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Blackburn Rovers column: Hendry deserves to be given chance
3:10pm Thursday 12th July 2012 in Sport
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
COLIN Hendry’s presence in Blackburn Rovers’ Austrian training camp surely suggests ‘Braveheart’ will be on the Ewood Park staff for the forthcoming Champion-ship season.
In typical Venky’s fashion, the appointment has yet to be finalised as the owners drag their heels on rubber stamping Hendry’s position. It does seem another example of ‘Venky’s time’.
It should be only a matter of time before Hendry’s arrival is formalised though and I can already imagine the mixed response the return of a club legend will get.
There is no doubt, by accepting a job on the coaching staff, Hendry will be jeopardising his status among some Blackburn Rovers’ fans.
There are still a lot of supporters who don’t trust anything about the regime and will see Hendry’s appointment as an attempt by under fire boss Steve Kean to ingratiate him with the Ewood faithful. You can understand the cynicism as well.
I don’t see why Hendry’s imminent appointment automatic-ally has to be linked with all the negatives going on around the club at the moment though.
If Hendry had been appointed before the Venky’s regime, you could be assured the majority of Rovers would have welcomed his introduction on to the coaching staff.
We are talking about a Rovers legend. One of the best defenders ever to have played for the club, a player who helped Rovers.
Too often in the past, Rovers have ignored former players when it comes to the coaching staff.
I’m not saying Hendry is the answer. After all, his managerial record is not the best while he has been out of the game for a while now. It will be interesting to see how he gets on.
One thing is for sure, Rovers could do with some help defensively after last season.
Hopefully Hendry can help make the team tougher to beat.
I don’t hold with the view that Hendry has become a ‘traitor’ because he has agreed to work for Blackburn Rovers. Take away who the owners and the manager is, Hendry has been offered a job in the game he loves at the club he loves. Why would he turn that down?
This appointment should be the start of a new chapter for him.
Whether it works or not only time will tell. But surely it is only fair to give him a chance?
Comments(48)
RobbyRover
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3:47pm Thu 12 Jul 12
100%ROVERS
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3:50pm Thu 12 Jul 12
You of all people can recognise the damage that has / is being done ..
You of all people know the fan's sentiments ...
We supported you throughout your career ... we cannot support what you have done to us by taking this job !!!!!
HENDRY OUT
KEAN OUT
VENKYS OUT
AGNEW OUT
ewoodcow
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3:57pm Thu 12 Jul 12
I wonder if the Venky's are aware of his behaviour and www.colinhendrylies.
com
Just when I thought the Club couldn't get any lower this happens. Are they really so clueless in understanding the mood of the supporters?
rovers808
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3:58pm Thu 12 Jul 12
carlmc
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3:59pm Thu 12 Jul 12
I have Kean and the current regime with a passion, but fondly remember Hendry making his debut in the full members cup at Ewood and going on to score the winner at wembly in that competetion.
I also have great memorys of him playing a huge part in the title winning. It would be easy to dismiss this appointment as a vain attempt to get the fans onside, but he is a Rovers legend, despite his trouble. I have to say a big welcome to Colin and I do hope he bucks the trend with these lot and brings some good back to the club.
On another matter does anyone remember little Jonny Price and what came of im?
J.C - Rishton
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4:00pm Thu 12 Jul 12
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I am disapointed in Colin for taking this post but I think that fans should just ignore it - he has had a very tough time since finishing playing, some of it his own making and some not but he probably needs the work (yes he'll have a decent pension) be he's still a young man and should work and given his very poor showning as a manager/coach so far, who else is really going to emply him, if not Rovers ?
carlmc
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4:05pm Thu 12 Jul 12
carlmc wrote:Sorry that should say hate Venkys with a passion.
It is very hard not to feel a touch of enthusiasm about the Hendry appointment. I agree with comments about his struggles in Management and also the torrid time he has had in his persoanl life over the last few years. I have Kean and the current regime with a passion, but fondly remember Hendry making his debut in the full members cup at Ewood and going on to score the winner at wembly in that competetion. I also have great memorys of him playing a huge part in the title winning. It would be easy to dismiss this appointment as a vain attempt to get the fans onside, but he is a Rovers legend, despite his trouble. I have to say a big welcome to Colin and I do hope he bucks the trend with these lot and brings some good back to the club. On another matter does anyone remember little Jonny Price and what came of im?
Forever-Blue
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4:13pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Hippocroccapig wrote:Spot on Hippo. He should fit in well at fraud-wood.
