Rovers target two as Best ruled out for six months (From Lancashire Telegraph)

No way in the worl will we spend £6 million on a striker. If we have had a bid for Jordan Rhodes rebuffed by Huddersfield then it can only be because the offer was derisory. It's a real shame what has happened to Best, some people have suggested that he is injury prone and was out with a knee injury whlist at Newcastle. I just think we have been a touch unlucky.

On a more worrying note, the Radio Lancs interview last night with Shebby Sign was a real blow for me. I thought he was evasive and very uncleay about his role and his authority at the club. I also get the impression that him and Kean certainly don't see eye to eye and envisage them pulling in opposite directions.

BLACKBURN Rovers’ Championship preparations have been thrown into turmoil. The club has been In turmoil since Venkys took over and put that bald clown In charge.

This will be interesting - come on then Venkys, if your backing Kean how much are we going to spend on these two new strikers? Rhodes & Zaha or Kanu on a free & Will Keane from United on loan??

Couldn't believe Shebby came out and stated that automatic promotion was the only acceptable outcome for the season on radio lancs last night - must be gunning for Kean because its a million miles away with the squad as it stands.

How many times have we heard, "we need to hit the ground running" and for a change this is not a pop at Kean, Venkys give which ever manager in charge there backing and with a shortage in defence and now we need TWO strikers it does not bode well for the start of the season.

Come on Venkys to give us any chance you need to spend or it's another long hard season, the only reason I would give for them not spending is Keans atrocious record in the transfer market.

So either Sack him or (at your peril) back him.

Morning Lancs, I agree 100%. regardless of who is manager I think Rhodes would be a very good buy. Venkys will have to have a change of direction though as I think he would cost at least 6m. Here's hoping.

Every club is now going to ask a premium for any transfer target by the Rovers. They know how desperate we are!

Don't worry I'm sure Kean will take the positives out of Bests injury!!!!!
£6 million for Rhodes......We probably bid 600K!!!!

forever blue and white wrote:
Morning Lancs, I agree 100%. regardless of who is manager I think Rhodes would be a very good buy. Venkys will have to have a change of direction though as I think he would cost at least 6m. Here's hoping.

Hi FBW
It would make a statement to go out and get some one like Rhodes but with there record it looks more likely we will get ten more freebys, here's hoping but don't hold you breath.

carlmc1 wrote:
No way in the worl will we spend £6 million on a striker. If we have had a bid for Jordan Rhodes rebuffed by Huddersfield then it can only be because the offer was derisory. It's a real shame what has happened to Best, some people have suggested that he is injury prone and was out with a knee injury whlist at Newcastle. I just think we have been a touch unlucky.

On a more worrying note, the Radio Lancs interview last night with Shebby Sign was a real blow for me. I thought he was evasive and very uncleay about his role and his authority at the club. I also get the impression that him and Kean certainly don't see eye to eye and envisage them pulling in opposite directions.

Kalinic, didn't he cost 6m ?

Don't get crushed in the rush for ST s. Only one day left for cheap seats.

Well done Rovers fans for some very forcefull questions on radio lancs to Shabby last night. ST holders of many years all saying they will not be back whilst Kean is there. And one fan even accused Venky's of r*** on air which got the presenter in a flutter!
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Shabby went back to his stool after round one (he was very evasive by the way as expected) like Frank Bruno after Tyson hit him. Round 2 on Saturday will be even tougher but maybe just maybe he will get the message and change the manager.
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Kean Out!

A Darener wrote:
Don't get crushed in the rush for ST s. Only one day left for cheap seats.

Its been a text and email a day this week!
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As we predicted Shabby played the new start card and rubbish PR quotes but even I was surprised at the level of anger rovers ST's came on with. He must have been shell shocked?
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Lets hope it sinks in and Kean is not put before 10,000 fans of the club will regret it for years to come.

The powers that be have proved they are thick skinned and thick headed so NO chance of a change of manager. Well done to the fans that harangued Shebby last night. Hope he got the message, he certainly will at the next meeting.

carlmc1 wrote:
No way in the worl will we spend £6 million on a striker. If we have had a bid for Jordan Rhodes rebuffed by Huddersfield then it can only be because the offer was derisory. It's a real shame what has happened to Best, some people have suggested that he is injury prone and was out with a knee injury whlist at Newcastle. I just think we have been a touch unlucky.

On a more worrying note, the Radio Lancs interview last night with Shebby Sign was a real blow for me. I thought he was evasive and very uncleay about his role and his authority at the club. I also get the impression that him and Kean certainly don't see eye to eye and envisage them pulling in opposite directions.

Shebby, If you are not honest and open with the fans you will not get away with it. You will be put in the same bracket as Kean and Venkeys' for their lies and broken promises.

In what universe do we now need 2 strikers?! The priority has to be to strengthen at the back, surely! Another striker would just be a luxury really, after all we have Nuno Gomes.........

Is there anyone out there who actually believes we can get auto promotion with this squad, even if Leon Best was fit? I mean, really? Even with Hendry as defensive coach, we've lost Jones, Samba, Nelsen, Salgado and Emerton and replaced them with Bradley Orr and Bruno Ribiero! Yes there are the young lads like G and R Hanley, Henley, Lowe, but it would be incredibly reckless and unfair to expect those lads to be playing 25 Championship games a season at their age.

Rovers 1495 wrote:

carlmc1 wrote: No way in the worl will we spend £6 million on a striker. If we have had a bid for Jordan Rhodes rebuffed by Huddersfield then it can only be because the offer was derisory. It's a real shame what has happened to Best, some people have suggested that he is injury prone and was out with a knee injury whlist at Newcastle. I just think we have been a touch unlucky. On a more worrying note, the Radio Lancs interview last night with Shebby Sign was a real blow for me. I thought he was evasive and very uncleay about his role and his authority at the club. I also get the impression that him and Kean certainly don't see eye to eye and envisage them pulling in opposite directions.

Kalinic, didn't he cost 6m ?

Yes he did, but we signed him before Kean and Venkys arrived. We will not be spending that amount again on a player under this regime,

as others have alluded the shebby interview was very interesting last night and for those that have not heard it - i recommend that you visit r.lancs website where it can be heard again on their local version of the i-player the "aye-player".
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he was asked too many questions about best/forwards rather than the overall direction of the team/management and club. for someone with just overseas experience he showed an excellent grasp of uk media training. he certainly was not as good as cameron/blair or campbell but he was indeed expert as saying lots without saying anything.
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as far as i recall the only pertinent question that he answered directly was about promotion - where only AUTOMATIC promotion would be considered a success. We may need to bank that quote and return later - it sounded like "top 10 finish and league cup" or even a "no way will we get relegated". Play-offs (or even promotion through) would not be considered success
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he refused to be drawn on steve kean's short/med/long term prospects and casually avoided the question about mrs desai not wanting to lose face.
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clearly, he is an acceptable frontman for the venky family who is both able to act as an articulate voice and a human shield. in fairness to him - he did nothing wronf in his interview last night...but did nothing to re-assure the masses that all is right with the world.
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i cannot make the meeting on saturday at kgh - but may i suggest that somebody asks him a simple two part question:
1) do you take into consideration the views of the ordinary fan? (a simple Y/N)
turn round ask the audience for a show of hands (without prejudice/malice or threats) for those who want steve kean removing...then
2) ask what he thinks of the show of hands.
Simple and unequivocal. Can't predict the result exactly but I am sure that kean will be as popular as raising the south korean flag at last week's north korea game at Hampden.
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Listening to him last night, i cant help but feel we have been down the same road several times before since november 2010. this time it has been more coherently stated - but it still the same fuss and bluster. i hope i am wrong, i really do - i guess the proof of the pudding and all that.

Gomes and Goodwillie as the only 2 recognised strikers? What about Rochina, Blackman and Slew? Young, admittedly, but surely worth a go, given that 2 more strikers will leave us with 8 when Best is fit again.

I think Shebby has most bases coverd with his look to the future approach and we're all under the kosh, even me.

But if I were able to go to the meeting I would like to ask him, Since last year when he openly called for Kean to be sacked,
what has changed for him to now back him, and how can we trust someone that does a complete u turn
on something so important?

We have already had to listen to outrageous predictions fall to nothing from the previous spokesperson, how are we moving on?

I can’t bear to listen to SS again but I’m sure he said “the only way to get the fans back is to play entertaining football and win games”

Here’s another idea Shabby, sack Gollum the donut and the fans will flock back.

Ok that won’t build bridges but may mend fences.

B##ger me I’m beginning to sound like SS now.

What a loads off crap last night on radio lancs automatic promotion
Lets get real man more like automatic relegation under this manager
They don't seem to think we were in a very comfortable position untill this shower took over and all we have done its escalated deeper and deeper
OUT WITH KEAN OUT WITH VENKYS and the rest off the shower whos kissing there arsehole

forever blue and white wrote:
Morning Lancs, I agree 100%. regardless of who is manager I think Rhodes would be a very good buy. Venkys will have to have a change of direction though as I think he would cost at least 6m. Here's hoping.

The 'asking price' is 6m, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is wha he is worth and will go for. It will be determined by the highest bidder.
As yet I am not aware of anyone offering that sort of money.
My guess is he will be got for 4.0 / 5.0m

The famous in the next 24hrs raises it's head again. Swansea make approach for cox. We were seriously in the Market for a striker problem is we only have £6 including wages

£5,000,000 bid for Jordan Rhodes rejected shows some ambition anyway...come on venkys proove to us you really wanna succeed we need 2 very good strikers and fast which will mean paying over the odds to get them considering it is so close to the start of the season

Roy Race wrote:
Well done Rovers fans for some very forcefull questions on radio lancs to Shabby last night. ST holders of many years all saying they will not be back whilst Kean is there. And one fan even accused Venky's of r*** on air which got the presenter in a flutter! . Shabby went back to his stool after round one (he was very evasive by the way as expected) like Frank Bruno after Tyson hit him. Round 2 on Saturday will be even tougher but maybe just maybe he will get the message and change the manager. . Kean Out!

He may just decide not to communicate in future with fans. He may decide he is in a no-win situation so why bother.

Yes, Best gives everthing for last one month to keep rovers in the talk, now its really unlucky to loose the best player and looking into the transfer market.

Blackburn Rovers need to get two striker and two defenders in this regeneration process, now on transfer rumours Scott dunn/Hanley/Olsson/Z
onzi can move out. So again our good looking players in the back are going away . . . . . which is not acceptable.

