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Nominate your favourite Rovers managers
11:34am Thursday 19th July 2012 in News
CONTINUING the Lancashire Telegraph's Hall of Fame series, we are asking you to nominate your favourite Blackburn Rovers managers.
We are giving you the opportunity to vote for your favourite people from Ewood Park, position by position, with a nominated shortlist of players featured every Saturday this summer.
Please nominate your managers via the comment facility to be shortlisted for the vote.
Comments(98)
Rovers 1495
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11:41am Thu 19 Jul 12
juanbbien
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11:43am Thu 19 Jul 12
ibby128
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11:45am Thu 19 Jul 12
benal13
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11:49am Thu 19 Jul 12
MxMave
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11:57am Thu 19 Jul 12
I vote Kean.
I AM THE 1%, Hooah!
eddie the eagle
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11:58am Thu 19 Jul 12
Frisson wrote:HE'D BELIEVE IT WAS SERIOUS!
it has got to be Steve Kean!!! haha NOT. But it would be funny and a right mickey take if he actually won the vote
Forever-Blue
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11:59am Thu 19 Jul 12
The first of many high scoring defeats this season with the deluded ones new formation of 6-4-1
Get this revolting drunk fabricating perjurer as far away from Ewood Park now.
Preferably somewhere in the centre of the Atlantic.
NO ONE LIKES YOU !!!!!!!!!!!
makaveli96
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12:00pm Thu 19 Jul 12
spike t
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12:00pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Jim illey
Brain Kidd
Paul Ince
bring back the good old days
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12:01pm Thu 19 Jul 12
ano.
penemo
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12:03pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Roy Race
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12:03pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Keen O to Get Kean Out
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12:12pm Thu 19 Jul 12
smellthecoffee
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12:14pm Thu 19 Jul 12
petergray
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12:14pm Thu 19 Jul 12
wampam
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12:19pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Redbike
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12:19pm Thu 19 Jul 12
eddie the eagle wrote:Pack it in!!! The fool's deluded enough s it is :-)
Frisson wrote:HE'D BELIEVE IT WAS SERIOUS!
it has got to be Steve Kean!!! haha NOT. But it would be funny and a right mickey take if he actually won the vote
Can't believe no one mentioned Tony Parkes yet - gets my vote.
Roy Race
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12:20pm Thu 19 Jul 12
petergray wrote:Certainly the short-term elation for Rovers fans will be incredible. The day can't come soon enough.
Whoever replaces kean
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Then we can return to Ewood - but not before for us!
PpMac
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12:20pm Thu 19 Jul 12
edmy
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12:21pm Thu 19 Jul 12
londonrover
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12:22pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Keen O to Get Kean Out
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12:23pm Thu 19 Jul 12
edmy wrote:remember when fans from the blackburn end invaded the pitch against wigan, they headed for Kean,, the coward ran away.. whys he still there , he,s more hated than a bfc fan,, is he a bfc fan ?
Why not the worst and most hated manager. Foregone conclusion i suppose. No debate or voting required. P**s off Kean do all of BRFC a favour.
Keen O to Get Kean Out
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12:29pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Roverthere
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12:29pm Thu 19 Jul 12
edmy wrote:Kean would no qualify, he's not a manager in my book!
Why not the worst and most hated manager. Foregone conclusion i suppose. No debate or voting required. P**s off Kean do all of BRFC a favour.
RoversOnline.com
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12:32pm Thu 19 Jul 12
eddie the eagle
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12:36pm Thu 19 Jul 12
juanbbien wrote:Gordon Lee's up and at em style was very good to watch and brought results.
Although we were in the third division,and with limited funds,i really loved the time when Gordon Lee managed us,I even got my father going back down after he had stopped going we used to stand in the enclosure section with a great crowd of genuine supporters willing the team on
The more cultured style of Jim Smith also great to watch and brought results.
Don Mackay did an excellent job before moving aside for Kenny but one manager Ken Furphy with little money picked Rovers off the floor.Just relegated to the 3rd division for the first time with a very poor side Rovers were down and out and Furphy shook them to teir foundations and rebuilt a club.
