Highs and lows of Steve Kean's reign at Rovers (From Lancashire Telegraph)

HE WILL BE NEVER BE FORGIVEN

Now he has gone can we please ask the LET to stop putting Keans ugly mug on every related story,

This man is to Blackburn Rovers what John Bond is to Burnley. Infamous and will be hated by future generations of supporters of Rovers not yet born. This man took our proud and historic club to the lowest of lows and venkys let him do it. Never again, no nay never and from feeling ecstatic, nay orgasmic, with his leaving I have to admit in the cold light of day that venkys learn from this mistake and appoint an experienced top drawer manager but I will believe it when I see it.

1588 - defeat of the Spanish armada
1707 - union of England and Scotland
1805 - battle of Trafalgar
1914 - world war 1
1939 - world war 2
2001 - terrorist attacks on USA
2012 - Steve Kean leaves Rovers
2013 onwards - who cares? Kean's gone!

Sorry I didn't realise you were looking at this from Keans point of view, were there any highs at all, beating ManU is all I can think of, other than that it was like being on a Helter Skleter. Kean out GAME ON.

may i suggest that at the wolves game we ALL welcome the team with a chorus of LET THE SUN SHINE IN (age of aquarius) instant feel good factor and a big up yours to anyone who ever doubted our LOVE AND LOYALTY for the ROVERS

Are you sure this article shouldn't be titled "The lows and even lower lows of Steve Kean's reign at Rovers"? Bar the wins against Manure and the @rse there are no highs in the 2 years he has been at Rovers.

Highs and Lows under Kean reign? That's an easy one.....

Lows: Kean appointed manager

Highs: Kean 'resigned' as manager.

The end.

By the way, was forfeiting the game at cadiff a high or a low from keans point of view?

Happy '45th' Birthday, for tomorrow, to out of work football manager Steve Kean. Have a bad one you lowlife!

Sheer, utter and complete joy! Forget Kean , let's win this league.

The only high in nearly 2 years as manager was his resignation.

RUinsane wrote:
By the way, was forfeiting the game at cadiff a high or a low from keans point of view?

Not according to Salgado. He is still annoyed about that

Kean receiving a well paid and undeserved contract is a "high" is it? The only person that was a high for was Kean himself. His entire presence at Rovers has been a low for everyone except him

There weren't any highs. Just look at the players who left or were forced out.

Bunn
Salgado Samba Nelsen

Emerton Nzonzi Jones Hoilett

Kalinic Yak/ Roberts

Its to be hoped whoever Venkeys get in can speak Portugese

Low -his appointment, high - his resignation. I can start to find my love of B.R.F.C. and football generally now this fool has gone.

Andy there were no Highs in Keans reign.

Just rung Ewood and renewed my season ticket, lost my great seat that took me years to get but it's a price worth paying.

Can't wait to get back to Ewood and feel like I'm watching my team again.

Thank god he's gone, now please cn we have a real manager. Please please get us Mick Mcarthy a good solid no nonsense football man who knows the game, knows players nd has universal respect The only issue is would he work for venky's. I have no doubt that he would love to lead Rovers, a good middle sized club, with a long history established, great facilities, recent success and a good hard core support. A a northerner with a backround in Man City amoung others Rovers would suit him down to the ground and he would take us back to the Premirship. Lets hope the Venky's get this one right but I fear that they will prefer a yes man and McCarthy is no yes man.

neverbooablue wrote:
Thank god he's gone, now please cn we have a real manager. Please please get us Mick Mcarthy a good solid no nonsense football man who knows the game, knows players nd has universal respect The only issue is would he work for venky's. I have no doubt that he would love to lead Rovers, a good middle sized club, with a long history established, great facilities, recent success and a good hard core support. A a northerner with a backround in Man City amoung others Rovers would suit him down to the ground and he would take us back to the Premirship. Lets hope the Venky's get this one right but I fear that they will prefer a yes man and McCarthy is no yes man.

Do you not remember towards the end of last season. McCarthy standing on the touchline at Molineux with the Wolves fans howling for his head? He was mocked almost as much as Kean- I say almost. I think you hould go back to the drawing board!

Rovers won't get a decent manager to work for Venkeys, I can see Black and Hendry doing it, and if that happens it could be "as you were."

Not a Rovers fan, just an interested observer, but why does it say "Peaks" as a plural? Didn't know there'd been any peak at all?