Get a view on olympic football matches and get the best strikers with pace and skills, who like to play in english club football league.

S.Kean is best to identify the talent with his experience, but team need FIT players who can stay in the feild for 90 mts and produce wining result.

Get well soon, Best is still the good player, love to watch him in action. Thanks for the one goal which gives hope to do better.

Everyone on here say the meeting is on Saturday, thought it was 11th Aug ie week on Saturday or have I misread?

carlmc1 wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

carlmc1 wrote: No way in the worl will we spend £6 million on a striker. If we have had a bid for Jordan Rhodes rebuffed by Huddersfield then it can only be because the offer was derisory. It's a real shame what has happened to Best, some people have suggested that he is injury prone and was out with a knee injury whlist at Newcastle. I just think we have been a touch unlucky. On a more worrying note, the Radio Lancs interview last night with Shebby Sign was a real blow for me. I thought he was evasive and very uncleay about his role and his authority at the club. I also get the impression that him and Kean certainly don't see eye to eye and envisage them pulling in opposite directions.

Kalinic, didn't he cost 6m ?

Yes he did, but we signed him before Kean and Venkys arrived. We will not be spending that amount again on a player under this regime,

Swans in for Cox

A Darener wrote:
Everyone on here say the meeting is on Saturday, thought it was 11th Aug ie week on Saturday or have I misread?

shabys going on saturday and the fans are going the saturday after for security reasons!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why is Kean trying to buy two more strickers? He paid millions for Goodwillie and he only gets a few minutes a season on the pitch?
What about the defence?
It was very poor last year (due mainly to him and Venky's money grabbing) and the ones that are left are supposedly trying to leave.
The dreadful and clueless management by Kean contiunues

MatthewCA wrote:
Yes, Best gives everthing for last one month to keep rovers in the talk, now its really unlucky to loose the best player and looking into the transfer market.

Blackburn Rovers need to get two striker and two defenders in this regeneration process, now on transfer rumours Scott dunn/Hanley/Olsson/Z

onzi can move out. So again our good looking players in the back are going away . . . . . which is not acceptable.

Get a view on olympic football matches and get the best strikers with pace and skills, who like to play in english club football league.

S.Kean is best to identify the talent with his experience, but team need FIT players who can stay in the feild for 90 mts and produce wining result.

Get well soon, Best is still the good player, love to watch him in action. Thanks for the one goal which gives hope to do better.

With the time difference in Pune you do well to be up this early Mathew!!

MatthewCA wrote:
Yes, Best gives everthing for last one month to keep rovers in the talk, now its really unlucky to loose the best player and looking into the transfer market. Blackburn Rovers need to get two striker and two defenders in this regeneration process, now on transfer rumours Scott dunn/Hanley/Olsson/Z onzi can move out. So again our good looking players in the back are going away . . . . . which is not acceptable. Get a view on olympic football matches and get the best strikers with pace and skills, who like to play in english club football league. S.Kean is best to identify the talent with his experience, but team need FIT players who can stay in the feild for 90 mts and produce wining result. Get well soon, Best is still the good player, love to watch him in action. Thanks for the one goal which gives hope to do better.

S.Kean is best to identify the talent with his experience????
Come on Matthew its time to stop drinking this early in the morning it is clearly making you more deluded than the bald one!!!!

Listened to that idiot on Radio Lancs last night - lying/evasive fits in well with Kean and as for automatic promotion he's in for a shock some good teams in the championship. Does not hold well for live meeting with the fans just further embarrassment for a once proud club!!!
Desperate for defenders/attackers but fear more freebies/unknowns could be on the way with only wages to pay!!!
OUT WITH KEAN AGNEW SINGH HENDRY VENKYS

bring back the good old days wrote:

forever blue and white wrote:
Morning Lancs, I agree 100%. regardless of who is manager I think Rhodes would be a very good buy. Venkys will have to have a change of direction though as I think he would cost at least 6m. Here's hoping.

The 'asking price' is 6m, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is wha he is worth and will go for. It will be determined by the highest bidder.
As yet I am not aware of anyone offering that sort of money.
My guess is he will be got for 4.0 / 5.0m

I hope you are right and he can be bought for 4 or 5 mil. He would be an excellent buy. I just can't see it but I do hope so.

http://www.bbc.co.uk
/radio/player/p00vmf
g8

When Venky's bid 5/6m for a player they must heave a great sigh of relief when it's turned down. "Phew! that was a close call we nearly spent real money." Probably didn't make a serious bid anyway. Nothing's changed except we now have a weaker squad than the one that got us relegated.

forever blue and white wrote:

bring back the good old days wrote:

forever blue and white wrote:
Morning Lancs, I agree 100%. regardless of who is manager I think Rhodes would be a very good buy. Venkys will have to have a change of direction though as I think he would cost at least 6m. Here's hoping.

The 'asking price' is 6m, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is wha he is worth and will go for. It will be determined by the highest bidder.
As yet I am not aware of anyone offering that sort of money.
My guess is he will be got for 4.0 / 5.0m

I hope you are right and he can be bought for 4 or 5 mil. He would be an excellent buy. I just can't see it but I do hope so.

Huddersfield have firmly told Rovers that Rhodes isn't for sale. He's a good player so why would they sell him to a Championship rival? He's already been linked with a number of Premer League clubs and Celtic so I doubt the player would see us as a step-up in his career anyway.

More rhetoric from Shebby Singh evening last.............

The simple matter of the fact is this:

Venky, along with the incumbent have ripped the heart and soul out of what once was a stable and functional football club turning it into a circus which fills me with fear for the future.

Transitional period ?

My view, a perpetual horror show under this regime.

A positive spin on a disaster that will take many, many years in rectifying after taking the sledge hammer approach to our club.

I'm looking forward to the meeting on the 11th at KGH, and those 500 that turn up should let Shebby know that the game needs to be upped asap or face a meltdown as the brutal and unforgiving world of football moves on with BRFC in it's wake !

Shebby speaks of automatic promotion ? I love his enthusiasm, but his forecast is wildly lost in translation. Even without Bests injury are they really telling us of 40 years standing watching BRFC that we can see automatic promotion ?

Dickens ! Dream on Shebby your a stooge as the rest of them attempting in galvanizing a lost cause when it had no reason to be that way.

Made in Blackburn
Destroyed in India

This situation that besets BRFC is no fault of the supporters only the owners who have made pish poor decisions from day one, and continue to this day in making or allowing for poor decisions to be made.

Sacking the 'Odious One' would only leave a massive hole to fill after his disastrous tenure thus far. I hope that who ever is appointed is one of vast experience and hits the ground running. That said who would want to manage under this lot ?

Rubbish !

Arte et labore

Road Runner Road Runner wrote:
More rhetoric from Shebby Singh evening last.............

The simple matter of the fact is this:

Venky, along with the incumbent have ripped the heart and soul out of what once was a stable and functional football club turning it into a circus which fills me with fear for the future.

Transitional period ?

My view, a perpetual horror show under this regime.

A positive spin on a disaster that will take many, many years in rectifying after taking the sledge hammer approach to our club.

I'm looking forward to the meeting on the 11th at KGH, and those 500 that turn up should let Shebby know that the game needs to be upped asap or face a meltdown as the brutal and unforgiving world of football moves on with BRFC in it's wake !

Shebby speaks of automatic promotion ? I love his enthusiasm, but his forecast is wildly lost in translation. Even without Bests injury are they really telling us of 40 years standing watching BRFC that we can see automatic promotion ?

Dickens ! Dream on Shebby your a stooge as the rest of them attempting in galvanizing a lost cause when it had no reason to be that way.

Made in Blackburn
Destroyed in India

This situation that besets BRFC is no fault of the supporters only the owners who have made pish poor decisions from day one, and continue to this day in making or allowing for poor decisions to be made.

Sacking the 'Odious One' would only leave a massive hole to fill after his disastrous tenure thus far. I hope that who ever is appointed is one of vast experience and hits the ground running. That said who would want to manage under this lot ?

Rubbish !

Arte et labore

Great post! Well said.

Heard Rover's after Ricardo Fuller, a big strong focal point who bullies the defence. Isn't that what Jason Roberts were?

givet82 wrote:
Heard Rover's after Ricardo Fuller, a big strong focal point who bullies the defence. Isn't that what Jason Roberts were?

Injury prone aswell,never plays 90 mins these days.
tick tock : 5 hours left for you season ticket renewal.

Bests injury is now Keans excuse for us getting relegated again ,,'' if we,d have had Best we would have won the Title' he ll be telling SHabby and Venky
This is heartbreaking - hate the man

Judge Nic Sanders wrote:

givet82 wrote:
Heard Rover's after Ricardo Fuller, a big strong focal point who bullies the defence. Isn't that what Jason Roberts were?

Injury prone aswell,never plays 90 mins these days.
tick tock : 5 hours left for you season ticket renewal.

Aah! thanks for the reminder. Must dash, got to get down to Ewood NOT!!!!

srvp28 wrote:

forever blue and white wrote:

bring back the good old days wrote:

forever blue and white wrote: Morning Lancs, I agree 100%. regardless of who is manager I think Rhodes would be a very good buy. Venkys will have to have a change of direction though as I think he would cost at least 6m. Here's hoping.

The 'asking price' is 6m, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is wha he is worth and will go for. It will be determined by the highest bidder. As yet I am not aware of anyone offering that sort of money. My guess is he will be got for 4.0 / 5.0m

I hope you are right and he can be bought for 4 or 5 mil. He would be an excellent buy. I just can't see it but I do hope so.

Huddersfield have firmly told Rovers that Rhodes isn't for sale. He's a good player so why would they sell him to a Championship rival? He's already been linked with a number of Premer League clubs and Celtic so I doubt the player would see us as a step-up in his career anyway.

thats very ambitious of rovers, hope they get him but signs dont look good.

Hope we stick with Rhodes and maybe try to sweeten the deal with a player tossed in (Slew/Blackman)...

What about Berbartov he's available for five million proven goal scorer,falls within their price range,would love to play for Kean I'm sure,not

carlmc1 wrote:
No way in the worl will we spend £6 million on a striker. If we have had a bid for Jordan Rhodes rebuffed by Huddersfield then it can only be because the offer was derisory. It's a real shame what has happened to Best, some people have suggested that he is injury prone and was out with a knee injury whlist at Newcastle. I just think we have been a touch unlucky.

