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Kean happy with Blackburn Rovers business
9:56am Wednesday 1st February 2012 in News
NEW FACE Bradley Orr joined Blackburn Rovers yesterday
STEVE Kean believes his transfer deadline day double will prove good business for Blackburn Rovers – after being left frustrated in his search for Premier League experience.
The Rovers boss added Swedish international Marcus Olsson and QPR right back Bradley Orr to his squad before the transfer window shut last night, having earlier in the month signed Bordeaux striker Anthony Modeste on loan.
Ahead of tonight’s crucial Premier League visit of Newcastle United, midfielder Keith Andrews departed for West Bromwich Albion but want-away skipper Chris Samba, contract rebel Junior Hoilett and in demand Mauro Formica remain at the club.
Left sided Olsson, 23, signed as a free agent having left Swedish outfit Halmstads while Orr, 29, joined Rovers for an undisclosed fee, having had limited Premier League experience with the Hoops this season.
Kean stated before the window opened that he wanted signings who “could hit the ground running” but yesterday admitted the club struggled to find that available Premier League experience.
Kean said: “We said we wanted three or four bodies in and we have managed to get three in. The ones we have got in, it has been tough getting them in, but we have new faces which is always good.
“The plan was to bring in experienced players and we tried hard. We tried a number of different avenues to sign players with more Premier League experience but we got flat nos, we got don’t come back, don’t enquire again.
“It has been that type of window where clubs have been trying to keep their squads together and it has been really difficult to get players in.
“The players who are playing in teams, clubs are fighting tooth and nail to keep them. We tried for a few that have started in other teams and it was ‘don’t be silly we are not selling’. So went and got Marcus, Anthony and Bradley and are very happy with what we have got.”
Rovers have been adamant that Samba was not for sale, despite the big defender strongly expressing his wish to quit Ewood Park.
No improved bids came in for Samba and Kean will now talk to him this morning before deciding whether or not to involve him in tonight’s Newcastle clash.
“It could be seen as being a risk or it could be seen as taking a stance,” said Kean. “If we’d said ‘yes ok’ we’d have been seen as being soft. I don’t know if you’d say it’s a gamble trying to keep your best players together.
“The way Chris has conducted his performances after the window closes has always been of a very high standard so we hope that’ll continue.
“Would he sit and sulk? He might. You’d better ask Chris that. We put out the statement saying we wanted him to be here.”
Liverpool-born Orr started his career at Newcastle United and made four appearances on loan for Burnley.
He then made more than 200 appearances for Bristol City before signing for QPR. The right back played a key role in helping them into the Premier League but has found himself on the periphery at Loftus Road this season.
Orr’s signing leaves Swiss full back Scott Sutter disappointed as he was sent back to Young Boys of Bern.
Marcus Olsson is Rovers left back Martin’s twin brother and has joined Rovers after leaving Halmstads.
Comments(104)
CJB official
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10:04am Wed 1 Feb 12
reiko082
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10:09am Wed 1 Feb 12
Which one of those is going to "hit the ground running?"
Where was the financial backing you were so confident about?
Why have we "released" 3 players with premier league experience for nothing and replaced them with players that have less or no premier league experience - when claiming that is exactly what you were looking for.
Steve Kean is nothing but a puppet, a facade to this VILEkys asset stripping machine.
I hope they all drop dead.
Searcher
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10:11am Wed 1 Feb 12
happycyclist
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10:14am Wed 1 Feb 12
rovers82
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10:14am Wed 1 Feb 12
adcr
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10:15am Wed 1 Feb 12
regarding samba as all bids for him were insulting, i am glad we kept him. but, if we had got a bid of around £10m i would have sold him. in a relegation battle i would rather have £10m to spend on quality players than hope a grown adult on around £60,000 a week can find it in his heart to motivate himself to run around and try for 90mins every week.
hotpot8200
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10:16am Wed 1 Feb 12
eddyo
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10:17am Wed 1 Feb 12
reiko082 wrote:Get a grip reikoo - we lost 3 players with premiership experience. Roberts - once OK, now sh1t. Andrews - always sh1t. Nelsen - a great player for us in the day, but at 34 on the wane.
The man is on a different planet.
Which one of those is going to "hit the ground running?"
Where was the financial backing you were so confident about?
Why have we "released" 3 players with premier league experience for nothing and replaced them with players that have less or no premier league experience - when claiming that is exactly what you were looking for.
Steve Kean is nothing but a puppet, a facade to this VILEkys asset stripping machine.
I hope they all drop dead.
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I would have kept Nelsen for the relegation battle mind you, because his attitude and awareness is superb.
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The other 2 are gone and thank fft.
adcr
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10:19am Wed 1 Feb 12
rover77
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10:20am Wed 1 Feb 12
Crow27
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10:22am Wed 1 Feb 12
Nelsen may be injured but Harry said 'he is the sort of guy you want around'. I agree, Nelsen is a born leader and a winner.
