Rovers fans plan community march against Venky's regime (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Rovers fans plan community march against Venky's regime
1:44pm Monday 16th April 2012 in Football
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
Blackburn Rovers fans will march against the club's regime on Saturday as they call for their "Rovers back".
Sections of disgruntled supporters will hold a community march before Saturday's crucial visit of Norwich City, demanding change in the running of the club.
The march will carry the message 'Blackburn wants its Rovers back' and will call for the removal of manager Steve Kean, the board of directors and for owners Venky's to sell the club.
A spokesperson for the Blackburn Rovers Action Group, said: “The BRFC Action Group is absolutely thrilled with the response of the public. We have been inundated with messages of support from across the globe and feedback from supporters has been fantastic.
"Blackburn Rovers football club is part of its supporter’s extended family and is the one common thing which pulls the town together.
"To the people of Blackburn, this is no longer just about losing football matches, this is about the very future of the football club and the very fabric of Blackburn.
"Our football club is a 137 year-old institution which has seen it’s traditions and values destroyed in less than 18 months.
"It takes only a few hands to bulldoze our club but it will take many hands to rebuild it and the whole community needs to come together to breathe life back into Blackburn Rovers.
"Venkys cannot make us feel inferior if we do not give them our consent. ‘Words divide us, actions unite us’ and if we are unified there is nothing that we cannot achieve."
The march will leave Blackburn Town Hall at 1.30pm and will head to Ewood Park for kick off.
Comments(229)
gudari
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1:54pm Mon 16 Apr 12
FCBurnley
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1:58pm Mon 16 Apr 12
j166429
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2:00pm Mon 16 Apr 12
gudari wrote:@gudari. I don't know how old you are (although I do think you're probably a dingle), but on the off chance you are a rovers "supporter" then why don't you "grown-ups" take the lead and do something instead of sitting around and watching the club die a slow death?
What? Another march? You grintwums just don't realize that the grown-ups are getting a little tired of all this!!
French Rover
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2:15pm Mon 16 Apr 12
They will surely hang around hoping for us to get back up and make us a sellable asset again, and that could make things even worse than now.....they could be here for years if they still choose not to invest in the team!
Forever Blue
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2:17pm Mon 16 Apr 12
j166429 wrote:He his a Yaarrrshire closet Leeds fan.
gudari wrote: What? Another march? You grintwums just don't realize that the grown-ups are getting a little tired of all this!!@gudari. I don't know how old you are (although I do think you're probably a dingle), but on the off chance you are a rovers "supporter" then why don't you "grown-ups" take the lead and do something instead of sitting around and watching the club die a slow death?
Ask him about the photos of him wearing the Leeds strip when he was younger !
bobinspain
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2:26pm Mon 16 Apr 12
1.Fergie.
2.Dalglish.
3.Moyes.
4.Lambert.
5.McLeish.
6.Coyle.
7. (I forgot the other guy's name).
samsno2millfan
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2:43pm Mon 16 Apr 12
French Rover wrote:How?
Our traditions have not been destroyed but the clubs value has for sure. And that is what worries me the most as how can the Venkys hope to sell us when we are a not a premier league club? They will surely hang around hoping for us to get back up and make us a sellable asset again, and that could make things even worse than now.....they could be here for years if they still choose not to invest in the team!
By firstly selling anything/body of any value to recoup some if not all the initial capital outlay. How they actually get the money out of the company, I wouldn't know. The accounts may make interesting reading though.
Then offsetting the reduced income from the Championship (or below) by continuing to significantly reduce costs.
The business becomes profitable - or virtually so - and bingo, is more saleable, albeit at a lower price.
They may not make a lot but wouldn't lose much either, which I believe is their main concern.
Or, worse still, it does actually become profitable and they hang on to it.
bburnrover
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2:48pm Mon 16 Apr 12
I think Kean is blaming Givet for our loss at Swansea why has he not played our best remaining defender for so long?
I can understand Givet's reluctance to play he has been victimised similar to Nelsen.We need someone to motivate the team now Kean is as useless as Wolves new boss so we need someone new to take us into these last few matches.
MxMave
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2:50pm Mon 16 Apr 12
We will fight them on the bleechers, we will fight them on bolton road, we will fight them on the corner shops, we will fight them in the kfc service queue.
Ronaldpetercooper
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3:12pm Mon 16 Apr 12
fluppy02
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3:14pm Mon 16 Apr 12
sonny
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3:14pm Mon 16 Apr 12
All they do is gain sympathy for kean, give the media more mud to throw at us, gets the players even more down, makes the owners even more stuborn.
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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3:17pm Mon 16 Apr 12
French Rover wrote:Exactly FR - thats why we must hold back on ST renewals until Kean is sacked and Venkys invest some funds or sell.
Our traditions have not been destroyed but the clubs value has for sure. And that is what worries me the most as how can the Venkys hope to sell us when we are a not a premier league club?
They will surely hang around hoping for us to get back up and make us a sellable asset again, and that could make things even worse than now.....they could be here for years if they still choose not to invest in the team!
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An empty stadium would be a major embarrasment to them as well as starving them of funds - thats all we can do and protest via local media.
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34th
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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3:18pm Mon 16 Apr 12
sonny wrote:Give some solutions of your own them rather than just problems?
can anybody tell me 1 positive thing that has come from the silly protest marches?
All they do is gain sympathy for kean, give the media more mud to throw at us, gets the players even more down, makes the owners even more stuborn.
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Are you happy to run up the valley with the Venkys Light brigade?
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34th.......
givet82
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3:19pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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3:21pm Mon 16 Apr 12
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Have you not got a buy back clause to protect the club?
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This has been a big mistake - you must persuade Venkys to sell up and leave!
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34th..
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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3:21pm Mon 16 Apr 12
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Have you not got a buy back clause to protect the club?
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This has been a big mistake - you must persuade Venkys to sell up and leave!
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34th..
Lancs - pensioner
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3:49pm Mon 16 Apr 12
sonny wrote:Hi Sonny, I have been on here telling people not to go down to matches and I have got lamblasted for doing so by the "I will always go down" brigade, some are now changing there tune! people have chosen to protest march again there personal choice, some are advocating not buying ST again there choice, why because in our own ways we WANT to do something so dont come on here calling anyone "silly" its an insult to all BRFC fans, just have the balls to come on here and tell us what YOU will do, we wont call you what ever it is, we may differ but just do something instead of adding cheap comments about people who are at least trying.
can anybody tell me 1 positive thing that has come from the silly protest marches? All they do is gain sympathy for kean, give the media more mud to throw at us, gets the players even more down, makes the owners even more stuborn.
givet82
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3:57pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:that's best post you have ever put on here mr morst,,if they did hire steve bruce for a start don't think them stupid idioctic stubborn owners would sell tho mate
WALKER TRUST - please take the club back into safe hands and run it at break-even. You don't have to put in millions but get the club back into local control.
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Have you not got a buy back clause to protect the club?
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This has been a big mistake - you must persuade Venkys to sell up and leave!
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34th..
bigste
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4:07pm Mon 16 Apr 12
A Darener
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4:37pm Mon 16 Apr 12
YarkshahRover
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4:39pm Mon 16 Apr 12
moh
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4:41pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:they wanted to sell and get out for a couple of years. Unfortunately they are not interested in rovers.
WALKER TRUST - please take the club back into safe hands and run it at break-even. You don't have to put in millions but get the club back into local control. . Have you not got a buy back clause to protect the club? . This has been a big mistake - you must persuade Venkys to sell up and leave! . 34th..
A Darener
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4:42pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Season ticket renewals 0 Blackburn Rovers Owners 0
A Darener
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4:45pm Mon 16 Apr 12
YarkshahRover wrote:How I would love to see a leaked report of how many ticket applications have been sent back so far.
Just sent back my decline of the season ticket renewal invitation, with appropriate comments. They'll probably only be read by a member of ticket office staff but if enough people do the same something is bound to leak out about the number of disgruntled ST holders. I would urge all ST holders to do the same. Don't just bin the invitation.
I will send mine back on the 30th.
givet82
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4:54pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Dukes
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5:08pm Mon 16 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971
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5:10pm Mon 16 Apr 12
nellymatt
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5:18pm Mon 16 Apr 12
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Why is it that Blackburn are the only club protesting all season , You don't hear Bolton or Wigan fans calling for everyone to be sacked and they have be down there all season with Blackburn, What have the Venkeys done wrong, The Venkeys haven't spent millions , do you seriously think that if they had money like Chelsea and Man city they would have bought Blackburn, The fans go on about heritage , Why did the previous owners sell to the Venkeys , 1 Because there was no one else who wanted it 2 Blame the previous owners ,they didn't care about heritage ,they just wanted Cash.
blueandwhite1971
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5:22pm Mon 16 Apr 12
French Rover
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5:26pm Mon 16 Apr 12
samsno2millfan wrote:I understand your points but remember the despicable Walkers Trust had us up for sale for about three years or so and this was when we were a well run and stable mid table prem club.....
French Rover wrote:How?
Our traditions have not been destroyed but the clubs value has for sure. And that is what worries me the most as how can the Venkys hope to sell us when we are a not a premier league club? They will surely hang around hoping for us to get back up and make us a sellable asset again, and that could make things even worse than now.....they could be here for years if they still choose not to invest in the team!
By firstly selling anything/body of any value to recoup some if not all the initial capital outlay. How they actually get the money out of the company, I wouldn't know. The accounts may make interesting reading though.
Then offsetting the reduced income from the Championship (or below) by continuing to significantly reduce costs.
The business becomes profitable - or virtually so - and bingo, is more saleable, albeit at a lower price.
They may not make a lot but wouldn't lose much either, which I believe is their main concern.
Or, worse still, it does actually become profitable and they hang on to it.
Who on earth would be interested in us when we are in the Championship (or god forbid lower)......By anyones reckoning looks very much like the Venkys are going to be around for a long time yet - just hope Kean isn't still part of it...
Rover The Top.
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5:27pm Mon 16 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971
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5:33pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Whitehall Rover
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5:35pm Mon 16 Apr 12
A Darener wrote:Why the 30th?
YarkshahRover wrote: Just sent back my decline of the season ticket renewal invitation, with appropriate comments. They'll probably only be read by a member of ticket office staff but if enough people do the same something is bound to leak out about the number of disgruntled ST holders. I would urge all ST holders to do the same. Don't just bin the invitation.How I would love to see a leaked report of how many ticket applications have been sent back so far. I will send mine back on the 30th.
Send it back now!
blueandwhite1971
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5:38pm Mon 16 Apr 12
FCBurnley
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5:49pm Mon 16 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971 wrote:NO YOU WON`T
WE`RE PLUCKED AND WE KNOW WE ARE! CHUMPIONSHIP NXT YEAR, I`LL BE THERE , I WAS A ROVER UNDER BOBBY SAXTON, DON MACKAY, DALGLISH AND TH REST AND I WILL BE TILL THEY NAIL THE LID ON MY BLUE AND WHITE COFFIN, I JUST HOPE VENKYS DONT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE NAILS. FAT CHANCE!. BRFC IN MY HEART,BODY AND SOUL. WE WILL BE BACK, JUST NO IDEA WHEN!
blueandwhite1971
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5:51pm Mon 16 Apr 12
FCBurnley wrote:see you at turd moor my six fingered ,knuckle dragging friend.
blueandwhite1971 wrote:NO YOU WON`T
WE`RE PLUCKED AND WE KNOW WE ARE! CHUMPIONSHIP NXT YEAR, I`LL BE THERE , I WAS A ROVER UNDER BOBBY SAXTON, DON MACKAY, DALGLISH AND TH REST AND I WILL BE TILL THEY NAIL THE LID ON MY BLUE AND WHITE COFFIN, I JUST HOPE VENKYS DONT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE NAILS. FAT CHANCE!. BRFC IN MY HEART,BODY AND SOUL. WE WILL BE BACK, JUST NO IDEA WHEN!
samsno2millfan
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6:37pm Mon 16 Apr 12
French Rover wrote:If the price is right, who knows. The infrastructure would still be in place and we have, sorry had, been in the Prem for a long time. It may seem a decent opportunity.
samsno2millfan wrote:I understand your points but remember the despicable Walkers Trust had us up for sale for about three years or so and this was when we were a well run and stable mid table prem club..... Who on earth would be interested in us when we are in the Championship (or god forbid lower)......By anyones reckoning looks very much like the Venkys are going to be around for a long time yet - just hope Kean isn't still part of it...French Rover wrote: Our traditions have not been destroyed but the clubs value has for sure. And that is what worries me the most as how can the Venkys hope to sell us when we are a not a premier league club? They will surely hang around hoping for us to get back up and make us a sellable asset again, and that could make things even worse than now.....they could be here for years if they still choose not to invest in the team!How? By firstly selling anything/body of any value to recoup some if not all the initial capital outlay. How they actually get the money out of the company, I wouldn't know. The accounts may make interesting reading though. Then offsetting the reduced income from the Championship (or below) by continuing to significantly reduce costs. The business becomes profitable - or virtually so - and bingo, is more saleable, albeit at a lower price. They may not make a lot but wouldn't lose much either, which I believe is their main concern. Or, worse still, it does actually become profitable and they hang on to it.
"Despicable" is a bit harsh by the way.
jacklowe
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6:38pm Mon 16 Apr 12
merlinrabbit
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6:38pm Mon 16 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971
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6:53pm Mon 16 Apr 12
stick to football
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6:55pm Mon 16 Apr 12
As for the march I doubt Venkys will be seen twice in a fortnight at Ewood - when the entertainment value is so good !!
pepperpot2296
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7:00pm Mon 16 Apr 12
samsno2millfan wrote:If they walk away at the end of the parachute payments they will probably have put 80 million in there back sack less the few million expenses for judas KEAN, and similar to ANDERSON
French Rover wrote:How?
Our traditions have not been destroyed but the clubs value has for sure. And that is what worries me the most as how can the Venkys hope to sell us when we are a not a premier league club? They will surely hang around hoping for us to get back up and make us a sellable asset again, and that could make things even worse than now.....they could be here for years if they still choose not to invest in the team!
By firstly selling anything/body of any value to recoup some if not all the initial capital outlay. How they actually get the money out of the company, I wouldn't know. The accounts may make interesting reading though.
Then offsetting the reduced income from the Championship (or below) by continuing to significantly reduce costs.
The business becomes profitable - or virtually so - and bingo, is more saleable, albeit at a lower price.
They may not make a lot but wouldn't lose much either, which I believe is their main concern.
Or, worse still, it does actually become profitable and they hang on to it.
blueandwhite1971
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7:03pm Mon 16 Apr 12
stick to football wrote:venkys chicken , like the club, battered,cheap and leaves a sour after taste. wot have you done? shameless parasites with visions of grandeur go and get plucked!
One hopes that Venkys have borrowed on the strength of season ticket sales and they pick up any shortfall - no pain without gain should read no pain without loss when it comes to Rovers.
As for the march I doubt Venkys will be seen twice in a fortnight at Ewood - when the entertainment value is so good !!
pepperpot2296
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7:05pm Mon 16 Apr 12
A Darener wrote:Better still don,t put stamps on your returns make it cost them!!!!!
YarkshahRover wrote:How I would love to see a leaked report of how many ticket applications have been sent back so far.
Just sent back my decline of the season ticket renewal invitation, with appropriate comments. They'll probably only be read by a member of ticket office staff but if enough people do the same something is bound to leak out about the number of disgruntled ST holders. I would urge all ST holders to do the same. Don't just bin the invitation.
I will send mine back on the 30th.
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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7:16pm Mon 16 Apr 12
samsno2millfan wrote:I am sure under the sale of goods act you can cancel and get your money back as long as the season has not started?
Rover The Top. wrote:Is there not a cooling off period when they can get their money back?
The club have so far had 1800 renewed. I predict it will be well under 10,000 unless something changes.
Send 'em back people.
Don't let the b@$t@rd$ win!
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Alternatively you could claim you thought it was a football club and have discovered that is not the case!
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34th.......
Sherwoodforest
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7:18pm Mon 16 Apr 12
nellymatt wrote:Ive been posting links to various media articles over the last couple of days, trying to highlight this media tomshittery.
i cant believe some peoples comments are they oblivious to our plight this is from the skysports website commenting on the protest march
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Why is it that Blackburn are the only club protesting all season , You don't hear Bolton or Wigan fans calling for everyone to be sacked and they have be down there all season with Blackburn, What have the Venkeys done wrong, The Venkeys haven't spent millions , do you seriously think that if they had money like Chelsea and Man city they would have bought Blackburn, The fans go on about heritage , Why did the previous owners sell to the Venkeys , 1 Because there was no one else who wanted it 2 Blame the previous owners ,they didn't care about heritage ,they just wanted Cash.