On a more worrying note, the Radio Lancs interview last night with Shebby Sign was a real blow for me. I thought he was evasive and very uncleay about his role and his authority at the club. I also get the impression that him and Kean certainly don't see eye to eye and envisage them pulling in opposite directions.

As for Shebby and Kean pulling in different directions this can only be a good thing. If Venkys have brought Shebby in to try and sort out the mess we find ourselves in he will soon see the root cause is Kean's total incompetence as a manager and hopefully Venky's will listen to Shebby, cause they certainly don't listen to the supporters, and get Kean out. If Kean and Shebby were best friends for ever then I would worry even more for Rovers.
Kean out

forever blue and white wrote:

bring back the good old days wrote:

forever blue and white wrote:
Morning Lancs, I agree 100%. regardless of who is manager I think Rhodes would be a very good buy. Venkys will have to have a change of direction though as I think he would cost at least 6m. Here's hoping.

The 'asking price' is 6m, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is wha he is worth and will go for. It will be determined by the highest bidder.
As yet I am not aware of anyone offering that sort of money.
My guess is he will be got for 4.0 / 5.0m

I hope you are right and he can be bought for 4 or 5 mil. He would be an excellent buy. I just can't see it but I do hope so.

if rovers get rhodes from huddersfield i will come on here and say that forever blue and white talkes sense it will never happen just more spin !!!!!!!!1

Lancs - pensioner wrote:
How many times have we heard, "we need to hit the ground running" and for a change this is not a pop at Kean, Venkys give which ever manager in charge there backing and with a shortage in defence and now we need TWO strikers it does not bode well for the start of the season.

Come on Venkys to give us any chance you need to spend or it's another long hard season, the only reason I would give for them not spending is Keans atrocious record in the transfer market.

So either Sack him or (at your peril) back him.

Hi L.P, i must say i'm finding your recent posts very refreshing. Relevant not one dimensional and not ranting, just an observation:)

having shaby oversee whats going on at ewood is a bit like asking dunn to look after your pie shop for a while, there aint going to be much left to talk about soon, hes a ex tv presenter and not very good at that for gods sake!!!!!!

moh wrote:

Roy Race wrote: Well done Rovers fans for some very forcefull questions on radio lancs to Shabby last night. ST holders of many years all saying they will not be back whilst Kean is there. And one fan even accused Venky's of r*** on air which got the presenter in a flutter! . Shabby went back to his stool after round one (he was very evasive by the way as expected) like Frank Bruno after Tyson hit him. Round 2 on Saturday will be even tougher but maybe just maybe he will get the message and change the manager. . Kean Out!

He may just decide not to communicate in future with fans. He may decide he is in a no-win situation so why bother.

moh - think that one through!

Regardless of the injury to Best, anyone who went on Ewood last season knows that the DEFENCE needs the urgent action, and yet all we hear about is the need for more forwards. Which team did Walter Mitty and the Three Stooges watch last season?

More rhetoric from the club in the interview - don't you get the impression that any TV pundit with any knowledge of football could say and do what SS has so far - with the exception that anyone else would have sacked Walter Mitty.

SHYSTERS GET OUT OF OUR CLUB

BJS wrote:

Road Runner Road Runner wrote: More rhetoric from Shebby Singh evening last............. The simple matter of the fact is this: Venky, along with the incumbent have ripped the heart and soul out of what once was a stable and functional football club turning it into a circus which fills me with fear for the future. Transitional period ? My view, a perpetual horror show under this regime. A positive spin on a disaster that will take many, many years in rectifying after taking the sledge hammer approach to our club. I'm looking forward to the meeting on the 11th at KGH, and those 500 that turn up should let Shebby know that the game needs to be upped asap or face a meltdown as the brutal and unforgiving world of football moves on with BRFC in it's wake ! Shebby speaks of automatic promotion ? I love his enthusiasm, but his forecast is wildly lost in translation. Even without Bests injury are they really telling us of 40 years standing watching BRFC that we can see automatic promotion ? Dickens ! Dream on Shebby your a stooge as the rest of them attempting in galvanizing a lost cause when it had no reason to be that way. Made in Blackburn Destroyed in India This situation that besets BRFC is no fault of the supporters only the owners who have made pish poor decisions from day one, and continue to this day in making or allowing for poor decisions to be made. Sacking the 'Odious One' would only leave a massive hole to fill after his disastrous tenure thus far. I hope that who ever is appointed is one of vast experience and hits the ground running. That said who would want to manage under this lot ? Rubbish ! Arte et labore

Great post! Well said.

Well said Road Runner!

Well said Road Runner, excelent post and spot on.

Just listened to the Radio Lancs interview/propaganda mission and it merely confirms my worst fears. Shebby is no more than a mouthpiece, employed to front the media instead of the sweaty lipsmacker/failing imposter that continues to pose as team manager.
It's such a pity that no-one (or maybe the callers were screened) asked why the Venky's are standing by the worst manager in the club's proud hstory and a failure that has resulted in relegation from the worlds best league?
Stating automatic promotion is just a great sound byte that every long suffering supporter knows will simply not happen with the bald clown in charge.
I also can't imagine any last minute rush to renew season tickets after hearing less than an hours football banter that sounded about as clued-up as the next cab driver on the rank!
KEAN OUT is the minimum expectation and no doubt will be reitterated 10 games in...

The only thing hitting the ground running are Kean's excuses (Best was injury prone and that's a fact, even more so now)

givet82 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote:
How many times have we heard, "we need to hit the ground running" and for a change this is not a pop at Kean, Venkys give which ever manager in charge there backing and with a shortage in defence and now we need TWO strikers it does not bode well for the start of the season.

Come on Venkys to give us any chance you need to spend or it's another long hard season, the only reason I would give for them not spending is Keans atrocious record in the transfer market.

So either Sack him or (at your peril) back him.

Hi L.P, i must say i'm finding your recent posts very refreshing. Relevant not one dimensional and not ranting, just an observation:)

Cheers Givet, I am trying, at my age a lot depends on what mood I am in when I get up in a morning, also what the first headline from the LET is saying about my beloved club, granted at times I do get angry and this does show in some of my posts as being very negative, but I will keep trying, promise.
LP

Bill Carson wrote:
Well said Road Runner, excelent post and spot on. Just listened to the Radio Lancs interview/propaganda mission and it merely confirms my worst fears. Shebby is no more than a mouthpiece, employed to front the media instead of the sweaty lipsmacker/failing imposter that continues to pose as team manager. It's such a pity that no-one (or maybe the callers were screened) asked why the Venky's are standing by the worst manager in the club's proud hstory and a failure that has resulted in relegation from the worlds best league? Stating automatic promotion is just a great sound byte that every long suffering supporter knows will simply not happen with the bald clown in charge. I also can't imagine any last minute rush to renew season tickets after hearing less than an hours football banter that sounded about as clued-up as the next cab driver on the rank! KEAN OUT is the minimum expectation and no doubt will be reitterated 10 games in... The only thing hitting the ground running are Kean's excuses (Best was injury prone and that's a fact, even more so now)

Bill - several callers and txters did ask those harsh questions. Shebby played the new start card. But it became clear to him during the show no one was buying it or likely to be buying an ST as a result.
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He could gain massive credibility for himself if he sacks Kean. So if he does not he will be seen as a puppet and both us and he knows it. Its his choice.

Very disappointing interview - not sure that I expected to hear any in-depth stuff about Venkys or Kean etc on an interview like this - but it should have been a bit more revealing.

Automatic promotion? Well the bookies do seem to almost share that view making us fourth favs to get promoted - so that is maybe not too wild a statement for him to make in that context. But he did not put enough meat on the bones for me - he could have alluded to some tasty morsel of things to come that we all wanted to hear....but at least it is hopefully the start of some improved communication at last.

Shame about Best...he would have got us off to a flying start with his goals.....He did have a cruciate injury at Newcastle too, wonder how well that was all checked out before we signed him? He came back from that and scored goals at St James but now a second similar injury may be too much? He didn't have a bad playing record at his previous clubs but this is pretty serious stuff.

Kean out, two strikers and a defender in ASAP.

If we are getting rid of Robbo and Dann and Olsson then we need to do it now rather than later. Need to have some idea of the best team before the first game at Ipswich.

I haven't bothered listening to the interview because I've spent enough time over the last 12 months listening to clueless individuals and hoping that they will actually act on what they say. So far it has been disappointment after disappointment.

For Singh to state that automatic promotion is the only acceptable outcome for this season clearly shows his lack of knowledge about Championship football. West Ham under a very good manager and a much better side than we have only managed 3rd last season. Does this mean that if Kean and his side finish 3rd and win the play-offs that will be considered a failure and he will be removed? Pull the other one.

As another post said, Singh is nothing more than a talker, who is being paid to take some of the questions and pressure away from Kean whilst he continues to inflict further damage on this club, although no longer the 'public front' of the club. It seems that Singh has won over the BRAG by talking the talk and agreeing to Q and A sessions. Its going to take a bit more than that to win me over.

Kean's excuse for the new season = injuries have taken away key players.

shebby told us repeatedly last night that he "can't change the past" but some famous philosopher once said "those that cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" and i thought, last night, he was saying the same stuff as we have heard before (albeit a more articulate version)

MatthewCA wrote:
Yes, Best gives everthing for last one month to keep rovers in the talk, now its really unlucky to loose the best player and looking into the transfer market.

Blackburn Rovers need to get two striker and two defenders in this regeneration process, now on transfer rumours Scott dunn/Hanley/Olsson/Z

onzi can move out. So again our good looking players in the back are going away . . . . . which is not acceptable.

Get a view on olympic football matches and get the best strikers with pace and skills, who like to play in english club football league.

S.Kean is best to identify the talent with his experience, but team need FIT players who can stay in the feild for 90 mts and produce wining result.

Get well soon, Best is still the good player, love to watch him in action. Thanks for the one goal which gives hope to do better.

And exactly what experience has Kean got? I suggest you look him up on Wikipedia, then go for a lie down and take your medication.

