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Allardyce: Blackburn Rovers have our very own John Terry
9:03am Monday 22nd March 2010 in
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- By Andy Cryer » Blackburn Rovers reporter
SAM Allardyce has urged England to give Ewood Park hero Phil Jones a chance – after admitting Blackburn Rovers could have their own John Terry on their hands.
The 18-year-old centre-back was a colossus on his Premier League debut yesterday as El-Hadji Diouf’s 69th-minute header dented Chelsea's title hopes by earning Rovers a 1-1 draw with the star-studded Londoners.
Didier Drogba’s sixth-minute opener suggested an injury-hit Rovers were set for a hiding but, led by centre back Jones, Sam Allardyce’s men bravely battled back to edge closer to Premier League survival.
Jones, who was withdrawn from Rovers’ under 18s squad at Stamford Bridge tonight in the FA Youth Cup semi final second leg, was thrust into Premier League action for the first time due to injuries to Gael Givet and Ryan Nelsen.
He had already impressed in cup games this campaign but Allardyce insists yesterday’s display from the Chorley-born defender proves England’s youth selectors have to give him his chance.
Allardyce said: “We have said before he looks a little like John Terry in his body language and he had a great Premier League debut.
“We did recommend him to the England under 19s and they have taken some notice.
"We are telling them what a good player he was and he should be playing at that level for England.
“He has a long way to go to get to the standard of being a regular Premier League player though.
"He is on the right track by doing what he did today.
“It is nice when you see a player that excites you like that, particularly when you used to be a centre half like myself.”
Rovers struggled to cope with Chelsea’s pace and power in the opening exchanges but, after holding firm following Drogba’s opener, had a go at their visitors after the break.
Allardyce said: “The decision to play Phil comes easier when Ryan and Gael are injured but we have seen him play in the first team this year and do very, very well, particularly at Aston Villa in the FA Cup.
“Seeing a young lad from Chorley do that, a lot of credit to our academy.
"We all talk about how few players we develop and part of Blackburn’s success story will be developing people like Phil Jones and more of them.
“We have got Olsson and Hoilett, which is pretty good, and Phil is another coming through.
"I am pleased with the overall performance.
"We had a lot of injuries to cope with and people have come in and played their part and not weakened the side in any way.”
Comments(41)
kevin e
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9:25am Mon 22 Mar 10
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You have an immensely bright future if you keep learning and working and don?t get carried away with the praise that is rightly coming your way.
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All credit to Sam for having the guts to throw you into yesterday's game.
hasslem hasslem
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10:07am Mon 22 Mar 10
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I am not Allardyce's biggest fan, but "he looks a little like John Terry in his body language and he had a great Premier League debut" is not WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN JOHN TERRY.
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Talk about keeping the lads feet on the ground. Let's acknowledge he had a fabulous debut, but one swallow doesn't make a summer and all that. Don't get me wrong - praise the lad, his play and his attitude. But the world is full of Billy-big-b0llox who promised a lot at 18.
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I wish him well, really do, and every club's supporters love seeing a good young 'un come through into the first XI and make a do of it (Dunn, Duff and Wilcox being the best examples for us) but let us manage expectation. The models of young players coming through is best when you look at Giggs and Rooney, rather than the likes of Sharpe and Pennant.
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Let's hope we (Rovers) do the right thing by him and pray that we have found something that might be precious.
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Onwards and Upwards!
NickH1982
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10:44am Mon 22 Mar 10
he can only get better
jeppo
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10:58am Mon 22 Mar 10
All good stuff though, if Kalinic, Olsson, Hoillet, Nzonzi and now Jones can all continue their development, the future looks very bright!!
One thing Sam seems very aware of is how best to nurture these lads, assessing each one on his merits and not rushing them through at risk of destroying their confidence.
NickH1982
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11:03am Mon 22 Mar 10
Morst
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11:24am Mon 22 Mar 10
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I would have liked to see us full of energy and concentrating on tactics for that game rather than playing Birmingham especially after NZonzie seemed to get cramp yesterday?
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Disciplinary action against the person responsible for this fixture! We will need to be 100% to expose Burnley's weaknesses at the back and prey on their nerves.
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Jeppo - hope you liked my positive posts - I still got stick lol.
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security - "away-gold" - must mean Sunday!
