How long until the end of Venkys?

[Leonard Venkhater]

32 minutes ago, Vinjay said:

Birmingham and Swansea are examples where celebrity names were on board. Tom Brady of the NFL in Birmingham's case and in Swansea's case bringing in Luka Modric, Calvin Broadus and most recently Martha Stewart. Then there's people who are fans like Sheeran at Ipswich. Maybe Dr Who would contribute if a consortium wanted any widely known supporters to get on board with a bid.

Of course one problem with consortiums or overrated fan ownership (and I certainly can't see that happening in Blackburn) is the potential of civil war. Of course minority ownership hardly means significant control. 

 

Interestingly, our own celebrity timelord didn't actually know the correct year for our Premier League title, when on 5-Live a couple of years back!

Anyway, celebrity culture is a kind of...well.. laxative!

[Scotty1991]

3 hours ago, Crimpshrine said:

Not sure that figure is anywhere near realistic. Birmingham went for £22 million, Wednesday are currently looking for £20 million but it could be less. Swansea were sold for £100 million when they were in the Prem and sold again recently for an undisclosed amount 'vastly below' that initial investment according to most reports.

Sale, running costs etc. 

[roverblue]

I was fairly reliably informed that Balaji’s son regularly attended games and was viewed as the future ‘boss’. Sits in the mirror glass box above the tunnel. This was last season so might have changed since.

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7 minutes ago, roverblue said:

I was fairly reliably informed that Balaji’s son regularly attended games and was viewed as the future ‘boss’. Sits in the mirror glass box above the tunnel. This was last season so might have changed since.

Sure I saw a while ago he was using one of the office's or boxes to do his studying could be wrong

[Ferrit]

Too long.

[philipl]

They are not going.

Pune might be a city of 5 million but in reality it is a village of a few billionaire families who watch each other like hawks with petty jealousy. 

That is the millieu that matters to our owners. Any embarrassment at relegation or forking out £20m per year is long gone.

Instead in Pune and indeed in India they are the only family living there who have outright control of an English football club and in a town where Empire was most visible in causing distress in India. (Why else did Gandhi come to Darwen?).

Not being in the Premier League doesn't matter and in fact I am convinced the Premier League was the only sports body ever to call them to account no matter how half heartedly. There would have been hell to pay if Kean hadn't achieved the objective of getting us relegated when he did.

The loss of face in divestment of Rovers would be far far more painful for them than the current pergatory.

[47er]

8 minutes ago, philipl said:

They are not going.

Pune might be a city of 5 million but in reality it is a village of a few billionaire families who watch each other like hawks with petty jealousy. 

That is the millieu that matters to our owners. Any embarrassment at relegation or forking out £20m per year is long gone.

Instead in Pune and indeed in India they are the only family living there who have outright control of an English football club and in a town where Empire was most visible in causing distress in India. (Why else did Gandhi come to Darwen?).

Not being in the Premier League doesn't matter and in fact I am convinced the Premier League was the only sports body ever to call them to account no matter how half heartedly. There would have been hell to pay if Kean hadn't achieved the objective of getting us relegated when he did.

The loss of face in divestment of Rovers would be far far more painful for them than the current pergatory.

Grim.

[Mattyblue]

Channelling Gandhi is a new spin on it.

[KentExile]

19 minutes ago, philipl said:

They are not going.

Pune might be a city of 5 million but in reality it is a village of a few billionaire families who watch each other like hawks with petty jealousy. 

That is the millieu that matters to our owners. Any embarrassment at relegation or forking out £20m per year is long gone.

Instead in Pune and indeed in India they are the only family living there who have outright control of an English football club and in a town where Empire was most visible in causing distress in India. (Why else did Gandhi come to Darwen?).

Not being in the Premier League doesn't matter and in fact I am convinced the Premier League was the only sports body ever to call them to account no matter how half heartedly. There would have been hell to pay if Kean hadn't achieved the objective of getting us relegated when he did.

The loss of face in divestment of Rovers would be far far more painful for them than the current pergatory.

I get the feeling they would be even more embarrassed if they sold to someone who was actually successful (even a finish in the play off spots would surpass anything they have ever managed, so is not too difficult a task for someone vaguely competent, with a bit of cash and an actual knowledge/interest in football), than if they were to keep us in this zombie state for the rest of eternity.  And as such, refuse to even consider ever releasing us from their clutches

Edited 3 hours ago by KentExile

[jim mk2]

My take on it too - the owners are not going to sell up, ever, because they don't need to.

Rovers are a minor irrelevance, and the club's long term fate on and off the pitch is of little concern. The club ticks over on minimum investment and their man in the club manages the day-to-day stuff that is of no interest to them. We've been placed in the metaphorical bottom drawer, maybe to be looked at again at some point in the distant future

I cannot see what might shift their stance, other than an embarrassing loss of face from an event that drew international attention.