Roy Race wrote:

Bill Carson wrote:
Well said Road Runner, excelent post and spot on. Just listened to the Radio Lancs interview/propaganda mission and it merely confirms my worst fears. Shebby is no more than a mouthpiece, employed to front the media instead of the sweaty lipsmacker/failing imposter that continues to pose as team manager. It's such a pity that no-one (or maybe the callers were screened) asked why the Venky's are standing by the worst manager in the club's proud hstory and a failure that has resulted in relegation from the worlds best league? Stating automatic promotion is just a great sound byte that every long suffering supporter knows will simply not happen with the bald clown in charge. I also can't imagine any last minute rush to renew season tickets after hearing less than an hours football banter that sounded about as clued-up as the next cab driver on the rank! KEAN OUT is the minimum expectation and no doubt will be reitterated 10 games in... The only thing hitting the ground running are Kean's excuses (Best was injury prone and that's a fact, even more so now)

Bill - several callers and txters did ask those harsh questions. Shebby played the new start card. But it became clear to him during the show no one was buying it or likely to be buying an ST as a result.
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He could gain massive credibility for himself if he sacks Kean. So if he does not he will be seen as a puppet and both us and he knows it. Its his choice.

And the way it sounded if we arn't in the top 2 after 10 games our wishes will come true and Kean will be gone. Or is this all bull with Shebby and Kean owns some of the club like some post on here, and he is in fact untouchable. I know what i believe, but time will tell!

Lancs - pensioner wrote:

givet82 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote:
How many times have we heard, "we need to hit the ground running" and for a change this is not a pop at Kean, Venkys give which ever manager in charge there backing and with a shortage in defence and now we need TWO strikers it does not bode well for the start of the season.

Come on Venkys to give us any chance you need to spend or it's another long hard season, the only reason I would give for them not spending is Keans atrocious record in the transfer market.

So either Sack him or (at your peril) back him.

Hi L.P, i must say i'm finding your recent posts very refreshing. Relevant not one dimensional and not ranting, just an observation:)

Cheers Givet, I am trying, at my age a lot depends on what mood I am in when I get up in a morning, also what the first headline from the LET is saying about my beloved club, granted at times I do get angry and this does show in some of my posts as being very negative, but I will keep trying, promise.
LP

ho no LP and hears me thinking this was the calm befor the storm ,WE WANT OUR LANCS PENSIONER BACK!!!!!!!

benal13 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote:

givet82 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote:
How many times have we heard, "we need to hit the ground running" and for a change this is not a pop at Kean, Venkys give which ever manager in charge there backing and with a shortage in defence and now we need TWO strikers it does not bode well for the start of the season.

Come on Venkys to give us any chance you need to spend or it's another long hard season, the only reason I would give for them not spending is Keans atrocious record in the transfer market.

So either Sack him or (at your peril) back him.

Hi L.P, i must say i'm finding your recent posts very refreshing. Relevant not one dimensional and not ranting, just an observation:)

Cheers Givet, I am trying, at my age a lot depends on what mood I am in when I get up in a morning, also what the first headline from the LET is saying about my beloved club, granted at times I do get angry and this does show in some of my posts as being very negative, but I will keep trying, promise.
LP

ho no LP and hears me thinking this was the calm befor the storm ,WE WANT OUR LANCS PENSIONER BACK!!!!!!!

AND BEFOR THE SPELL CHECKERS COME ON IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN heres

jack01 wrote:
I haven't bothered listening to the interview because I've spent enough time over the last 12 months listening to clueless individuals and hoping that they will actually act on what they say. So far it has been disappointment after disappointment. For Singh to state that automatic promotion is the only acceptable outcome for this season clearly shows his lack of knowledge about Championship football. West Ham under a very good manager and a much better side than we have only managed 3rd last season. Does this mean that if Kean and his side finish 3rd and win the play-offs that will be considered a failure and he will be removed? Pull the other one. As another post said, Singh is nothing more than a talker, who is being paid to take some of the questions and pressure away from Kean whilst he continues to inflict further damage on this club, although no longer the 'public front' of the club. It seems that Singh has won over the BRAG by talking the talk and agreeing to Q and A sessions. Its going to take a bit more than that to win me over. Kean's excuse for the new season = injuries have taken away key players.

"West Ham under a very good Manager"!!! ask the boo boys at Ewwod Park

So Shebby expects automatic promotion! Does that mean that when it is mathematically impossible he will get rid of Kean? Roll on Christmas.

Have Venky's put Kean in charge of India's power grids??

If the owners stick their hands in their pocket (which we all doubt) i would go for;
Kewell (experienced, big wage just like murphy but also free what the venkys like!) and Rhodes (young, fast and can be paid for by the hoilett money - sorry venkys and kean - no holiday for you with this player!)
I think 2 experienced pros like Gomes and Kewell would play well with Goodwillie and Rhodes.

I liked the bit were he stated they were looking for players with two legs! I thought thank god they are finally seeing the light.

Reading between the lines though I think Kean will be lucky to last till November as it seems they are throwing everything at it to get promotion this season hope they have started tapping some managers up so we dont have a long wait without a manager.

I have had time to reflect on what was said last night by Shebby Singh. He has stated that anything other than a top two finish will be failiure. He also stated that everyone, including himself was being measured and anyone under performing would be removed. He stopped short of saying how many games Kean would have, but last year Kean was trying to make out we were on target for a top 10 finish, even when we were in the bottom 3 with almost half a season gone. I fear that Kean will spout how we are on target for promotion, irrespective of the start we get.

I am expecting a poor season and a poor start, the question is how long will Kean get? Personally I think the fans need to be promised that he only has x number of games and unless we are in say the top 5 after 10 games he will be gone. It is very easy for anyone to talk the talk, but it is about time promises were delivered.

"throwing everything at it to get promotion".........?
??? I think you will find that uncle Jack threw everything at it to get promotion! First thing he did was sack the manager and install a proven one.

At the risk of getting boo-ed I find Shebby to be quite a likeable person with a very difficult job at hand.

Someone mentioned racism a few days ago, well its a glaring indictment how false that accusation was, just by the respect very angry fans showed to Shebby in that interview.

Its a foregone conclusion that even Shebby must be aware of, that he will go from PR zero to Rovers Hero overnight if he does the right thing if and when early results point the finger in the direction of the self styled maradonna's lack of competence having now received both backing and funding from the owners.

A Darener wrote:
"throwing everything at it to get promotion".........?

??? I think you will find that uncle Jack threw everything at it to get promotion! First thing he did was sack the manager and install a proven one.

Hi I would sooner have the manager he sacked anyday ie. Don Mackey than this Bloody Idiot

carlmc1 wrote:
No way in the worl will we spend £6 million on a striker. If we have had a bid for Jordan Rhodes rebuffed by Huddersfield then it can only be because the offer was derisory. It's a real shame what has happened to Best, some people have suggested that he is injury prone and was out with a knee injury whlist at Newcastle. I just think we have been a touch unlucky.

On a more worrying note, the Radio Lancs interview last night with Shebby Sign was a real blow for me. I thought he was evasive and very uncleay about his role and his authority at the club. I also get the impression that him and Kean certainly don't see eye to eye and envisage them pulling in opposite directions.

i liked how he got around the `we need defenders` question. he started by saying all defending starts with the strikers, then it is the other eights job. not once did he actuaully mention our back four or the need to improve our defence.

juanbbien wrote:

A Darener wrote:
"throwing everything at it to get promotion".........?


??? I think you will find that uncle Jack threw everything at it to get promotion! First thing he did was sack the manager and install a proven one.

Hi I would sooner have the manager he sacked anyday ie. Don Mackey than this Bloody Idiot

Your so right, it was upsetting when Mackay went but it turned out alright in the end. That was because Jack knew what was needed. No sentiment in football.

pbirty wrote:

carlmc1 wrote:
No way in the worl will we spend £6 million on a striker. If we have had a bid for Jordan Rhodes rebuffed by Huddersfield then it can only be because the offer was derisory. It's a real shame what has happened to Best, some people have suggested that he is injury prone and was out with a knee injury whlist at Newcastle. I just think we have been a touch unlucky.

On a more worrying note, the Radio Lancs interview last night with Shebby Sign was a real blow for me. I thought he was evasive and very uncleay about his role and his authority at the club. I also get the impression that him and Kean certainly don't see eye to eye and envisage them pulling in opposite directions.

i liked how he got around the `we need defenders` question. he started by saying all defending starts with the strikers, then it is the other eights job. not once did he actuaully mention our back four or the need to improve our defence.

Trouble was our defending also finished with the strikers!

worth a read:

www.blackburn.vitalf
ootball.co.uk/articl
e.asp?a=288562

"Shebby -If we find that we are not competitive at the start of the season, no stone will be left unturned to rectify that. It`s as simple as that. I cannot put it in more words.

Produce or get out."

blueblooded wrote:
worth a read:

www.blackburn.vitalf

ootball.co.uk/articl

e.asp?a=288562

"Shebby -If we find that we are not competitive at the start of the season, no stone will be left unturned to rectify that. It`s as simple as that. I cannot put it in more words.

Produce or get out."

good reading BB I see that there are no air-miles to be collected for the odious one this season. The shebmeister says no need for SK to fly to India.....hee hee.

New mouth piece same old lies

Remember how Kean discovered Phil Jones ( in the youtube clip )
http://menmedia.co.u
k/manchestereveningn
ews/sport/football/m
anchester_united/s/1
584856_blackburn-rov
ers-loss-is-manchest
er-uniteds-gain---er
ic-harrison

Message to SS - there is a train of thought that says that if you keep doing the same things ou will end up with the same results

KEAN OUT - so we can start again .
I will be back when he gets the sack !.

ST Deadline day today - how soon before Martin Olsson / Dann /Robinson and a few others are sold .
You can hear it coming "You have to respect the players wishes"

Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

BJS wrote:
When Venky's bid 5/6m for a player they must heave a great sigh of relief when it's turned down. "Phew! that was a close call we nearly spent real money." Probably didn't make a serious bid anyway. Nothing's changed except we now have a weaker squad than the one that got us relegated.

That was their strategy with the Ronaldinho and Beckham bids. They knew those players wouldnt come so they could safely make a bid knowing their money was safe. Conmen the lot of them

Got a very, very, well informed contact at Huddersfield - just been told 'not heard a squeek from your club' over Jordan Rhodes, goes against Andys report but this lad at Huddersfield should know.

It looks like the army will be in Blackburn on Sat Aug 11 then.All the empty seats at the olympics will reappear and a reminder of what Ewood will be like next season.Thanks to the regime who have ruined our once great club.

French Rover wrote:

blueblooded wrote:
worth a read:

www.blackburn.vitalf


ootball.co.uk/articl


e.asp?a=288562

"Shebby -If we find that we are not competitive at the start of the season, no stone will be left unturned to rectify that. It`s as simple as that. I cannot put it in more words.

