He's just a hard worker. Definitely not epl standard. Probably never will be

I remember going past one of the grounds - Haslingden ? And there was a big poster advertising Clive Lloyd as the pro. This was before he played for Lancashire. If you look back at history of the Central Lancashire League and the Lancashire League the only top player that didn’t come over as a pro was Don Bradman. He was coming over until the Aussie cricket authorities put a stop to it by buying him off. A old workmate of mine played for Milnrow in the CLL. The pro there was an Aussie all rounder called George Tribe who’d had a bust up with Bradman ( just like another great Aussie CLL player Cec Pepper ) and came over to England to try his luck. He later had a long career at Warwickshire. They were playing in the Wood Cup final and Tribe bowled out about 7 of the opposition to win the game. As was the custom he got a collection. Back then it was all three penny bits , sixpences, shillings etc. All in buckets. Instead of standing all the rest of the team to a round of drinks at the bar after the game Tribe tipped all the buckets into the boot of his car and drove off without a word ! Cec Pepper was a long time CLL stalwart before he became a first class umpire. Towards the end of his career his was driving up to the ground at Castleton Moor in his car through the fans. It was a hot day and he had the windows down. One guy shouted out to him - “ Bloody hell Cec, you’re not still playing are you ? You must be past it “. Cec replied - “ Past it ? , I’ll give you my address after the game, you can send your wife round . I’ll show you who’s past it ! “ Vinoo Mankad, the Indian all rounder , was the pro at Castleton Moor in the early 1950’s. He was on £50 a week when the average wage was about £10. He left the Moor to go to one of the Lancashire League clubs for more money ! The Leagues were buzzing then was really large gates. All the pros were household names, top Test cricket internationals. You had to get down to Dane St in Rochdale early to get a good seat. Becoming a member was really difficult. Within 10 years all that had gone and crowds were quite sparse and becoming a member was easy.

They paid c39 million including debt but sold c35 million quids worth of players in the first 18 months. They've created a 'model' that loses 15/20 million a year most years so i think any reasonable offer would be a bonus. Forget the 200 million company tax write off money they've used that's gone it's never ever coming back nor is half of it because this club will never achieve promotion under their stewardship. So wanting some kind of good return is fantasy, clubs of our size get sold all the time but non of them bring big money outside of the Prem and never ever will. I'd say it's more likely they think 'oh well it ain't worth selling, we don't want the files opening and whatever that might bring' so we'll plod on and leave it to Suhail and his pals to bring it into line with what we can be bothered with these days.

Scored a few goals on the training vid in day two. Only person I haven't seen on anything so far is Forshaw.

Perhaps, it is not only their decision. Plenty of agents seem to have been involved over the years and I know it was rumoured that Venky's were a front and the real owners are agents and others, but who knows. It certainly makes no sense at all, that they would hang onto the club, at this juncture, it simply does not add up.

Relegated from the Premier League.

Gone to Hannover96, would have been a great signing for us

Presumably the offers (or just enquiries) aren't huge to purchase the club (we lose circa £20-£30m a season), limited / poor (potential) attendances etc - it doesn't scream big offer, so perhaps it is a simple as they are wanting a bigger return? Or perhaps they worry it could influence the outcome of the court case?

Plymouth away?

You normally can't drink beer in Spanish football stadia, in view of the pitch.

I saw a still of him in the gym.

Paradoxically we didn't lose against and of the three relegated teams away from home last season. Could anything be more Rovers than that? 😂

from looking at photos and watching the vids, i havent seem igor tyjon. Has anyone else? or has he already been sold?

The question needs answering as to why the owners don't bail... 1. Can't admit they failed - well, they've dug themselves a deeper hole and the shame grows daily. 2. Recoup investment - seems poor business sense when they're clearly competent with the chicken business. They've poured money in for over a decade. Would £100m from a promotion to the PL really make up for it? 3. Fun - they're absentee so I doubt they're just enjoying the football! If they really wanted to wash their hands of Rovers, there'd be someone willing to buy. Even if the new owners were worse than the current regime. You do have to remember, too, that even after the best part of 10 years in the PL culminating from over a decade of exceptionally competent management, Burnley only managed to sell a bit of equity to some exciting American investors. I want good owners for Rovers as much as the next fan. But chances are, we'd end up like Hull, Cardiff, Sheffield Wednesday or Reading. Rovers aren't investable. No parachute money, relatively small fanbase, infrastructure in need of an overhaul, small declined town in a saturated region 100s and miles from the South East. There's a reason Palace, Brentford and Brighton have been able to do it yet we haven't! The proposition isn't there for Rovers.

I would urge every supporter to invest the time to watch the AGM video. If anyone needs any further evidence of the death spiral of this once proud club, listen to Mike, Steve and Duncan’s passionate, yet hopeless, first hand experiences of trying to deal with the stooge custodians of our club. There is only one route to bring the corpse of our club back to live, hound Suhail Pasha out and rid ourselves of the Venkys plague.

Oh they 100% are just wondering if that injury might stall anything (wishful thinking)

I do agree, but how questionable can this activity really have been - it’s not like they’ve been trafficking drugs or people through Ewood is it? Ok, perhaps the buyers DD reveals (just speculations - worst case scenarios) they’ve paid a lot of fees to shady agents (which club hasn’t), may have been dealing with some cash under the table perhaps(unlikely to be discovered), bookkeeping and tax reporting may not have been top notch, some questionable related party transactions maybe, but this is all minor stuff in the grand scheme of things. And when the club has been sold they’ll all be back in India safe and sound miles away from any fines, minor negative publicity etc. It will all be history and forgotten about sooner than we all think. Why can’t they at least do as Chansiri at Sheff W, who now seems to finally have decided to sell (although he’s apparently turned down some more than decent offers recently and appears to have put a crazy price tag on the club) - at least he’s responding to offers in a semi-rational manner???

We see in the future but this is someone I rated for a while. Think he will be PL striker in the future. Yes I know he missed 2 chances but his overall game was good.

Forget about that stat but it's very valid point. There is a number of games we should have better in than we did

From a Rovers perspective, I think another 'standard season' of mediocrity is the best we can hope for. Just stay away from the drop zone! Let's be honest, short of a change in ownership (which isn't foreseeable), the absolute realistic ceiling for ambition is to scrape sixth and lose to a parachute payment, moneybags club in the PO semis. Plenty of clubs, eg Cardiff and Hull, thought they had enough to stay up but didn't. That has to be the key concern. I'm just too ground down and fed up by 15 years of this s**t to hope for any better! As much as we the fans deserve a competitive side after all these years and (finally) a trip to new Wembley, the owners DON'T.

Wishful thinking but I think all the signs are leading to a Travis exit.

I guess he’ll feel like a new signing when he’s back…

Guess he's 'Privy' to some inside info...... (I'll get me coat).

I feel this is absolutely crucial. We need to push this hard. Pasha and Waggot said in their media video (when asked by Andy Bayes) that any credible offers would be presented to Venkys. Therefore, it is imperative that we are told what happened to these offers. If rejected, why. Wrong price? Wrong buyer? Silence will again provide fans with yet more ammo.

I would like to know this also. Please could someone explain in more detail how suhail has been here from the start. It needs clarifying.