Nelsen has been captain for 5+ years and the fans don't get to wave him goodbye??
Something smells of rotten chickens!!!
100% Team 0% Venkys!!!!!!!!!
Iiii1111
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10:25am Wed 1 Feb 12
adcr wrote:Well said
i think considering most clubs weren't loaning out players and the fact we had absolutely no money to buy players suggests kean did a reasonable job this transfer window.
regarding samba as all bids for him were insulting, i am glad we kept him. but, if we had got a bid of around £10m i would have sold him. in a relegation battle i would rather have £10m to spend on quality players than hope a grown adult on around £60,000 a week can find it in his heart to motivate himself to run around and try for 90mins every week.
French Rover
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10:31am Wed 1 Feb 12
Orr is exactly what we needed - a proper RB! Plus Modeste can be a big threat up front if he can find his form quickly.
As for losing Nellie, Andrews and Roberts - well will they really be missed? Nope...
Plus we kept the big three of Samba, NZonzi and Hoilett at least till the end of this season.
Given the rubbish state the club is in then I think its probably the best we could have hoped for...
Bangkok Rover
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10:31am Wed 1 Feb 12
A bit of an over reaction to Nelsen leaving. It would've been nice to have had a Tugay-style farewell on the last day, but why deny him half-a-season at Spuds when we've got 4 decent centre halves?
I agree with Black - we have a 50-50 chance of staying up so only one option, to get behind the team.
oreilly21
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10:32am Wed 1 Feb 12
Kean has had his hands tied but why is he trying to pull the wool over our eyes?? it is ridiculous, he is treating us like idiots instead of just telling us he wasnt allowed to spend money on transfers or wages! we all know this is the truth and he would gain so much respect from the people that matter - the fans, if he told something like the truth for once!
to tell us that there was no players available for transfer is really taking the pi$$ out of us and that is Keans greatest fault!!!
Clucking-hell@BRFC
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10:39am Wed 1 Feb 12
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Gaz M
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10:39am Wed 1 Feb 12
Billypieman
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10:40am Wed 1 Feb 12
French Rover wrote:QPR's reserve right back is "exactly what we needed"? Really? I suspect none of the new signings are going to make the starting eleven. So much for the four signings with experience who can "hit the ground running". I think Kean has spent so much of the last year lying that he no longer knows he's doing it.
I cant stand Kean and his fibs and silly condescending statements but considering what he had to play with regards transfer funds (zero, nil, nothing!) then I reckon he has brought two decent players in (Modeste and Orr) who can play an immediate part in improving the team.
Orr is exactly what we needed - a proper RB! Plus Modeste can be a big threat up front if he can find his form quickly.
As for losing Nellie, Andrews and Roberts - well will they really be missed? Nope...
Plus we kept the big three of Samba, NZonzi and Hoilett at least till the end of this season.
Given the rubbish state the club is in then I think its probably the best we could have hoped for...
DINGLESCUMHATER
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10:40am Wed 1 Feb 12
Dr.alan79
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10:44am Wed 1 Feb 12
Iiii1111
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10:46am Wed 1 Feb 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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10:48am Wed 1 Feb 12
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With old but big wages players moved on have Venkys woken up to the fact too many generouse contracts were dished out which caused the big losses - along with AGENT FEES! This is where there extra £12m investment and the Jones money has been wasted. I blame Kean and Agents for bad management and Venkys for ignoring the old board.
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Perhaps a bit of financial reality has come into play - I just hope its not to late.
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On the positive side we have not lost any big players and have managed to freshen up a bit. QPR have bought themselves out of it by appointing Sparky and backing him so its any 3 from 4 now.
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We need 3 points tonight because the rest of Feb looks very tough?
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33rd........
Cadogspirit
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10:51am Wed 1 Feb 12
alfa111
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10:53am Wed 1 Feb 12
oreilly21 wrote:My words exactly, as i have said for 12months,a little Honesty, transparancy would have gone along wayto take a lot of the sting out of the fans backlash aimed at kean,it would have diverted anger more at venkys alot sooner but then again thats why he took the big payrise he knows he is there to take the flak thats why he is payed 1.5million ,they pay sk to lie for them to
Venkys have tied his hands and basically told him to replace 30k a week players with 8k a week players. this will save venkys a few bob this season.... but at what cost?