Produce or get out."

good reading BB I see that there are no air-miles to be collected for the odious one this season. The shebmeister says no need for SK to fly to India.....hee hee.

That's the main point for me.
Last season,the only feedback came from Kean himself.It was always going to have a positive spin.
Personally think only results can save him this season.

Shabby will only get respect if he has the sense to rid himself of the worst manage rin Rovers history. All the evidence is there to act now so it is worrying if he is making excuses for what should be the first swift action he takes.
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No ST's sold this week Gromit lad!
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34th....

Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! wrote:
Shabby will only get respect if he has the sense to rid himself of the worst manage rin Rovers history. All the evidence is there to act now so it is worrying if he is making excuses for what should be the first swift action he takes.
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No ST's sold this week Gromit lad!
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34th....

At least 2 sold yesterday,Morst.

A Darener wrote:
Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

Exclusive - Shebby Singh talks to Vital Blackburn


Yesterday I met up with the new Global Director at Rovers, Shebby Singh, in his modest office at Ewood Park to ask him about himself and his plans and vision for the club. I am pleased to say we were granted an exclusive interview with Shebby who took time out to talk to us...

Rover23 - There seems to be a level of uncertainty with your role. The term 'Global Advisor' is not something you hear much of in football. What are your exact duties?

Shebby - There are certain rules in football, you are either a player, part of the medical staff, part of the coaching staff, or you are a manager, CEO or Managing Director.

Global advisor is a term which was coined by Madam Anuradha (Mrs Desai) because I had been working with the Venkys since August 2011.

I was head of football development Asia. That was a specific role, and now I find myself given a role where, simply put, I am the owners' representative; and then come the employees, so I try to smooth out the way for everything from administration to the technical teams, just to make sure that there is no divide and no delay in what has to happen from the day to day running of the club. Also my second responsibility is to oversee the present and the future of the club.

It is not restricted. If you are the MD or the financial director, those are responsibilities with borders. It is fair to say that I oversee the running of the club.

Rover23 - In the past Steve Kean has been flying off to India to meet the owners. Will he now be meeting you, or will he carry on going over to India?

Shebby - That is interesting. Since I have been tasked with a certain responsibility, being the owners' representative, you talk to me.

What happened last season was possibly a different arrangement.

This season it is a different arrangement. Now I don`t see the need for Steve to have to fly to India. We will work together here; whatever needs to be done will be done.

Rover23 - The people of the UK know you more as a TV personality. What skills do you bring to this newer role?

Shebby -Most people don`t know that I played football for 18 years, including 9 for my country, Malaysia. Yes there will be people who say 'Oh Malaysia', well the game all over the world is 11 v 11 played with one ball and two sets of goals. The standard of play will definitely be different, but it is still the same game.

Eighteen years of experience at working with coaches at all levels; Frank Lord and Trevor Hartley are two Englishmen who were among my coaches who I learnt a lot from. Being on television for 15 years as a football pundit, you look at football differently. I am not here to bang my drum or tell people who I am. I am here because I have a responsibility.

Football is not rocket science as most people like to believe. It is a very simple game, and it is a beautiful game. I am not here to justify what I am. Something needs to be done at this club, and needs to be done quickly, and I am doing it.

Rover23 - What are your priorities now you are in this new role?

Shebby - Most important is to make sure that we put out a very, very competitive team that has to include the present and the future of the club.

It is to build a club, not just build a team; something which I think has been long neglected at this club. Take the Germans, they went back to the drawing board and started with young people; they were patient and now they are starting to reap the rewards.

At club football you cannot afford to just do that, you have got certain targets to achieve such as promotion. You can build a team to get promoted, but if you build a club, you can have a team that gets you promoted and sustain yourself at the next level, so that is my priority. Most importantly is that come the 18th of August, we are ready for the long hall.

Rover23 - Obviously this season the target is promotion, but where do you see the club in 3 to 5 years time?

Shebby - Football in its own beauty has got its own pitfalls as well, and like I said, we want to achieve sustainability, so 3 to 5 years we hope that we will have a crop of players, a generation of players, whether they are home grown or supplemented with players from outside, that we can remain to be competitive. I think we want to be ambitious, but at the end of the day we have to keep expectations within our control.

Rover23 - We've had figures of authority at Blackburn Rovers make promises and assurances to us before which have gone unfulfilled - What do you say to the fans who have the same doubts this time around?

Shebby - For me, what happens on the football pitch should be speaking for itself, not individuals, because as individuals you open your mouth, but can you justify your words? And on what basis do you do that? For me it is the football team.

Once the referee blows his whistle, there should be an indication of what the future is going to be, and what levels of expectation that can be derived from watching that group of players in action. Words are cheap, they don`t mean anything.

Rover23 - Have you seen much change at Ewood Park since your appointment?

Shebby - I don`t know what it used to be like, but I think I have come in here and there is a better atmosphere, there are more smiles, more laughter, everybody seems to be enjoying work, I think the majority of the staff at Ewood are buzzing! - to borrow an English word.

Rover23 - How have you found the likes of the BRFC Action Group and the BRSIT? Have you had many dealings with them?

Shebby - I am a fan myself, and I think what has been very interesting about meeting the various groups is that they all share one thing in common, and that is a passion for the club.

They want to see some clear direction. It is not like somebody is going to beat somebody up or there is violence, it is just the people's club, and now in a short space of time, with open dialogue, they understand where the club is coming from, and the club now understands where the fans are coming from. It is certainly helping in building bridges.

The relationship should be that the fans are happy and the club has a clear sense of direction, and together we can turn a 0-1 into a 1-1 or a 1-1 into a 2-1, but it has to be done together.

Rover23 - Rovers seem to have been quite active in the transfer market... Is that something you wanted to make sure of when you came here?

Shebby - There are two things that I looked at when I came here. Number 1 is to look at what we have, and number 2 is to look at what we need. I think this has been working well, for example Danny Murphy and Nuno Gomes.

We needed that senior experience and characters. Not big name players who play for themselves, but players who can bring extra qualities to a team. Apart from what they do on the pitch, they are mentors off it as well. Nuno quite possibly has the more specific group, with our Spanish and Portuguese speaking contingent, young players who have been here like Mauro Formica, Ruben Rochina, and then the young ones who have come in, Paulo Jorge, Fabio Nunes and Edinho Junior.

Danny generally looks after everybody else, so it is good to know there are responsible people out there

Rover23 - Last season we suffered relegation, something which many fans think could have been avoided with a change of management. If it does not look as though we will get promoted this season, will the necessary changes be made? And do you have the authority to make these changes?

Shebby -If we find that we are not competitive at the start of the season, no stone will be left unturned to rectify that. It`s as simple as that. I cannot put it in more words. Produce or get out.

At the end of this interview I was left with the impression that Shebby Singh is passionate about Blackburn Rovers, their promotion in the short term, but more importantly the long term future of the club, and it seems that nobody would stop him in achieving this.

I would like to say thank you to Shebby for agreeing to this meeting, and to the people who helped make it happen.

benal13 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote:

givet82 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote:
How many times have we heard, "we need to hit the ground running" and for a change this is not a pop at Kean, Venkys give which ever manager in charge there backing and with a shortage in defence and now we need TWO strikers it does not bode well for the start of the season.

Come on Venkys to give us any chance you need to spend or it's another long hard season, the only reason I would give for them not spending is Keans atrocious record in the transfer market.

So either Sack him or (at your peril) back him.

Hi L.P, i must say i'm finding your recent posts very refreshing. Relevant not one dimensional and not ranting, just an observation:)

Cheers Givet, I am trying, at my age a lot depends on what mood I am in when I get up in a morning, also what the first headline from the LET is saying about my beloved club, granted at times I do get angry and this does show in some of my posts as being very negative, but I will keep trying, promise.
LP

ho no LP and hears me thinking this was the calm befor the storm ,WE WANT OUR LANCS PENSIONER BACK!!!!!!!

I can't win Benal can I, one positive thing I will say, at Saturdays meeting we need to counteract Shabbys "it's a new start" when he is asked about Kean, In the interview I noticed Shabby was very good at deflecting when he got asked an awkward question.

Mine given chance will be, Why is the mangager with the worst record in BRFC history still employed by the Venkys.

Answer as we know will be "it's a new start"

Follow this with does Kean own any part of BRFC?

I will be interested to see if anyone else spots the "Deflection mode" kick in when he is asked an awkward question on Saturday.

gosportdunc wrote:
Exclusive - Shebby Singh talks to Vital Blackburn


Yesterday I met up with the new Global Director at Rovers, Shebby Singh, in his modest office at Ewood Park to ask him about himself and his plans and vision for the club. I am pleased to say we were granted an exclusive interview with Shebby who took time out to talk to us...

Rover23 - There seems to be a level of uncertainty with your role. The term 'Global Advisor' is not something you hear much of in football. What are your exact duties?

Shebby - There are certain rules in football, you are either a player, part of the medical staff, part of the coaching staff, or you are a manager, CEO or Managing Director.

Global advisor is a term which was coined by Madam Anuradha (Mrs Desai) because I had been working with the Venkys since August 2011.

I was head of football development Asia. That was a specific role, and now I find myself given a role where, simply put, I am the owners' representative; and then come the employees, so I try to smooth out the way for everything from administration to the technical teams, just to make sure that there is no divide and no delay in what has to happen from the day to day running of the club. Also my second responsibility is to oversee the present and the future of the club.

It is not restricted. If you are the MD or the financial director, those are responsibilities with borders. It is fair to say that I oversee the running of the club.

Rover23 - In the past Steve Kean has been flying off to India to meet the owners. Will he now be meeting you, or will he carry on going over to India?

Shebby - That is interesting. Since I have been tasked with a certain responsibility, being the owners' representative, you talk to me.

What happened last season was possibly a different arrangement.

This season it is a different arrangement. Now I don`t see the need for Steve to have to fly to India. We will work together here; whatever needs to be done will be done.

Rover23 - The people of the UK know you more as a TV personality. What skills do you bring to this newer role?

Shebby -Most people don`t know that I played football for 18 years, including 9 for my country, Malaysia. Yes there will be people who say 'Oh Malaysia', well the game all over the world is 11 v 11 played with one ball and two sets of goals. The standard of play will definitely be different, but it is still the same game.