Media asking " who do Blackburn fans think they are?.......Man utd?
Sections of the media berating the fans this week.......why?
We are guilty of one thing, loving our club!, why should we merely sit back and watch it be fleeced, mismanaged and become the laughing stock of the prem?
Brian Read and Matt Lawton, two of the worst culprits, wonder if they know JA, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
gleechy
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7:21pm Mon 16 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971
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7:29pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Sherwoodforest
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7:39pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Join the BRFC action group, and/or pledge your donations to the BRSIT,
Jack Walker would of been protesting if he was still with us.
WE WANT OUR ROVERS BACK
blue276
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7:41pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Finally I am frankly appalled at the reporting qualities of the LET and Radio lancs. They either hide behind the 'well if the won't talk to us what can we do' - well you could write articles that summise what you think has gone on to counterbalance the negativity that you see elsewhere in the press about the Rovers supporters i.e. you could stick up for us. Tonight's Radio Lancs sports programme at 6 o'clock had an interview with SK about GG probably taken after the match on Saturday yet following the inteview i.e. during the remaining part of the programme made no reference to reports in the press that what SK is saying might not be the actual truth.
The supporters need to maintain the backing of the club on the pitch however if either at the Norwich or Wigan game it's looking like we've gone then I suggest the best thing is to mock SK and play back to him some of his classic lines -
we wont go down
we'll finish in the top 10
it'l be europe in 3-4 seasons
judge me on my own purchases
I forfeited the game
several thousand supportes shouting these words back at him might at least make him uncomfortable and make the media wonder whay we are saying these things not too mention make us feel just a little bit better though it won't last- ther's a strggle in the champioship to come and lots of player sales.
See you at the away games next season
blue276
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7:41pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Finally I am frankly appalled at the reporting qualities of the LET and Radio lancs. They either hide behind the 'well if the won't talk to us what can we do' - well you could write articles that summise what you think has gone on to counterbalance the negativity that you see elsewhere in the press about the Rovers supporters i.e. you could stick up for us. Tonight's Radio Lancs sports programme at 6 o'clock had an interview with SK about GG probably taken after the match on Saturday yet following the inteview i.e. during the remaining part of the programme made no reference to reports in the press that what SK is saying might not be the actual truth.
The supporters need to maintain the backing of the club on the pitch however if either at the Norwich or Wigan game it's looking like we've gone then I suggest the best thing is to mock SK and play back to him some of his classic lines -
we wont go down
we'll finish in the top 10
it'l be europe in 3-4 seasons
judge me on my own purchases
I forfeited the game
several thousand supportes shouting these words back at him might at least make him uncomfortable and make the media wonder whay we are saying these things not too mention make us feel just a little bit better though it won't last- ther's a strggle in the champioship to come and lots of player sales.
See you at the away games next season
blueandwhite1971
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7:43pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Sherwoodforest wrote:have you a link for the group mate? want my voice to be heard, i`ve bit my lip for long enough.
Time for ALL Rovers fans to unite against this totalitarian regime and media tomshittery.
Join the BRFC action group, and/or pledge your donations to the BRSIT,
Jack Walker would of been protesting if he was still with us.
WE WANT OUR ROVERS BACK
French Rover
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7:48pm Mon 16 Apr 12
samsno2millfan wrote:Despicable is actually very tame when used in conjunction with the words "Walkers Trust'.......which in itself is a big misnomer as the Trust that Jack set up was betrayed time after time by the trustees he left in charge. But for the actions of the WT we would not be in this terrible situation now.
French Rover wrote:If the price is right, who knows. The infrastructure would still be in place and we have, sorry had, been in the Prem for a long time. It may seem a decent opportunity.
samsno2millfan wrote:I understand your points but remember the despicable Walkers Trust had us up for sale for about three years or so and this was when we were a well run and stable mid table prem club..... Who on earth would be interested in us when we are in the Championship (or god forbid lower)......By anyones reckoning looks very much like the Venkys are going to be around for a long time yet - just hope Kean isn't still part of it...French Rover wrote: Our traditions have not been destroyed but the clubs value has for sure. And that is what worries me the most as how can the Venkys hope to sell us when we are a not a premier league club? They will surely hang around hoping for us to get back up and make us a sellable asset again, and that could make things even worse than now.....they could be here for years if they still choose not to invest in the team!How? By firstly selling anything/body of any value to recoup some if not all the initial capital outlay. How they actually get the money out of the company, I wouldn't know. The accounts may make interesting reading though. Then offsetting the reduced income from the Championship (or below) by continuing to significantly reduce costs. The business becomes profitable - or virtually so - and bingo, is more saleable, albeit at a lower price. They may not make a lot but wouldn't lose much either, which I believe is their main concern. Or, worse still, it does actually become profitable and they hang on to it.
"Despicable" is a bit harsh by the way.
Despicable a bit harsh? No nay never too harsh sir....
100%rovers0%kean0%venkys
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7:48pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Were coming for you on saturday....
Sherwoodforest
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7:50pm Mon 16 Apr 12
ngroup.co.uk/
http://www.brsit.co.
uk/
there both on twitter too, twit twoo
French Rover
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7:56pm Mon 16 Apr 12
"If we don't get a result at the weekend, we go back and work with the players again and get prepared for another massive game.
"The players have been fantastic and there have been lots of games where we should have got a bit more from those games.
"But it has been a massive transition period for the club. There are new owners, I am a new manager at the club, we have a lot of new young players in the team, so there have been big changes at the club.
"We feel that when we come through it, like we did last season, we will be better for it."
Asked if his future was guaranteed should Rovers go down, Kean replied: "I have a contract that runs beyond this season. "Let's get this season taken care of, make sure that we are in the division and I'm hopeful we can move things on."
That last one really slayed me...!
blueandwhite1971
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7:57pm Mon 16 Apr 12
w@nkys here we come.
BlueSkies
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8:00pm Mon 16 Apr 12
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From then on, it'll be another day closer to the Injuns and their Puppet leaving us to whatever our fate may be.
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Be happy, every cloud has a silver lining lol!
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We will be re-born after the worst 18 months in our history.
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Keep the faith everybody, if you show the same passion for the club as most of your posts on here do, then we will come through.
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It's going to be an interesting chapter in the history of our great little club.
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RTID.
Sherwoodforest
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8:00pm Mon 16 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971 wrote:like SK keeps tellin us..................
cheers mate. i don`t follow twitter, just one big one managing the rovers. see ya there on saturday, our voices will be heard.
w@nkys here we come.
....Its gonna be massive
Mattrovers
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8:01pm Mon 16 Apr 12
For me I am behind my club and will take whatever comes.... rovers till i die....
Mattrovers
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8:03pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Smell the Streets Blue Skies !
blueandwhite1971
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8:04pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Sherwoodforest wrote:gonna shove there bargain buckets up their @r5e.
blueandwhite1971 wrote:like SK keeps tellin us..................
cheers mate. i don`t follow twitter, just one big one managing the rovers. see ya there on saturday, our voices will be heard.
w@nkys here we come.
....Its gonna be massive
Mattrovers
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8:10pm Mon 16 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971 wrote:Rovers will never be ours again, it is owned abroad.... Jack Walkers family sold it, without due diligence... dont blame the manager or the owners look beyond that..... Maybe you can't..... Rovers till I die...
Sherwoodforest wrote:have you a link for the group mate? want my voice to be heard, i`ve bit my lip for long enough.
Time for ALL Rovers fans to unite against this totalitarian regime and media tomshittery.
Join the BRFC action group, and/or pledge your donations to the BRSIT,
Jack Walker would of been protesting if he was still with us.
WE WANT OUR ROVERS BACK
blueandwhite1971
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8:13pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Mattrovers wrote:we will all take it , whatever happens its our club. its not the actions of "thick" supporters but the only way the likes of the football fan is heard, we wont be steamrollered.
Here we go again, nobody listens... i told you this at christmas...you all thought by going against the owners and protesting will work... typically thick....
For me I am behind my club and will take whatever comes.... rovers till i die....
craftandgraft
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8:14pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Barcelona are quite good.
www.brsit.co.uk
If you want to make a difference
put your money where your mouths are.
Bill Kenwright remortgaged his house to buy Everton.
Venkys are as ignorant as the walkers trust.
ANDERSON OUT.
wez.
sofu ltd.
Mattrovers
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8:16pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Mattrovers
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8:19pm Mon 16 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971 wrote:We are being steamrolled, can you not see it.. I am as mad as you but Marches and banning games and slating players on the pitch does not work.... We need to think beyond that .......
Mattrovers wrote:we will all take it , whatever happens its our club. its not the actions of "thick" supporters but the only way the likes of the football fan is heard, we wont be steamrollered.
Here we go again, nobody listens... i told you this at christmas...you all thought by going against the owners and protesting will work... typically thick....
For me I am behind my club and will take whatever comes.... rovers till i die....
nil bye mouth
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8:19pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Mattrovers
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8:23pm Mon 16 Apr 12
nil bye mouth wrote:What a turd from turd moor................
HA HA HA HA HA CLUELESS CLASSLESS CLUB MMM VENKYS CHICKEN IS WONDERFULL .THE WHOLE FOOTBALL WORLD IS LAUGHING AT YOU .Your demise is gathering pace and your protests are futile your venkys bit5h now put up or shut up.Long live the kean!
have a drink you
blueandwhite1971
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8:23pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Mattrovers wrote:the time for thinking is fast running out. theres thinkers and doers. i know which one ive become.
blueandwhite1971 wrote:We are being steamrolled, can you not see it.. I am as mad as you but Marches and banning games and slating players on the pitch does not work.... We need to think beyond that .......
Mattrovers wrote:we will all take it , whatever happens its our club. its not the actions of "thick" supporters but the only way the likes of the football fan is heard, we wont be steamrollered.
Here we go again, nobody listens... i told you this at christmas...you all thought by going against the owners and protesting will work... typically thick....
For me I am behind my club and will take whatever comes.... rovers till i die....
BlueSkies
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8:24pm Mon 16 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:That's exactly what I'll be doing. I wagered a large amount on Rovers going down, earlier in the season.
FC Barcelona and Atletico Bilbao are owned by the fans for the fans.
Barcelona are quite good.
www.brsit.co.uk
If you want to make a difference
put your money where your mouths are.
Bill Kenwright remortgaged his house to buy Everton.
Venkys are as ignorant as the walkers trust.
ANDERSON OUT.
wez.
sofu ltd.
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The winnings from that will be pledged to BRSIT.
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RTID
craftandgraft
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8:24pm Mon 16 Apr 12
And my mates are too!
Muamba has left hospital.
Arte et Labore.
Sherwoodforest
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8:24pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Mattrovers wrote:There's no substitute for hindsight is there?
blueandwhite1971 wrote:Rovers will never be ours again, it is owned abroad.... Jack Walkers family sold it, without due diligence... dont blame the manager or the owners look beyond that..... Maybe you can't..... Rovers till I die...
Sherwoodforest wrote:have you a link for the group mate? want my voice to be heard, i`ve bit my lip for long enough.
Time for ALL Rovers fans to unite against this totalitarian regime and media tomshittery.
Join the BRFC action group, and/or pledge your donations to the BRSIT,
Jack Walker would of been protesting if he was still with us.
WE WANT OUR ROVERS BACK
Maybe they hoodwinked the Walker trust, like they have the fans since they bought the club.
One thing for sure, we need to UNITE as one for the sake of not only our club, but also our community.
Whatever their mindset the Walker trust aint around anymore, and us fans need to fight for the legacy of our former owner, its way past football for me personally.
craftandgraft
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8:38pm Mon 16 Apr 12
It's about Blackburn and Our club.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore.
blueandwhite1971
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8:40pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Sherwoodforest wrote:football has left the building. its our identity.
Mattrovers wrote:There's no substitute for hindsight is there?
blueandwhite1971 wrote:Rovers will never be ours again, it is owned abroad.... Jack Walkers family sold it, without due diligence... dont blame the manager or the owners look beyond that..... Maybe you can't..... Rovers till I die...
Sherwoodforest wrote:have you a link for the group mate? want my voice to be heard, i`ve bit my lip for long enough.
Time for ALL Rovers fans to unite against this totalitarian regime and media tomshittery.
Join the BRFC action group, and/or pledge your donations to the BRSIT,
Jack Walker would of been protesting if he was still with us.
WE WANT OUR ROVERS BACK
Maybe they hoodwinked the Walker trust, like they have the fans since they bought the club.
One thing for sure, we need to UNITE as one for the sake of not only our club, but also our community.
Whatever their mindset the Walker trust aint around anymore, and us fans need to fight for the legacy of our former owner, its way past football for me personally.
Mattrovers
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8:43pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Sherwoodforest
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8:45pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Come on u gooners
blueandwhite1971
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8:52pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Mattrovers wrote:sorry mate your deluded. bleed blue and white me. if we played blue square i`d still bleed the same. stupid comment to make to true roverites who just love BRFC.
We will all be watching United soon
BlueSkies
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8:54pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Mattrovers wrote:Tongue in cheek, I hope Matt.
We will all be watching United soon
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Lots of positive vibes on here tonight.
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There will be life after Venky's.
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RTID
Mattrovers
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8:54pm Mon 16 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971 wrote:Not deluded mate, fed up... and Joking.... Rovers till I die. Been in Blackburn end for 37 years..............
Mattrovers wrote:sorry mate your deluded. bleed blue and white me. if we played blue square i`d still bleed the same. stupid comment to make to true roverites who just love BRFC.
We will all be watching United soon
craftandgraft
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8:54pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Anderson made £1.5 million on that deal.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore.
flagstone
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8:58pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Sherwoodforest
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9:00pm Mon 16 Apr 12
http://t.co/Mnqitkoo
Dont Sky Sports just love him, i wonder who manipulates them......hmmmm let me think
Marko 84
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9:06pm Mon 16 Apr 12
The best way to protest is simply not to go.
If you buy a ticket and then choose to protest then Venky's have already won i'm afraid, but surely we know that don't we?
Fans are determined to show it's 'their club' and that they matter, but the only way to put power back in the hands of supporters is by abandoning games all together.
Only when these mercenaries representing BRFC (with the exception of about three players...at a push) trot out onto the pitch to the welcome of an empty Ewood will any of these people you are aiming your anger at care.
It's a business, the only way to damage any business is to stop giving it revenue.
Stay away...everybody!
Please
RTID_norway
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9:09pm Mon 16 Apr 12
merlinrabbit
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9:09pm Mon 16 Apr 12
nil bye mouth wrote:ugh, dont know what it is but I cringe when I read these posts. They are always so dense, meaningless, repetitive, scummy. Like a bad dose of the runs.
HA HA HA HA HA CLUELESS CLASSLESS CLUB MMM VENKYS CHICKEN IS WONDERFULL .THE WHOLE FOOTBALL WORLD IS LAUGHING AT YOU .Your demise is gathering pace and your protests are futile your venkys bit5h now put up or shut up.Long live the kean!
Sherwoodforest
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9:10pm Mon 16 Apr 12
flagstone wrote:Dont think Holloway would want to join the circus, and its not going to happen. Stevie Dream's got a couple of years left on his contract, is unsackable and has been touted in sections the media as a potential manager of the year...........could
The only way Rovers will EVER have a promotion again sadly is when we finally find another man manager, who can motivate a average side into believing again.Don Mackay, although HE never quite made it , but still brought a feel good factor to the club,is the only type of manager we can hopefully persuade to bring back some hope and pride amongst the fans.The sad facts are , it will be a very long time before the club will be sold by these leaches and untill then we need at least someone who knows about team spirit , telling the truth and how to use what limited talent is left to even hope for a future promotion push. The man Rovers need , who fits the bill with what is left is Ian Holloway. Forget the big names they are never going to come now, that is long in the past.
nt make it up, could you.
blueandwhite1971
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9:15pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Mattrovers
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9:16pm Mon 16 Apr 12
craftandgraft
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9:22pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Anderson is a villain.
He is not welcome here or anywhere else he has been.
www.brsit.co.uk
Kentaro make a disgusting amount of money from sport.
We don't have to let it carry on.
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
Stone Island.
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9:22pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Marko 84 wrote:Spot on.
I hope all the people protesting are also not attending the game.
The best way to protest is simply not to go.
If you buy a ticket and then choose to protest then Venky's have already won i'm afraid, but surely we know that don't we?
