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Rovers make approach for Blackpool's Appleton
10:25pm Wednesday 9th January 2013 in Sport
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
BLACKBURN Rovers have tonight made an official approach for Blackpool manager Michael Appleton.
Despite announcing Gary Bowyer would continue as caretaker boss until the end of the month, Rovers have now confirmed Appleton is their managerial target - despite him only being joining Blackpool from Portsmouth two months ago.
Derek Shaw, Managing Director of Blackburn Rovers said: "I can confirm that we have made an official approach to Blackpool FC about our interest in speaking to Michael Appleton. This is the only candidate we have approached for the manager's job."
Comments(143)
Parker & Brett
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10:32pm Wed 9 Jan 13
xrayspex77
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10:33pm Wed 9 Jan 13
I named my son JW
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10:33pm Wed 9 Jan 13
roversammo
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10:33pm Wed 9 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem
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10:34pm Wed 9 Jan 13
what the bl00dy hell is going on?
just when you thought it was getting a bit stable - they pull a trick like this.
RoversMCMLXXV
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10:35pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Will they ever learn? What on gods earth qualifies Appleton to become the next Rovers manager? WE NEED EXPERIENCE!!!!!
Welcome to Venkys World, a world where if the wrong decision can be made, they'll make it - time and time and time and time and time again.
bfcbez
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10:35pm Wed 9 Jan 13
rickrover
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10:36pm Wed 9 Jan 13
L.D.BLUE
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10:39pm Wed 9 Jan 13
bfcbez wrote:didnt take the 6 fingered mob long to comment
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Joke club, joke owners, joke fans! UTC
Golden Arm
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10:41pm Wed 9 Jan 13
RoversMCMLXXV
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10:43pm Wed 9 Jan 13
bfcbez wrote:Why are you on here you sad infatuated oddball? go and smash one up the whippet again mincer
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Joke club, joke owners, joke fans! UTC
hezy35
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10:45pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Get real we will never get a experience manager whilst the clowns are in charge
noddy57
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10:50pm Wed 9 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem
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10:51pm Wed 9 Jan 13
the only logic i can think of is that tweedle dee & tweedle dum plus charlie careoli sat round a table chucking jelly and trifle at each other and eventually concluded that they (read we) needed a manager who has been at a club where the owners are clueless and the club is in disarray....."who can we get?.....warnock (dirties)? robins (cov)? clark (brum) or appleton (pompey)......let's go for appleton and see what happens?....if he says 'no' we will go for clark"
i feel sorry for the donkey-lashers for putting you through this embarrassing escapade.
ohdearrovers
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10:54pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Road Runner Road Runner
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10:54pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Appleton his no better. So I cannot see the point ?
Oh yeh, I can - Portsmouth !
All things are unravelling at an alarming rate thus these owners had better get it right this time ?
Dr Zinc
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10:55pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Which is a reflection on the owners
No decent manager would work for these muppits
The place is a circus with shebby the ring master
The decent will continue with venkys in charge
More experienced players will leave and their places will be taken by acadamy players and obscure loans and buys from foreign C leagues
You cannot run a football club like this
When will they pack up and go ?
ohdearrovers
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10:55pm Wed 9 Jan 13
spike t
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10:55pm Wed 9 Jan 13
plymouthrover
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10:58pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Ripley 7
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10:58pm Wed 9 Jan 13
wilpshireover
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10:59pm Wed 9 Jan 13
I would like to have the likes of Roberto Di Matteo or Shaun O'Discoll, both managers with a proven records and both inexplicably sackd by their clubs. I think Forest must be regetting appointing McLeish, they have gone to pieces since he arrived. I am not surprised, look what he did at Villa and Brum. Those in charge at Forest must be nearly as daft as those at Ewood!
The club are being their usual inconsistent selves though, every day brings another surprise!
Iiii1111
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11:01pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Oh, Steve Keans was 28.38%
GB's is 100%
Seems to me the expected departure of Thomas Ince is the green light for the regime to pounce.....took them awhile to find a manager with a worse win ratio than Kean now they employed one, sacked him
And going to employ another..couldn't
make this up.
ROVERSPAL1
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11:03pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Forever Blue & White
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11:04pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Portsmouth P51 W13 D11 L27 = 25% Win Ratio
Blackpool P11 W2 D7 L2 = 18% Win Ratio
Combined Win Ratio = 24% which means from 62 games he took only 63 points = 1 point per game!
How the hell are we supposed to get promoted by averaging 1 point a game! What a bloody joke and just about sums up the lack of ambition (or should that read money) from our illustrious KFC owners!
Colne lads back
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11:05pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Ripley 7 wrote:O M G , shud be shaking ya right hand,after all it is wrovers
Bizarre, just bizarre. Shakes head in utter disbelief
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
MY DREAM GETS BETTA AND BETTA
U T C
To.guy
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11:06pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Big Rover
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11:13pm Wed 9 Jan 13
(Appleton was signed from Man Utd to PNE many years ago, while Shaw was in charge).
With Appleton as manager Shaw would feel able to influence the squad, etc over the interference of Shebby. Simple out manoeuvering during the power struggle which is ruining the club!
Road Runner Road Runner
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11:15pm Wed 9 Jan 13
They are not stupid just conniving tricksters who have plundered all things. Barefaced liars.
I'm at an absolute loss with all this.
