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Club chiefs stay silent on Ewood crisis
11:46am Friday 22nd March 2013 in Football
BLACKBURN Rovers have put up a wall of silence in the aftermath of Michael Appleton’s shock sacking.
Senior club officials have been contacted by the Lancashire Telegraph but are refusing to speak about the future of the football club.
Fans are demanding answers to the latest crisis to envelop Ewood Park. But as yet no-one is prepared to give them.
Global advisor Shebby Singh, whose decision it was to dismiss Appleton following a run of just one win in 10 games, has gone to ground since sacking Rovers’ third manager this season after Steve Kean and Henning Berg last year.
Appleton was relieved of his duties on Tuesday, via letter, in the aftermath of the late derby draw with Burnley.
The lack of communication from the club since has infuriated fans and former players.
The Rovers Trust, which was set up last summer in an effort to break down communication barriers between the club and supporters, with an additional objective to obtain full or part ownership of the club, has experienced around a 40 per cent rise in membership since Appleton’s dismissal.
Co-chairman of the Trust, Wayne Wild, believes the sharp increase was not down to the latest sacking in isolation, but the culmination of what has been widely deemed ongoing mis-management.
“It’s been one bad decision after another,” he said.
“Henning Berg had been out of work for a year before he got the job. Who made that decision?
“We took on Appleton, who had just joined another club. He was another inexperienced manager, and – apart from beating Arsenal in the cup, results haven’t gone our way.
“You can only blame the people who make the decisions.
“When they sacked Henning Berg at least there was some sort of communication when Shebby Singh was doing phone-ins.
“Personally, I believe we won’t know whether a decision is right or wrong until we know what happens next. If they get an experienced manager in, or if they give it Gary Bowyer full-time and he does a good job, the decision will be the right one.
“But at the moment the fans just need to know what’s going on.”
Former Rovers player Mark Patterson says it is a ‘disgrace’ that communication from the owners is so poor, despite employing a big-hitting London-based PR team, Sports PR Company, and a high profile global advisor.
“The first thing Venky’s should do is to go to the Lancashire Telegraph and say, ‘Right, we want to open a hotline to the fans because that’s where the supporters get their information from,” said Patterson.
“The fans are deserting the club in droves because Venky’s have treated those loyal supporters with contempt.
“Venky’s have had three goes now at trying to get the right manager – and God help us all if they get it wrong again.”
Comments(51)
benal13
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11:56am Fri 22 Mar 13
Dukes
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11:58am Fri 22 Mar 13
gb1882
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12:08pm Fri 22 Mar 13
owd nick
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12:14pm Fri 22 Mar 13
But where are Coar, Shaw and Agnew?
If it was them who appointed Appleton, which was intimated at the time how have they allowed Shebby to pull this one?
They need to each grow a pair and speak out now, or do the decent thing and resign.
Because if Shebby has got away with this under their noses their positions are now totally untenable.
"Wall of silence?", do me a favour, they should all be lined up against it and shot.
R0BB0
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12:18pm Fri 22 Mar 13
burnleyglentoran wrote:great input that hill troll
Speaking on Indian television.
Shebby Singh said,
"I'm pleased to be announcing that, Venkys have promoted me and given me an additional role at Blackburn Rovers. Not only am I Global Advisings, but will, now be Chief Sacking Wallah"
nice one
go fish
Donmartin
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12:18pm Fri 22 Mar 13
" The amount of money made out of BRFC (by agents) is ridiculous "
......from a former player.
First Jerome Anderson and Kean! Then messrs Agnew and Shaw...have manipulated the situation ( a club owned by people who have no knowledge of Football ) to screw as much money out of BRFC as possible.
Venkys surely cannot be so naive to let this carry on? The real problem are the people who are ultimately responsible for the running of the club Agnew and Shaw; Venkys need to get rid of them immediately.
Shebby Singh unfortunately is also responsible....but is Venkys ' own man ' ....so can't really see him going whilst Venys remain?
BRFC would be a realistic proposition for any investor just because of the potential involved in reaching the Premiership;but it all depends on how long Venkys carry on.
Personally as a third generation Rovers fan it is heartbreaking to see what is happening and frustrating not knowing how to change the situation. My own personal opinion is that boycotting home games by all BRFC fans would force Venkys into doing something.....how can you run a club with no supporters? ( mind you Burnley seem to manage ok! )
We live in hope.... even the Bhatti bros. eventually left Wolves.
Arte et Labore.”
nil bye mouth
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12:22pm Fri 22 Mar 13
lardyce,Berg,Slapple
ton/Kean,shebby/came
ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA
nil bye mouth
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12:30pm Fri 22 Mar 13
hasslem hasslem
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12:35pm Fri 22 Mar 13
nil bye mouth wrote:i don't normallt respond to dingle ignoramuses like yourself (with the exception of reasonably minded and oft witty vintage, pompey and midas) - but what rovers fan on here says we have some sort of divine right to premiership status - none, not one, nada, zip, zilch, rien (hopefully you understand one of those terms) - all we want is:
BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al
lardyce,Berg,Slapple
ton/Kean,shebby/came
ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA
1) our club to be competitive on the field and if that is in the premiership - so be it....and if in another division - que sera.