Fans are determined to show it's 'their club' and that they matter, but the only way to put power back in the hands of supporters is by abandoning games all together.
Only when these mercenaries representing BRFC (with the exception of about three players...at a push) trot out onto the pitch to the welcome of an empty Ewood will any of these people you are aiming your anger at care.
It's a business, the only way to damage any business is to stop giving it revenue.
Stay away...everybody!
Please
flagstone
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9:25pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Sherwoodforest wrote:Sadly , agree with you totally Sherwood forest.
flagstone wrote:Dont think Holloway would want to join the circus, and its not going to happen. Stevie Dream's got a couple of years left on his contract, is unsackable and has been touted in sections the media as a potential manager of the year...........could
The only way Rovers will EVER have a promotion again sadly is when we finally find another man manager, who can motivate a average side into believing again.Don Mackay, although HE never quite made it , but still brought a feel good factor to the club,is the only type of manager we can hopefully persuade to bring back some hope and pride amongst the fans.The sad facts are , it will be a very long time before the club will be sold by these leaches and untill then we need at least someone who knows about team spirit , telling the truth and how to use what limited talent is left to even hope for a future promotion push. The man Rovers need , who fits the bill with what is left is Ian Holloway. Forget the big names they are never going to come now, that is long in the past.
nt make it up, could you.
Its going to be along and painful next few years.and we are going to have to take the flack , whether we like or not .Hate saying this but it is true.One day the club will be on a better footing with a decent man at the helm . live the dream again lads .
wanderingrover
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9:45pm Mon 16 Apr 12
OK we have a bigger fanbase and history but it would be embarrassing to stay up instead of them.
Protest in a dignified way, stick together and drive these charlatans out but don't let them have another penny of your cash.
nil bye mouth
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9:58pm Mon 16 Apr 12
hahahahjahahahahahah
a.
blueandwhite1971
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9:59pm Mon 16 Apr 12
burnleyglentoran
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10:01pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Now thats a team playing for the gaffer!!!!
The points gap widens..........
The trap door opens a little bit more..........
YA DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!
NO NAY NEVER
tugay 4 ever
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10:05pm Mon 16 Apr 12
I will march on Saurday but not enter the ground.
We must NEVER enter Ewood Park gain whilst thy own our club.
We must stick together!
hotpot8200
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10:06pm Mon 16 Apr 12
nil bye mouth
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10:13pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Manuel Hung
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10:13pm Mon 16 Apr 12
burnleyglentoran wrote:Might as well open up the 'Chumpionship' trap door too.
ARSENAL 1 WIGAN 2
Now thats a team playing for the gaffer!!!!
The points gap widens..........
The trap door opens a little bit more..........
YA DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!
NO NAY NEVER
When all the rest of the players leave this summer I think wowvers are in for a big shock if they think it will be easy in the
'chumpionship' next season.
God save the Kean!
Venkys you are all absolute legends!
Arthur Labore
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10:15pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Are you watching Kean you moron,that is how you are meant fight for points,not lay down and die like last 3 away games,we deserve to go down.
flagstone
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10:16pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Manuel Hung wrote:Why dont you try to READ some of the above posts before spouting the same bile over and over .No Rovers fan thinks it going to be easy with set up we have , big teams like Leeds etc are finding it hard to get promoted .Grow up !!
burnleyglentoran wrote:Might as well open up the 'Chumpionship' trap door too.
ARSENAL 1 WIGAN 2
Now thats a team playing for the gaffer!!!!
The points gap widens..........
The trap door opens a little bit more..........
YA DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!
NO NAY NEVER
When all the rest of the players leave this summer I think wowvers are in for a big shock if they think it will be easy in the
'chumpionship' next season.
God save the Kean!
Venkys you are all absolute legends!
Justjes
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10:19pm Mon 16 Apr 12
GameRoverMan
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10:27pm Mon 16 Apr 12
nellymatt wrote:Do you really not know why Venky's are loathed in Blackburn? Here's a short list:
i cant believe some peoples comments are they oblivious to our plight this is from the skysports website commenting on the protest march
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Why is it that Blackburn are the only club protesting all season , You don't hear Bolton or Wigan fans calling for everyone to be sacked and they have be down there all season with Blackburn, What have the Venkeys done wrong, The Venkeys haven't spent millions , do you seriously think that if they had money like Chelsea and Man city they would have bought Blackburn, The fans go on about heritage , Why did the previous owners sell to the Venkeys , 1 Because there was no one else who wanted it 2 Blame the previous owners ,they didn't care about heritage ,they just wanted Cash.
1. Idiotic comments - Champions League with £5 mill ion investment.
2. Sacking all board members who had a clue what was going on.
3. Frittering away money on agent's fees for below average players.
4. Lack of investment.
5. Total lack of contact with the fans or the media.
6. Total absence from Ewood Park.
7. Idiotic comments (did I mention that?) - Our "brilliant" manager Steve Kean
8. Not sacking Steve Kean when he is clearly out of his depth.
9. Idiotic comments (again) - we are going to sign Damien Duff before they had even talked to Fulham.
10. Selling all the best players including Jones, Samba and letting other experienced players go for free.
Is that good enough?!!!
Manuel Hung
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10:28pm Mon 16 Apr 12
flagstone wrote:Relegation is now a formality but do you know what the best bit is?
Manuel Hung wrote:Why dont you try to READ some of the above posts before spouting the same bile over and over .No Rovers fan thinks it going to be easy with set up we have , big teams like Leeds etc are finding it hard to get promoted .Grow up !!
burnleyglentoran wrote:Might as well open up the 'Chumpionship' trap door too.
ARSENAL 1 WIGAN 2
Now thats a team playing for the gaffer!!!!
The points gap widens..........
The trap door opens a little bit more..........
YA DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!
NO NAY NEVER
When all the rest of the players leave this summer I think wowvers are in for a big shock if they think it will be easy in the
'chumpionship' next season.
God save the Kean!
Venkys you are all absolute legends!
Seeing the public humiliation as your club falls into financial ruin while you all carry on with the useless protests before you eventually go bankrupt and the club is closed for ever.
Here is a question for you.
What is red, white and blue and will be flying over deadwood during the queens jubilee?
A 'Tesco opening here soon' flag.
God save the Kean!
flagstone
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10:41pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Manuel Hung wrote:What a child you are .
flagstone wrote:Relegation is now a formality but do you know what the best bit is?
Manuel Hung wrote:Why dont you try to READ some of the above posts before spouting the same bile over and over .No Rovers fan thinks it going to be easy with set up we have , big teams like Leeds etc are finding it hard to get promoted .Grow up !!
burnleyglentoran wrote:Might as well open up the 'Chumpionship' trap door too.
ARSENAL 1 WIGAN 2
Now thats a team playing for the gaffer!!!!
The points gap widens..........
The trap door opens a little bit more..........
YA DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!
NO NAY NEVER
When all the rest of the players leave this summer I think wowvers are in for a big shock if they think it will be easy in the
'chumpionship' next season.
God save the Kean!
Venkys you are all absolute legends!
Seeing the public humiliation as your club falls into financial ruin while you all carry on with the useless protests before you eventually go bankrupt and the club is closed for ever.
Here is a question for you.
What is red, white and blue and will be flying over deadwood during the queens jubilee?
A 'Tesco opening here soon' flag.
God save the Kean!
RoverInRotterdam
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10:42pm Mon 16 Apr 12
fluppy02 wrote:"worst than cow"? fluppy from India, eh? ...To all attending the march .. Good luck by the way,i,m pretty sure bullet head has been trying,by means of certain comments recently, to wind up the fans so that the protests would start again,both to try and get the level of sympathy he got after the Bolton match back and also to try and blame the next defeat(s) on the protestors again,but what else can any fan do? He'll put a big slice of blame for the likely relegation on the fans anyway,so at least hopefully it'll demonstrate that his claim of it only being a minority of protestors not being behind him is as big a lie as everything else that gushes forth from his shyster orifice . ... R.T.I.D.....
Rovers forever... venkys, if u cant treat us as a fan then treat us like customer. the customer is always right. keano,u're worst than cow
happiness
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10:45pm Mon 16 Apr 12
flagstone
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10:46pm Mon 16 Apr 12
happiness wrote:sums it up pretty well "happiness"
I've been 'down' with Rovers before, even to the 3rd div and even during those dark days I never once abandoned them and stopped going. No matter how gutted I was at the time, it never even entered my head once. However, after decades of my support, after these two home games I'm finished with them and I will only return, whatever level they are at, when all those responsible for ruining my club have gone. The reason for this is that there is a difference between going down and being TAKEN down.
Road Runner Road Runner
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10:50pm Mon 16 Apr 12
happiness wrote:With you on that mate.
I've been 'down' with Rovers before, even to the 3rd div and even during those dark days I never once abandoned them and stopped going. No matter how gutted I was at the time, it never even entered my head once. However, after decades of my support, after these two home games I'm finished with them and I will only return, whatever level they are at, when all those responsible for ruining my club have gone. The reason for this is that there is a difference between going down and being TAKEN down.
39 years I've followed our club and you have put it in a nutshell.
TAKEN DOWN !
I will never forgive this lot until my last breath.
Arte et labore
Pommie Art
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10:58pm Mon 16 Apr 12
whittaker0
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11:07pm Mon 16 Apr 12
hasslem hasslem
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11:07pm Mon 16 Apr 12
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a march and protests against norwich will only give kean jong il and his meedja luvvie pals an excuse behind our inevitable relegation.
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we all know that the vast majority of players hate him as much as the vast majority of supporters do too. the only people that seem to rate him are his meeja luvvie pals and some idiots that have got mad chicken disease over in pune.
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old saying - give em enough rope and they will hang themselves. we will be relegated with or without protests with norwich and spuds game
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personally, my belief is that any vehement catcalls against norwich are a couple of weeks too early. by the time we play the pie eaters we will be down if not before kick off then definitely after it.
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keep your powder dry til the wigan game and then release hell as russell crowe said in gladiator. also worth applauding martinez throughout the game to let the press know we appreciate good management.
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Stone Island.
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11:09pm Mon 16 Apr 12
So now, why don't you all, take everything that you have plundered, and go, and don't come back, you've raped the Rovers!
We've loved, we've laughed and cried, we've had our fill, and share of losing. And now, as tears subside, I think you'll find, it's not amusing. To think, you've caused all this, and may I say all in a sly way, and now it's true to say, you've raped the Rovers!
So what is Kean, what has he got? what was his role, in this debacle? He's lied, and lied and lied, he's raped the Rovers!
Road Runner Road Runner
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11:10pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Pommie Art wrote:With respect Pommie Art they own nothing purely monetary.
The Burnley supporters are correct when they say ask for your money back if your not happy, also its not the supporters club the Chicken Pluckers do own the club unfortunatly for for once i do agree with the Burnley fans
For any BFC supporter languishing in this situation - fine but, the spirit of this club, our club will never be taken away. That much you can be assured of and BRFC will return to it's rightful owners.
We are not the first with this situation neither will we be the last !
Arte et labore
happiness
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11:10pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:36 years for me and although most of it is filled with high points, some I never even dreamed of thanks to JW, here are my lowest points in reverse order.
happiness wrote:With you on that mate.
I've been 'down' with Rovers before, even to the 3rd div and even during those dark days I never once abandoned them and stopped going. No matter how gutted I was at the time, it never even entered my head once. However, after decades of my support, after these two home games I'm finished with them and I will only return, whatever level they are at, when all those responsible for ruining my club have gone. The reason for this is that there is a difference between going down and being TAKEN down.
39 years I've followed our club and you have put it in a nutshell.
TAKEN DOWN !
I will never forgive this lot until my last breath.
Arte et labore
5. Relegation to the 3rd in 79.
4. Relegation the the championship in 99.
3. Bristol Rovers away in 81 when we missed out on top flight footy to Swansea on goal difference.
2. Crystal Palace away in 89 play-off final 2nd leg. Missing out on top flight footy 4-3 on agg, after winning first leg 3-1. Still hurts that one.
1. The last 18 months and what looks like the inevitable.
Still, not all doom and gloom. Well done Fleetwood!!!!
leebee23
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11:11pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Venkys have done more damage in 18 months than Al Qaida have in 18 years
137 years down the Gangee without a paddle!!
Tuc Tuc for Venkys
What a complete **** **!!
reggie0008
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11:12pm Mon 16 Apr 12
We are down and Yak, Hoilett, Givet, Hanley, Olssen, Rochina, Formica, Robinson and Nzonzi will all definately leave the club and we will struggle to stay in the Championship with you at the helm Keano!
hasslem hasslem
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11:13pm Mon 16 Apr 12
"Now i have become death, the destroyer of worlds".
Substitute Oppenheimer for Venkys, atom bomb for Lord Haw Haw and "worlds" for Rovers and you have it in a nutshell.
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BRFC RIP, if you believe in reincarnation lets hope that Venkys come back as dung beetles and Rovers as something glorious.
Another French Rover
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11:17pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Brfc Wake up!!!
says...
11:20pm Mon 16 Apr 12
VENKYS DONT CARE ABOUT PROTESTS!!! WHY WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND???
BRFC IS OWNED BY VENKYS ONLY ON PAPER.
KEAN AND ANDERSON ARE THE TRUE OWNERS.
BRFC IS A BIG MONEY MAKING MACHINE FOR KEAN AND ANDERSON. KEAN IS IN SOLE CHARGE, REASON WHY NO ONE EXSIST ABOVE HIM ANYMORE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED (ALLARDYCE) OR LEFT (WILLIAMS) AS THEY HAD NO POWER. KEAN ALONE MAKES EVERY SINGLE DECISION FROM MANAGING TO RUNNING THE CLUB.
WHATS IN IT FOR VENKYS???
WELL... FOR THE INITIAL OUTLAY WHICH THEY RECOVERED FROM THE SALE OF PHIL JONES, THEY REMORTGAGED THE CLUB TOP TO BOTTOM AND HAVE SINCE RECOVERED ALL THE MONEY FROM MORE PLAYER SALES ETC.(PRINCESS TRUST FREE SHIRT SPONSOR WAS A VERY CLEVER STUNT + BIG PLAYER SIGNING TARGETS - BECKHAM, RONADINHO ETC ETC)!!! ALL A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THEIR VENKYS BRAND WHICH HAS EXPLODED AROUND THE GLOBE AT PHENOMENAL SPEEDS!!! THEY DONT CARE WHAT HAPPENS AT EWOOD, HENCE WHY THEY DONT TURN UP OR TALK TO THE FANS.
ANDERSON IS JOINT OWNER WITH KEAN, BUT BECAUSE HE IS AN AGENT, ACCORDING TO PREMIER LEAGUE RULES, CANNOT OWN A CLUB! (HERES WHERE VENKYS FIT IN). ANDERSON MAKES MONEY FROM TRANSFERS TO AND FROM ROVERS AS AGENCY FEES (THINK OF ALL THE DUD SIGNINGS IN LAST FEW WINDOWS AND SUPRISE SUPRISE, ROVERS PAID 2ND HIGHEST AGENCY FEES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER MAN CITY IN 2011).
KEAN ON THE OTHER HAND, UNSACKABLE NO MATTER HOW POOR THE RESULTS, BLAGS THE FANS, MEDIA ETC!!! (AFTER THE BOLTON LOSS AT EWOOD, KEAN SAID, "I WOULD BE 100% SHOCKED IF I WAS SACKED"... DUH!!! WORST MANAGER IN PREMIER LEAGUE EVER AND HE SAID THAT AFTER ALL THE PROTESTS AND DERBY DAY DEFEAT ON HOME TURF. HIS ARROGANCY AND COCKINESS SAYS IT ALL.
EVEN IF ROVERS ARE RELEGATED,WHICH THEYRE 99% THERE, KEAN AND ANDERSON STILL MAKE LOADS FROM PARACHUTE PAYMENTS!!! WIN WIN SITUATION!!!
IF VENKYS TRULY OWNED THE CLUB, THEY WOULDVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN LAST TRANSFER WINDOW TO SAVE THEIR INVESTMENT OF AROUND £40M VALUE DECREASING BY 90% TO £4M DUE TO THE DROP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
BUT THEY DIDNT, BECAUSE U NOW KNOW WHY!!!
WAKE UP ROVERS FANS!!!!
French Rover
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11:23pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Brfc Wake up!!! wrote:Took your advice and just woke up from a really silly dream about some bloke from fantasy island spouting about Kean owning the club....is the situation not bad enough without this kind of rubbish being allowed to be posted?
