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Blackburn Rovers duo out of Barnsley clash
2:28pm Monday 17th September 2012 in Football
GAEL Givet and Markus Olsson have been ruled out of Blackburn Rovers' home game against Barnsley tomorrow.
Givet picked up a dead leg at Bristol City on Saturday and could be out for a week, while Olsson has a grade one hamstring tear and is expected to be on the sidelines for seven to 10 days.
Jason Lowe is expected to come back into contention tomorrow, however, after recovering from injury.
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Comments (102)
2:39pm Mon 17 Sep 12
angryandy says...
2:49pm Mon 17 Sep 12
StLedge says...
3:00pm Mon 17 Sep 12
bburnrover says...
3:01pm Mon 17 Sep 12
b12simon says...
Klown out!
3:03pm Mon 17 Sep 12
MxMave says...
3:04pm Mon 17 Sep 12
MxMave says...
3:34pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
Orr Hanley dann Olsson
It's Barnsley after all...
3:35pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
Orr Hanley dann Olsson
It's Barnsley after all...
Get on with the game
3:36pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
3:40pm Mon 17 Sep 12
stick to football says...
Please listen you need someone in the back four to organise themselves on the field as well as bodies. It was just same last season the difference this season is we score goals - the defence needs improving and not just by appointing a coach
Kean will be amazed that Nelsen os fit and playing in the Premier League - he could do a job for us - now TELL THE TRUTH WHY HE LEFT ?
Was it money was it that you did not want to play him or did he know more than you about the game and what was required.
Until we hear the truth Kean will never win over the fans and I doubt he ever will must be the most despised Manager in Football
3:55pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RTID says...
Surely you lot are Bumley fans.
If Givet is out we play Hanley. What is the problem? If Hanley and Givet are out we play Henrique. If all are out Etuhu can play there - which is incredibly unlikely (bloody hell, Michael Carrick plays centre back for Manure quite often).
Martin Olsson is a better left back than his brother so surely that improves the side!
If Kolo Toure fancies a game then fair enough, but until then cheer up - We are top of the league, we are top of the league!
4:00pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
4:04pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RUinsane says...
C'mon you guys, get down ewood and get the lads another 3 points. Why should you let the drunkard clown keep you away from your heritage. He is just this shifts taxi driver, allbeit without a lisence. Don't let the bald crusty keep you away. Get down there for the team.
4:10pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Oakdale blue says...
Come on you Blues !
4:10pm Mon 17 Sep 12
davemal says...
3:55pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Moan, moan, moan.
Surely you lot are Bumley fans.
If Givet is out we play Hanley. What is the problem? If Hanley and Givet are out we play Henrique. If all are out Etuhu can play there - which is incredibly unlikely (bloody hell, Michael Carrick plays centre back for Manure quite often).
Martin Olsson is a better left back than his brother so surely that improves the side!
If Kolo Toure fancies a game then fair enough, but until then cheer up - We are top of the league, we are top of the league!”
Only top of the league because of the strikers, if it wasn't for them where might Rovers be? the defence is useless Kean may have just cottoned on to it but he probably can't do much with them now as he's a useless manager.
4:39pm Mon 17 Sep 12
BRFC-Tommo says...
uk/sport/oddballs/91
2199-steve-kean-abus
e-spreads-to-wwe-eve
nt-3-000-miles-from-
blackburn
5:03pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Reg Rover says...
Sources close to Ewood Park suggest that the Rovers are looking closely at Liverpool’s Jamie Carracher (pic above) as a possible successor to Steve Kean to take the Ewood hot seat.
With attendances plummeting because of Kean’s continued presence at the club Rovers hierarchy feel it is not a situation they can allow to continue indefinitely.
With Rovers having gone top of the N Power Championship table on Saturday, the attendance at Tuesday’s home game v Barnsley is crucial to the future of Kean. Also taking into account the home debut of £8 Million striker Jordan Rhodes, the Rovers hierarchy expect an improvement on the 13,500 attendances at Rovers previous 2 home games.
