Pedersen returns for Rovers (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Still a good side , more defensive way.

hope Campbell will shine today

Pederson, Lowe and Murphy - not quite the midfield to frighten the opposition! We'll do well to pick up a point tonight

Uninspiring. DJ Campbell was terrible last time out, replace him with Nuno Gomez or Goodwillie!? He'll probably grab a hat-trick now i've said that with any luck.

well with our injury list a draw will be a decent result , wont make play offs but thank god we have some stability!! , shebby where are you???

christ get Pedersen off now !!!!!!

given ball away 3 times already.....

rovers-baz wrote:
christ get Pedersen off now !!!!!!

given ball away 3 times already.....

thats after 10 mins....

rovers-baz wrote:
christ get Pedersen off now !!!!!!

given ball away 3 times already.....

Hi Baz
Is it in TV or r u on the radio?

Change the headline to....

Pedersen returns the ball to LEICESTER

Lancs - pensioner wrote:

rovers-baz wrote:
christ get Pedersen off now !!!!!!

given ball away 3 times already.....

Hi Baz
Is it in TV or r u on the radio?

on radio mate....about to put wireless...lol

Pedersen free kick edge of box inside the "d".....straight intothe wall !!!!!!

rekik to blame for the goal, sounds like wreakage to me, if henley is fit, why is he not playing, no pace in the team at all, how can you play on the counter if the runners arent quick enough to get to the other end to provide chances to the strikers

everyone could see the team needed to be freshened up, aple needed to ring the changes, he to faint hearted to do it, cant play like a team like portmouth whose fighting for its life at the foot of the table trying to snatch a draw, rovers have just conceded the second

MxMave wrote:
Uninspiring. DJ Campbell was terrible last time out, replace him with Nuno Gomez or Goodwillie!? He'll probably grab a hat-trick now i've said that with any luck.

new signings Campbell, Rekik very poor, also Pederson and Orr poor.

Well that's it now lads

Only chance we had of winning today was if we got the first goal and managed to shut them out. Unfortunately we haven't figured out how to take the game to the opposition yet under MA.

Here's hoping we manage to scramble one over the line!

pederson is a decent bloke but he isnt good enough anymore i get frustrated watching/listening when he plays

passingfootball wrote:
rekik to blame for the goal, sounds like wreakage to me, if henley is fit, why is he not playing, no pace in the team at all, how can you play on the counter if the runners arent quick enough to get to the other end to provide chances to the strikers

I am surprised Appleton signings Rekik and Campbell have got straight into team. They are very ineffective and poor. Is Gomes and Givet injured!

passingfootball wrote:
rekik to blame for the goal, sounds like wreakage to me, if henley is fit, why is he not playing, no pace in the team at all, how can you play on the counter if the runners arent quick enough to get to the other end to provide chances to the strikers

I am surprised Appleton signings Rekik and Campbell have got straight into team. They are very ineffective and poor. Is Gomes and Givet injured!

ARMCHAIR APPLETON, all we ever do under this guy is SIT BACK, For god sake attack,

wozer1967 wrote:
well with our injury list a draw will be a decent result , wont make play offs but thank god we have some stability!! , shebby where are you???

Unfortunately 2-0 to Leicester at half time. Shebby, get Venkys to dig deep and get decent players as new signings Rekik and Campbell are very ineffective.

Not funny anymore....Appy the defensive attitude you've instilled in the team gives the opposition the upper hand before a ball is kicked....confidence is a massive thing in football....instruct
ing a team to defend at all cost is not the way to win games....and winning breeds confidence.....Appy at this moment in time you are a backwards step for the club....changed your attitude/tactics

You not happy with appy.

being overrun by another team out of form leading into this game, not a good sign, appletons defensive approach hasnt made the slightest difference in checking their advance, cant keep going into every game withthe same tactics, slowly getting worse and worse in terms of quality, nothing for rhodes and campbell to bite on, wouldnt have mattered if they didnt turn up today

Rekik,Pedersen send them to the coach now and get givet and olssen on now and just fecking go for it !!!!!!!!!

Appy not doing well at moment K Gallagher says he is playing too narrow. Pederson Cambell and Rekik very poor. We have better players on the bench just itching to get a game. For goodness sake give them a game in second half. Why pay their wages if you won't play them. Olsen and Givet better than Rekik. Gomez and goodwillie better than DJ at the moment. If MA doesn't use subs in 2nd half he is becoming too stuborn for his own good and will show he doesn't know how to adust a game when he has a problem.