I know kenny will win the vote but you can't mention great Rovers managers without giving credit to Ken Furphy.
vicn1956
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12:37pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Mrs.Deai.
A Darener
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12:40pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Johnny Carey 5
Dally Duncan 11
Jack Marshall 8
Eddie Quigley 10
Ken Furphy 9
Gordon Lee 4
Jim Smith 15
Jim Iley 16
John Pickering 15
Howard Kendall 2
Bob Saxton 17
Don McKay 12
Kenny Dalglish 1
Ray Harford 14
Roy Hodgson 13
Brian Kidd 19
Tony Parkes 6
Graham Souness 3
Paul Ince 18
Sam Alladayce 7
Steve Kean 20
* add Mark Hughes #6 move everybody else up one.
Bet nobody's will agree. But fun anyway.
RoversOnline.com
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12:41pm Thu 19 Jul 12
vicn1956 wrote:haha! yeah that's one vote in the bag from Mrs D plus another vote from Mr Orr.
Kean's a brillant manager The team was fantastic last season.
Mrs.Deai.
I fancy Paul Ince to beat 2 votes lol!
sonny
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12:44pm Thu 19 Jul 12
al honest grafter that has a better points ratio thaover his time than most managers.
RUinsane
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12:45pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Mark Hughes
Graham Souness
and depending on how many managers we have had since 1875 Steve Kean last.
MatthewCA
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12:47pm Thu 19 Jul 12
any personel issues-like (pub -drive) - I am not intrested, he can enjoy he is MAN......lol.
So KEAN is the BEST Manager and Blackburn Rovers will be in top 5 very soon.
gpb501
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12:48pm Thu 19 Jul 12
unclejacklegend
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12:51pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener
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12:52pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Retired Rover
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12:58pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener
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1:01pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Retired Rover wrote:Where have you been? It is headline in LT!
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is taking legal action against former club Blackburn and successor Steve Kean.I am sorry but you are a disgrace to your job for not reporting this Andy CRYER.Hang your head in shame...
gleechy
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1:02pm Thu 19 Jul 12
MatthewCA wrote:Sit rover sit
I Feel KEAN is the BEST MANAGER, Blackburn get maximum TV viewers because of KEAN and FANS. I love every match when he is in ground. I agree his performance with team(No players talk bad about him) and in the ground ( he is so positive , control his anger, good with ground staff and reffere, good with players, good with FANS(never angry with any people outside or in public during the match and post match section till now )
any personel issues-like (pub -drive) - I am not intrested, he can enjoy he is MAN......lol.
So KEAN is the BEST Manager and Blackburn Rovers will be in top 5 very soon.
tombo1984
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1:08pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Worst: Steve Kean.
Complete bloody nightmare having him in charge!
Rovers 1495
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1:10pm Thu 19 Jul 12
gleechy wrote:Why don't you just post in your native language and we'll do a Google translate ?
MatthewCA wrote:Sit rover sit
I Feel KEAN is the BEST MANAGER, Blackburn get maximum TV viewers because of KEAN and FANS. I love every match when he is in ground. I agree his performance with team(No players talk bad about him) and in the ground ( he is so positive , control his anger, good with ground staff and reffere, good with players, good with FANS(never angry with any people outside or in public during the match and post match section till now )
any personel issues-like (pub -drive) - I am not intrested, he can enjoy he is MAN......lol.
So KEAN is the BEST Manager and Blackburn Rovers will be in top 5 very soon.
A Darener
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1:11pm Thu 19 Jul 12
riversidefan
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1:21pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener wrote:Agree with most of the order except Hughes and Bob Saxton would be in my top 5.
Manager Rating
Johnny Carey 5
Dally Duncan 11
Jack Marshall 8
Eddie Quigley 10
Ken Furphy 9
Gordon Lee 4
Jim Smith 15
Jim Iley 16
John Pickering 15
Howard Kendall 2
Bob Saxton 17
Don McKay 12
Kenny Dalglish 1
Ray Harford 14
Roy Hodgson 13
Brian Kidd 19
Tony Parkes 6
Graham Souness 3
Paul Ince 18
Sam Alladayce 7
Steve Kean 20
* add Mark Hughes #6 move everybody else up one.
