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    GeraldZ wrote:
    eddie the eagle wrote:
    Anybody who has not bought a season ticket and believes that it will bring venkys to their knees are deluded,attendances went down last year but venkys sat back while Rome burned.I have not renewed beacause I no longer get anything out of watching my club stumble from one disaster to another I just think its time to get on with it.
    Iwill add that when I was younger nothing would have stopped me attending it just felt right I can understand fans who have bought season tickets and no way do I class them as traitors they just want to watch their team play I hope we do well and I hope they all enjoy the matches
    I hate Kean for the way he has made me feel about match days but if he gets promotion I'll be glad for the fans.
    So lets stop slagging fellow fans off the fact that it seems easy to set fan against fan is one reason that demos have been a failure because the fans were never prepared to stand together.
    I do not think that the fans, those that have not bought / renewed their STs, think that their actions will bring the Venky's to their knees. They are simply making their point of wanting the Venky's and Steve Kean out, and are not willing to spend their hard earned money on STs till that glorious day.
    Eddie - in 2010 we sold 20,000 ST's. This time it is reported to be only 5,000 despite the early bird discount and that is a leaked figure from Venky PR people we don't trust.
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    With much fewer away fans as well the site of a 32,000 stadium so empty will bring major embarrassment to Venky's as well as taking perhaps £5m to £10m off them in the coming year if many corporate businesses also withhold cash.
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    It might not bring them down but Indians have a class ridden society and Venky's are very arrogant people who think they are top of the hierarchy and so it really will bring major personal embarrassment for them if Ewood is empty. £5 to £10m is also a blow to them if not a fatal one it might encourage them to clear off or realise they have to sack Kean before any clean slate can be considered by the 15,000 fans?
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    Don't give up Eddie - fans can win this is they stick together and deny Venky's any credibility.
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UPDATE: Murphy to sign for Blackburn Rovers

2:00pm Saturday 23rd June 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Andy Cryer , Blackburn Rovers reporter

Danny Murphy Danny Murphy

DANNY Murphy is expected to complete his move to Blackburn Rovers this afternoon.

As exclusively revealed in the Lancashire Telegraph this morning, Murphy underwent a medical last night and after having scans and agreeing personal terms he is now set to put pen to paper on a deal at the club.

The 35-year-old midfielder moves to Ewood Park following the end of his contract at Fulham.

The free transfer capture of Murphy would be a big coup for the Championship new boys as they look to earn an instant Premier League return.

Murphy did attract interest from Premier League Queens Park Rangers, while Fulham were also attempting to convince the former Liverpool man to stay at Craven Cottage for another season.

But the offer of a two-year deal and lucrative pay packet may have convinced Murphy that Ewood is the right place for him.

Murphy’s signature would give Rovers a boost in their bid to persuade other players there is a brighter future at the troubled East Lancashire outfit.

Newcastle striker Leon Best is understood to be mulling over a £2m move to Rovers after being told he had no future at St James Park.

Moves for Murphy and Best are the clearest sign that Anuradha Desai is giving under-fire boss Steve Kean a decent budget to strengthen his squad.

Rovers are also looking to bring in a Premier League midfielder on loan to provide extra energy in the centre of the park.

Junior Hoilett and Yakubu are still expected to quit Ewood this summer, while Steven Nzonzi, Martin Olsson, Mauro Formica, Gael Givet, Paul Robinson and Scott Dann will take some convincing to stay.

Murphy, who won nine full England caps, was born in Chester and started out as a trainee at Crewe Alexandra.

Many top flight clubs had their eye on Murphy before his eventual move to Liverpool.

Before he left, he helped Crewe get to the second flight of English football for the first time since the war as Crewe finished third in Division Two, before going on to defeat Brentford 1-0 at Wembley in the play-offs.

After seven years at Anfield Murphy moved to then-top flight Charlton Athletic before heading to Tottenham Hotspur and then across London to Craven Cottage in 2007.

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