WHEN WILL THE ROVERS FANS WAKE UP???
VENKYS DONT CARE ABOUT PROTESTS!!! WHY WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND???
BRFC IS OWNED BY VENKYS ONLY ON PAPER.
KEAN AND ANDERSON ARE THE TRUE OWNERS.
BRFC IS A BIG MONEY MAKING MACHINE FOR KEAN AND ANDERSON. KEAN IS IN SOLE CHARGE, REASON WHY NO ONE EXSIST ABOVE HIM ANYMORE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED (ALLARDYCE) OR LEFT (WILLIAMS) AS THEY HAD NO POWER. KEAN ALONE MAKES EVERY SINGLE DECISION FROM MANAGING TO RUNNING THE CLUB.
WHATS IN IT FOR VENKYS???
WELL... FOR THE INITIAL OUTLAY WHICH THEY RECOVERED FROM THE SALE OF PHIL JONES, THEY REMORTGAGED THE CLUB TOP TO BOTTOM AND HAVE SINCE RECOVERED ALL THE MONEY FROM MORE PLAYER SALES ETC.(PRINCESS TRUST FREE SHIRT SPONSOR WAS A VERY CLEVER STUNT + BIG PLAYER SIGNING TARGETS - BECKHAM, RONADINHO ETC ETC)!!! ALL A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THEIR VENKYS BRAND WHICH HAS EXPLODED AROUND THE GLOBE AT PHENOMENAL SPEEDS!!! THEY DONT CARE WHAT HAPPENS AT EWOOD, HENCE WHY THEY DONT TURN UP OR TALK TO THE FANS.
ANDERSON IS JOINT OWNER WITH KEAN, BUT BECAUSE HE IS AN AGENT, ACCORDING TO PREMIER LEAGUE RULES, CANNOT OWN A CLUB! (HERES WHERE VENKYS FIT IN). ANDERSON MAKES MONEY FROM TRANSFERS TO AND FROM ROVERS AS AGENCY FEES (THINK OF ALL THE DUD SIGNINGS IN LAST FEW WINDOWS AND SUPRISE SUPRISE, ROVERS PAID 2ND HIGHEST AGENCY FEES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER MAN CITY IN 2011).
KEAN ON THE OTHER HAND, UNSACKABLE NO MATTER HOW POOR THE RESULTS, BLAGS THE FANS, MEDIA ETC!!! (AFTER THE BOLTON LOSS AT EWOOD, KEAN SAID, "I WOULD BE 100% SHOCKED IF I WAS SACKED"... DUH!!! WORST MANAGER IN PREMIER LEAGUE EVER AND HE SAID THAT AFTER ALL THE PROTESTS AND DERBY DAY DEFEAT ON HOME TURF. HIS ARROGANCY AND COCKINESS SAYS IT ALL.
EVEN IF ROVERS ARE RELEGATED,WHICH THEYRE 99% THERE, KEAN AND ANDERSON STILL MAKE LOADS FROM PARACHUTE PAYMENTS!!! WIN WIN SITUATION!!!
IF VENKYS TRULY OWNED THE CLUB, THEY WOULDVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN LAST TRANSFER WINDOW TO SAVE THEIR INVESTMENT OF AROUND £40M VALUE DECREASING BY 90% TO £4M DUE TO THE DROP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
BUT THEY DIDNT, BECAUSE U NOW KNOW WHY!!!
WAKE UP ROVERS FANS!!!!
Road Runner Road Runner
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11:31pm Mon 16 Apr 12
happiness wrote:The 79 relegation was a tough one but, just a youngster then and I dusted myself down - no sweat.
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:36 years for me and although most of it is filled with high points, some I never even dreamed of thanks to JW, here are my lowest points in reverse order.
happiness wrote:With you on that mate.
I've been 'down' with Rovers before, even to the 3rd div and even during those dark days I never once abandoned them and stopped going. No matter how gutted I was at the time, it never even entered my head once. However, after decades of my support, after these two home games I'm finished with them and I will only return, whatever level they are at, when all those responsible for ruining my club have gone. The reason for this is that there is a difference between going down and being TAKEN down.
39 years I've followed our club and you have put it in a nutshell.
TAKEN DOWN !
I will never forgive this lot until my last breath.
Arte et labore
5. Relegation to the 3rd in 79.
4. Relegation the the championship in 99.
3. Bristol Rovers away in 81 when we missed out on top flight footy to Swansea on goal difference.
2. Crystal Palace away in 89 play-off final 2nd leg. Missing out on top flight footy 4-3 on agg, after winning first leg 3-1. Still hurts that one.
1. The last 18 months and what looks like the inevitable.
Still, not all doom and gloom. Well done Fleetwood!!!!
The Bristol Rovers scenario I was otherwise occupied. Thank goodness !
The 99 one floored me to such an extent I cycled off to Portugal and watched us relegated in a Youth Hostel. Becoming harder !
The Palace defeat was a bitter pill to swallow after hammering them down at Ewood. Walked off Selhurst Park in tears of frustration with 2 pals. Overwhelmed !
This shocking and disgraceful situation as broken my B&W heart.
I spoke to J Anderson on the phone for 1hr and 20 minutes and one of the questions I asked of him - man to man was:
'Why have you overseen the perceived destruction of OUR club BRFC' ?
His reply, Why would I want to destroy BRFC' ?
I said to him this is your word to me and I can only take you for your word and I will never forget it.
Well, he as spit in my face and all other(s) for that I will never ever forgive him as this disgraceful situation unfolds.
I will be back to breath live back into our club whence these scum have left and they will !
Aye, good on Fleetwood and fantastic management from Martinez at Wigan. I'm pleased for them for various reasons but, the outstanding reason is showing this odious little egocentric just how to motivate and manage a football team down amongst the dead men.
They will never ever see me forsake our club but, I will show them my utter distaste by abstaining.
One of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make but, in the end they have made it very simple for me.
Arte et labore
hasslem hasslem
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11:37pm Mon 16 Apr 12
whittaker0
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11:40pm Mon 16 Apr 12
leebee23
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11:41pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Seasideblue
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11:42pm Mon 16 Apr 12
Probably the final nail in Rovers' coffin. Well done Wigan, a proper football club with a proper owner and a proper manager. I remember the days when Blackburn had a club like that. So sad.
MxMave
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11:47pm Mon 16 Apr 12
samsno2millfan
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11:54pm Mon 16 Apr 12
French Rover wrote:The Walkers Trust was in charge of all his former companies and was not expected to fund the club in the way Jack had. I think we all knew that.
samsno2millfan wrote:Despicable is actually very tame when used in conjunction with the words "Walkers Trust'.......which in itself is a big misnomer as the Trust that Jack set up was betrayed time after time by the trustees he left in charge. But for the actions of the WT we would not be in this terrible situation now. Despicable a bit harsh? No nay never too harsh sir....French Rover wrote:If the price is right, who knows. The infrastructure would still be in place and we have, sorry had, been in the Prem for a long time. It may seem a decent opportunity. "Despicable" is a bit harsh by the way.samsno2millfan wrote:I understand your points but remember the despicable Walkers Trust had us up for sale for about three years or so and this was when we were a well run and stable mid table prem club..... Who on earth would be interested in us when we are in the Championship (or god forbid lower)......By anyones reckoning looks very much like the Venkys are going to be around for a long time yet - just hope Kean isn't still part of it...French Rover wrote: Our traditions have not been destroyed but the clubs value has for sure. And that is what worries me the most as how can the Venkys hope to sell us when we are a not a premier league club? They will surely hang around hoping for us to get back up and make us a sellable asset again, and that could make things even worse than now.....they could be here for years if they still choose not to invest in the team!How? By firstly selling anything/body of any value to recoup some if not all the initial capital outlay. How they actually get the money out of the company, I wouldn't know. The accounts may make interesting reading though. Then offsetting the reduced income from the Championship (or below) by continuing to significantly reduce costs. The business becomes profitable - or virtually so - and bingo, is more saleable, albeit at a lower price. They may not make a lot but wouldn't lose much either, which I believe is their main concern. Or, worse still, it does actually become profitable and they hang on to it.
What they did was keep in place a sound management structure and team to do what was both realistic and beneficial, long term. They shoved a bit of cash in when needed as well. It was a long way from being a "despicable" form of ownership.
The sale to Venkys has been a disaster but was the Trust fed the same line as the rest of us when they came forward? I suppose they could have given Bill Kenwright at Everton a ring to see why he had knocked them back when they tried to buy his club.
Venkys published commitments at the time of the purchase bear no resemblance to what they have actually done since.
They had gone against what has proved to be the most important of them within a couple of months (see Williams / Finn / Goodman letter Jan 2011).
We all know who the common denominator was between the takeover and change of management team now don't we? (again, see Williams / Finn / Goodman letter Jan 2011).
RoverInRotterdam
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12:05am Tue 17 Apr 12
flagstone wrote:Have you not learnt anything from the last season and a half my friend? Kean will stay the manager as long as he continues doing the job the way that wankys want,which involves not complaining while firstly the professional staff running the club are forced out , then any above average player with a premiership value and/or on a premiership wage is sold or forced to move on,whilst being told which players he can and can't pick to play based solely on how much can be saved by not playing a certain player,as well as being willing to fly over to India once a month like a mafia bagman from a casino.He got the new, increased payment because he's doing a good job in their eyes,and turning a good profit so what does that suggest? So,where do you think they would find another "manager" like kean? Certainly not one presently a manager in at least the top 3 English Leagues, A man with the slightest ammount of honour would not stay more than a couple of months at Ewood at the most,and wankys really,really don't want any manager with even a touch of honour,honesty,integ
The only way Rovers will EVER have a promotion again sadly is when we finally find another man manager, who can motivate a average side into believing again.Don Mackay, although HE never quite made it , but still brought a feel good factor to the club,is the only type of manager we can hopefully persuade to bring back some hope and pride amongst the fans.The sad facts are , it will be a very long time before the club will be sold by these leaches and untill then we need at least someone who knows about team spirit , telling the truth and how to use what limited talent is left to even hope for a future promotion push. The man Rovers need , who fits the bill with what is left is Ian Holloway. Forget the big names they are never going to come now, that is long in the past.
rity or even self respect. In short my friend,it looks like we've just got to suffer till they have finished milking their own personal cashcow. It's rumoured that they were really panicking about relegation till they were told about the parachute payments. Panic over i guess...R.T.I.D.
krish brfc
says...
12:58am Tue 17 Apr 12
every Sunday morning fj time i listen to BBC radio for update n my heart sinks when we lose
spoils my whole coming week
just hope n pray that we stay up ..time is running out n i feel so stressed just hope we get out off this
:(
FCBurnley
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1:21am Tue 17 Apr 12
smellthecoffee
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1:35am Tue 17 Apr 12
French Rover wrote:In all fairness FR, he makes more sense than the rubbish you've been spouting for 18 months. I expect (after all the ar$e licking you aimed at Kean) that you'll be very happy now that relegation is all but rubber stamped. Just glad to see the back of "Big Fat Sam" - the man you love to hate.
Brfc Wake up!!! wrote:Took your advice and just woke up from a really silly dream about some bloke from fantasy island spouting about Kean owning the club....is the situation not bad enough without this kind of rubbish being allowed to be posted?
WHEN WILL THE ROVERS FANS WAKE UP???
VENKYS DONT CARE ABOUT PROTESTS!!! WHY WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND???
BRFC IS OWNED BY VENKYS ONLY ON PAPER.
KEAN AND ANDERSON ARE THE TRUE OWNERS.
BRFC IS A BIG MONEY MAKING MACHINE FOR KEAN AND ANDERSON. KEAN IS IN SOLE CHARGE, REASON WHY NO ONE EXSIST ABOVE HIM ANYMORE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED (ALLARDYCE) OR LEFT (WILLIAMS) AS THEY HAD NO POWER. KEAN ALONE MAKES EVERY SINGLE DECISION FROM MANAGING TO RUNNING THE CLUB.
WHATS IN IT FOR VENKYS???
WELL... FOR THE INITIAL OUTLAY WHICH THEY RECOVERED FROM THE SALE OF PHIL JONES, THEY REMORTGAGED THE CLUB TOP TO BOTTOM AND HAVE SINCE RECOVERED ALL THE MONEY FROM MORE PLAYER SALES ETC.(PRINCESS TRUST FREE SHIRT SPONSOR WAS A VERY CLEVER STUNT + BIG PLAYER SIGNING TARGETS - BECKHAM, RONADINHO ETC ETC)!!! ALL A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THEIR VENKYS BRAND WHICH HAS EXPLODED AROUND THE GLOBE AT PHENOMENAL SPEEDS!!! THEY DONT CARE WHAT HAPPENS AT EWOOD, HENCE WHY THEY DONT TURN UP OR TALK TO THE FANS.
ANDERSON IS JOINT OWNER WITH KEAN, BUT BECAUSE HE IS AN AGENT, ACCORDING TO PREMIER LEAGUE RULES, CANNOT OWN A CLUB! (HERES WHERE VENKYS FIT IN). ANDERSON MAKES MONEY FROM TRANSFERS TO AND FROM ROVERS AS AGENCY FEES (THINK OF ALL THE DUD SIGNINGS IN LAST FEW WINDOWS AND SUPRISE SUPRISE, ROVERS PAID 2ND HIGHEST AGENCY FEES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER MAN CITY IN 2011).
KEAN ON THE OTHER HAND, UNSACKABLE NO MATTER HOW POOR THE RESULTS, BLAGS THE FANS, MEDIA ETC!!! (AFTER THE BOLTON LOSS AT EWOOD, KEAN SAID, "I WOULD BE 100% SHOCKED IF I WAS SACKED"... DUH!!! WORST MANAGER IN PREMIER LEAGUE EVER AND HE SAID THAT AFTER ALL THE PROTESTS AND DERBY DAY DEFEAT ON HOME TURF. HIS ARROGANCY AND COCKINESS SAYS IT ALL.
EVEN IF ROVERS ARE RELEGATED,WHICH THEYRE 99% THERE, KEAN AND ANDERSON STILL MAKE LOADS FROM PARACHUTE PAYMENTS!!! WIN WIN SITUATION!!!
IF VENKYS TRULY OWNED THE CLUB, THEY WOULDVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN LAST TRANSFER WINDOW TO SAVE THEIR INVESTMENT OF AROUND £40M VALUE DECREASING BY 90% TO £4M DUE TO THE DROP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
BUT THEY DIDNT, BECAUSE U NOW KNOW WHY!!!
WAKE UP ROVERS FANS!!!!
Road Runner Road Runner
says...
1:51am Tue 17 Apr 12
Eleven v Eleven on 4OD !
Similarity's ? You decide ?
smellthecoffee
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1:51am Tue 17 Apr 12
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Let us cast our minds back to what jogalot had to say after sam got sacked....
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jogalot says...
5:23pm Tue 14 Dec 10
Sam has been sacked! Big deal!
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You whingers see it all as the end of the world! It is no big deal! Sam was a very boring ordinary manager. He was defo NOT the wonderboy so many of you seem to think he was.
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Get a life! Think FOOTBALL! Think entertainment! Think joy and excitement! That's what football is about. Has Sam had such a negative influence on you that you've forgot the basics?
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Rovers can play attractive football and survive in the Premier League without spending millions. Top 4 or 5 is stretching it with limited resources but it's possible to challenge those top teams and do well, and possibly even get into top positions now and then.
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Many seem to think Sam made the most of what he had at his disposal. I disagree. We can do better than that. God help us if we can't!
Kiwihead
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2:03am Tue 17 Apr 12
Darren Aires
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3:22am Tue 17 Apr 12
You can play your part and inform the national media, something that fans are not able to do as effectively. As a guest of Talksport the presenters will listen to you.
Roverthere
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5:02am Tue 17 Apr 12
Roverthere
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5:06am Tue 17 Apr 12
flea
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5:08am Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft
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5:40am Tue 17 Apr 12
Kean works for
Anderson runs the club.
It matters not if we play in the first division.
Who cares about supporters' credentials ....... we were all born Rovers Fans.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Support our club......just don't get season tickets yet.
We will survive.
Arte et Labore
craftandgraft
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5:47am Tue 17 Apr 12
It's because they wanted a club that play in blue and white......it matches their branding!
Anderson had to leave Man City !
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ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore
craftandgraft
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5:54am Tue 17 Apr 12
Contravention of football governance regulations will mean that he has to.
All his cronies too.
www.brsit.co.uk
Arte et Labore.
If we do go to the First Division it would facilitate our reclamation of our club .....plus loads of local derbies!