2) our club to be well run by those entrusted off the field to do their job to the required standarr
3) for there to be a bond between the club and its supporters
now if all three of those are excessive demands - then all rovers supporters have unrealistic expectations
Crow27
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12:37pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Donmartin
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12:39pm Fri 22 Mar 13
nil bye mouth wrote:BOOO HOOO HOOO...MOAN MOAN MOAN......checkout your own chairman
Loyal fans ha ha ,We all know what you are, your a bunch of glory hunting cry babies who only want to watch when they are winning.And now when the going has got tough the spoilt rovers fans have deserted them like rats deserting a sinking ship .Kean was way to good for you, Your shameless deluded arrogant glory hunting pi55 poor fans whe deserve all they get.
'Clarets in favour of a level playing field'
( Burnley story )
JOKERS.
Wild Rover
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12:47pm Fri 22 Mar 13
owd nick wrote:Agree with everything except the shooting, rope is cheaper and re-usable...
So Shebby the snake has gone into hiding? what a joke that clown is.
But where are Coar, Shaw and Agnew?
If it was them who appointed Appleton, which was intimated at the time how have they allowed Shebby to pull this one?
They need to each grow a pair and speak out now, or do the decent thing and resign.
Because if Shebby has got away with this under their noses their positions are now totally untenable.
"Wall of silence?", do me a favour, they should all be lined up against it and shot.
Riverside 7
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12:50pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Much better to 'push the boat out' and get a man with the best credentials - assuming of course that anyone would now want to come to Ewood.
Urgent action is needed to sort out the rift in the Boardroom.
Given all the promises that we have had over improving communication with the fans, I find it amazing that the neither Singh, Shaw or Agnew have made any statement to the fans over this weeks events.
dangerous dave
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12:55pm Fri 22 Mar 13
No statement from the Venkeys but probably still clucking and feeding their hens, no statement from the snake in the grass Singh but able to hand out a number of letters sacking Appleton& Co, no statement from our Chairman Shaw who took Preston to the edge just as he is doing at the Rovers, no statement from Agnew who not long ago wanted to get closer to the fans, no statement from Coar who is just looking after his own interests with the FA and as for Hendry and Murphy no doubt massaging the snakes back every night - no just a SHEBBY SHABBY LOT
OUT WITH ALL OF THEM
1riversider
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1:04pm Fri 22 Mar 13
The only way OUR club will ever make progress from the sh**e we are now in, is for Shaw Agnew and Singh to become nothing more than a nasty taste in the mouth! Let's be honest, if Shaw and Agnew had any dignity at all, they would walk, and spill the beans at what is going on, but we know what kind of men they are.
And as for Coar, the least said the better!
SHYSTERS GET OUT OF OUR CLUB NOW
Chico!
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1:09pm Fri 22 Mar 13
nil bye mouth wrote:Oh dear.
BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al lardyce,Berg,Slapple ton/Kean,shebby/came ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA
Illiterate, bitter, ill informed nonsense.
How very Bonleh of you.
Bless x
rovertillidie
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1:27pm Fri 22 Mar 13
I left Ewood on Sunday on a massive high looking across at all those miserable distraught Burnley supporters (some crying) who thought 34 years of pain had just ended, made my day and I cannot remember another feeling like that for sometime. Then we go and sack the manager...again..bac
k down to reality!!
How can the FA allow a club to impload from within. One side of the board appoints and the other side fires or vice versa and we have to just sit back and accept what is going on.
How can any business be run like this you couldn't run a corner shop like that otherwise it would fail to deliver the service it was set up to do. This is what is happening to Blackburn Rovers and until these absolute money grabbing wanxers get fired and replaced with some competant leaders we are goosed (or chickened).
I could go on and on but there is simply no point we are now in the lap of the gods (or buddha)!!
makaveli96
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1:34pm Fri 22 Mar 13
BLACKBURN OWNERS
BLACKBURN FANS
Norma_scock
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1:59pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Chico! wrote:If you think that's bitter, just wait until you read these pages in a years time when the Venkys legends have bummed off with the parachute payments and your facing a winding up order at the high court. You'll be rattling those collection buckets outside Bumwood before you know it.
nil bye mouth wrote:Oh dear.
BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al lardyce,Berg,Slapple ton/Kean,shebby/came ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA
Illiterate, bitter, ill informed nonsense.
How very Bonleh of you.
Bless x
Shadsworth Rovers Dons here we come !!!
juanbbien
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2:56pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Sherwoodforest
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3:01pm Fri 22 Mar 13
madrover
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3:06pm Fri 22 Mar 13
burnleyglentoran wrote:come on cliftonville
Speaking on Indian television.
