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Givet talks expected after Valley mystery
10:55am Monday 1st October 2012 in Sport
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
BLACKBURN Rovers are expected to hold talks with Gael Givet today after the French defender was mys-teriously substituted at half time in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Charlton Athletic.
The French defender did not re emerge after the break at The Valley, to be replaced by Grant Hanley, with caretaker boss Eric Black admitting afterwards it was not a tactical decision and he was not injured.
Black declined to comment further on the situation until he had discussed the matter with Givet himself, after a whirlwind 24 hours in the wake of Steve Kean’s resignation.
Givet was seen to have indicated he wanted to be replaced during the first half, having appeared to have had an argument with Bradley Orr following the award of a penalty for Charlton.
The 30-year-old defender was left out of the trip to Swansea last season at the last minute by former boss Kean in similar mysterious circumstances, with him being then being described as “not in the right frame of mind”.
Givet’s agent was yest-erday unavailable for comment. Black said: “No it wasn’t an injury. I am going to have assess that once I speak to Gael.
“But no, it wasn’t an injury and no it wasn’t a tactical decision.
“I haven’t spoken to him and I really need to speak to him.”
Black, who was handed the temporary reigns late on Friday night after Kean announced his resignation at the team hotel, hailed his side’s battling display at Charlton.
He admitted they were far from their flowing best but praised the character shown in exceptional circumstances.
Dickson Etuhu had given the visitors an early lead by Johnnie Jackson’s close range header levelled before the break, as Rovers hung on for the point.
Black said: “The players that are in the dressing room have a magnificent attitude and they have shown that under extremely difficult circumstances.
“They have defended extremely well and onwards and upwards. I think it was a fair result. We thought the penalty was poor but our reaction to the save should be better. “I am not saying we were fantastic or threatening their goal.
“But I thought we had a little bit more compactness and a bit of resilience. “From Steve’s point of view that is what he would have wanted. “We are going to have to look at every aspect but I was very happy with the attitude of the players.
“I thought we dealt pretty well with the pressure they put us under. “I didn’t have a worry in terms of the attitude of the players because I know them well enough.”
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Comments (26)
11:10am Mon 1 Oct 12
ewood1952 says...
And please do not give the job to Black , a kean apponitment say it all.
11:10am Mon 1 Oct 12
ewood1952 says...
And please do not give the job to Black , a kean apponitment say it all.
11:12am Mon 1 Oct 12
RUinsane says...
11:26am Mon 1 Oct 12
MxMave says...
11:53am Mon 1 Oct 12
French Rover says...
12:45pm Mon 1 Oct 12
edmy says...
1:08pm Mon 1 Oct 12
GameRoverMan says...
1:42pm Mon 1 Oct 12
makaveli96 says...
1:42pm Mon 1 Oct 12
Bazzer says...
Keith Hill would sort him out. Keith Hill would sort some of the moaning for the sake of it Rovers' fans as well. Saw him take on some right mouthy knowalls at Spotland and he did not need to call on Flicker to assist.
1:50pm Mon 1 Oct 12
bburnrover says...
1:59pm Mon 1 Oct 12
handyamBRFC says...
many asked for that ... U got it......!!
now lets concentrate on supporting the team...
BRFC neeeds You the supporters....!!!
Where are you.......!!!
Lets get on with our job of supporting the team....
BRFC neeeds us, the team needs us, the players need us...!!
we are playing against 12 men every weeek...!!!!
come on fans lets back the players and start winning matches
We are BRFC, lets show em all we are the best fans
and lets be proud of BRFC and we BRFC can be winners.
Arte et Labore......come on now.....show em all and beat em all..
Lets not get carried away with the enemies of BRFC who have had a field day of late, and many are falling for their vision of hate against BRFC.
COME ON now lets get ourselves together & show em all that we BRFC are the best fans in the UK. we now need to prove that......!!
as many questions have been asked of the fans......!!
Irrespective of who the manager will be, its the fans that will make the difference. Do we want to win.....! Do we care about BRFC..?
Lets get together and show everyone that were together and a force to be reckoned with. Arte et Labore.... Were hardworking winners......!!
2:10pm Mon 1 Oct 12
angryandy says...
2:28pm Mon 1 Oct 12
dangerous dave says...
OUT WITH HENDRY AGNEW SINGH VENKYS.
3:08pm Mon 1 Oct 12
MxMave says...
3:14pm Mon 1 Oct 12
carlmc1 says...
4:04pm Mon 1 Oct 12
Iiii1111 says...
http://www.telegraph
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before you get too excited, Hills record in the championship isn’t great, in fact is win ratio is just slightly better than Kean’s was and don’t forget Kean’s record was in a higher division ..Be careful what you wish for….
Barnsley.. Games 58 won 17 drawn11 lost 30 29.31% win ratio
4:16pm Mon 1 Oct 12
LanghoRover says...
5:04pm Mon 1 Oct 12
Bazzer says...
Keith Hill is the realistic candidate. We cannot afford the others.
7:49pm Mon 1 Oct 12
andychoc says...
9:09pm Mon 1 Oct 12
CheltRover says...
10:00pm Mon 1 Oct 12
Bazzer says...
12:13am Tue 2 Oct 12
goldfinger59 says...
You can make soldiers out of toast.
12:22am Tue 2 Oct 12
Iiii1111 says...
8:05am Tue 2 Oct 12
Bazzer says...
10:54am Tue 2 Oct 12
MatthewCA says...
Orr is a fashion boy and he cannot stand the pace and power of striker players. We need to work on ruthless effort to stop ball at the back. look at Westham-QPR game last night, 8+ yellow cards, because they need 3 points.
That is the fight , we as a team needed, but in a controlled manner.
My Team for next match:-
Robbo,Lowe,Dann,Givi
t,Ollson, Pedersen,Murphy,Etuh
u,Fabio Nunes,Rochina,Rhodes
.
Sub:Kean,Dunn,Hanley
,Orr,Bruno Ribeiro,Gomes,Formic
a
All the best , get 3 points and top the table.
11:46am Tue 2 Oct 12
Iiii1111 says...
ious mate change the record but more importantly get that life back....bet you still hate Germans;-)