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31st.......
eddie the eagle
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11:27am Mon 22 Mar 10
jackson15
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11:37am Mon 22 Mar 10
jeppo
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11:39am Mon 22 Mar 10
It hasn't gone unnoticed that some others have even showed signs of turning the corner, Hasslem has even come close to praising Sam and Diouf in recent posts (tho not Salgado, yet) and the viscious critic that is Marghen even seems to have mellowed, he is now electing to predict 37 points for the season!! I can only assume that B&B and Blackburn Yoof have committed suicide.
Ironically, all this new emotion seems to have sent Eddie and even myself into more of a negative view - thats the problem with realists, I suppose!! Come on Eddie, lets try to snap out of this 'anti-midfielders' trait...what position did you play in your prime?
NickH1982
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12:01pm Mon 22 Mar 10
jackson15 wrote:Will it be a good atmosphere I dont want to go to a quiet pub lol
great display by rovers second half especially.jones was immense credit to the lad,one for the future for sure.nickh1982 last orders turn left outside blackburn train station continue to darwen st,last orders on the left on the corner,cheap ale n all.
deleted_user
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12:06pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Morst wrote:Agree with your comment re Birmingham game. Have heard Rovers are using away strip instead of B&W halves. If true its a disgrace.
On a general note - why are we playing Wed night? This should be about derby week and our second most important game of the season. . I would have liked to see us full of energy and concentrating on tactics for that game rather than playing Birmingham especially after NZonzie seemed to get cramp yesterday? . Disciplinary action against the person responsible for this fixture! We will need to be 100% to expose Burnley's weaknesses at the back and prey on their nerves. . Jeppo - hope you liked my positive posts - I still got stick lol. . security - "away-gold" - must mean Sunday! . 31st.......
Morst
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12:13pm Mon 22 Mar 10
jeppo wrote:Fair enough Jeppo but you must in return be itching for us to be more positive and entertaining against Burnley and Birmingham? I really think we should get after that Burnley defence and keeper!
Morst...indeed, your more positive approach is appreciated, thank you! If all goes well, I'm sure we'll get to the level of football that you demand, but it will take a while, and it will take some pain along the way, thats the only way it can be for a club like ours (unless you go the Portsmouth way!)
It hasn't gone unnoticed that some others have even showed signs of turning the corner, Hasslem has even come close to praising Sam and Diouf in recent posts (tho not Salgado, yet) and the viscious critic that is Marghen even seems to have mellowed, he is now electing to predict 37 points for the season!! I can only assume that B&B and Blackburn Yoof have committed suicide.
Ironically, all this new emotion seems to have sent Eddie and even myself into more of a negative view - thats the problem with realists, I suppose!! Come on Eddie, lets try to snap out of this 'anti-midfielders' trait...what position did you play in your prime?
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I only accept those tactics against the Big 4!
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security (I kid you not) "pass-pass"
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31st.........
eddie the eagle
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12:27pm Mon 22 Mar 10
My so called obsession with midfield is based on the fact that because of a lack of talent and fitness we have no alternative but to play one up front a formation that requies midfielders to take advantage of the extra man and get forward behind Kalinic while regrouping quickly to defend when we lose the ball.This is something we fail to do and because of a lack of pace and knowhow we don't seem to improve.That is why I think some of the familiar names that the fans cling to will be on their way,I believe in Sams ability in the market to move us forward but it might not be overnight.Seeing that you pick the team I presume you play where you like I hope your not the one up front on his own.
eddie the eagle
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12:43pm Mon 22 Mar 10
jeppo
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12:57pm Mon 22 Mar 10
You'll not be surprised to hear that I am an 'average' central midfield player, with no pace, and basically, my game is scrambling around, stopping the opposition and giving the ball to players that CAN play - every team needs one, eh!!
It'll also be no surprise to you that I agree 100% with what you say above, and likewise, my comment on the other page that there will be at least one 'surprise' departure in the Summer shows we are thinking similar. We have got too many similar players, so I'd imagine that if we get a decent offer for one of our senior midfielders, we will take the maximum money, and trade him in for a flare/pace player more akin to Olsson and Dunny.
hasslem hasslem
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1:47pm Mon 22 Mar 10
jeppo wrote:I don't think stopping the oppostion playing is a totally accuate description of your nickname "the assassin"
ha ha, I was reading that and wondering! Yeh I pick the team, so I'll always be in the eleven, no fear of that!! You'll not be surprised to hear that I am an 'average' central midfield player, with no pace, and basically, my game is scrambling around, stopping the opposition and giving the ball to players that CAN play - every team needs one, eh!! It'll also be no surprise to you that I agree 100% with what you say above, and likewise, my comment on the other page that there will be at least one 'surprise' departure in the Summer shows we are thinking similar. We have got too many similar players, so I'd imagine that if we get a decent offer for one of our senior midfielders, we will take the maximum money, and trade him in for a flare/pace player more akin to Olsson and Dunny.