SURELY THE VENKY,S WOULD NOT MAKE HE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN WITH A "ONE STEP FORWARD & TWO STEPS BACK" APPOINTMENT OF HENDRY OR BLACK LONG-TERM.

VENKY,S...YOU HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A QUANTUM LEAP FORWARD...DO NOT MESS IT UP... !!!!!

Christ - the highs should take about 1 line, the lows will be a longer read than war and peace !!!

Wasn't the original title of this article, "The Peaks and Troughs of Steve Kean's Reign at Rovers"? If it was then IMHO, there were no peaks but lots of troughs including the one he's had his snout in for the last couple of years! Good riddance to slubberdegullion Kean!

Great news at last! Even at the end of his reign the madness was evident - why did he give that 'positive' press conference the morning before a next day fixture, only to resign several hrs later?

I would rather have Tim Sherwood than Mick McCarthy but that's just my preference.

I won't be at Charlton but I will be at the Forest away game, looking forward to it now. COYB!

The only high was us beating man u and arsenal

Here is a balanced well written summary in the national press (for a change):

http://www.bbc.co.uk
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It is important to show the nation what Blackburn fans are really like. Fill the ground against Wolves and be very very loud.

This is the best early Christmas present I could ask for .All Rovers fans should now put aside any grievances and return to Ewood to help in the promotion push .I for one will never forgive what this prat his done to my beloved club .I hope spending his ill gotten gains brings him nothing but misery. .

This is the best early Christmas present I could ask for .All Rovers fans should now put aside any grievances and return to Ewood to help in the promotion push .I for one will never forgive what this prat his done to my beloved club .I hope spending his ill gotten gains brings him nothing but misery. .

I don't want to spoil anybody's day of celebration (and Rovers fans desperately need something to celebrate) BUT the problem still remains. Venkys appointed Kean, Venkys extended his contract, Venkys gave him a long term contract, Venkys failed to support the inexperienced and incompetent manager that THEY had appointed, Venkys systematically dismantled almost everything that was good about Blackburn Rovers as a family friendly local football club, Venky's failed to sack their incompetent manager after the club were relegated, Vekys are 100% responsible for the position the club now finds itself in, Venkys still own the club.

I was a season ticket holder for many years and my kids grew up watching Rovers, but I will not be back while these despicable people own the club.

Best wishes and good luck to all Rovers fans. I hope you get your club back one day, but sadly Rovers is no longer my club, I am enjoying watching local non league football instead.

Just listened to the shelf man on Radio Lancs, sounds like a wet lettuce.

Seasideblue wrote:
I don't want to spoil anybody's day of celebration (and Rovers fans desperately need something to celebrate) BUT the problem still remains. Venkys appointed Kean, Venkys extended his contract, Venkys gave him a long term contract, Venkys failed to support the inexperienced and incompetent manager that THEY had appointed, Venkys systematically dismantled almost everything that was good about Blackburn Rovers as a family friendly local football club, Venky's failed to sack their incompetent manager after the club were relegated, Vekys are 100% responsible for the position the club now finds itself in, Venkys still own the club.

I was a season ticket holder for many years and my kids grew up watching Rovers, but I will not be back while these despicable people own the club.

Best wishes and good luck to all Rovers fans. I hope you get your club back one day, but sadly Rovers is no longer my club, I am enjoying watching local non league football instead.

I understand what you say. I too have been watcing non-league football at the end of last season and the beginning of this i.e. Clitheroe, Bamber Bridge and Chorley. I will say, however, that while I agree that Venkys are the real problem, Kean going is good enough for me to return to Ewood. Changing the owners is going to be a long term hope but if we're not back in the Prem then there may not be a club to own given the high wages that are currently being paid. For this reason I am going to return and hopefully play my small part in getting behind the team and would hope that all my fellow "stay aways" would do the same.

Seasideblue wrote:
I don't want to spoil anybody's day of celebration (and Rovers fans desperately need something to celebrate) BUT the problem still remains. Venkys appointed Kean, Venkys extended his contract, Venkys gave him a long term contract, Venkys failed to support the inexperienced and incompetent manager that THEY had appointed, Venkys systematically dismantled almost everything that was good about Blackburn Rovers as a family friendly local football club, Venky's failed to sack their incompetent manager after the club were relegated, Vekys are 100% responsible for the position the club now finds itself in, Venkys still own the club.

I was a season ticket holder for many years and my kids grew up watching Rovers, but I will not be back while these despicable people own the club.

Best wishes and good luck to all Rovers fans. I hope you get your club back one day, but sadly Rovers is no longer my club, I am enjoying watching local non league football instead.