Shebby Singh said,
"I'm pleased to be announcing that, Venkys have promoted me and given me an additional role at Blackburn Rovers. Not only am I Global Advisings, but will, now be Chief Sacking Wallah"
Gaz M
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3:17pm Fri 22 Mar 13
nil bye mouth wrote:nil by brain!
BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al
lardyce,Berg,Slapple
ton/Kean,shebby/came
ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA
BRFC75
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3:17pm Fri 22 Mar 13
dangerous dave wrote:Obviously SINGH has decided he is the decision maker at Rovers and he has decided to enforce it ,he fired Appleton behind the backs of the other board members , and fired him in a very cowardly fashion , not proper, not honourable behaviour for a historical and well respected football club, this behaviour shames all Rovers people.
The Owners and the Board of Directors doing what they do best 'TREATING THE ROVERS FANS WITH UTTER CONTEMPT'
No statement from the Venkeys but probably still clucking and feeding their hens, no statement from the snake in the grass Singh but able to hand out a number of letters sacking Appleton& Co, no statement from our Chairman Shaw who took Preston to the edge just as he is doing at the Rovers, no statement from Agnew who not long ago wanted to get closer to the fans, no statement from Coar who is just looking after his own interests with the FA and as for Hendry and Murphy no doubt massaging the snakes back every night - no just a SHEBBY SHABBY LOT
OUT WITH ALL OF THEM
No doubt the next manager will be chosen by Singh , probably with Hendry`s help as Hendry seems to spend all his time crawling up Singh`s ars* .
So we will again have another manager coming in beholding to Singh .
Poor Bowyer he has made it clear he does not want he job so because of Singh and the other clowns he is the only person at the club that has the respect of the supporters.
I would really like SINGH to step into the hot seat , I would like Singh to be made manager , that way when he fails as he will ,we can get rid of him once and for all , and make the dishonest Hendry his asst. manager that way we get rid of these two clowns with one blow,
Give Singh the same deal he gave Kean he can keep the job if he gets 17 points from 7 games !
Wonder how many players we have that would want to play for these two.
noddy57
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3:30pm Fri 22 Mar 13
BeatleBill
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4:03pm Fri 22 Mar 13
nil bye mouth wrote:No, YOU embarrass yourself and all Burnley fans with your idiotic ramblings. At least now the national press and other fans realize that the problem at the club is NOT Rovers fans, it is our clueless owners and their mismanagement of the club. Find me a recent article that criticizes Rovers fans for what is going on at the club. Rovers fans have not caused this debacle. But they have been predicting it since Venky's took over. If you were a REAL football fan you'd be asking yourself how you would feel if Venky's had taken over Burnley instead of Rovers. You are just drowning in hatred because Rovers were a founding member of the Premiership and one of only five clubs to have won the title.
BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al
lardyce,Berg,Slapple
ton/Kean,shebby/came
ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA
fishcake 75
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4:09pm Fri 22 Mar 13
hasslem hasslem
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4:43pm Fri 22 Mar 13
fishcake 75 wrote:grow up - the LT owes nothing to the fans - don't you think that they are always attempting to get responses from relevant parties at ewood and brockhall - don't see the nationals doing anything and they are campaigning/investig
The telegraph once again is toothless saying the board or singh wont speak to them,what kind of reporters are you ,you should be banging the doors down and demanding answers,or at the very least calling for a public enquiry as to what is happening to our club, you will never regain the respect of the fans while you are printing meaningless second hand rubbish, get a concerted campaign going, you owe it to the fans.
ating media - the telegraph isn't and never has been.
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if you want to get someone to get to the bottom of it get parliament, the bbc, the cops, etc - i think the LT is old news, and it will be lucky to still be around as a daily in 5 years.....if you want to get someone to bang on doors - do it yourself...let us know how you get on? all you will be able to say is "they wouldn't talk to me" - just like BBC, LT, Nationals, Jack Straw, BwDC, Sky and many who have previously tried - they only speak through Shere Khan Singh and he has swallowed hi own forked tongue - for the moment, but will soon emerge telling us how much he loved jack walker as a boy......that he has supported rovers from being a foetus (as well as spurs, obviously) and that the moon is, indeed, made of cheese
Harwoodstblue
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4:55pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Riverside 7 wrote:They DAREN'T open their mouths without Venkys say so. COWARDS
Venkys need to realise that a manager is the most important person at any football club and if they do not appoint the correct person it costs the owners / club millions of pounds in the long run.
Much better to 'push the boat out' and get a man with the best credentials - assuming of course that anyone would now want to come to Ewood.
Urgent action is needed to sort out the rift in the Boardroom.
Given all the promises that we have had over improving communication with the fans, I find it amazing that the neither Singh, Shaw or Agnew have made any statement to the fans over this weeks events.
