Olsson a surprise Rovers target (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Olsson a surprise Rovers target
6:24pm Monday 30th January 2012 in Sport
MARTIN Olsson's identical twin, Marcus, has emerged as a surprise Blackburn Rovers transfer target.
The 23-year-old Swedish international is an attacking left winger and is a free agent having left Halmstads late last year.
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phia012
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6:46pm Mon 30 Jan 12
dallydally
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6:46pm Mon 30 Jan 12
born n bred blue
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6:54pm Mon 30 Jan 12
Dr.alan79
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6:54pm Mon 30 Jan 12
ragodley1987
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6:57pm Mon 30 Jan 12
alfa111
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7:01pm Mon 30 Jan 12
dallydally wrote:Yep what a management team s kean twins tweedle dum an tweedle dee.
And Steve Kean's twin brother is joining as a technical advisor!
jeppo
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7:21pm Mon 30 Jan 12
dangerous dave
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7:25pm Mon 30 Jan 12
Another unknown free agent who no body else wants except Kean - is this another one of his expected signings with Premiership experience hitting the ground running as he says!!!
And as for Black and his comments of wanting to join in Keans plan for the future - perhaps one of them can explain to us mere mortals what the future is for Blackburn Rovers other than the Championship or lower - miles away from the promised top ten position and Premiership Signings!!
No just jobs for the boys - the Blacks and Andersons of this world!!
Out with Kean and out with the Venkys
stick to football
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7:46pm Mon 30 Jan 12
Even the politicians keep their promises more than certain folk round here
We seem to be shopping in the bargain basement without any money and everything on tick I just can not believe it could get worse but it has
One word to Venkys - HONESTY - come out and tell it as it is not what you think it will be - beyond contempt is my gut reaction -prove me wrong that you really do have the best interests of the Club at heart
Stone Island.
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8:02pm Mon 30 Jan 12
It's going to be a very busy day for Kean tomorrow. He still has FOUR IMPACT PLAYERS THAT CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TO SIGN!
That is what he said he was going to do, wasn't it? Unless of course he was fibbing. Heaven forbid!
stephenrover
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8:21pm Mon 30 Jan 12
That's according to the Swedish media, which one imagines is probably just as if not more reliable than the British.
Stone Island.
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8:24pm Mon 30 Jan 12
stephenrover wrote:Do they still have freedom of speech in Sweden?
He's not a target, we've signed him.
That's according to the Swedish media, which one imagines is probably just as if not more reliable than the British.
K H 77
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8:25pm Mon 30 Jan 12
Rover Pete
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8:26pm Mon 30 Jan 12
The Promise:-
'We have money for transfers and I will be bringing in three or four impact players with experience of the Prem. League to hit the ground running early in January, to help the young players!'
Deals up to 30th January.
1 striker - early 20s(on loan) with no Prem. League experience who cannot get a game at his previous club.
Maybe an unemployed winger from Sweden.
Why do the football
'experts' and media personalities - and come to think of it - Venky's and Kean, feel hard done too because we think the club is being run be the deluded. And we are trouble makers for not being happy with this constant rubbish.
Djurgårdarn
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8:40pm Mon 30 Jan 12
joemarch1
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9:07pm Mon 30 Jan 12
Djurgårdarn wrote:well in that case i'll put my 7 year old son forward, available on a free, no wage demands and has lots of promise, i think hes ready for the step up from his sunday league.
Seen him a billion times. Good player in Swedish Allsvenskan but might struggle in PL. Last year a disappointment for both him and his former team since they were relegated. Still might be a bargain. No transfer fee, probably reasonable wage demands and might help us keep the other Olsson twin.
on a serious note though i get the impression he's recruiting next years championship players
French Rover
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9:13pm Mon 30 Jan 12
Djurgårdarn wrote:Tack Djurgardarn! Hope you are enjoying the funfair!
Seen him a billion times. Good player in Swedish Allsvenskan but might struggle in PL. Last year a disappointment for both him and his former team since they were relegated. Still might be a bargain. No transfer fee, probably reasonable wage demands and might help us keep the other Olsson twin.
The only possible benefit of the new Olsson joining is if it helps us keep the old one! But then was Martin going to leave anyways?
What a terrible transfer window for us again, even if we keep Samba he is now only a reserve player at best at least until he gets his head straight again and we still have no new established RB and no creative or combative midfielder and despite the Modeste signing there is no new established striker with prem experience signed (what happened to Johnson coming)?
Possibly the only good news is that Junior is staying - especially as he is looking to be back to his most dangerous best again.
Oh yes, plus Kean is still here, and even worse the Venkys are still here (and still all but invisible) so is there ANY good news out there for us...?
Or should we all abandon all hope now? Guess that rests on whether we can beat the Geordies or not....
I think we can so 3 lovely much needed and oh so valuable points for us as predicted from Mystic French Rover...Allez les Bleus!
Roversinmyveins
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9:17pm Mon 30 Jan 12
The only players we should be signing are players that can walk straight into the starting 11, that's the only way to make the team stronger. We already have bought too many 'fringe' or 'squad' players that are just cluttering up the place. Doubtful that any decent players will want to come though, especially with the lack of ambition from the owners stated by our captain earlier this month.
