Berg: I can handle pressure at Blackburn Rovers (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Berg: I can handle pressure at Blackburn Rovers
9:49am Friday 21st December 2012 in News
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
HENNING Berg believes he can handle the growing pressure after insisting he is still relishing the challenge of being Blackburn Rovers boss.
The Norwegian has been dogged by speculation surrounding the club ever since taking charge almost two months ago but is adamant he will not let it get in the way of doing his job.
Ahead of tomorrow’s Championship visit of Brighton, some reports have claimed Berg’s job is already under threat after a run of just one win from his first nine games in charge.
That follows a rumour started on Twitter that he had offered his resignation on Monday and subsequent reports claiming he had stormed out of the Christmas party – something he was later forced to deny.
Berg said: “I’m not on Twitter. You know these days everyone can go on Twitter, everyone can say whatever they like and don’t have to stand up for it.
“For people to start speculating and to accept there might be something in it, I don’t think is right.
“It is part of modern society, which we could really do without.
“I know Twitter is good for many things but for these things it is too easy.
“It is too easy for people to say things without having to stand up for it. There is pressure, we have to accept that. At the end of the day this is a results business.
“I am the manager, I am responsible for these results and I can handle it.”
Berg is the first to accept the pressure is mounting after a poor run of results leaves Rovers in 15th position in the Championship.
But he insists he can handle it as he continues attempting to find a way to guide the team back into play-off contention.
He said: “I have been in football long enough to know what and how football works.
“At the same time I am looking forward to these games, I am looking forward to doing my job.
“My job as a manager is important when we are winning games, at the same time it is important when we are losing games how we handle it, how we focus, how we prepare, how we go into these games, how we play these games.
“So my job in terms of what we are doing is no different but of course there will always be pressure.
“There will be pressure if you are top of the league and there will be pressure if you are bottom of the league.
“If you don’t have any pressure then something would be wrong.”
Berg has hit out at continued speculation surrounding the future of his backroom staff though, claiming reports of their imminent departures are helpful to no-one.
“I am most definitely still enjoying the job, the only thing I am not too happy about is all this speculation to come out regarding my own coaches,” he said.
“I don’t like to see good people, good coaches, experienced coaches who are doing a good job getting speculation about this in the papers.
“It is not a nice thing for them to experience, it is not a good thing for them to handle and it is not a good thing for us as a club as well.
“Because at the moment we need everyone to pull in the same direction, to make sure we can take this club forward.
“These things don’t make it easy.”
Comments(66)
noddymcleod
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10:12am Fri 21 Dec 12
Berg isn't the problem, the probelems are, the owners, our laughable "global adviser", the players, the agents who know Rovers are an easy touch for a percentage.
jackmetickler
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10:21am Fri 21 Dec 12
So once again January TW has become of major importance and we have to rely on the experience and football knowledge of Venkys/Shabby and crew.
God help us!
peely
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10:26am Fri 21 Dec 12
Is Eckersley playing?
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10:30am Fri 21 Dec 12
George White Bread
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10:30am Fri 21 Dec 12
Gaz M
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10:35am Fri 21 Dec 12
Lancs - pensioner
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10:43am Fri 21 Dec 12
Come out tell it as it is down at Ewood/Brockhall tell us what YOU want we can't believe the snake in the grass commonly known as our Global Advisor!
Should you get the sack it will be to late then, it will sound like sour grapes.
Lancs - pensioner
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10:45am Fri 21 Dec 12
HB who will be buying the players in the JW you or Shebby?
ashton_9
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10:48am Fri 21 Dec 12
Fans who expected Berg to come in and turn everything around are completely delusional in my opinion. The infastructure has been torn out of the club and once Venky's realised they couldn't apply the same business model to Rovers that they had with all the other organisations they own (whereby one man heads the company then reports back to Venkys) they looked to implement the previous infastructure but with figures who aren't a shadow of the previous personnel we had.
I believe this club has a long way to fall before it can rise again but when it does I will be there and I'm sure many of my fellow fans will be as committed as ever to the cause of BRFC
Lancs - pensioner
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10:48am Fri 21 Dec 12
Where are you, are you there, want to answer some questions the fans have? Hello Mr Agnew r u there, has anyone seen our over paid press officer, has anyone heard from our over paid press officer.