He's also an absolute lowlife to55er who sh1ts on his friends and is about as trustworthy as Bob Diamond.
Welcome to your perfect club you ugly Scottish retard
Expect to see his son coming through the ranks pretty quickly now.
Joke.
Roy of the
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4:17pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ewoodcow wrote:Agreed, and one has to wonder if Andy Cryer is aware of this when he says "Give him a chance."
It's not just about the football it's about his disgraceful off the pitch behaviour that makes him not welcome by many Rovers supporters - me included.
I wonder if the Venky's are aware of his behaviour and www.colinhendrylies.
com
Just when I thought the Club couldn't get any lower this happens. Are they really so clueless in understanding the mood of the supporters?
AndyW
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4:29pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Until Kean is removed from this club, the poison will remain and the club will not cease to regress at a pretty rapid rate.
If Kean remains at our club for the entire season then we will be closer to League 1 than the Premiership in 2013/2014, without even the slightest of doubts.
Roy of the
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4:33pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Where did Andy Cryer get this load of tosh from then?
"The 36-year-old signed a two-year deal at Ewood Park last week and revealed he turned down several other offers, including one from Premier League Everton."
Nothing has changed. How do the management at Ewood expect to win back support when we are being fed this garbage! And really, Andy, it is high time you stopped your PR releases on behalf of Kean, and started some hard hitting reporting that lifts the lid on the devaluation of Rovers.
RTID
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4:39pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Colin Hendry is not in the same league.
bypass06
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4:41pm Thu 12 Jul 12
carlmc wrote:According to this, He died in 1995.
It is very hard not to feel a touch of enthusiasm about the Hendry appointment. I agree with comments about his struggles in Management and also the torrid time he has had in his persoanl life over the last few years.
I have Kean and the current regime with a passion, but fondly remember Hendry making his debut in the full members cup at Ewood and going on to score the winner at wembly in that competetion.
I also have great memorys of him playing a huge part in the title winning. It would be easy to dismiss this appointment as a vain attempt to get the fans onside, but he is a Rovers legend, despite his trouble. I have to say a big welcome to Colin and I do hope he bucks the trend with these lot and brings some good back to the club.
On another matter does anyone remember little Jonny Price and what came of im?
http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Johnny_Pric
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Dukes
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4:42pm Thu 12 Jul 12
we are Scottish team now all Scottish in the team.
gojohnniegogo
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4:43pm Thu 12 Jul 12
John, Intack.
Bigdel
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4:43pm Thu 12 Jul 12
.com), whilst I remember him as a great player for Rovers, his subsequent career was notable only for its insignificance. I really can't see what positives he would bring to the club and if Venkys think his appointment, if he has in fact been appointed, will win over the fans, they are sorely mistaken IMHO. His post Rovers antics make even Coco look like Mother Theresa.
HilariousClinton
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5:40pm Thu 12 Jul 12
That being said, i dont care who he is, if he gives steve kean support i just cannot take him seriously.
Mickstew
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5:44pm Thu 12 Jul 12
If you don't like the LT don't read it if you hate Venky's and Kean don't go Rovers but let the ones who do like the LT and will still be going Rovers enjoy it without your constant moaning.
Owners,Managers and players come and go but true fans will be in the ground through thick and thin.
Cue the abuse from fickle childish young boys!
merlinrabbit
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7:24pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Mickstew wrote:How can you be so sure you will be at Ewood a lot longer than venkys and kean? Im not sure you have grasped the potential seriousness of this regime to the future of Rovers. They could ruin the club indefinitely and there may be no Rovers to go to. You agree that everyone has an opinion yet immaturely accuse those who dont agree with yours as being fickle childish young boys. Really? Your post makes you sound exactly that
Why bother reading the LT if you can only slag everything off that's in it? Everyone is entitled to an opinion I know but FFS I dislike a lot going on at Rovers at the minute aswell but I have watched them for 30 years and hopefully will be watching them for 30 more, I will be there a lot longer than Steve Kean and Venkys.
If you don't like the LT don't read it if you hate Venky's and Kean don't go Rovers but let the ones who do like the LT and will still be going Rovers enjoy it without your constant moaning.
Owners,Managers and players come and go but true fans will be in the ground through thick and thin.
Cue the abuse from fickle childish young boys!
French Rover
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7:44pm Thu 12 Jul 12
J.C - Rishton wrote:Not often you and I agree JC ....but I mostly agree with your post and especially the bit where you say that Rovers fans should let this one be.
