Kean confirms Blackburn Rovers are close to Kazim-Richards signing (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Kean confirms Blackburn Rovers are close to Kazim-Richards signing
12:48pm Wednesday 8th August 2012 in Sport
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
STEVE Kean has confirmed Blackburn Rovers are hoping to clinch the loan signing of Colin Kazim-Richards within the next 24 hours.
Speaking at the club's open day at Ewood Park this afternoon, Kean admitted the club were close to finalising a move for the Turkish striker.
He also said that papework was almost finalised to bring Portuguese midfielder Diogo Rosado to Rovers.
Read tomorrow's Lancashire Telegraph for more.
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Comments (120)
12:53pm Wed 8 Aug 12
100%ROVERS says...
VENKYS OUT
KEAN OUT
HENDRY OUT
AGNEW OUT
STILL NOT ATTENDING EWOOD TILL YOU ARE ALL GONE !!!!
12:54pm Wed 8 Aug 12
benal13 says...
1:00pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Crow27 says...
Orr (Championship at best)
Dann (Championship at best)
Givet (Premiership)
Olsson (Premiership)
Heneley (Inexperienced prospect)
Hanley (Championship/Premie
rship)
Anderson (Really!)
Morris (Inexperienced prospect)
I think that Olsson and Dann will be sold on transfer dealine day. The young lads we have are very good prospects but at the moment that is all they are. We cannot rely heavily on them so I think we need 1CB, 1RB and 1LB just to surive. Im not sure who is out there or who would want to come to the circus but we need some cover ASAP, preferalbly either experienced championship pros or young lads from the premiership top 4. We need them quickly because in an area like defence we need to let them gel!!
1:04pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
1:06pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
1:11pm Wed 8 Aug 12
PpMac says...
...and another thing, have Rovers become an asylum centre for Portugal footballers!?
1:11pm Wed 8 Aug 12
penemo says...
Shebby get over to Huddersfield increase the bid for rhodes and on your return to Blackburn kick con man kean out of our club. That would be a fun day
1:14pm Wed 8 Aug 12
MxMave says...
1:21pm Wed 8 Aug 12
MatthewCA says...
y/Olsson, they are ok for 50 mts, but after that they are "just like a rock", stand and defend.........no coordination on corner kick defence.
Kazim is a good addition to club, is the medical ..done or just a talk ....lol.
1:25pm Wed 8 Aug 12
RUinsane says...
Get yer money out you cheapskate pennypinchers.
1:39pm Wed 8 Aug 12
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1:45pm Wed 8 Aug 12
juanbbien says...
1:52pm Wed 8 Aug 12
londonrover says...
1:57pm Wed 8 Aug 12
jackmetickler says...
no one will touch him as he is a lazy plucker...
except the Kean and Shabby show..
have we not suffered enough?
Obviously not!
2:07pm Wed 8 Aug 12
jayrover says...
i think it was yesterday, there was a story about kazim-richards, and there was virtualy no mention of him throughout a hundred or so posts, just the same old doom mongors producing the same drivel.
we are all frustrated by whats going on and yes we have made alot of freebie signings.. but aslong as the wear the shirt with pride and give it there all they have my support,
im honestly ashamed of how poor our support has become, if i was to try and pciture alot of you people who post on here... i would imagine a group of middle aged grumpy men all slumped around a a bar nursing and sulking into your pints mumbling aload of nonsense under your breath!
it could be alot worse.. turf moor need i say more
2:13pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
2:17pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
I must have missed that game
2:17pm Wed 8 Aug 12
benal13 says...
2:21pm Wed 8 Aug 12
jayrover says...
2:28pm Wed 8 Aug 12
benal13 says...
2:39pm Wed 8 Aug 12
buzzinfly says...
Shebby ' Steve why have you signed only Strikers and Midfielders'?
Steve ' Thats whats on the list, the only one ive missed out on is PTO.'
Shebby 'That stands for please turn over'
Steve ' Oh'. turning over, 'Oh, heres the list of Defenders, I thought PTO was another Portugeezer. We'll be fine. We'll have more strikes on goal and more possession with strikers and midfielders, we'll win every match, Listen to the crowd, they are calling my name, they love me, I'm positive we'll be promoted by Christmas.
2:49pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Port Vale 1 Rovers 4 says...
KEAN OUT VENKYS OUT AND STICK YOUR ST WHERE THE SUN DONT SHINE !!!!!!
lts see how hopeful you are after a few games ,,theres room at the bar ,just !