Your supposed to take the pressure of HB not sit in your office doing nowt!!!
Lancs - pensioner
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10:51am Fri 21 Dec 12
ashton_9 wrote:Good post mate, unfortunately whilst Shebby is in control HB has his hands tied behind his back, I wish him luck though.
Good man, the kind of interview I want to read after the events of late. Personally I think he can handle the pressure and I do think he is the man for us. Yes he might have had a the odd wobble along the way but I think over time he will take this in his stride and build the resilience to come through the other side with dignity and respect.
Fans who expected Berg to come in and turn everything around are completely delusional in my opinion. The infastructure has been torn out of the club and once Venky's realised they couldn't apply the same business model to Rovers that they had with all the other organisations they own (whereby one man heads the company then reports back to Venkys) they looked to implement the previous infastructure but with figures who aren't a shadow of the previous personnel we had.
I believe this club has a long way to fall before it can rise again but when it does I will be there and I'm sure many of my fellow fans will be as committed as ever to the cause of BRFC
ashton_9
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10:55am Fri 21 Dec 12
George White Bread wrote:Well done mate fresh jokes with full of wit!
You stick in there Henning and finish off the sterling work that your predecessor started !
brown cow warrior
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10:59am Fri 21 Dec 12
ashton_9
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11:07am Fri 21 Dec 12
brown cow warrior wrote:I appreciate your point but I think we've all been guilty of committing to something you think you can change only to find out that there's a very good reason for things being in the state they are.
No sympathy at all for Berg. He knew what he was getting into. Nice to know that he can handle the pressure though but time for him to start handling those around him who are doing damage to the club.
What you are suggesting is that Berg starts handling those around him who are causing damage to club, in this case Venky's & Singh both of which who Berg's employers so I don't really see what Berg can do in this situation?
Dukes
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11:08am Fri 21 Dec 12
GOT NO FAITHS IN BOTH OFF YOU SADLY.
SELL UP ASAP VENKYS.
sonny
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11:12am Fri 21 Dec 12
bigste
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11:18am Fri 21 Dec 12
Rayzerisaloser
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11:23am Fri 21 Dec 12
Brfc24138931
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11:25am Fri 21 Dec 12
merlinrabbit
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11:25am Fri 21 Dec 12
ed.brfcs.com/2012/12
/21/the-silent-assas
sin/
George White Bread
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11:29am Fri 21 Dec 12
ashton_9 wrote:Thanks mate, I'm here all week!
George White Bread wrote:Well done mate fresh jokes with full of wit!
You stick in there Henning and finish off the sterling work that your predecessor started !
I'm also available for weddings, birthdays and bar mitzvahs.
moh
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11:44am Fri 21 Dec 12
jackmetickler wrote:everyone though wow when big monies Murphy, Etuhu and Rhodes were signed. They just have'nt delivered, perphaps Venky brothers could come and play.
I do feel some sympathy with the guy especially having to deal with numpties in charge of the club but we cannot afford to drop many more points or this is no longer a promotion issue - it is fast becoming a relegation issue and if we are honest on current form there aren't many worse teams. So once again January TW has become of major importance and we have to rely on the experience and football knowledge of Venkys/Shabby and crew. God help us!
moh
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11:46am Fri 21 Dec 12
Lancs - pensioner wrote:Henning has said as IT IS that he makes all footballing decisions, do you not trust him?
HB if your concerned about the speculation of your good coaches come out and say they are going no where (except Hendry if course) you say your the Boss but you need to start using the press to get your points across, Shebby is a master at this and it's him that will eventually stab you in the back. Come out tell it as it is down at Ewood/Brockhall tell us what YOU want we can't believe the snake in the grass commonly known as our Global Advisor! Should you get the sack it will be to late then, it will sound like sour grapes.
moh
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11:57am Fri 21 Dec 12
brown cow warrior wrote:He does,nt need to handle those around him. He needs to handle the rumour mongerers. He needs to motivate the team and get results. He needs more time and support from everyone including some impatient fans.
No sympathy at all for Berg. He knew what he was getting into. Nice to know that he can handle the pressure though but time for him to start handling those around him who are doing damage to the club.