Has Appleton gone yet?

Rekik,Pedersen off ......henley and olssen on.....

his tactics are something similar, old-fashioned, playing rigid attritional football, lacking quality and great emphasis on physicality and being an athlete, do you see him as a younger roy hodgson

youre better off going for it in the long run, teams always fear you, three draws are equivalent ot two defeats and a win, nothing much worse than losing a match you went in to draw, you feel youve wasted your effort in not giving the other team hard time of running back to stop your attacks

rovers-baz wrote:
Rekik,Pedersen off ......henley and olssen on.....

We are saved then

time for Murphy to do the decent thing and hang up his boots......

should never have needed to make these subs, if he was this bolder with the starting line up, 2 wasted substitutions, when will the forwards get a look in

Henley now at left back why not Givet. ?. Rovers being done by Leicester wingers. Forget play off's Appy is not up to it tactically at the moment.and without a pair of decent wingers playing to supply the forwards we have no chance.

last time we won at Leicester was 1991, goalscorers....steve livingstone,howard gayle and chris sulley......

Taxi for ARMCHAIR

Gomez on at last but MA has withdrawn Jordan Rhodes and left DJ on who has been rubbish all evening.Rovers keep giving ball away and not making any chances. Leicester fans having a good night. Time I went to see Doctor Carling.

All together now.......Appleton out, Kean back in!

Angry From Accrington wrote:
All together now.......Appleton out, Kean back in!

you really are a cupid stunt..........

3-0

3-0

third straight game without scoring a goal, could have been 4th game if we didnt get a lucky goal against a second string arsenal, appleton thought he could do better against leicester than the home game,, create more chances and be more solid, at least there we create chances to worry their back 4, worrying thing is they havent been able to score in open play in the league? might have been against bristol city 5 games ago.

Absolutely disgraceful display tonight. Players should hang their heads in shame. They never even turned up. time for another shake up and change the underperformers.

Dingles losing 1-0

rovers-baz wrote:
time for Murphy to do the decent thing and hang up his boots......

He's got another year left on his contract, which means another £1.25M in 'earnings' yet to be had.

The Leicester commentator who ever he his as just said what a poor player Hanley is and also said he couldn't see how the Rovers were any good as they were poor at the back, my appraisel a rag bag of a team going no where,very dissapointing

now i can remember everyone were on the back of orr and dann/hanley, no awareness of what is around them, no quality, no urgency, panicking at the slighest danger, there is an argument to put out a completely new team for Saturday, embarrassing result, appletons loans recruits have been a disaster so far.

Stone Island: wrote:

rovers-baz wrote:
time for Murphy to do the decent thing and hang up his boots......

He's got another year left on his contract, which means another £1.25M in 'earnings' yet to be had.

add that to no-shows robinson,givet and dunn`s wages

Stone Island: wrote:

rovers-baz wrote:
time for Murphy to do the decent thing and hang up his boots......

He's got another year left on his contract, which means another £1.25M in 'earnings' yet to be had.

Another 1.25m for WHAT?...What does he contribute?
Another pathetic signing by Kean.

I see all the doomsayers are back very quickly....this blog just wouldn't be the same without you whingers...cannot believe that fans are slagging MA off already....the bloke hardly has a team to out out...cretins!

The curse of another bald manager returns to haunt us ! Doomed I tell ya doomed !

Harwoodstblue wrote:

Stone Island: wrote:

rovers-baz wrote:
time for Murphy to do the decent thing and hang up his boots......

He's got another year left on his contract, which means another £1.25M in 'earnings' yet to be had.

Another 1.25m for WHAT?...What does he contribute?
Another pathetic signing by Kean.

can`t argue with that, needs to hang his boots up, once the legs have gone they`ve gone !!

rovers-baz wrote:

Angry From Accrington wrote:
All together now.......Appleton out, Kean back in!

you really are a cupid stunt..........

You just can't admit you got it wrong can you? You are getting all chewed up inside by the knowledge that the manager you hounded out was actually better than his two replacements. Don't hold back.....I know what it's like to be angry

Harwoodstblue wrote:

Stone Island: wrote:

rovers-baz wrote:
time for Murphy to do the decent thing and hang up his boots......