Kean has had his hands tied but why is he trying to pull the wool over our eyes?? it is ridiculous, he is treating us like idiots instead of just telling us he wasnt allowed to spend money on transfers or wages! we all know this is the truth and he would gain so much respect from the people that matter - the fans, if he told something like the truth for once!
to tell us that there was no players available for transfer is really taking the pi$$ out of us and that is Keans greatest fault!!!
thresholdweller
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10:58am Wed 1 Feb 12
Iiii1111 wrote:Roberts and Andrews are both good pros valued by football folk, but have been on the receiving end of amazing amounts of rubbish on posts on this site. I'd have thought that most here would be glad to see the back of them.
The players that have left wouldn't have left for improved terms....the contracts they all had negotiated for them at Ewood would possible have been the best in thier illustrious careers....so IMO substantial funds most have been put aside to help push the players out the door.
On the whole, I'm underwhelmed by the transfer window, though I can see his logic, assuming lack of funds. None of the key players left. Even if Bradley Orr is not in the starting 11, competition for places is important and he will be available to cover for injuries or drop in form.
Clucking-hell@BRFC
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10:58am Wed 1 Feb 12
To Bradley and Modeste in only 12months
U guys are AMAZING
Tuo Neak
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10:59am Wed 1 Feb 12
I want to feel sorry for Steve Kean, I want to blame the owners (everyone knows they are at fault) but why does he have to say the things he does?
"They're being supportive to me. Anytime I ask for a player I normally get them, so that's good support" - Steve Kean on Venky's 24th Decemeber 2011
So why when we asked for players did we not get them?
"The plan was to bring in experienced players and we tried hard" - oh well
bburnrover
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11:03am Wed 1 Feb 12
The should not have took the club on and should sell it now.We are losing top class footballers due only to their contracts and Kean has not got the balls to stop it occuring under is nose.Now we know why Kean has not been replaced.
RedGedNZ
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11:05am Wed 1 Feb 12
Crow27 wrote:'Plenty of buzz in our forums here in NZ when we heard about this today.
Venky's Out to start with!!
Nelsen may be injured but Harry said 'he is the sort of guy you want around'. I agree, Nelsen is a born leader and a winner.
Nelsen has been captain for 5+ years and the fans don't get to wave him goodbye??
Something smells of rotten chickens!!!
100% Team 0% Venkys!!!!!!!!!
Sorry to hear he left like this as he has been a proud Blackburn Rovers ambassador here in NZ too. Reports we've had here saying the club paid him out to save money, can understand this from a business point of view,given his age and injury history but seems like cr*p from the fans point of view, no chance to acknowledge a player who gave good service to the club.
beardy1967
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11:08am Wed 1 Feb 12
love rovers
i have studied all transfers yesterday and i am glad we did not get any of the donkeys on sale or loaned.qpr have panicked buyed and have bought players who in the past have had a good season or two
but then their clubs have decided to drop them.
to me its says they are past it.
also nelsen has been a good servant but last season he was looking vunerable and slow.
the only way to hit venkys is to boycott rovers stores and matches .i know this will hurt fans but it will hurt venkys more and hopefully force them to sell
the most negative thing yesterday was grella not being released i think terminating his contract would have cost rovers.
remember no bums on seats will oust venkys
smithsblue
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11:10am Wed 1 Feb 12
No one of any note would ever come.
A good manager would not be in this position with this squad.
saint.george
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11:16am Wed 1 Feb 12
Tuo Neak
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11:17am Wed 1 Feb 12
beardy1967 wrote:But will it? Venky's dont seem to have been moved by protests, why would they be worried about an empty stadium?
hate venkys
love rovers
i have studied all transfers yesterday and i am glad we did not get any of the donkeys on sale or loaned.qpr have panicked buyed and have bought players who in the past have had a good season or two
but then their clubs have decided to drop them.
to me its says they are past it.
also nelsen has been a good servant but last season he was looking vunerable and slow.
the only way to hit venkys is to boycott rovers stores and matches .i know this will hurt fans but it will hurt venkys more and hopefully force them to sell
the most negative thing yesterday was grella not being released i think terminating his contract would have cost rovers.
remember no bums on seats will oust venkys
Premier League TV Money is surely worth more than gate receipts and if the worst happens parachute payments come into play. Other than watching my season ticket money go down the drain what benefit is there to not watching and supporting my team at this stage?
bburnrover
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11:22am Wed 1 Feb 12
cdog
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11:24am Wed 1 Feb 12
Dan11
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11:25am Wed 1 Feb 12
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I think the blatent lies of both owners and manager since they started convinced Nelson to stay injured until he could get released, and then subsequently transferred to another club. Not so subtle, but not as morally bankrupt as how the owners and manager has behaved.