BeardwoodB
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11:16pm Wed 9 Jan 13
hezy35 wrote:Blackpool have a much better balanced Championship squad than ours
He has lost 2 games out of 12 for Blackpool so to me it would be a good signing,
Get real we will never get a experience manager whilst the clowns are in charge
Colne lads back
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11:19pm Wed 9 Jan 13
BeardwoodB wrote:HAHAHAHA TRUE SUPPORTER
hezy35 wrote:Blackpool have a much better balanced Championship squad than ours
He has lost 2 games out of 12 for Blackpool so to me it would be a good signing,
Get real we will never get a experience manager whilst the clowns are in charge
hasslem hasslem
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11:21pm Wed 9 Jan 13
ROVERSPAL1 wrote:oztheman - you hero shebby says he makes all the decisons.....do you still think he has a clue what he is doing? or have you reached the same conclusion as the rest of us that the lunatics are running brockhall?
NO please NO leave BOWER but not Appleton.. hes a joke of a man that no international will RESPECT that has been the problem since Sam left atm we have had a bit of good fortune in the recent three games against easy opposition.. BUT either leave Bower for a lot longer or get someone with more experience and a better win rate..I'D RATHER HAVE MURPHY AS A PLAYER MANAGER..at least he would try but NO to Appleton PLEASE
flyingv1
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11:25pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Big Rover wrote:Maybe this is the time that the "power struggle" is finally ended and Shebby will leave. The club can then carry on under the "power winners" which may or may not prove fruitful, but let's be honest company bickering is not acceptable, as I have experienced. The club can only move forward with all working together.
This is Derek Shaw going for one of his old PNE pals.
(Appleton was signed from Man Utd to PNE many years ago, while Shaw was in charge).
With Appleton as manager Shaw would feel able to influence the squad, etc over the interference of Shebby. Simple out manoeuvering during the power struggle which is ruining the club!
reiko082
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11:27pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
Dr Zinc
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11:30pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Or are they delberately going for managers who wlll fail?
Surely managers are queing up with shebby running around waving a 6 month contract!
George14brfc
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11:32pm Wed 9 Jan 13
peely
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11:33pm Wed 9 Jan 13
It,s all onwards and downwards from here while the 3 stooges carry on their little game and the chicken pluckers in Pune haven,t got a clue that they,re being shafted big time !
What a state of affairs !
flyingv1
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11:36pm Wed 9 Jan 13
reiko082 wrote:I agree in principle, but he world is unfortunately unprofessional and unfair. You go for what you think is right and look after yourself. Whether the decision is right or not remains to be seen. The other question to ask is whether Appleton is regretting moving to Blackpool, under the Oysten regime. IF he is appointed, give the guy a chance.
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
peely
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11:37pm Wed 9 Jan 13
It,s all onwards and downwards from here while the 3 stooges carry on their little game and the chicken pluckers in Pune haven,t got a clue that they,re being shafted big time !
What a state of affairs !
baldie
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11:38pm Wed 9 Jan 13
reiko082 wrote:I've heard Appleton, at least twice, using Radio Lancs to have a go at Oyston.
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
All's not well at Bloomfield,you can just tell he feels he has been let down.
Norman's Bell End
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11:45pm Wed 9 Jan 13
reiko082 wrote:Just out of a matter of interest reiko, how long have you loved the club?
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
wilpshireover
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11:45pm Wed 9 Jan 13
The only thing you can say about the folk running the club is that they are very entertaining - a laugh a minute. It is very sad though.
Next season I will decide when I see what happens for the rest of the season. At the moment there is no way I will buy a season ticket and no doubt nor will a lot of others. If things don't change Ewood will be nearly empty every week.
FCBurnley
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11:48pm Wed 9 Jan 13
baldie wrote:Cant wait to see what he says about Venkys then !
reiko082 wrote:I've heard Appleton, at least twice, using Radio Lancs to have a go at Oyston.
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
All's not well at Bloomfield,you can just tell he feels he has been let down.
hasslem hasslem
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11:54pm Wed 9 Jan 13
baldie wrote:trouble is baldie - if he thinks its madness at bloomfield (which it is but it is all realtive) - just wait til he rocks up at ewood....its like comparing a tiddler to a great white
reiko082 wrote:I've heard Appleton, at least twice, using Radio Lancs to have a go at Oyston.
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
All's not well at Bloomfield,you can just tell he feels he has been let down.
LittleHarwoodRover
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11:57pm Wed 9 Jan 13
baldie
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12:02am Thu 10 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem wrote:Don't forget what he had to contend with at Portsmouth before this.
baldie wrote:trouble is baldie - if he thinks its madness at bloomfield (which it is but it is all realtive) - just wait til he rocks up at ewood....its like comparing a tiddler to a great white
reiko082 wrote:I've heard Appleton, at least twice, using Radio Lancs to have a go at Oyston.
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
All's not well at Bloomfield,you can just tell he feels he has been let down.
I can't believe that people are throwing in his Pompey record ,just to make a point.
It just shows the lengths that some people will go to,just to come up with an excuse for not buying a ticket.
RTID
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12:09am Thu 10 Jan 13
Michael Appleton is a perfectly acceptable choice. I'm not ecstatic and it is a bit surprising but there is no need for the level of abuse that he is receiving.
He was assistant to Roy Hodgson and Roberto di Matteo at WBA, and did a good job in very difficult circumstances at Portsmouth (they sold pretty much all of the senior players!), and has started reasonably well at Blackpool, again despite interference from Oyston.
Get behind the team and stop moaning all the time.
Is Eckersley playing?
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12:11am Thu 10 Jan 13
George.White.Bread
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12:13am Thu 10 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem wrote:Yeah, you lot like things in stables don't you ???
chuffing nora!
what the bl00dy hell is going on?
just when you thought it was getting a bit stable - they pull a trick like this.
hasslem hasslem
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12:16am Thu 10 Jan 13
baldie wrote:read my earlier posting - maybe cos of the stupidity of pompey, they think he is ideally experienced for the tower of babel that is brockhall/ewood
hasslem hasslem wrote:Don't forget what he had to contend with at Portsmouth before this.
baldie wrote:trouble is baldie - if he thinks its madness at bloomfield (which it is but it is all realtive) - just wait til he rocks up at ewood....its like comparing a tiddler to a great white
reiko082 wrote:I've heard Appleton, at least twice, using Radio Lancs to have a go at Oyston.