A Rover 45 years and over
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12:10pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Having said all that a lot of these events are happening because of poor results and you need to be sorting things soon and stop the rot. Hopefully young can find a way to stop getting beat and bring a few fighters in during January and move on from there. A win on Saturday will help your cause though.
burnleyglentoran
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12:14pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Your predecessor, Agent Kean, did set the bar particularly high.
However, stay calm and carry on Agent Ice.
Wait till you see the whites of their
eyes!!!
Stirling effort Agent Ice.
merlinrabbit
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12:49pm Fri 21 Dec 12
sonny wrote:Read this by Glen Mullen. http://roversrevisit
SACK Agnew if the club wants the harmful speculation to stop, SIMPLES!
ed.brfcs.com/2012/12
/21/the-silent-assas
sin/. Im not usually one for reading Mullen's stuff and I do generally take everything with a balanced view but this account of Agnew doesnt surprise me at all and is very concerning. Also explains why we dont hear anything from him
R.I.P. Rovers
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12:50pm Fri 21 Dec 12
merlinrabbit
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12:55pm Fri 21 Dec 12
R.I.P. Rovers wrote:How embarrassing.
these Burnley fans are funny -I'd rather then be on here to add it keeps them from raping kids, beating up the old deer for her winter fuel allowance and polluting the world with their indeed off spring
maltese blue n white
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1:11pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Lancs - pensioner
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1:18pm Fri 21 Dec 12
moh wrote:Trust him maybe, Do I trust the people around him at BRFC definaitly not!
Lancs - pensioner wrote:Henning has said as IT IS that he makes all footballing decisions, do you not trust him?
HB if your concerned about the speculation of your good coaches come out and say they are going no where (except Hendry if course) you say your the Boss but you need to start using the press to get your points across, Shebby is a master at this and it's him that will eventually stab you in the back. Come out tell it as it is down at Ewood/Brockhall tell us what YOU want we can't believe the snake in the grass commonly known as our Global Advisor! Should you get the sack it will be to late then, it will sound like sour grapes.
1riversider
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1:23pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Let's be hone.st, is there a Rovers fan out there who would work for Shabby, Shaw, and Agnew? The Three Stooges know less about running a football club than my dog! They are clueless, and incompetent, unless their remit is to dismantle, and bankrupt the club - if that is the case, they are succeeding brilliantly.
As I've said before, if Henning has any feeling for the club, or any dignity, he would resign, and spill the beans on exactly what is going on at Ewood.
SHYSTERS GET OUT OF OUR CLUB NOW
Nuttall Street
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1:23pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Lancs - pensioner wrote:Quite right. Far better to get the sack for standing your ground against that ultimate p1llock The Global Adviser than to get the sack for the desperate results that inevitably come from tolerating his inept interference.
HB if your concerned about the speculation of your good coaches come out and say they are going no where (except Hendry if course) you say your the Boss but you need to start using the press to get your points across, Shebby is a master at this and it's him that will eventually stab you in the back.
Come out tell it as it is down at Ewood/Brockhall tell us what YOU want we can't believe the snake in the grass commonly known as our Global Advisor!
Should you get the sack it will be to late then, it will sound like sour grapes.
Return of the Magnificent se7en
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1:54pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Harwoodstblue
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2:20pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Return of the Magnificent se7en wrote:Hi Ruinsane, Doom mongers ? Can you share with us all just what it is to feel optimistic about, amongst the devastation that was Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
The doomongers and naysayers on here missed their mass suicide party to celebrate the end of the world. So now they will infest these boards again spreading more David Ike theories whereas they should have gone to specsavers.
There's optimism and blind optimism, and I can not feel optimistic whileVenkys watch us crumble and do f@ck all about it.
noddy57
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3:00pm Fri 21 Dec 12
MxMave
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3:01pm Fri 21 Dec 12
noddymcleod wrote:Berg isnt the problem? But Steve Kean was a problem? We can't have it both ways. Either Berg is as useless as Kean or we were wrong about Steve Kean.
Twitter is the modern day "a man in the pub told me...". There's so much of it about, some of it is likely to be true.
Berg isn't the problem, the probelems are, the owners, our laughable "global adviser", the players, the agents who know Rovers are an easy touch for a percentage.
MxMave
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3:03pm Fri 21 Dec 12
ashton_9 wrote:Odd wobble? Berg has won 1 in 9 at Ewood and lost the last 7 games at his previous club? So his record is 16 games 1 win 3 draws? Possibly the worst record in footballing history? But its not his fault, hes blameless, hes a legend, he'll turn us around. Time to appoint a proper manager not a Norwegian Sunday League coach. The longer we leave it the futher we will slip.