Bet nobody's will agree. But fun anyway.
eddie the eagle
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1:22pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Rovers 1495 wrote:He is posting in his own language the dialect is either pystake or dingalese.
gleechy wrote:Why don't you just post in your native language and we'll do a Google translate ?MatthewCA wrote: I Feel KEAN is the BEST MANAGER, Blackburn get maximum TV viewers because of KEAN and FANS. I love every match when he is in ground. I agree his performance with team(No players talk bad about him) and in the ground ( he is so positive , control his anger, good with ground staff and reffere, good with players, good with FANS(never angry with any people outside or in public during the match and post match section till now ) any personel issues-like (pub -drive) - I am not intrested, he can enjoy he is MAN......lol. So KEAN is the BEST Manager and Blackburn Rovers will be in top 5 very soon.Sit rover sit
givet82
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1:25pm Thu 19 Jul 12
tombo1984 wrote:I agree kenny was the best but like shearer has snubbed us and not tried to help us abit since.Mark Hughes act's with more dignity than Dalglish especially in front of the camera's.I would have hughes back in front of anyone!
Best: (I know i should vote for Dalgish but...) Hughes for me.
Worst: Steve Kean.
Complete bloody nightmare having him in charge!
A Darener
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1:26pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener
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1:27pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Rishtonian
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1:37pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Tony Parks
Rishtonian
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1:40pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Rishtonian wrote:Don McKay Tony Parks
Don McKay
Tony Parks
But Big Sam is now my Hero
bburnrover
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2:18pm Thu 19 Jul 12
hasslem hasslem
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2:20pm Thu 19 Jul 12
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apart from the last 20 months we have been very lucky - even the bad ones haven't been totally disastrous - that was until december 2010...but then again keano is not only being sued by sam allardyce - i hear trading standards are thinking about action as someone has complained about his worthiness to call himself a manager.
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i think john bond and chris waddle deserve honorable mentions too.
CraigFell
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2:51pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Happychappy65
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3:06pm Thu 19 Jul 12
LancsGaz
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3:19pm Thu 19 Jul 12
I know he'll turn it around
LancsGaz
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3:21pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener
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3:21pm Thu 19 Jul 12
LancsGaz wrote:"our less intelligent fans"? Wow! Where does that leave you then?
Steve Kean, The way he has dealt with the stick from our less intelligent fans is amazing.
I know he'll turn it around
LancsGaz
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3:27pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Keen O to Get Kean Out wrote:Nowt wrong with the word 'Manger' according to baby jesus' - he would of been screwed otherwise!
LET ,, why are askin us to vote on such a volatile issue,, is this a wind up ,, we hate the word 'Manger' and all thats assoctiated with it..
LancsGaz
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3:36pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener wrote:Blue and white as always. You know when you and your band of about 5 mates are spitting your dummy out each match (prob sat at home) - well I'm one of the FANS that are cheering our lads on.
LancsGaz wrote:"our less intelligent fans"? Wow! Where does that leave you then?
Steve Kean, The way he has dealt with the stick from our less intelligent fans is amazing.
I know he'll turn it around
Kean did pretty well last season with all the sh!t he had to deal with, and now he's signed some good (albeit older) players to strengthen the squad, he'll show you what he can do.
Now off you go to cry about how not every Rovers fan agrees with you... pathetic
A Darener
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3:43pm Thu 19 Jul 12
LancsGaz wrote:Not every fan, but certainly the majority, fortunately. When you have been going to Ewood for nearly sixty years then you can tell me I am wrong.
A Darener wrote:Blue and white as always. You know when you and your band of about 5 mates are spitting your dummy out each match (prob sat at home) - well I'm one of the FANS that are cheering our lads on.
LancsGaz wrote:"our less intelligent fans"? Wow! Where does that leave you then?
Steve Kean, The way he has dealt with the stick from our less intelligent fans is amazing.
I know he'll turn it around
Kean did pretty well last season with all the sh!t he had to deal with, and now he's signed some good (albeit older) players to strengthen the squad, he'll show you what he can do.