I'm of the opinion that kean (wouldn't be any rovers fans first choice) has made some bad decisions and not done well with a decent team. But ultimately we need to get behind him and the team from now on in, because he's certainly not being backed by the owners financially.
If Venky's don't make the right decisions re the running of the club, or do not invest sufficient funds then they need to go at the end of the season whether we stay up or go down. And every rovers fan needs to make that happen.
HighburyB&W
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9:21pm Mon 30 Jan 12
alfa111
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10:40pm Mon 30 Jan 12
joemarch1 wrote:BINGO
Djurgårdarn wrote:well in that case i'll put my 7 year old son forward, available on a free, no wage demands and has lots of promise, i think hes ready for the step up from his sunday league.
Seen him a billion times. Good player in Swedish Allsvenskan but might struggle in PL. Last year a disappointment for both him and his former team since they were relegated. Still might be a bargain. No transfer fee, probably reasonable wage demands and might help us keep the other Olsson twin.
on a serious note though i get the impression he's recruiting next years championship players
eddyo
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11:13pm Mon 30 Jan 12
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Expect to see us sign Rochina's and Yakubu's twin bros as well. It's a smart way of getting round the Yak's ban though.
stephenrover
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11:26pm Mon 30 Jan 12
eddyo wrote:hilarious!! can you imagine!
I reckon this is a trick - it's Martin pretending to be Marcus. I bet they don't appear on the pitch at the same time.
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Expect to see us sign Rochina's and Yakubu's twin bros as well. It's a smart way of getting round the Yak's ban though.
Roversinoz
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5:05am Tue 31 Jan 12
Stone Island. wrote:I don't know why but I tried to believe this, even just 1 "Impact Player". Should've known better! More lies, more cover ups. Does Kean even believe what he says?
A surprise target? It doesn't surprise me in the least. He's available for FREE!
It's going to be a very busy day for Kean tomorrow. He still has FOUR IMPACT PLAYERS THAT CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TO SIGN!
That is what he said he was going to do, wasn't it? Unless of course he was fibbing. Heaven forbid!
bburnrover
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8:01am Tue 31 Jan 12
M4CCY
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8:11am Tue 31 Jan 12
bring back the good old days
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9:26am Tue 31 Jan 12
Djurgårdarn wrote:Sorry to burst your bubble, but we did this once before where a certain brother came to us (form Paraguay) to keep his elder brother 'happy'! The rest they say is history.
Seen him a billion times. Good player in Swedish Allsvenskan but might struggle in PL. Last year a disappointment for both him and his former team since they were relegated. Still might be a bargain. No transfer fee, probably reasonable wage demands and might help us keep the other Olsson twin.
If we are in a position of doing the ridiculous to keep 'cosseted' players 'happy', we are well and truly doomed!
bring back the good old days
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9:44am Tue 31 Jan 12
Roversinmyveins wrote:Not justifying Sambas 'outburst' by this but, you allude to our dire dilemma being 'exposed' by Samba at that interview.
This proves a real lack of funds/ambition and I think the fact venky's have been so quiet over the past few months could mean they no longer want to be involved and are looking for buyers - buyers would obviously wait until we get relegated and we would be a lot cheaper, so no big pay off for venkys.
The only players we should be signing are players that can walk straight into the starting 11, that's the only way to make the team stronger. We already have bought too many 'fringe' or 'squad' players that are just cluttering up the place. Doubtful that any decent players will want to come though, especially with the lack of ambition from the owners stated by our captain earlier this month.
I'm of the opinion that kean (wouldn't be any rovers fans first choice) has made some bad decisions and not done well with a decent team. But ultimately we need to get behind him and the team from now on in, because he's certainly not being backed by the owners financially.
If Venky's don't make the right decisions re the running of the club, or do not invest sufficient funds then they need to go at the end of the season whether we stay up or go down. And every rovers fan needs to make that happen.
Sorry, but that is totally incorrect. EVERYONE is already aware of it, both inside of AND OUTSIDE of football !
That is how bad it has become.
Anyone who cannot see that must have been living in a cupboard this last year.
It is because of this that Samba has done what he has done, but also why the vitriol now aimed at him has been so heightened.
It is borne out of sheer frustration at our seemingly impossible situation.
gudari
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3:07pm Tue 31 Jan 12
joemarch1 wrote:Already got a squad full matey!!
Djurgårdarn wrote:well in that case i'll put my 7 year old son forward, available on a free, no wage demands and has lots of promise, i think hes ready for the step up from his sunday league.
Seen him a billion times. Good player in Swedish Allsvenskan but might struggle in PL. Last year a disappointment for both him and his former team since they were relegated. Still might be a bargain. No transfer fee, probably reasonable wage demands and might help us keep the other Olsson twin.
on a serious note though i get the impression he's recruiting next years championship players
click2find
reiko082 says...
6:42pm Mon 30 Jan 12
Am I aloud to say this, LET, or is it considered a dark force?