Good man, the kind of interview I want to read after the events of late. Personally I think he can handle the pressure and I do think he is the man for us. Yes he might have had a the odd wobble along the way but I think over time he will take this in his stride and build the resilience to come through the other side with dignity and respect.
Fans who expected Berg to come in and turn everything around are completely delusional in my opinion. The infastructure has been torn out of the club and once Venky's realised they couldn't apply the same business model to Rovers that they had with all the other organisations they own (whereby one man heads the company then reports back to Venkys) they looked to implement the previous infastructure but with figures who aren't a shadow of the previous personnel we had.
I believe this club has a long way to fall before it can rise again but when it does I will be there and I'm sure many of my fellow fans will be as committed as ever to the cause of BRFC
harwoodblue
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3:30pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Dan11
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3:53pm Fri 21 Dec 12
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The facts are these. Berg has one win, three draws and five defeats from nine games. If he has another nine games of similar form (less than one point a game on average) then it will be very difficult for the Venkys to keep him on, as we will be drawn into a relegation battle.
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I am not saying Berg is not good enough, but unless he takes decisive action, more of the kind he has with the overweight and disinterested Robinson then he will not last until further than March in the job and we will be fighting to avoid relegation to League 1.
Dan11
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3:56pm Fri 21 Dec 12
In with two new central defenders and two new central midfielders minimum.
deano162
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3:56pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Is Eckersley playing?
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4:10pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Return of the Magnificent se7en
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5:06pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Harwoodstblue wrote:They are doing something about it. First thing is the ingrained loser relegation mindset. Robinson is proof of this, relegated at leeds relegated here. Harry redknapp got shut when spurs were in the bottom five and robbo was in goal. He has a relegation mindset.
Return of the Magnificent se7en wrote:Hi Ruinsane, Doom mongers ? Can you share with us all just what it is to feel optimistic about, amongst the devastation that was Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
The doomongers and naysayers on here missed their mass suicide party to celebrate the end of the world. So now they will infest these boards again spreading more David Ike theories whereas they should have gone to specsavers.
There's optimism and blind optimism, and I can not feel optimistic whileVenkys watch us crumble and do f@ck all about it.
Scott Dann, relegated at Birmingham and relegated here. The jury is out on Dann but his performances of late leave little to be desired, I say Jury is out because although he was relegated at Birmingham, he was injured for most of the season.
Top tip for Venkys/Rovers decision makers. If you want to stop losing, you don't sign a team full of losers or players who have just been relegated.
Jake kean might just start to make a difference.
Hopefully we will sign a steady away centre back and a more combative midfielder. What about going after jermain Jones again. Surely being a year older he won't cost 10 million any more.
Just think, if they'd paid the 10 million asking price last time round, we'd still be in the prem. But now is the time to put the wrongs right.
leitchy
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5:27pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Rayzerisaloser wrote:Yes that's right Shebby resign now!
Resign now!
kfc yummy
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5:55pm Fri 21 Dec 12
merlinrabbit wrote:Why do they beat up deer .
R.I.P. Rovers wrote:How embarrassing.
these Burnley fans are funny -I'd rather then be on here to add it keeps them from raping kids, beating up the old deer for her winter fuel allowance and polluting the world with their indeed off spring
merlinrabbit
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6:25pm Fri 21 Dec 12
noddy57 wrote:Why do you keep writing about it on here then? Are you just trying to convert people? It's not working.
Its alright for berg saying he can handle the pressure of the job at ewood,,that pressure can only intensify as the circus rolls on,, l stopped going to watch premiership football when the constant greed of the players made me puke,,and they still do, so when will all you mugs finally realise that your being taken for a ride?listen to me and spend your often hard earned money on your family instead of keeping these greedy ba ,,,,,, in the lap of luxery, you just keep paying the ever increasing ticket prices,,footballers are not in our world so why pretend they are,,they are all mercenaries,,and the sooner the football loving public realise this then untill then nothing will change,,greed has killedthe beutiful game,,
merlinrabbit
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6:26pm Fri 21 Dec 12
kfc yummy wrote:Cheap venison. I want to know what indeed offspring is.
merlinrabbit wrote:Why do they beat up deer .