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
All's not well at Bloomfield,you can just tell he feels he has been let down.
I can't believe that people are throwing in his Pompey record ,just to make a point.
It just shows the lengths that some people will go to,just to come up with an excuse for not buying a ticket.
noddy57
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12:18am Thu 10 Jan 13
greenscreener
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12:21am Thu 10 Jan 13
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:Sorry to say, I expect your appearance on the town hall steps to go viral on youtube. Any chance you can get Shebby up there with you ;-)
Sorry to say, no matter my blue tinted eyes, we are becoming 3rd Division under these plundering b'stards !
They are not stupid just conniving tricksters who have plundered all things. Barefaced liars.
I'm at an absolute loss with all this.
Stone Island:
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12:23am Thu 10 Jan 13
ROVERSPAL1 wrote:You say Appleton is a joke of a man. He's coming to the right place then. Because thanks to your heroes, Venky's and Shabby Minge, we are a JOKE OF A CLUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO please NO leave BOWER but not Appleton.. hes a joke of a man that no international will RESPECT that has been the problem since Sam left atm we have had a bit of good fortune in the recent three games against easy opposition.. BUT either leave Bower for a lot longer or get someone with more experience and a better win rate..I'D RATHER HAVE MURPHY AS A PLAYER MANAGER..at least he would try but NO to Appleton PLEASE
!!
BRFC: Made in Blackburn, by decent, honest and honourable people. DESTROYED in India, by absolute FILTH!
George.White.Bread
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12:29am Thu 10 Jan 13
I doubt this could possibly get any funnier.
The guy that's joined on loan from Chelsea will be doing a u turn at junction 4.
Ha ha ha ha......AGENT APPLETON IN !!!!
Iiii1111
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12:30am Thu 10 Jan 13
& Appleton) take their first game together!
Wish I'd put a few rupees on that one!!!!!;-);-)
Road Runner Road Runner
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12:30am Thu 10 Jan 13
greenscreener wrote:Gulp, me and my big mouth !!
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:Sorry to say, I expect your appearance on the town hall steps to go viral on youtube. Any chance you can get Shebby up there with you ;-)
Sorry to say, no matter my blue tinted eyes, we are becoming 3rd Division under these plundering b'stards !
They are not stupid just conniving tricksters who have plundered all things. Barefaced liars.
I'm at an absolute loss with all this.
Better get it tanned and firmed !
Oh, Shebby will be there for the great turd that he his !!
Arte et labore
uo and at 'em
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12:31am Thu 10 Jan 13
Maybe the only message Venky's will understand is not mass protest but an embargo on matches: no fans at games (even if we have pre-paid) might be the only thing that raises their attention?
ive genuinely believed that their strategy this season is to milk the club and sell out. Parachute payment + player sales put them in a strong financial position as investors. We can't afford the wages next season if there isn't promotion and a further drop in divisions provides no TV coverage at all. The combination of costs exceeding revenues and zero PR will see them out but to the detriment of the club which will languish in the lower divisions (if it survives given this Kamikaze financial strategy)
Dukes
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12:34am Thu 10 Jan 13
eddie the eagle
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12:42am Thu 10 Jan 13
uo and at 'em
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12:46am Thu 10 Jan 13
ex-forrest guy wouldn't be bad.
failing that, there's an old Scottish guy, Ronald McDonald, who I hear is in the frame..
burnleyglentoran
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12:49am Thu 10 Jan 13
Venkys are just in the market for a ton of apples to go into some chicken ready meals they're gonna be knocking out!
BRKFC - AN INTERNATIONAL LAUGHING STOCK NEAR SHADSWORTH
Stone Island:
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12:50am Thu 10 Jan 13
hezy35 wrote:Let's put it another way, shall we. He has only WON 2 out of 12 for the Donkey Lashers.
He has lost 2 games out of 12 for Blackpool so to me it would be a good signing,
Get real we will never get a experience manager whilst the clowns are in charge
In fact, his win ratio as a manager is less than 24%. Worse than that **** Kean!
Unfackingbelievable!
!!!!!!!!!!
RoverInRotterdam
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12:55am Thu 10 Jan 13
bfcbez wrote:Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha It's BumF#Cker bez, the renowned rent boy of turd moor !! we may well be a joke , But you STILL can't beat us and we'll STILL finish higher than you fudge packers , so just what does that make you inbred retards then ? ( Apart from envious for the last 30 odd years of course ) R.T.I.D.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Joke club, joke owners, joke fans! UTC
greenscreener
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12:57am Thu 10 Jan 13
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:Tanned and firmed ? don't you think we've seen seen enough brown tight ar5es in our town already ?
greenscreener wrote:Gulp, me and my big mouth !!
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:Sorry to say, I expect your appearance on the town hall steps to go viral on youtube. Any chance you can get Shebby up there with you ;-)
Sorry to say, no matter my blue tinted eyes, we are becoming 3rd Division under these plundering b'stards !
They are not stupid just conniving tricksters who have plundered all things. Barefaced liars.
I'm at an absolute loss with all this.
Better get it tanned and firmed !
Oh, Shebby will be there for the great turd that he his !!
Arte et labore
reiko082
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12:58am Thu 10 Jan 13
Norman's Bell End wrote:@Norman; 23 years, since I was 7 years old and had a trial with the club.
reiko082 wrote:Just out of a matter of interest reiko, how long have you loved the club?
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
@flying; I disagree. When we were a respectable and well run club we simply wouldn't have made such a desperate and unprofessional move.