Chico!
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4:57pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Norma_scock wrote:Your banter is terribly weak.
Chico! wrote:If you think that's bitter, just wait until you read these pages in a years time when the Venkys legends have bummed off with the parachute payments and your facing a winding up order at the high court. You'll be rattling those collection buckets outside Bumwood before you know it. Shadsworth Rovers Dons here we come !!!nil bye mouth wrote: BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al lardyce,Berg,Slapple ton/Kean,shebby/came ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YAOh dear. Illiterate, bitter, ill informed nonsense. How very Bonleh of you. Bless x
But not as weak as the genetic variation in your family gene pool.
Bless x
moh
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5:05pm Fri 22 Mar 13
owd nick wrote:I understand Agnew is responsible for communication but we never seem to get any communication. Agnew, Shaw and Coar have been at rovers for a considerable long time then Mr Singh who arrived last summer. The club under Agnew, Shaw and Coar has been sliding down over last few years. They never spoke out when Kean took the club down so I dont expect any communication from them. They tolerated Kean till Shebby arrived and good on Shebby Singh who at least made Keans position untenable.
So Shebby the snake has gone into hiding? what a joke that clown is.
But where are Coar, Shaw and Agnew?
If it was them who appointed Appleton, which was intimated at the time how have they allowed Shebby to pull this one?
They need to each grow a pair and speak out now, or do the decent thing and resign.
Because if Shebby has got away with this under their noses their positions are now totally untenable.
"Wall of silence?", do me a favour, they should all be lined up against it and shot.
Norma_scock
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5:20pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Chico! wrote:It got a bite from you though didn't it ?
Norma_scock wrote:Your banter is terribly weak.
Chico! wrote:If you think that's bitter, just wait until you read these pages in a years time when the Venkys legends have bummed off with the parachute payments and your facing a winding up order at the high court. You'll be rattling those collection buckets outside Bumwood before you know it. Shadsworth Rovers Dons here we come !!!nil bye mouth wrote: BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al lardyce,Berg,Slapple ton/Kean,shebby/came ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YAOh dear. Illiterate, bitter, ill informed nonsense. How very Bonleh of you. Bless x
But not as weak as the genetic variation in your family gene pool.
Bless x
I see you're still signing off your dross posts with a nice little kiss. I'm sure you're very comfortable with your sexuality.
RespectTheK-Dog
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5:59pm Fri 22 Mar 13
hasslem hasslem wrote:1) our club to be competitive on the field and if that is in the premiership - so be it....and if in another division - que sera.
nil bye mouth wrote:i don't normallt respond to dingle ignoramuses like yourself (with the exception of reasonably minded and oft witty vintage, pompey and midas) - but what rovers fan on here says we have some sort of divine right to premiership status - none, not one, nada, zip, zilch, rien (hopefully you understand one of those terms) - all we want is:
BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al
lardyce,Berg,Slapple
ton/Kean,shebby/came
ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA
1) our club to be competitive on the field and if that is in the premiership - so be it....and if in another division - que sera.
2) our club to be well run by those entrusted off the field to do their job to the required standarr
3) for there to be a bond between the club and its supporters
now if all three of those are excessive demands - then all rovers supporters have unrealistic expectations
We'll assume the latter then.
2) our club to be well run by those entrusted off the field to do their job to the required standard
They do. You have great owners, an excellent board, an ethical agent in Jerome Anderson and stand up managers in Slappleton, Kean and Berg, not to mention Eric Black, what a winner he was and Gary Bowyer. and you've got Colin Hendry as their stand over man.
3) for there to be a bond between the club and its supporters
Shebby, like Jesus, loves each and every one of you like a son. There is your bond
See it ain't all bad. By the way I heard 200lb of horsemeat was found in Lancashite labelled as "beef". Any truth to the rumours it was Danny Murphy, or was it David Dunn's reward for his "famous" equaliser?
bigste
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6:31pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Harwoodstblue
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6:32pm Fri 22 Mar 13
BeatleBill wrote:Drowning in hatred they are. How would we feel though if WE were dingles??
nil bye mouth wrote:No, YOU embarrass yourself and all Burnley fans with your idiotic ramblings. At least now the national press and other fans realize that the problem at the club is NOT Rovers fans, it is our clueless owners and their mismanagement of the club. Find me a recent article that criticizes Rovers fans for what is going on at the club. Rovers fans have not caused this debacle. But they have been predicting it since Venky's took over. If you were a REAL football fan you'd be asking yourself how you would feel if Venky's had taken over Burnley instead of Rovers. You are just drowning in hatred because Rovers were a founding member of the Premiership and one of only five clubs to have won the title.
BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al
lardyce,Berg,Slapple
ton/Kean,shebby/came
ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA
Unable to beat our BIGGEST rivals for 34 years ?