marghen
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1:55pm Mon 22 Mar 10
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Jeppo, “..viscious…” hmm! Like I said the other day the banter stops forthwith.
hasslem hasslem
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2:15pm Mon 22 Mar 10
jeppo wrote:Jeppo - by the way if Diouf was FIFA World Player of the Year, I still would not say he was a welcome member of my beloved Club. I can acknowledge that he was OK yesterday. That is not praise, or approval.
Morst...indeed, your more positive approach is appreciated, thank you! If all goes well, I'm sure we'll get to the level of football that you demand, but it will take a while, and it will take some pain along the way, thats the only way it can be for a club like ours (unless you go the Portsmouth way!) It hasn't gone unnoticed that some others have even showed signs of turning the corner, Hasslem has even come close to praising Sam and Diouf in recent posts (tho not Salgado, yet) and the viscious critic that is Marghen even seems to have mellowed, he is now electing to predict 37 points for the season!! I can only assume that B&B and Blackburn Yoof have committed suicide. Ironically, all this new emotion seems to have sent Eddie and even myself into more of a negative view - thats the problem with realists, I suppose!! Come on Eddie, lets try to snap out of this 'anti-midfielders' trait...what position did you play in your prime?
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By the Way Marghen is Viscious - does that mean he is nearly slippery?
Blackburn Yoof
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2:25pm Mon 22 Mar 10
MARGHEN: Agree about young Indiana Jones, best debut i can remember from a Rovers player. Simon Barker, a Rovers legend! 2nd half performance was excellent yesterday, shows what the players can do when they are allowed to press the opposition and not just sit back and defend. Hopefully the expert will have learned a major lesson from yesterday, but i doubt it.
NickH1982
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2:37pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Im not a fan of the Aquaduct, which other pubs is there?
eddie the eagle
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2:42pm Mon 22 Mar 10
bed and breakfast man_!
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3:06pm Mon 22 Mar 10
The lad had a good game,And long may he do so in a Rovers shirt,But let us not start sticking lables on players that could be unnerving on them, Its nice to see players like Jones come in and have a good day, It can only show other lads at Rovers that there is a chance of making the first team, And show we can bring players through without spending a lot of money.
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bed and breakfast man_!
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3:44pm Mon 22 Mar 10
jeppo wrote:Jeppo, While i am happy with the way Rovers are going right now,I still have a opinion about what i think, And other people seem to have a opinion too.
Morst...indeed, your more positive approach is appreciated, thank you! If all goes well, I'm sure we'll get to the level of football that you demand, but it will take a while, and it will take some pain along the way, thats the only way it can be for a club like ours (unless you go the Portsmouth way!) It hasn't gone unnoticed that some others have even showed signs of turning the corner, Hasslem has even come close to praising Sam and Diouf in recent posts (tho not Salgado, yet) and the viscious critic that is Marghen even seems to have mellowed, he is now electing to predict 37 points for the season!! I can only assume that B&B and Blackburn Yoof have committed suicide. Ironically, all this new emotion seems to have sent Eddie and even myself into more of a negative view - thats the problem with realists, I suppose!! Come on Eddie, lets try to snap out of this 'anti-midfielders' trait...what position did you play in your prime?
But i am sorry if i do not fall in line with what you want to here, While you only see what you want to see,And disregaurd the rest, I do not.
You seem to have a nack of putting a shine on a turd, And then putting some sugar on it for good measure, And then expect everybody conform and take what you say as it has just come out of Sams mouth,And you was stood at the side of him when he said it.
I have noticed you have not give us'The fitting in with Sams plans' script , But i will wait for that one to pop up again when you have been to Sams for tea.
So keep up your posts to your followers, And just to let you know i respect your views on Rovers ,But i will refrain from having a pop at you in my post, And will stick to ,If i have anything to say to you ,Put it direct to you......
MHUK
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3:55pm Mon 22 Mar 10
NickH1982 wrote:Blues Bar might be a good option,you can stay a while after the game for one BIG knees up when the tanks (coaches)arrive back,failing that get to the Jubilee in town.
What happened to the Ewood arm that was my favourite boozer to go to before and after the match. Im not a fan of the Aquaduct, which other pubs is there?