He's got another year left on his contract, which means another £1.25M in 'earnings' yet to be had.

Another 1.25m for WHAT?...What does he contribute?
Another pathetic signing by Kean.

PS. I hope that Pri*k Desai in India now realises the fans were right all along.

rovers-baz wrote:

Stone Island: wrote:

rovers-baz wrote:
time for Murphy to do the decent thing and hang up his boots......

He's got another year left on his contract, which means another £1.25M in 'earnings' yet to be had.

add that to no-shows robinson,givet and dunn`s wages

I'd have those 3 in my team instead of sitting it out. At least Givet better than Henley. I've always said Appleton is a very ordinary manager, not even that much experience. Dingles are worse. Beaten by Huddersfield at home. Our derby game is going to be one dire game between two poor teams

MatthewCA wrote:
Still a good side , more defensive way.

hope Campbell will shine today

We are crap Mate,pure and simple. To think that we have gone in such a short period of time from a mid table prem Club to one that needs 4 or more likely 5 loan players just to compete in this league, is not only heartbreaking but downright criminal. Just to think of the Club and squad that we had before 'the fowl ones' slithered into Ewood makes me retch . MA is doing all he can,but he's on a hiding to nothing... R.T.I.D. Since 1969

I'M NOT SAYING I WANT ARMCHAIR OUT BUT HE REALLY NEEDS TO TRY SOME MORE TACTICS

merlinrabbit wrote:

rovers-baz wrote:

Stone Island: wrote:

rovers-baz wrote:
time for Murphy to do the decent thing and hang up his boots......

He's got another year left on his contract, which means another £1.25M in 'earnings' yet to be had.

add that to no-shows robinson,givet and dunn`s wages

I'd have those 3 in my team instead of sitting it out. At least Givet better than Henley. I've always said Appleton is a very ordinary manager, not even that much experience. Dingles are worse. Beaten by Huddersfield at home. Our derby game is going to be one dire game between two poor teams

robinson in net instead of kean? if it wasn`t for kean we would be near the bottom.....

French Rover wrote:
I see all the doomsayers are back very quickly....this blog just wouldn't be the same without you whingers...cannot believe that fans are slagging MA off already....the bloke hardly has a team to out out...cretins!

Im not slagging off MA, just the players. The team he put out should have at least tried to play but they didnt even turn up if they were honest, some of those players where premiership players last season and tonight they were just an embarassment to blackburn rovers and its fans. Feel sorry for the away fans especially travelling all that way with no commitment at all from the players. Not impressed !!

Angry From Accrington wrote:

rovers-baz wrote:

Angry From Accrington wrote:
All together now.......Appleton out, Kean back in!

you really are a cupid stunt..........

You just can't admit you got it wrong can you? You are getting all chewed up inside by the knowledge that the manager you hounded out was actually better than his two replacements. Don't hold back.....I know what it's like to be angry

go back to dingleland cupid stunt

well that went well.
appleton is a defensive minded manager but unfortunately we cant defend or f*cking score. average players, poor tactics & cant string 3 passes together.......
maybe tonights shocker will make MA realise the dross and gravy train merchants he's got to work with.
Murphy should donate his weeks salary to those that made the trip there to watch that sewerage.

French Rover wrote:
I see all the doomsayers are back very quickly....this blog just wouldn't be the same without you whingers...cannot believe that fans are slagging MA off already....the bloke hardly has a team to out out...cretins!

Hang on FR. Did you listen to the game? We had a side out to compete but didn't even put up a fight. One eye on the cup??

MA as manager needs to explain why a highly paid team did not WANT to compete.

RoversMCMLXXV wrote:
well that went well.
appleton is a defensive minded manager but unfortunately we cant defend or f*cking score. average players, poor tactics & cant string 3 passes together.......
maybe tonights shocker will make MA realise the dross and gravy train merchants he's got to work with.
Murphy should donate his weeks salary to those that made the trip there to watch that sewerage.

along with Pederson`s wage for his 45min display.

rovers-baz wrote:

RoversMCMLXXV wrote:
well that went well.
appleton is a defensive minded manager but unfortunately we cant defend or f*cking score. average players, poor tactics & cant string 3 passes together.......
maybe tonights shocker will make MA realise the dross and gravy train merchants he's got to work with.
Murphy should donate his weeks salary to those that made the trip there to watch that sewerage.

along with Pederson`s wage for his 45min display.

also throw in Campbell`s wage for not touching the ball in 90mins

steve18gls wrote:

French Rover wrote:
I see all the doomsayers are back very quickly....this blog just wouldn't be the same without you whingers...cannot believe that fans are slagging MA off already....the bloke hardly has a team to out out...cretins!

