[Archived] Articles Related To Venky's And Rovers

[4000Holes]

http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/premier-league/steve-kean-you-always-try-your-best-with-the-cards-you-re-dealt-1.1900847

Makes me want to puke!

[gumboots]

http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/premier-league/steve-kean-you-always-try-your-best-with-the-cards-you-re-dealt-1.1900847

Makes me want to puke!

You should have warned us. I clicked and almost had to see an article about him

[Stuart]

'"Ive not got one regret, said Kean'

No, well, I'm guessing he didn't join the club a millionaire.

[tomphil]

Was only thinking the other day it was about time for his 6 monthly waffle in the press. Now he's spinning it in a different angle now, what chuffin debt ? He never mentioned debt once whilst here and the debt on takeover was 19 million, cleared in one go by the Phil Jones sale. Prem league TV / Prize and gate money ran the club.

Reading between the lines they were cost cutting and cashing in to get their stake money back that was the real debt he's on about.

As always he's an utter lying scumbag !

[dinglebasher]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/2016/oct/03/football-fans-protest-club-owners-blackburn-coventry-charlton

Good summary of the plight of several clubs in a similar position to ours. It does make me think that there is scope for the various clubs' supporters groups coming together, we all have similar problems. Could be a way of getting a louder, more consistent message across to the media, putting more pressure on The FA. Can't help but feel that with all the corruption issues at the moment, now is the time to push this.

[Leonard Venkhater]

100% confirmed by the press reports at the time, Sir Alex Ferguson, the John Williams letter and the legal letter from Venky's solicitors that these agents completely took over all management and operations of Blackburn Rovers, acted as shadow directors and flagrantly abused all football regulations with regards to what agents can and cannot do.

There is every evidence and reason for the football authorities to act against the agents, club and owners.

There is zero intent to do so.

Absolutely. Why do so many people stiil seek to explain away this inertia by the authorities and the press? Patti Hearst is certainly alive and well in these parts and the recording of the supporters meeting shows just how hard Cheston, Coar and co are trying to kid everyone that this is normal.

You are clearly right about zero intent. Important questions are around the function of this refusal to act. Who gains from this? Who stands to lose, if this all comes out?

Meanwhile, the supporter base simply must act. If not now, when?

[blueboy3333]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/2016/oct/03/football-fans-protest-club-owners-blackburn-coventry-charlton

Good summary of the plight of several clubs in a similar position to ours. It does make me think that there is scope for the various clubs' supporters groups coming together, we all have similar problems. Could be a way of getting a louder, more consistent message across to the media, putting more pressure on The FA. Can't help but feel that with all the corruption issues at the moment, now is the time to push this.

Good read that. The quote from the Charlton fan can also be applied to Rovers:-

"Charlton Athletic have been relegated six times in my lifetime,” says Richard Wiseman, chairman of the Charlton Supporters Trust. “But no one took to the streets or threw beach balls on the pitch. Supporters weren’t happy but they saw it as part of the game – brought about by bad luck, shortage of money or a few bad decisions.”

Wiseman says that the club’s decline during Roland Duchatelet’s ownership, which began in January 2014, “has provoked extraordinary levels of anger fuelled by the fact that this decline is the result of a toxic mixture of arrogance, incompetence and stubbornness.”

...add to that a possible breaching of FA rules and the Charlton bloke sums up nicely why our demise can also not just be wriiten off as the normal ebb and flow of the life of a football club.

[Amo]

Kean calls a fan a 'donut'

"Have some guts, dad!"

[funny-old-game]

100% confirmed by the press reports at the time, Sir Alex Ferguson, the John Williams letter and the legal letter from Venky's solicitors that these agents completely took over all management and operations of Blackburn Rovers, acted as shadow directors and flagrantly abused all football regulations with regards to what agents can and cannot do.

There is every evidence and reason for the football authorities to act against the agents, club and owners.

There is zero intent to do so.

And a certain member of the FA council knew all this from the off and did nothing.

