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There is a potential criminal case about tax fraud lurking if they don't fight in the Civil Courts. What they have apparently been tripped up on- mischaracterising a domestic property purchase and a lavish party to get more favourable tax treatment is incredibly petty for such a wealthy family. I am certain their tax advisors in India would never have sanctioned this.

And every one of those events will have earned agents a nice fee. So it might not have been multiple ownership but more a case of absent careless owners and agent Pasha haymaking. If Lowe has the owners' ear then it would appear Pasha has tried to further increase his grip on the club by removing a mole as he would see him and has at least half-failed. This would suggest Pasha is not entirely trusted to run Rovers by whichever member(s) of the quartet still takes any notice of their Blackburn subsidiary.

The Venky's 200m++ losses haven't vanished into thin air. The money has gone from India into football pockets. If you simply look at the money trail you have billionaires in India who won't particularly notice those losses and an agent network around Blackburn firmly attached to the teat. Presumably that network has some leverage which means Venky's can't or won't walk away. The EFL has far more problematic clubs than Rovers to worry about so Rovers can be a handy conduit for whatever. The original plan was to effect agent ownership of PL players but that got scotched so agent interest in having Rovers in the elite was no longer so great. Now it is all hunky dory in the Championship for the network so long as we don't accidentally get promoted to the Premier League where the public spotlight is very different... Just a guess.

The odds reflect weight of money. Rhubard and custard supporters are obviously feeling full of cash at the moment.

It has happened - can't remember who when at the moment.

Need to open the Darwen Upper. Pasha- "Nobody knew Birmingham were Big Club" If Eustace wanted Travis, he would have bid by now.

BOURNEMOUTH have sold three defenders to Liverpool Real Madrid PSG this summer for a combined 150m!!!

Tyjon and Michalski will both start. Beyond that it will probably be a hodge podge of kids and whatever is the first team.

Talking of stables, I was told it was alleged that there were 143 "independent" agents in the Kentaro stable. All totally against the rules of the game if that rumour were true. And clubs had no idea they were in negotiations with the same people on both sides... Jerome of course took a fee from both the Trust and Venkys for the sale of Rovers but that was visible to both parties apparently.

Apparently the cut is so bad he is a doubt for next Saturday, never mind continuing at the Hawthorns. Big Question is what the WBA defender did to him in what should have been an innocuous challenge. Is Ismael counting Buckley and Pears when he is saying one more and replacements??? If Travis also goes that is four more signings to come and boy do we need better than the signings so far this window.

Bradford are a banana skin not dissimilar to Blackpool last year. We need a run to give fringe players a game.

The Baggies defender catches Ohashi in a reverse scissors

McLoughlin, that back post chance apart, pleasantly surprised me. Alebiosu looks promising Kargbo terrified the Baggies until he had to distribute the ball. Miller a promising cameo and what a throw in. Everything else, oh dear. The ref- abysmal

The ball doesn't reach Price if our player isn't held back.

Ref the difference. Alebiosu pinioned from behind so he couldn't clear the throw in for their goal then that stonewall penalty not given.

There is a Carabao game on Tuesday- guess Tyjon will start in that. Four players making their Rovers debut and the most experienced- McLoughlin - making me the most nervous.

BBD and JRC unused subs

The irregular channels are not listing it at the moment so your best bet is the 11 quid pass on Rovers TV which will be available to international viewers

There is enough out in the open to surmise: SS is making total fools of Pune SS covered his backside financially with the forced sale of Wharton SS doubling down saying he didn't know Wharton was that good means SS is doubling the mess he is in Even Pune will be looking at this Summer's football transfer business and know they could have covered the cash shortfall by lending under 10 million with a corresponding bond and sold Wharton for at least 40m in this window if there were anyone left at Ewood with the skill and gumption to set up a proper auction. Oh and we would have comfortably made the play offs and JE might not have sacked the club like JDT did before him. ie it is now so obvious that SS decision making is abysmal, even Venky's might notice.

If minutes are being substantially altered and not a mere correction of error of fact (and noted as such) it means: 1) There is something in there which is so consequential the person making the alterations thinks it is less damaging to make the changes than to have everybody who attended know that there is something fishy going on/ there is an attempt to manipulate/somebody is in a desperate blind panic 2) It calls the integrity of the whole meeting and meeting records into question This was a large semi-public gathering and the storm which has resulted is entirely predictable. What I am reading into this is SS went into the meeting under prepared and over confident and was answering on the fly without considering consequences and certainly without any strategy. Rovers are any extremely public and public-facing organisation and what transpired was a commercial and public relations disaster for the Rovers management and ownership.

Good read and perceptive. Oh dear Tavares!

Sad to say it picking up similar bad vibes to what Glen is writing about. Going into the new season as a very unhappy set up. Ismael presser seemed very downbeat for the first game of the new season. I fear the down turn inTrav and Tronstad form is because their heart isn't in it any more.

Saw bits. Brum a big side can knock it about well. Will be a serious challenge at Ewood. Ipswich don't look to have resolved issues that cost them in the Premier and got lucky. Championship refereeing hasn't improved based on that showing. Brum hard done by in what might have been aeeting of the top two next May. Deserved better officiating for such a show case first game of the season.

Big question is about Miller starting and whether Henriksson is fitted in.

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