Despite Kean’s denials that he has not been set a points target as reported in this week’s press and that “someone was mischief making” Kean’s body language at Bristol City on Saturday told a different story. Kean was nervy, edgy and agitated throughout, and his post-match interview was tinged with a touch of modesty and relief. Not the usual bullish, cocky, over confident Kean.
The Rovers hierarchy, now they have men who understand football on the board of directors, i.e. Shebby Singh and Derek Shaw, are fully aware that even though Rovers are unbeaten during the first 5 opening games they could just as easily have lost all 5 , drawn all 5, or won all 5. Rover’s performances have been unconvincing and laced with a little more than good luck.
However, top of the table is top of the table and puts Kean in a position of immense strength. If the ‘wheels’ come off, as many suspect they will, Rovers want a ready-made replacement and Carracher is being seriously considered.
Seventeen years as a player at Liverpool, Carracher is in the last year of his contract and the 34 year old Liverpool icon is unlikely to be offered another. Carracher has made it known he would like to go into football management eventually. He would probably jump at the chance to start his management career with a club as prestigious as Blackburn Rovers.
Carracher is high profile worldwide, which appeals to the Venky’s who want to repair the damage done by Kean to their global brand.
Apart from playing at the very top level both for Liverpool and England, Carracher has won many honours including Champions League Glory in 2005, plus FA Cup, Carling Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup Winners medals plus 38 England Caps. Carracher also made his name as a TV pundit at this year’s Euro finals.
A product of the famous Anfield boot room, Jamie Carracher oozes confidence and experience. He would be a rooky manager and it would be a gamble by the Rover’s. They took a gamble with Kean and it failed. However Mark Hughes was handed his first League management job at Blackburn and proved to be a big success.
Reg.
Footnote:
Will Jason Rhodes save Kean? Probably, this lad could prove to be the next Alan Shearer.
www.regoftherovers.c
o.uk
5:13pm Mon 17 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
After the match there will be a Keanocchio love-in at the main entrance at which you can all sing "Steve Kean's Blue and White Army"
5:24pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RADRover says...
5:27pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Only1Garner says...
5:28pm Mon 17 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
5:46pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
A close source?
A reliable source?
6:01pm Mon 17 Sep 12
mellorb&w says...
6:06pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RUinsane says...
6:17pm Mon 17 Sep 12
angryandy says...
6:17pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
We've heard all this before.
If you let let a few people stop you supporting your club then you cannot be a true supporting and it doesn't matter if you have been a season ticket holder for 40 years blah blah.
6:24pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
we're not in the premier league anymore.
get on with the game
6:31pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
6:37pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
Get on with the game
6:48pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
6:58pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
is that the right answer? do i need to have been posting for years and years to have an opinion?
Get on with the game
7:03pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
7:10pm Mon 17 Sep 12
mellorb&w says...
7:13pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
7:16pm Mon 17 Sep 12
mellorb&w says...
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mellorb&w says...
7:19pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
7:24pm Mon 17 Sep 12
mellorb&w says...
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mellorb&w says...
7:32pm Mon 17 Sep 12
mellorb&w says...
7:32pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
7:50pm Mon 17 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
Does the word "irony" mean anything to you? Happy clapping dullard.
7:53pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
A bit of a clever git with a big mouth if you ask me.
7:57pm Mon 17 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
8:00pm Mon 17 Sep 12
mellorb&w says...
8:06pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Top10StillOn says...
8:12pm Mon 17 Sep 12
silverstan says...
8:14pm Mon 17 Sep 12
silverstan says...
8:17pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
8:19pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
We've heard all this before.
If you let let a few people stop you supporting your club then you cannot be a true supporting and it doesn't matter if you have been a season ticket holder for 40 years blah blah.
8:19pm Mon 17 Sep 12
silverstan says...
8:29pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
8:29pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RUinsane says...
8:33pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RUinsane says...
We will witness the return whilst you go shopping. Enjoy your three for two at boots. We will be cheering on the boys, even if there is a monkey at the helm, you can't keep a good spartan down y'know. PS extra club card points at tescos if you top up with fuel.
8:39pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RUinsane says...
