Venky’s v Indian Government (a) - 13/1/2025 - Re-Arranged Challenge Match

[TugaysMarlboro]

3 hours ago, Cuppliance said:

All this talk about attendances has reminded me a vid I watched recently. Putting all the championship teams in a league for attendance loyalty. I’ll link below for anyone interested.

If Venkys see this they'll probably think we've made the playoffs.

[den]

On attendances,  the average when Venkys took over was 25000 with Allardyce as manager. Top half prem side as well.
 

Anyone remember the “I’d rather watch rovers in the lower leagues than watch this crap”?

I do.
 

 

[glen9mullan]

An interesting listen of a podcast Nick Harris did in 2020

 

https://audioboom.com/posts/7728459-blackburn-rovers-the-incredible-story-of-the-venky-s-turbulent-ownership

[OldEwoodBlue]

[NeilInBristol]

7 hours ago, glen9mullan said:

An interesting listen of a podcast Nick Harris did in 2020

 

https://audioboom.com/posts/7728459-blackburn-rovers-the-incredible-story-of-the-venky-s-turbulent-ownership

Interesting listening but gives them a light of them being naive which I don't buy. They knew what and know what they are doing 

 

Also a good read

 

www.theguardian.com/sport/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2010/dec/21/blackburn-rovers-venkys-jerome

Edited March 21 by NeilInBristol
Missed link

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

7 hours ago, glen9mullan said:

An interesting listen of a podcast Nick Harris did in 2020

 

https://audioboom.com/posts/7728459-blackburn-rovers-the-incredible-story-of-the-venky-s-turbulent-ownership

I urge anyone who has the slightest interest in Rovers to listen to this and absorb what is said.

We are a Club run like a Circus and owned by fookin idiots...it truly beggers belief.

 

Edited March 21 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[JHRover]

1 hour ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

So our average gate is actually less than it was 10 years ago at this same level.

Meanwhile just about everyone else has enjoyed significant increases of several thousand.

A crisis for the long term health of the club and its fanbase. Created by negligent owners and their underlings. Assisted by those supporters who focus their energies on the 80s and comparing numbers to those days.

[Bethnal]

12 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

I urge anyone who has the slightest interest in Rovers to listen to this and absorb what is said.

We are a Club run like a Circus and owned by fookin idiots...it truly beggers belief.

 

I’ll never stop saying it. Though wealthy, the people in charge of Venky’s - our owners - are talentless brats. They physically cannot achieve anything of their own making. A legacy of failure. Venky’s is only where it is because their father was extremely switched on and capable. He built an infrastructure that should be able to be run by competent senior management. The trio of siblings are essentially glory hounds. When challenged even slightly to achieve something (this club) they’ve never made the right choice, not even once.

[Upside Down]

The reality is most likely a combination of everything we've all been saying about them for years.

Super human levels of incompetence and stupidity, easily led and ill advised, pig headedness and arrogant and also some nefarious activities to boot.

 

[Trinidad Rover]

Buy out bidder - Dan Williams Interview

Doing some googling and found this....I wonder what might have been.

It looks like this got fairly serious at one stage. Anyone know what happened?

[ABBEY]

Fat bazza venky chopped him and ate him on a curry

Edited March 26 by ABBEY

[tomphil]

6 hours ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Buy out bidder - Dan Williams Interview

Doing some googling and found this....I wonder what might have been.

It looks like this got fairly serious at one stage. Anyone know what happened?

Hard to imagine it being a lot worse.

Fair play to the Telerag with that interview and line of questioning they won't even ask the CEO real questions these days. Their quality has gone down the plug hole just like the club

[j166429]

14 hours ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Buy out bidder - Dan Williams Interview

Doing some googling and found this....I wonder what might have been.

It looks like this got fairly serious at one stage. Anyone know what happened?

I had some correspondence, via email, with Daniel Williams back in August 2007. He seemed serious about the takeover...There was definitely a gap between what the trustees wanted for the club and what he wanted to spend. His major business interest, Princeton Global went under in October 2007...

Did he ever really have the financial means to buy the club?

Edited March 26 by j166429

[speeeeeeedie]

6 hours ago, j166429 said:

I had some correspondence, via email, with Daniel Williams back in August 2007. He seemed serious about the takeover...There was definitely a gap between what the trustees wanted for the club and what he wanted to spend. His major business interest, Princeton Global went under in October 2007...

Did he ever really have the financial means to buy the club?

I don't think that he had any money. After his Rovers foray he was interested in a second tier US club, Rochester Rhinos. That went nowhere, Rochester ended up going bust and are now rebranding. 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Williams was another chancer...football ownership is full of them.

There will indeed only ever be 'One Jack Walker'.

[wilsdenrover]

How late do we think they’ll be?…

[Hasta]

2 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

How late do we think they’ll be?…

They’re done. We’ve just forgot to click send.

[funny-old-game]

2 hours ago, Hasta said:

They’re done. We’ve just forgot to click send.

Still being cooked 👨‍🍳

[tomphil]

Not been able to hide the usual 20 million in them this time so more number crunching needed to give the appearance we aren't going bust.

By the way how can they sign them off with guaranteed loss covering for the next year if they can't provide the funds ????/

[RoverDom]

Well that's a £150 fine so that's blown our summer transfer budget. 

[Upside Down]

16 minutes ago, RoverDom said:

Well that's a £150 fine so that's blown our summer transfer budget. 

January as well.

[arbitro]

We've found a buyer. 😄

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/doctor-who-matt-smith-blackburn-32503334

[sympatheticclaret]

2 hours ago, arbitro said:

We've found a buyer. 😄

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/doctor-who-matt-smith-blackburn-32503334

He could save himself a few quid, and just time travel back to 1884, FA Cup glory five times in the next few years, a reserved seat at Leamington Road, the excitement of the new fangled Football League ( it'll never catch on ! ),and a ground move to Ewood Bridge in 1890. He'd also see Rovers chalk up 6 successive big wins against Burnley ...

Just watch out for the TB and Diphtheria though, Matt !!  

[Armchair supporter supremo]

4 hours ago, arbitro said:

We've found a buyer. 😄

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/doctor-who-matt-smith-blackburn-32503334

He reckons rovers could be bought for 20 million. I think that shows how out of touch with the club(and football in general) he really is😅

[Andy]

I know it'd likely be a massive shitshow.

But I'd still take it over what we currently have.