Agree with many of your points, and this is hopefully the start of many changes.
Personally I think that Venkys should neverhave got involved in Football but were taken in/taken to the cleaners by their advisors in many respects. Not an excuse but maybe an explanation for some of the bizarre goings on at Ewood.
Today I'm just enjoying the moment, and believing things can get better.

mellorb&w wrote:

Seasideblue wrote:
I don't want to spoil anybody's day of celebration (and Rovers fans desperately need something to celebrate) BUT the problem still remains. Venkys appointed Kean, Venkys extended his contract, Venkys gave him a long term contract, Venkys failed to support the inexperienced and incompetent manager that THEY had appointed, Venkys systematically dismantled almost everything that was good about Blackburn Rovers as a family friendly local football club, Venky's failed to sack their incompetent manager after the club were relegated, Vekys are 100% responsible for the position the club now finds itself in, Venkys still own the club.

I was a season ticket holder for many years and my kids grew up watching Rovers, but I will not be back while these despicable people own the club.

Best wishes and good luck to all Rovers fans. I hope you get your club back one day, but sadly Rovers is no longer my club, I am enjoying watching local non league football instead.

I understand what you say. I too have been watcing non-league football at the end of last season and the beginning of this i.e. Clitheroe, Bamber Bridge and Chorley. I will say, however, that while I agree that Venkys are the real problem, Kean going is good enough for me to return to Ewood. Changing the owners is going to be a long term hope but if we're not back in the Prem then there may not be a club to own given the high wages that are currently being paid. For this reason I am going to return and hopefully play my small part in getting behind the team and would hope that all my fellow "stay aways" would do the same.

Its enough for me, season ticket renewed this morning

KEAN RESIGNS ON LEGAL ADVICE
Steve Kean dramatically resigned at 5.30 pm on Friday.
But with all things Kean it was not so simple as it seems.
Whilst all sports channels both TV and radio had pundits, personality’s and former players all queuing up to express their sympathy for Kean and the treatment he has had to endure these past weeks, the true picture is much different.
In a meeting earlier on Friday with chief executive Derek Shaw and Director Paul Agnew, Kean had expressed his determination to carry on regardless. Despite the damage his continued presence was doing to the club and more important the attendances, Kean had every intention of riding out the storm with the full backing of Shaw and Agnew, and had hoped to oust his arch enemy Shebby Singh.
Kean knew that Singh himself was getting frustrated and disillusioned in his efforts to remove Kean and bring in a new manager. With the Rao family continually stalling and being indecisive (so what’s new) Singh was considering his position.
However Kean’s position changed in mid-afternoon after allegedly taking a phone call from his agent Jerome (the man who ruined Blackburn Rovers) Anderson and his legal team.
Kean was advised to resign, saying his position was “untenable” and poignantly added that he could not say any more “for legal reasons”.
Those reasons, I can reveal, are that Kean is to sue the Venky Company and the Rao family for constructive dismissal and squeeze every penny that he can from them.
Mrs Anuradha Desai is about to see Kean in his true colours. She is going to learn about Kean what we all know, and that is that Kean is a very devious man.
Mrs Desai has issued a statement saying “she is disappointed with Kean’s action”. She is going to get a lot more disappointed as Kean plans to plunder the family fortune. And he will succeed.
The evidence of this last week is stacked in favour of Kean as the situation could not have been more badly handled by the Venky’s.
The solution was quite simple but Mrs Desai refused to grasp it. She should have sacked Kean and pay up his contract. Venky’s had every justification to do so, his record is appalling, the worst Blackburn manager ever and lost half the fans (Venky’s customers) from the club.
No arguments, no legal action for wrongful dismissal, a straight forward uncomplicated procedure. Kean would not have had a case or reason to complain.
But no, Venky’s huffed and puffed particularly Mrs Desai and played into Kean and Anderson’s hands. It will cost her a fortune, serves her right, but it will impact on Rovers financial stability. I have warned Mrs Desai on several occasions that Kean would ‘bite the hand that fed him’, but she has ignored all advice from everyone.
In one National newspaper today Kean talks of being “stabbed in the back”. That’s rich coming from Kean, if he wants to talk about being stabbed in the back, give Sam Allardyce a call and ask him what it’s like.
Mrs Anuradha Desai has ‘egg on her face’ big time. She has given Kean wealth beyond his wildest dreams. Kean, a ‘jobbing coach’, hit the jackpot at the Rovers. Never could he have envisaged earning the salary he has been paid as an imposter at the Rovers, a reported £1.3 million per annum.
Now he is going to ‘bite the hand that fed him’.
Mrs Desai, you have been stitched up! As I have repeatedly warned you Kean would.
And now Kean is going to squeeze you dry.
ENJOY.
Reg.
Footnote:
May I respectfully suggest to Mrs Desai that she has no more dealings with Jerome Anderson and his agency and listens more to her brothers Ventkatesh and Balaji but more so Shebby Singh, who in a short space of time has picked up on the mood of the supporters, something she has never done. It would not be a bad idea to take more note of Andy Cryer in the Lancashire Telegraph and Reg of course!!
www.regoftherovers.c
o.uk

