Vinjay

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10996665.Local_historians_bid_to_protect_commemorative_blue_plaques_in_Blackburn/

Venkys haven't exactly brought boredom to the club have they? So I'm not sure why people would say it's not interesting unless they feel it's related to what they see on the field. Start of this season included fans have left Ewood in past year pleased more often than not. Personally I find football to be stressful and mentally exhausting though I certainly don't see Rovers as boring. There are some boring elements but it's not like WBA/Stoke who were both boring clubs albeit less so since being dragged into relegation battles. Maybe a little bit occasionally in the later years of the WFIT regime but of course attendance was higher then. Obviously many would return primarily on the basis of EPL promotion.

...and I've been on (and often off) for 13 and half years. Can't really call it a game though I kinda wish it was. There would also be a case for suing Dack (as Chelsea did with Mutu but look how much they paid for him) but would the club wish to go to similar lengths? Would it even be worth it? Lot of time spent in court and if Dack's sale fee dropped how much would he be liable for in terms of present personal wealth and future earnings? Some of Chelsea's case was based upon loss of sale fees, etc as well. An open ended question but one to speculate on perhaps.

More on Bruce's situation with some people on twitter commenting on how he's lost his parents in past year. I'm sure you have heard since he mentions it more than Bruce Wayne. Well what's that got to do with anything football management related? If Steve Kean's parents had died while he was manager (far as I can recall they didn't because Kean probably would have exploited it) would anyone have stopped calling for him to be fired? Of course not. So when Bruce is bullying people at press conferences, etc we are supposed to get that's he one of the most selfish, smug, arrogant pricks in football? We are supposed to get blatant disrespect for this football club over Savage, Rhodes, etc and he moaned about Allardyce didn't he someone who's similarly arrogant and cares about nothing but himself. Granted he's not as incompetent as some Villa fans seem to be claiming but Villa fans moaning is nothing new. There's always someone at the club they moan about perhaps the only time I can recall is the first few years Lerner was there. Needless to say that changed. Maybe their regular moaning has had some basis behind it but it does seem more extensive than most clubs.

The only person likely to get any kind of boos/abuse tomorrow will be Bruce. Provided the game does not go well from Villa's perspective of course.

...and by a number of years would that include pre 2010? I would assume that ever since the cards started being used (think it might have been 04-05 season) fees have existed at the very least. I would imagine a considerable percentage of lost cards are dropped in and around the stadium anyway. The sweepers, etc presumably keep a look out for this kind of thing. Has anyone who's lost their card under such circumstances (perhaps more than once) received a call from the club? I'm sure some people think they call up a certain percentage of lost card holders just to "look honest" but even for paranoid people like me running such a scheme for a few extra tenners seems a bit piddly. I wouldn't post back lost cards (bit contradictory on the "piddly" front perhaps) as policy though they would have to collect them on matchday (or whenever).

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Apparently his Dad was really pissed off by Hendry's move to Rangers so that probably explains this.

That "nice old couple" Hendry owed money to (I believe that was settled in court) attacked his daughter (not sure what she had done) so not sure why they are being portrayed as saints. They admitted it in court so I'm not "implying" they were guilty or anything. You can do that on here simply by stating someone was arrested these days so just wanted to make that clear. Some people say Hendry is tarnished by working with Kean and while it's upsetting how can it be ignored? Maybe he did do it for the money (or his son's position at the Academy) Dunn never seemed to get as much less criticism for defending Kean though. Wonder why?

Think the understanding was it would be brought back "effective immediately" right? Not like 10 years from now.

It was supposed to have been brought back yesterday. Did you think we wouldn't notice? Back to the dark days of Kim Jong SteB and Pol Pot Pegden? ?

Did you report this guy to the NHS for blatant malpractice? Things like knee injuries have a varied success rate. I'm no doctor (and neither have I sustained any knee injuries) but would prefer to see a specialist in this area rather than a GP. Certainly not one with that kind of lazy misdiagnosis attitude.