And I don't believe the relationship between Oyston and Appleton is relevant. It's still unprofessional to attempt to poach a manager who's been at a club for 2 months, irrespective of how underwhelming a manager he is or how sorely desperate we've become.
Stone Island:
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1:09am Thu 10 Jan 13
Blackburn Yoof
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1:10am Thu 10 Jan 13
Iiii1111
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1:12am Thu 10 Jan 13
George.White.Bread
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1:17am Thu 10 Jan 13
Blackburn Yoof wrote:This could be a very good appointment then again it might not.....
This could be a very good appointment, Then again it might not. Same goes for every managerial appointment. Why don't we give him a chance before abusing him? He can't be any worse then Kean and Berg.
Wow, wise words from Dumpburn Hoof, you're clearly the brains of the operation down at the Ewood and bucket comedy club. You're like the Yoda of football.
Stone Island:
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1:24am Thu 10 Jan 13
Blackburn Yoof wrote:You say he can't be any worse than Kean or Berg. Statistics tell a different story.
This could be a very good appointment, Then again it might not. Same goes for every managerial appointment. Why don't we give him a chance before abusing him? He can't be any worse then Kean and Berg.
Win % of all three are:
SK = 28.38
HB = 38.36
MA = 23.08
greenscreener
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1:28am Thu 10 Jan 13
reiko082 wrote:Reiko, you must have been pretty impressive to get a trial as a 7 year old. Still, were you a defender ? you might yet get on the bench this month.
Norman's Bell End wrote:@Norman; 23 years, since I was 7 years old and had a trial with the club.
reiko082 wrote:Just out of a matter of interest reiko, how long have you loved the club?
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
@flying; I disagree. When we were a respectable and well run club we simply wouldn't have made such a desperate and unprofessional move.
And I don't believe the relationship between Oyston and Appleton is relevant. It's still unprofessional to attempt to poach a manager who's been at a club for 2 months, irrespective of how underwhelming a manager he is or how sorely desperate we've become.
IMO: The relationship between Appleton and Oyston isn't as relevant as the one between Appleton and Shaw.
FFS: Jerome Anderson, Shebby Singh now Derek Shaw, I wonder if Venkys know that bad luck comes in threes !
greenscreener
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1:35am Thu 10 Jan 13
Iiii1111 wrote:The A584 ?
One word... Lytham.... What connects? Answer...
pbirty
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1:50am Thu 10 Jan 13
maybe venkys have got mixed up with holloway.
Nathan123
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1:55am Thu 10 Jan 13
It's usually after I've had too much to drink...helps me to get down to the same level as some of the knobs on here!!!
Stone Island.....check your maths mate!! Ha just kidding!
So.....I did leave early on Saturday but at least I was there...
I've given up being annoyed and frustrated by anything that happens at the club now....they even ran out of pies last week....I ask you???!! Bring back Mr Fleck!
dg666
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2:15am Thu 10 Jan 13
Please accept my sincere appolgies but I need to speak, and as you all do I want the best for my beloved club.
Firstly we now have the top brass that have made a decision and I for one am really happy. If everything is true then welcome Mr Appleton to the club.
Paul, your job is nye on impossible, as the moaning locals will just give negatives without genuine reason.
However, I support you 110% if you take charge of my beloved club, all I can ask is that you make us organised and play your own brand of football.
I will back you all the way, and if true thank you for accepting the job, we are all behind you and certain people from Blackpool are also with you.
Negative fans all I can say is fcuk off and back this guy he is class!!
Best wishes DG666
Batty23
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3:45am Thu 10 Jan 13
dallarover
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3:57am Thu 10 Jan 13
Shabby, Shaw and Agnew - please leave as soon as possible before you wreck the club anymore. Mr Agnew also claims to be a lifelong Rovers fan so shame on you, shame on you !
jim 2012
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5:19am Thu 10 Jan 13
George.White.Bread wrote:have your fun little man
More laughter down the Ewood and bucket comedy club!
I doubt this could possibly get any funnier.
The guy that's joined on loan from Chelsea will be doing a u turn at junction 4.
Ha ha ha ha......AGENT APPLETON IN !!!!
but your little team will drop down the league blackburn will be above burnley soon
and all will be well the birds will sing and the sun will come out
maltaman
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5:34am Thu 10 Jan 13
dale88brfc
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6:10am Thu 10 Jan 13
i8dingles
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7:11am Thu 10 Jan 13
lancs1985
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7:13am Thu 10 Jan 13
1952 rover
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7:19am Thu 10 Jan 13
bfcbez wrote:get back in bed with your sister. dingle.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Joke club, joke owners, joke fans! UTC
BeardwoodB
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7:24am Thu 10 Jan 13
noddy57 wrote:Got to have supporters to protest.
utterly shambolic treatment of gary bowyer, this is really taking the ****, get all the circus out of town before it gets really personal,,l think it already has,protests are already being planned and this time its going to be very very bad for the whole venkys cicus,, this is one step too far and it wont be tolerated,,,
Iiii1111
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7:33am Thu 10 Jan 13
greenscreener wrote:ha ha, that might be true,,,,
Iiii1111 wrote:The A584 ?
One word... Lytham.... What connects? Answer...
But, I was thinking along the lines of who lives or as lived recently in Lytham who obviously have a nice little social network and enjoy a few beers in one another's company...
Answers.... A manager director, A BFC manager, An Ex BRFC manager, a current BRFC coach/ex player/taxi driver..... And there's more of them!!
K2rockall
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7:39am Thu 10 Jan 13
alphajono
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7:40am Thu 10 Jan 13
Venkys have become obsessed with managers without hair.
bburnrover
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7:46am Thu 10 Jan 13
Angry From Accrington
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7:48am Thu 10 Jan 13
Angry From Accrington
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7:53am Thu 10 Jan 13
dg666 wrote:presumably dg stands for Dingle Git?
