MANAGERS and directors come and go at football clubs, and under Venky’s, they have done so at an alarming rate at Blackburn Rovers. 

The one constant are the fans. They are the glue that holds everything together through bad times and good. Without them, football is nothing.

The threat facing Rovers is they are now in danger of driving supporters the same way as Paul Lambert, Alan Myers and a cast of others before them if the current uncertainty continues.

And that is out of Ewood Park.

Average attendances are already down and the events of this week will have done little to inspire an increasingly browbeaten and frustrated fanbase to return next season.

All supporters need to know what is happening at their football clubs, but particularly ones like Rovers, which remain rooted in the community they serve.

But, as it stands, fans of this great and historic club are being left completely in the dark given the ongoing silence from Venky’s.

Hopefully that will begin to change. Mike Cheston, who has taken on responsibility for all operational aspects of the club following the departures of Myers and Derek Shaw, has agreed to an interview with the Lancashire Telegraph.

It needs to change because at the moment there is precious little for supporters to pin their hopes on.

And, if you don’t have hope, then what have you got?

Lancashire Telegraph:

There was hope in abundance when Lambert arrived in November, captured best by the joyous scenes in the away end at Deepdale after victory in his first game.

The magnificent blue and white army will be out in force at the New York Stadium tomorrow too. The mood, however, will be markedly different five months on.

Back then it seemed as if Rovers fans had got their belief and spirit back. So much seemed possible.

Now, though, those feelings have been replaced by anger in some and apathy in others, both understandable given what fans have been put through in the past five-and-a-half years.

For some the departure of Lambert, the first manager Venky’s have appointed with proven credentials and experience, could prove to be the last straw.

For others they may look at his record of 10 wins in 31 games and think he should have delivered more.

But there is no question the squad needs investment and, besides, why hire Lambert in the first place if Venky’s are not prepared to back him beyond January?

If, as appears likely, it is because they have decided to scale back costs, then why not stick with a manager in the same vein of Gary Bowyer who was prepared to work with little and, in the cases of Tom Cairney and Rudy Gestede in particular, could make a lot with it?

There is an argument to suggest this is the way Rovers need to go. That, given their financial situation, they can no longer afford to pay £30,000 per week to star strikers and up to £10,000 per week to ones who do not even make the starting line-up.

Effectively starting again with free transfers and loans would be hard to stomach. After all, at the time of the Venky’s takeover, the club was 11th in the Premier League with £20m of debt, whereas now it is 18th in the Championship with £100m of debt. Their ownership has been a disaster.

But either way the fans need and deserve to know what direction Rovers are going in.

They will be the ones left to pick up the pieces when not only managers and directors go, but when Venky’s do too.