Eighteen years of experience at working with coaches at all levels; Frank Lord and Trevor Hartley are two Englishmen who were among my coaches who I learnt a lot from. Being on television for 15 years as a football pundit, you look at football differently. I am not here to bang my drum or tell people who I am. I am here because I have a responsibility.

Football is not rocket science as most people like to believe. It is a very simple game, and it is a beautiful game. I am not here to justify what I am. Something needs to be done at this club, and needs to be done quickly, and I am doing it.

Rover23 - What are your priorities now you are in this new role?

Shebby - Most important is to make sure that we put out a very, very competitive team that has to include the present and the future of the club.

It is to build a club, not just build a team; something which I think has been long neglected at this club. Take the Germans, they went back to the drawing board and started with young people; they were patient and now they are starting to reap the rewards.

At club football you cannot afford to just do that, you have got certain targets to achieve such as promotion. You can build a team to get promoted, but if you build a club, you can have a team that gets you promoted and sustain yourself at the next level, so that is my priority. Most importantly is that come the 18th of August, we are ready for the long hall.

Rover23 - Obviously this season the target is promotion, but where do you see the club in 3 to 5 years time?

Shebby - Football in its own beauty has got its own pitfalls as well, and like I said, we want to achieve sustainability, so 3 to 5 years we hope that we will have a crop of players, a generation of players, whether they are home grown or supplemented with players from outside, that we can remain to be competitive. I think we want to be ambitious, but at the end of the day we have to keep expectations within our control.

Rover23 - We've had figures of authority at Blackburn Rovers make promises and assurances to us before which have gone unfulfilled - What do you say to the fans who have the same doubts this time around?

Shebby - For me, what happens on the football pitch should be speaking for itself, not individuals, because as individuals you open your mouth, but can you justify your words? And on what basis do you do that? For me it is the football team.

Once the referee blows his whistle, there should be an indication of what the future is going to be, and what levels of expectation that can be derived from watching that group of players in action. Words are cheap, they don`t mean anything.

Rover23 - Have you seen much change at Ewood Park since your appointment?

Shebby - I don`t know what it used to be like, but I think I have come in here and there is a better atmosphere, there are more smiles, more laughter, everybody seems to be enjoying work, I think the majority of the staff at Ewood are buzzing! - to borrow an English word.

Rover23 - How have you found the likes of the BRFC Action Group and the BRSIT? Have you had many dealings with them?

Shebby - I am a fan myself, and I think what has been very interesting about meeting the various groups is that they all share one thing in common, and that is a passion for the club.

They want to see some clear direction. It is not like somebody is going to beat somebody up or there is violence, it is just the people's club, and now in a short space of time, with open dialogue, they understand where the club is coming from, and the club now understands where the fans are coming from. It is certainly helping in building bridges.

The relationship should be that the fans are happy and the club has a clear sense of direction, and together we can turn a 0-1 into a 1-1 or a 1-1 into a 2-1, but it has to be done together.

Rover23 - Rovers seem to have been quite active in the transfer market... Is that something you wanted to make sure of when you came here?

Shebby - There are two things that I looked at when I came here. Number 1 is to look at what we have, and number 2 is to look at what we need. I think this has been working well, for example Danny Murphy and Nuno Gomes.

We needed that senior experience and characters. Not big name players who play for themselves, but players who can bring extra qualities to a team. Apart from what they do on the pitch, they are mentors off it as well. Nuno quite possibly has the more specific group, with our Spanish and Portuguese speaking contingent, young players who have been here like Mauro Formica, Ruben Rochina, and then the young ones who have come in, Paulo Jorge, Fabio Nunes and Edinho Junior.

Danny generally looks after everybody else, so it is good to know there are responsible people out there

Rover23 - Last season we suffered relegation, something which many fans think could have been avoided with a change of management. If it does not look as though we will get promoted this season, will the necessary changes be made? And do you have the authority to make these changes?

Shebby -If we find that we are not competitive at the start of the season, no stone will be left unturned to rectify that. It`s as simple as that. I cannot put it in more words. Produce or get out.

At the end of this interview I was left with the impression that Shebby Singh is passionate about Blackburn Rovers, their promotion in the short term, but more importantly the long term future of the club, and it seems that nobody would stop him in achieving this.

I would like to say thank you to Shebby for agreeing to this meeting, and to the people who helped make it happen.

At the end of the meeting I was left with the impression that it was all a load of vacuous twaddle. The little tw@t had nothing of substance to say and so he filled the space with nonespeak. Just like his inflated title for a little nonentity, all a load of bull.
It will be interesting to read and compare his interview 6 weeks into the season when it has already crystallised as a disaster. SHABBY SHITFACE OUT!

Don't be fooled by all this spin/PR cos that's what it is ! As Jim Royle might say " global advisor my arse ". This guy is employed as the chicken pluckers mole in the camp and cannot make a decision without the OK from Pune. Any fans expecting major changes is going to be very disappointed,it's just another sad saga in the never ending demise of Rovers !

baldie wrote:

A Darener wrote:
Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

Interesting point but totally academic as there is no way they will tell us. They cannot bull up the figures as the Inland Revenue would be asking where their cut is, when it became apparent their figures didn't match the actual attendance. If the figure was too low the IR would again be suspicious. All I will say is don't expect to see a large crowd against Hull.

When you are asked a question answer it with the most words that tell them nothing ,go around the houses give nothing away ,baffle them with waffle and talk twaddle allow no time for them to ask relevant questions and keep repeating answers drawing them out even further thus you waste the valuable air time and answer nothing! welcome to the Shabby Singh question and answer talk in!! UTTER B****KS SHEBBY YOU ARE ONLY FOOLING THE LAMBS THAT CANT SEE WHAT IS BLATENTLY OBVIOUS ! THE ROVERS ARE IN THE HANDS OF BAFFONS!!!!!!!

Well, that interview with vital Blackburn was a total non event. SS must have felt like he'd been mauled by a toothless hamster! Sorry, but if that is the best line in questioning you can manage, stick to you day job. It was almost like reading Walter Mitty - nothing but PR crap!!

It is becoming more evident by the day that the Three Stooges are as clueless as Walter Mitty.

SHYSTERS GET OUT OF OUR CLUB

Never thought i would say this but i would love to see Jason Roberts back.

You call it turmoil.

I'd call it karma......

CHIM CHIMANY!

French Rover wrote:
Very disappointing interview - not sure that I expected to hear any in-depth stuff about Venkys or Kean etc on an interview like this - but it should have been a bit more revealing.

Automatic promotion? Well the bookies do seem to almost share that view making us fourth favs to get promoted - so that is maybe not too wild a statement for him to make in that context. But he did not put enough meat on the bones for me - he could have alluded to some tasty morsel of things to come that we all wanted to hear....but at least it is hopefully the start of some improved communication at last.

Shame about Best...he would have got us off to a flying start with his goals.....He did have a cruciate injury at Newcastle too, wonder how well that was all checked out before we signed him? He came back from that and scored goals at St James but now a second similar injury may be too much? He didn't have a bad playing record at his previous clubs but this is pretty serious stuff.

Kean out, two strikers and a defender in ASAP.

If we are getting rid of Robbo and Dann and Olsson then we need to do it now rather than later. Need to have some idea of the best team before the first game at Ipswich.

Lets not forget that last season we (the support) weretold by many/most outside of BRFC we were being too harsh on poor old Keano and he would come good. Up until the final flourish we were still being otld to stop being negative, and Keano would pull us out of it.
In saying this all the outsiders were poo pooing our grasp of the game and all things BRFC.

Well here we go again. Just how many of us are confident of auto promotion???
You can go along with the bookmakers (who are not in it to lose money), but they are not always right. They are IMO gambling on Keano being booted out.
I personally cannot see us as fourth best team in this division, and remember: EVEN IF WE WERE THAT DOES NOT GAIN YOU PROMOTION = Failure.

I will stick with my, and most others, instincts.

blueblooded wrote:
worth a read:

www.blackburn.vitalf

ootball.co.uk/articl

e.asp?a=288562

"Shebby -If we find that we are not competitive at the start of the season, no stone will be left unturned to rectify that. It`s as simple as that. I cannot put it in more words.

Produce or get out."

Everyone is reading this as Keano. But so far: EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN BLAMED AND KEANO REMAINS.

What I ponder is: Is this just idle wishful thinking by the support, because that is what they want to believe.
Don't get me wrong here it would be unheard of for him to have said 'after 10 games of poor results Kean will get his cards'.
But, the win ratio to be on track for auto promotion is what....22/23 points after 10 games.?
And how does that stack up against his win ratio so far? Thats a mighty huge improvement in anyones book.
Yes we are in a lower div., but how many think Keano has learnt enough to hit that sort of figure?

bring back the good old days wrote:

French Rover wrote:
Very disappointing interview - not sure that I expected to hear any in-depth stuff about Venkys or Kean etc on an interview like this - but it should have been a bit more revealing.

Automatic promotion? Well the bookies do seem to almost share that view making us fourth favs to get promoted - so that is maybe not too wild a statement for him to make in that context. But he did not put enough meat on the bones for me - he could have alluded to some tasty morsel of things to come that we all wanted to hear....but at least it is hopefully the start of some improved communication at last.

Shame about Best...he would have got us off to a flying start with his goals.....He did have a cruciate injury at Newcastle too, wonder how well that was all checked out before we signed him? He came back from that and scored goals at St James but now a second similar injury may be too much? He didn't have a bad playing record at his previous clubs but this is pretty serious stuff.

Kean out, two strikers and a defender in ASAP.

If we are getting rid of Robbo and Dann and Olsson then we need to do it now rather than later. Need to have some idea of the best team before the first game at Ipswich.

Lets not forget that last season we (the support) weretold by many/most outside of BRFC we were being too harsh on poor old Keano and he would come good. Up until the final flourish we were still being otld to stop being negative, and Keano would pull us out of it.
In saying this all the outsiders were poo pooing our grasp of the game and all things BRFC.

Well here we go again. Just how many of us are confident of auto promotion???
You can go along with the bookmakers (who are not in it to lose money), but they are not always right. They are IMO gambling on Keano being booted out.
I personally cannot see us as fourth best team in this division, and remember: EVEN IF WE WERE THAT DOES NOT GAIN YOU PROMOTION = Failure.

I will stick with my, and most others, instincts.

I dont think anyone has or is confident of automatic promotion BBTGOD....it is a hope rather than an expectation. But I watched a quite a bit of championship football on tv over the last season or two (not much else to do in France) and it can be pretty dire.