Dear all,
Please accept my sincere appolgies but I need to speak, and as you all do I want the best for my beloved club.
Firstly we now have the top brass that have made a decision and I for one am really happy. If everything is true then welcome Mr Appleton to the club.
Paul, your job is nye on impossible, as the moaning locals will just give negatives without genuine reason.
However, I support you 110% if you take charge of my beloved club, all I can ask is that you make us organised and play your own brand of football.
I will back you all the way, and if true thank you for accepting the job, we are all behind you and certain people from Blackpool are also with you.
Negative fans all I can say is fcuk off and back this guy he is class!!
Best wishes DG666
Angry From Accrington
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7:53am Thu 10 Jan 13
dg666 wrote:presumably dg stands for Dingle Git?
Dear all,
Please accept my sincere appolgies but I need to speak, and as you all do I want the best for my beloved club.
Firstly we now have the top brass that have made a decision and I for one am really happy. If everything is true then welcome Mr Appleton to the club.
Paul, your job is nye on impossible, as the moaning locals will just give negatives without genuine reason.
However, I support you 110% if you take charge of my beloved club, all I can ask is that you make us organised and play your own brand of football.
I will back you all the way, and if true thank you for accepting the job, we are all behind you and certain people from Blackpool are also with you.
Negative fans all I can say is fcuk off and back this guy he is class!!
Best wishes DG666
bburnrover
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7:54am Thu 10 Jan 13
Time for a few heads to roll at Ewood as it needs new people in there as soon as possible.
olister2k
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8:06am Thu 10 Jan 13
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Well what contract is Appleton on - must be a couple of years at Blackpool? Why would he leave that for a 4 month deal at BRFC (unless they have changes their mind yet again and are offering a longer deal)???
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the decision making at Ewood is shambolic.
fitz808
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8:08am Thu 10 Jan 13
however, calling out appleton on his record at pompey is more than harsh. lest we not forget he was brought in with plans to build, only with his entire transfer budget taken away and his last remaining pros sold on. many of the games played were with youth team, temp loanees and probably the odd dog & duck sunday leaguer! i think he should be cut some slack for that.
blackpool look less than convincing at the moment, so that would be the first raised eyebrow, but again, he's only just arrived there so early judgments are a bit tough.
just as with any other manager, i would withold opinion until i'd seen them manage the team for a bit, and i would be prepared to do so with appleton.
however, the timing of the move is pretty bonkers, that's for sure. not only has appleton barely set foot on the training ground over there, but why would blackpool sanction any move after such a short time unless they were not happy with appleton's work? if so, why would he do any better at ewood?
and also, if bowyer is at all interested in the job, could we honestly say at this point that appleton would be worth the risk and investment?
i can't help but think that initial fan'power pestering about ensuring we get a 'proven' manager in after berg is contirbuting to us spreading the net far too wide. patience has seen bowyer able to operate pretty well and star tto show that there's more to management than just pure experience. ok, he's not proven anything yet, by any stretch, but he's done well so far.
1riversider
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8:09am Thu 10 Jan 13
Shabby says one thing, Shaw says another, and Agnew - well he says....... nothing, and none of them are capable of telling the truth.
If these Three Stooges carry on at OUR club, then I am afraid Blackburn Rovers is finished! They are employed to do the Venky's dirty work.
Does anyone now doubt the asset stripping intentions of the owners?
SHYSTERS GET OUT OF OUR CLUB NOW
A Darener
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8:10am Thu 10 Jan 13
baldie wrote:Well if he comes here he will really know what being let down means.
reiko082 wrote:I've heard Appleton, at least twice, using Radio Lancs to have a go at Oyston.
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
All's not well at Bloomfield,you can just tell he feels he has been let down.
greenscreener
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8:10am Thu 10 Jan 13
Angry From Accrington wrote:While you are playing the guessing game, who is this Paul with his own brand of football ?
dg666 wrote:presumably dg stands for Dingle Git?
Dear all,
Please accept my sincere appolgies but I need to speak, and as you all do I want the best for my beloved club.
Firstly we now have the top brass that have made a decision and I for one am really happy. If everything is true then welcome Mr Appleton to the club.
Paul, your job is nye on impossible, as the moaning locals will just give negatives without genuine reason.
However, I support you 110% if you take charge of my beloved club, all I can ask is that you make us organised and play your own brand of football.
I will back you all the way, and if true thank you for accepting the job, we are all behind you and certain people from Blackpool are also with you.
Negative fans all I can say is fcuk off and back this guy he is class!!
Best wishes DG666
French Rover
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8:10am Thu 10 Jan 13
I know your offer/threat was a joke - a bit like this appointment I think. But maybe he is the man to suit the club as it is now. MA has done a very difficult job quite well previously on the south coast and that speaks volumes for the bloke. I know for fact just to put a side out (any side) was considered an achievement. He had more to work on at Blackpool and will have more again here at Ewood. Got to give the chap a chance if he is our manager - and with the likes of Team GB under him he may have a decent chance of success.
hasslem hasslem
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8:11am Thu 10 Jan 13
Iiii1111 wrote:try crystal palace vs blackburn rovers
Wonder has there ever been a game where both team managers (Saunders
& Appleton) take their first game together!
Wish I'd put a few rupees on that one!!!!!;-);-)
november 2012
you been on the falling over water?
GAZHAY
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8:16am Thu 10 Jan 13
RTID wrote:here here...bored of everybody moaning and contradicting themselves. People come on here saying leave Bowyer in charge we need a manager with experience, hello Bowyer has no experience. Yes he has started well but if we don't win Friday night lets see what everyone is saying then. A majority who come on here now don't bother going to watch Blackburn and fully understand why, but this guy is better than some of the other names mentioned and whomever we get people will moan. How about getting behind a new manager and lets have some positives for once!!!!