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Nelson- a massive loss. But he was already lost the moment Kean and the Venkys came in.
makaveli96
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11:27am Wed 1 Feb 12
makaveli96
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11:29am Wed 1 Feb 12
makaveli96
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11:30am Wed 1 Feb 12
My dog hasn't had a meal in 2 weeks.
beardy1967
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11:31am Wed 1 Feb 12
Tuo Neak wrote:empty seats will hit venkys
beardy1967 wrote:But will it? Venky's dont seem to have been moved by protests, why would they be worried about an empty stadium?
hate venkys
love rovers
i have studied all transfers yesterday and i am glad we did not get any of the donkeys on sale or loaned.qpr have panicked buyed and have bought players who in the past have had a good season or two
but then their clubs have decided to drop them.
to me its says they are past it.
also nelsen has been a good servant but last season he was looking vunerable and slow.
the only way to hit venkys is to boycott rovers stores and matches .i know this will hurt fans but it will hurt venkys more and hopefully force them to sell
the most negative thing yesterday was grella not being released i think terminating his contract would have cost rovers.
remember no bums on seats will oust venkys
Premier League TV Money is surely worth more than gate receipts and if the worst happens parachute payments come into play. Other than watching my season ticket money go down the drain what benefit is there to not watching and supporting my team at this stage?
trust me the parachute payments we would get will not cover the debt even now.
no profit ,bank calls in the debt open then to bidders like liverpool where its makes sense to boycott.
all those who think we will survive if relegation comes are either stupid or very fickle (sorry for last comment but the truth hurts)
makaveli96
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11:32am Wed 1 Feb 12
ectly above her missing daughter.
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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11:32am Wed 1 Feb 12
bburnrover wrote:I think if you read all the bits that are now available especially the 2010 accounts and the leaked letter from the old board then its clear the club was being run as a money no object for the first year under Venkys and then reality set in.
Well I am not going again I hate this deceit it is constant even Robert Kennedy did not lie as much as Kean and his cohorts but it is miss whip lash the finance director who is telling Desai that we should offload top players to reduce the ratio of turnover/ management costs this is obviously Barclays Bank getting strict.Why do some of our fans believe Venkey's are rich necause they are hocked up to the hilt.
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Players and their agents made a fortune in this epriod and have left us in a financial mess because we did not follow the well trusted trading of the Walker Trust in this period.
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Venkys pockets are not deep enough to ride it but at least they resisted selling the big players along with moving on some of those big wages not contributing much - Nelsen (good luck admiral) Roberts, Salgado, Andrews.
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I think it has turned out in Jan a lot better than the "Fire Sale" that could have happened? Venkys have not sold the silver and have kept the bank happy with a £2m payment and offloading some wages - it had to happen?
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Now for 3 months lets get behind the lads and go for that 17th spot? Worry about other things when either we are down or ST renewal time?
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33rd......
makaveli96
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11:33am Wed 1 Feb 12
I'm a man on emission.
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles!
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11:34am Wed 1 Feb 12
makaveli96 wrote:Stick to a couple a day pal - please!
"You're really hot!" I said to my mother in law as she stood on the patio............dir
ectly above her missing daughter.
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33rd........
makaveli96
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11:36am Wed 1 Feb 12
Clucking-hell@BRFC
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11:37am Wed 1 Feb 12
makaveli96
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11:38am Wed 1 Feb 12
No Hai Jeen
makaveli96
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11:40am Wed 1 Feb 12
makaveli96
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11:41am Wed 1 Feb 12
They like to keep things bottled up
nontetleydrinker
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11:47am Wed 1 Feb 12
Venky chicken is yummy.
noddymcleod
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11:48am Wed 1 Feb 12
Nelsen, Salgado, Andrews, Emmo, Roberts, Samba - despite huge differences in ability have all been round a bit and all wanted out and were squeezed out.
The only ones who want in are a second-chancer (Modeste, plus the Yak, who was good business, I agree), someone who's not made it (Orr). I hope for the best for Marcus Olly, but if he's so hot, how come he's on a free ?
As to those above who say that in the first year "money was no object for Venkys", please remind me of our marquee signings in that period when money was flowing ?
Also, if I owed 10 million and my bank let me off with a goodwill payment of 2 million, I reckon I'd have found a very unusual bank.
I tend to belive the sportsintelligence report that says that the money is going to be very thin for wages in March - hence the pruning now.
The odds are still on Venkys selling up and Kean disappearing when we're relegated.
Prepare for a fans buy-out now.
onlyonesimongarner
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11:48am Wed 1 Feb 12
forever blue and white
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11:55am Wed 1 Feb 12
3 points tonight would be a good start!
gleechy
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11:55am Wed 1 Feb 12
Road Runner Road Runner
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11:56am Wed 1 Feb 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:On it Mr Morst
Better than expected I would say?
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With old but big wages players moved on have Venkys woken up to the fact too many generouse contracts were dished out which caused the big losses - along with AGENT FEES! This is where there extra £12m investment and the Jones money has been wasted. I blame Kean and Agents for bad management and Venkys for ignoring the old board.
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Perhaps a bit of financial reality has come into play - I just hope its not to late.
