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           <title>Chris Flanagan column: More delays not good start to summer for Blackburn Rovers</title>
           
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  IF fans held any hope that Venky’s would act quickly this summer to resolve the many issues at Blackburn Rovers, the early signs are not good.
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           <title>Chris Flanagan column: A sad end for Bentley at Blackburn Rovers</title>
           
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  WITH immaculately slicked back hair and smart attire, David Bentley emerged from the dressing room at St Andrew's, said his goodbyes and departed.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers column: Givet the warrior can play key part</title>
           
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  RARELY does an interview about Gael Givet go by without the term ‘warrior’ getting a mention.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers comment: Relegation would be so harsh on Bowyer</title>
           
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  IN 2009, former Blackburn Rovers striker Alan Shearer took charge of Newcastle United.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Team has slipped but position has improved</title>
           
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  SOMEWHERE in a darkened television studio, one suspects the pundits are already preparing their speeches.
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           <title>Chris Flanagan Blog: Title contenders must take control now</title>
           
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  AT Championship games up and down the country, an increasingly familiar tale has been told in recent weeks.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers column: Fans need to speak as one to achieve change</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  ACTIONS speak louder than words, they say. Sadly, Venky’s have provided few words and even fewer actions since Blackburn Rovers’
  relegation from the Premier League.
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           <title>Talking Sport: Hodgson is a very nice man - but an England boss?</title>
           
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  THE FA gave it careful thought, assessed the mood of the nation and realised that for once the public were united behind one man.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers column: Ewood faithful unite in need for change</title>
           
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers Blog: Bentley’s fall is a lesson for Samba</title>
           
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  AS far as chilling warnings go, Chris Samba did not need to look far this week.
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           <title>Rovers Blog: Old pros left to perform miracle</title>
           
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  THINK back to the end of last season, and a few memories spring to mind.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Venky’s must spend to justify not selling</title>
           
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Santa Cruz could still prove doubters wrong</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Chris Flanagan blog: Last Thursday, an experienced international scored twice to fire his side to the top of La Liga.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Yak shows why he’s a fine buy</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Chris Flanagan column: With one flick of the ankle, Yakubu showed why it was folly to dismiss him as a panic signing before he had even step foot on the Ewood Park pitch.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Arsenal result will be so crucial now</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Chris Flanagan column: If Saturday’s home game against Arsenal was not important enough already, this week’s events have given it an altogether greater significance.]]></description>
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Swagger just what Ewood needs right now</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Chris Flanagan column: Ask the average Englishman to name a famous Montenegrin and they might struggle.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Robinho deal showed danger of rushing signings</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Chris Flanagan blog: It took just minutes before it became clear the first big signing of the Sheikh Mansour era at Manchester City may not be a surefire success.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Truth is youngsters will always fly the nest</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Chris Flanagan blog: It was hard to know what to make of Sunday. Two Blackburn Rovers academy graduates lined up against Spain in England’s opening game of the UEFA Under 21 Championship, yet for both their Ewood days were already over.]]></description>
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Fans deserve so much better from club</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Chris Flanagan column: As we survey the ever growing mess that has been Blackburn Rovers’ season, we should perhaps recall the words of the American billionaire Warren Buffett.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: It’s hard to fight off player ambition</title>
           
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