[Archived] One of Venky's entourage has died today

[yoda]

Very sad. RIP.

But what an escape by the Venky's. It could have been much worse. I am not being facetious but if the incident had occurred 5 mins later it's likely their car would no doubt have been doing 80mph down the M65.

77mph in the Burnley direction

[T.J.Newton]

Does anybody know, was the driver actually a rovers fan?

If so then id have thought it would definitely be worth some kind of Acknowledgement at the next home game(minutes silence...)

[Stuart]

Everton fan apparently TJ. I think it's in Sergei's post.

[den]

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/301647/

[T.J.Newton]

Everton fan apparently TJ. I think it's in Sergei's post.

Ok, yea, sorry I missed that.

[thenodrog]

Does anybody know, was the driver actually a rovers fan?

If so then id have thought it would definitely be worth some kind of Acknowledgement at the next home game(minutes silence...)

Don't be daft. Rovers fans pass away every week.

[Mike E]

Don't be daft. Rovers fans pass away every week.

At games? Didn't know that....

[thenodrog]

Poor bloke wasn't at the match or inside the stadium. Please try to think things through properly and not be so smarmy.

[Mike E]

I'd assumed he'd been their driver to/from the game yesterday. My mistake (and apologies) in that case.

[Stuart]

That's exactly how I understood it, Mike.

[Mike E]

In which case 'nyah nyah nyahhhhh' to theno

[Tom]

In which case 'nyah nyah nyahhhhh' to theno

Well done you were correct about how and where a man lost his life

[Mike E]

You're right, that was inconsiderate of me, Tom

RIP to a seemingly good bloke.

[bypass06]

The Venky's are now planning to lay a wreath in his memory at a future game

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10264974.Venky_s_driver_dies_suddenly_at_Ewood_Park/

[Paul]

It's always sad to hear of someone dieing, even more so when it's a young person with a child.

However if the Raos truely wish to show their respects quietly attending the funeral would seem far more appropriate than laying a wreath at a football match.

[thenodrog]

It's always sad to hear of someone dieing, even more so when it's a young person with a child.

However if the Raos truely wish to show their respects quietly attending the funeral would seem far more appropriate than laying a wreath at a football match.

Hear hear. Far more appropriate. Who do you think will be advising them to do the wreath option?

[Mike E]

Not sure what people are missing here. Someone died at Ewood on matchday. When that happens, there's generally a wreath laid at pitchside in remembrance at the next game.

Why are some people against such a gesture for this guy? He wasn't a fan but he died at our ground. The club (and venkys) paying their respects in the usual way is fine surely?

[DE.]

The sight of Venky's laying a wreath at Ewood will be hauntingly symbolic.

[Paul]

Not sure what people are missing here. Someone died at Ewood on matchday. When that happens, there's generally a wreath laid at pitchside in remembrance at the next game.

Why are some people against such a gesture for this guy? He wasn't a fan but he died at our ground. The club (and venkys) paying their respects in the usual way is fine surely?

I've been watching football for 48 years and have never heard of a pitch side wreath being laid after a fan dies at the game. Many years ago the guy in front of me in Nuttall Street collapsed and died. I don't recall a wreath being laid for him.

Marc was at work, it just happens he was driving the Raos and was waiting outside the ground. If he had been a taxi driver picking up a fare at Ewood would a wreath be laid?

My concerns are two-fold, the Raos public display with a wreath laying is at best inappropriate and secondly it's likely there will be a minutes silence / applause. Neither seem appropriate to me in this instance.

[Mike E]

It's happened for quite a few people hasn't it? I'd always assumed such gestures were widely practised in England :S Certainly wreaths were laid at Ewood (game vs Hull a few years back?) and a wreath was laid at Stoke for our fan who died there (by Stoke).

Anyhoop, assuming I'm wrong (I probably am, anyway) what is wrong with them paying their respects in such a way?

[Paul]

I don't say you're wrong Mike. I'm just questioning the motivation behind a wreath laying by the Raos. I can't help but feel such a public display is comparable with the manner of their arrival for the Charlton game.

I don't think these people have any understanding of how to behave in public, in private or in business. Those who do go about things in a quiet, dignified manner.

[broadsword]

I don't think these people have any understanding of how to behave in public, in private or in business. Those who do go about things in a quiet, dignified manner.

Indeed. No sense of decorum or judgement.

They live in a bubble.

[BlueMonday]

I'm amazed they can even agree what flowers to have in the wreath.

[SergeiTheMeerKat]

Indeed. No sense of decorum or judgement.

Almost like going off topic on an RIP thread to pass judgement on a third party.

This is Marc's thread folks. There are lots of others upon which you can discuss Venky's.

[Mike Graham]

sad news for his familly. Am I correct in assuming that he was "MG Road" on this MB?