Seasideblue wrote:
I don't want to spoil anybody's day of celebration (and Rovers fans desperately need something to celebrate) BUT the problem still remains. Venkys appointed Kean, Venkys extended his contract, Venkys gave him a long term contract, Venkys failed to support the inexperienced and incompetent manager that THEY had appointed, Venkys systematically dismantled almost everything that was good about Blackburn Rovers as a family friendly local football club, Venky's failed to sack their incompetent manager after the club were relegated, Vekys are 100% responsible for the position the club now finds itself in, Venkys still own the club.

I was a season ticket holder for many years and my kids grew up watching Rovers, but I will not be back while these despicable people own the club.

Best wishes and good luck to all Rovers fans. I hope you get your club back one day, but sadly Rovers is no longer my club, I am enjoying watching local non league football instead.

And so it goes, delete Kean, insert Venky and the negativity carries on...what happened to I will be back when Kean is gone..
Resting my case again

Seasideblue wrote:
I don't want to spoil anybody's day of celebration (and Rovers fans desperately need something to celebrate) BUT the problem still remains. Venkys appointed Kean, Venkys extended his contract, Venkys gave him a long term contract, Venkys failed to support the inexperienced and incompetent manager that THEY had appointed, Venkys systematically dismantled almost everything that was good about Blackburn Rovers as a family friendly local football club, Venky's failed to sack their incompetent manager after the club were relegated, Vekys are 100% responsible for the position the club now finds itself in, Venkys still own the club.

I was a season ticket holder for many years and my kids grew up watching Rovers, but I will not be back while these despicable people own the club.

Best wishes and good luck to all Rovers fans. I hope you get your club back one day, but sadly Rovers is no longer my club, I am enjoying watching local non league football instead.

And so it goes, delete Kean, insert Venky and the negativity carries on...what happened to I will be back when Kean is gone..
Resting my case again

Seasideblue wrote:
I don't want to spoil anybody's day of celebration (and Rovers fans desperately need something to celebrate) BUT the problem still remains. Venkys appointed Kean, Venkys extended his contract, Venkys gave him a long term contract, Venkys failed to support the inexperienced and incompetent manager that THEY had appointed, Venkys systematically dismantled almost everything that was good about Blackburn Rovers as a family friendly local football club, Venky's failed to sack their incompetent manager after the club were relegated, Vekys are 100% responsible for the position the club now finds itself in, Venkys still own the club.

I was a season ticket holder for many years and my kids grew up watching Rovers, but I will not be back while these despicable people own the club.

Best wishes and good luck to all Rovers fans. I hope you get your club back one day, but sadly Rovers is no longer my club, I am enjoying watching local non league football instead.

Bye bye premier league glory hunter. Gone with Kean.

sneakily stabbed sam in the back,the man who gave him the job
drunk driving and lying
telling darwen end to ****off last year
ugly
bad on media always
useless tactically
even worse man management
got rid of good players
signed crap mainly
no dignity
no pride
selfish
an embarassment
liar and despicable re jones and allardyce on hk tour
child at press conf. -disgusting
used his wife to keep his job
lied and still lies that the majority of fans support him
friends with andersonshite
overweight
lives in the south
doesn't speak english (like c nicolasloser)
evil

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Wild Rover wrote:

Seasideblue wrote:
I don't want to spoil anybody's day of celebration (and Rovers fans desperately need something to celebrate) BUT the problem still remains. Venkys appointed Kean, Venkys extended his contract, Venkys gave him a long term contract, Venkys failed to support the inexperienced and incompetent manager that THEY had appointed, Venkys systematically dismantled almost everything that was good about Blackburn Rovers as a family friendly local football club, Venky's failed to sack their incompetent manager after the club were relegated, Vekys are 100% responsible for the position the club now finds itself in, Venkys still own the club.

