The Raos

[yoda]

On 04/02/2024 at 03:41, JohnD said:

We keep slagging off the "Venkys" but it is the Rao family that have ruined the club.

The Rovers manager was prevented from speaking at his regular Friday presser yesterday but has spoken today.

Last summer the "project" that he had agreed with the owners changed completely.

He had just missed the play offs on goal difference but was told there was no money for transfer fees or wages, the budget was considerably reduced.

Under these circumstances he offered to resign and leave the club without any reimbursement. No, the owners wanted him to continue so he moved his family to the Ribble Valley and continued to work long hours.

This current transfer window the budget was cut again and despite selling a 19 year old star player for £18m+ there was no money for transfer fees.

The owners, the Rao family, are being investigated by the Indian government for fraud, perhaps even money laundering.

They are not allowed to transfer money out of India without permission. The court case is ongoing.

When the Rao family bought BRFC they didn't know a club could be relegated. They were allegedly conned by advisors.

The Rao family are stupid, ignorant, dishonest and dishonourable people. They are an embarrassment to their family and country.

Let's forget Venkys and go after the real culprits?

Nailed it JohnD

[Mattyblue]

Just merge all the various owner threads into a ‘Rao’ thread?

Mods?

[arbitro]

24 minutes ago, yoda said:

The Venkies should be a banned word, they will never leave the club until it gets personal and losing face in India is a major event. It’s the Raos that should be targeted/referred as

The issue with that is very few people don't know Rovers owners as anything other than Venky's. There will be Rovers fans who won't know and if you displayed a 'Rao's Out' banner today quite a few would understand the significance. The media always refer to Rovers owners as Venky's and it's been that way for their whole tenure.

[Mattyblue]

‘The Venky’s’ 🤦‍♂️

[yoda]

3 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

‘The Venky’s’ 🤦‍♂️

Raos 😂

[K-Hod]

48 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Just merge all the various owner threads into a ‘Rao’ thread?

Mods?

Done. Just a note to everyone- please can we have a bit of a deeper search, before electing to start a new thread?

There seem to be quite a few threads discussing the same thing of late.

[Dreams of 1995]

I don’t mind people saying the Venkys. Groups the together and over the years has become something you can aim your frustration at 

Whether it is Raos out or Venkys out, everybody knows what and who you mean 

[Norbert Rassragr]

I suppose I call them the Venkys as I probably see it as a sign of disrespect at a subconscious level to get their name wrong on purpose. It's like calling someone Tim when their name is Tom, and being dismissive when they correct you.

[damo100]

On 10/02/2024 at 13:57, Dreams of 1995 said:

I don’t mind people saying the Venkys. Groups the together and over the years has become something you can aim your frustration at 

Whether it is Raos out or Venkys out, everybody knows what and who you mean 

That's not really the point, the Rao family have had it easy since they bought the club and would absolutely hate the family name going public and being dragged through the mud.

Apart from Rovers fans a lot of folk would never have heard of them. 

[Leonard Venkhater]

On 10/02/2024 at 12:52, Mattyblue said:

‘The Venky’s’ 🤦‍♂️

Well, let's not get into a rao over it...

[Mattyblue]

It’s the ‘The’ bit that grates on me. Makes no sense putting the definite article before a brand name.

[yoda]

http://venkys.com/investors/investor1/composition-of-board-of-director/
 

Only one Executive, that’s where the buck stops

[philipl]

Venky is the nickname of the Rao father who founded and built it up.

So Venky is Rao.

The folk running the show now are actually Dessais. The daughter and her husband.

The two Rao brothers have equal individual votes with the husband and wife but take a much lesser role in operations.

Madam is effectively the big boss.

[Mike E]

On 10/02/2024 at 14:32, Norbert Rassragr said:

I suppose I call them the Venkys as I probably see it as a sign of disrespect at a subconscious level to get their name wrong on purpose. It's like calling someone Tim when their name is Tom, and being dismissive when they correct you.

If you get on Richard Branson’s bad side, do you call him ‘The Virgin’?

[ABBEY]

18 minutes ago, Mike E said:

If you get on Richard Branson’s bad side, do you call him ‘The Virgin’?

No... obnoxious c@@t will suffice 

[yoda]

3 hours ago, philipl said:

Venky is the nickname of the Rao father who founded and built it up.

So Venky is Rao.

The folk running the show now are actually Dessais. The daughter and her husband.

The two Rao brothers have equal individual votes with the husband and wife but take a much lesser role in operations.

Madam is effectively the big boss.

If that is the case as you say they should be Executive Directors, as it stand only Balaji is an Executive Director

https://cleartax.in/s/differences-between-executive-and-non-executive-directors#

[Upside Down]

7 hours ago, philipl said:

Venky is the nickname of the Rao father who founded and built it up.

So Venky is Rao.

The folk running the show now are actually Dessais. The daughter and her husband.

The two Rao brothers have equal individual votes with the husband and wife but take a much lesser role in operations.

Madam is effectively the big boss.

The other brain dead brother is called Venkatesh also.

[ABBEY]

Don't let these gangsters drop to page 3 ... keep focused and don't give the scum a minute