I'm embarrassed by you lot. Michael Appleton is a perfectly acceptable choice. I'm not ecstatic and it is a bit surprising but there is no need for the level of abuse that he is receiving. He was assistant to Roy Hodgson and Roberto di Matteo at WBA, and did a good job in very difficult circumstances at Portsmouth (they sold pretty much all of the senior players!), and has started reasonably well at Blackpool, again despite interference from Oyston. Get behind the team and stop moaning all the time.
greenscreener
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8:16am Thu 10 Jan 13
Iiii1111 wrote:As the old saying goes "every village has one"
greenscreener wrote:ha ha, that might be true,,,,
Iiii1111 wrote:The A584 ?
One word... Lytham.... What connects? Answer...
But, I was thinking along the lines of who lives or as lived recently in Lytham who obviously have a nice little social network and enjoy a few beers in one another's company...
Answers.... A manager director, A BFC manager, An Ex BRFC manager, a current BRFC coach/ex player/taxi driver..... And there's more of them!!
It would appear Lytham, like Pune, and Burnley, have exceeded their quota.
Gaz M
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8:19am Thu 10 Jan 13
baldie wrote:If he comes here he wont be here long because these clowns WILL without doubt let him down!!
reiko082 wrote:I've heard Appleton, at least twice, using Radio Lancs to have a go at Oyston.
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
All's not well at Bloomfield,you can just tell he feels he has been let down.
A Darener
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8:19am Thu 10 Jan 13
A Darener
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8:19am Thu 10 Jan 13
George.White.Bread
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8:24am Thu 10 Jan 13
greenscreener wrote:Ha ha ha ha. Excellent !
Iiii1111 wrote:The A584 ?
One word... Lytham.... What connects? Answer...
Is Eckersley playing?
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8:31am Thu 10 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem
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8:33am Thu 10 Jan 13
fair enough glen - quite right to go on about the idiocy but you refuse to condemn shebby singh and his part in being complicit in creating this tower of babel.
you talk about kean having resigned and still getting a £1.2m payout. sure he did "resign" but i can only assume that the £1.2m was not handed over willingly and i would have thought there was some sort of ex-gratia payment on the basis of a claim of constructive dismissal. much as i despise kean - you could see how he would have a claim for such. personally i would have fired him for breach of contract with no compo and try to get him to sue rovers.
why do you not condemn singh? - i can only imagine that he is laughing at you and brag as he is holding the tiger by the tail.
once again - what has happened to the 400 page report that was presented to the sports minister and the fa? - which was supposedly going to be explosive about the running of our beloved club.
i am sorry to say that all i perceive brag as now is the attack dog for shebby singh
A Darener
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8:38am Thu 10 Jan 13
Abraham Lincoln, (attributed)
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)
But Shebby and his cohorts are having a good go at trying to fool everybody!
stick to football
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8:43am Thu 10 Jan 13
Has Singh been silenced with Shaw making the announcement !
Good to seealls well in the Theatre of Nightmares
fanny_tickler.
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8:43am Thu 10 Jan 13
greenscreener
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8:47am Thu 10 Jan 13
GAZHAY wrote:Rather negative that Gazhay,
RTID wrote:here here...bored of everybody moaning and contradicting themselves. People come on here saying leave Bowyer in charge we need a manager with experience, hello Bowyer has no experience. Yes he has started well but if we don't win Friday night lets see what everyone is saying then. A majority who come on here now don't bother going to watch Blackburn and fully understand why, but this guy is better than some of the other names mentioned and whomever we get people will moan. How about getting behind a new manager and lets have some positives for once!!!!
I'm embarrassed by you lot. Michael Appleton is a perfectly acceptable choice. I'm not ecstatic and it is a bit surprising but there is no need for the level of abuse that he is receiving. He was assistant to Roy Hodgson and Roberto di Matteo at WBA, and did a good job in very difficult circumstances at Portsmouth (they sold pretty much all of the senior players!), and has started reasonably well at Blackpool, again despite interference from Oyston. Get behind the team and stop moaning all the time.
I think the majority of posters on here got behind Berg even though he wasn't their first choice.
I think the majority of posters on here are behind GB and appreciate his efforts to steady the ship while the backroom chimps continue to throw sh!t at each other.
I think the majority of posters on here do want an experienced manager but don't trust the motives or judgement of the current executives to get that decision right, hence the exasperation each time they say or do anything.
Its a comments page, you have to accept there will be extreme views, but 'you lot' encompasses many intelligent folk who have a long standing passion for our club.
I personally applaud the majority of 'you lot' for caring enough to keep coming back with your opinions and good humour in these dark days.
hasslem hasslem
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8:47am Thu 10 Jan 13
fanny_tickler. wrote:you normally write total tosh....but this posting is a good summary of the last two years.
Pay off Sam, then Pay off Kean, then pay off Sam because of Kean, then pay off Berg, then pay compensation for Appleton; and balance all this by selling senior players and bringing in kids. You could not mess up a football club any more if you tried. Agent Appleton report for duty 0600 hours. You have work to do!
you must have got your sister's neuron
French Rover
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8:48am Thu 10 Jan 13
bburnrover wrote:fans surveys are a waste of time....they are never a true reflection as they are only ever used by those fans with the strongest views (not used by the average fan) and then they are further diluted/distorted by thousands of votes from rival clubs fans (Burnley, Bolton, Preston, Blackpool and further afield...)! And they never influence the clubs mind in who they decide to appoint anyway.
Please could our local paper the LET run a fans survey on who feels Appleton is the correct choice,the results should be sent by everyone possible to the Blackburn Rovers web site as soon as possible.