2:50pm Wed 8 Aug 12
MatthewCA says...
Latics have signed striker Jordan Slew from Blackburn Rovers on a six-month loan. So one more striker from bench reduced with blackburn and we looking for Freebies. NickBlackman another striker from bench is on the way...to play aganist us more will leave by end of this month. Hope the team will not collapse to the bottom with this ratio.
2:51pm Wed 8 Aug 12
bburnrover says...
2:56pm Wed 8 Aug 12
harwoodblue says...
Robinson/Bunn
Givet
Dann/Hanley
Olsson/Henley
Orr
Murphy
Etuhu/Lowe
Kazim-Richards/Simon
Olsson/Pedersen
Dunn/Rochina/Formica
Gomes/Goodwillie/RSC
Doesnt look to Shabby for the Championship.
3:00pm Wed 8 Aug 12
buzzinfly says...
'You put your whole mood in,
Your whole mood out,
in, out, in, out and you shake it all about.
You'll cheer on Blackburn Rovers,
it'd be better without Steve Kean
Thats what he's on about...............
Whooh,get out you grumpy b*****ds
Whooh, get out you grumpy b*****ds
Whooh, get out you grumpy b*****ds
Thats what Jayrover's on about.
From a Grumpy B******d
3:10pm Wed 8 Aug 12
givet82 says...
3:11pm Wed 8 Aug 12
GAZHAY says...
3:12pm Wed 8 Aug 12
ronnie clayton says...
And all of his goals in lower league goals , so it seems Kazim-Richards this great loan signing that we should all be so grateful for averages about 2 and a half goals a SEASON.
Maybe Kean doesnt know we can all go into the internet and look at the history of these players that Keans signs .
L.T. QUOTE (Kean confirms he has "clinched" this signing of Kazim Richards " .
Another person looking for easy money , on top of the likes of Kean ,Hendry and a bunch of foreign players who thing Rovers are a free A.T.M. machine.
Anyway I fear we have much further SOUTH to go.
3:14pm Wed 8 Aug 12
benal13 says...
3:26pm Wed 8 Aug 12
benal13 says...
3:26pm Wed 8 Aug 12
gleechy says...
3:27pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
3:28pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
3:29pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
4:04pm Wed 8 Aug 12
ronnie clayton says...
4:05pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
4:12pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
s.com/football/news/
12691/7973609/Kean-s
till-keen-on-Rhodes
He just can't keep his gob shut
4:17pm Wed 8 Aug 12
R0BB0 says...
4:18pm Wed 8 Aug 12
nutflake says...
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=_8FPPW7rP
A4
4:19pm Wed 8 Aug 12
AndyW says...
4:28pm Wed 8 Aug 12
ronnie clayton says...
is a guy called DIOGO ROSADO who KEAN describes as a SPORTING LISBON player , well he has never kicked a ball for Sporting Lisbon ,and has spent his entire career out on loans to Portuguese lower level clubs .
But anyway sounds good Rovers signing a sporting Lisbon player
4:32pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
4:51pm Wed 8 Aug 12
100%ROVERS says...
Stop spouting the support the Club rubbish - until these morons are removed we don't have the right to wear our shirts with Pride !!!!
KEAN OUT
VENKYS OUT
SINGH OUT
AGNEW OUT
4:51pm Wed 8 Aug 12
madrover says...
4:56pm Wed 8 Aug 12
1rover says...
5:00pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Road Runner Road Runner says...
Champagne tastes with beer money.........
Speaking with forked tongue(s)
Marginalized Odious One.....
24 hours ? Nah........
48 hours need 48
48 hours need 48
48 thrills 48 thrills........
What is the latest on the £6 million bid(NOT) on Rhodes ?
Oh I know, I got it wrong I misread the headline such is my understanding these days................
..............
It's a freebie !
Ridicule and derision is all this lot deserve in large doses.
Arte et labore
5:00pm Wed 8 Aug 12
guiderover says...
5:08pm Wed 8 Aug 12
NewallHateMyHamster says...
5:09pm Wed 8 Aug 12
P888HOW says...
5:19pm Wed 8 Aug 12
guiderover says...
5:22pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Road Runner Road Runner says...
I was there in the 70's followed this club through thick and thin, and never in my days have I ever questioned the wisdom of those running this distinguished often derided old club.