Im not slagging off MA, just the players. The team he put out should have at least tried to play but they didnt even turn up if they were honest, some of those players where premiership players last season and tonight they were just an embarassment to blackburn rovers and its fans. Feel sorry for the away fans especially travelling all that way with no commitment at all from the players. Not impressed !!

I am slagging him off and have done from day one. I will happily apologise when he gets us to the Premiership

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

MatthewCA wrote:
Still a good side , more defensive way.

hope Campbell will shine today

We are crap Mate,pure and simple. To think that we have gone in such a short period of time from a mid table prem Club to one that needs 4 or more likely 5 loan players just to compete in this league, is not only heartbreaking but downright criminal. Just to think of the Club and squad that we had before 'the fowl ones' slithered into Ewood makes me retch . MA is doing all he can,but he's on a hiding to nothing... R.T.I.D. Since 1969

Agreed, not Appleton's fault. The problem is Venkys, as it has been all along.

So 3-0 a defeat away goodbye play offs bye,bye, premiership for a long time now.we are doomed doomed I tell you and when the money runs out so will the rats run from the sinking ship! Bounce back you must be joking only thing that's gona bounce at Ewood is rubber cheque.....

steve18gls wrote:

French Rover wrote:
I see all the doomsayers are back very quickly....this blog just wouldn't be the same without you whingers...cannot believe that fans are slagging MA off already....the bloke hardly has a team to out out...cretins!

Im not slagging off MA, just the players. The team he put out should have at least tried to play but they didnt even turn up if they were honest, some of those players where premiership players last season and tonight they were just an embarassment to blackburn rovers and its fans. Feel sorry for the away fans especially travelling all that way with no commitment at all from the players. Not impressed !!

I agree steve18gls - I feel really sorry for the fans who made the trip expecting something better than this sorry shower of rubbish that they saw tonight. The players let the fans down, and it is not for the first time this season, Murphy in particular is just not doing it - but there is no-one else in midfield either.

It is obvious that this squad - without the missing players - is simply not strong enough to compete against the decent teams in this division.

I think we all knew that anyway - but it still hurts when we see it proved like it was against Cardiff and was again tonight.

Venkys have to back MA now and let him bring in at least one decent midfielder...

Harwoodstblue wrote:

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

MatthewCA wrote:
Still a good side , more defensive way.

hope Campbell will shine today

We are crap Mate,pure and simple. To think that we have gone in such a short period of time from a mid table prem Club to one that needs 4 or more likely 5 loan players just to compete in this league, is not only heartbreaking but downright criminal. Just to think of the Club and squad that we had before 'the fowl ones' slithered into Ewood makes me retch . MA is doing all he can,but he's on a hiding to nothing... R.T.I.D. Since 1969

Agreed, not Appleton's fault. The problem is Venkys, as it has been all along.

Nothing to do with the Walker Trust then or are you excusing them because there were not enough of us true supporters prepared to pay for Premiership football?

just coming back from tonight game what a absolute joke to say we were not far from the play offs places you would of thought that these players would of been well up for the fight.How wrong one of the worst games i have seen i`ll start with the captain yes the captain Danny feckin lazy Murphy how appleton let him stay on the field ,must of completed all of 3 forward pass to one of our players.Please look at the second goal he is stood on the line behind jake for the corner not on the post yet made and i mean made no attempt to try and stop the ball fu(king ****. DJ and owe were very poor.Got to say if it was not for jake in the first half it could of easy of been 4-0 1st half. Leicester`s left winger was taking the mick out of Orr and Orr just took it .Real real disappointment would really like to hear what Appleton and the players have got to say about this just when we though thing were getting better certainly not from that performance and put us further away from the play off`s

Pederson and Murphy shouldn't be in the squad never mind the team. We have no chance of promotion this year and my worry is that Appleton doesn't have what it takes to turn this shambles round. How on earth will we keep players like Rhodes and Hanley this summer? After Big Sam we quickly declined. What's to say this won't get much worse?

rovers-baz wrote:
last time we won at Leicester was 1991, goalscorers....steve livingstone,howard gayle and chris sulley......

