Put another way, how many started at least 50% of the games?

You have to read between the lines with Waggott on this, but the word should used instead of will, certainly tells us that he is not certain that the court will rule in the owners favour. I see this as a pretty serious matter (sending illegal payments is the word used in the Indian press article and no alleged in there) and can imagine that a dim view will be taken by the courts and it could lead to them being banned from funding permanently. One other things to consider here, is that it was put out last year, that the project had changed, due to a change in the Indian tax laws, which appears to have been a total lie.

I wonder how they arrived at that decision, when they know next to nothing at football? Perhaps they got some more of that advice that they have been seemingly getting from day one.

I don't think that's quite right. When they were granted permission to send the funds in November, they were told that it was on the proviso that an equivalent amount to this being sent, was to be deposit as a bond and it it turned out that it was used for anything other than the state reason, then they would forfeit the bond. The tells us an awful lot about how trusted the appear to be. One of the reasons given for needing to send the funds, was to "protect their investment". I have no knowledge of what is currently being investigated, but if I was investigating this, I would now ben checking exactly what that investment was and how it was doing so far. If it is looked at properly and the amounts already investment in relation to the current value, as properly established, then perhaps that statement may appear to be somewhat miss leading and given that there is a bond in place, maybe that could be at risk. All speculation on my part that, but if they are suddenly in receipt of £50- £60 million from the sales (inclusive of the likely Szmodics sale) then maybe taking that and the club repaying some of the funding they have made, may help, but to date all they are doing is sending funds to cover current and future losses, so hardly protecting their investment.

If they court hearing was a formality, we would almost certainly know the price of the season tickets by now and maybe even have a statement of intent from the club, to ensure there were some positive vibes, before the launch.

I do agree and would not criticise anyone, who decides they are renewing.

As stated above with the extra £4m TV revenue and on the back of that, horrible kick off times, at least every other week, anything above the £250 you have stated, will hopefully mean a boycott. A stand has to be made somehow, or where does it all end?

I know it was after the season tickets had been bought in the main, but I am sure people are still full aware that last season the former manager was told that the aim for the season was to avoid relegation. Before tickets go on sale, surely a statement of intent is required, along the lines of how the finances are, how likely we are to be making signings and what the aims are for the coming season. The old saying, if you fail to plan, you plan to fail springs to mind, so hopefully someone has a plan.

It is a knocking bet that Szmodics will be gone and hopefully if he does, we will get a fair price for him. Does anyone honestly hand on heart, believe we will spend even the figure we get for Szmodics? I assume we will get a minimum if £10m but no way in this world will we be spending that amount. One other thing to remember right now, is this court hearing does not guarantee that the owners will be given the green light to commence funding us again. Does anyone on here genuinely think it will be as simple as that?

All it took really was a bidding war and Rovers maybe setting a price that was within reach, but not relatively a giveaway price. That could well have happened this summer.

Cause and effect in its purest form. Venky’s try to hoodwink the authorities and are caught sending illegal funds. That in turn leads to an investigation, that eventually means they can’t send any funds, panic ensues as there is no money to pay the day to day running costs, which leads to a panic sale. The ultimate cost could be at least £10M if not more. Very fit and proper people our owners.

Over to Mike I think.

I think the other thing to home on here, is Palace would make £36m and we would make £24m. If I was the boss of the person who made the decision to sell at that price with that add on, I think I would be pretty peeved. This mistake has cost almost as much as the owners paid for the club.

No one seems to know at the minute if there is a % sell on clause. Hopefully there is. I think most Rovers fans were pretty confident he would star in the prem, so hopefully the club did too and will at least make some more out of the deal, if he does end up going for almost 3 times what we sold him for, in a matter of weeks.

I have said before on here, Waggott told me to make face, back in November that the February court hearing was a mere formality. He based that on the previous one, when around £12m was released. He also stated that there were enough funds in to he bank to pay all of the bills until February. Given the apparent panic sale of Adam Wharton, I have a feeling he became less certain as the date approached. I also have a feeling that he is now unsure about how the August 20th hearing will go. There is bound to be some reason other than busy courts for this to keep on being adjourned. My guess is that a very thorough investigation is being carried out and if this is the case, it will be of no great surprise if the funding has to end permanently.

The answer rhymes with grow.

There is more than one poster on here knows his Dad/family. The lad did not want to go.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cpwg72jx9j5o

Thanks for the information and the link. Looks like we can still watch every game from abroad, so the only unknown at the minute, is the cost.

That's interesting. I am in Spain and paid £140 for the year for Rovers TV for all Rovers league games. There was the odd one that I couldn't get due to the rights being sold to Europe/Spain as well, but I found a way Very Pretty Niftily. I wonder if we need to subscribe game by game next season, or if a similar deal will apply and whether it is Rovers TV or another provider?

You would need to get the real answer from the owners I guess, but (and I stand to be correct) most people on here and the wider fan base, think they were duped by an agent, who promised them the chance of a quick profit. The owners allegedly did try to sue the agent, as he seemed to be running the club and things such as signing his own son as a player (he never played a single game) and sacking the manager who had us 6th in the premier league and replacing him with a novice, with no managerial experience, who just so happened to be his client too, certainly has me believing that could well be the case. Paying contacts up for established premier league players and replacing them with inferior players, also arouses my suspicions, but maybe that just me. Even after relegation, buying players such as Danny Murphy, Leon Best and others, also makes me believe that something a touch strange was going on, not to mention signing a handful of Portuguese players, who never made a first team appearance between them.

That's exactly what we are looking for and to be honest, would be fine by me.

That question has been answered quite a few times already, so of it proven and come of if speculation There is one thing that jumps out to everyone prepared to look and that is the destruction of everything that had worked for years, so it is hard not to believe that they wanted us out of the premier league as quickly as possible. They very nearly relegated us in their first part season and managed it in their first full season. After that, they nearly managed back to back relegations, despite us being favourites to go straight back up and have since managed to relegate us to the third tier and nearly did it again, this season. For billionaires, who we are told never fail to sign a cheque, this is one hell of a record, so something tells me they are totally incompetent or corrupt.

Venky's guide on how to run a football club.

I don't know to be honest, but I suspect that the director of football model has been tried and failed and they will go back to the traditional manager and CEO especially now that they have Eustace there to accept his lot come what may and and try to work with what he is given. To a degree you could argue that JDT did the same, but as we know he didn't suffer fools gladly and called both Waggott and the owners out. This will certainly not happen with the new manager.