It's Barbapapa time Anderson
craftandgraft
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6:01am Tue 17 Apr 12
Andy Cryer knows what's going on - but still continues to publish stories from Ewood.
It won't be long before the truth is out.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
craftandgraft
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6:03am Tue 17 Apr 12
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
Brfc Wake up!!!
says...
6:10am Tue 17 Apr 12
French Rover wrote:Ok, so say I am talking rubbish, which part of what I say does not make sense then?? And dont say every bit of it!
Brfc Wake up!!! wrote:Took your advice and just woke up from a really silly dream about some bloke from fantasy island spouting about Kean owning the club....is the situation not bad enough without this kind of rubbish being allowed to be posted?
WHEN WILL THE ROVERS FANS WAKE UP???
VENKYS DONT CARE ABOUT PROTESTS!!! WHY WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND???
BRFC IS OWNED BY VENKYS ONLY ON PAPER.
KEAN AND ANDERSON ARE THE TRUE OWNERS.
BRFC IS A BIG MONEY MAKING MACHINE FOR KEAN AND ANDERSON. KEAN IS IN SOLE CHARGE, REASON WHY NO ONE EXSIST ABOVE HIM ANYMORE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED (ALLARDYCE) OR LEFT (WILLIAMS) AS THEY HAD NO POWER. KEAN ALONE MAKES EVERY SINGLE DECISION FROM MANAGING TO RUNNING THE CLUB.
WHATS IN IT FOR VENKYS???
WELL... FOR THE INITIAL OUTLAY WHICH THEY RECOVERED FROM THE SALE OF PHIL JONES, THEY REMORTGAGED THE CLUB TOP TO BOTTOM AND HAVE SINCE RECOVERED ALL THE MONEY FROM MORE PLAYER SALES ETC.(PRINCESS TRUST FREE SHIRT SPONSOR WAS A VERY CLEVER STUNT + BIG PLAYER SIGNING TARGETS - BECKHAM, RONADINHO ETC ETC)!!! ALL A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THEIR VENKYS BRAND WHICH HAS EXPLODED AROUND THE GLOBE AT PHENOMENAL SPEEDS!!! THEY DONT CARE WHAT HAPPENS AT EWOOD, HENCE WHY THEY DONT TURN UP OR TALK TO THE FANS.
ANDERSON IS JOINT OWNER WITH KEAN, BUT BECAUSE HE IS AN AGENT, ACCORDING TO PREMIER LEAGUE RULES, CANNOT OWN A CLUB! (HERES WHERE VENKYS FIT IN). ANDERSON MAKES MONEY FROM TRANSFERS TO AND FROM ROVERS AS AGENCY FEES (THINK OF ALL THE DUD SIGNINGS IN LAST FEW WINDOWS AND SUPRISE SUPRISE, ROVERS PAID 2ND HIGHEST AGENCY FEES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER MAN CITY IN 2011).
KEAN ON THE OTHER HAND, UNSACKABLE NO MATTER HOW POOR THE RESULTS, BLAGS THE FANS, MEDIA ETC!!! (AFTER THE BOLTON LOSS AT EWOOD, KEAN SAID, "I WOULD BE 100% SHOCKED IF I WAS SACKED"... DUH!!! WORST MANAGER IN PREMIER LEAGUE EVER AND HE SAID THAT AFTER ALL THE PROTESTS AND DERBY DAY DEFEAT ON HOME TURF. HIS ARROGANCY AND COCKINESS SAYS IT ALL.
EVEN IF ROVERS ARE RELEGATED,WHICH THEYRE 99% THERE, KEAN AND ANDERSON STILL MAKE LOADS FROM PARACHUTE PAYMENTS!!! WIN WIN SITUATION!!!
IF VENKYS TRULY OWNED THE CLUB, THEY WOULDVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN LAST TRANSFER WINDOW TO SAVE THEIR INVESTMENT OF AROUND £40M VALUE DECREASING BY 90% TO £4M DUE TO THE DROP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
BUT THEY DIDNT, BECAUSE U NOW KNOW WHY!!!
WAKE UP ROVERS FANS!!!!
craftandgraft
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6:12am Tue 17 Apr 12
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
Sherwoodforest
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6:17am Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:Been up all night grafting craftily :)
What time do you lot get up?
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
craftandgraft
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6:21am Tue 17 Apr 12
I would only question the £40 million figure - it's impossible to nail down how much money changed hands in the takeover.
Also; where did it go ?
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ANDERSON OUT.
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craftandgraft
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6:26am Tue 17 Apr 12
od to know!
There's plenty of us around the globe doing same.
Melbourne branch are awake when some of us are asleep.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
Sherwoodforest
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6:35am Tue 17 Apr 12
Tight Hamstring...Steve Kean 2010,2011,2012.
craftandgraft
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6:41am Tue 17 Apr 12
Apparently Ewood Park has 'no go' areas.....a bit like MI5.
Anderson probably has his secret H.Q. and a large vault full of cash.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
Walking in a Shearer Wonderland
Brfc Wake up!!!
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7:01am Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:£43m (£23m to Walkers + £20m debt) was the actual takeover figure for the club.
Brfc wake up ...... It all makes total sense.
I would only question the £40 million figure - it's impossible to nail down how much money changed hands in the takeover.
Also; where did it go ?
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
Venkys paid £20M of that. Kean/Anderson @ Co etc covered the rest.
In Aug 2011, the club was remortgaged, covered by itslf, by tv revenue or parachute payments if the club was to drop a division.
Now everyone has received their money back, Venkys from the sale of Jones immediately, Kean and Anderson from the remortgage. Left was Barclays who have received their money too as we all know who were after their repayments back last December. Since there have been more outgoing of staff, players etc, hence the sale of Samba, exactly why they (Barclays) arent moaning in the press anymore.
craftandgraft
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7:04am Tue 17 Apr 12
yes they did.... 1992 - 1996.
138 games 112 goals.
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ANDERSON OUT
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Walking in a Shearer Wonderland
craftandgraft
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7:13am Tue 17 Apr 12
Figures published in India suggest £ 53 million!
Figures published here suggest much less..... only £23 million plus token payment for shares.
I think the whole takeover was leveraged on club's assets ( not unusual for Kentaro ) .... But I am not 100% certain.
Also how do you know where revenue has gone since?????
They won't publish accounts till October.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore
LanghoDAN
says...
7:18am Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft
says...
7:25am Tue 17 Apr 12
The First Division would not be a disaster.
We want our club back.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
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craftandgraft
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7:53am Tue 17 Apr 12
Sports foundations.
Charity etc etc.
They publish ' Blue and White - a magazine dedicate to BRFC circulated to 22 000 people in India as an insert in 90 minutes - a magazine on Football
Football is growing in popularity at a rapid rate in India.
This could be a huge positive for BRFC.
The Venkys have been very badly advised.
They should not be majority shareholders.....and they won't soon.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
Brfc Wake up!!!
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7:57am Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:Well, quite right, the figures are not certain one way or the other? No one is sure apart from Venks/Kean/Anderson.
Brfc wake up... ok; but are you sure?
Figures published in India suggest £ 53 million!
Figures published here suggest much less..... only £23 million plus token payment for shares.
I think the whole takeover was leveraged on club's assets ( not unusual for Kentaro ) .... But I am not 100% certain.
Also how do you know where revenue has gone since?????
They won't publish accounts till October.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
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Either way, nothing has gone towards rebuilding the squad.
Anyone in business with the right frame of mind, especially if the owners were Venkys and were genuine, would have reinvested heavily in last transfer window to ensure survival because they would be very concerned about the £40 odd million they supposedly spent as the total value loss at relegation would be deadly... But they dont care, they received their money back, got plenty marketing and keep doing so and since have not bothered to listen to protests, talk to fans/media or do anything for the best of the club... Barclays have received majority or maybe all of their money from the savings from releasing players and the sale of Samba, hence why they havent been back in the press lately.
LanghoDAN
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8:26am Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:Why would it be we will loss, all the revenue venkys will grab the money and run, we're is the 5 million
LanghoDAN..... don't worry about relegation.
The First Division would not be a disaster.
We want our club back.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
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They promised yer last
January in there bank !!!!
craftandgraft
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8:29am Tue 17 Apr 12
Kentaro are soley interested in bleeding as much money as possible out of BRFC.
Every single opportunity to syphon money has been taken;including the takeover deal,transfers and TV revenue ( their speciality ).
Sure Barclays have to be kept happy;as for Venky's I wouldn't be surprised if they've been advised by Kentaro to stay away!
Do you know anyone who speaks gujurahti?
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ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore.
Roy Hodgson's contract is up at WBA this summer - he speaks 9 languages and would make a terrific Director of Football.
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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8:31am Tue 17 Apr 12
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Hold off your ST renewals - an empty ground and no cash is the only message Venkys will hear.
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MASSIVE KEAN OUT chants on Saturday - noone will care by the time we play Wigan. Live on TV that would be the day for a MASS BOYCOTT as a protest?
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34th......
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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8:39am Tue 17 Apr 12
hasslem hasslem wrote:HH - We are down already.
let's face it the injuns are not gonna fire lard haw haw before the end of the season.
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a march and protests against norwich will only give kean jong il and his meedja luvvie pals an excuse behind our inevitable relegation.
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we all know that the vast majority of players hate him as much as the vast majority of supporters do too. the only people that seem to rate him are his meeja luvvie pals and some idiots that have got mad chicken disease over in pune.
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old saying - give em enough rope and they will hang themselves. we will be relegated with or without protests with norwich and spuds game
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personally, my belief is that any vehement catcalls against norwich are a couple of weeks too early. by the time we play the pie eaters we will be down if not before kick off then definitely after it.
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keep your powder dry til the wigan game and then release hell as russell crowe said in gladiator. also worth applauding martinez throughout the game to let the press know we appreciate good management.
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Hold off your ST renewals - an empty ground and no cash is the only message Venkys will hear.
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MASSIVE KEAN OUT chants on Saturday - noone will care by the time we play Wigan. Live on TV that would be the day for a MASS BOYCOTT as a protest?
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34th......
craftandgraft
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8:40am Tue 17 Apr 12
The First Division would mean more money for the club....not less.
For one we would get rid of ANDERSON for sure.
This means we could retain all revenue instead of lining that crook's pocket.
We would also have bigger crowds, less wages, better football, players who genuinely want to play for Rovers ... a guaranteed six points per season courtesy of our friends at Turf Moor etc etc etc.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore
ps. it will also be ok if we stay up.
craftandgraft
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8:47am Tue 17 Apr 12
Shouting at somebody who has a brain the size of an ant and no shame will make no difference.
You never know he may not be in the ' right frame of mind ' to take charge on Saturday.
Hopefully Delia Smith will get **** and knock him out at half time.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
hasslem hasslem
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8:48am Tue 17 Apr 12
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do it in front of a big crowd, last home game when all is lost against an admirable wigan team and admirable manager - then the message will come across that the supporters are loyal to blackburn rovers through thick and thin and their chagrin is directed only towards lard haw haw and those that pull his strings.
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watch in contempt against norwich (equally admirable lambert) but not in protest.
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my opinion is a valid as anybody else's
French Rover
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8:52am Tue 17 Apr 12
Brfc Wake up!!! wrote:i don't need to say it - you said it for me!
French Rover wrote:Ok, so say I am talking rubbish, which part of what I say does not make sense then?? And dont say every bit of it!
Brfc Wake up!!! wrote:Took your advice and just woke up from a really silly dream about some bloke from fantasy island spouting about Kean owning the club....is the situation not bad enough without this kind of rubbish being allowed to be posted?
WHEN WILL THE ROVERS FANS WAKE UP???
VENKYS DONT CARE ABOUT PROTESTS!!! WHY WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND???
BRFC IS OWNED BY VENKYS ONLY ON PAPER.
KEAN AND ANDERSON ARE THE TRUE OWNERS.
BRFC IS A BIG MONEY MAKING MACHINE FOR KEAN AND ANDERSON. KEAN IS IN SOLE CHARGE, REASON WHY NO ONE EXSIST ABOVE HIM ANYMORE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED (ALLARDYCE) OR LEFT (WILLIAMS) AS THEY HAD NO POWER. KEAN ALONE MAKES EVERY SINGLE DECISION FROM MANAGING TO RUNNING THE CLUB.
WHATS IN IT FOR VENKYS???
WELL... FOR THE INITIAL OUTLAY WHICH THEY RECOVERED FROM THE SALE OF PHIL JONES, THEY REMORTGAGED THE CLUB TOP TO BOTTOM AND HAVE SINCE RECOVERED ALL THE MONEY FROM MORE PLAYER SALES ETC.(PRINCESS TRUST FREE SHIRT SPONSOR WAS A VERY CLEVER STUNT + BIG PLAYER SIGNING TARGETS - BECKHAM, RONADINHO ETC ETC)!!! ALL A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THEIR VENKYS BRAND WHICH HAS EXPLODED AROUND THE GLOBE AT PHENOMENAL SPEEDS!!! THEY DONT CARE WHAT HAPPENS AT EWOOD, HENCE WHY THEY DONT TURN UP OR TALK TO THE FANS.
ANDERSON IS JOINT OWNER WITH KEAN, BUT BECAUSE HE IS AN AGENT, ACCORDING TO PREMIER LEAGUE RULES, CANNOT OWN A CLUB! (HERES WHERE VENKYS FIT IN). ANDERSON MAKES MONEY FROM TRANSFERS TO AND FROM ROVERS AS AGENCY FEES (THINK OF ALL THE DUD SIGNINGS IN LAST FEW WINDOWS AND SUPRISE SUPRISE, ROVERS PAID 2ND HIGHEST AGENCY FEES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER MAN CITY IN 2011).
KEAN ON THE OTHER HAND, UNSACKABLE NO MATTER HOW POOR THE RESULTS, BLAGS THE FANS, MEDIA ETC!!! (AFTER THE BOLTON LOSS AT EWOOD, KEAN SAID, "I WOULD BE 100% SHOCKED IF I WAS SACKED"... DUH!!! WORST MANAGER IN PREMIER LEAGUE EVER AND HE SAID THAT AFTER ALL THE PROTESTS AND DERBY DAY DEFEAT ON HOME TURF. HIS ARROGANCY AND COCKINESS SAYS IT ALL.
EVEN IF ROVERS ARE RELEGATED,WHICH THEYRE 99% THERE, KEAN AND ANDERSON STILL MAKE LOADS FROM PARACHUTE PAYMENTS!!! WIN WIN SITUATION!!!
IF VENKYS TRULY OWNED THE CLUB, THEY WOULDVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN LAST TRANSFER WINDOW TO SAVE THEIR INVESTMENT OF AROUND £40M VALUE DECREASING BY 90% TO £4M DUE TO THE DROP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
BUT THEY DIDNT, BECAUSE U NOW KNOW WHY!!!
WAKE UP ROVERS FANS!!!!
The Blocked One
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8:56am Tue 17 Apr 12
smellthecoffee wrote:It's true, it is very exciting wondering if an opposing player is going to waltz into the penalty area and bang one in every time a cross comes into the box, and it is thrilling to wonder if we're going to plummet into the Chumpionship without so much as a whimper, and the joy it brings to see and hear that other teams around us are actually fighting for their lives is simply undescribable.
Where are the Venky luvvies gone now - jogalot, vinjay, moggy669 etc etc.
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Let us cast our minds back to what jogalot had to say after sam got sacked....
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jogalot says...
5:23pm Tue 14 Dec 10
Sam has been sacked! Big deal!
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You whingers see it all as the end of the world! It is no big deal! Sam was a very boring ordinary manager. He was defo NOT the wonderboy so many of you seem to think he was.
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Get a life! Think FOOTBALL! Think entertainment! Think joy and excitement! That's what football is about. Has Sam had such a negative influence on you that you've forgot the basics?
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Rovers can play attractive football and survive in the Premier League without spending millions. Top 4 or 5 is stretching it with limited resources but it's possible to challenge those top teams and do well, and possibly even get into top positions now and then.
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Many seem to think Sam made the most of what he had at his disposal. I disagree. We can do better than that. God help us if we can't!
Sherwoodforest
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8:58am Tue 17 Apr 12
hasslem hasslem wrote:I reckon we should target Venkys and only Venkys, that way SK and JA won't be able to beat us with the media stick.
protest on saturday and you give kean an escape clause. supporters will forever be blamed (even though any rovers fan knows it has nowt to do with supporters). let's face it through hans christain andersen's fairy stories and crocodile tears rovers supporters are already considered vermin by the lazy and uninformed outside the club.