Sutton? East Anglia isn't exactly a metropolis don't think there's any similarity between him and Dack. OK Sutton was arrested just before he joined but I don't think he was constantly hanging around nightclubs, etc was he? Plus I think Sutton said he preferred the non city lifestyle. Dack thinks he's some playboy though if women like him maybe he is.

...well he wasn't evil incarnate. I'm almost surprised nobody's taken a dig at Coyle because he's never been a widower unlike Mowbray. People will do anything to point score where Boring Name FC personnel are involved. Hasta said I tried to score points over the Walker family in response. Considering I get nothing but grief for most part (and certainly not a ton of likes as Mike E got when he pointed out that Jack chant) not sure what points are gained from it really. Besides being right. Absolutely not though nobody sarcastically referred to Mowbray as the "outstanding candidate". Tried to find some positives though (as with Coyle who didn't relegate Bolton/Wigan from the Championship despite allegedly destroying both clubs) though he didn't succeed on his immediate goal. I didn't think Mowbray's spell at Coventry made him completely spent (considering what a basketcase their situation is/was) though hence why I've openly said he was capable of promotion last season and capable of safety this season.

Seems Venkys occasionally give interviews to the "ET Now" financial news channel. Here's one from just over a week ago but only seems to focus on their domestic business strategies, investments, etc.

Or your sons to be like them? Mowbray's gonna get thanked for his support with a knife in the back here I feel.

No Wow an oversight at Ewood. There's a surprise. Lazy staff strike again. I don't want to come across as point scoring (not that I get any likes for it anyway) saying this again but MICRO MANAGEMENT. For obvious reasons you can't fire anyone else (when it's still primarily Dack's fault) but hands on management wouldn't have let it happen. Naive stupidity is what it is and it's that what gets people burned and in some past cases the sharks circling.

It's not "under the dome" you know though being around Rovers fans sometimes feels like it.

Should point out I don't want the players to be "yes sir", "no sir" corporate puppets but there's a balance. This isn't it.

At least Dunn's gone so that's one oafish influence out the way.

Of course he's a bit green. Young players show that whoever they are at times. You think he should be shunted aside a couple more seasons until he's "ready" despite being one of the club's more potentially valuable assets.

...I believe he's called Lenihan.

Almost think at times it's better to just look at players as tools rather than people and even refer to them by their shirt numbers. I guess that just causes more disconnection though. It's no wonder he might feel a bit inflated though when even Rovers fans drone on about selling him and "record transfer", etc. Yeah there's this thing called inflation. I don't particularly like selling players (especially when it feels like the club has been used as a stepping stone) but people going on about tags of 20 million, etc? Is he really worth that much? I wouldn't personally hesitate to take 20 million if it's put back into the squad and the FUP scum won't be able to do anything about it. What's likely to be the pinnacle of Dack's career here unless there's some major takeover? Winning promotion? People wanted Shearer to stay and win the league, European Cup, etc it's not a similar blow to the club's ambitions even in the context of what they are now. We still don't even know for sure what Dack's peak is yet.

Better hope he wears protection for more than one reason.

Rovers fans used to go on about the whole "nice family club" thing though and then they condone somebody like Todd as "old school". While I've made no secret of a colder, more cynical edge perhaps not being an altogether bad thing (though I don't think Rovers fans are capable of keeping their guard up) you don't essentially want thugs attacking their own teammates, etc. There's "no nonsense" and then there's "non physical no nonsense" attitudes to take. Maybe he ought to have challenged Brown to a fight (as if that would have been authorised but Todd could have gloated about Brown backing off) or goad him into the first punch. I think Brown was insulting his Father but Todd's assaulted people elsewhere hasn't he? Others said Dugarry deserved that kick for his attitude, etc (it wasn't exactly extreme brutality either) but I think some of it was just anti-French sentiment. Really sums up how stupid and short sighted the club's marketing department is when the one player to greet Condi Rice in the eyes of the world's media was Todd. He was the one in the pictures, etc anyway. Who cares if he was the captain get somebody more notable on camera. I think Hughes and Friedel were pictured as well though...