The worst thing about Hendy (for me) is when he went on national radio before the Wigan game and said "Kean had the support of the majority of the Rovers fans" - he knew this was an outright lie yet he said it to help Kean and (in effect) damage the club he is supposed to "love" - even though he left it twice, one of those times stating that he would "never play for the club again" - he was (as far as I know) the ONLY ex-Rovers player ever to be banned from entering Ewood by Jack Walker - such was the acrimonius nature of Hendrys leaving for the second time.
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I am disapointed in Colin for taking this post but I think that fans should just ignore it - he has had a very tough time since finishing playing, some of it his own making and some not but he probably needs the work (yes he'll have a decent pension) be he's still a young man and should work and given his very poor showning as a manager/coach so far, who else is really going to emply him, if not Rovers ?
He has had much turmoil and sadness in his life and made some bad life decisions which have been well recorded in the media and which I bet he sorely and bitterly regrets now. But that is his life to deal with.
I think he will be an asset to the Rovers training staff and to the club and think that he will be here long after the current mob have been got rid off.
I wish Colin well and hope he can get on with his new job without all the terrible abuse that some have aimed at him already. Let he who is without sin and all that....
champs95
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7:53pm Thu 12 Jul 12
1rover
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8:13pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Gaz M
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8:29pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ronnie clayton
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8:51pm Thu 12 Jul 12
He tries but cannot get the website that is called www.colinhendrylies.
com off the internet after all his legal efforts and massive costs he manages to find bankrupt or not, Hendry is not the type we need at Ewood , he actually should be in jail. the snorter should not be allowed back here.
flyingv1
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10:26pm Thu 12 Jul 12
ronnie clayton wrote:How disgusting to use the user name "ronnie clayton" and come out with such garbage.
Colin Hendry was a good player , but in his personal life he has no decency ,he is a liar, clearly a thief ,an immoral person. He tries but cannot get the website that is called www.colinhendrylies. com off the internet after all his legal efforts and massive costs he manages to find bankrupt or not, Hendry is not the type we need at Ewood , he actually should be in jail. the snorter should not be allowed back here.
Have you no respect?
smellthecoffee
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10:57pm Thu 12 Jul 12
smellthecoffee
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11:01pm Thu 12 Jul 12
champs95 wrote:Well...Billy McInally is Scottish and an ex-Rover. Then we can have Kevin Gallacher as striking coach.
How about a midfield coach as well, they were as much to blame for shipping out so many goals , no ball winning or pressing, just an average wide player and a passed it local player in the center midfield which was constantly bypassed and failed to protect the back four. Nzonzi wasn't motivated enough either.
Mickstew
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11:07pm Thu 12 Jul 12
merlinrabbit wrote:I didn't accuse anyone of anything but I do watch people get abuse for saying anything positive about Rovers. I can assure you in some form Rovers will be here long after Venkys and so will I. All people are doing is creating a massive devide between fans and our friends in Burnley are loving it. What are people going to achieve by staying away? If Venkys are asset stripping the club they won't care how many come through the gate as that's not where the real money is.
Mickstew wrote:How can you be so sure you will be at Ewood a lot longer than venkys and kean? Im not sure you have grasped the potential seriousness of this regime to the future of Rovers. They could ruin the club indefinitely and there may be no Rovers to go to. You agree that everyone has an opinion yet immaturely accuse those who dont agree with yours as being fickle childish young boys. Really? Your post makes you sound exactly that
Why bother reading the LT if you can only slag everything off that's in it? Everyone is entitled to an opinion I know but FFS I dislike a lot going on at Rovers at the minute aswell but I have watched them for 30 years and hopefully will be watching them for 30 more, I will be there a lot longer than Steve Kean and Venkys.
If you don't like the LT don't read it if you hate Venky's and Kean don't go Rovers but let the ones who do like the LT and will still be going Rovers enjoy it without your constant moaning.
Owners,Managers and players come and go but true fans will be in the ground through thick and thin.
Cue the abuse from fickle childish young boys!
Alan the Rover
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12:13am Fri 13 Jul 12
com. Or look at his disgraceful comments about how 99% of fans backed Kean. Or the fact that Jack banned him from Ewood Park.
Is this sort of man the club should employ? He seems a typical Steve Kean selection! Maybe Shebby should read the website www.colinhendrylies.
com to understand the sort of person Kean is by the sort of person he wants to employ
chickenfarm
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6:36am Fri 13 Jul 12
ronnie clayton
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7:54am Fri 13 Jul 12
So they comments are not garbage but are in fact True, Hendry is a swindler ,liar and cheat , not garbage FACT !