Now off you go to cry about how not every Rovers fan agrees with you... pathetic
A Darener
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3:47pm Thu 19 Jul 12
LancsGaz
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3:59pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener wrote:Oh can I? Thank you. I'll hang on another 30 years then and somehow MY OPINION will count will it? Or somehow, magically I will be transformed into the all-knowing football fan that you are.
LancsGaz wrote:Not every fan, but certainly the majority, fortunately. When you have been going to Ewood for nearly sixty years then you can tell me I am wrong.
A Darener wrote:Blue and white as always. You know when you and your band of about 5 mates are spitting your dummy out each match (prob sat at home) - well I'm one of the FANS that are cheering our lads on.
LancsGaz wrote:"our less intelligent fans"? Wow! Where does that leave you then?
Steve Kean, The way he has dealt with the stick from our less intelligent fans is amazing.
I know he'll turn it around
Kean did pretty well last season with all the sh!t he had to deal with, and now he's signed some good (albeit older) players to strengthen the squad, he'll show you what he can do.
Now off you go to cry about how not every Rovers fan agrees with you... pathetic
We have had some good times in the past couple of decades, largely due to Uncle Jack's cash. But that seems to have deluded some of you into thinking we were in it for the long haul. We are, lets face it, a small Lancastrian town and we need to get used to punching at our own level again - Cash can only get you so far, passion and true support gets you further and the 'majority' that you include yourself in has none of it
Dan11
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4:29pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener wrote:Agree- My vote also
Manager Rating Johnny Carey 5 Dally Duncan 11 Jack Marshall 8 Eddie Quigley 10 Ken Furphy 9 Gordon Lee 4 Jim Smith 15 Jim Iley 16 John Pickering 15 Howard Kendall 2 Bob Saxton 17 Don McKay 12 Kenny Dalglish 1 Ray Harford 14 Roy Hodgson 13 Brian Kidd 19 Tony Parkes 6 Graham Souness 3 Paul Ince 18 Sam Alladayce 7 Steve Kean 20 * add Mark Hughes #6 move everybody else up one. Bet nobody's will agree. But fun anyway.
Dan11
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4:29pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener
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4:46pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener wrote:Kean did pretty well last season with all the sh!t he had to deal with, and now he's signed some good (albeit older) players to strengthen the squad, he'll show you what he can do.
I don't think google does goobledegook!
I thought he had already shown us what he can do....relegation! He will show us again this coming season....relegation
!
Markus Spartacus
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5:25pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Markr
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5:45pm Thu 19 Jul 12
RoverPool
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6:13pm Thu 19 Jul 12
merlinrabbit
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6:40pm Thu 19 Jul 12
jaysay
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7:29pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener wrote:Spot on Darener, think The best was Johnny Carrey myself then Dally Duncan, Rovers played some great football in those days and mostly with a lot of home grown talent too
Ps I worked out yesterday I have seen the Rovers play under 21 different managers. kean is not fit to call himself a manager rated against all of those including Paul Ince and Brian Kidd., and that is saying something.
buzzinfly
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7:29pm Thu 19 Jul 12
LancsGaz wrote:We haven't had Jacks Money for years and still managed to punch our weight, due to a good Management structure.
A Darener wrote:Oh can I? Thank you. I'll hang on another 30 years then and somehow MY OPINION will count will it? Or somehow, magically I will be transformed into the all-knowing football fan that you are.
LancsGaz wrote:Not every fan, but certainly the majority, fortunately. When you have been going to Ewood for nearly sixty years then you can tell me I am wrong.
A Darener wrote:Blue and white as always. You know when you and your band of about 5 mates are spitting your dummy out each match (prob sat at home) - well I'm one of the FANS that are cheering our lads on.
LancsGaz wrote:"our less intelligent fans"? Wow! Where does that leave you then?
Steve Kean, The way he has dealt with the stick from our less intelligent fans is amazing.
I know he'll turn it around
Kean did pretty well last season with all the sh!t he had to deal with, and now he's signed some good (albeit older) players to strengthen the squad, he'll show you what he can do.