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do it in front of a big crowd, last home game when all is lost against an admirable wigan team and admirable manager - then the message will come across that the supporters are loyal to blackburn rovers through thick and thin and their chagrin is directed only towards lard haw haw and those that pull his strings.
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watch in contempt against norwich (equally admirable lambert) but not in protest.
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my opinion is a valid as anybody else's
French Rover
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8:59am Tue 17 Apr 12
smellthecoffee wrote:I see you are still as deluded and as big a liar as Kean smelly one!
French Rover wrote:In all fairness FR, he makes more sense than the rubbish you've been spouting for 18 months. I expect (after all the ar$e licking you aimed at Kean) that you'll be very happy now that relegation is all but rubber stamped. Just glad to see the back of "Big Fat Sam" - the man you love to hate.
Brfc Wake up!!! wrote:Took your advice and just woke up from a really silly dream about some bloke from fantasy island spouting about Kean owning the club....is the situation not bad enough without this kind of rubbish being allowed to be posted?
WHEN WILL THE ROVERS FANS WAKE UP???
VENKYS DONT CARE ABOUT PROTESTS!!! WHY WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND???
BRFC IS OWNED BY VENKYS ONLY ON PAPER.
KEAN AND ANDERSON ARE THE TRUE OWNERS.
BRFC IS A BIG MONEY MAKING MACHINE FOR KEAN AND ANDERSON. KEAN IS IN SOLE CHARGE, REASON WHY NO ONE EXSIST ABOVE HIM ANYMORE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED (ALLARDYCE) OR LEFT (WILLIAMS) AS THEY HAD NO POWER. KEAN ALONE MAKES EVERY SINGLE DECISION FROM MANAGING TO RUNNING THE CLUB.
WHATS IN IT FOR VENKYS???
WELL... FOR THE INITIAL OUTLAY WHICH THEY RECOVERED FROM THE SALE OF PHIL JONES, THEY REMORTGAGED THE CLUB TOP TO BOTTOM AND HAVE SINCE RECOVERED ALL THE MONEY FROM MORE PLAYER SALES ETC.(PRINCESS TRUST FREE SHIRT SPONSOR WAS A VERY CLEVER STUNT + BIG PLAYER SIGNING TARGETS - BECKHAM, RONADINHO ETC ETC)!!! ALL A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THEIR VENKYS BRAND WHICH HAS EXPLODED AROUND THE GLOBE AT PHENOMENAL SPEEDS!!! THEY DONT CARE WHAT HAPPENS AT EWOOD, HENCE WHY THEY DONT TURN UP OR TALK TO THE FANS.
ANDERSON IS JOINT OWNER WITH KEAN, BUT BECAUSE HE IS AN AGENT, ACCORDING TO PREMIER LEAGUE RULES, CANNOT OWN A CLUB! (HERES WHERE VENKYS FIT IN). ANDERSON MAKES MONEY FROM TRANSFERS TO AND FROM ROVERS AS AGENCY FEES (THINK OF ALL THE DUD SIGNINGS IN LAST FEW WINDOWS AND SUPRISE SUPRISE, ROVERS PAID 2ND HIGHEST AGENCY FEES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER MAN CITY IN 2011).
KEAN ON THE OTHER HAND, UNSACKABLE NO MATTER HOW POOR THE RESULTS, BLAGS THE FANS, MEDIA ETC!!! (AFTER THE BOLTON LOSS AT EWOOD, KEAN SAID, "I WOULD BE 100% SHOCKED IF I WAS SACKED"... DUH!!! WORST MANAGER IN PREMIER LEAGUE EVER AND HE SAID THAT AFTER ALL THE PROTESTS AND DERBY DAY DEFEAT ON HOME TURF. HIS ARROGANCY AND COCKINESS SAYS IT ALL.
EVEN IF ROVERS ARE RELEGATED,WHICH THEYRE 99% THERE, KEAN AND ANDERSON STILL MAKE LOADS FROM PARACHUTE PAYMENTS!!! WIN WIN SITUATION!!!
IF VENKYS TRULY OWNED THE CLUB, THEY WOULDVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN LAST TRANSFER WINDOW TO SAVE THEIR INVESTMENT OF AROUND £40M VALUE DECREASING BY 90% TO £4M DUE TO THE DROP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
BUT THEY DIDNT, BECAUSE U NOW KNOW WHY!!!
WAKE UP ROVERS FANS!!!!
I NEVER backed Kean in any way at anytime and everyoe on here knows that including you.
Strange that you have only just resurfaced now onto this blog, probably so that you can gloat at our demise, and pick at our last moments of survival like a scavenger of gloom and doom. Go back to your swamp oh smelly one....
givet82
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9:02am Tue 17 Apr 12
LanghoDAN wrote:how much u think dann ,goodwillie and yak,,well over 10 mill
craftandgraft wrote:Why would it be we will loss, all the revenue venkys will grab the money and run, we're is the 5 million
LanghoDAN..... don't worry about relegation.
The First Division would not be a disaster.
We want our club back.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore
They promised yer last
January in there bank !!!!
LanghoDAN
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9:19am Tue 17 Apr 12
givet82 wrote:Can't understand why your sticking up for this shower
LanghoDAN wrote:how much u think dann ,goodwillie and yak,,well over 10 mill
craftandgraft wrote:Why would it be we will loss, all the revenue venkys will grab the money and run, we're is the 5 million
LanghoDAN..... don't worry about relegation.
The First Division would not be a disaster.
We want our club back.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore
They promised yer last
January in there bank !!!!
smellthecoffee
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9:24am Tue 17 Apr 12
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Brfc Wake up!!!
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9:33am Tue 17 Apr 12
THEY NEVER HAVE CARED, THEY NEVER HAVE. THEY RECEIVED THEIR MONEY BACK AND GLOBAL EXPANSION OF THEIR BRAND NAME. THEY HAVE RECEIVED THERE DUES FROM BEING PART OF THE INITIAL DEAL WITH KEAN AND ANDERSON WHO ARE LEFT WITH THE CLUB!
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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9:34am Tue 17 Apr 12
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But I have never believed in hiding from the truth just because it may not be popular with the national press.
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They are shallow surface skimmers who know nothing about what has gone on at our club. The local press understand.
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So to back off for the wrong reasons would really make us wrong? Just my own view though.
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Its Kean Out for me on Saturday as we are already down and then simply leave the ground EMPTY against WIGAN - that would send a message on live TV that could not be ignored? If Kean does not go then he will lose to the Dingles next season so we have to make his life hell!
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Hey French Rover - still think I was wrong about Givet's sudden injury!!
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34th....
craftandgraft
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9:36am Tue 17 Apr 12
If the Yak gets 4 hattricks in the next 4 games he'll be worth that alone!
If Goodwillie stays away from brawls he could go for 2/3 million.
Dann might stay?If not 5/6 million.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore
givet82
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9:38am Tue 17 Apr 12
LanghoDAN wrote:sticking up for them,,don't make me laugh,,i have pure hatred for the lot of them
givet82 wrote:Can't understand why your sticking up for this shower
LanghoDAN wrote:how much u think dann ,goodwillie and yak,,well over 10 mill
craftandgraft wrote:Why would it be we will loss, all the revenue venkys will grab the money and run, we're is the 5 million
LanghoDAN..... don't worry about relegation.
The First Division would not be a disaster.
We want our club back.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore
They promised yer last
January in there bank !!!!
Dan11
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9:45am Tue 17 Apr 12
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This just leaves the remote possibility that after 5 straight losses, at the business end of the season. A demoralised and threadbare squad, guided by an inexperience incompetent manager can somehow find 3 wins from 4. Two of those four are away at Tottenham and away at Chelsea.
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It is no wonder we are now 2/9 to go down.
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It is now the duty of the fans to starve these chicken farmers of funds until they leave our great club, once and for all. Kean is just a symptom of these disease that is the Venkys.
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We look all but gone. 90% down with only 4 games left. Another loss at home to a mediocre team (this time Norwich) will seal the deal.
jackmetickler
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9:52am Tue 17 Apr 12
Iiii1111
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9:58am Tue 17 Apr 12
Problem I see is, even with fans not renewing ST it’ll have little effect-no more than 3m would have been expected in revenue in ST sales ( a drop in the ocean compared to TV/Parachute payments) these bandits would have built all this into their ‘masterplan’…
.it’s not only ST sales we should be targeting…….Obvi
ously revenue will also be lost from ST spin-offs ie drinks/food/programm
e sales etc at match days….Total boycotting of merchandise/club shops, corporate, blues bar/restaurants/func
tions etc etc is the only way….sorry to the ordinary folk employed down there but, their jobs are not secure now anyway, most staff are paid less than market indicators (I know this for a fact) at Ewood apart from that is- Mr lard haw haw
Oh, just for the record (again) I’ve never supported the regime only the team…..some of you please think first …trying to cause divisions among fans will ultimately help the regime!
BB4Claret
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10:03am Tue 17 Apr 12
You have no born right to be in any particular league, though you will probably need good SatNavs to get you to the grounds you're now heading for.
Your owners will not be pushed into selling their club. For one thing, it's a wonderful status symbol - even when you're in League 1 - and for another, the tax write-offs on a loss-making business probably make you worth keeping.
You can't even afford to sack your manager.
Face facts. You have been punching above your weight for several seasons now, ever since Uncle Jack's money ran out. (No disrespect meant to Mr Walker rip).
Arte et Labore ? - More like "excrementa et paupertate" !
STEVIE KEAN'S A FOOTBALL GENIUS !!!! !! !! !!
Sherwoodforest
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10:08am Tue 17 Apr 12
Iiii1111 wrote:Well said
I’m not renewing our ST’s …. most likely will see how next season pans out..might pick a couple of games ie Burnley (after the Man U game I said we wouldn’t get another point this season and stand by that, reason I was cheering for Wigan last night….WE CANT CATCH THEM even before their win) but, I really doubt I’ll be turn up at Ewood next season, may be go to the Turf. Away matches next season are the way to go, more expensive (for some!) but at least the regime won’t get their mucky paws on your cash!
Problem I see is, even with fans not renewing ST it’ll have little effect-no more than 3m would have been expected in revenue in ST sales ( a drop in the ocean compared to TV/Parachute payments) these bandits would have built all this into their ‘masterplan’…?
??.it’s not only ST sales we should be targeting…….Obvi
ously revenue will also be lost from ST spin-offs ie drinks/food/programm
e sales etc at match days….Total boycotting of merchandise/club shops, corporate, blues bar/restaurants/func
tions etc etc is the only way….sorry to the ordinary folk employed down there but, their jobs are not secure now anyway, most staff are paid less than market indicators (I know this for a fact) at Ewood apart from that is- Mr lard haw haw
Oh, just for the record (again) I’ve never supported the regime only the team…..some of you please think first …trying to cause divisions among fans will ultimately help the regime!
Brfc Wake up!!!
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10:20am Tue 17 Apr 12
Kean and Anderson are the real owners!!!
Road Runner Road Runner
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10:25am Tue 17 Apr 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:Morning Mr. Morst and Co
Every fans opinion is valid.
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But I have never believed in hiding from the truth just because it may not be popular with the national press.
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They are shallow surface skimmers who know nothing about what has gone on at our club. The local press understand.
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So to back off for the wrong reasons would really make us wrong? Just my own view though.
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Its Kean Out for me on Saturday as we are already down and then simply leave the ground EMPTY against WIGAN - that would send a message on live TV that could not be ignored? If Kean does not go then he will lose to the Dingles next season so we have to make his life hell!
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Hey French Rover - still think I was wrong about Givet's sudden injury!!
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34th....
In my opinion any dissenting voices come Saturday aimed at Kean would give this ---------- a get out clause for his utterly abject failings.
Silence and more silence is the weapon.
I accept that this will be very trying considering the circumstances.
What the hell as happened to the leaders or the voice's with any authority such as J.Straw etc ?
They have gone quiet !
We are damned if we do damned if we don't.
ST renewal pack sent back with enclosed letter stating the reason as to why non renewal !
A protest of different kind as to materialize. I have one in mind but it needs four people ?
I argue BRFC will not amass another point ?
Heart & Soul - One will burn !
Arte et labore
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samsno2millfan
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10:27am Tue 17 Apr 12
French Rover wrote:Sorry this is a bit of an epic but I think it "WHEN WILL THE ROVERS FANS WAKE UP???" "theories" deserve a closer look.
smellthecoffee wrote:I see you are still as deluded and as big a liar as Kean smelly one! I NEVER backed Kean in any way at anytime and everyoe on here knows that including you. Strange that you have only just resurfaced now onto this blog, probably so that you can gloat at our demise, and pick at our last moments of survival like a scavenger of gloom and doom. Go back to your swamp oh smelly one....French Rover wrote:In all fairness FR, he makes more sense than the rubbish you've been spouting for 18 months. I expect (after all the ar$e licking you aimed at Kean) that you'll be very happy now that relegation is all but rubber stamped. Just glad to see the back of "Big Fat Sam" - the man you love to hate.Brfc Wake up!!! wrote: WHEN WILL THE ROVERS FANS WAKE UP??? VENKYS DONT CARE ABOUT PROTESTS!!! WHY WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND??? BRFC IS OWNED BY VENKYS ONLY ON PAPER. KEAN AND ANDERSON ARE THE TRUE OWNERS. BRFC IS A BIG MONEY MAKING MACHINE FOR KEAN AND ANDERSON. KEAN IS IN SOLE CHARGE, REASON WHY NO ONE EXSIST ABOVE HIM ANYMORE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED (ALLARDYCE) OR LEFT (WILLIAMS) AS THEY HAD NO POWER. KEAN ALONE MAKES EVERY SINGLE DECISION FROM MANAGING TO RUNNING THE CLUB. WHATS IN IT FOR VENKYS??? WELL... FOR THE INITIAL OUTLAY WHICH THEY RECOVERED FROM THE SALE OF PHIL JONES, THEY REMORTGAGED THE CLUB TOP TO BOTTOM AND HAVE SINCE RECOVERED ALL THE MONEY FROM MORE PLAYER SALES ETC.(PRINCESS TRUST FREE SHIRT SPONSOR WAS A VERY CLEVER STUNT + BIG PLAYER SIGNING TARGETS - BECKHAM, RONADINHO ETC ETC)!!! ALL A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THEIR VENKYS BRAND WHICH HAS EXPLODED AROUND THE GLOBE AT PHENOMENAL SPEEDS!!! THEY DONT CARE WHAT HAPPENS AT EWOOD, HENCE WHY THEY DONT TURN UP OR TALK TO THE FANS. ANDERSON IS JOINT OWNER WITH KEAN, BUT BECAUSE HE IS AN AGENT, ACCORDING TO PREMIER LEAGUE RULES, CANNOT OWN A CLUB! (HERES WHERE VENKYS FIT IN). ANDERSON MAKES MONEY FROM TRANSFERS TO AND FROM ROVERS AS AGENCY FEES (THINK OF ALL THE DUD SIGNINGS IN LAST FEW WINDOWS AND SUPRISE SUPRISE, ROVERS PAID 2ND HIGHEST AGENCY FEES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER MAN CITY IN 2011). KEAN ON THE OTHER HAND, UNSACKABLE NO MATTER HOW POOR THE RESULTS, BLAGS THE FANS, MEDIA ETC!!! (AFTER THE BOLTON LOSS AT EWOOD, KEAN SAID, "I WOULD BE 100% SHOCKED IF I WAS SACKED"... DUH!!! WORST MANAGER IN PREMIER LEAGUE EVER AND HE SAID THAT AFTER ALL THE PROTESTS AND DERBY DAY DEFEAT ON HOME TURF. HIS ARROGANCY AND COCKINESS SAYS IT ALL. EVEN IF ROVERS ARE RELEGATED,WHICH THEYRE 99% THERE, KEAN AND ANDERSON STILL MAKE LOADS FROM PARACHUTE PAYMENTS!!! WIN WIN SITUATION!!! IF VENKYS TRULY OWNED THE CLUB, THEY WOULDVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN LAST TRANSFER WINDOW TO SAVE THEIR INVESTMENT OF AROUND £40M VALUE DECREASING BY 90% TO £4M DUE TO THE DROP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP! BUT THEY DIDNT, BECAUSE U NOW KNOW WHY!!! WAKE UP ROVERS FANS!!!!Took your advice and just woke up from a really silly dream about some bloke from fantasy island spouting about Kean owning the club....is the situation not bad enough without this kind of rubbish being allowed to be posted?