Never did I see a day of me ever not attending Ewood, alas these blagueurs with the amateur goings on have totally decimated this club, our club, and for what ? This ugly embarrassing charade goes on.
I will always follow the badge and shirt, but under the Odious One, forget it his team isn't worth a fresh honk.
I will not support that, but that said I hold no grudges for those who choose to attend, and I look forward to reading good honest assessments of the games forthwith by those who choose to attend come the big K.O. ?
The line as been drawn my friend !
Arte et labore
5:25pm Wed 8 Aug 12
stick to football says...
Why have you ot strengthened this area of the team through the summer instead of buying more midfielders and wingers - sorry it ibeyond belief.
Little wonder 10,000 season ticket holders have opted out and sadly the signing of Colin K R just confirms how we have fallen from being an established rteputable Premier League side to a rag tag and bobtail Championship side. How do you get excited about a new season at Ewood?
5:43pm Wed 8 Aug 12
YarkshahRover says...
5:51pm Wed 8 Aug 12
RUinsane says...
5:56pm Wed 8 Aug 12
YarkshahRover says...
6:00pm Wed 8 Aug 12
1rover says...
6:04pm Wed 8 Aug 12
nutflake says...
noun
1. a person who or thing that acts as a support
2. a person who backs a sports team
There doesn't appear to be many of us on here today. C'mon you Blues!
6:05pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Port Vale 1 Rovers 4 says...
6:07pm Wed 8 Aug 12
ossyrover1 says...
6:08pm Wed 8 Aug 12
nutflake says...
betrayer,opponent,an
tagonist, deserter, hater,belittler, critic, faultfinder, detractor.
Yeah... which one are you?
6:09pm Wed 8 Aug 12
ossyrover1 says...
6:10pm Wed 8 Aug 12
ossyrover1 says...
6:21pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Road Runner Road Runner says...
Arte et labore
6:23pm Wed 8 Aug 12
RUinsane says...
Bizarre comment from a premier league glory hunter.
The Glory Boys can't contain themselves and have refused to back the team again, until we win promotion back to the glory boy league, its just not fair, Mamma, mamma. Waaaaaaah
6:23pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Port Vale 1 Rovers 4 says...
Though it is very difficult , i to will not go along any longer with the fodder were being served up ,Kean is not fit to tie jim ileys boots even, tho we went to support the lads even tho they refused to play for him for wotever reason ,
poor Football we can take so long as we know the outcome as then we did ,
What is happening now is alien and would be to fans all over the uk ,
NEVER has there been such goings on at a football club before and for that reason , i wont be back till they have gone .
ps the last 2 pre-season have been nothing but a farce .
I,LL BE BACK
6:27pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! says...
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But all we want is one person out and we can happily go back to being sh*te (well we are already there) if that's what it takes to build again but the more damage Kean does by staying the further we are away from being able to build the club and team again.
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Kean Out!
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34th.....(Kean must go before we play Dingles)
6:29pm Wed 8 Aug 12
givet82 says...
6:30pm Wed 8 Aug 12
dangerous dave says...
OUT WITH KEAN AGNEW SINGH HENDRY VENKYS
6:30pm Wed 8 Aug 12
YarkshahRover says...
6:31pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! says...
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Kean not fit to tie Jim Iley's boots!
6:47pm Wed 8 Aug 12
givet82 says...
7:09pm Wed 8 Aug 12
buzzinfly says...
I didnt even know there was a Free day at Ewood, dam, I could have booked a day of work and looked round the shop and had a go on a bouncy castle. Doh!
and it was free. Doh!
7:28pm Wed 8 Aug 12
dangerous dave says...
OUT WITH KEAN AGNEW HENDRY SINGH VENKYS AND THE LIKES OF GIVET82 IF THEIR PREPARED TO ACCEPT THESE MUPPETS AS THE MANAGEMENT!!!
7:39pm Wed 8 Aug 12
hassy bloke says...
7:41pm Wed 8 Aug 12
srvp28 says...
Read into that what you will but don't for one minute think that the only true supporters are those going to Ewood Park. Fans are entitled to do what they think is right without being judged by others. There will be no martyrs.
7:47pm Wed 8 Aug 12
baldie says...
I kept going last season,despite the current regime, knowing there was never a doubt i would renew my season ticket this season.
Were you one of those activists, who kept on criticising everyone and everything connected with the club,but kept on going just because your ticket was already paid for.
Honestly,your commitment knows no bounds.