Never seen our club beat our BIGGEST rivals in our lifetime ?
Our BIGGEST rivals spending most of the last 20 years in the PREMIER league ? Whilst our team have been yo-yoing up and down between the 2nd and 4th divisions? And nearly going out of existence?
Spending ONE humiliating season in the Premier League before being embarrassingly relegated to our rightful position?
Our BIGGEST rivals one of only five teams to have EVER won the Premiership ?
Our BIGGEST rivals spending MILLIONS on buying and selling players whilst we scour for the dregs at the bottom of the barrel?
Our BIGGEST rivals having a state of the art ground and facilities whilst we don't even own ours?
Having wooden seats and toilets at the bottom of the yard?
The ground looking like it's been built out of scaffolding and cardboard.
We lived in a town of boarded up terraced houses.
The worst educated numbnuts in the country (GCSE tables don't lie)
Nothing in the trophy cabinet.
We used to play in pink.
We used to play in blue and white so that we could look like our BIGGEST rivals
We used to play in green, hence our envy.
I could go on and on but the list is endless.
Thing is truth hurts the dingles, How would we feel ?
Come on neanderthals with your tirade of abuse. My shoulders are broad., not like you rotting, slavering cowards.
Yes, the truth hurts, hurts, hurts. Doesn't it.
noddy57
says...
6:47pm Fri 22 Mar 13
trueblue72
says...
6:57pm Fri 22 Mar 13
noddy57 wrote:Agree with every word apart from John Williams, he would never come back.
when will you so called fans realise that the venkys are the owners and can do what they like,,get used to it,,who have you got in mind to take over the club ? there are no takers, shebby singh sacked appleton before he took us down to league 1,,right decision,,agnew and shaw made the same mistake again after hiring berg ,,who was not experienced,,so you are shouting down the wrong people,,yes the Venkys are responsible for the whole sorry state of our club but you have got to realise that they have been advised wrongly by buffoons who are no better than themselves,,get agnew shaw and the whole advisors out and offer the reigns back to john williams and let him get the show back on the road,,
I can't see an end to this, just hope we don't drop too far first but the fans deserting is working for all to see but will they ever ho back.
That is the hard bit no matter who takes over, fans lost seldom return and it could be a full generation of kids lost.
mjp 53
says...
6:57pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Harwoodstblue wrote:Not really the only quote you have and ever will have is 34 years, or in more logistical terms 10 matches. The fact we will not be playing you again for some time to come is punishment in itself, its a shame but the fact you cannot keep a manager longer than 2 months speaks volumes of how your shabby shebby club is being run.
BeatleBill wrote:Drowning in hatred they are. How would we feel though if WE were dingles??
nil bye mouth wrote:No, YOU embarrass yourself and all Burnley fans with your idiotic ramblings. At least now the national press and other fans realize that the problem at the club is NOT Rovers fans, it is our clueless owners and their mismanagement of the club. Find me a recent article that criticizes Rovers fans for what is going on at the club. Rovers fans have not caused this debacle. But they have been predicting it since Venky's took over. If you were a REAL football fan you'd be asking yourself how you would feel if Venky's had taken over Burnley instead of Rovers. You are just drowning in hatred because Rovers were a founding member of the Premiership and one of only five clubs to have won the title.
BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al
lardyce,Berg,Slapple
ton/Kean,shebby/came
ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA
Unable to beat our BIGGEST rivals for 34 years ?
Never seen our club beat our BIGGEST rivals in our lifetime ?
Our BIGGEST rivals spending most of the last 20 years in the PREMIER league ? Whilst our team have been yo-yoing up and down between the 2nd and 4th divisions? And nearly going out of existence?
Spending ONE humiliating season in the Premier League before being embarrassingly relegated to our rightful position?
Our BIGGEST rivals one of only five teams to have EVER won the Premiership ?
Our BIGGEST rivals spending MILLIONS on buying and selling players whilst we scour for the dregs at the bottom of the barrel?
Our BIGGEST rivals having a state of the art ground and facilities whilst we don't even own ours?
Having wooden seats and toilets at the bottom of the yard?
The ground looking like it's been built out of scaffolding and cardboard.
We lived in a town of boarded up terraced houses.
The worst educated numbnuts in the country (GCSE tables don't lie)
Nothing in the trophy cabinet.
We used to play in pink.
We used to play in blue and white so that we could look like our BIGGEST rivals
We used to play in green, hence our envy.
I could go on and on but the list is endless.
Thing is truth hurts the dingles, How would we feel ?
Come on neanderthals with your tirade of abuse. My shoulders are broad., not like you rotting, slavering cowards.
Yes, the truth hurts, hurts, hurts. Doesn't it.
Just get used to the trips to Yeovil, Crewe, Preston and Stevenage next year, lovely places to go by all accounts.
mjp 53
says...