So here goes.
VENKYS DONT CARE ABOUT PROTESTS!!! WHY WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT A SMALL TOWN IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND???BRFC IS OWNED BY VENKYS ONLY ON PAPER.
KEAN AND ANDERSON ARE THE TRUE OWNERS.
Maybe they don't care but despite all the conspiracy theories, Anderson and Kean do not “own” BRFC. I doubt very much Anderson has any direct input any more. That’s not to say he wasn’t complicit in the initial reformation of the club which has led, almost entirely, to the chaotic mess currently going by the name of Blackburn Rovers.
BRFC IS A BIG MONEY MAKING MACHINE… FOR KEAN AND ANDERSON.
No it isn’t. Like it or not, Venkys are wealthy people based on a successful business empire. The actual amount of money they (or anyone else) could ever have made was always limited (small town in NW England remember). As naïve as they may have been, they should have been able to see that from the accounts before buying the club. Is it too much of a stretch to think they would have cast an eye over those before buying? If they are so obsessed with making money as everyone seems to think, that would surely have been the first thing they would have looked at.
Anderson of course has played a major, destructive role (see above) but I don’t think he has any direct say anymore. Surely even he would not make public statements, including those by his solicitors (see SEM website 13/1/12) then risk being found out in a position of power at the club. A despicable sewer rat he may be, but he is not a stupid one.
KEAN IS IN SOLE CHARGE, REASON WHY NO ONE EXSIST ABOVE HIM ANYMORE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED (ALLARDYCE) OR LEFT (WILLIAMS) AS THEY HAD NO POWER. KEAN ALONE MAKES EVERY SINGLE DECISION FROM MANAGING TO RUNNING THE CLUB.
Letting an average football coach run a team is one thing but to suggests Venkys have been manipulated to the point of him being the absolute overlord is, frankly, nonsense. He reports back to them, about what who knows? He may be feeding them a load of rubbish about how everything is sweetness and light but I would like to bet, in view of the above, that his report does not include business plans, financial forecasts and the like.
WHATS IN IT FOR VENKYS? WELL... FOR THE INITIAL OUTLAY WHICH THEY RECOVERED FROM THE SALE OF PHIL JONES, THEY REMORTGAGED THE CLUB TOP TO BOTTOM AND HAVE SINCE RECOVERED ALL THE MONEY FROM MORE PLAYER SALES.
If you were a young player and Man U came in for you, would you not be tempted? An increase in income of god knows how many hundred per cent and the prospect of playing at the highest level? Get real. Jones would have gone no matter who owned the club or who the manager was.
I personally believe, having seen the 1000% rise in losses, they have realised they can potentially lose a lot of money, or at least sufficient to make them take stock, shall we say. The sales followed as well as the cost cutting exercise (eg Salgado, Roberts and possibly Nelson). The timing of the Samba sale was dubious, suggesting it was done so they would not have to spend any of it - or more accurately, they would be seen as being unable to spend any of it.
ETC.(PRINCESS TRUST FREE SHIRT SPONSOR WAS A VERY CLEVER STUNT + BIG PLAYER SIGNING TARGETS - BECKHAM, RONADINHO ETC ETC)!ALL A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY…
The Princes Trust logo on the shirts was not a marketing exercise initially. Paul Hunt said there were several candidates to sponsor the shirts but none were suitable. Now whether there were or not it suggests they were looking for one. The Princes Trust may ultimately be seen as a marketing or goodwill exercise, but only as an alternative to nothing at all. Of course, not being able to find a shirt sponsor when playing in the most widely broadcast league on the planet is another thing.
Plus, if this is a world wide goodwill gesture to promote the club around the World, who in South America or South East Asia knows what the heck the Princes Trust is?
The big names were only mentioned when they bought the club. Standard procedure to get the fans onside, embarrassing though it was to any Rovers fans still residing on Planet Earth. They did, in fairness, speak to one or two of them although we all knew it was pie-in-the-sky from day one.
THE VENKYS BRAND HAS EXPLODED AROUND THE GLOBE AT PHENOMENAL SPEEDS!!!
Because they own Blackburn Rovers? Show me the figures and I’ll hold up my hand but I doubt their company has “exploded” (shame it hasn’t done that literally) due to taking us over. Buying the club was part of their policy to expand but have you seen Venkys advertised anywhere except around the pitch at Ewood?
THEY DONT CARE WHAT HAPPENS AT EWOOD, HENCE WHY THEY DONT TURN UP OR TALK TO THE FANS.
They care about what happens with the club - see above re finances. If they don’t own the club and therefore no control, as you suggest, why should they care and what could they do if they did? Similarly, why should they talk to the fans?
They do own the club and yes, their lack of attendance or communication is disgraceful.
ANDERSON IS JOINT OWNER WITH KEAN, BUT BECAUSE HE IS AN AGENT, ACCORDING TO PREMIER LEAGUE RULES, CANNOT OWN A CLUB! (HERES WHERE VENKYS FIT IN);ANDERSON MAKES MONEY FROM TRANSFERS TO AND FROM ROVERS AS AGENCY FEES (THINK OF ALL THE DUD SIGNINGS IN LAST FEW WINDOWS AND SUPRISE SUPRISE, ROVERS PAID 2ND HIGHEST AGENCY FEES IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER MAN CITY IN 2011).
See above re Anderson, but Steve Kean, the owner! Please. Of course Anderson makes agents fees; that’s his job. How he gets the deals which get him and his fellow leeches the money is a different matter.
It wasn’t the second highest, more 7th or 8th, by the way. Still far too much mind you.
Never let the facts get in the way of a good (fairy) story.
KEAN ON THE OTHER HAND, UNSACKABLE NO MATTER HOW POOR THE RESULTS, BLAGS THE FANS, MEDIA ETC!!! AFTER THE BOLTON LOSS AT EWOOD, KEAN SAID, “I WOULD BE 100% SHOCKED IF I WAS SACKED"... DUH!!! WORST MANAGER IN PREMIER LEAGUE EVER AND HE SAID THAT AFTER ALL THE PROTESTS AND DERBY DAY DEFEAT ON HOME TURF. HIS ARROGANCY AND COCKINESS SAYS IT ALL.
What would you expect him to say “Blimey, that’s my number up. Mind you, I am pretty useless so I wouldn’t blame them”?
They were on the points of sacking him until Mrs D took pity on him. She thought the players were all behind him! I think that’s been blown out of the water somehow. They probably don’t know WHAT to do now mind. Perhaps they should ask John Williams…..oh yes, sorry, forgot, we’ve dumped him.
EVEN IF ROVERS ARE RELEGATED,WHICH THEYRE 99% THERE, KEAN AND ANDERSON STILL MAKE LOADS FROM PARACHUTE PAYMENTS!!! WIN WIN SITUATION!!!
Only 99%? I don’t quite get this obsession with parachute payments being everyone's Holy Grail and they will make loads more money if we go down. It would still be more profitable to stay in the Premier League - you may have noticed this gets mentioned every time promotion or relegation comes up. So, Portsmouth or Leeds, say, have made more money since they were relegated? The problem is Venkys are trying to stay up on an unrealistic budget and with a manager incapable of using it, or any other budget for that matter.
IF VENKYS TRULY OWNED THE CLUB, THEY WOULDVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN LAST TRANSFER WINDOW TO SAVE THEIR INVESTMENT OF AROUND £40M VALUE DECREASING BY 90% TO £4M DUE TO THE DROP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
So if Anderson and Kean were in charge, their supposed investment WOULDN’T drop by the same amount? Mr Anderson has more power than we thought. Why did THEY not invest heavily then? I mean Anderson would have got the vast agents fees you mention as well. Win, win, I believe was your expression.
Plus, assuming Venkys do actually own the club of course, they are not going to invest “heavily“, nor did they ever intend to. Their initial plan was to put in between £3 and £5 million p.a. Like I said, totally unrealistic.
BUT THEY DIDNT, BECAUSE U NOW KNOW WHY!!!
No I don’t but it most certainly isn’t because of your “theory”.
WAKE UP ROVERS FANS!!!!
Most have, except we found ourselves still in the real world.
And yes, I do have too much time on my hands at the moment.....
gudari
says...
10:41am Tue 17 Apr 12
nellymatt wrote:Voice of reason!! They're the worst fans in the country!!
i cant believe some peoples comments are they oblivious to our plight this is from the skysports website commenting on the protest march
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Why is it that Blackburn are the only club protesting all season , You don't hear Bolton or Wigan fans calling for everyone to be sacked and they have be down there all season with Blackburn, What have the Venkeys done wrong, The Venkeys haven't spent millions , do you seriously think that if they had money like Chelsea and Man city they would have bought Blackburn, The fans go on about heritage , Why did the previous owners sell to the Venkeys , 1 Because there was no one else who wanted it 2 Blame the previous owners ,they didn't care about heritage ,they just wanted Cash.
craftandgraft
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10:43am Tue 17 Apr 12
.....morning!
Thanks.
samsnomillfan ......try and be costructive.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore.
ps. am seeing Jack Straw and Graham Jones this weekend - I'll find out what they think!
conspiracy theories my arse....i bet you know who shot JR don't you samsno2millfan ?
samsno2millfan
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10:46am Tue 17 Apr 12
I am not a Venkys, Kean, Anderson sympathiser.
A lying b@stard of a leech he maybe but the thought Anderson is some kind of Machiavellian character hiding behind the Venkys is pure fantasy.
This whole mess has come about by irresponsible, ignorant and naive management of the club; end of.
Road Runner Road Runner
says...
10:52am Tue 17 Apr 12
Iiii1111 wrote:Morning Iiii111 :)
I’m not renewing our ST’s …. most likely will see how next season pans out..might pick a couple of games ie Burnley (after the Man U game I said we wouldn’t get another point this season and stand by that, reason I was cheering for Wigan last night….WE CANT CATCH THEM even before their win) but, I really doubt I’ll be turn up at Ewood next season, may be go to the Turf. Away matches next season are the way to go, more expensive (for some!) but at least the regime won’t get their mucky paws on your cash!
Problem I see is, even with fans not renewing ST it’ll have little effect-no more than 3m would have been expected in revenue in ST sales ( a drop in the ocean compared to TV/Parachute payments) these bandits would have built all this into their ‘masterplan’…
��.it’s not only ST sales we should be targeting…….Obvi
ously revenue will also be lost from ST spin-offs ie drinks/food/programm
e sales etc at match days….Total boycotting of merchandise/club shops, corporate, blues bar/restaurants/func
tions etc etc is the only way….sorry to the ordinary folk employed down there but, their jobs are not secure now anyway, most staff are paid less than market indicators (I know this for a fact) at Ewood apart from that is- Mr lard haw haw
Oh, just for the record (again) I’ve never supported the regime only the team…..some of you please think first …trying to cause divisions among fans will ultimately help the regime!
You are making the correct decision in holding off ST renewal.
Any fair minded person & I speak of those who would vilify us the supporter in the various Media outlets are surely going to have the truth put onto them at some point ?
We are up in arms concerning all the happenings down at Ewood but, I cannot help feel we are alone in this if we take into consideration what as materialized with other clubs these last 10/15 years.
No-one cares over BRFC only we, the fans. We will return.
They are left in no doubt that we are disgusted with what lay's before all things BRFC.
Arte et labore
samsno2millfan
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11:01am Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:Merely commenting on a fellow poster's theories old boy.
Roadrunnerroadrunner .....morning! Thanks. samsnomillfan ......try and be costructive. www.brsit.co.uk ANDERSON OUT Arte et Labore. ps. am seeing Jack Straw and Graham Jones this weekend - I'll find out what they think! conspiracy theories my arse....i bet you know who shot JR don't you samsno2millfan ?
I didn't think there was anything either way, positive or negative.
So the idea Kean and Anderson are working together using Venkys as a front to extract money from BRFC by underhand methods ISN'T a conspiracy theory?
What I'm saying is there isn't one.
Like I say, Anderson IS already out. Let it go.
samsno2millfan
says...
11:11am Tue 17 Apr 12
The Yanks do like a conspiracy theory, especially after a film's been made about it.
Did you notice how UFOs only appeared AFTER the sci-fi movies started?
There, another one solved!
Road Runner Road Runner
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11:19am Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:Aye, craftandgraft, Morning.
Roadrunnerroadrunner
.....morning!
Thanks.
samsnomillfan ......try and be costructive.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore.
ps. am seeing Jack Straw and Graham Jones this weekend - I'll find out what they think!
conspiracy theories my arse....i bet you know who shot JR don't you samsno2millfan ?
I have received letters from and read letters of concerned supporter's in reply from Premier League's Richard Scudamore. They are sat on their hands, along with hiding behind the legitimate framework they call 'RULES'
We have to show that 'RULES' are/have been broken for them to act.
Only people of real authority can get to the bottom of this. We have to keep up the pressure if only to wrestle the club back for owners who really care for BRFC regardless of what the aftermath is to be ?
No doubt an iron rod is ruling BRFC at present.
Pressure Drop.
Arte et labore
Iiii1111
says...
11:35am Tue 17 Apr 12
" It would still be more profitable to stay in the Premier League"
Hmm, not sure about that one…….maybe for one season! Most small/medium sized clubs in the EPL have massive wage bills in relation to income, in most case the wage bill is greater than any TV revenue for a season. Club’s gate receipts and everything that goes with that i.e. merchandising, catering, corporate etc give’s these sized clubs breathing space to survive. Really small clubs ie Wigan, QPR( based on fanbase) are either very prudent/really well run club (like Wigan) or have a billionaire owner (like QPR) to help with any deficit.
No doubt if Rovers kept in the EPL next season they’d make money, the reason being because they have shifted or are shifting their high wage earners from out of the club, there lies the problem, in reality higher wage earners are usually (not always) the better players, teams wanting to survive in the EPL need better players. One of reason Rovers will be relegated (besides the obvious!) is the standard/quality of player in the team, which due solely to a new wage structure policy at the club. The only way Rovers will ply their trade in the EPL is by competing, that just doesn’t mean competing on the pitch, it means competing for the signature for the better players who demand higher wages. This regime’s policy was/is to do things on the cheap and hope!! the reality is, it will cost investment from them to be a successful/sable EPL club which quite obviously they won’t entertain…..so now for stage 2… low wage bill in place, supplemented by Parachute payments and the sale of a few of the more valuable players at the club replacing with cheaper alternatives. Another successful(financial
) season for the regime next year will be the chattering over the Chicken Korma in Prune!!
craftandgraft
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11:37am Tue 17 Apr 12
......we will have the proof.....trust me.
As regards the authorities - we have the right and capability to go to the highest authority in the land if necessary!
It takes a thief to catch a thief!
Jerome Anderson has stolen enough from our beloved club....he's through.
www.brsit.co.uk
Arte et Labore
craftandgraft
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11:43am Tue 17 Apr 12
you need to get up to speed mate.
Woody Harleson's father killed JFK.....it's a well known fact.
Did you arrive on earth in a UFO?
The situation is beyond apportioning blame......try to be constructive.
www.brsit.co.uk
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore
Bazzer
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11:54am Tue 17 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971
says...
12:02pm Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft
says...
12:04pm Tue 17 Apr 12
shhhhhhhhhhhh!
ANDERSON OUT
Arte et Labore
blueandwhite1971
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12:13pm Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft
says...
12:24pm Tue 17 Apr 12
get ready for next season.
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
Road Runner Road Runner
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12:50pm Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:Have just filled in my details craftandgraft on 'brsit'
www.brsit.co.uk
get ready for next season.
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
I will be in contact regards the share investment in the near future.
I will be reading attentively future developments.
We can make it happen that which is outlined on 'brsit' for the very future of BRFC.
I am hopeful and positive over this matter. The momentum is building !
'Keep on keeping on'
'Redskins' early nineties.
Art et labore
blueandwhite1971
says...
1:00pm Tue 17 Apr 12
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:just done the same. from little acorns do mighty oaks grow. rovers for life.
craftandgraft wrote:Have just filled in my details craftandgraft on 'brsit'
www.brsit.co.uk
get ready for next season.
ANDERSON OUT.
Arte et Labore
I will be in contact regards the share investment in the near future.
I will be reading attentively future developments.
We can make it happen that which is outlined on 'brsit' for the very future of BRFC.
I am hopeful and positive over this matter. The momentum is building !
'Keep on keeping on'
'Redskins' early nineties.
Art et labore
craftandgraft
says...
1:16pm Tue 17 Apr 12
f££k Kentaro.
Arte et Labore.
neil weatherburn BRFC fan since 1965.
blueandwhite1971
says...