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On the positive side we have not lost any big players and have managed to freshen up a bit. QPR have bought themselves out of it by appointing Sparky and backing him so its any 3 from 4 now.
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We need 3 points tonight because the rest of Feb looks very tough?
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33rd........
It aint never to late !
Still much to be done down at the hallowed one, I surmise ?
Arte et labore
Road Runner Road Runner
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12:00pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Arte et labore
makaveli96
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12:00pm Wed 1 Feb 12
makaveli96
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12:02pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Soccerover
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12:04pm Wed 1 Feb 12
These bat fastards - Shonkys - need to be run out of town pronto.
Kean will follow in due course.
BOYCOTT is the only answer to our problems with these noxious Owners.
makaveli96
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12:04pm Wed 1 Feb 12
makaveli96
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12:06pm Wed 1 Feb 12
I thought "Why does she wear it when we go shopping?"
makaveli96
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12:11pm Wed 1 Feb 12
I'll tell you, it was no bed of roses.
makaveli96
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12:12pm Wed 1 Feb 12
makaveli96
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12:15pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Lock up your dog and wife in the boot of your car for an hour and see who's happier to see you again.
i love ewood shed
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12:17pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Venkys_Out
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12:17pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Good to see that we've kept Samba and Hoillet at the club and we've cleared some of the old guard from the wage bill.
But for a club fighting a relegation battle I would have thought he would have brought in experienced EPL players into the club and not 3 players with very little experience!
More likely that Kean couldn't attract the quality and experience that we needed, after all he hasn't the pulling power of Hughes or O'Neil has he?
makaveli96
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12:17pm Wed 1 Feb 12
I got the outside.
makaveli96
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12:22pm Wed 1 Feb 12
BioBlueNWhite
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12:22pm Wed 1 Feb 12
That's Venkys out, Kean out by the way!
saint.george
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12:27pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Stone Island.
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12:34pm Wed 1 Feb 12
What happened to the early January signings? What happened to the FOUR impact players that could hit the ground running?
Venky's + Kean = Lies and deceit.
Clucking-hell@BRFC
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12:35pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Cough, cough
Road Runner Road Runner
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12:37pm Wed 1 Feb 12
makaveli96 wrote:Fackin brilliant Makaveli96
My divorce finally came through. The wife and I split the house.
I got the outside.
You must be hitting the mark today even Mr Morst as commented on the quality of the jokes.
Your hot, I said to the mother in law as had me in stitches.
Arte et labore
beardy1967
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12:39pm Wed 1 Feb 12
this is on official site this morning no samba
johnboy450
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12:40pm Wed 1 Feb 12
downinthedumps
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12:47pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Stone Island. wrote:He's a liar...has been ever since he got over promoted. He's not a person of any principle either - otherwise he would come clean for the benefit of the club and the fans. Someday he will be sat pretty with money and houses in various parts of the world and being hated will not matter to him. Can't stand the cretin anymore - unfortunately have a season ticket so still go - but come May I will be telling Venkys and Keane to **** off.
Kean says he's happy with his dealings. He's either stupid, or he's a liar. What happened to the early January signings? What happened to the FOUR impact players that could hit the ground running? Venky's + Kean = Lies and deceit.
LancsRover94
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12:56pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Although something that is bothering me is that a few weeks ago when this Barclays £10M loan repayment came out the comments on LT were slating the club for not being run properly and that they were asset stripping. So when the club start looking to save money and look at loan deals instead of wasting money on players like Goodwillie Ribeiro etc they get slated again.
Reading back i sound like an employee of BRFC or Venkys fan, but im not. I want Kean Out, Venkys Out and TBH id have Big Sam back at this moment in time. None of this will happen so just go with the flow. Support OUR team! COYB!
Dukes
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12:59pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Venkys and Kean out.
The Notorious DHG
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1:03pm Wed 1 Feb 12
So...we get a striker, because of course we've not been scoring goals.
We get a left winger, again because we're so pushed in that area. This one is so good his team said "See you later, bon voyage" and he has already had trials with us and failed to impress.
Then we get a defender who has played only a couple of games for a team in a similar trouble as ourselves...obviousl
y a major coup for us.
But...we keep a defender who doesn't want to play for us and sell the other lynchpin of our defence even though he had a supposed "Career-threatening injury".
So the main area we need to strengthen has actually weakened. But what makes this worse is the deceit. Do Kean and Venkys honestly think we forget what has been said? Not a selling club? Bye bye, Jones. Bye, bye, Nelsen. We're not playing people so as to avoid clauses in contracts. We have no money and are being lied to.
I honestly feel like stopping going to Ewood. I'll be there tonight, freezing my balls off like an idiot, because I'm loyal to my club but I am losing all my motivation and I'm far from the only one.
