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Blackburn Rovers caretaker keeps focus on Wolves
1:19pm Thursday 10th January 2013 in Sport
BLACKBURN Rovers caretaker boss Gary Bowyer says he is continuing to prepare the team tomorrow’s trip to Wolves despite the club’s approach to speak to Michael Appleton.
Rovers approached Blackpool about Appleton last night but the Tangerines have refused permission to speak to the 37-year-old.
And Bowyer said at this afternoon’s pre-match press conference that both he and fellow coach Terry McPhillips are remaining focused on their roles in caretaker charge ahead of tomorrow night’s Championship fixture at Wolves.
“As far as we’re aware we will still be taking the team tomorrow night, nothing has changed as far as we’re concerned,” he said.
“I don’t think it’s right for me to talk about another team’s manager.
“We always know things can change in football but we will just carry on until told otherwise.
“I was informed they had made the approach last night but like I say it doesn’t change things.”
Comments(43)
makaveli96
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1:27pm Thu 10 Jan 13
This is OUR CLUB, OUR TOWN, OUR BLACKBURN!!
Venkys Out!
Shebby Out!
Blackburn end standing PRE 1990s in!
NickH1982
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1:37pm Thu 10 Jan 13
fitz808 wrote:Im sure they will go back to there normal duties..
one would hope that once/if all this is eventually sorted out, bowyer and mcphilips remain at the club in at least as important capacity as they were previously.
it's been nothing but common sense and dignity from them so far, which is in stark contrast to some of the other senior figures.
I would much rather have bowyer in charge though.. and by the sounds and looks of the players so would they. appleton is not much older than Murphey (if at all)
A Rover 45 years and over
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1:38pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Kean, Henning and now Appleton and he should have won more games with his squad at Blackpool. Rediculous with all this money and the future of the Club at stake. These are crazy times with crazy people in charge. Leave Bowyer alone and let him do a job for us. He will go somewhere else if we don't.
merlinrabbit
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1:45pm Thu 10 Jan 13
makaveli96
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1:46pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Or if you count strikes, 20 years.
makaveli96
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1:47pm Thu 10 Jan 13
and then keeping her mouth shut while football is on.
Bangkok Rover
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1:48pm Thu 10 Jan 13
makaveli96
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1:48pm Thu 10 Jan 13
After examining her the Doctor replied, ' Well,I can assure you there's nothing wrong with your eyesight . '
makaveli96
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1:54pm Thu 10 Jan 13
More on this as it develops.
Is Eckersley playing?
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1:56pm Thu 10 Jan 13
makaveli96 wrote:Good to see you back, Makaveli! Keep cheering us up,pal
My wife said to the Doctor, ' Every morning I wake up I look in the mirror and I'm violently sick,what can be wrong with me. '
After examining her the Doctor replied, ' Well,I can assure you there's nothing wrong with your eyesight . '
makaveli96
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1:58pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Coincidentally, also the anthem of stalkers.
Dublin rover
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2:02pm Thu 10 Jan 13
dandy2
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2:02pm Thu 10 Jan 13
benal13
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2:09pm Thu 10 Jan 13
fitz808 wrote:unfortunately people with common sense and dignity dont fit in at ewood !!!!!!!!
one would hope that once/if all this is eventually sorted out, bowyer and mcphilips remain at the club in at least as important capacity as they were previously.
it's been nothing but common sense and dignity from them so far, which is in stark contrast to some of the other senior figures.
Fyrover
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2:14pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Who is responsible for what at the club
Last week you had Shebby Saying it was his sole resonsabilty to appoint the manager
This week you have Shaw approching Blackpool
Honestly , I would not trust them to man a turnstile on a Satuday afternoon
Sherwoodforest
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2:35pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Three wins on the spin, great team spirit, players grafting for each other
Knows the club inside out....
Not rocket science is it?
Whittle Wilky
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2:54pm Thu 10 Jan 13
At the end of the season, walk away having proved to the whole world that you can manage a team despite the hurdles put in place by the Venkys,and their supporting comedy act.
8 Ball Deluxe
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2:56pm Thu 10 Jan 13
BRAG OFF
CARover
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3:07pm Thu 10 Jan 13
……. so why look for their replacements, give them a chance and the tools to see the job done, they cannot make it any worse and I admire them for working for the circus
garydavies2304
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3:09pm Thu 10 Jan 13
bburnrover
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3:10pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Shebby says he is and seemed to do his own thing without consultation Shaw went off to India and seems to be taking over what is Shebby's role now he has been usurped?
Please LET reporters its your job to ask him it may sell a few copies..
noddy57
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3:24pm Thu 10 Jan 13
benal13
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3:34pm Thu 10 Jan 13
bburnrover wrote:dos it realy matter who is in charge at ewood making the decisions because they are all inept .shaby is on an ego trip when someone puts a microphone under his nose he just spews out garbage and the other two are generally conspicuouse by there abcence because they know shaby can make a mess of things by himself .
