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    RobbyRover wrote:
    jogalot wrote:
    Perhaps, maybe, what if, in hindsight - all great ways to avoid facing up to reality. The reality was that Crocky was useless and slow, and he will be out of the Spanish side injured very soon just like he would have been at Rovers. . The reality is that Rovers played their best defensive formation against Newcastle and were shown to be full of holes. The reality is that SK got lucky against Arsenal and Rovers could easily have lost 6-2. The reality is that SK is relying on luck because he hasn't got a clue what to do. He puts a positive spin on things and he is desperately holding onto a job which he never did deserve to get in the first place. I can only think he is getting paid peanuts plus free flights and is somehow related to the Venkys. It's totally absurd that he is in charge of Premier League side. . The reality is that he might get lucky against Man City because they have just dropped points in 2 games, may be low in confidence and somehow conspire to gift a couple of goals to Rovers. But overall they will dominate the game and deserve to win about 5-0 because that is just how far Rovers are behind them in footballing terms. . The reality is that Swansea, Norwich, QPR and everyone else is playing better than Rovers who are totally dependent on Hoillett for any threat. The reality is that Hoillett will only sign for Rovers for stupid astronomical money, otherwise what's the point. . The reality is that Kean and Rovers have completely killed my enthusiasm for football and I am giving it up all together because I can no longer handle the depression and anxiety that it brings. No matter how much positive thinking and 'seize the moment' quotes SK continues to churn out. :( :( :( :( :(
    Is that the reality?
    No I'm only joking. Everything is just fine and hunky-dory."
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Blackburn Rovers blog: Santa Cruz could still prove doubters wrong

2:30pm Wednesday 28th September 2011 in Chris Flanagan Photograph of the Author By Chris Flanagan , Sports reporter

LAST Thursday, an experienced international scored twice to fire his side to the top of La Liga.

But it wasn’t Lionel Messi. Or David Villa. Or even Cristiano Ronaldo. It was, in fact, Roque Santa Cruz.

The same Roque Santa Cruz who did not score at all during his loan spell at Blackburn Rovers last season.

Rovers face Manchester City at Ewood Park on Saturday and, had things been different, Santa Cruz could have been playing for either of the two sides on show.

He has the talent, of that there is little doubt.

How Rovers would have loved a firing Santa Cruz as an option right now, at a time when results have not always been forthcoming.

It would have been hard, though, to justify a permanent move for the 30-year-old in the summer, given his complete lack of form during his loan spell.

In hindsight, it would probably have been better had his Ewood return never happened.

Santa Cruz’s reputation with some Rovers fans, at least, clearly suffered. The man known for scoring goals did not score goals, and that was a pity.

Injuries seemed to play the biggest part in his failure to make an impact, although they still did not seem to tell the whole story.

There just seemed something missing. Even when he was on the pitch, it was hard to recognise him as the same man who had taken the Premier League by storm when he first signed for Rovers in 2007.

He had done little since joining Manchester City, or for Paraguay at the 2010 World Cup, but there were some signs of revival at this summer’s Copa America.

We will watch with interest now to see if he builds on that early double with Betis, during a season-long loan in Spain.

If he does, maybe he will have proved many of us wrong – perhaps it would have better if Santa Cruz had been snapped up in the summer after all.

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