Now off you go to cry about how not every Rovers fan agrees with you... pathetic
We have had some good times in the past couple of decades, largely due to Uncle Jack's cash. But that seems to have deluded some of you into thinking we were in it for the long haul. We are, lets face it, a small Lancastrian town and we need to get used to punching at our own level again - Cash can only get you so far, passion and true support gets you further and the 'majority' that you include yourself in has none of it
If Venkys had invested like they promised and appointed a decent manager we would probably be still in the Premier. They have , with assistance ripped the Club to bits.
Although its amirable that you still feel the passion, I think you need to take off your blue tinted glasses. Kean didn't do well and it wasn't about the sh#t he had to put up with. It was to do with the sh#t that he bought!. Stats don't lie, ask Kean he's the one thats always quoting them.
You seem happy to be lied to and don't seem to bothered that the people doing so, line their own pockets in the process. So why don't we draw the curtains and forget its happening.
The weak need to be led.
Theo
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7:40pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener
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9:31pm Thu 19 Jul 12
jaysay wrote:Your last sentence sums the whole state of today's football. Home grown talent! That's where it all went wrong. The influx of all these mercenary foreign players, in it only for the money . Players of old stayed with their clubs through thick and thin, highs and lows. Too many examples to state. But now relegated teams lose their players at the drop of a hat. They are responsible for the slide but just move on following the money. But in the Rovers case they have a point. Totally mismanaged by a man not capable of putting a group of players together to form a team even though the players themselves were fully capable of surviving the drop. The only way for the Rovers to rise again is for a complete change of management or at least .........Get rid of Kean!
A Darener wrote:Spot on Darener, think The best was Johnny Carrey myself then Dally Duncan, Rovers played some great football in those days and mostly with a lot of home grown talent too
Ps I worked out yesterday I have seen the Rovers play under 21 different managers. kean is not fit to call himself a manager rated against all of those including Paul Ince and Brian Kidd., and that is saying something.
French Rover
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10:16pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A Darener wrote:If you read about the Rovers beginnings then that is actually how Rovers developed into a force in the first place. We signed amateur (professionals) mercenaries from Scotland and paid them money under the counter so that it would not affect their amateur status. Some things never change - corruption at the club then and now...?
jaysay wrote:Your last sentence sums the whole state of today's football. Home grown talent! That's where it all went wrong. The influx of all these mercenary foreign players, in it only for the money . Players of old stayed with their clubs through thick and thin, highs and lows. Too many examples to state. But now relegated teams lose their players at the drop of a hat. They are responsible for the slide but just move on following the money. But in the Rovers case they have a point. Totally mismanaged by a man not capable of putting a group of players together to form a team even though the players themselves were fully capable of surviving the drop. The only way for the Rovers to rise again is for a complete change of management or at least .........Get rid of Kean!
A Darener wrote:Spot on Darener, think The best was Johnny Carrey myself then Dally Duncan, Rovers played some great football in those days and mostly with a lot of home grown talent too
Ps I worked out yesterday I have seen the Rovers play under 21 different managers. kean is not fit to call himself a manager rated against all of those including Paul Ince and Brian Kidd., and that is saying something.
French Rover
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10:21pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Kean, Ince, Kidd, Iley, Pickering and Allardyce should never have been managers of our great club.
1875 Rovers
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11:30pm Thu 19 Jul 12
.... at a recent press conference Keanochio said that even though he is cast adrift and absolutely rock bottom of the 'Best Rovers Manager of all time' league table, there are lots of positives to be taken from recent performances, and there is no way he will get relegated.
He added that he was looking forward to picking a point or two off Jim Iley and has received messages of support from Brian Kidd.
Cone Head said he was relishing the challenge of taking on King Kenny in the Hall of fame as he had spotted some potential weaknesses which he planned to exploit, and was probably going to win Manager of the Month every month for the rest of his life.
Slimy was confident he had the backing of everyone in the world and only a very small minority of the Ewood faithful actually truly believe he is a c
flyingv1
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11:52pm Thu 19 Jul 12
cactus rover
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12:13am Fri 20 Jul 12
Iiii1111
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12:22am Fri 20 Jul 12
French Rover wrote:Sorry Frenchy totally disagree...football under Kendall was dire, yes we got results (mainly 1-0) but I'd sooner watch paint dry.
Got to be Howard Kendall for me - just in front of gentleman Johnny Carey.