7:48pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
I think we have infultrators amongst us chaps, never thought Kean/Agnew/Shabby would stoop so low.
To the genuine fans on here keep up the good work wether you going to EP or staying away, just keep on doing something to get rid of Kean and Co.
7:54pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rover85 says...
KEAN out
VENKIES out
Anuradha Desai out
Venkatesh Rao out
Bilaji Rao out
Jerome Anderson out
Anderson's kid out
Kentaro out
SEM out
Shebby Singh out
Paul Agnew out
BRADLEY ORR out - Kean lover and sh*te player
Leon Best out
David Dunn out
Colin Hendry out
All are either directly involved with or indirectly complicit with the murder and ruin of a once proud Premiership football club. All are incompetent and arrogant lying scum or are at best just self interested, sycophantic hangers on/backers of scum - i.e. Orr, Hendry et al.
8:03pm Wed 8 Aug 12
RTID says...
After a dire 18 months I am hoping we may finally be seeing something to cheer about.
If we do badly Kean gets sacked. If we do well we go up. AND the margins are different this year, so no room to squirm out of it - nothing other than top 3 or 4 all season or Kean will be on his way.
8:07pm Wed 8 Aug 12
srvp28 says...
You say that everyone should just get on with supporting the team but when they don't show up en masse with their 'Kean Out' banners you mock them for not booking the day off to do so! That doesn't make them fickle, it just means that they've got their priorities right.
Also, why would they jeopardise Saturday's meeting - the first of it's kind during Venky's tenure - by disrupting a community event aimed at families? There may be a lot of venting on here but there are also plenty of people, and organisations, waiting to hear what Shebby Singh has to say before deciding what course of action to take next.
8:16pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Rover85 says...
8:30pm Wed 8 Aug 12
tugay 4 ever says...
8:37pm Wed 8 Aug 12
flyingv1 says...
8:53pm Wed 8 Aug 12
nutflake says...
A fan of a sports team who only shows support when the team is doing well. During hard times they usually refuse to renew their season tickets.They basically have no real loyalty to the team. Strangely they mysteriously vanish at the first sign of trouble but reappear when thing's are going well.
8:56pm Wed 8 Aug 12
RTID says...
You paint a picture of utter despair. Last time I checked Rovers were playing on the 18th and have a decent squad.
9:33pm Wed 8 Aug 12
gleechy says...
9:41pm Wed 8 Aug 12
peely says...
9:42pm Wed 8 Aug 12
peely says...
9:42pm Wed 8 Aug 12
ronnie clayton says...
played for Newbury ? WHO / a whole two games before they sussed him .
Alloa Athletic 1 game again sussed.
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Portuguese 4th division club 11 games , (pub team)
Rovers fans just Google his playing career , compare that to any other managers even Mourinho`s limited career makes Kean look like tubby pub player.
9:45pm Wed 8 Aug 12
PaulHay says...
9:50pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
Dreaming!!!!!!!!!!!z
zzzzzzzz
Rovers 5 Plymouth 2
Tony Field sets of from the half way line, beats one beats another beats another shoots and scores.
Sutton passes to Shearer, Shearer goes passed the keeper shoots and scores, yeeees
BRFC Premier League Champions.
Uncle Jack passes away.
Venkys take over!
Mum Mum where are you, Go back to sleep son it's just a nightmare!
Zzzzzzzz
9:59pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Wild Rover says...
Now take your cap lock off and go to bed, theres a good dingle
10:01pm Wed 8 Aug 12
flyingv1 says...
10:05pm Wed 8 Aug 12
flyingv1 says...
10:11pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Port Vale 1 Rovers 4 says...
THAT is heart and soul Rovers ,ive seen the same faces on the only coach going to some far off night match , That is dedication ,I know some of the same people will not return till kean has gone ,there are top supporters of The Rovers staying away , I myself find it very hard to stay away but since venkys took over , i feel the very heart of what it is we support has been erased by these morons who feel nothing for this club .
Support them those who wish to but you wont feel THAT feeling .
This club now has a massive VOID, lacks SOUL which makes me tick as a fan
Never will i step foot on Ewood until at least KEAN IS OUT .
10:16pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Wild Rover says...
And anyone who follows football knows that sort of thing Ronnie Dingle
To another (.?.) poster, normal people have seen Colin Kazim play, at least if they watch CL on tv, I have several times. He is a good player ...
10:16pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Wild Rover says...