Also I have said before, broken service does not count. Its like being in the union. If you stop going, you have to start again from scartch, so you would be a new supporter.
Welcome new guy, now get down ewood with the saprtans and leave the shopping for the wife.
8:41pm Mon 17 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
8:44pm Mon 17 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
8:53pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RUinsane says...
8:53pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
C u at Forest
Kean Sacked
Fans back!
9:01pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
i cannot for the life of me understand why you wouldnt want to go to a club that you've probably supported since you were a child.
Everyone on here shares the same opinions, we dont like the current owners, directors or manager and we all support every player who put the shirt one (especially now keith andrews doesnt play for us).
i thought at the start of the season i would go to the games but when im at the stadium watching a game i dont even look over at the dugout.
After spending all that money this summer on wages and transfers i fear that if we dont go up its going to be a long way back and could result in a portsmouth situation.
Obviously saying "go to turf moor" is in jest but ill take that back as i wouldnt wish that on anyone. :-p
i truely believe if the egghead slips up he is gone.
I'm not saying the stay away fans dont have a point, they clearly do and i agree 100% with everything they say however all i want is all of our fans at ewood as one getting behind the players.
The away games atmosphere has been fantastic so far this season - do you not want to be apart of an amazing atmosphere in your stadium.
but also where does it end? when K**n goes or will you not come back until the owners have gone as well?
9:09pm Mon 17 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
9:26pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
We all have our own opinion as to the best way forward and we will all handle it in our own different ways
I support the team and always have done but can't let that be seen as supporting Kean and Venkys, who have dragged the good name of Blackburn Rovers through the dirt this last two years.
As for coming back to Ewood, I'll be there the day after they appoint an experienced and competent manager. Do Blackburn Rovers not deserve that?
The disaray in defence says it all.It was obvious to all last season what needed to be done and highlights the fact that Kean is not the man for the job.
Hope to see you at Ewood soon.
9:26pm Mon 17 Sep 12
French Rover says...
9:31pm Mon 17 Sep 12
BlueSkies says...
Not even promotion would change my opinion.
9:42pm Mon 17 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
What a couple of pundits.
So where will you be looking when we inevitably start scoring less or the same as the opposition? Maybe you could blame it on the ex-supporters who decided to stay away because they'd already seen 2 previous seasons of it and predicted what would happen. Or mayb you could convince yourself that the Premiershp isn't that big a deal and your glad that we're still in the Championship. Not to worry, you can always remember the spiffin time that you had Asston Grate.
Not to worry. Enough happy-clapping and we will be back in Europe in no time. Singing "Rovers Ra Ra Ra".
Don't forget to turn up for the Kean love-in after the game. Main entrance.
10:06pm Mon 17 Sep 12
speedie_rovers_legend says...
10:20pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
thats what worries me. i look around and what managers there are. Mick McCarthy..... i think i'd want to hang myself if he was appointed. im not even sure who is left these days. curbishley isnt exactly exciting. im not even sure who would want to come to the current owners.
K**n does seem to play this mad attacking football and forget about the defence its like school ground football.
They've almost caused a problem for themselves now, under current form its even more impossible to sack him.
10:20pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Wild Rover says...
10:22pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Wild Rover says...
10:22pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Teamsimon says...
party poppers, balloons the lot.
10:26pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Wild Rover says...
10:26pm Mon 17 Sep 12
French Rover says...
10:33pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Wild Rover says...
10:36pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
10:48pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RUinsane says...
Enjoy
11:02pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Harwoodstblue says...
There doesn't seem to be a more expert male shopper on here than you.
Daz, Hobnobs, blue cross bargains. ,
What the hell are you on about?
11:32pm Mon 17 Sep 12
sambas girth says...
11:53pm Mon 17 Sep 12
RUinsane says...
So are you boys coming down with the spartans, or are you going shopping?
The more the merrier. Top of the league and not a nectar point in sight. Unless you find the sales more attractive. Trying to rubber neck the radio or telly score whilst she says, does my bum look big in this? Be careful though cause if we score at this juncture and you shout Yeeeeeeeeesssssss. Your likely for a long silent journey home and a pot noodle supper
12:07am Tue 18 Sep 12
bluerob says...
after reading your posts it confirms we are the sensible ones, you just carry on being a stat to be quoted to Mrs D
12:13am Tue 18 Sep 12
whappen says...