R.I.P. Rovers wrote:How embarrassing.
these Burnley fans are funny -I'd rather then be on here to add it keeps them from raping kids, beating up the old deer for her winter fuel allowance and polluting the world with their indeed off spring
leitchy
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6:35pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Sack Shebby, Agnew and Shaw....!
merlinrabbit
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6:35pm Fri 21 Dec 12
noddy57
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7:39pm Fri 21 Dec 12
merlinrabbit wrote:lf one season ticket holder is converted by my comment, and spends his money on something that is appreciated,< footy players only appreciate their wages getting bigger while joe public struggle to pay their bills> why not treat the wife to a romantic weekend in paris ,
noddy57 wrote:Why do you keep writing about it on here then? Are you just trying to convert people? It's not working.
Its alright for berg saying he can handle the pressure of the job at ewood,,that pressure can only intensify as the circus rolls on,, l stopped going to watch premiership football when the constant greed of the players made me puke,,and they still do, so when will all you mugs finally realise that your being taken for a ride?listen to me and spend your often hard earned money on your family instead of keeping these greedy ba ,,,,,, in the lap of luxery, you just keep paying the ever increasing ticket prices,,footballers are not in our world so why pretend they are,,they are all mercenaries,,and the sooner the football loving public realise this then untill then nothing will change,,greed has killedthe beutiful game,,
Return of the Magnificent se7en
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7:43pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Please feel free to add as you like.
He used to build walls
and then he scored goals
He dried up after Christmas
And now he sucks balls.
Merry Christmas my unwashed meths swigging dingle friends. :0)
Return of the Magnificent se7en
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7:47pm Fri 21 Dec 12
noddy57 wrote:A true premier league glory hunter, making excuse after excuse when really he means, since we got relegated I won't be going back until we get back up again.
merlinrabbit wrote:lf one season ticket holder is converted by my comment, and spends his money on something that is appreciated,< footy players only appreciate their wages getting bigger while joe public struggle to pay their bills> why not treat the wife to a romantic weekend in paris ,
noddy57 wrote:Why do you keep writing about it on here then? Are you just trying to convert people? It's not working.
Its alright for berg saying he can handle the pressure of the job at ewood,,that pressure can only intensify as the circus rolls on,, l stopped going to watch premiership football when the constant greed of the players made me puke,,and they still do, so when will all you mugs finally realise that your being taken for a ride?listen to me and spend your often hard earned money on your family instead of keeping these greedy ba ,,,,,, in the lap of luxery, you just keep paying the ever increasing ticket prices,,footballers are not in our world so why pretend they are,,they are all mercenaries,,and the sooner the football loving public realise this then untill then nothing will change,,greed has killedthe beutiful game,,
Try that, telling the truth out loud will purge your soul. Seeya when we get promoted
Whats the point of coming on a Rovers article wanting people not to support them???
You are obviously not a Rovers fan then, so be on your way.
icannotrace
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8:17pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Lancs - pensioner wrote:The speculation and subsequent responses are just another example of very poor\no PR. It's not your fault Henning but the club is rotten to the core.
HB if your concerned about the speculation of your good coaches come out and say they are going no where (except Hendry if course) you say your the Boss but you need to start using the press to get your points across, Shebby is a master at this and it's him that will eventually stab you in the back.
Come out tell it as it is down at Ewood/Brockhall tell us what YOU want we can't believe the snake in the grass commonly known as our Global Advisor!
Should you get the sack it will be to late then, it will sound like sour grapes.
Do yourself a favour and jump on one of the lifeboats whilst you can.
Return of the Magnificent se7en
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8:37pm Fri 21 Dec 12
icannotrace wrote:The club is fine, do you think if you deter enough folk they will sell it cheap??
Lancs - pensioner wrote:The speculation and subsequent responses are just another example of very poor\no PR. It's not your fault Henning but the club is rotten to the core.
HB if your concerned about the speculation of your good coaches come out and say they are going no where (except Hendry if course) you say your the Boss but you need to start using the press to get your points across, Shebby is a master at this and it's him that will eventually stab you in the back.
Come out tell it as it is down at Ewood/Brockhall tell us what YOU want we can't believe the snake in the grass commonly known as our Global Advisor!