Wolves and Bolton are the two favs to go straight back up and lets face it they were no better than us last season and they have not brought anybody of note into their squads and Wolves look like they will lose their main scorer - Fletcher.

When you look at it like that in context then Rovers could have a chance. It would surely have been a better chance before Best got injured but if Rovers (not Kean) bring the right players in we could have a shout still.

Kean out, two strikers and a defender in.

Hi LP. Good questions for Saturday. Unable to get to the meeting myself. If poss, could you also ask about the club's transfer policy? Who dictates transfers? Is it Kean - or is he told who is coming and who is going? And if he doesn't, who does?
Another one (from you or another fan) - Does Kean have complete control over team selection or does someone else have the final say?

Kean should never have been appointed manager of BRFC as far as I'm concerned. The new owners made massive mistakes as well .
However I do wonder what position the Club would be in if the previous owners were still 'in charge'.

It seems to me that lessons have been learned and things are 'on the mend'.

I'll probably get lambasted by some but consider that my opinion is as valid as those who keep telling me not to purchase a season ticket.
I've got my season ticket and hope to enjoy games at Ewood with Rovers 'on the up', without having to listen to derogatory chants.

Bit of a smoke screen suggesting a bid for Rhodes....why would he want to play for conman Kean or another Championship team for that matter.
Like suggesting we have made a £50 bid for Messi...never would happen.

In otherwords a "safe" bid and a PR stunt.
I cannot see the Venky,s too commited to the suggestions of money being available to seriously strength the squad.
If they were genuine/serious they would have had Kean out long before now.
I see last minute loans & freebie,s....definet
ely not be hitting the ground running because there is no way Kean know who is going to be available the first game.
Sorry to be so negative but it is just what the Rovers set-up generates these days !!

"We needed more fire power up front this season, losing Leon was a big loss to the lads, but we will push on and the team are focused on a immediate return to the championship"

HilariousClinton wrote:
Never thought i would say this but i would love to see Jason Roberts back.

You mean Jason Roberts that stalwart Radio PR support of Kean? Surely nt! Imwould rather play judas as centre forward.

Shebby -"If we find that we are not competitive at the start of the season,
no stone will be left unturned to rectify that. It`s as simple as that.
I cannot put it in more words. Produce or get out".

Shebby - "For me, what happens on the football pitch should be speaking for itself,
not individuals, because as individuals you open your mouth, but can you justify your words?
And on what basis do you do that? For me it is the football team".

Shebby- "WORDS ARE CHEAP,THEY DON'T MEAN ANYTHING".

Guess those last comments sums it up

burnleyglentoran wrote:
You call it turmoil.

I'd call it karma......

CHIM CHIMANY!

Cockead maggot all buzzin cause you signed fatty vokes, didn't he play in goal for leicester in 1922? Another ex bournemouth failure that should see you return to your level.

benal13 wrote:

benal13 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote:

givet82 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote: How many times have we heard, "we need to hit the ground running" and for a change this is not a pop at Kean, Venkys give which ever manager in charge there backing and with a shortage in defence and now we need TWO strikers it does not bode well for the start of the season. Come on Venkys to give us any chance you need to spend or it's another long hard season, the only reason I would give for them not spending is Keans atrocious record in the transfer market. So either Sack him or (at your peril) back him.

Hi L.P, i must say i'm finding your recent posts very refreshing. Relevant not one dimensional and not ranting, just an observation:)

Cheers Givet, I am trying, at my age a lot depends on what mood I am in when I get up in a morning, also what the first headline from the LET is saying about my beloved club, granted at times I do get angry and this does show in some of my posts as being very negative, but I will keep trying, promise. LP

ho no LP and hears me thinking this was the calm befor the storm ,WE WANT OUR LANCS PENSIONER BACK!!!!!!!

AND BEFOR THE SPELL CHECKERS COME ON IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN heres

Before..............
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Dickiepayshey wrote:
Kean should never have been appointed manager of BRFC as far as I'm concerned. The new owners made massive mistakes as well .
However I do wonder what position the Club would be in if the previous owners were still 'in charge'.

It seems to me that lessons have been learned and things are 'on the mend'.

I'll probably get lambasted by some but consider that my opinion is as valid as those who keep telling me not to purchase a season ticket.
I've got my season ticket and hope to enjoy games at Ewood with Rovers 'on the up', without having to listen to derogatory chants.

I think that if the "previous owners were still in charge," your words, we would still be in the Premier League with a squad full of experienced professional players.

Instead the new owners, in their cost cutting exercise, offloaded these players and the rest is history.

They got us relegated in other words and now realise that we will miss out on our share of the billions of Sky TV money.

Given their incompetence and record to date I'm not too optimistic about the future of the club under their tenure, and won't hold my breath regards a quick return to the Premier League.

Shebby's hands are tied aren't they. He can't fire Kean immediately. The self-proclaimed 'assassin' will need to wait until a dismal run of results to fire Kean. So I'm wondering whether losing the first 5 games might not be the best outcome. Kean goes, fans are back and we move up the table. The relationship between Kean and most fans is untenable and it also appears with the Cox situation that there is not agreement within the management about targets.

Shebby has at least understood that we cannot defend as a team. But he won't be able to fix that other than recruiting a manager and coach with the right skills.

Dickiepayshey wrote:
Kean should never have been appointed manager of BRFC as far as I'm concerned. The new owners made massive mistakes as well .
However I do wonder what position the Club would be in if the previous owners were still 'in charge'.

It seems to me that lessons have been learned and things are 'on the mend'.

I'll probably get lambasted by some but consider that my opinion is as valid as those who keep telling me not to purchase a season ticket.
I've got my season ticket and hope to enjoy games at Ewood with Rovers 'on the up', without having to listen to derogatory chants.

Your opinion is just as valid as any other. Unfortunately your sense of hope is highly misplaced. The only hope fore the Rovers is Kean to go. ASAP.
Enjoy your trips to Ewood. If you do you will deserve it.

I see the Dingles won AGAIN last night, but this means nothing according to our two local soccer experts, well I know which results have impressed me more so far, there nowt worse than a dingle ramming it down your throught so early on in the year.

By the way traffic alert, traffic around Ewood Park today is expected to be horrendous due to the last minute rush for cheap ST on another false promise of buying (yes that's giving cash away) for Rhodes who can't wait to join up with Keans army!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!

Lancs - pensioner wrote:
I see the Dingles won AGAIN last night, but this means nothing according to our two local soccer experts, well I know which results have impressed me more so far, there nowt worse than a dingle ramming it down your throught so early on in the year.

By the way traffic alert, traffic around Ewood Park today is expected to be horrendous due to the last minute rush for cheap ST on another false promise of buying (yes that's giving cash away) for Rhodes who can't wait to join up with Keans army!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!

On a different note Oldham beat Man city. Pre - season friendy's do mean nothing

givet82 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote:
I see the Dingles won AGAIN last night, but this means nothing according to our two local soccer experts, well I know which results have impressed me more so far, there nowt worse than a dingle ramming it down your throught so early on in the year.

By the way traffic alert, traffic around Ewood Park today is expected to be horrendous due to the last minute rush for cheap ST on another false promise of buying (yes that's giving cash away) for Rhodes who can't wait to join up with Keans army!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


!

On a different note Oldham beat Man city. Pre - season friendy's do mean nothing

Yes Givet.....Oldham v Man City in name only..... Did you see the teams put out ?

Lancs - pensioner wrote:
I see the Dingles won AGAIN last night, but this means nothing according to our two local soccer experts, well I know which results have impressed me more so far, there nowt worse than a dingle ramming it down your throught so early on in the year.

By the way traffic alert, traffic around Ewood Park today is expected to be horrendous due to the last minute rush for cheap ST on another false promise of buying (yes that's giving cash away) for Rhodes who can't wait to join up with Keans army!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!

nothing the dingles do means anything to me LP......who are the dingles? Concentrate on your own team sir.

baldie wrote:

A Darener wrote:
Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

3

I am interested in exactly how many people are boycotting going to Ewood or buying a season ticket? Is it just a couple of hundred? The fact is this situation will cause withdrawal symptons as football and following your own team is a drug and much better than the alternatives shopping or sitting at home trying to get your lap top to give you 3 mins of the match before it needs refreshing. Kean wont be at the club at Christmas so we may get a nice present plus an half season ticket be interesting if the crowd doubles when he goes.

Rovers 1495 wrote:

baldie wrote:

A Darener wrote:
Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

3

Come on 1495........funny post but I know at least twenty people with season tickets now so somehow think you may be wrong :-)

It's got be around 7500 at least? Possibly a little higher but still under 10k.

Interesting that many people are assuming that if Kean goes ,say in October,everybody is going to nip down to Ewood to get their season ticket.
Prices have gone up,winter closing in,bad start,Keans team on the pitch,ko's at all times of day and the withdrawal factor assuming a lesser influence.Occasional game would cost £20-25 per game.
The season ticket base took 8 years post promotion to build up and has been ripped in half.
If all the other factors associated with this suicide mission are still in place then don't expect a resurgence to previous levels.
Get rid of the guy who has brought the club into disrepute TWICE now and we may have a chance of salvaging the club.

bburnrover wrote:
I am interested in exactly how many people are boycotting going to Ewood or buying a season ticket? Is it just a couple of hundred? The fact is this situation will cause withdrawal symptons as football and following your own team is a drug and much better than the alternatives shopping or sitting at home trying to get your lap top to give you 3 mins of the match before it needs refreshing. Kean wont be at the club at Christmas so we may get a nice present plus an half season ticket be interesting if the crowd doubles when he goes.

Kean in, fans out!

givet82 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote: I see the Dingles won AGAIN last night, but this means nothing according to our two local soccer experts, well I know which results have impressed me more so far, there nowt worse than a dingle ramming it down your throught so early on in the year. By the way traffic alert, traffic around Ewood Park today is expected to be horrendous due to the last minute rush for cheap ST on another false promise of buying (yes that's giving cash away) for Rhodes who can't wait to join up with Keans army!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

On a different note Oldham beat Man city. Pre - season friendy's do mean nothing

Who?

bburnrover wrote:
I am interested in exactly how many people are boycotting going to Ewood or buying a season ticket? Is it just a couple of hundred? The fact is this situation will cause withdrawal symptons as football and following your own team is a drug and much better than the alternatives shopping or sitting at home trying to get your lap top to give you 3 mins of the match before it needs refreshing. Kean wont be at the club at Christmas so we may get a nice present plus an half season ticket be interesting if the crowd doubles when he goes.