Happy times.

steve18gls wrote:

French Rover wrote:
I see all the doomsayers are back very quickly....this blog just wouldn't be the same without you whingers...cannot believe that fans are slagging MA off already....the bloke hardly has a team to out out...cretins!

Im not slagging off MA, just the players. The team he put out should have at least tried to play but they didnt even turn up if they were honest, some of those players where premiership players last season and tonight they were just an embarassment to blackburn rovers and its fans. Feel sorry for the away fans especially travelling all that way with no commitment at all from the players. Not impressed !!

the problem is 100% the manager's. I can see what he's doing, even what he tried tonight but instead of putting a team out that plays to the available players strengths he actually does the opposite and goes out of his way to highlight their weaknesses. its almost like a calling card to say i want to play 442, i want a target man and two quick wingers, now i'll put out a side that proves i'm right and the owners need to go and buy them. Utter rubbish. He's no intention of making the play offs and I can't really blame him as he doesn't like his playing staff and without the right investment he'll be potted; but doing his best to achieve the playoffs is what he's being paid to do. Every Rovers fan knows that centre mid is the biggest issue so why the hell would you take a man out of there and stick two, isolated lads up top who are probably the most lightweight pairing in the division. He's basically played 2 narrow banks of four, hoping we can make the most of a breakdown in their play and whilst their back four have stepped up put a range ball in between their full backs and centre halves for one of our lads to run on to. That and hope for a mistake that JR or DJC can latch onto, but that's not tactics, that's utter garbage and not what Rovers fans ever want to see. We want to go down fighting, creating chances, imposing ourselves on the opposition not this sh1te, hoping for a mistake. We've got one more point than we deserve out of the last three games, I think that's fair to say and isn't it just horrific to know that we've no chance the moment the starting 11 is announced. Deflated, frustrated and angry!

Angry From Accrington wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

MatthewCA wrote:
Still a good side , more defensive way.

hope Campbell will shine today

We are crap Mate,pure and simple. To think that we have gone in such a short period of time from a mid table prem Club to one that needs 4 or more likely 5 loan players just to compete in this league, is not only heartbreaking but downright criminal. Just to think of the Club and squad that we had before 'the fowl ones' slithered into Ewood makes me retch . MA is doing all he can,but he's on a hiding to nothing... R.T.I.D. Since 1969

Agreed, not Appleton's fault. The problem is Venkys, as it has been all along.

Nothing to do with the Walker Trust then or are you excusing them because there were not enough of us true supporters prepared to pay for Premiership football?

Look Angry, Venkys bought a stable Premiership club, or have you forgotten.
The rest is history and well documented.
Do you ever criticise Venkys?

French Rover wrote:
I see all the doomsayers are back very quickly....this blog just wouldn't be the same without you whingers...cannot believe that fans are slagging MA off already....the bloke hardly has a team to out out...cretins!

The performance was the same before injuries in my view, he could at least use the better squad players like givet instead of Henley who isn't good enough and finally I've always given same opinion of Appleton appointment so stop talking as though you are the only person who's opinion is valid - is it really necessary to call other posters a cretin? As for Angry from Accrington please shut up about Kean. The very thought of him might make you hot and sweaty but it makes me sick. Him and his pal Mrs design got us in this fine mess

dallydally wrote:
Pederson and Murphy shouldn't be in the squad never mind the team. We have no chance of promotion this year and my worry is that Appleton doesn't have what it takes to turn this shambles round. How on earth will we keep players like Rhodes and Hanley this summer? After Big Sam we quickly declined. What's to say this won't get much worse?

Yes but Mr A is a big friend of Shaw Agnew & C0 and like Murphy is just here for the wages irrespective of team performance. Before long the idiot Singh will rise from the ashes to say 'I told you so' - they are all a load of rubbish!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH HENDRY VENKYS AND MAYBE APPLETON.