 

[Lancaster Rover]

I’m similar in to a few in the grim acceptance that they’re going nowhere. I’ve never felt further from Rovers in my 41 years of life! I don’t identify with or have any affinity with anything on the pitch (barring the academy lads) or the boardroom and exec seats. I can only see that feeling growing given the current circumstances. Not words I thought I’d ever hear myself think let alone say out loud 

[Tomphil2]

They aren't writing 200 million off their balance sheet i don't think there is much more to it than that now.

They've set up a group of people to run it just above the admin line and that's it now. They'll try to wash its face as this level as long as possible but there'll be another major downscale once we've dropped again.

Certainly in the second league 1 season if we didn't go straight back up but for now they'll make sure the lights stay on and maybe allow a little bit of investment to stay out the bottom 3.

The club is doomed to another 15 years of bullshit and probably non league at some point.

[davulsukur]

Hopefully not long, because to be honest, I'm really fucking sick of this ownership.

This isn't what supporting a football team is supposed to be about. 80% of the talk on this board isn't related to what goes on, on the pitch, it's all about the latest club fuck up, owners in court, good players leaving, good manager ls leaving, the infrastructure not being up to scratch.

It's been a 15 year slog and we deserve to be rid of these clowns. We've had to suffer for long enough.

Dingles idolising our owners tells you all you need to know about Venkys.

I hate them, absolutely fucking despise them. They've destroyed this football club and I can't wait for them to finally sell up and fuck off.

[Crimpshrine]

1 hour ago, jim mk2 said:

I cannot see what might shift their stance, other than an embarrassing loss of face from an event that drew international attention.

 

Surely 2,000 people in a 30,000, stadium every week would be enough of an embarrassment. 

That's where we will be in 5 years or so if they are still here.

If everyone boycotts season tickets next season we can make it happen sooner

[jim mk2]

23 minutes ago, Crimpshrine said:

Surely 2,000 people in a 30,000, stadium every week would be enough of an embarrassment. 

 

 

Embarrassment for us as supporters but not for them. Why would it? They don't care.  

[dingles staying down 4ever]

18 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

 

Embarrassment for us as supporters but not for them. Why would it? They don't care.  

Total agreement. If 6000 in the stadium doesnt embarass them then the view of 2,000 wont upset them as there would be little difference.

[chaddyrovers]

40 minutes ago, dingles staying down 4ever said:

Total agreement. If 6000 in the stadium doesnt embarass them then the view of 2,000 wont upset them as there would be little difference.

why would it embarrass them? Yesterday the Hospitality was sold out and the more walk on fans came to the game. Shame it was such a poor performance 

 

[Gamst]

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

why would it embarrass them? Yesterday the Hospitality was sold out and the more walk on fans came to the game. Shame it was such a poor performance 

 

With it being a bank holiday it’s probably not a realistic example of the current attendances. I don’t think they are embarrassed especially either as the chronic decrease in attendance has been a gradual decline over many years. So much so that a boycott won’t look that different to a normal fixture anymore! 

[Wheelton Blue]

Plenty of people there yesterday on an annual family get togethers, I'd wager. Not to be seen again for another 12 months.

I was sat in front of a Chelsea fan(!) meeting up with family who themselves openly talked about getting to Ewood 'a couple of times a season', and a group of Americans who thought we were Bolton Wanderers (seriously).

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

3 hours ago, philipl said:

Instead in Pune and indeed in India they are the only family living there who have outright control of an English football club and in a town where Empire was most visible in causing distress in India. (Why else did Gandhi come to Darwen?).

 

Have we all forgotten the subtle symbolism when they turned up like two-bob superstars in their 'Raj' plated Rolls Royce's?

Feck you all..YOUR now owned.

 

Edited 21 minutes ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[lraC]

14 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

Plenty of people there yesterday on an annual family get togethers, I'd wager. Not to be seen again for another 12 months.

I was sat in front of a Chelsea fan(!) meeting up with family who themselves openly talked about getting to Ewood 'a couple of times a season', and a group of Americans who thought we were Bolton Wanderers (seriously).

I did too, when I saw us walking out at home in a white kit. 

[philipl]

3 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Channelling Gandhi is a new spin on it.

I have a lot of interaction with India and their confidence and optimism about the country is enormous. In dollar terms Indian GDP is about 10% bigger than the UK now and accelerating away. On purchasing power parity India is 4 times bigger than the UK which in practical terms means over 300 million middle class Indians have a quality of life better than middle class Blackburnians.

[Mattyblue]

Cheers for the Forbes report.

[chaddyrovers]

33 minutes ago, Gamst said:

With it being a bank holiday it’s probably not a realistic example of the current attendances. I don’t think they are embarrassed especially either as the chronic decrease in attendance has been a gradual decline over many years. So much so that a boycott won’t look that different to a normal fixture anymore! 

The biggest decrease in attendances when from the PL days to now but nothing changed. Where I sit, all STH were all there yesterday and I wouldn't it to change in the next couple of games either. 

the lost revenue from PL TV rights hasn't changed much either.