7:02pm Fri 22 Mar 13
R0BB0 wrote:Should promote him to first team coach, a blinding appointment if they do
burnleyglentoran wrote:great input that hill troll
Speaking on Indian television.
Shebby Singh said,
"I'm pleased to be announcing that, Venkys have promoted me and given me an additional role at Blackburn Rovers. Not only am I Global Advisings, but will, now be Chief Sacking Wallah"
nice one
go fish
Thats the only way you will get rid of him.
Long live Shabby Shebby
Harwoodstblue
says...
7:04pm Fri 22 Mar 13
trueblue72 wrote:I know of fans waiting in the wings (friends / Neighbours ) who won't go because of Venkys but WILL return when they've gone, whenever that may be.
noddy57 wrote:Agree with every word apart from John Williams, he would never come back.
when will you so called fans realise that the venkys are the owners and can do what they like,,get used to it,,who have you got in mind to take over the club ? there are no takers, shebby singh sacked appleton before he took us down to league 1,,right decision,,agnew and shaw made the same mistake again after hiring berg ,,who was not experienced,,so you are shouting down the wrong people,,yes the Venkys are responsible for the whole sorry state of our club but you have got to realise that they have been advised wrongly by buffoons who are no better than themselves,,get agnew shaw and the whole advisors out and offer the reigns back to john williams and let him get the show back on the road,,
I can't see an end to this, just hope we don't drop too far first but the fans deserting is working for all to see but will they ever ho back.
That is the hard bit no matter who takes over, fans lost seldom return and it could be a full generation of kids lost.
Granted there are who those who won't return immediately. It'll be a slow process.
trueblue72
says...
7:21pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Harwoodstblue wrote:Lets hope so, fingers and everything else crossed.
trueblue72 wrote:I know of fans waiting in the wings (friends / Neighbours ) who won't go because of Venkys but WILL return when they've gone, whenever that may be.
noddy57 wrote:Agree with every word apart from John Williams, he would never come back.
when will you so called fans realise that the venkys are the owners and can do what they like,,get used to it,,who have you got in mind to take over the club ? there are no takers, shebby singh sacked appleton before he took us down to league 1,,right decision,,agnew and shaw made the same mistake again after hiring berg ,,who was not experienced,,so you are shouting down the wrong people,,yes the Venkys are responsible for the whole sorry state of our club but you have got to realise that they have been advised wrongly by buffoons who are no better than themselves,,get agnew shaw and the whole advisors out and offer the reigns back to john williams and let him get the show back on the road,,
I can't see an end to this, just hope we don't drop too far first but the fans deserting is working for all to see but will they ever ho back.
That is the hard bit no matter who takes over, fans lost seldom return and it could be a full generation of kids lost.
Granted there are who those who won't return immediately. It'll be a slow process.
When you stop going week in week out you find other things to do and the longer it goes on the harder it is to return.
The scariest thing is the generation of kids.
I was brought up with rovers in the old 2nd and 3rd divisions watching from the old riverside stand going with my dad every home game and loving the sight of him jumping up and down when we scored, whoever we played.
Now my brother who's blue through and through can't even get his son to go anymore because he does not enjoy it and his friends are all the same.
Lose the next generation of kids and we really are in trouble.
goldfinger59
says...
8:01pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Hovis1945
says...
8:06pm Fri 22 Mar 13
"It is important for the club that everyone at the club and the fans once again show their support for Gary and the first team as we seek to end the season on a high note."
I add this "whilst we, the directors and owners continue to act in a completely unprofessional manner (in other words cr*p) and ruin the club into oblivion".
noddy57
says...
8:47pm Fri 22 Mar 13
trueblue72 wrote:cant disagree with that,,lm just hoping williams returns but as you rightly say that will probably never happen,,as for the fans returning,,im sure your right in thinking we wont get many of the fans back but l am confident maybe not under this regime but when the right man and board are in place it could re ignite the lost fans interest,,lets hope so,
noddy57 wrote:Agree with every word apart from John Williams, he would never come back.
when will you so called fans realise that the venkys are the owners and can do what they like,,get used to it,,who have you got in mind to take over the club ? there are no takers, shebby singh sacked appleton before he took us down to league 1,,right decision,,agnew and shaw made the same mistake again after hiring berg ,,who was not experienced,,so you are shouting down the wrong people,,yes the Venkys are responsible for the whole sorry state of our club but you have got to realise that they have been advised wrongly by buffoons who are no better than themselves,,get agnew shaw and the whole advisors out and offer the reigns back to john williams and let him get the show back on the road,,
I can't see an end to this, just hope we don't drop too far first but the fans deserting is working for all to see but will they ever ho back.
That is the hard bit no matter who takes over, fans lost seldom return and it could be a full generation of kids lost.
Nuttall Street
says...
9:15pm Fri 22 Mar 13
handyamBRFC
says...
9:24pm Fri 22 Mar 13
The curse of ex top players trying management and BRFC ex players.