Should you get the sack it will be to late then, it will sound like sour grapes.
Do yourself a favour and jump on one of the lifeboats whilst you can.
Is this your underhanded ambition. Darker forces. Are you Bane and Henning is the Batman? wanting to turn gotham against itself to futher your own ends? Batman wouldn't desert his hometown. Shame on you for asking
I have exposed your underhanded cunning with my plot exposure spray. Holy Transfer window Batman, that was a close call.
roverfor60years
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8:42pm Fri 21 Dec 12
ed.brfcs.com/2012/12
/21/the-silent-assas
sin/
on the BRFCS site. Paul Agnew needs to get his tin hat out!
It looks like Agnew was complicit in all the early turmoil – and he was only the Press Officer then! I hope Williams and/or Finn do come back. It will be the end of Agnew!
I have some recollection that Glen Mullan said in the summer that BRAG would make disclosures if the Football League/FA(?) did not come back to them by the end of this year with the results of their investigation into BRAG’s 400-page dossier exposing the goings-on at Ewood. I wonder if this is the opening shot?
Stone Island:
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8:47pm Fri 21 Dec 12
moh wrote:Kean said we had NO CHANCE of being relegated last season. did you believe him?
Lancs - pensioner wrote:Henning has said as IT IS that he makes all footballing decisions, do you not trust him?
HB if your concerned about the speculation of your good coaches come out and say they are going no where (except Hendry if course) you say your the Boss but you need to start using the press to get your points across, Shebby is a master at this and it's him that will eventually stab you in the back. Come out tell it as it is down at Ewood/Brockhall tell us what YOU want we can't believe the snake in the grass commonly known as our Global Advisor! Should you get the sack it will be to late then, it will sound like sour grapes.
Return of the Magnificent se7en
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8:52pm Fri 21 Dec 12
roverfor60years wrote:I doubt it very much, Williams is at Man City who are now one of the biggest clubs in the world.
I’ve just read Glen Mullan’s blog http://roversrevisit
ed.brfcs.com/2012/12
/21/the-silent-assas
sin/
on the BRFCS site. Paul Agnew needs to get his tin hat out!
It looks like Agnew was complicit in all the early turmoil – and he was only the Press Officer then! I hope Williams and/or Finn do come back. It will be the end of Agnew!
I have some recollection that Glen Mullan said in the summer that BRAG would make disclosures if the Football League/FA(?) did not come back to them by the end of this year with the results of their investigation into BRAG’s 400-page dossier exposing the goings-on at Ewood. I wonder if this is the opening shot?
Dukes
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9:32pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Manager and agent meeting finished and agreed in Zurich re #Rovers keep an eye on the news soon
jim 2012
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9:33pm Fri 21 Dec 12
George White Bread wrote:you are the joke mate
ashton_9 wrote:Thanks mate, I'm here all week!
George White Bread wrote:Well done mate fresh jokes with full of wit!
You stick in there Henning and finish off the sterling work that your predecessor started !
I'm also available for weddings, birthdays and bar mitzvahs.
JPainter90
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9:36pm Fri 21 Dec 12
roverfor60years
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9:53pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Return of the Magnificent se7en wrote:We all know he is at Man City, but many strange things happen in the crazy world of football
roverfor60years wrote:I doubt it very much, Williams is at Man City who are now one of the biggest clubs in the world.
I’ve just read Glen Mullan’s blog http://roversrevisit
ed.brfcs.com/2012/12
/21/the-silent-assas
sin/
on the BRFCS site. Paul Agnew needs to get his tin hat out!
It looks like Agnew was complicit in all the early turmoil – and he was only the Press Officer then! I hope Williams and/or Finn do come back. It will be the end of Agnew!
I have some recollection that Glen Mullan said in the summer that BRAG would make disclosures if the Football League/FA(?) did not come back to them by the end of this year with the results of their investigation into BRAG’s 400-page dossier exposing the goings-on at Ewood. I wonder if this is the opening shot?
Cyprusblue
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9:59am Sat 22 Dec 12
Good man, the kind of interview I want to read after the events of late. Personally I think he can handle the pressure and I do think he is the man for us. Yes he might have had a the odd wobble along the way but I think over time he will take this in his stride and build the resilience to come through the other side with dignity and respect.
