Rovers desperate for some home comforts (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Rovers desperate for some home comforts
5:49pm Tuesday 23rd October 2012 in Football
By Dan Clough, Reporter
ANOTHER day another two points dropped. Saturday looked promising for a long period.
A goal up away from home and a welcome three points looked on the cards.
But no, it seems the wait for a win under Eric Black will go on.
Although it is early days, the setback has left us now five points behind joint leaders Leicester and Cardiff and without a win in five matches.
The big issue, of course, is the manager. It needs resolving and soon.
But this week presents us with a real opportunity to bounce back.
In this league we should be able to win the majority of our home matches, so with two in four days we must take advantage.
Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow is a must win game. The Owls have mustered just two points in five away games this season, they haven’t won in eight and find themselves in the bottom three.
I have happy memories of fixtures against the Owls, having been to both legs of the 2001/02 Worthington Cup semi-final, leading up to the only ‘proper’ cup final I have seen Rovers play in – and win.
I want more happy memories like that, starting tomorrow.
After that we play Watford who are in a similar position to ourselves, but at home we should put them to the sword.
If you look at the top of the Championship table, the top two, Leicester and Cardiff, are both yet to drop a point at home. That is the difference.
We used to be unbeatable at home. Fortress Ewood. That is now a forgotten myth.
Like charity, a successful season begins at home, and it is time we started dominating teams at Ewood.
We were Premier League champions 17 years ago for Pete’s sake. Coming to our place should be a daunting prospect. If things go on as they are, we will be viewed as the team people look forward to playing, not the ones they fear.
As for the managerial merry-go-round, we are yet again turning into a farce.
Shebby’s obsession with Tim Sherwood is unfathomable. Fair enough, consider him. But if Daniel Levy says no, just leave it.
It isn’t as though he is a managerial wizard with bags of experience.
He is a coach with no experience of being a manager whatsoever. Remind you of anyone?
Granted, that is a bit unfair on Sherwood, whose playing credentials cannot be sniffed at, but still.
And reports we have approached Fulham coach and former average-at-best midfielder Billy McKinlay are equally disappointing.
It seems obvious to me that we need a proven manager. I just do not understand why the powers that be can’t get their heads around that.
Comments(2)
handyamBRFC
says...
11:28am Fri 2 Nov 12
Lets hope he can bring in a few players from his side of the world. a few players that can make the difference and take us back up.
Regards BRFC & Venkeys, its about time true fans realized that the club has been in a state of transition and hopefully we have turned that corner.
Its pointless blaming everyone within the club.
Its now time to stick together and support the club, we need the fans, owners, management and players all together.
We know that we cant compete with the major clubs in England but we can get up there back in premiership and stay there where we belong.
By comparison with major clubs in England, BRFC are a small town club who have been elevated to the premier league due to Jack Walker and his money. Without him BRFC would be languishing in the lower leagues.
For the last 2 decades Blackburn have secured their status as a premier league club. They are an established club with ''Premier'' written all over. They deserve to be up there. Their record speaks for itself over the last 20 years....check the stats.....!!
Unfortunately, a few teams have to go down every year and this time round it was BRFC. But we will be back hopefully at the first attempt.
Fortunately, BRFC should be head and shoulders better than the others in the championship and should come up sooner rather than later. With the playing staff at their disposal it should be a formality.
We just need a few more solid players, like a left back, a right back, a fast winger and a central midfield general to boss the center and provide link up with the strikers....what do you think...????
what players do we need.?
what players are not good enough..?
what players have you noticed who we should be buying.?
what players can we buy in January..?
Also..........
The problems did not start with Venkeys taking over, rather the issues were that the Walker family after ''Our Jack'' did not want to back BRFC in the manner that 'Our Jack Walker' did.
The demise began from when the family of Jack walker were not prepared to back BRFC in the manner that OUR Jack Walker would have expected.
The family had been secretly trying to sell BRFC secretly just after the death of Jack Walker....That's a disgrace.
The problems of BRFC started from that point on wards.
BRFC waited for many months / years to find some buyers but to no avail.
It seemed no one wanted to buy the club. Eventually Venkeys bought the club.
Actually BRFC were fortunate that Venkeys did buy as there did not seem to be any other interest at all.
BRFC had no choice as the family of Jack Walker wanted to get rid of the (BRFC) family jewels.
Hence, the real anger should be directed at the Walker family who let down 'Jack' and let down the fans and the club.
They did not care less about who they sold the club to as long as they got their money.
In fact, many offers did come from Americans and other Europeans but they were so low that the Walker family would have made massive losses.
The only reason they sold to the Indians was that the Venkeys were New to this game, didn't know anything and extremely naive.
The walker family rubbed their hands in glee when Venkeys made such a silly offer as to satisfy their financial demands.
Where was the anger then.....when the Walker family were selling out getting rid of this club, your and our club and 'Jacks'
They let us down and have now run away.....!!!
We need to get used to the idea that foreigners own our football clubs,
If the people of Blackburn were so interested why did we not come up with a plan for the club together with the Jack Walker foundation and family.
Unfortunately, the Walker family were not interested in selling to the people as they would have not got much money from the people of Blackburn. They would have been lucky to get a penny.
And the Walker family sold as they knew it was time to stop bank rolling BRFC and get as much as they possibly could , which they did and have now disappeared. away from BRFC.
We now have owners who are investing and hopefully will continue to do so, we all need to get together and act as one voice and for sure we will achieve what we all want.
so that's what we should all remember at BRFC.
Finally, Real football fans are those who stick through Good and bad times.
I ask ...you BRFC supporters...Are you a real BRFC fan...???
You can’t always be winners
And compared to some premier teams we are really small but good enough to get into and stay in premiership
Let’s be positive and get on with our job as supporters
Let’s get behind the team and playing staff and BRFC
And this should lead us to GLORY and the premiership.....
SIMPLE
SimonGarner says...
8:01pm Tue 23 Oct 12
An entirely predictable episode. Singh is a joke.