Harwoodstblue wrote:

Angry From Accrington wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

MatthewCA wrote:
Still a good side , more defensive way.

hope Campbell will shine today

We are crap Mate,pure and simple. To think that we have gone in such a short period of time from a mid table prem Club to one that needs 4 or more likely 5 loan players just to compete in this league, is not only heartbreaking but downright criminal. Just to think of the Club and squad that we had before 'the fowl ones' slithered into Ewood makes me retch . MA is doing all he can,but he's on a hiding to nothing... R.T.I.D. Since 1969

Agreed, not Appleton's fault. The problem is Venkys, as it has been all along.

Nothing to do with the Walker Trust then or are you excusing them because there were not enough of us true supporters prepared to pay for Premiership football?

Look Angry, Venkys bought a stable Premiership club, or have you forgotten.
The rest is history and well documented.
Do you ever criticise Venkys?

Exactly, the Walker boys never hid the fact that they didn't wish to own the Club,and it was an open secret that they had us up for sale for quite a while before anyone came forward with an offer, so they were out in the open about sellng .While ey had the Club though they left the running of it to the right people and didn't start cashing in by selling players to line their pockets,and when they did sell ,they sold us with a decent manger,a decent squad and directors worth their weight in gold (Coar being the exception) Also remember that the venkys didn't ring any alarm bells with the F.A. either, so the Walkers and the Directors were duped just the same. But as soon as venks had the Club, they made sure anyone who would object to what was coming next was either sacked or forced out to make room for less able.but more pliable staff or shysters who would put into action their systamatic dismantling and asset stripping of our Club,and make no mistake,this is exactly what they have done to leave our club in the precarious position that we are now in. Why was Berg sacked before he was allowed to bring his own list of players neded in the coming transfer window ? And then,why was Appleton not allowed his signings in the transfer window? Anyone who believes that it was a mistake with the paperwork has learnt nothing from the last two years,namely that the venkys control everything at Ewood,their arrogence will allow nothing less. The only answer i can come up with as to why it happened, is that the club has no further interest to them,especially after the frosty reception they got at Ewood recently,not to mention the equally frosty missile that found its rather large target before the match . I fear that they're only interested in keeping the club ticking along until they have the last largish parachute payment in their pockets come early next season,at which point in my opinion they could either strip us one last time and flog us cheap in the Middle East or asia (we've been touted around the Middle East since before we were relegated i'm reliably informed) or they'll strip us totally and send us to the wall along with venkys London (no connection to their other enterprises of course ) ..I Guess you and a few others would still refuse to criticise these bandits even then .... R.T.I.D.

If leicester didnt win this game it would have been an injustice, what can you expect from jake kean when he has no breathing space to come out and catch the ball, you have defenders so deep they are nearly treading on his toes, each time the attacker showed more hunger to be first to the ball, all three goals came from routine crosses into the box, one things going to happen if youre giving good players free headers 5 yards out while youre doing nothing to put them off their concentration and timing,

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

Angry From Accrington wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

MatthewCA wrote:
Still a good side , more defensive way.

hope Campbell will shine today

We are crap Mate,pure and simple. To think that we have gone in such a short period of time from a mid table prem Club to one that needs 4 or more likely 5 loan players just to compete in this league, is not only heartbreaking but downright criminal. Just to think of the Club and squad that we had before 'the fowl ones' slithered into Ewood makes me retch . MA is doing all he can,but he's on a hiding to nothing... R.T.I.D. Since 1969

Agreed, not Appleton's fault. The problem is Venkys, as it has been all along.

Nothing to do with the Walker Trust then or are you excusing them because there were not enough of us true supporters prepared to pay for Premiership football?

Look Angry, Venkys bought a stable Premiership club, or have you forgotten.
The rest is history and well documented.
Do you ever criticise Venkys?