Kean, Ince, Kidd, Iley, Pickering and Allardyce should never have been managers of our great club.
Toss up for me between Jim Smith and Ken Furphey.....smith with exciting attacking full backs and Ken totally transforming the club....with some fantastic signings.... Jones and Field if I'm not mistaken.
stefjam
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12:53am Fri 20 Jul 12
stefjam
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12:56am Fri 20 Jul 12
Gennoe1
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1:08am Fri 20 Jul 12
Rovercast
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3:43am Fri 20 Jul 12
idlewally
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8:31am Fri 20 Jul 12
Bazzer
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8:50am Fri 20 Jul 12
Iiii1111 wrote:So you do not enjoy the spectacle of the underdog soaking up enormous pressure and pinging a late goal to snatch a 1-0 win?
French Rover wrote: Got to be Howard Kendall for me - just in front of gentleman Johnny Carey. Kean, Ince, Kidd, Iley, Pickering and Allardyce should never have been managers of our great club.Sorry Frenchy totally disagree...football under Kendall was dire, yes we got results (mainly 1-0) but I'd sooner watch paint dry. Toss up for me between Jim Smith and Ken Furphey.....smith with exciting attacking full backs and Ken totally transforming the club....with some fantastic signings.... Jones and Field if I'm not mistaken.
Did we not have to sell Kevin Stonehouse to pay the electric bill? And against this background Kendall gave us two great winning mentality years.
So Kendall gets my vote, and Kean is my second favourite manager. On the basis that my favourite is ANY other Rovers manager.
I see Allardyce is still splitting opinion and some folks refuse to let it go.
Matt Newcastle
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8:54am Fri 20 Jul 12
LancsGaz wrote:No
A Darener wrote:Oh can I? Thank you. I'll hang on another 30 years then and somehow MY OPINION will count will it? Or somehow, magically I will be transformed into the all-knowing football fan that you are. We have had some good times in the past couple of decades, largely due to Uncle Jack's cash. But that seems to have deluded some of you into thinking we were in it for the long haul. We are, lets face it, a small Lancastrian town and we need to get used to punching at our own level again - Cash can only get you so far, passion and true support gets you further and the 'majority' that you include yourself in has none of itLancsGaz wrote:Not every fan, but certainly the majority, fortunately. When you have been going to Ewood for nearly sixty years then you can tell me I am wrong.A Darener wrote:Blue and white as always. You know when you and your band of about 5 mates are spitting your dummy out each match (prob sat at home) - well I'm one of the FANS that are cheering our lads on. Kean did pretty well last season with all the sh!t he had to deal with, and now he's signed some good (albeit older) players to strengthen the squad, he'll show you what he can do. Now off you go to cry about how not every Rovers fan agrees with you... patheticLancsGaz wrote: Steve Kean, The way he has dealt with the stick from our less intelligent fans is amazing. I know he'll turn it around"our less intelligent fans"? Wow! Where does that leave you then?
Good sound management, with a great scouting system, backed up by a fantastic youth policy gets you further which is what we had.
As for support it's your prerogative as to whether you go or not.
As long as our present disgusting manager stays I will not be going
In terms of good signings
verbal discharge
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9:10am Fri 20 Jul 12
Honorable mention for Paul Ince - he was doing a great job until his untimely sacking.
French Rover
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9:35am Fri 20 Jul 12
Iiii1111 wrote:Come on my friend......Kendall was brilliant in 1979-80. he took us out of the Third Division at the first attempt and the second half of that season was superb - we were mid-table at Christmas but then we went on a great run and won 14 and drew one of their next 15 games which shot us up the table and got us promoted in second place. Plus we had an FA Cup run to the 5 th round .
French Rover wrote:Sorry Frenchy totally disagree...football under Kendall was dire, yes we got results (mainly 1-0) but I'd sooner watch paint dry.
Got to be Howard Kendall for me - just in front of gentleman Johnny Carey.
Kean, Ince, Kidd, Iley, Pickering and Allardyce should never have been managers of our great club.
Toss up for me between Jim Smith and Ken Furphey.....smith with exciting attacking full backs and Ken totally transforming the club....with some fantastic signings.... Jones and Field if I'm not mistaken.