NickH1982
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4:12pm Mon 22 Mar 10
MHUK wrote:Whats it like in the Jubilee? I heard it's abit clicky. does it have a big screen?
NickH1982 wrote: What happened to the Ewood arm that was my favourite boozer to go to before and after the match. Im not a fan of the Aquaduct, which other pubs is there?Blues Bar might be a good option,you can stay a while after the game for one BIG knees up when the tanks (coaches)arrive back,failing that get to the Jubilee in town.
jeppo
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4:53pm Mon 22 Mar 10
"Inane posts", how dare you Blackburn Yoof, I know you'd never admit it, but you'll learn a lot from my posts, if you ever stop to think about them! x
(ok Hassy, he might not learn spelling... diplomacy!)
kenbro
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5:32pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Apart from Mike, and hopefully young Jones eventually, have we had a great center half that was "home grown" since WW2 ?
Morst
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5:38pm Mon 22 Mar 10
That's a song lyric?
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Doobie Bros - "What a fool believes" perhaps? (Otherwise known as the Burnley theme tune!)
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eddie the eagle
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6:01pm Mon 22 Mar 10
jeppo
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6:16pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Morst
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6:25pm Mon 22 Mar 10
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Just sung it to the wife and it clicked!
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Doobies (Michael McDonald) went -
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What a fool believes,
No wise man has the power,
To reason away.
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You must admit it does sound like having a debate with Jeppo (just kidding Jeps -lol)
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31st........
Morst
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6:25pm Mon 22 Mar 10
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Just sung it to the wife and it clicked!
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Doobies (Michael McDonald) went -
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What a fool believes,
No wise man has the power,
To reason away.
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You must admit it does sound like having a debate with Jeppo (just kidding Jeps -lol)
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31st........
MHUK
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6:49pm Mon 22 Mar 10
NickH1982 wrote:watched Rovers v Dingles at the jubilee when we beat em 2-0,superb apmosphere.
MHUK wrote:Whats it like in the Jubilee? I heard it's abit clicky. does it have a big screen?NickH1982 wrote: What happened to the Ewood arm that was my favourite boozer to go to before and after the match. Im not a fan of the Aquaduct, which other pubs is there?Blues Bar might be a good option,you can stay a while after the game for one BIG knees up when the tanks (coaches)arrive back,failing that get to the Jubilee in town.
It does have a big screen,but expect
a heavy police presence.
Maybe Postal Order or Last orders but get in early
kenbro
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7:31pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Just turning 18 he might grow another inch or two.
bed and breakfast man_!
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8:16pm Mon 22 Mar 10
Morst wrote:Thanks Morst....LOL...
B+B - The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkle? . Just sung it to the wife and it clicked! . Doobies (Michael McDonald) went - . What a fool believes, No wise man has the power, To reason away. . You must admit it does sound like having a debate with Jeppo (just kidding Jeps -lol) . 31st........
Hope all is good for you.
BlueSkies
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8:51pm Mon 22 Mar 10
NickH1982 wrote:Is this guy a Dingle? Doesn't know his pubs and he's supposed to be a Blue?
What happened to the Ewood arm that was my favourite boozer to go to before and after the match. Im not a fan of the Aquaduct, which other pubs is there?
NickH1982
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8:19am Tue 23 Mar 10
BlueSkies wrote:Well im never in the pubs im always at the game, and the pub i go to is now shut!
NickH1982 wrote: What happened to the Ewood arm that was my favourite boozer to go to before and after the match. Im not a fan of the Aquaduct, which other pubs is there?Is this guy a Dingle? Doesn't know his pubs and he's supposed to be a Blue?
Morst
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8:45am Tue 23 Mar 10
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The Premier League's sale of its overseas broadcasting rights for 2010-13 will raise around £1.4bn, more than double the previous level of £625m, The Independent can reveal.
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With just two deals left to be concluded – in Albania and Russia – the League is assured of raising each club's average annual income from overseas rights alone from £10m now to about £23m per season from this summer.
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Even better for teams like Rovers is from next season (sorry Clarets!) the parachute payment will not only be increased but will be extended to more years - that has to give teams like Rovers more security.
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And it should push out turnover in the 2010 / 11 season to around £70m to £80m meaning the club could easily look at keeping prices low and more initiatives to get the D/End full and complete taking back Ewood!
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BluesBros
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9:49am Tue 23 Mar 10
aussie odg
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10:16am Tue 23 Mar 10
stewart odgers {odg}
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