Exactly, the Walker boys never hid the fact that they didn't wish to own the Club,and it was an open secret that they had us up for sale for quite a while before anyone came forward with an offer, so they were out in the open about sellng .While ey had the Club though they left the running of it to the right people and didn't start cashing in by selling players to line their pockets,and when they did sell ,they sold us with a decent manger,a decent squad and directors worth their weight in gold (Coar being the exception) Also remember that the venkys didn't ring any alarm bells with the F.A. either, so the Walkers and the Directors were duped just the same. But as soon as venks had the Club, they made sure anyone who would object to what was coming next was either sacked or forced out to make room for less able.but more pliable staff or shysters who would put into action their systamatic dismantling and asset stripping of our Club,and make no mistake,this is exactly what they have done to leave our club in the precarious position that we are now in. Why was Berg sacked before he was allowed to bring his own list of players neded in the coming transfer window ? And then,why was Appleton not allowed his signings in the transfer window? Anyone who believes that it was a mistake with the paperwork has learnt nothing from the last two years,namely that the venkys control everything at Ewood,their arrogence will allow nothing less. The only answer i can come up with as to why it happened, is that the club has no further interest to them,especially after the frosty reception they got at Ewood recently,not to mention the equally frosty missile that found its rather large target before the match . I fear that they're only interested in keeping the club ticking along until they have the last largish parachute payment in their pockets come early next season,at which point in my opinion they could either strip us one last time and flog us cheap in the Middle East or asia (we've been touted around the Middle East since before we were relegated i'm reliably informed) or they'll strip us totally and send us to the wall along with venkys London (no connection to their other enterprises of course ) ..I Guess you and a few others would still refuse to criticise these bandits even then .... R.T.I.D.

Well said RoverInRotterdam,
These have been my thoughts all along but you have put it far better than I could. I have never trusted Venkys from day one after all the lies. Add to that their 'Silence' and I think they clearly have something to hide.

Of course I am critical of Venkys. They have been naiive and have foolishly taken the advice of self serving agents, consultants, advisors and washed up lower league directors, which is why we have now ended up with Appleton. For the record, I did not support Steve Kean`s appointment and he should have gone before we were relegated but having begun the campaign in the Championship it was ludicrous to force him out without a credible, strategic leader lined up. This was the fault of Shaw and Singh but ultimately Venkys for listening to them. So now we are lumbered with Appleton but we need to start looking for his replacement now, regardless of the compensation we will need to pay him.

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

Angry From Accrington wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

MatthewCA wrote:
Still a good side , more defensive way.

hope Campbell will shine today

We are crap Mate,pure and simple. To think that we have gone in such a short period of time from a mid table prem Club to one that needs 4 or more likely 5 loan players just to compete in this league, is not only heartbreaking but downright criminal. Just to think of the Club and squad that we had before 'the fowl ones' slithered into Ewood makes me retch . MA is doing all he can,but he's on a hiding to nothing... R.T.I.D. Since 1969

Agreed, not Appleton's fault. The problem is Venkys, as it has been all along.

Nothing to do with the Walker Trust then or are you excusing them because there were not enough of us true supporters prepared to pay for Premiership football?

Look Angry, Venkys bought a stable Premiership club, or have you forgotten.
The rest is history and well documented.
Do you ever criticise Venkys?

Exactly, the Walker boys never hid the fact that they didn't wish to own the Club,and it was an open secret that they had us up for sale for quite a while before anyone came forward with an offer, so they were out in the open about sellng .While ey had the Club though they left the running of it to the right people and didn't start cashing in by selling players to line their pockets,and when they did sell ,they sold us with a decent manger,a decent squad and directors worth their weight in gold (Coar being the exception) Also remember that the venkys didn't ring any alarm bells with the F.A. either, so the Walkers and the Directors were duped just the same. But as soon as venks had the Club, they made sure anyone who would object to what was coming next was either sacked or forced out to make room for less able.but more pliable staff or shysters who would put into action their systamatic dismantling and asset stripping of our Club,and make no mistake,this is exactly what they have done to leave our club in the precarious position that we are now in. Why was Berg sacked before he was allowed to bring his own list of players neded in the coming transfer window ? And then,why was Appleton not allowed his signings in the transfer window? Anyone who believes that it was a mistake with the paperwork has learnt nothing from the last two years,namely that the venkys control everything at Ewood,their arrogence will allow nothing less. The only answer i can come up with as to why it happened, is that the club has no further interest to them,especially after the frosty reception they got at Ewood recently,not to mention the equally frosty missile that found its rather large target before the match . I fear that they're only interested in keeping the club ticking along until they have the last largish parachute payment in their pockets come early next season,at which point in my opinion they could either strip us one last time and flog us cheap in the Middle East or asia (we've been touted around the Middle East since before we were relegated i'm reliably informed) or they'll strip us totally and send us to the wall along with venkys London (no connection to their other enterprises of course ) ..I Guess you and a few others would still refuse to criticise these bandits even then .... R.T.I.D.