Please god we need clarification now as a priority who is in charge at Ewood Park.
Shebby says he is and seemed to do his own thing without consultation Shaw went off to India and seems to be taking over what is Shebby's role now he has been usurped?
Please LET reporters its your job to ask him it may sell a few copies..
harrydb5
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3:38pm Thu 10 Jan 13
If the 'board' really want a new manager, why not continue the pursuit with Gus Poyet. He has more experience and I think he could continue where GB and TM have left off.
RoversSwiss
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3:39pm Thu 10 Jan 13
BRAG OUT
Nuttall Street
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3:48pm Thu 10 Jan 13
DISLOYAL and SELF SERVING - how could they imagine that a manager who had only been in his job several months would leave his new employer.
ARROGANT, WITHOUT SELF AWARENESS - can they not see that Blackburn is no better a club and, following their track record, almost certainly a less attractive club than Blackpool.
IGNORANT of FOOTBALL - because Appleton does not possess the background that is needed at Ewood Park
INSENSITIVE and UNCARING- insensitive as to the effect on the current temporary managers and oblivious to what fools they have made of themselves in the public eye for handling a straightforward process in the cack-handed way.
Venky's, Coar, The Global Adviser and the rest of them have made so many blundering errors repeated over a protracted period that I am now beginning to suspect that there is genuinely something wrong with them all mentally because otherwise it is just not possible to be so incompetent in everything mishandled over such a long time. They really need sectioning. Someone from the local health authority or it's equivalent in India need to come in and wheel them all off somewhere secure.
CARover
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3:59pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Nuttall Street wrote:The circus masters motto “Insanity” doing the same every day and expecting a different result!!
This approach to the Blackpool manager tells us a very great deal about type of people that make up the Blackburn Rovers directors:
DISLOYAL and SELF SERVING - how could they imagine that a manager who had only been in his job several months would leave his new employer.
ARROGANT, WITHOUT SELF AWARENESS - can they not see that Blackburn is no better a club and, following their track record, almost certainly a less attractive club than Blackpool.
IGNORANT of FOOTBALL - because Appleton does not possess the background that is needed at Ewood Park
INSENSITIVE and UNCARING- insensitive as to the effect on the current temporary managers and oblivious to what fools they have made of themselves in the public eye for handling a straightforward process in the cack-handed way.
Venky's, Coar, The Global Adviser and the rest of them have made so many blundering errors repeated over a protracted period that I am now beginning to suspect that there is genuinely something wrong with them all mentally because otherwise it is just not possible to be so incompetent in everything mishandled over such a long time. They really need sectioning. Someone from the local health authority or it's equivalent in India need to come in and wheel them all off somewhere secure.
Harwoodstblue
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4:09pm Thu 10 Jan 13
A Rover 45 years and over wrote:" What is wrong with these people being obsessed with keep going for people with no track record."
These two should be left in place to see what they can do. A statement was made that they would be in charge until the end of the month. They have created something with not a very good squad in my opinion that hasn't been seen for a couple of years and should be left to continue. You cant keep flitting about like headless chickens with a board trying to compete and get one up on each other as their prime objective. What is wrong with these people being obsessed with keep going for people with no track record.
Kean, Henning and now Appleton and he should have won more games with his squad at Blackpool. Rediculous with all this money and the future of the Club at stake. These are crazy times with crazy people in charge. Leave Bowyer alone and let him do a job for us. He will go somewhere else if we don't.
It's because they come CHEAP and Venkys have been cheapskates since day one.
chegwin
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4:39pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Also i wish Glen Mullen and his merrymen would shut the fcuk up.
Now his chum Shebby is no longer in charge and leaking him information the toys are out the pram again .hey Glen?
French Rover
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4:40pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Heidenreicher
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4:41pm Thu 10 Jan 13
greenscreener
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5:03pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Heidenreicher wrote:Probably Shebby, it's his turn.
Who fancies a trip to India and really giving the Venkys a piece of our minds.
Bazzer
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5:26pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Captain Dreckley
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5:58pm Thu 10 Jan 13
French Rover
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6:25pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Bazzer wrote:Allard - who? The name doesn't ring any bells Bazzer? (Though his face looks like it has) so Its probably that long ago eh..and I was never any good at history. Now I can recall our last three managers.....
Wolves vs Rovers...two clubs kidding themselves that the respective sackings of McCarthy and Allardyce were the best moves they ever made.
Stone Island:
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6:27pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Why the hell would we want Appleton for manager anyway? His record is VERY POOR. All this nonsense has achieved, is to destabilise any momentum that has been built up on the playing side, since Berg was sacked. The players have obviously responded to GB, so why rock the boat? Leave things as they are, for now.
