9 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

If this doesn’t open up the eyes of the blue and white tinted sunglasses brigade then I don’t know what will.

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.

59 minutes ago, AJW said:

Could they do a buy now pay later deal ? Agree £25m let us keep him rest of seasaon and they pau July 1st or something

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. 😆😢

1 minute ago, RoversClitheroe said:

@glen9mullan had a meeting where Waggot explicitly confirmed they needed that funding as it would run out end of January.

So either Waggots lying or we're selling Wharton.

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.

15 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

I think that statement is aimed at our creditors as much as it is to us fans.

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. 

10 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

What can we do??

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. 

5 minutes ago, Dan said:

Will we ever see justice against that snake Anderson? Remember his evil eyes all welling up on Sky? 
 

I want him and Kean fully exposed. I want an apology from the Premier league and the Walker ‘Trust’ for their part. I want retribution. 
 

I want the full thing laid bare from start to finish. Let’s sell the rights to Netflix/Disney/Amazon. 
 

Maybe Barry and Anderson in a prison cell would do though… 

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.

4 minutes ago, pick32 said:

We just spent 500k on a league 2 CB aswel after they already had confirmation of the court being moved, can’t be that skint 

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.

6 minutes ago, alex l said:

This will be the test of GB as DoF. It'll be the first time he has had a genuinely significant windfall. In fairness the more expensive signings he has made - Sam, Hyam, Brittain - have turned out between ok to very good so maybe bargain basement isn't his forte. 

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.

3 minutes ago, alex l said:

If we get £20m guaranteed for Wharton and it allows us to spend at least £10m on 3 quality players, I'd reluctantly say we should. CM is probably our strongest area - Tronstad and JRC will probably play and there's Garrett and Buckley when he returns, as well as the Swedish loanee. Sometimes you have to cash in to build the rest of the team. 

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.

4 minutes ago, Ben-2000 said:

Looks like it's been re-listed to 12th March. 

Due to a "Vigilance Committee meeting" taking place the same day (whatever one of those is).

Meaning money transfer not approved, yet?? 

Meaning sales needed urgently? (Wharton)

4 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

I don't think administration will happen under Venkys. They are still a profitable company and have shown willing to pay what is required - but not a penny more - to keep the wolves at the door

Unfortunately, we will continue to be at the whim of their shareholders. You have to imagine that, given there are loans taken out against the parent company, some of the shareholders are questioning the reason they continue to hold on to Rovers. It isn't giving them any good publicity and they clearly have no long term plan to improve the club. So if I was sat on the board my question would be: what is the play here?

I wish beyond everything they would act in a decent way and appoint people to run the club who know what they are doing. It is the bare minimum any owner should do. These types of owners are why the white paper on football ownership does not go far enough. In this country we absolutely have to have fan representation at board level. Rovers could be held as a case study imo. Distant owners, disinterested in progress and who jump from controversy to controversy. It is compounded by a lack of local management

I agree with you on the case study. 

But I very much doubt Rovers have much meeting agenda item time, over in Pune.

8 minutes ago, den said:

Seems as though most posters would prefer the club going into administration and all that might come with that, than the owners putting the club up for sale.

thats just a show of anger rather than what’s best for the club.

 

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.

7 minutes ago, Gamst21 said:

Not sure if this comment has been posted but blows my mind the thought process of some fans 

 

Some people are very gullible.

Luton had an average attendance of something like 10,000 last year. Not much spent on transfers. But they were and are very well run (post a takeover when the club was at it's lowest ebb).

This is why we need change. It is the ownership and leadership of our club that is to blame and not the fans (albeit we don't all help the situation, all the time!)

17 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Elliot saying reporting on the threat of a winding order would be sensationalist as the information has been readily available for 9 months.

This is what we're up against.

Much more like: It would highlight their own incompetence in not finding out about something "in the public domain" and actually, you know, reporting it. journalistic incompetence or 'hush money' from the club/owners? I really don't see an alternative explanation.

3 hours ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

The rats will desert the sinking ship soon enough

Chief rats being Venkys. Any chance you are referring to something about them - or is this, more likely, in relation to player/coach departures?

5 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Pears got injured! Who else was he going to stick in next.

Leo was a risk buy, sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t…Sadly for him it’s not quite working out - He needs a loan.

This is quite the understatement 🙂☹️

Literally, our only hope for our club seems to lie in the hands of the Indian authorities investigating Venkys. I just don't see the point of anything else going on involving the club right now, including the matches. 

God help us.

This looked likely from the moment the line up was announced. Venkys obviously remain to blame for where we are, of course. But JDT's selections and (total lack of) defensive coaching is contributing massively to this week after week of pain. He can't be immune from criticism for the repeated awful calls in selection and tactics. If he can't improve the defence then whats the point of us bothering turning up?