Fans who expected Berg to come in and turn everything around are completely delusional in my opinion. The infastructure has been torn out of the club and once Venky's realised they couldn't apply the same business model to Rovers that they had with all the other organisations they own (whereby one man heads the company then reports back to Venkys) they looked to implement the previous infastructure but with figures who aren't a shadow of the previous personnel we had.
I believe this club has a long way to fall before it can rise again but when it does I will be there and I'm sure many of my fellow fans will be as committed as ever to the cause of BRFC
Is that my son by any chance???
noddy57
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5:05pm Sat 22 Dec 12
Return of the Magnificent se7en wrote:you will never see me at ewood or any other football club ever, like l said earlier l wont pay the extortianate ticket prices,l know many ex regulars who stopped going years ago, long before l stopped going,when football was a sport,,the modern game is a bloody joke,,its almost a non contact sport,,that on its own is enough to put me off ever setting foot in a football ground,,nothing to do with glory hunting,,
noddy57 wrote:A true premier league glory hunter, making excuse after excuse when really he means, since we got relegated I won't be going back until we get back up again.
merlinrabbit wrote:lf one season ticket holder is converted by my comment, and spends his money on something that is appreciated,< footy players only appreciate their wages getting bigger while joe public struggle to pay their bills> why not treat the wife to a romantic weekend in paris ,
noddy57 wrote:Why do you keep writing about it on here then? Are you just trying to convert people? It's not working.
Its alright for berg saying he can handle the pressure of the job at ewood,,that pressure can only intensify as the circus rolls on,, l stopped going to watch premiership football when the constant greed of the players made me puke,,and they still do, so when will all you mugs finally realise that your being taken for a ride?listen to me and spend your often hard earned money on your family instead of keeping these greedy ba ,,,,,, in the lap of luxery, you just keep paying the ever increasing ticket prices,,footballers are not in our world so why pretend they are,,they are all mercenaries,,and the sooner the football loving public realise this then untill then nothing will change,,greed has killedthe beutiful game,,
Try that, telling the truth out loud will purge your soul. Seeya when we get promoted
Whats the point of coming on a Rovers article wanting people not to support them???
You are obviously not a Rovers fan then, so be on your way.
noddy57
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5:25pm Sat 22 Dec 12
Return of the Magnificent se7en wrote:you will never see me at ewood or any other football club ever, like l said earlier l wont pay the extortianate ticket prices,l know many ex regulars who stopped going years ago, long before l stopped going,when football was a sport,,the modern game is a bloody joke,,its almost a non contact sport,,that on its own is enough to put me off ever setting foot in a football ground,,nothing to do with glory hunting,,
noddy57 wrote:A true premier league glory hunter, making excuse after excuse when really he means, since we got relegated I won't be going back until we get back up again.
merlinrabbit wrote:lf one season ticket holder is converted by my comment, and spends his money on something that is appreciated,< footy players only appreciate their wages getting bigger while joe public struggle to pay their bills> why not treat the wife to a romantic weekend in paris ,
noddy57 wrote:Why do you keep writing about it on here then? Are you just trying to convert people? It's not working.
Its alright for berg saying he can handle the pressure of the job at ewood,,that pressure can only intensify as the circus rolls on,, l stopped going to watch premiership football when the constant greed of the players made me puke,,and they still do, so when will all you mugs finally realise that your being taken for a ride?listen to me and spend your often hard earned money on your family instead of keeping these greedy ba ,,,,,, in the lap of luxery, you just keep paying the ever increasing ticket prices,,footballers are not in our world so why pretend they are,,they are all mercenaries,,and the sooner the football loving public realise this then untill then nothing will change,,greed has killedthe beutiful game,,
Try that, telling the truth out loud will purge your soul. Seeya when we get promoted
Whats the point of coming on a Rovers article wanting people not to support them???
You are obviously not a Rovers fan then, so be on your way.
rovertillidie says...
10:03am Fri 21 Dec 12
Berg's big task is to change the squad around during the January transfer window.
Brighton will come to Ewood full of confidence and expectation for at least a point. I fear another defeat may send us into Christmas looking over our shoulders at the abyss with three tough games to follow.
I also think the crowd will be very low possibly below 10k unless they count in all the season ticket holders as being there when many will be out shopping.
I'll be there willing the team on but I have many concerns, Berg needs to turn this around and do it quickly!!