You will never win the fans back. Have some decency...resign/sel
l the club to people who care and will make good on any promises made.
You may not care...the fans do.
alfa111
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1:05pm Wed 1 Feb 12
noddymcleod wrote:K Andrews stated on sky sports, he thanked BRFC for giving him the chance to play in the PL, before the venkys take over that is, as the club stands now though the club,its like chalk and cheese its completely different,but i wont say any more about that
So our club captain and team captain wanted to leave, what does that say about the situation at Rovers ?
Nelsen, Salgado, Andrews, Emmo, Roberts, Samba - despite huge differences in ability have all been round a bit and all wanted out and were squeezed out.
The only ones who want in are a second-chancer (Modeste, plus the Yak, who was good business, I agree), someone who's not made it (Orr). I hope for the best for Marcus Olly, but if he's so hot, how come he's on a free ?
As to those above who say that in the first year "money was no object for Venkys", please remind me of our marquee signings in that period when money was flowing ?
Also, if I owed 10 million and my bank let me off with a goodwill payment of 2 million, I reckon I'd have found a very unusual bank.
I tend to belive the sportsintelligence report that says that the money is going to be very thin for wages in March - hence the pruning now.
The odds are still on Venkys selling up and Kean disappearing when we're relegated.
Prepare for a fans buy-out now.
beardy1967
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1:13pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Dukes wrote:yeh look qpr at the way they bought (has been's) probably paying them ludicrous wages lmfao
cheap signing we made and it could well effected us now look at the way QPR did their dealings
Venkys and Kean out.
alfa111
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1:18pm Wed 1 Feb 12
downinthedumps wrote:You wont be the only one fella
Stone Island. wrote:He's a liar...has been ever since he got over promoted. He's not a person of any principle either - otherwise he would come clean for the benefit of the club and the fans. Someday he will be sat pretty with money and houses in various parts of the world and being hated will not matter to him. Can't stand the cretin anymore - unfortunately have a season ticket so still go - but come May I will be telling Venkys and Keane to **** off.
Kean says he's happy with his dealings. He's either stupid, or he's a liar. What happened to the early January signings? What happened to the FOUR impact players that could hit the ground running? Venky's + Kean = Lies and deceit.
French Rover
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1:18pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Billypieman wrote:Cmon Billy - We have needed a RB for the best part of three seasons now.
French Rover wrote:QPR's reserve right back is "exactly what we needed"? Really? I suspect none of the new signings are going to make the starting eleven. So much for the four signings with experience who can "hit the ground running". I think Kean has spent so much of the last year lying that he no longer knows he's doing it.
I cant stand Kean and his fibs and silly condescending statements but considering what he had to play with regards transfer funds (zero, nil, nothing!) then I reckon he has brought two decent players in (Modeste and Orr) who can play an immediate part in improving the team.
Orr is exactly what we needed - a proper RB! Plus Modeste can be a big threat up front if he can find his form quickly.
As for losing Nellie, Andrews and Roberts - well will they really be missed? Nope...
Plus we kept the big three of Samba, NZonzi and Hoilett at least till the end of this season.
Given the rubbish state the club is in then I think its probably the best we could have hoped for...
Orr is an established and experienced right back, rated by fans at both QPR and Bristol City. He was RB all last season as QPR won the Championship in style and was in the PFA team of the year just a couple of years ago when he was at Ashton Gate.
I reckon he may not make the team tonight but will be a regular within the next couple of games.
I understand your disappointment at the lack of big name signings but Orr should prove to be spot-on for us.
Ianwhittam
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1:21pm Wed 1 Feb 12
I think the fight has gone from most supporters and it seems there is more of a resigned acceptance to being controlled by these people. If thats the case we deserve to go down, this is not the club I have known for over 50 years, a family orientated, sociable and professionally run club. Now the emphasis is on cost cutting ( in a damaging way), and non-communication with the supporters, as though they don't matter and are not important. If we lie back and pathetically submit we deserve all we get. Course we should get behind the team, but there should be a way of keeping kean out of the fans approval and make life for him as difficult as possible, after al, thats what he is doing to us... and getting paid for it...... for those wanna be academics amongst us (you know who you are) I hope I have not been too peurile or vitriolic in my observations.... its years since I was at Uni, enjoyed every minute
samsno2millfan
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1:36pm Wed 1 Feb 12
alfa111 wrote:Nobody should renew their season tickets. Like I 've said, they'll still be available when the season starts regardless of who's in charge. So, if things are looking up come August (!), for whatever reason, you'll still be able to get one.
downinthedumps wrote:You wont be the only one fellaStone Island. wrote: Kean says he's happy with his dealings. He's either stupid, or he's a liar. What happened to the early January signings? What happened to the FOUR impact players that could hit the ground running? Venky's + Kean = Lies and deceit.He's a liar...has been ever since he got over promoted. He's not a person of any principle either - otherwise he would come clean for the benefit of the club and the fans. Someday he will be sat pretty with money and houses in various parts of the world and being hated will not matter to him. Can't stand the cretin anymore - unfortunately have a season ticket so still go - but come May I will be telling Venkys and Keane to **** off.
