IF Venky’s do, indeed, have a plan for the summer and beyond, then it is fast approaching the time to both execute and communicate it, not only for Paul Lambert’s benefit, but just as importantly, for the sake of the supporters.

Blackburn Rovers’ owners have proved this season they can be decisive. Within a week of sacking Gary Bowyer they had replaced him with the type of manager the majority of the club’s fanbase had craved throughout their divisive reign.

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While results have, understandably, been up and down, performances since the closure of the January transfer window, allied with Lambert’s naked ambition, has given hope for the future.

But as Lambert himself has made abundantly clear it is going to take further investment to transform Rovers – minus many of the better players who were part of the squads which finished eighth and ninth in Bowyer’s two full seasons in charge – into genuine promotion contenders.

That may not sit well with the money men in India. After all the release of the annual accounts to shareholders this month show the club is now in debt to its owners to the tune of a staggering £87m.

But Venky’s also have a debt of responsibility to reverse the decline that has happened on their watch.

In fairness they have honoured that debt and, in November, attempted to do something about the club’s plummeting position by headhunting and appointing a coaching team with top-class credentials.

But having landed Lambert, along with Alan Irvine and Rob Kelly, and having backed their boss in January, it would make no sense not to do it again.

It is only in the coming weeks and months that we will discover if Lambert, who is impatient for success, will get the funds he desires.

But what also must become clear is how the club is going to be run off the field.

Yes the final decisions have always been made in India and, given it is their money that is keeping the club afloat, that is the right of Venky’s.

But for a club of the size and the stature of Rovers it is remarkable to think that, before long, finance chief Mike Cheston could be the only director working out of Ewood Park given Alan Myers’ announcement that he will be following Derek Shaw out of the revolving doors.

The club needs a figurehead, based over here, who can work alongside Lambert and carry out the instructions on behalf of Venky’s.

The process to find a new managing director or chief executive could well be under way.

But lack of communication leaves a vacuum that sucks in uncertainty and, as the club head toward a crossroads in its recent history, that is the last thing anyone wants.

Not for the first time, we need Venky’s to talk.