And anyone who follows football knows that sort of thing Ronnie Dingle
To another (.?.) poster, normal people have seen Colin Kazim play, at least if they watch CL on tv, I have several times. He is a good player ...
10:20pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Port Vale 1 Rovers 4 says...
Top memories , how about Matlock away?
10:24pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
10:34pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
10:36pm Wed 8 Aug 12
ronnie clayton says...
10:41pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
10:44pm Wed 8 Aug 12
kiwipom73 says...
So from the Venky,s through to conman Kean they are all marching to the same tune !
They will becoming very nervy I imagine (even more so if they don,nt get off the a good start) when every gesture that comes from different individuals within the club is being rightly criticized by knowledgeable supporters for it "failings" and "silliness" and lack of subtance.
They will become very defensive and I imagine there will be every attempt to discredit supporters not getting on-board the Venky/Kean bandwagon.
Bottom line is that conman Kean cannot hide from the results (although he will use the Best injury has a first up when the season begins...).
Question is whether ever the Venky,s will remove (or can remove) the incompetent conman Kean if the result are poor over the first 6-10 games.
They certainly will not get my support until there is more openness and accountability throughout the club and with the appointment of a new Manager with a proven track record who will bring respect back to the club.
10:54pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Wild Rover says...
NOW who is stupidarsio??
We have a long history of signing unknowns, some pay off some don't
But if you followed Rovers you would know that...ohh, I see the problem...
11:04pm Wed 8 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
It will be an interesting next few weeks. If Kean is still here after a bad start and they don't sack him, uncomfortable questions are going to be asked, and rightly so.
11:30pm Wed 8 Aug 12
flyingv1 says...
Those were the days when we knew, or thought we would never be a team in the highest division. Since tasting that, it is "a bitter pill to swallow" to see Rovers falling, but who knows? There is only one BIG step up to where we were last year, in the 1970's it was thre HUGE steps.
11:31pm Wed 8 Aug 12
flyingv1 says...
12:31am Thu 9 Aug 12
eddie the eagle says...
oad Runner Morst,Lancs pensioner these are fans who have seen ups and downs,we are not moaners we are worried fans who can see the warning signs that we might descend into places we never thought we would see again.In those days lack of funds took us down but everyone had the club at heart.I hope you enjoy the years I have had but Kean took us down and he is repeating the same mistakes so pardon me if I post now and again to point that out.
12:32am Thu 9 Aug 12
srvp28 says...
2:45am Thu 9 Aug 12
philrog says...
5:54am Thu 9 Aug 12
whappen says...
Gullible - tending to trust and believe people, and therefore easily tricked or deceived
7:32am Thu 9 Aug 12
alphajono says...
.uk/sport/football/t
ransfer-news/jordan-
rhodes-transfer-blac
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by Alan Nixon of the mirror 8 Aug 2012 22:29
It seems strange to me that if this is indeed true why were they trying to lower wages last season in the prem and now in the championship this guy will be the highest paid player along with Danny murphy, leon Best etc....doesnt make sense...
8:10am Thu 9 Aug 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! says...
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34th ... (sack kean before he loses to Dingles!)
8:14am Thu 9 Aug 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! says...
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34th......
8:59am Thu 9 Aug 12
Rovers 1495 says...
adjective
1low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services:
local buses were reliable and cheap
charging low prices:
a cheap restaurant
inexpensive because of inferior quality:
cheap, shoddy goods
2of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort:
her moment of cheap triumph
deserving contempt:
a cheap trick
North American informal miserly:
she’s too cheap to send me a postcard
adverb
at or for a low price:
a house that was going cheap because of the war
Phrases
cheap and cheerful
British simple and inexpensive.
cheap and nasty
British of low cost and bad quality:
the materials can seem a bit cheap and nasty
cheap at the price
(or humorous at half the price)
British well worth having, regardless of the cost:
as an investment for the future, the books are cheap at the price
on the cheap
informal at low cost:
proper care cannot be provided on the cheap
Derivatives
cheapish
adjective
cheaply
adverb
cheapness
noun
12:30pm Thu 9 Aug 12
smellthecoffee says...
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Fact is....they are signing loan and freebies because nobody wants them and the players are desperate to leave their clubs. Let's see Rhodes sign from Huddersfield and it may generate a bit of interest. The club is plummeting further with these idiots in charge.
2:29pm Thu 9 Aug 12
Tuo Neak says...
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Gennoe1 says...
3:07am Sun 12 Aug 12
Gennoe1 says...