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    Hippocroccapig wrote:
    lusorover wrote:
    RobbyRover wrote:
    I don't think I've ever been so nonplussed about the start to a Rovers season. It's not that we're in the Championship that upsets me - I'll love the team wherever they are - it's the fact I have to listen to another season of lies, invented positives and the fat bald pillock spouting more of his lip-licking rubbish week in week out. I just can not get excited for it, and I find that really upsetting.

    I'm totally bored of it all now. Bored of getting that feeling of anger/disgust/nausea whenever I see a statement or interview from the club; bored of the tedious football his team plays; bored of fans arguing and bored of the total lack of humility and utter disdain with which the club treats the fans.

    It isn't the same club anymore.
    Surely Robby the answer is to focus on the 11 men wearing Rovers shirts on the pitch and to ignore the rubbish being spouted by owners, management and some other fans alike.

    When the players run out it's our team against theirs and the players will most definitely need the help of our committed fans to get them through the season ahead.

    All the other nonsense will work itself out with the passage of time and, tragic though it is, there is very little that fans can do to affect the outcome of ownership and management issues.

    It is not the same Club but it is still our Club and it is still football and it is a fan's lot to support their team through thick and thin. T'was ever thus.

    It is crucial that the present set of deluded and incapable owners is not allowed to dim the passion that fans feel for their Club because that passion will be there when the shisters have moved on and we have our Club back.

    Come on OUR Blues!
    How can you give support to the club, when if you dare to get a ticket for the game then you are derided by the masses?
    You make your own choice and judgement. The customer has a choice, mine is to stay away while these incompetents who created this situation are still with the club."
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Rovers weighing up a move for former Benfica and Portugal striker Gomes

7:58am Wednesday 27th June 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Andy Cryer , Blackburn Rovers reporter

BLACKBURN Rovers are weighing up a move for former Portugal and Benfica star Nuno Gomes as they continue efforts to increase their Championship fire power.

With last season’s top scorer Yakubu set to seal a £1million move to China, Rovers are keen to add at least two more strikers to their ranks, with Gomes understood to be pushing for a move to England.

Sources close to the 35-year-old have told the Lancashire Telegraph he is very keen on a switch to Ewood Park, with Rovers as yet undecided on whether to make the move.

The club are believed to have shown an initial interest though as boss Steve Kean considers his striking options after last season’s Premier League relegation.

Newcastle United striker Leon Best is understood to be Rovers’ immediate priority, with further talks expected imminently, after a fee in the region of £3million is understood to have been agreed between the clubs.

Ranger striker Steven Naismith is also believed to be on Kean’s radar, as he looks for an exit from the troubled Glasgow club, along with a long list of other potential options.

The addition of Gomes would just be regarded as a ‘bonus’ by the club if they opted to swoop, with his record in front of goal speaking for itself.

Gomes scored more than 100 goals during two spells at Benfica, between 1997 and 2000 and 2002 and 2011, having established his reputation at Boavista. He also enjoyed a stint at Italian outfit Fiorentina.

The striker, who turns 36 next month, has also enjoyed an illustrious international career, spanning 15 years. He helped Portugal to runners up in Euro 2004 and third place in the tournament four years later.

After being released by Benfica, he spent last season at fellow countrymen Sporting Braga but is now available on a free transfer.

Rovers have declined to comment on transfer speculation as they look to conduct their summer business behind closed doors.

Meanwhile, Yakubu is expected to complete his move to Chinese outfit Guangzhou R&F in the next few days, having held talks with them over the weekend.

The striker is expected to be followed out of the exit door by Junior Hoilett, although the out of contract winger has yet to commit himself to any club.

The Lancashire Telegraph also understands Italian giants Juventus have shown an interest in want away full back Martin Olsson.

Rovers are believed to have already turned down a £1.5million for the Swedish international this summer from an unnamed club.

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