITV (Granada) sent a film crew to India? I suspect the latter.

[alexanders]

Why do they always do it on itv

I(ndia)TV?

[martypellowe]

Didn't Glen say he was in the process of asking ITV to put some tough questions to them?

100% guarantee that all we'll get from them is:

The club is not for sale

There have been no offers

We are trying to develop the club

We are happy with the way things are going

We will turn things around

Performances are improving

We have been unlucky

I bet NOONE will ask any meaningful questions, just another show of face to show that they do still exist despite numerous failed appearances at matches. Hell, if they're in the UK, why not come say hello?

[Ralfinho]

Ask this guy, I think he is the one carrying out the interview

Mike Hall - ITV

Hes expecting them soon. Does someone want to compile of questions and I will ask him if he will read through and ask them?

[ruggles1995]

will be the usuall - were fully commited to such a prestigous club, we are here for the fans, we are a %101 committed. I beleive our fortunes will change in the future and we will be in europe in the future.. BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!! CHANGE THE F ing TUNE AND SELL UP!

[ABBEY]

I thought I put a remainder here that the venkys are due to give a interview to ITV soon and i reckon it will be ready before Thursday.

Any thoughts what there will be saying to the ITV,we know that there not selling up which is upsetting.I hope there are going to listen to us and agree to meet the fans and show use there is no need of worrying and that Steve Kean will be gone.

We fans should get the chance to see them so we can talk to them and why dont we go up to ITV headquarters only a idea unless there are not doing the interview at the ITV.

Are you revealing this as an exclusive? Are giving us first hand info ? Or is it common knowledge?

Are giving;) deliberate btw

Are giving;) deliberate btw

[Ralfinho]

right Ive spoken to the guy who is doing the interview and he will read through a list of questions WE want asking, so can someone PM me or put a list up in this thread as I have told the guy I will email him with the questions today so he has chance to look through and prob pick the best ones

Ill give a deadline till 4:45 then I will email what questions I have

[ABBEY]

What time they there ? Think we need a welcome group or at man airport!!

[Ralfinho]

What time they there ? Think we need a welcome group or at man airport!!

I'd love to know, but are they coming in direct from India or up from London? Makes it harder to track flights coming in on the live arrivals boards

[BlueMonday]

right Ive spoken to the guy who is doing the interview and he will read through a list of questions WE want asking, so can someone PM me or put a list up in this thread as I have told the guy I will email him with the questions today so he has chance to look through and prob pick the best ones

Ill give a deadline till 4:45 then I will email what questions I have

Here are some questions I would like asked......

1. What is the nature of the relationship with Jerome Anderson.

2. Have agent fees in relation to transfer fees been in excess of actual transfer fees. If so why.

3. What is the debt structure of the club. Why have mortgages been taken out against future place money.

how much of your (Rao) personal wealth have you put into the club since the take over.

4. Will future mortgages be taken out against future club income.

5. In hindsight do you think allowing JW and TF to leave was a mistake. Why have you failed to put a functioning management structure in place.

6. Do you think footballing success is essential to your perceived success as owners of Blackburn Rovers FC.

7. If footballing success was not being achieved at what point would you feel it necessary to make changes in order for footballing success to be achieved.

8. Do you think your communication/relationship with the supporters is good. What evidence do you have that the majority of supporters are behind you.

[martypellowe]

I want him to ask how, if SK thinks he has had thousands of emails of support, where can we get the email address? As fans who email their discontent seem to be having trouble getting hold of one.

Ooh, maybe they could publish their votes of support from the 99%? That would be interesting!

[roversfan83]

right Ive spoken to the guy who is doing the interview and he will read through a list of questions WE want asking, so can someone PM me or put a list up in this thread as I have told the guy I will email him with the questions today so he has chance to look through and prob pick the best ones

Ill give a deadline till 4:45 then I will email what questions I have

I’m sure any questions that they are asked will be straight batted and everyone fobbed off by the PR machine but if I were to meet Venkys I’d ask them:

Why did you buy rovers?

Why do you believe Kean is brilliant?

What is the nature of this mortgage against the club?

What involvement do they have in the day to day running of the club?

Why is there no chairman or CEO?

Do they actually realise scale of Kean’s unpopularity?

Who is signing players? Them, manager, Anderson.

What is Andersons role within the club, if any?

Why don’t they want to sell Rovers with their brand now known?

How do they think past year has gone?

Where do they see Rovers slumping to in 5 yrs time?

Why wait until 3 games into the season to start buying players?

What do they know of our history?

Why talk about champions league?

With public relations at all time low who is in charge of PR at the club and if they have gone with his advice why hasn’t he been sacked, or if ignore him why not just sack him?

What is the nature of high profile departures? (Williams/Finn/even the Danish)

Are ticket prices going to increase?

Why are they unwilling to communicate with the fans?

Can they justify past claims that they are passionate about Rovers?

Why do they think attendances are down?

Hope that helps. I wouldn’t expect any truthful answers but there we go.

[Drover]

Here are some questions I would like asked......

1. What is the nature of the relationship with Jerome Anderson.

2. Have agent fees in relation to transfer fees been in excess of actual transfer fees. If so why.

I would be very interested to hear responses to these two questions. Especially in the case of Q.2 as we pretty much know that the answer is yes and so any answer to the contrary would either mean they are lying to the media or are still ignorant to whats going on

[Jackson]

What can we, as fans, do to persuade them to sell the club to QP?

[martonrover]

When are they going to sack our failure of a manager and employ someone who might keep us up? Also, if Rovers is their 'baby' when are they either going to have one of the Rao's based here to look after the club or employ a chairman / chief exec? Thank you.

[beerwins]

What time is your flight back and do you have one extra spot for a wee bald one?

[BlueMonday]

Anyone care to explain why my post has been deleted.

Just some suggested questions, nothing contentious IMO.

[seanc88]

Why do they always do it on itv

they probably think it stands for Indian Television, bloody idiots!

[Waggy76]

Anyone care to explain why my post has been deleted.

Just some suggested questions, nothing contentious IMO.

I have no idea why , I read them before I nipped to the supermarket ...Good questions in my opinion ..

I would like to know off Venkys , did you receive an offer for the club from Qatar and if so why did you not sell ? Because it is obvious to a man from Mars, we are going to get relegated with you and that buffoon Kean as manager ..

[Ferrit]

Great, another opportunity beckons for the club to be completely embarrassed in front of the media.

[seanc88]

they'll just regurgitate the same old bs and when asked about steve kean say results will have to improve, but we know J Anderson is still pulling the strings as we fall into the championship.