Surely even you aren't so desperate to believe we now ".... have men who understand football on the board of directors, i.e. Shebby Singh and Derek Shaw....."
Understand football?
If they do actually consider an untried manager who has never even played at this level to be "ready made" then I think that kind of answers that one.
5:55am Tue 18 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
It can't be taken seriously, as the other week it was describing disadvantaged people as "mongs": I would say that there are some parallels with the infanticide practiced by the Spartans here. Similarly its apparent misogeny with regard to shopping could be explained by this fascination with Sparta..........or it could be repressed Transvetitism,......
...or lesbianism. Whatever it is, it certainly knows a lot more about shopping than I do. Maybe I should do even more boning up on it with the wife.
Cue "comedy" that is about as funny as a dogsht-inundated flip-flop.
6:08am Tue 18 Sep 12
MatthewCA says...
So My team :
Robbo, JasonLowe,Dann,Henri
que,M.Ollson,
DiogoRosado,Murphy,E
tuhu,Pedersen, Rhodes and Kazim.
Sub : Kean,Hanley,David Dunn,Gomes,Rochina,P
aulo Jorge,Formica
All the best and Good luck, After the first goal don't go deep. this championship we need goal difference, that is the key to stay in TOP also.
Best wishes for the Manager of the Month...........S.KE
AN, Don't loose the target you fixed for this season.
6:38am Tue 18 Sep 12
azza234 says...
7:26am Tue 18 Sep 12
MatthewCA says...
Rovers players and staff are doing good, - we are on the top of the table.
3000 miles is nothing, but Kean is very popular, he is best in all ACT.
8:09am Tue 18 Sep 12
A Darener says...
Good luck to the team tonight and Friday get into 'em!
8:31am Tue 18 Sep 12
Rovers 1495 says...
8:40am Tue 18 Sep 12
bburnrover says...
8:47am Tue 18 Sep 12
bburnrover says...
8:58am Tue 18 Sep 12
bluerob says...
9:28am Tue 18 Sep 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
9:34am Tue 18 Sep 12
bburnrover says...
Please put your hatred of Kean to one side and help us get the lads back in the Premiership which will be difficult enough without the full backing of all our fans and the people who have stopped being fans to become boycotters.
9:34am Tue 18 Sep 12
angryandy says...
9:36am Tue 18 Sep 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
Hope you have a great night, give us a break down of a good win (hopefully) asap afterwards.
As for me I will carry on going my way, not asking anyone else to follow my example, just me doing what I thinks right.
What do we have in common then?
We are BOTH fans of BRFC and no one is right or wrong with what's going on we are just doing what one another thinks is doing right end off.
Once Keans sacked all fans can reunite back at Ewood but NOT before.
9:41am Tue 18 Sep 12
angryandy says...
10:06am Tue 18 Sep 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
If those that go are enjoying the few pyhrric victories that Kean will scratch together despite conceding three goals on a regular basis, I envy your myopia. Be absolutely certain however that Steve Kean WILL NOT get this club promoted.
If after 37 years that means I am no longer a supporter then f. you, f. Kean, f. Venkys and the ship they rolled up in.
10:36am Tue 18 Sep 12
merlinrabbit says...
11:26am Tue 18 Sep 12
angryandy says...
12:51pm Tue 18 Sep 12
AndyW says...
Kean is hated en mass, will NEVER be accepted by the vast, vast, vast majority of fans and is nothing but sly and incompetent.
Kean is the exact opposite of 'very popular' and I have no idea what ACT is, but I'm pretty sure he's not the best at it.
Unless it stands for the Alcoholic Clown Trust, in which case, he probably does have a shout in all fairness.
Ian Holloway was Manager of the Month by the way.
3:48pm Tue 18 Sep 12
RUinsane says...
5:42pm Tue 18 Sep 12
dezzer48 says...
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Bazzer says...
6:05pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Sarathsays says...