I thought that's how everyone liked to run their bath.

Don't they also have a huge sell on % to pay? Point still stands, though

Those Ham and Mustard ones! Different class. Mention of those crisps the highlight of my transfer deadline day. Sad, really. But thanks!

Thry probably "don't want to comment on speculation or something already in the public domain". (Almost) as useless as Venkys. Part of the problem, the local media, not part of any solution.

I suggest a thread explicitly focused on rumours (which is all we often have to go on) probably isn't for you, then. Let's see if 11pm looks much better a scene than the one painted on here right now. I hugely doubt it. But feel free to label this post as more "shite".

Correct. Except not just tonight. This is ALL the time.

Absolutely. No-one at all should be surprised by this. They are abusing their baby and we really, really need social services to step in. Like some others have suggested, tomorrow might be a make or break day for me in terms of which football club I feel morally able to support and spend my limited money and time on. Really sad. Fuck off Venkys.

They could but it seems highly unlikely. Some cash in now appears to be important in the context of the postponed court hearing. I suspect that would rule Newcastle out as they have to sell.

Watching the build up. It might just be the BBC Wales patriotic love-in, but I haven't half got a terrible feeling about this match.

Worst/most pointless transfer rumours thread, ever. 😆😢

It's both, isn't it?!

A few, paraphrased, comments, from apparently genuine rovers fans, on that statement: "If Venkys ever left, the club would fold within two days" "No-one would ever buy a decaying football club" "Someone would need a spare £200 million to cover the debt before even taking over" "I pray every day that venkys don't leave". Insane.

That would make sense

Bland placations that leave me wondering just how stupid they all think we are. We remain, clearly, screwed. At least until the owners clear up this little misunderstanding with the Indian government, eh? I despair.

27th January. The Venkyworld dream transfer window ticking along nicely, with Adam Wharton and Sam Gallagher still on track to be sold on deadline day and plenty of fans remaining excited to see the replacements- two 14 year olds on loan from Brighton. Good times.

I honestly don't know, anymore. I'm just waiting and hoping, to be honest. What I can't do is accept any scenario with Venkys staying is in any way positive.

All those things would be wonderful, but none are likely to happen. I'd settle for Venkys to be gone from Rovers, forever. I feel like I'd cry with joy and relief if just that were to happen.

Did we, though? What's the payment structure on the deal? It seemed to take several weeks to negotiate. I don't think we know what has actually been paid? And I assume the wages are less than what we were paying Hill. Quids in, perhaps? Our market is cheap young players to replace experience and talent. It isn't a model thats likely to work well.

I'd be amazed if he had any kind of windfall at all. Financially we were already screwed. If the postponed court decision means there is a delay in sending the money required to pay the bills then GB will have nothing more than his current 'healthy budget' to play with. The whole thing is a joke. DoF and a recruitment team, with no money. Its a farce. Selling Wharton will not be a positive, on any level.

Absolutely. In the end Venkys are just dry-fucking us harder and harder. Anyone, anyone at all, who thinks we can wait for Venkys to change their MO, or happily negotiate and agree the sale of the club, is mad. We are screwed and need this whole charade to be brought to an end, urgently, before we are left even more of a shell of a club. I pray for admin and these bastards being forced away from OUR club so we can start again.

We are not a club that does this. Anyone (I know you have just said "if") thinking selling Wharton gives us a chance to strengthen hasn't been paying attention. The apparent court non-decision means this will be our bill-paying money. And we lose our only creative central midfielder.

Meaning money transfer not approved, yet?? Meaning sales needed urgently? (Wharton)

I agree with you on the case study. But I very much doubt Rovers have much meeting agenda item time, over in Pune.

Hi Den I definitely wouldn't 'prefer' that option, out of the two. But I'm trying to be realistic about the likelihood of each option and I would be amazed (and delighted) if Venky's ever put the club up for sale without being forced to do so. I really think our only hope of a change of ownership is for that decision being taken out of their hands. Do you see any reason to think Venky's are likely to voluntarily put the club up for sale, and what would that be based on?

19th January. I'm super-excited from this intentional build-up to the big reveal of Travis' upgrade replacement, the long awaited actual striker, and the rest of the "dream transfer window" recruits. Good times in the delusional alternative universe of VenkyRovers World.