Time for a few heads to roll at Ewood as it needs new people in there as soon as possible.
Iiii1111
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8:51am Thu 10 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem wrote:I knew there was spread betting going on.....there's a pattern here;-)
Iiii1111 wrote:try crystal palace vs blackburn rovers
Wonder has there ever been a game where both team managers (Saunders
& Appleton) take their first game together!
Wish I'd put a few rupees on that one!!!!!;-);-)
november 2012
you been on the falling over water?
moh
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8:55am Thu 10 Jan 13
L.D.BLUE wrote:It looks like Shebbys wings have been clipped and Shaw in ascendency, Shaw seems to be calling shots now and making decisions.
can it get any more amusing, taxi for shaggy. glad i received my cheque for season ticket refund today
fanny_tickler.
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8:55am Thu 10 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem wrote:What's a neuron?
fanny_tickler. wrote:you normally write total tosh....but this posting is a good summary of the last two years.
Pay off Sam, then Pay off Kean, then pay off Sam because of Kean, then pay off Berg, then pay compensation for Appleton; and balance all this by selling senior players and bringing in kids. You could not mess up a football club any more if you tried. Agent Appleton report for duty 0600 hours. You have work to do!
you must have got your sister's neuron
ps. Appleton OUT!
Iiii1111
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9:00am Thu 10 Jan 13
greenscreener wrote:Green...absolutely..
GAZHAY wrote:Rather negative that Gazhay,
RTID wrote:here here...bored of everybody moaning and contradicting themselves. People come on here saying leave Bowyer in charge we need a manager with experience, hello Bowyer has no experience. Yes he has started well but if we don't win Friday night lets see what everyone is saying then. A majority who come on here now don't bother going to watch Blackburn and fully understand why, but this guy is better than some of the other names mentioned and whomever we get people will moan. How about getting behind a new manager and lets have some positives for once!!!!
I'm embarrassed by you lot. Michael Appleton is a perfectly acceptable choice. I'm not ecstatic and it is a bit surprising but there is no need for the level of abuse that he is receiving. He was assistant to Roy Hodgson and Roberto di Matteo at WBA, and did a good job in very difficult circumstances at Portsmouth (they sold pretty much all of the senior players!), and has started reasonably well at Blackpool, again despite interference from Oyston. Get behind the team and stop moaning all the time.
I think the majority of posters on here got behind Berg even though he wasn't their first choice.
I think the majority of posters on here are behind GB and appreciate his efforts to steady the ship while the backroom chimps continue to throw sh!t at each other.
I think the majority of posters on here do want an experienced manager but don't trust the motives or judgement of the current executives to get that decision right, hence the exasperation each time they say or do anything.
Its a comments page, you have to accept there will be extreme views, but 'you lot' encompasses many intelligent folk who have a long standing passion for our club.
I personally applaud the majority of 'you lot' for caring enough to keep coming back with your opinions and good humour in these dark days.
....some don't like others having opinions unless it mirrors their own
ChrisDeBerg
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9:03am Thu 10 Jan 13
FCBurnley wrote:I can... and a very long time too!
baldie wrote:Cant wait to see what he says about Venkys then !
reiko082 wrote:I've heard Appleton, at least twice, using Radio Lancs to have a go at Oyston.
I'm appalled by this. The fact that we're approaching a below average manager is what I expect. But to choose one that has only been at Blackpool for 2 months is both unprofessional and unfair.
Absolutely disgraceful.
This just simply isn't the football club I once loved.
All's not well at Bloomfield,you can just tell he feels he has been let down.
RTID
moh
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9:04am Thu 10 Jan 13
A Darener wrote:Since meeting in India, Shaw is calling all the shots. Appletons track record is POOR. Shaw get someone decent or keep GB.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. Abraham Lincoln, (attributed) 16th president of US (1809 - 1865) But Shebby and his cohorts are having a good go at trying to fool everybody!
ChrisDeBerg
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9:10am Thu 10 Jan 13
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:Yeah, I read that post too... I suppose mentioning the likes of Appleton will make an employment of someone like Billy Davies a relief!
greenscreener wrote:Gulp, me and my big mouth !!
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:Sorry to say, I expect your appearance on the town hall steps to go viral on youtube. Any chance you can get Shebby up there with you ;-)
Sorry to say, no matter my blue tinted eyes, we are becoming 3rd Division under these plundering b'stards !
They are not stupid just conniving tricksters who have plundered all things. Barefaced liars.
I'm at an absolute loss with all this.
Better get it tanned and firmed !
Oh, Shebby will be there for the great turd that he his !!
Arte et labore
RTID
edmy
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9:26am Thu 10 Jan 13
unclejacklegend
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9:26am Thu 10 Jan 13
Mon
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9:27am Thu 10 Jan 13
leitchy
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9:48am Thu 10 Jan 13
That's all it is....a battle between those 2 with Agnew on team Shaw!!
We need a management team who are all interested in rovers and not themselves.!
It's the club that's suffering in all of this....Venkys are badley advised and as they no nothing about football don't know who to trust!!
Since we lost John Williams & Co. the club will never be the same.....we can only blame Venkys for this!! Either put it right or get out!!