They'll be chucking matchday tickets around like confetti anyways if nobody has renewed so we can all adopt a wait-and-see attitude at no extra cost.
samsno2millfan
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1:39pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:Resisting selling or been told not to by the bank?
bburnrover wrote: Well I am not going again I hate this deceit it is constant even Robert Kennedy did not lie as much as Kean and his cohorts but it is miss whip lash the finance director who is telling Desai that we should offload top players to reduce the ratio of turnover/ management costs this is obviously Barclays Bank getting strict.Why do some of our fans believe Venkey's are rich necause they are hocked up to the hilt.I think if you read all the bits that are now available especially the 2010 accounts and the leaked letter from the old board then its clear the club was being run as a money no object for the first year under Venkys and then reality set in. . Players and their agents made a fortune in this epriod and have left us in a financial mess because we did not follow the well trusted trading of the Walker Trust in this period. . Venkys pockets are not deep enough to ride it but at least they resisted selling the big players along with moving on some of those big wages not contributing much - Nelsen (good luck admiral) Roberts, Salgado, Andrews. . I think it has turned out in Jan a lot better than the "Fire Sale" that could have happened? Venkys have not sold the silver and have kept the bank happy with a £2m payment and offloading some wages - it had to happen? . Now for 3 months lets get behind the lads and go for that 17th spot? Worry about other things when either we are down or ST renewal time? . 33rd......
It may be too late in three months.
PpMac
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1:42pm Wed 1 Feb 12
thresholdweller
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1:42pm Wed 1 Feb 12
gleechy wrote:We are doomed, DOOMED, I tell you.
When will the deliberate downgrading of the club stop? We are finished as a Prem club with Venkys in charge. Even if we stay up this season. The mentality is to deliberately push established players to want to leave, or stay and work for half pay. The championship has a raft of well run clubs who will be more inviting to potential gems.They have to pass the club on to someone who cares. Nelson has been absent nearly all season, did he just not want to play? The spine of the team is unhappy and kicking their heals to leave and the only replacements are either people who just want a foothold in the richest league or people who can't get a game and have a very low value. This mentality will fall straight through the next league as well.
LongWayFromHome
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1:58pm Wed 1 Feb 12
adcr wrote:I we got 10m for Samba it would have gone straight into the owners back pockets. not a penny for transfers. remember these indians are merciless penny pinching asset strippers.... they would rip off a big issue seller given half a chance
i think considering most clubs weren't loaning out players and the fact we had absolutely no money to buy players suggests kean did a reasonable job this transfer window. regarding samba as all bids for him were insulting, i am glad we kept him. but, if we had got a bid of around £10m i would have sold him. in a relegation battle i would rather have £10m to spend on quality players than hope a grown adult on around £60,000 a week can find it in his heart to motivate himself to run around and try for 90mins every week.
philmoulden
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2:04pm Wed 1 Feb 12
philmoulden
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2:04pm Wed 1 Feb 12
riversidefan
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2:57pm Wed 1 Feb 12
PpMac wrote:Nelson no loss? Andrews no loss? I would have thought their experience is just what we need at the moment.
Players Out, none of them contributing or playing for BRFC, therefore no loss! -Players frozen out, either past it, injured or not value for money, no loss! - Players in, cheap, fresh, mixed bag, will they deliver....? who knows, but no loss! Venkys reducing significant wage bill, refusing to spend, keeping the cash in the club to ensure financial survival.....no loss! Kean still in the job, rightly or wrongly, all to play for...no loss! GET WITH THE PROGRAM GUYS, ITS NOW OR NEVER FOR THE FANS TO PUT A-SIDE THE PROTEST AND BRING BACK THE SUPPORT FOR ALL CONCERNED! The outcome of the season will decide for a lot of you if your renewing your season ticket or not!
philmoulden
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2:58pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Ianwhittam wrote:agreed , where letting them take the fckn p!ss out of us ,letting them tear our club apart , its time to give em full monty like in the old days ,fk em all ,give them all the bolton treatment every match ,cuz sooner or later theres gonna be a revolution anyway where theres no way back ,,this will never be forgotten ,i hate all involved in ripping OUR club apart .
He could'nt manage a kindergarten and he is a complete t@sspot.