MxMave
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1:19pm Fri 13 Jul 12
Just because he was a great player doesn't mean we'll just blindly adore him. It's his actions off the field which have given him his current reputation and we can see beyond the blue tinted glasses to a scot lurching after a pay-packet.
MxMave
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1:29pm Fri 13 Jul 12
flyingv1 wrote:How disgusting to talk to a fellow Rovers fan in such a manner when he speaks naught but the truth.
ronnie clayton wrote:How disgusting to use the user name "ronnie clayton" and come out with such garbage.
Colin Hendry was a good player , but in his personal life he has no decency ,he is a liar, clearly a thief ,an immoral person. He tries but cannot get the website that is called www.colinhendrylies. com off the internet after all his legal efforts and massive costs he manages to find bankrupt or not, Hendry is not the type we need at Ewood , he actually should be in jail. the snorter should not be allowed back here.
Have you no respect?
If you are unaware of Hendry's actions then i suggest some futher reading, if you are aware, then your just ignorant to the facts.
Fenilad
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2:05pm Fri 13 Jul 12
Another totally useless signing if he gets a job at our club.
A good player but useless otherwise. Legend?? Leg end more like it.
BeatleBill
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5:03pm Fri 13 Jul 12
goz
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11:53am Sat 14 Jul 12
RobbyRover wrote:Spot on, 500 to me and 800 to my mate who I mistakenly sent to his house sayin he was trustworthy and he subsequently didn't pay.
Hopefully if he's earning again he'll be able to pay me back that £20 he owes me...
ronnie clayton
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12:15pm Sat 14 Jul 12
ronnie clayton
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12:15pm Sat 14 Jul 12
ronnie clayton
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12:20pm Sat 14 Jul 12
1rover
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4:54pm Sun 15 Jul 12
Alan the Rover wrote:your right just look at www.colinhendrylies.
Henry was a great player for Rovers but his record since then makes him unfit to take up any role with the Club. Just look at www.colinhendrylies.
com. Or look at his disgraceful comments about how 99% of fans backed Kean. Or the fact that Jack banned him from Ewood Park.
Is this sort of man the club should employ? He seems a typical Steve Kean selection! Maybe Shebby should read the website www.colinhendrylies.
com to understand the sort of person Kean is by the sort of person he wants to employ
eddie the eagle
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12:52am Mon 16 Jul 12
ronnie clayton
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9:53pm Mon 16 Jul 12
rovertillidie
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11:54am Sat 21 Jul 12
smellthecoffee
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9:55pm Sun 22 Jul 12
rovertillidie wrote:Here we go again RTID...or is it French Rover....or is it Steve Kean??
all the best Colin i will never have a bad word said against u. you were a major part of the best years i had as a brfc fan and i will never ever forget that. u need a job this present lot are willing to pay u go for it and bring some of that immense pride u displayed back into our club.
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Isn't it funny how the other Hendry story comments were pulled by the LET. Shame on you LET for silencing the vast majority of Rovers' fans who are sick to death of seeing their club destroyed by greedy and disgraceful individuals. It seems you would rather protect a useless drunk driver together with a man who ripped off his elderly neighbours, taunted them with abusive text messages and called the police when they challenged him in the street. SHAME ON THE LOT OF YOU!!!!!
smellthecoffee
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9:56pm Sun 22 Jul 12
ronnie clayton wrote:SHAME ON HENDRY....SHAME ON ROVERS...SHAME ON VENKY'S!!!
why don`t you go in "google" then "news" type in "colinhendry" story in Scottish Sun a couple of weeks ago ,looks like Hendry is still bullying this old couple , that pensioner lady had to use a rape alarm to get him away from her
speedie_rovers_legend
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11:57am Fri 10 Aug 12
speedie_rovers_legend
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11:59am Fri 10 Aug 12
AndyW wrote:div1 spot on pal
I don't think it's so much about Hendry joining the The Bald One's coaching staff, it's more about the stupid comments he came out with towards the end of the season, totally supporting the irrefutably incompetent Kean.
Until Kean is removed from this club, the poison will remain and the club will not cease to regress at a pretty rapid rate.
If Kean remains at our club for the entire season then we will be closer to League 1 than the Premiership in 2013/2014, without even the slightest of doubts.
dallydally says...
3:20pm Thu 12 Jul 12