GAZHAY
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9:51am Thu 10 Jan 13
Iiii1111 wrote:More than open for opinions and I want like everybody else for this to sort itself out. If only we had the right structure we wouldn't be in this mess. However my point was that whomever we get in place a majority will come on here and moan and we need to be realistic and ask who would actually want this job? Answer being nobody with a decent CV so whomever we appoint there will be uproar.
greenscreener wrote:Green...absolutely.. ....some don't like others having opinions unless it mirrors their ownGAZHAY wrote:Rather negative that Gazhay, I think the majority of posters on here got behind Berg even though he wasn't their first choice. I think the majority of posters on here are behind GB and appreciate his efforts to steady the ship while the backroom chimps continue to throw sh!t at each other. I think the majority of posters on here do want an experienced manager but don't trust the motives or judgement of the current executives to get that decision right, hence the exasperation each time they say or do anything. Its a comments page, you have to accept there will be extreme views, but 'you lot' encompasses many intelligent folk who have a long standing passion for our club. I personally applaud the majority of 'you lot' for caring enough to keep coming back with your opinions and good humour in these dark days.RTID wrote: I'm embarrassed by you lot. Michael Appleton is a perfectly acceptable choice. I'm not ecstatic and it is a bit surprising but there is no need for the level of abuse that he is receiving. He was assistant to Roy Hodgson and Roberto di Matteo at WBA, and did a good job in very difficult circumstances at Portsmouth (they sold pretty much all of the senior players!), and has started reasonably well at Blackpool, again despite interference from Oyston. Get behind the team and stop moaning all the time.here here...bored of everybody moaning and contradicting themselves. People come on here saying leave Bowyer in charge we need a manager with experience, hello Bowyer has no experience. Yes he has started well but if we don't win Friday night lets see what everyone is saying then. A majority who come on here now don't bother going to watch Blackburn and fully understand why, but this guy is better than some of the other names mentioned and whomever we get people will moan. How about getting behind a new manager and lets have some positives for once!!!!
leitchy
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9:51am Thu 10 Jan 13
leitchy wrote:P.S Now Shaw has won does this mean Shebby will leave or fight back??
Shaw 1 Shebby 0
That's all it is....a battle between those 2 with Agnew on team Shaw!!
We need a management team who are all interested in rovers and not themselves.!
It's the club that's suffering in all of this....Venkys are badley advised and as they no nothing about football don't know who to trust!!
Since we lost John Williams & Co. the club will never be the same.....we can only blame Venkys for this!! Either put it right or get out!!
Taxi 4 Shebby!!
leitchy
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9:57am Thu 10 Jan 13
If Shaw gets his way it will be longer!!
Will it be 1-1 or 2-0 to Shaw.....Watch this space...the Idiots continue to ruin our club!!!
tugay please !!
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10:06am Thu 10 Jan 13
roversjeff
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10:09am Thu 10 Jan 13
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Dublin rover
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1:19pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Sorry that would be common sense
noddy57
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1:33pm Thu 10 Jan 13
RTID wrote:IM embarassed by the buffoons at ewood who go with the flow and cannot see what is happening to our club,,how can you be embarrassed by fans pride and joy being ripped away by the whole **** set up down there? its a bloody disgrace nothing against you personally but wake up,,
I'm embarrassed by you lot.
Michael Appleton is a perfectly acceptable choice. I'm not ecstatic and it is a bit surprising but there is no need for the level of abuse that he is receiving.
He was assistant to Roy Hodgson and Roberto di Matteo at WBA, and did a good job in very difficult circumstances at Portsmouth (they sold pretty much all of the senior players!), and has started reasonably well at Blackpool, again despite interference from Oyston.
Get behind the team and stop moaning all the time.
noddy57
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1:50pm Thu 10 Jan 13
BeardwoodB wrote:1000 passionate fans are more powerful than 10,ooo of the pipe and slipper brigade, and that passion will not lie down and die,
noddy57 wrote:Got to have supporters to protest.
utterly shambolic treatment of gary bowyer, this is really taking the ****, get all the circus out of town before it gets really personal,,l think it already has,protests are already being planned and this time its going to be very very bad for the whole venkys cicus,, this is one step too far and it wont be tolerated,,,
noddy57
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2:00pm Thu 10 Jan 13
1riversider wrote:curly larry and moe would have done a better job,
If this is true, and no matter what words come out of the mouths of the Three Stooges, you have to doubt them, it is just one more example to prove that we have the most incompetent senior management in football history!
Shabby says one thing, Shaw says another, and Agnew - well he says....... nothing, and none of them are capable of telling the truth.
If these Three Stooges carry on at OUR club, then I am afraid Blackburn Rovers is finished! They are employed to do the Venky's dirty work.
Does anyone now doubt the asset stripping intentions of the owners?
SHYSTERS GET OUT OF OUR CLUB NOW
dg666
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3:05pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Angry From Accrington wrote:Big and brave behind your keyboard eh Angry!!!
dg666 wrote:presumably dg stands for Dingle Git?
Dear all,
Please accept my sincere appolgies but I need to speak, and as you all do I want the best for my beloved club.
Firstly we now have the top brass that have made a decision and I for one am really happy. If everything is true then welcome Mr Appleton to the club.
Paul, your job is nye on impossible, as the moaning locals will just give negatives without genuine reason.
However, I support you 110% if you take charge of my beloved club, all I can ask is that you make us organised and play your own brand of football.
I will back you all the way, and if true thank you for accepting the job, we are all behind you and certain people from Blackpool are also with you.
Negative fans all I can say is fcuk off and back this guy he is class!!
Best wishes DG666
glp
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3:28pm Thu 10 Jan 13
glp
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3:29pm Thu 10 Jan 13
French Rover
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4:34pm Thu 10 Jan 13
leitchy wrote:they say the way to tell if Shebby is lying is to watch his lips.
Is Appleton going to offered a 6 month contract or was that a lie by Shebby!!
If Shaw gets his way it will be longer!!
Will it be 1-1 or 2-0 to Shaw.....Watch this space...the Idiots continue to ruin our club!!!
If they are moving - then he is lying.
Justjes
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9:57pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Venkys your knob heads.....
ROVERSPAL1
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6:05pm Fri 11 Jan 13
noddy57
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12:55am Sat 12 Jan 13
L.D.BLUE says...
10:32pm Wed 9 Jan 13