1:18pm Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:any relation to mark weatherburn? used to work at east lancs coachbuilders?
Welcome aboard gentlemen!
f££k Kentaro.
Arte et Labore.
neil weatherburn BRFC fan since 1965.
blueandwhite1971
says...
1:22pm Tue 17 Apr 12
samsno2millfan
says...
1:32pm Tue 17 Apr 12
Iiii1111 wrote:I’m not denying they are shifting players out or reducing the wage bill to save money.
Samsno2… Thanks for sharing your theories with us, however I do disagree with a few and have my own theories…ie " It would still be more profitable to stay in the Premier League" Hmm, not sure about that one…….maybe for one season! Most small/medium sized clubs in the EPL have massive wage bills in relation to income, in most case the wage bill is greater than any TV revenue for a season. Club’s gate receipts and everything that goes with that i.e. merchandising, catering, corporate etc give’s these sized clubs breathing space to survive. Really small clubs ie Wigan, QPR( based on fanbase) are either very prudent/really well run club (like Wigan) or have a billionaire owner (like QPR) to help with any deficit. No doubt if Rovers kept in the EPL next season they’d make money, the reason being because they have shifted or are shifting their high wage earners from out of the club, there lies the problem, in reality higher wage earners are usually (not always) the better players, teams wanting to survive in the EPL need better players. One of reason Rovers will be relegated (besides the obvious!) is the standard/quality of player in the team, which due solely to a new wage structure policy at the club. The only way Rovers will ply their trade in the EPL is by competing, that just doesn’t mean competing on the pitch, it means competing for the signature for the better players who demand higher wages. This regime’s policy was/is to do things on the cheap and hope!! the reality is, it will cost investment from them to be a successful/sable EPL club which quite obviously they won’t entertain…..so now for stage 2… low wage bill in place, supplemented by Parachute payments and the sale of a few of the more valuable players at the club replacing with cheaper alternatives. Another successful(financial ) season for the regime next year will be the chattering over the Chicken Korma in Prune!!
Like I said, they are trying to do things on an unrealistically low budget. Relegation and the huge reduction of income was not part of their business plan - I’d like to have seen them sell that one to Barclays - just a consequence of the unmitigated disaster they have brought about
Like you say you either run the club prudently or have a sugar daddy.
They failed to do the former (1000% increase in losses) having suggested they would be the latter.
Maintaining the high Premier League income and reducing costs is surely a simple case of mathematics. They would still have to pay players/staff no matter which division we are in, some of which will have contracts which remain unaffected by relegation. It will be difficult to get rid of some of these due to them being pretty f@ckin’useless whilst still having the nerve to try and get parity in wages from their potential new club. I mean, who’s going to take dear old Myles off our hands? The vultures will be circling waiting for us to compromise on the fee to get the supposedly more valuable players off the wage bill.
It would not therefore be as simple as just introducing a lower wage bill at a stroke. That has been one of the main problems facing the clubs which have been relegated year after year.
What will the TOTAL amount of parachute money be and over what period? I fancy, if by some miracle we stayed up (stop laughing at the back), the money we get for one extra season would not be too different to all that we would get from the parachute payments.
So, as I say, in an ideal world they would prefer to stay where they are whilst cutting costs as well. This is highly unlikely to be successful in the short term (one month and counting) and would undoubtedly fail in the long run. Not many clubs run at a profit remember, regardless of the Premier League money or prudent management. Somebody always gets relegated, usually those who are punching above their weight - like we have been doing.
However, as someone said earlier above, its one thing to go down but entirely different to be taken down. That’s what is so unpalatable about this.
Rovers’ wage bill has always been well above the accepted recommended proportion of turnover ever since we’ve been in the Prem. The difference was we have had both a sugar daddy followed by prudent management of the club after he had gone (RIP).
Have Swansea, Norwich or Wigan spent more than us on players or wages? Absolutely not. Probably several others as well. Throwing money at it does not automatically mean you stay up - I give you Brian Kidd; his team was the second most expensive, pro-rata, ever to have been relegated from the Premiership (Newcastle were the most expensive, by the way). We still had a sugar daddy to cover it though.
I maintain this whole mess has been the result of totally irresponsible, ignorant and perhaps naive management of the club. They are trying to avoid losing any more money having been responsible for the financial disaster they have overseen.
As business people, this will involve forecasting future income etc based on different scenarios; standard business procedure. The bank will have demanded it anyway. The most likely scenario now is for us to be relegated and all income streams slashed. They will obviously try to offset this further by reducing costs as it is equally clear they are not prepared to dip their hands too deep into their pocket.
I still can’t see how relegation will earn them any more money though, sorry.
And yes, I do still have too much time on my hands. (I’m not a well man, y’know)
craftandgraft
says...
1:36pm Tue 17 Apr 12
how's he doing?
Spread the Word Mark Walker.
This is the way forward!
Cheers.
neil weathewrburn aka wez.
fancy a light ale sometime?
Road Runner Road Runner
says...
1:36pm Tue 17 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971 wrote:Woodacre, Michael Joseph
mark walker BRFC FAN SINCE 1979. ARTE ET LABORE.
BRFC since 1973 - Honored.
Arte et labore 1875
blueandwhite1971
says...
1:39pm Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft
says...
1:45pm Tue 17 Apr 12
Spread The Word.
Arte et Labore.
wez.
fancy a light ale sometime?
ps. why do the LET put a photo of that c##t on their website?
blueandwhite1971
says...
1:46pm Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:ITS THE NEAREST YA GET TO A PAIR OF T1T5 IN LET.
The pleasure is mine Michael Joseph Woodacre.
Spread The Word.
Arte et Labore.
wez.
fancy a light ale sometime?
ps. why do the LET put a photo of that c##t on their website?
craftandgraft
says...
1:51pm Tue 17 Apr 12
.if you do see Mark or can get word to him send him my regards please....i haven't seen him for over twewnty years!!!!!
Cheers Mark.
wez - i'll catch you for those shandys sometime x
blueandwhite1971
says...
1:53pm Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:WILL DO MATE. I STILL SEE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HIS MOBI NUMBER , I`LL GET IN TOUCH.
blueandwhite1971....
.if you do see Mark or can get word to him send him my regards please....i haven't seen him for over twewnty years!!!!!
Cheers Mark.
wez - i'll catch you for those shandys sometime x
gudari
says...
2:03pm Tue 17 Apr 12
Forever Blue wrote:As a result of mind-bending drugs and incest, you, my scruff grintwum chum, have an over-active imagination. I know, I asked your uncle Beryl last week! I don't suspect you of being a grintwum pal-it's pretty obvious! Now I'll say this nice and slowly for you....leave us grown ups alone!!
j166429 wrote:He his a Yaarrrshire closet Leeds fan.
gudari wrote: What? Another march? You grintwums just don't realize that the grown-ups are getting a little tired of all this!!@gudari. I don't know how old you are (although I do think you're probably a dingle), but on the off chance you are a rovers "supporter" then why don't you "grown-ups" take the lead and do something instead of sitting around and watching the club die a slow death?
Ask him about the photos of him wearing the Leeds strip when he was younger !
craftandgraft
says...
2:14pm Tue 17 Apr 12
nice one Michael.
wez
Road Runner Road Runner
says...
4:27pm Tue 17 Apr 12
craftandgraft wrote:The pleasure will be ours 'craftandgraft' that I am sure of.
blueandwhite1971....
nice one Michael.
wez
Strength through adversity -
Maybe this can run along side our true motto of:
Arte et labore ?
Seasons end will be the defining moment.
The canvas is taking shape.
Let it be.
Best Wez.
hugofakenham
says...
5:02pm Tue 17 Apr 12
3rd prize is a Rovers full hospitality season ticket for next season regardless of division.
2nd. prize is a Clarets basic season ticket.
The 3rd prize has gone to Yarkshah Rover and the 2nd to Morstthe88th........
...... who was heard to remark to the Rovers' Promotions Director "wtf : 3rd gets a super Rovers prize but 2nd a crap Burnley prize.How come"?
"Well the Clarets ticket is autographed by Agent Kean"
"Fcuk agent Kean" said Morst.
"That's the 1st. prize" was the reply !!
Kean out ? ......... anagram .......... O Kanute ! ......futilely attempting to stem the inevitable.
The only people putting up a fight at Rovers are the "fans" on here : amongst themselves.
34th
96th
123rd
last
9th
RTID
UTR
COYB
BRSH1T
Farte ate la whore
UTC
Vinjay
says...
11:10pm Tue 17 Apr 12
smellthecoffee wrote:I was driven out by all the Phil Jones luvvies. So I left. Oh and as for my support of venkys that was only in the initial months after they removed the previous cancer. Notice people realise I was right all along about the walkers. Philipl on BRFCS claimed Fred Walker's illness distracted them. Now that he's dead they still won't do anything. The Walkers have no shame.
Where are the Venky luvvies gone now - jogalot, vinjay, moggy669 etc etc.
.
Let us cast our minds back to what jogalot had to say after sam got sacked....
.
jogalot says...
5:23pm Tue 14 Dec 10
Sam has been sacked! Big deal!
.
You whingers see it all as the end of the world! It is no big deal! Sam was a very boring ordinary manager. He was defo NOT the wonderboy so many of you seem to think he was.
.
Get a life! Think FOOTBALL! Think entertainment! Think joy and excitement! That's what football is about. Has Sam had such a negative influence on you that you've forgot the basics?
.
Rovers can play attractive football and survive in the Premier League without spending millions. Top 4 or 5 is stretching it with limited resources but it's possible to challenge those top teams and do well, and possibly even get into top positions now and then.
.
Many seem to think Sam made the most of what he had at his disposal. I disagree. We can do better than that. God help us if we can't!
I'm past the point of making any suggestions or protests but I would have assumed that BRIST would have a different plan of attack by now. Then again this is the same group that are deluded enough to consider a fan takeover possible.
Jones, venkys, the walkers and to some extent the fans are all responsible for the collapse of Jack Walker's legacy. Monumental action is required some silly little march with your wife and 2 kids won't sort it. The only one to try and confront venkys was me and that was only to clear my conscience.
Otherwise you will all be left picking at the football equivalent of a rotting corpse.
Stone Island.
says...
12:45am Wed 18 Apr 12
Vinjay wrote:You need putting in the same padded cell as kean.
smellthecoffee wrote:I was driven out by all the Phil Jones luvvies. So I left. Oh and as for my support of venkys that was only in the initial months after they removed the previous cancer. Notice people realise I was right all along about the walkers. Philipl on BRFCS claimed Fred Walker's illness distracted them. Now that he's dead they still won't do anything. The Walkers have no shame.
Where are the Venky luvvies gone now - jogalot, vinjay, moggy669 etc etc.
.
Let us cast our minds back to what jogalot had to say after sam got sacked....
.
jogalot says...
5:23pm Tue 14 Dec 10
Sam has been sacked! Big deal!
.
You whingers see it all as the end of the world! It is no big deal! Sam was a very boring ordinary manager. He was defo NOT the wonderboy so many of you seem to think he was.
.
Get a life! Think FOOTBALL! Think entertainment! Think joy and excitement! That's what football is about. Has Sam had such a negative influence on you that you've forgot the basics?
.
Rovers can play attractive football and survive in the Premier League without spending millions. Top 4 or 5 is stretching it with limited resources but it's possible to challenge those top teams and do well, and possibly even get into top positions now and then.
.
Many seem to think Sam made the most of what he had at his disposal. I disagree. We can do better than that. God help us if we can't!
I'm past the point of making any suggestions or protests but I would have assumed that BRIST would have a different plan of attack by now. Then again this is the same group that are deluded enough to consider a fan takeover possible.
Jones, venkys, the walkers and to some extent the fans are all responsible for the collapse of Jack Walker's legacy. Monumental action is required some silly little march with your wife and 2 kids won't sort it. The only one to try and confront venkys was me and that was only to clear my conscience.
Otherwise you will all be left picking at the football equivalent of a rotting corpse.
Vinjay
says...
1:54am Wed 18 Apr 12
Stone Island. wrote:Why because Rovers fans can't accept criticism and the fact that they have done just as much as anyone to kill the legacy of a great man. Idiots like you, parochial buffoon Morst amongst others are no better than venkys or the walkers are.
Vinjay wrote:You need putting in the same padded cell as kean.
smellthecoffee wrote:I was driven out by all the Phil Jones luvvies. So I left. Oh and as for my support of venkys that was only in the initial months after they removed the previous cancer. Notice people realise I was right all along about the walkers. Philipl on BRFCS claimed Fred Walker's illness distracted them. Now that he's dead they still won't do anything. The Walkers have no shame.
Where are the Venky luvvies gone now - jogalot, vinjay, moggy669 etc etc.
.
Let us cast our minds back to what jogalot had to say after sam got sacked....
.
jogalot says...
5:23pm Tue 14 Dec 10
Sam has been sacked! Big deal!
.
You whingers see it all as the end of the world! It is no big deal! Sam was a very boring ordinary manager. He was defo NOT the wonderboy so many of you seem to think he was.
.
Get a life! Think FOOTBALL! Think entertainment! Think joy and excitement! That's what football is about. Has Sam had such a negative influence on you that you've forgot the basics?
.
Rovers can play attractive football and survive in the Premier League without spending millions. Top 4 or 5 is stretching it with limited resources but it's possible to challenge those top teams and do well, and possibly even get into top positions now and then.
.
Many seem to think Sam made the most of what he had at his disposal. I disagree. We can do better than that. God help us if we can't!
I'm past the point of making any suggestions or protests but I would have assumed that BRIST would have a different plan of attack by now. Then again this is the same group that are deluded enough to consider a fan takeover possible.
Jones, venkys, the walkers and to some extent the fans are all responsible for the collapse of Jack Walker's legacy. Monumental action is required some silly little march with your wife and 2 kids won't sort it. The only one to try and confront venkys was me and that was only to clear my conscience.
Otherwise you will all be left picking at the football equivalent of a rotting corpse.
Typically ignorant response its people like yourself who have allowed Kean to be portrayed as a sympathetic figure. Its quite ironic really the one time Rovers fans do something right (Kean abuse) they get condemned by the media masses.
Moaning about the media like a bunch of whining crybabies. It shows the type of person I am when I can muster even the slightest ounce of sympathy for rovers fans considering the harsh treatment I received.
I said no more suggestions but perhaps you should use walking sticks on the "march" to signify how the club has been crippled by venkys. That might not be politically correct but the meaning would be accurate.
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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8:08am Wed 18 Apr 12
Mattrovers
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8:51am Wed 18 Apr 12
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Mattrovers
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8:51am Wed 18 Apr 12
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gazzandste
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11:24am Wed 18 Apr 12
Ewood-b-happy
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8:53pm Wed 18 Apr 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:It's a while since I posted, just got too frustrated with the black comedy at Ewood.
French Rover wrote:Exactly FR - thats why we must hold back on ST renewals until Kean is sacked and Venkys invest some funds or sell.
Our traditions have not been destroyed but the clubs value has for sure. And that is what worries me the most as how can the Venkys hope to sell us when we are a not a premier league club?
They will surely hang around hoping for us to get back up and make us a sellable asset again, and that could make things even worse than now.....they could be here for years if they still choose not to invest in the team!
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An empty stadium would be a major embarrasment to them as well as starving them of funds - thats all we can do and protest via local media.
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34th
I won't renew my season ticket for the first time since 93. Followed Rovers since 83.
Will instead support the team at away games only.
Get Venkys and the MORON Kean out of our club.
Burnley59/60
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9:18pm Wed 18 Apr 12
blueandwhite1971 wrote:Yes and its time to deal with you lot at last
FCBurnley wrote:see you at turd moor my six fingered ,knuckle dragging friend.
blueandwhite1971 wrote:NO YOU WON`T
WE`RE PLUCKED AND WE KNOW WE ARE! CHUMPIONSHIP NXT YEAR, I`LL BE THERE , I WAS A ROVER UNDER BOBBY SAXTON, DON MACKAY, DALGLISH AND TH REST AND I WILL BE TILL THEY NAIL THE LID ON MY BLUE AND WHITE COFFIN, I JUST HOPE VENKYS DONT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE NAILS. FAT CHANCE!. BRFC IN MY HEART,BODY AND SOUL. WE WILL BE BACK, JUST NO IDEA WHEN!
Burnley59/60
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9:26pm Wed 18 Apr 12

burnleyglentoran says...
1:52pm Mon 16 Apr 12
They'd be better asking for their money back!!!!!!!
GOD SAVE THE KEAN