Also, why go for a manager that is in employment, and therefore end up having to pay compensation? especially one with such a poor managerial record to date? It doesn't make sense. Having said that, nothing over the last two years has made any sense, so we shouldn't be surprised at this madness.
There are better managers than MA out of work. Billy Davies for example. He's reputed to be the most successful Championship manager ever. Sean O'Driscoll has been recently sacked by Forest. A ridiculous decision. Have Forest been taken over by the new Venky's? O'Driscoll would be a MUCH better prospect than Appleton.
Win % of the aforementioned managers:
Billy Davies 40.57%
Sean O'Driscoll 36.29%
MICHAEL APPLETON 23.81%
He doesn't come up to scratch. This pending appointment has nothing to do with football. It is the result of a Boardroom power struggle, between Shaw, Agnew and Borat. Sickening, truly sickening!
Harwoodstblue
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6:38pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Stone Island: wrote:Yes but Billy Davis would cost more ( a proper manager ) so that's him out of the equation.
I half fancied our chances of getting a positive result at the Wolves. I now think all this bullsh*t about Appleton, has put paid to our chances. If the rumours are correct, and Shaw is responsible for this ridiculous notion, then SHAME ON HIM.
Why the hell would we want Appleton for manager anyway? His record is VERY POOR. All this nonsense has achieved, is to destabilise any momentum that has been built up on the playing side, since Berg was sacked. The players have obviously responded to GB, so why rock the boat? Leave things as they are, for now.
Also, why go for a manager that is in employment, and therefore end up having to pay compensation? especially one with such a poor managerial record to date? It doesn't make sense. Having said that, nothing over the last two years has made any sense, so we shouldn't be surprised at this madness.
There are better managers than MA out of work. Billy Davies for example. He's reputed to be the most successful Championship manager ever. Sean O'Driscoll has been recently sacked by Forest. A ridiculous decision. Have Forest been taken over by the new Venky's? O'Driscoll would be a MUCH better prospect than Appleton.
Win % of the aforementioned managers:
Billy Davies 40.57%
Sean O'Driscoll 36.29%
MICHAEL APPLETON 23.81%
He doesn't come up to scratch. This pending appointment has nothing to do with football. It is the result of a Boardroom power struggle, between Shaw, Agnew and Borat. Sickening, truly sickening!
makaveli96
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7:28pm Thu 10 Jan 13
Heidenreicher wrote:Indias part of our Empire anyway.
Who fancies a trip to India and really giving the Venkys a piece of our minds.
Simliar to the Falklands, Scotland and Burnley!
Bazzer
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7:59pm Thu 10 Jan 13
French Rover wrote:FR..that last match of the season at Molineux - where we won 3-2 - seems so long ago for both clubs. How far we have collapsed. I think tomorrow nights game will be a painful reminder. I note we are in the new top section behind the goals, where they cocked up the design and views were restricted. Might not be such a bad thing.....
Bazzer wrote: Wolves vs Rovers...two clubs kidding themselves that the respective sackings of McCarthy and Allardyce were the best moves they ever made.Allard - who? The name doesn't ring any bells Bazzer? (Though his face looks like it has) so Its probably that long ago eh..and I was never any good at history. Now I can recall our last three managers.....
moh
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8:19pm Thu 10 Jan 13
harrydb5 wrote:very sensible comment.
Just a quick question, with Micheal Appleton recently signing with Blackpool; will there not be compensation involved to release him from his contract?
If the 'board' really want a new manager, why not continue the pursuit with Gus Poyet. He has more experience and I think he could continue where GB and TM have left off.
greenscreener
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11:00pm Thu 10 Jan 13
All I can say is please stick around boys, there's a good chance you will be getting another crack at it in the summer.
French Rover
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12:59pm Fri 11 Jan 13
Bazzer wrote:sorry late reply bazzer but so much going on dont know what to post on next :-) Yes that day we won at Wolves was some day....everyone celebrating at the end! Both clubs have fallen drastically and maybe some Rovers fans can get some perspective on the chaos at our place by looking at Wolves and seeing them below us. Nobody thinks any other club is in a mess but Wolves below us..makes u think.
French Rover wrote:FR..that last match of the season at Molineux - where we won 3-2 - seems so long ago for both clubs. How far we have collapsed. I think tomorrow nights game will be a painful reminder. I note we are in the new top section behind the goals, where they cocked up the design and views were restricted. Might not be such a bad thing.....
Bazzer wrote: Wolves vs Rovers...two clubs kidding themselves that the respective sackings of McCarthy and Allardyce were the best moves they ever made.Allard - who? The name doesn't ring any bells Bazzer? (Though his face looks like it has) so Its probably that long ago eh..and I was never any good at history. Now I can recall our last three managers.....
fitz808 says...
1:24pm Thu 10 Jan 13
it's been nothing but common sense and dignity from them so far, which is in stark contrast to some of the other senior figures.