RevidgeBlue

If you recall during that train wreck of an interview RG offered forth the ludicrous excuse that it hadn't been possible to hold any talks with anyone because at that point we didn't know what division we were going to be in. Well we know now, but unsurprisingly no raft of extensions

As the old terrace song went, Oyston ended up "sewing bags". Don't suppose the same fate will befall our owners as a result of the Indian Court proceedings, but you're right, we'll likely end up with a shell of a squad.

I can never get past the firewall. What did it say then? I'd actually be surprised if we were serious about keeping CB and didn't in reality want to offload him in order to replace him with a cheaper option.

Well, Platini has just come out in an interview and said at the time France would have built their entire side around Hoddle so that's good enough for me!

Probably standing on his head.

Spot on.

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Sorry. Seven is decent imo. Think Hedges has scored seven in four seasons at the Club. That's probably the sort of standard that will be coming in to replace Dolan.

Well, if there was thought there was any free money to be had, Waggott would probably have been in on it. Didn't someone once say the great master plan of him and Fraser Reid was to allow the Riverside to fall into disrepair in the hope it would be condemned and we could then claim a grant towards rebuilding it? This season, we're heading people into it!

Don't they have various pharmaceutical interests in Europe? Wonder how they manage to get money to them if needed? Although they're maybe all profit earners or at the very least self sufficient.

I mean, in an ideal world, we'd all like our wide players to be chipping in with 10 -15 goals per season but I really don't think 7 is that bad. If he'd reached double figures that would probably have been regarded as an excellent effort. Not far off.

Yep. (Speculating here)......maybe it's like Exiled said and they know there are further matters yet to be uncovered therefore they know they'd be likely to lose any monies put up as guarantee. But.....(Thinking aloud) If all other dealings related to Rovers are above board then even with a politically motivated Government gunning for you, surely any guarantees given in that respect should be safe and there shouldn't be any worries in that respect about sending money over. It's a weird one.

We got the case heard PDQ this time compared to all the others. Perhaps there's ways and means when you really need it.

The BOI dont seem to have any issue with them though as far as Im aware? I'm not fully up to speed on what they're meant to have done or not done but obviously, yes, IF that has occurred that potentially could be quite serious. The only things I was aware of were allegedly improperly using VOL funds (which obviously should only be used for BRFC purposes) to buy Neville's old house and the Akon shares

That's exactly how I see it as well. They COULD send more money over under the existing conditions if they really wanted. They just don't want. To my mind, choosing not to is worse than being prevented from doing so. Irrespective of whether it's your fault in the first place.

So......who have we got worth £4.85m?

Might be the case that being merely being under investigation is ok, but if they're actually found guilty of anything implying any form of dishonesty the EFL might take another look. Innocent until proven guilty and all that. Rightly so.

Innocently mis representing the purposes of the Company seems somewhat too trivial to warrant a major investigation imo. It's clear the current Indian regime don't like money leaving the Country full stop. So maybe they're trying to make out that the omission was deliberate to allow funds to be funneled out overseas? Doesn't the investigation on the information so far to hand centre around the allegedly improper purchase of Neville's old house and shares in Akon's Company using VOL money? I'd have thought it would be pretty easy to argue they needed a suitable Base in this Country re: the house. Not so much the shares.

Seems that way. But so far they've been over-ruled twice. Might be a different story if we got an unsympathetic judge at some point though.

Boom Boom!

Yes, like I said, as long as the major bills continue to be paid presumably there's no problem from their point of view.

Appreciate your wider point but why would we need to borrow the money from the bank when the Court have said they can send the money over? As others have said I wouldn't be surprised to see net sales approximating to a similar amount instead

It's a matter of subjective interpretation really. My view is that if they're willing to meet the guarantee in case of emergency it makes no practical difference to us whatsoever. If and when all need for a guarantee is removed, imo they're not suddenly going to start lashing more money in the Club's direction. We won't see any benefit, it'll just be cheaper for them.

As regards Rovers the ED have been over-ruled twice? now though and restrictions appear to be slowly relaxing rather than increasing, so unless something drastic changes in the meantime the Club are probably correct to assume a precedent has been set. We probably haven't found out yet the entirety of what Venky's the organisation are being investigated for. I suppose something major could theoretically come to light which would cause us problems. Equally the wider investigation could come to nothing. I'm not sure why these proceedings have not prompted the EFL to consider whether Venky's the owners are still "fit and proper owners" though. That happened to the guy at Reading as I recall. Presumably as long as the bills are still being paid there's no problem from their point of view.

Ah - got it!. I've only just noticed that specific wording and the the numbering on the new order etc. 🤭 Thanks for your patience and concise explanations!