Rovers owners ?
In November 2010, Indian company VH Group bought Blackburn Rovers under the name of Venky's London Limited for £23 million.
The VH Group is an Indian conglomerate comprising of companies related to the poultry industry, including processed food, animal vaccines, human & animal pharmaceutical & healthcare products.
What is the Venky's net worth?
As of the year 2022, V H Group was worth a whopping £1.56 billion!
The group is controlled by the family of Dr.B.V.Rao. His daughter, Anuradha Desai, is serving as chairperson since his death in 1996 alongside his sons Balaji Rao & Venkatesh Rao of the group's companies.
What is clear is the owners are prepared to put their hands in their pockets to sustain some losses although losses in the year to June 2021 were reduced by the £17.3m sale of the club’s Senior Training Centre at Brockhall with associated housing to a third party owned by Rovers’ parent company.🤐
In 2021/22 they lost £400,00 weekly but player sales then halved that amount.
Rovers debt rose £11m from £152m to £163m, comprising £144m owed to Venky's, a £12m bank overdraft & £6m loan from the EFL. The owner's debt increased by £14m while the external loans were reduced by £3m as of 8th May 2023. Their overdraft facility is taken out with the State Bank of India.
Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson was appointed 2022. He was in the frame for the Leeds gig, i recall.
Blackburn do like to "dig-in" for their games & play to frustrate, so their game plan is about making their break-away chances count home or away & they are particularly dangerous on corners & free kicks but in "basic-theory" Farke must stop Blackburn’s 90 minute "positional rotations" which they constantly use to good effect !
They always set up as a 4-2-3-1 to play out the ball looking for space to start their transition attacks.
But once in settled possession Rovers usually transition into a 3-2-4-1 shape with Pickering (3) becoming a hybrid left centre-back in a situational back three. Moran (24) & Rankin-Costello (11) or Brittain (2) provided the width with the "wide players" so hugging the touchlines to stretch the opposition.
They'll let us have plenty of possession but we must concentrate & not be suckered into high pressing as they'll do us big time.
This build up & intense press is the "Thomasson-way" developed whilst Coach at Malmö Sweden as this shape allowed Malmö to circulate the ball comfortably, always patiently trying to find the free man.
If we're quick enough to break this build up, we must get to our wings quickly as their full-backs will be caught out high supporting their attack ploy.
Rutter/Piroe will get space for direct runs into the box as their defence constantly 're-groups' into a back four from a three, so we need to mix it, quickly launching balls centrally to catch them out👍
So far Rovers home record states 12 points & their away record is 16 points.
With goals for at 32 (1.68 per game) & goals against 31 (1.63 per game).
Szmodics, ROI midfielder has so far netted 14 times this season & is currently the Championships top scorer.
No agreement reached for a reciprocal pricing deal for the 56 miles trip from ER for our 7,337 travelling army.
Adults £30
Age 65+ £24
Age 18/23 £18
Junior 12/17 £13
U12 £9
20 Wheelchair spaces above prices.
Blackburn the place?
Throughout its history, Blackburn has been known for its diverse range of industries including textiles, engineering, & aerospace. The town’s location at the centre of the Lancashire cotton industry made it a hub to produce textiles & it was home to several large cotton mills that employed thousands of workers.
In the 20th century, Blackburn’s industries diversified with the town becoming a centre for engineering & of late aerospace production.
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