THE numbers are large, but they are not a shock.

The news that Blackburn Rovers’ parent company, Venky’s London Limited, lost £35.6m in the year ending March 31, 2015 should not come as a surprise to anyone.

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Fans are becoming used to such figures by now.

A year ago the loss was £400,000 greater. The most recent club accounts showed Rovers lost £42.1m.

As a Championship club, Rovers and their parent company will find it almost impossible to be self-sustainable.

With television income greatly reduced, the town’s limited population means Ewood Park crowds are simply not high enough to meet any shortfalls.

Rovers’ average gate of 15,070 last season made them the only club in the division with a stadium that was less than 50 per cent full to capacity.

The club are completely reliant on continued funding from Venky’s - funding that thankfully seems assured based on statements made in the accounts.

Rovers have fallen a long way in the last few years, from the days when they were finishing in the top half of the Premier League and had world stars such as Benni McCarthy and Roque Santa Cruz in their ranks.

But hopefully the corner is not too far from being turned.

There is still much work to be done for the club’s transfer embargo to be lifted, but that work is being done.

That work has been waste management in every possible sense.

Reducing wasted wages on players who rarely featured, by moving on the likes of Leon Best.

The Venky’s London accounts even asserted that the group had ‘maintained its 100 per cent waste management recycle percentage, reducing its impact on the environment by handling 22 tonnes less waste and saving over £14,900 in landfill tax’.

If the only way of improving the club’s accounts further means selling more players, then however painful that might be, it might just have to happen.

Rovers need to get into a position where they are free to move forward again, rather than constantly firefighting.

Gary Bowyer understands the situation. Far from being downbeat, he was noticeably chipper after bringing in his first two signings of the summer on Tuesday.

Few Rovers supporters will have seen much of Fode Koita and Sacha Petshi, bar Petshi’s trial appearance against Accrington Stanley a week ago.

They could become forgotten men like fellow French-born players Herold Goulon or Bryan Dabo, but they could be incredible finds like Steven Nzonzi or Chris Samba.

Unable to spend money on transfer fees, unearthing gems is probably the best way forward for Rovers right now.

This is a town that lives for its football club, in a way that not every town does. Nothing else puts Blackburn on the map like Premier League football.

However long it takes, and whatever difficulties Rovers face to turn that corner once and for all, hopefully those days will come again.