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    DaBoss wrote:
    Venky's won't sell because they CAN'T SELL.

    There's a lot to this story that doesn't appear to have crossed anyone's mind even though it's there to see and its all political mostly and little to do with asset stripping or even money grabbing agents, which we all know is going on.

    For Venky's its about reputation and pride and there's a reason why Venkatesh looked haggard and talked about confusion, Venky's have had the wind taken out of their sails with relegation and public outcry. Regardless of what anyone thinks, Venky's came here with good intention and the intent is still there. The problem is they've bought into the "bring in experts to advise you in areas you have little experience in" which is common with many conglomerates and not just Eastern ones.

    It's these so-called experts who have let them down and why they've retrenched to take stock of the situation, albeit not very well communicated. From a business perspective, Venky's have made some huge and costly bad decisions, it does seem that the experts they brought in (Kean recommended by Anderson) are still convincing them that they can turn it around, and Venky's really have not already clue what to do next.

    The lack of communication is get told is due to having learnt the lessons from the earlier faux pas's which obviously brought much ridicule and harm to them.

    The only light in the distance for Rovers fans is that Venky's do and will inject capital into the club to make it work because they have to.

    The investment and commitment they've made to football in India - which is already taking off - means they have little choice but either invest and make it work or pull out and forever lose face in India and risk hurting the national game and Desai is too shrewd a business woman to let that happen.

    The question and its the BIG question is, when will the penny drop that Kean is a liability?
    Great post with good points raised. And with Kean apparently having so much power, to fire anyone who disagrees with or questions him, the question indeed remains; when will Mrs D realise that her trustworthy and loyal servant Dr Jekyll is Mr hyde when she's not looking? Get rid of him and it will be the start of a Rovers' return."
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Keeley: Don't have a pop at Rovers fans

GLENN Keeley has hit out at criticism of Blackburn Rovers supporters after insisting their love for the club has left them ‘torn’ over how to deal with unhappiness at the Venky’s regime.

Keeley represented Rovers for 11 years between 1976 and 1987 and has joined many fans by expressing his deep concern about the current direction the club is heading in under Venky’s following relegation from the Premier League.

Supporters were often chastised by pundits during the 2011/12 campaign because of their protests against boss Steve Kean and the club’s owners, while many fans are now reluctant to renew their season tickets for next season because of a lack of change at Ewood Park.

But Keeley believes Rovers supporters have been left in a no win position and that their protests have simply been because of their deep affection for the club.

“I’ve been really concerned about the bad press that the people of Blackburn have got because of their protests but what do you do?” said the 57-year-old former centre half.

“I really don’t understand why the national media have been so hard on the people of Blackburn.

“This is an awful situation for Blackburn Rovers as a club. But more than that this club is about the supporters and it’s a terrible situation that the community, through no fault of their own, find themselves in.

“How do you get people’s attentions? When you see things that are clearly wrong going on in front of your eyes week in week out, no-one wants to advise the supporters not to turn up or not to buy a season ticket. No-one wants that.

“But at the same time they are torn with a love, it’s like having your child as a drug addict or something, you’re torn between that love and yet on the other side of it you think, ‘This is wrong’.

“I do feel that a lot of the fans are in an awful position.

“How do you make your feelings known? What do you do, protest or stay away? I don’t know.”

Keeley offered his support to the Blackburn Rovers Supporters Investment Trust at a recent open meeting and, even if the group’s hopes of raising £10m and then launching a takeover cannot be realised, he believes highlighting the fans’ current predicament remains important.

“I don’t know if the trust can raise enough money or bring Venky’s to the table, for them this is peanuts,” he said.

“However will it raise the profile of the issue and keep it in the public eye? Yes. Do we need to do that? Yes.

“I know this has got the support of a lot more people than you would realise.

“I know because I talk to friends who are ex-players. It is difficult for some people because of the positions they are in to put their head above the parapet, I do understand that.

“But it’s difficult to see the sense in a lot of things that have happened in the last year and a half.”

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