Venky’s v Indian Government (a) - 5/8/2025 - Post-Season Friendly (s/t late postponements)

[wilsdenrover]

I’d go with 3 but wouldn’t be surprised by 4.

10 minutes ago, lraC said:

Which is the most likely scenario for not selling and therefore carrying of funding silly amounts to keep the club afloat?

 

1. We want revenge for the snowball

2. it’s the only thing we haven’t succeeded at.

3. We believe we will eventually recoup our losses.

4. We are hiding something.

I’d go with 3 (I think they’re a text book example of the sunk cost fallacy) but wouldn’t be at all surprised by 4.

 

Edited June 29 by wilsdenrover

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, lraC said:

Which is the most likely scenario for not selling and therefore carrying of funding silly amounts to keep the club afloat?

 

1. We want revenge for the snowball

2. it’s the only thing we haven’t succeeded at.

3. We believe we will eventually recoup our losses.

4. We are hiding something.

if they wanted to recoup their losses why do they keep wrecking the promotion drive in january???,they would definately recoup their outlay if we did get in the premier league,though no doubt they`de take all the money and leave us with nothing,a la the oystons at blackpool

i think it`s a case of indian pride,they can`t face the fact that it`s all been a failure,they bought into something they did`nt  understand and were ripped off by that vile crook anderson,if they offload the club now at a loss,it`s an admission of failure,they`ll lose face in front of all their business partners,reputation and status is very important in india

[RoverDom]

51 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

they`ll lose face in front of all their business partners,reputation and status is very important in india

I don't buy this one. They own a club where the fans all hate them, makes huge losses and they're currently barred from subsidising said losses and the club has never been ranked higher than the day they bought it. If they've not lost face / reputation by now and don't think selling up will do anything

[simongarnerisgod]

2 hours ago, RoverDom said:

I don't buy this one. They own a club where the fans all hate them, makes huge losses and they're currently barred from subsidising said losses and the club has never been ranked higher than the day they bought it. If they've not lost face / reputation by now and don't think selling up will do anything

this is in england,the name blackburn rovers is virtually unheard of in india,even the premier league teams,though recognized,don`t hold any importance in a country where cricket is ingrained in the culture

[RoverDom]

20 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

this is in england,the name blackburn rovers is virtually unheard of in india,even the premier league teams,though recognized,don`t hold any importance in a country where cricket is ingrained in the culture

But the point is if their mates and peers don't know they're failing to run the club now, they're not going to suddenly know they've been fucking the club for 15 years if they quietly sold it. 

If their £200m loss making machine is an irrelevance now, is it suddenly going to be front page news if they quietly just cut it loose. I doubt it. 

[Upside Down]

6 hours ago, lraC said:

Which is the most likely scenario for not selling and therefore carrying of funding silly amounts to keep the club afloat?

 

1. We want revenge for the snowball

2. it’s the only thing we haven’t succeeded at.

3. We believe we will eventually recoup our losses.

4. We are hiding something.

All of the above with a heavy percentage being 3 and 4.

[arbitro]

12 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

if they wanted to recoup their losses why do they keep wrecking the promotion drive in january???,they would definately recoup their outlay if we did get in the premier league,though no doubt they`de take all the money and leave us with nothing,a la the oystons at blackpool

i think it`s a case of indian pride,they can`t face the fact that it`s all been a failure,they bought into something they did`nt  understand and were ripped off by that vile crook anderson,if they offload the club now at a loss,it`s an admission of failure,they`ll lose face in front of all their business partners,reputation and status is very important in india

That is exact where I get to when I have the energy to think about them and some supporters theories. 

Your second paragraph is correct too in my view but I would throw in the word arrogant.

[wilsdenrover]

Place on list tomorrow = 32.

[KentExile]

17 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Place on list tomorrow = 32.

that sounds borderline seen/not seen

Don't they normally call it a day in the 20s or 30s?

[wilsdenrover]

2 minutes ago, KentExile said:

that sounds borderline seen/not seen

Don't they normally call it a day in the 20s or 30s?

That was my first thought too.

Need the judge to turn up first though…

I’ve also got to decide whether to get up early to watch ‘just in case’ 😁😁

 

[Tomphil2]

Odds 5/2 on it doesn't make the cut again tomorrow.

[Crimpshrine]

3 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

That was my first thought too.

Need the judge to turn up first though…

I’ve also got to decide whether to get up early to watch ‘just in case’ 😁😁

 

Please, please get up early and watch so that we can have a trustworthy report - otherwise we may have to wait a month for the minutes and they won't be accurate anyway.

[wilsdenrover]

Case number 1 just started to be heard.

Twenty minutes have been wasted with various people butting in to comment on their cases irrespective of what number they’ve been listed at.

[B16Rover]

13 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Case number 1 just started to be heard.

Twenty minutes have been wasted with various people butting in to comment on their cases irrespective of what number they’ve been listed at.

Is it consecutive today or are we starting at 1, and hoping number 32 is called out in the random number generator 

[wilsdenrover]

4 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Is it consecutive today or are we starting at 1, and hoping number 32 is called out in the random number generator 

Consecutive.

item 5 just called…

[philipl]

Repeat of yesterday. We will end up 6 runs short is my bet 

[wilsdenrover]

1 hour ago, philipl said:

Repeat of yesterday. We will end up 6 runs short is my bet 

The judge is currently Bazballing it.

Already on case 11.

edited to add.

Case 11 went on forever and the judge has now done a runner.

Hopefully he’s coming back…

second edit.

he came back - case 12 is still going about 20 minutes after the judge said ‘I’ll give you 10 minutes’.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by wilsdenrover

[KentExile]

2 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

Twenty minutes have been wasted with various people butting in to comment on their cases irrespective of what number they’ve been listed at.

Did we do the World a disservice in not continuing the expansion of the British Empire? 

This wouldn't have happened in my day 😉 

Edited 4 hours ago by KentExile

[wilsdenrover]

Gone for lunch, last case heard was either number 14 or 15.

I’m not sure I’ll be able to hang around for the afternoon session.

[MarkBRFC]

I wouldn't worry.

There isn't a chance that gets heard today.

[wilsdenrover]

4 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

I wouldn't worry.

There isn't a chance that gets heard today.

I’m not worried.

I’m more concerned as to whether the chap from the last case is going to get his bananas back before they go off.

[KentExile]

14 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

I’m not worried.

I’m more concerned as to whether the chap from the last case is going to get his bananas back before they go off.

[ObiWhan8t7]

Any idea what case number they are up to?

[wilsdenrover]

I popped out for half an hour and now they’re on case number 97!!

We seem to have moved onto the supplementary list (which starts with the above number) after lunch.

We were listed as number 32 of 83 of the advance list - it appears they gave up on this list at lunch time.

Who knows where numbers 84-96 are!

I presume the case has been adjourned again but didn’t see/hear that happening.

 

[wilsdenrover]

If the case is ever heard again, do we think me turning my mic on and chanting Venkys out would count as contempt of court?? 🤔🧐