I agree with a lot of the points you make in your good post Mr. Dutchy - but the critical flaw in the argument is that if the Venkys are purely in it for the money, then they would surely have made a smaller investment (than the one they will need to make now) and kept us in the premier league where the riches (just for being in the league!) are unparalleled compared to anywhere else in world football.

why would they sacrifice over 100 million from just two seasons prem money against 32 million for two years parachute money? It just does not add up. The Venkys are many things but stupid with money - nope -I don't think so...

French Rover wrote:

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

Angry From Accrington wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

RoverInRotterdam wrote:

MatthewCA wrote:
Still a good side , more defensive way.

hope Campbell will shine today

We are crap Mate,pure and simple. To think that we have gone in such a short period of time from a mid table prem Club to one that needs 4 or more likely 5 loan players just to compete in this league, is not only heartbreaking but downright criminal. Just to think of the Club and squad that we had before 'the fowl ones' slithered into Ewood makes me retch . MA is doing all he can,but he's on a hiding to nothing... R.T.I.D. Since 1969

Agreed, not Appleton's fault. The problem is Venkys, as it has been all along.

Nothing to do with the Walker Trust then or are you excusing them because there were not enough of us true supporters prepared to pay for Premiership football?

Look Angry, Venkys bought a stable Premiership club, or have you forgotten.
The rest is history and well documented.
Do you ever criticise Venkys?

Exactly, the Walker boys never hid the fact that they didn't wish to own the Club,and it was an open secret that they had us up for sale for quite a while before anyone came forward with an offer, so they were out in the open about sellng .While ey had the Club though they left the running of it to the right people and didn't start cashing in by selling players to line their pockets,and when they did sell ,they sold us with a decent manger,a decent squad and directors worth their weight in gold (Coar being the exception) Also remember that the venkys didn't ring any alarm bells with the F.A. either, so the Walkers and the Directors were duped just the same. But as soon as venks had the Club, they made sure anyone who would object to what was coming next was either sacked or forced out to make room for less able.but more pliable staff or shysters who would put into action their systamatic dismantling and asset stripping of our Club,and make no mistake,this is exactly what they have done to leave our club in the precarious position that we are now in. Why was Berg sacked before he was allowed to bring his own list of players neded in the coming transfer window ? And then,why was Appleton not allowed his signings in the transfer window? Anyone who believes that it was a mistake with the paperwork has learnt nothing from the last two years,namely that the venkys control everything at Ewood,their arrogence will allow nothing less. The only answer i can come up with as to why it happened, is that the club has no further interest to them,especially after the frosty reception they got at Ewood recently,not to mention the equally frosty missile that found its rather large target before the match . I fear that they're only interested in keeping the club ticking along until they have the last largish parachute payment in their pockets come early next season,at which point in my opinion they could either strip us one last time and flog us cheap in the Middle East or asia (we've been touted around the Middle East since before we were relegated i'm reliably informed) or they'll strip us totally and send us to the wall along with venkys London (no connection to their other enterprises of course ) ..I Guess you and a few others would still refuse to criticise these bandits even then .... R.T.I.D.

I agree with a lot of the points you make in your good post Mr. Dutchy - but the critical flaw in the argument is that if the Venkys are purely in it for the money, then they would surely have made a smaller investment (than the one they will need to make now) and kept us in the premier league where the riches (just for being in the league!) are unparalleled compared to anywhere else in world football.

why would they sacrifice over 100 million from just two seasons prem money against 32 million for two years parachute money? It just does not add up. The Venkys are many things but stupid with money - nope -I don't think so...

You're right on that,the venkys are not stupid with money,or naive about business in general,so why leave the Club in the hands of a nameless agent and an obviously incompetant manger for so long? If the odious one wasn't told to 'walk' by his agent,he would still be at Ewood I'm sure,he was,as she said 'unsackable'. Why? why also has the Club been dragged down to such levels in just two years that we now have to rely n 4 possibly 5 loan sigings just to field a half decent squad ? why would the venkys not have the business nous to invest in the last window to give us the best chance of gaining promotion to the riches you mention? I'm not pretending that I know any more than any of he posters on here,but I just cannot ignore all the signs over the last two years that, in my mind point to a very corrupt regime at Ewood, and a winding down of the Club...