Top & ex BRFC players do not always make good managers.!
well, I think we know now for sure.
H Berg....!!
also.....
def the case with R Keane.
Unfortunately, as a manager, Roy keane is and has been a total failure.
Managing requires different skills and attributes. Players do not naturally have these qualities.
Few go on to accomplish the right attitude, skills required.
Yes too many might be taking their coaching qualifications but in practice they will still make poor managers.
It is evident that Roy Keane does not have those.
for example:
he still thinks hes a top player
but reality is he's not anymore
and still he does not see himself as retired...!!
he still thinks like the top player he was with quality players around him.
Actually, even at Man UTD where all are quality, it was common for Roy to get angry everyday with the players.
This increased towards the end of his career so much that Fergy. had to safe guard his other players and hence Roy had to go.
he has bought many players as a manager but most have been bad buys.
he rarely made a good choice with players bought most were average or not good enough..!
He has very poor financial sense.
his track record at buying players is very poor.
he gets angry very quickly.
he easily falls out with his players
if he does not get on with players.
he gets angry & he sidelines too many players.
In fact, Roy has fallen out with too many players and likely always to fall out with other human being and players because of his personality adn fiery temper & he wants all his way
so much that he would disregard or banish players. He would never play them again.
Hence with all the previous teams he has managed he has managed to have more players that he would not play again then those actually left to choose from. ....!!!!!!
He is a hot head and likely to fall out at any time, he is not dependable, he has no successful management record, & def. not BRFC management material.
We need stability, and success.
above all else we need a manger who can get on with all concerned especially winning over the fans and uniting everyone at the club.
We need someone to bring in quality players from the Uk and abroad. someone with connections to clubs and players.
We need someone who can take us back to the Premier and that requires someone who is hard working, someone who is not coming only for money, someone who can lead by example, someone who is motivated, someone who can deliver the results required by all fans, someone with charisma, style and passion.
always
Arte et Labore
Chico!
says...
11:44pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Norma_scock wrote:How amusing.
Chico! wrote:It got a bite from you though didn't it ?
Norma_scock wrote:Your banter is terribly weak.
Chico! wrote:If you think that's bitter, just wait until you read these pages in a years time when the Venkys legends have bummed off with the parachute payments and your facing a winding up order at the high court. You'll be rattling those collection buckets outside Bumwood before you know it. Shadsworth Rovers Dons here we come !!!nil bye mouth wrote: BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al lardyce,Berg,Slapple ton/Kean,shebby/came ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YAOh dear. Illiterate, bitter, ill informed nonsense. How very Bonleh of you. Bless x
But not as weak as the genetic variation in your family gene pool.
Bless x
I see you're still signing off your dross posts with a nice little kiss. I'm sure you're very comfortable with your sexuality.
You got sand in your vagina about my post you silly little bitey dingle. And it wasn't even aimed at you. Ha ha.
Don't get mad, it's just that your banter is so weak it's practically homeopathic.
Bless x
Marconi
says...
1:45am Sat 23 Mar 13
handyamBRFC wrote:And SOMEONE who is going to get the full backing of the board. The only thing that is going to bring the fans back is performance on the pitch, irrespective of who the manager is. The players we had in the PL were not good enough, or did not whish to play for Blackburn Rovers, hence relegation.This is the same problem in the championship. Signing players on loan who, for one reason or another, are not good enough for their own clubs, is only adding extra cost to the wage bill. You cannot build a team with loan players. Which brings me back to the question, are Venky's making money available to buy them.? To me the obvious answer is no. It has gone on to long to think that is so. The three sacked managers could fill us in on that one. I know money cannot buy success but it helps.
hi
The curse of ex top players trying management and BRFC ex players.
Top & ex BRFC players do not always make good managers.!
well, I think we know now for sure.
H Berg....!!
also.....
def the case with R Keane.
Unfortunately, as a manager, Roy keane is and has been a total failure.
Managing requires different skills and attributes. Players do not naturally have these qualities.
Few go on to accomplish the right attitude, skills required.
Yes too many might be taking their coaching qualifications but in practice they will still make poor managers.
It is evident that Roy Keane does not have those.
for example:
he still thinks hes a top player
but reality is he's not anymore
and still he does not see himself as retired...!!
he still thinks like the top player he was with quality players around him.
Actually, even at Man UTD where all are quality, it was common for Roy to get angry everyday with the players.
This increased towards the end of his career so much that Fergy. had to safe guard his other players and hence Roy had to go.
he has bought many players as a manager but most have been bad buys.
he rarely made a good choice with players bought most were average or not good enough..!
He has very poor financial sense.
his track record at buying players is very poor.
he gets angry very quickly.
he easily falls out with his players
if he does not get on with players.
he gets angry & he sidelines too many players.
In fact, Roy has fallen out with too many players and likely always to fall out with other human being and players because of his personality adn fiery temper & he wants all his way
so much that he would disregard or banish players. He would never play them again.