Then in our first season back in the 2nd division Kendall almost took us to back-to-back promotions and we only lost out on goal difference on the last day when we beat the other BRFC but Swansea won at Preston. Great days. Plus he brought Duncan McKenzie to Ewood, now he was an exciting player and a real star still when he was a Rover.
How can you say all that was dire and would rather watch paint dry? Oh for some of that now...
Iiii1111
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10:51am Fri 20 Jul 12
French Rover wrote:Perhaps because at the last minute I decided to drive down to Bristol and back on my own....oh what a day!
Iiii1111 wrote:Come on my friend......Kendall was brilliant in 1979-80. he took us out of the Third Division at the first attempt and the second half of that season was superb - we were mid-table at Christmas but then we went on a great run and won 14 and drew one of their next 15 games which shot us up the table and got us promoted in second place. Plus we had an FA Cup run to the 5 th round .
French Rover wrote:Sorry Frenchy totally disagree...football under Kendall was dire, yes we got results (mainly 1-0) but I'd sooner watch paint dry.
Got to be Howard Kendall for me - just in front of gentleman Johnny Carey.
Kean, Ince, Kidd, Iley, Pickering and Allardyce should never have been managers of our great club.
Toss up for me between Jim Smith and Ken Furphey.....smith with exciting attacking full backs and Ken totally transforming the club....with some fantastic signings.... Jones and Field if I'm not mistaken.
Then in our first season back in the 2nd division Kendall almost took us to back-to-back promotions and we only lost out on goal difference on the last day when we beat the other BRFC but Swansea won at Preston. Great days. Plus he brought Duncan McKenzie to Ewood, now he was an exciting player and a real star still when he was a Rover.
How can you say all that was dire and would rather watch paint dry? Oh for some of that now...
No doubt he was a successful manager and he did bring in Mckenzie(remember him sitting on the ball) but Frenchy, the old romantic in you is showing....lost count of how many. 1-0 or 0-0 I remembered seeing....great defence must admit.
Maxwell-BrFc
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10:52am Fri 20 Jul 12
Jansen_10
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10:53am Fri 20 Jul 12
Bob Crompton - Won us the old second div and the FA cup!!!
But a special mention for Thomas Mitchell. Won us 5 FA Cups and ensured that we were the only team in the land with the honour of having our crest on the corner flags!
juanbbien
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11:34am Fri 20 Jul 12
French Rover wrote:Hi it was John Pickering who brought Duncan Macenzie to us from Chelsea for a fee of seventy thousand pounds I seem to recall.
Iiii1111 wrote:Come on my friend......Kendall was brilliant in 1979-80. he took us out of the Third Division at the first attempt and the second half of that season was superb - we were mid-table at Christmas but then we went on a great run and won 14 and drew one of their next 15 games which shot us up the table and got us promoted in second place. Plus we had an FA Cup run to the 5 th round .
French Rover wrote:Sorry Frenchy totally disagree...football under Kendall was dire, yes we got results (mainly 1-0) but I'd sooner watch paint dry.
Got to be Howard Kendall for me - just in front of gentleman Johnny Carey.
Kean, Ince, Kidd, Iley, Pickering and Allardyce should never have been managers of our great club.
Toss up for me between Jim Smith and Ken Furphey.....smith with exciting attacking full backs and Ken totally transforming the club....with some fantastic signings.... Jones and Field if I'm not mistaken.
Then in our first season back in the 2nd division Kendall almost took us to back-to-back promotions and we only lost out on goal difference on the last day when we beat the other BRFC but Swansea won at Preston. Great days. Plus he brought Duncan McKenzie to Ewood, now he was an exciting player and a real star still when he was a Rover.
How can you say all that was dire and would rather watch paint dry? Oh for some of that now...
French Rover
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2:08pm Fri 20 Jul 12
Iiii1111 wrote:yes you are right about the 0-0s....I think we had three out of our last four games which really were the games that cost us promotion to the first division. (Plus we lost to Swansea away before the 0-0s)....
French Rover wrote:Perhaps because at the last minute I decided to drive down to Bristol and back on my own....oh what a day!
