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Suddenly the realisation of picking O'Briens wages, loan fee and a possible £10m fee hit home to them. It wasn't long after that the winding up order arrived for the unpaid tax - an unpaid bill they will have known about for some time.

You used the word suspicious and that's exactly what it is. Sylvester has done hundreds of deals administratively and the deal was messed up? Who knows the motives - perhaps an appeasement for the fans and Tomasson to say 'we did all we can'. Either way it's another in the catalogue of avoidable catastrophes like the Henning Berg contract.

The club were acutely aware of the times and still cocked up. Then appealed against a case they had very little hope of winning. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Thanks my friend. It's age thing 😂😂

I have found the report but I don't know how to copy it.

There was a comprehensive report issued outlining all the facts and laying the blame solely at Rovers door. Several of the current regime were name checked and criticised.

When the facts from the Appeal Commission came out several current Rovers employees were found culpable and negligible. Rovers were almost ridiculed in the report. Yet these people who were criticised are all still employed in their highly paid jobs after the embarrassment they heaped on the club. And the owners did and still haven't done anything about it. There is a real smell about it.

He is actually playing at left back which surprised me. That was the only defensive position he didn't play for us.

James Hill starts at right back for AFB against Liverpool.

To absolutely compound his error within a couple of minutes he (rightly) gave Huddersfield a free kick for a similar offence but with what I thought was less contact. This was pointed out to him by the crowd and several Rovers players.

Mowbrays real strength is how he ingratiates himself on the media and fan base, something like a favourite uncle who can regale the family with stories. The nonsense about cake and chocolate bars were examples of how he really got the media onside and for many of them it distracted from poor results. His working class lad thing was done to death here and frankly it got boring. Good luck to him - he has made a career out of being a level or two above mediocrity aligned with the odd success and continues to gain employment.

Rovers women are signing players.

Good post. It seems to be an obsession for some to blame him when there are so many things wrong with our club.

Another hugely frustrating day at Ewood today. I was baffled when I saw the team line up on the pitch and I'm still at a loss to understand the formation and where a couple of players were actually playing. Pickering at times became a third centre half but also played as a conventional left back at times yet when he went off in the second half of was like we weren't playing with a left back at all. Really strange. Going ahead with a good goal should have been the catalyst to stay solid for a while and defend properly but our ineptitude from a corner was almost predictable. I think most of us saw it coming. Huddersfield played on the break and in doing this exposed us several times and I honestly thought if another goal was going to be scored it would be them. Pears kept us in it and more than anybody we owe him for the point we got. Despite having the majority of the ball we didn't create much and rarely troubled a resolute Huddersfield defence. The normally reliable Tronstad had an off day and unusually for him gave the ball away a lot. Szmodics wasn't at the races today and his brisk walk down the tunnel along with his in game body language gave me the distinct impression all is not well. Two more injuries certainly won't help and hopefully Carter going off was more precautionary but Pickerings hamstring injury looked a bad one. I have been critical of Hyam recently but I thought he was much better today and along with Adam Wharton was one of the better players. Hopefully and hour will have done Gallagher good and we need JRC up to speed quickly as Brittain looks spent in every game. Lastly I thought the referee was poor, as bad as I have seen this season. He missed a clear penalty for us and seconds later have Huddersfield a free kick for a holding offence nowhere near as bad as the one on Gallagher. And the offside fiasco in the first half wouldn't have looked out of place in a Brian Rix farce. His random foul detection frustrated the life out of everyone.

Pears, Leonard, Tronstad, Carter, Siggurdson????

It's a vicious circle as conceding too many goals has a clear effect on confidence of which many of our players are shorn of right now. There is nothing complicated about basic defending but we are all over the place at the moment. If we can get to half time today having not conceded I will view that as a real positive. A clean sheet at full time and I will be delighted. Doing the elementary things (in and out of possession) right is the key though.

I personally think defending set pieces is far more of an Achilles Heel and an area which opponents are targeting. Tomasson spoke last week about players winning personal battles and I agree with him. For example if our centre halves are designated markers from set pieces and their direct opponent wins the header then he has not done his job. Far too many or our capitulations have been because their opponent has won their individual battle all over the pitch. Until we get that sorted out we will continue to ship goals.

Under the errant ones we have suffered two relegations which both resulted in job losses. They were directly responsible for both of them and however this latest farce plays out they are still responsible.

The very fact it has happened should be enough for anyone with a Rovers connection to be worried. It really doesn't matter how long the information has been available - we were threatened with administration - that should be a red flag to him.

I accept what you are saying about people losing their jobs and nobody in their right mind wants that but in my view we need something to happen sooner rather than later. If they do get approval from the Indian judge what about next time and the time after that. Nobody with Rovers at heart can relax and feel confident whilst they are the owners. There can't be any forward planning due to the uncertainty they create. Which all begs the question why they don't test the water and put us up for sale, cut their losses and crawl back under the stone from where they came.

Yep. I'm sick to the back teeth of them and since 2011 we have been lied to, let down and generally insulted by their gross disrespect and arrogance. Remember the 'Respect Jack Walkers legacy' speech from the woman? Administration would just about top that off. And if it does happen the Venkettes would blame the Indian judge and shout from the rooftops 'THEY WERE BADLY ADVISED'.

First mention I've seen of money laundering in any publication. Judge Amit Mahajan agreed to allow the tax bill to be settled, but insisted on a bond for the same amount to be lodged with the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), an arm of the Indian government set up to target money laundering. The bond would be forfeited if it emerged the money was used for another purpose.

Presumably this game was hastily arranged because tonight's under 21 match has been called off. It's strange that we used Man City's Academy but presumably they have under soil heating whereas Brockhall doesn't. I wonder how much that cost though 😂.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/january/17/lead-the-lads-out-against-wrexham-/ Rovers are asking for mascots for the Wrexham match for £150. The caveat is that they have to provide their own kit and can use any one of the three we have. On a related note I have been told that the players have been told not to swap or give away shirts because the club has run out. Perhaps D-Day Read should be looking into embarrassments like this rather than dreaming up schemes to alienate supporters. Is this really what we have become?

A stark warning from Rick Parry about the current state of the majority of EFL clubs primarily relating of the distribution of money from the Premier League but also the general health of many clubs. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/efl-rick-parry-warning-reading-31896728