Hence with all the previous teams he has managed he has managed to have more players that he would not play again then those actually left to choose from. ....!!!!!!
He is a hot head and likely to fall out at any time, he is not dependable, he has no successful management record, & def. not BRFC management material.
We need stability, and success.
above all else we need a manger who can get on with all concerned especially winning over the fans and uniting everyone at the club.
We need someone to bring in quality players from the Uk and abroad. someone with connections to clubs and players.
We need someone who can take us back to the Premier and that requires someone who is hard working, someone who is not coming only for money, someone who can lead by example, someone who is motivated, someone who can deliver the results required by all fans, someone with charisma, style and passion.
always
Arte et Labore
Harwoodstblue
says...
8:49am Sat 23 Mar 13
Marconi wrote:The sacked managers won't "Fill us in" though. There'll be a clause in their contracts which states that they have to keep their mouths shut. No one who has left the club has dared to say a word..
handyamBRFC wrote:And SOMEONE who is going to get the full backing of the board. The only thing that is going to bring the fans back is performance on the pitch, irrespective of who the manager is. The players we had in the PL were not good enough, or did not whish to play for Blackburn Rovers, hence relegation.This is the same problem in the championship. Signing players on loan who, for one reason or another, are not good enough for their own clubs, is only adding extra cost to the wage bill. You cannot build a team with loan players. Which brings me back to the question, are Venky's making money available to buy them.? To me the obvious answer is no. It has gone on to long to think that is so. The three sacked managers could fill us in on that one. I know money cannot buy success but it helps.
hi
The curse of ex top players trying management and BRFC ex players.
Top & ex BRFC players do not always make good managers.!
well, I think we know now for sure.
H Berg....!!
also.....
def the case with R Keane.
Unfortunately, as a manager, Roy keane is and has been a total failure.
Managing requires different skills and attributes. Players do not naturally have these qualities.
Few go on to accomplish the right attitude, skills required.
Yes too many might be taking their coaching qualifications but in practice they will still make poor managers.
It is evident that Roy Keane does not have those.
for example:
he still thinks hes a top player
but reality is he's not anymore
and still he does not see himself as retired...!!
he still thinks like the top player he was with quality players around him.
Actually, even at Man UTD where all are quality, it was common for Roy to get angry everyday with the players.
This increased towards the end of his career so much that Fergy. had to safe guard his other players and hence Roy had to go.
he has bought many players as a manager but most have been bad buys.
he rarely made a good choice with players bought most were average or not good enough..!
He has very poor financial sense.
his track record at buying players is very poor.
he gets angry very quickly.
he easily falls out with his players
if he does not get on with players.
he gets angry & he sidelines too many players.
In fact, Roy has fallen out with too many players and likely always to fall out with other human being and players because of his personality adn fiery temper & he wants all his way
so much that he would disregard or banish players. He would never play them again.
Hence with all the previous teams he has managed he has managed to have more players that he would not play again then those actually left to choose from. ....!!!!!!
He is a hot head and likely to fall out at any time, he is not dependable, he has no successful management record, & def. not BRFC management material.
We need stability, and success.
above all else we need a manger who can get on with all concerned especially winning over the fans and uniting everyone at the club.
We need someone to bring in quality players from the Uk and abroad. someone with connections to clubs and players.
We need someone who can take us back to the Premier and that requires someone who is hard working, someone who is not coming only for money, someone who can lead by example, someone who is motivated, someone who can deliver the results required by all fans, someone with charisma, style and passion.
always
Arte et Labore
silverstan
says...
8:45pm Sun 24 Mar 13
nil bye mouth wrote:34 years & counting, you six fingered sister fiddling dingle ****, now jog on !!
BOO HOO MOAN MOAN GROAN GROAN BOOO HOO POOR BLACKBURN.Its everyone elses fault,Venkys,ince,al
lardyce,Berg,Slapple
ton/Kean,shebby/came
ron,obama,bin laden in fat everyman and his dog is to blame apart from the FANS themselves.You have hardly been blameless in the circus that is Blackburn have you? . You think nay insist that you have a right to premiership status when the truth is you have with Jack walkers cash been punching way above your weight for the last 20 years or so.But you just cant accept your place in the football pyramid which is mid table championship at best. All you have done is embarress yourselves and you club at a national level even to the point of booing your team when they score, only at ewood eh ? . Your not even top dogs in east lancs anymore and that really hurts dont it ! .They always say that ultimatley the people get the leader that they deserve and you have VENKYS the owners from hell.DOOMED I TELL YA

burnleyglentoran says...
11:55am Fri 22 Mar 13
Shebby Singh said,
"I'm pleased to be announcing that, Venkys have promoted me and given me an additional role at Blackburn Rovers. Not only am I Global Advisings, but will, now be Chief Sacking Wallah"