I was a season ticket holder for many years and my kids grew up watching Rovers, but I will not be back while these despicable people own the club.

Best wishes and good luck to all Rovers fans. I hope you get your club back one day, but sadly Rovers is no longer my club, I am enjoying watching local non league football instead.

And so it goes, delete Kean, insert Venky and the negativity carries on...what happened to I will be back when Kean is gone..
Resting my case again

Find me a single quote from Seasideblue where he says he'll return once Kean has gone and we'll all agree that you've 'rest your case'.

Until then you're just continuing to be an argumentative little pr*ck who uses other people's principals as a catalyst for your childish little game of one upmanship.

God only knows how you kept yourself amused before this whole sorry affair happened.

A period of lows without any highs is generally referred to as a decline. Thats what Steve Keans tenure as BRFC manager has been for the club - one long decline.

There have been no highs...

Will we ever recover with Madame in charge ? I hope so but fear for the future...

It's a fresh start, albeit 18 months too late, but I say Rovers need to wipe the slate further a get a respected manager with a good backroom. Possibly too late for this season as the damage is done!

However Kean out = Fans in let's keep our promise and refill Ewood. Come on you blues!

Highs - baldy going
Lows - cryer not going

Well done, Andy; the 'highs' have provided Kean with his new CV.

And is that all you can really come up with for the lows? What about the laughable bids for Beckham and Ronaldinho? The drink driving? The drunken Allardyce rant on youtube? Banning Rovers fans from bringing banners into the ground? The forfeited match against Cardiff? The game against Tottenham where there were NO attempts on goal? What about Rovers fans being unable to comment on Rovers stories in the LT at weekends? The loss of half the fans? His utter contempt for fans? Losing John Williams et al? His constant lies?

The highs?

1 - Kean and his wife Margaret smearing themselves in marmite after 12 pints and dancing round their living room laughing the f*ucking heads off that he got a £1.3m contract. EVERY NIGHT

2 - Kean waking up smeared in marmite and sh*it, laughing his f*ucking head off, getting showered and going in to work to set up a few cones and tell some massive bullsh*its.

3 - Every press conference where the the sick twisted bald alkie lied through his teeth with a smirk as he laughed at your expense

LOWS - getting tin tacked but it wouldn't surprise me if he sued for constructive dismissal, leading to a new high and more marmite and Special Brew

Lows -

the only high was friday night when i heard the moron had gone!

I'd like to see Shebby Singh take over from Back for a while.

Then we can get Alan Shearer as manager. He'd be good.

We should also keep Colin Hendry on because he won the League with Shearer.

Hendry would be especially good for getting the beers in and getting smashed out of his head, tanked up on 9% lager and being so sh1t faced he loses all his money and then bullies his elderly neighbours into handing over their life savings.

EVERY club needs a total degenerate alcoholic f*uck like Hendry.

whittleblue wrote:
There weren't any highs. Just look at the players who left or were forced out. Bunn Salgado Samba Nelsen Emerton Nzonzi Jones Hoilett Kalinic Yak/ Roberts Its to be hoped whoever Venkeys get in can speak Portugese

When Ronaldo went to Madrid some journo wrote that the marriage was tempestuous but the sex was great.
I think this epitomises SK's Ewood tenure.
How many teams would take 4 points from 6 at Old Trafford and Anfield in consecutive games over the hectic Xmas period? These are two traditional fortresses of English football. SK wanted to make Ewood a fortress too but circumstances made that impossible. Arsenal, Norwich and Swansea home go with the aforementioned two away games as my top 5 highs.

The Mighty Weetabix wrote:
I'd like to see Shebby Singh take over from Back for a while. Then we can get Alan Shearer as manager. He'd be good. We should also keep Colin Hendry on because he won the League with Shearer. Hendry would be especially good for getting the beers in and getting smashed out of his head, tanked up on 9% lager and being so sh1t faced he loses all his money and then bullies his elderly neighbours into handing over their life savings. EVERY club needs a total degenerate alcoholic f*uck like Hendry.

Eureka!
Finally I find a bit of sense on this site. Is there something in the water in Blackburn?
If there is then I'm sure that would be Kean's fault too along with the town's crippling poverty and stubbornly high long term unemployment rate.
Whilst Shebby would make a good interim manager and Shearer and Hendry would fit in well in the medium term, I think Simon Garner is the one man that could reunite this broken club.