Rotten to the coar!

[1arC]

And a certain member of the FA council knew all this from the off and did nothing.

Rotten to the coar!

No wonder fans are being threatened with court action. Some people hate the truth and try to hide from it. To the guys at BRAG who are pursuing this threat of court action, keep up the pressure, this person deserves all he has, coming to him.

[tomphil]

You can just imagine someone from V's or the unofficial stakeholders phoning Bob up and saying take your solicitor that'll shut em up. Don't want things getting out we need to keep a lid on

[1arC]

The Guardian article is very good and makes me wonder if it would be possible to get the supporters off all clubs mentioned in it together and stage a super protest? Just as an idea and to put it out to debate, what about finding the largest None league ground and filling it on a random match day with supporters from the "host club" and Charlton, Blackpool, Coventry and Rovers supporters? I am sure that would attract media attention and maybe highlight the issues to the wider football supporting public.

[Leonard Venkhater]

And a certain member of the FA council knew all this from the off and did nothing.

Rotten to the coar!

I was interested in his phrase..." if something comes to the surface"...

[philipl]

And a certain member of the FA council knew all this from the off and did nothing.

Rotten to the coar!

Careful- the only thing he says is "see you in coart"

That said it would be brilliant to call him to the witness stand under oath.

[funny-old-game]

Careful- the only thing he says is "see you in coart"

That said it would be brilliant to call him to the witness stand under oath.

The Fifth amendment springs to mind or Manuel from Fawlty Towers "I know nothing"

[Norbert Rassragr]

Fifth Amendment is irrelevant for obvious reasons, and there is no right to silence any more. It was changed to something else in the early to mid 90's.

[mhead]

Any news on the Coart Action?

They could put it on as a double bill with Shelfie's Unfair Dismissal.

Perhaps Henning Berg might sponsor it.

[walk down bolton road]

I have watched Rovers since 1966,never ever has there been so many legal issues,court cases,alleged dodgey dealings and lets face it corruption surrounding the club since the Venky scum turned up .

[tomphil]

I doubt there's been that many unnecessary pay offs either post 2010. But where there's a % there's a way.

[47er]

Three articles of interest today via Newsnow.

Chris Sutton believes Premier League should go the same way as the Bundeslega(though I couldn't get the link to work), an article in the Independent marking the 25th anniversary of Dalglish joining Rovers with much complimentary stuff about Jack and putting the boot into Venkys at the end and Mark Atkins, still a Rovers supporter after all these years, urging Venkys to invest. He has his grandson decked out in Rovers gear and states that you can't start too early to be a Rovers supporter. Legend!

[4000Holes]

Three articles of interest today via Newsnow.

Chris Sutton believes Premier League should go the same way as the Bundeslega(though I couldn't get the link to work), an article in the Independent marking the 25th anniversary of Dalglish joining Rovers with much complimentary stuff about Jack and putting the boot into Venkys at the end and Mark Atkins, still a Rovers supporter after all these years, urging Venkys to invest. He has his grandson decked out in Rovers gear and states that you can't start too early to be a Rovers supporter. Legend!

Is that the one you were looking for?

http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/2/853164133?-11198:839:0

[47er]

Is that the one you were looking for?

http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/2/853164133?-11198:839:0

Thanks! Actually it isn't! The one I couldn't get was the Chris Sutton article.

[funny-old-game]

Exomars space craft has landed on Mars and the signal that it is there has to be confirmed using telescope in Pune. While they are at it can they contact Venky's and tell them to sell up and leave us to pick up the pieces from their destruction of this ones proud club!

Venky's out!

[Jock]

Exomars space craft has landed on Mars and the signal that it is there has to be confirmed using telescope in Pune. While they are at it can they contact Venky's and tell them to sell up and leave us to pick up the pieces from their destruction of this ones proud club!

Venky's out!

More chance of talking to a Martian than the Rao's.

[funny-old-game]

More chance of talking to a Martian than the Rao's.

And get more sense out of them too.