Iiii1111 wrote:Come on my friend......Kendall was brilliant in 1979-80. he took us out of the Third Division at the first attempt and the second half of that season was superb - we were mid-table at Christmas but then we went on a great run and won 14 and drew one of their next 15 games which shot us up the table and got us promoted in second place. Plus we had an FA Cup run to the 5 th round .
French Rover wrote:Sorry Frenchy totally disagree...football under Kendall was dire, yes we got results (mainly 1-0) but I'd sooner watch paint dry.
Got to be Howard Kendall for me - just in front of gentleman Johnny Carey.
Kean, Ince, Kidd, Iley, Pickering and Allardyce should never have been managers of our great club.
Toss up for me between Jim Smith and Ken Furphey.....smith with exciting attacking full backs and Ken totally transforming the club....with some fantastic signings.... Jones and Field if I'm not mistaken.
Then in our first season back in the 2nd division Kendall almost took us to back-to-back promotions and we only lost out on goal difference on the last day when we beat the other BRFC but Swansea won at Preston. Great days. Plus he brought Duncan McKenzie to Ewood, now he was an exciting player and a real star still when he was a Rover.
How can you say all that was dire and would rather watch paint dry? Oh for some of that now...
No doubt he was a successful manager and he did bring in Mckenzie(remember him sitting on the ball) but Frenchy, the old romantic in you is showing....lost count of how many. 1-0 or 0-0 I remembered seeing....great defence must admit.
But can you imagine this team or last seasons going three or four games and not conceding......now that would be a treat!
A Darener
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2:20pm Fri 20 Jul 12
davidinburnley
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5:42pm Fri 20 Jul 12
Bazzer
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10:21am Sat 21 Jul 12
French Rover wrote:The 0-0 at North End and Marshall Burke's costly miss scuppered us in truth.
Iiii1111 wrote:yes you are right about the 0-0s....I think we had three out of our last four games which really were the games that cost us promotion to the first division. (Plus we lost to Swansea away before the 0-0s).... But can you imagine this team or last seasons going three or four games and not conceding......now that would be a treat!French Rover wrote:Perhaps because at the last minute I decided to drive down to Bristol and back on my own....oh what a day! No doubt he was a successful manager and he did bring in Mckenzie(remember him sitting on the ball) but Frenchy, the old romantic in you is showing....lost count of how many. 1-0 or 0-0 I remembered seeing....great defence must admit.Iiii1111 wrote:Come on my friend......Kendall was brilliant in 1979-80. he took us out of the Third Division at the first attempt and the second half of that season was superb - we were mid-table at Christmas but then we went on a great run and won 14 and drew one of their next 15 games which shot us up the table and got us promoted in second place. Plus we had an FA Cup run to the 5 th round . Then in our first season back in the 2nd division Kendall almost took us to back-to-back promotions and we only lost out on goal difference on the last day when we beat the other BRFC but Swansea won at Preston. Great days. Plus he brought Duncan McKenzie to Ewood, now he was an exciting player and a real star still when he was a Rover. How can you say all that was dire and would rather watch paint dry? Oh for some of that now...French Rover wrote: Got to be Howard Kendall for me - just in front of gentleman Johnny Carey. Kean, Ince, Kidd, Iley, Pickering and Allardyce should never have been managers of our great club.Sorry Frenchy totally disagree...football under Kendall was dire, yes we got results (mainly 1-0) but I'd sooner watch paint dry. Toss up for me between Jim Smith and Ken Furphey.....smith with exciting attacking full backs and Ken totally transforming the club....with some fantastic signings.... Jones and Field if I'm not mistaken.
jacklowe
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3:03pm Mon 23 Jul 12
AndyW
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8:31am Tue 24 Jul 12
Led us into the Premier League and went on to win it with us.
Though both Mark Hughes and Big Sam in recent years have performed excellently, the former in particular, giving the circumstances he was managing under.
Also a special mention to Souey. Although it went a bit pear-shaped at the end, don't forget he took us back up, won a trophy and gave us a couple of fantastic Euro adventures.
Xander_
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11:23pm Tue 24 Jul 12
Frisson says...
11:41am Thu 19 Jul 12