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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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  THINK back to the end of last season, and a few memories spring to mind.
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Yak shows why he’s a fine buy</title>
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Swagger just what Ewood needs right now</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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           <description><![CDATA[Chris Flanagan column: First Blackburn Rovers called for Steve Kean, and there must now be serious fears that soon they may need Steve McQueen.
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           <title>Sports Blog: It's time to back your club</title>
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  IT is well over a decade since Blackburn Rovers, Burnley and Accrington
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           <title>Blackburn Rovers blog: Ruud response sign of the times at Ewood</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[One imagines Steve Kean and Venky’s might have spent the week scratching their heads at the public reaction to their pursuit of Ruud van Nistelrooy, but the response perfectly illustrated their current problem. They just can’t win.
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  THE recriminations for the latest Old Firm match are approaching their second week and have already extended as far as the Scottish Government. El-Hadji Diouf’s arrival in Glasgow was never going
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