I think the fight has gone from most supporters and it seems there is more of a resigned acceptance to being controlled by these people. If thats the case we deserve to go down, this is not the club I have known for over 50 years, a family orientated, sociable and professionally run club. Now the emphasis is on cost cutting ( in a damaging way), and non-communication with the supporters, as though they don't matter and are not important. If we lie back and pathetically submit we deserve all we get. Course we should get behind the team, but there should be a way of keeping kean out of the fans approval and make life for him as difficult as possible, after al, thats what he is doing to us... and getting paid for it...... for those wanna be academics amongst us (you know who you are) I hope I have not been too peurile or vitriolic in my observations.... its years since I was at Uni, enjoyed every minute
jeppo
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3:07pm Wed 1 Feb 12
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Liverpool Away - Draw
Man Utd Away - Won
Stoke Home - Lost
Fulham Home - Won
Everton Away - Draw
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...fascinating how much doom & gloom there is!!
gleechy
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3:45pm Wed 1 Feb 12
LancsRover94 wrote:The only bit of power you have as a fan is support. If everybody carries on pushing against the wind, we will all go down and deservedly so. If those who protested had not, there would be even less commitment from an already undercommitted owner. If you don't likle what is going on, but continue to ignore it, you might as well be a robot. Many many previously successful clubs are below par at the moment, but you only see your own club in it's true light, and you only have an idea of Rovers failings. If you temporarily withdraw support, until they get the message, you cannot be held responsible for helping create a disaster. Needs must.
I dont like SK before anyone starts. I think that he's a good coach, terrible manager. He tacticly inept and full of sh!t. However, He is the manager and will be until the end of the season at least. They have been getting results and playing well. So i think we need to get behind the team 100%, protests are not working and Venkys dont care.
Although something that is bothering me is that a few weeks ago when this Barclays £10M loan repayment came out the comments on LT were slating the club for not being run properly and that they were asset stripping. So when the club start looking to save money and look at loan deals instead of wasting money on players like Goodwillie Ribeiro etc they get slated again.
Reading back i sound like an employee of BRFC or Venkys fan, but im not. I want Kean Out, Venkys Out and TBH id have Big Sam back at this moment in time. None of this will happen so just go with the flow. Support OUR team! COYB!
bb3_brfc
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4:09pm Wed 1 Feb 12
3:07pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Last 4 games;
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Liverpool Away - Draw
Man Utd Away - Won
Stoke Home - Lost
Fulham Home - Won
Everton Away - Draw
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...fascinating how much doom & gloom there is!!
jeppo says...
3:07pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Last 4 games;
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Liverpool Away - Draw
Man Utd Away - Won
Stoke Home - Lost
Fulham Home - Won
Everton Away - Draw
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...fascinating how much doom & gloom there is!!
Blackburn Rovers P22 W4 D6 L12 Pos 18th.
Replcae this optimism with a sense of realism. This transfer window has been a scandal. I believe this is what they call in business asset stripping. This isn't a business this club is bigger than that is peoples lives
French Rover
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4:37pm Wed 1 Feb 12
philmoulden wrote:I think that Venkys are well aware of how all Rovers fans feel by now.....
tonights the night guys ,venkys need to know how we feel ,if we lose tonight ,then revert back to all out,kean ,venkys ,anderson ,all are the reson why our club dont feel like its ours anymore ,we as fans have had our football club taken away from us , we will go down this season ,make no mistake and then further down ,till theres nothing left ,bstds ,venkys , i spit in your faces .
The well organised protests will continue quite rightly so tonight is not about Venkys or Kean - its about the Rovers.
Everyone has to get behind the team tonight and at all games till the end of the season...you can clearly see how well the players responded to the normal level of good vocal support....every game should just be about the players and the fans and working together to make it hard for the opposition and helping us get some more valuable points on the table....
Allez les Bleus
255.255.255.0
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5:36pm Wed 1 Feb 12
stick to football
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5:39pm Wed 1 Feb 12
a. Money was not sufficient
b. Players did not want to come and play for you
c. Players were aware that the club was in turmoil and even money wouldnt buy them- hence once again Loan and free transfers
Honesty seems to be a word lacking in the Ewood dictionary or they are not sure what it means.
I am certain the postive activity in the transfer window will see a surge in season tickets come May 2012
I too fear a Portsmouth is a coming
1066 hastings
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11:44pm Wed 1 Feb 12
lancs1985
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1:37pm Fri 3 Feb 12
the french jason roberts and a rovers reject what hughes didnt think could cut in as a striker so god no's how you think he can cut it, and does it no go to show being released from a mickey mouse league with 3 goals he aint gona do naf all!!!
Get out kean and take the venkys with you, scum of the earth, i seriousely hate you more than the dingles
smellthecoffee
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6:05pm Fri 3 Feb 12
smellthecoffee
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2:25pm Sat 4 Feb 12
click2find
Clucking-hell@BRFC says...
9:58am Wed 1 Feb 12