Hi bburnrover.......I think thousands not hundreds will boycott.....The thing is to stay away until he's gone...The owners are well aware of our feelings now so keep the pressure on.

Kean is not qualified to manage a professional football team and it showed in the dire displays last season. He was a cheap option for Venkeys', same as everything else they have done on the cheap.

My grandson is in the school team and their coach has them playing better football than Kean ever could.

Just listened to the radio interview with Shebby Singh again, he says" good preparation, good tactics, good strategy, and good players will win matches"
If this is his genuine belief, then why stick with Kean? He proved in every match last season that the preparation, tactics and strategy was beyond him, and his ability to pick players or manage them is non existent. Just sounds like more empty rhetoric from people that are only interested in the BRFC cash cow....

French Rover wrote:

blueblooded wrote:
worth a read:

www.blackburn.vitalf


ootball.co.uk/articl


e.asp?a=288562

"Shebby -If we find that we are not competitive at the start of the season, no stone will be left unturned to rectify that. It`s as simple as that. I cannot put it in more words.

Produce or get out."

good reading BB I see that there are no air-miles to be collected for the odious one this season. The shebmeister says no need for SK to fly to India.....hee hee.

certainly proves that his worth has been noted - and muted - by all accounts.. and that's got to be a good sign!

Modeste joins Bastia on loan.

"Kean is not qualified to manage a professional football team and it showed in the dire displays last season. He was a cheap option for Venkeys', same as everything else they have done on the cheap."

I was under the impression that to coach in the PL you had to have certain badges. This is obviously not true as Kean would be lucky to get a Blue Peter badge.

blueblooded wrote:
Modeste joins Bastia on loan.

Good, not coming here then!

French Rover wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

baldie wrote:

A Darener wrote:
Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

3

Come on 1495........funny post but I know at least twenty people with season tickets now so somehow think you may be wrong :-)

It's got be around 7500 at least? Possibly a little higher but still under 10k.

I won't believe any figure they quote until they couple it with the phrase "Steve Kean's contract with BRFC has been terminated with immediate effect. We wish him all the best for the future"

Rovers 1495 wrote:

French Rover wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

baldie wrote:

A Darener wrote:
Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

3

Come on 1495........funny post but I know at least twenty people with season tickets now so somehow think you may be wrong :-)

It's got be around 7500 at least? Possibly a little higher but still under 10k.

I won't believe any figure they quote until they couple it with the phrase "Steve Kean's contract with BRFC has been terminated with immediate effect. We wish him all the best for the future"

yes that would be nice....but not sure about the last bit of your press release though...! (wish him well.....? mm?)

Harwoodstblue wrote:

givet82 wrote:

Lancs - pensioner wrote:
I see the Dingles won AGAIN last night, but this means nothing according to our two local soccer experts, well I know which results have impressed me more so far, there nowt worse than a dingle ramming it down your throught so early on in the year.

By the way traffic alert, traffic around Ewood Park today is expected to be horrendous due to the last minute rush for cheap ST on another false promise of buying (yes that's giving cash away) for Rhodes who can't wait to join up with Keans army!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



!

On a different note Oldham beat Man city. Pre - season friendy's do mean nothing

Yes Givet.....Oldham v Man City in name only..... Did you see the teams put out ?

yes mate i seen it and yes no aguera tevez silva etc, but to be fair if we bought johnson, santa cruz, nasri who were all playing you would expect us to beat Oldham and if we didn't with players of that caliber they would be alot of whinging going on today

At least wish him well! Better than wishing him on somebody else!

Just read that we are after a South Korean from Arsenal - Park Chu-Young. A striker with a decent scoring record for his country and scored 25 goals in 91 league one appearances in 3 seasons at Monaco.

Arsenal signed him last season and hardly used him, he got just one game I think. Looking at Arsenal blogs it seems that it totally baffled the Gooner fans as why Wenger didn't play him more?

He has played in two World Cups and he is in the current South Korean Olympic team and has already scored one goal v Switzerland and he is playing in the quarter final v Gabon at 5pm today. Worth having a look at a possible new Rover..

Rumour of a 5m bid for James Beattie and 35k a week for Rhodes deal.

Rovers miss out on top academy grade:

http://www.goal.com/
en-gb/news/2896/prem
ier-league/2012/08/0
1/3279220/newcastle-
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l-palace-miss-out-on
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French Rover wrote:
Just read that we are after a South Korean from Arsenal - Park Chu-Young. A striker with a decent scoring record for his country and scored 25 goals in 91 league one appearances in 3 seasons at Monaco.

Arsenal signed him last season and hardly used him, he got just one game I think. Looking at Arsenal blogs it seems that it totally baffled the Gooner fans as why Wenger didn't play him more?

He has played in two World Cups and he is in the current South Korean Olympic team and has already scored one goal v Switzerland and he is playing in the quarter final v Gabon at 5pm today. Worth having a look at a possible new Rover..

Sounds like a decent player, hope it's true

French Rover wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

French Rover wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

baldie wrote:

A Darener wrote:
Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

3

Come on 1495........funny post but I know at least twenty people with season tickets now so somehow think you may be wrong :-)

It's got be around 7500 at least? Possibly a little higher but still under 10k.

I won't believe any figure they quote until they couple it with the phrase "Steve Kean's contract with BRFC has been terminated with immediate effect. We wish him all the best for the future"

yes that would be nice....but not sure about the last bit of your press release though...! (wish him well.....? mm?)

Morning Mr French :)

Just read the 'Vital Football' interview......

As Shebby states: Words are cheap !

Reading what the intentions are appear to have a thread running through it, but as I said yesterday the rebuilding of BRFC will be a massive undertaking considering what as taken place these last 2 years.

For Venky to have(or allowed the odious one) to rip apart the structure suggests it must have become stagnant under the old regime and is in need of a overall ?

Bit like decorating which begins with just the corner then when you get underneath you realize that this is a major job that needs doing !

Problem is is the job to big for them in putting BRFC into the upper echelons that they so much championed ?

Reading Shebbys quotes on Vital Football his remarks allude to the structure being built back up only this time around in the vision and image of Venky.

Just what the outcome will be is hard to discern at the moment ?

Taking the hatchet to trimming the business is proving to be a controversial one, and Shebby as much to do in putting Humpty back together again ?

I just wish to see a functional and stable founder of the football League 1875 prosper regardless of which league it ply's it's trade in.

I bet they wish they had got a second quote on that decorating job !

Je vous souhaite une tres bonne journee et parler bientot.

Arte et labore

However, Newcastle, Blackburn and Palace are believed to have all been awarded Category Two status. This will have considerable financial consequences and inhibits the academies’ capacity to produce future first-team players to follow in the footsteps of star graduates like Andy Carroll, Steven Taylor, Phil Jones, Victor Moses and Nathaniel Clyne.

Another thing they can't get right!!!!!

blueblooded wrote:
Rumour of a 5m bid for James Beattie and 35k a week for Rhodes deal.

Madness.

Road Runner Road Runner wrote:

French Rover wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

French Rover wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

baldie wrote:

A Darener wrote:
Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

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Come on 1495........funny post but I know at least twenty people with season tickets now so somehow think you may be wrong :-)

It's got be around 7500 at least? Possibly a little higher but still under 10k.

I won't believe any figure they quote until they couple it with the phrase "Steve Kean's contract with BRFC has been terminated with immediate effect. We wish him all the best for the future"

yes that would be nice....but not sure about the last bit of your press release though...! (wish him well.....? mm?)

Morning Mr French :)

Just read the 'Vital Football' interview......

As Shebby states: Words are cheap !

Reading what the intentions are appear to have a thread running through it, but as I said yesterday the rebuilding of BRFC will be a massive undertaking considering what as taken place these last 2 years.

For Venky to have(or allowed the odious one) to rip apart the structure suggests it must have become stagnant under the old regime and is in need of a overall ?

Bit like decorating which begins with just the corner then when you get underneath you realize that this is a major job that needs doing !

Problem is is the job to big for them in putting BRFC into the upper echelons that they so much championed ?

Reading Shebbys quotes on Vital Football his remarks allude to the structure being built back up only this time around in the vision and image of Venky.

Just what the outcome will be is hard to discern at the moment ?

Taking the hatchet to trimming the business is proving to be a controversial one, and Shebby as much to do in putting Humpty back together again ?

I just wish to see a functional and stable founder of the football League 1875 prosper regardless of which league it ply's it's trade in.

I bet they wish they had got a second quote on that decorating job !

Je vous souhaite une tres bonne journee et parler bientot.

Arte et labore

Bonjour RR, another day and another mild revelation from the Rovers!

Our beloved Shebmeister says no panic buying.....what panic does the new godfather of all things Rovers refer to....? Maybe he is the reincarnation of Corporal Jones in Dads Army....and Mrs Desai is Captain Mainwaring...stabili
ty not panic....return to former glories or at least to former well run club.

Meilleurs vœux à vous aussi mon ami

Scan - what a joke this player was still recovering from the knee injury when rovers bought him. (feel sorry for the player)

Its Kean who should have had a scan - instead we found out the hard way - he has no managerial brain.

Rovers 1495 wrote:

French Rover wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

baldie wrote:

A Darener wrote: Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

3

Come on 1495........funny post but I know at least twenty people with season tickets now so somehow think you may be wrong :-) It's got be around 7500 at least? Possibly a little higher but still under 10k.

I won't believe any figure they quote until they couple it with the phrase "Steve Kean's contract with BRFC has been terminated with immediate effect. We wish him all the best for the future"

Optimistic that French Rover I think. But even that would be 12,500 down on when Kean arrived. Plus say 3 to 4K walk on fans could be down as well?
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And I don't think even a few early wins would have fans running back like in the past. I think it runs deeper this time and Shebby has to grasp that?

Roy Race wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

French Rover wrote:

Rovers 1495 wrote:

baldie wrote:

A Darener wrote: Will they tell us tomorrow how many ST sold? I don't think so!

Just out of interest,at what figure would you start believing them?

3

Come on 1495........funny post but I know at least twenty people with season tickets now so somehow think you may be wrong :-) It's got be around 7500 at least? Possibly a little higher but still under 10k.

I won't believe any figure they quote until they couple it with the phrase "Steve Kean's contract with BRFC has been terminated with immediate effect. We wish him all the best for the future"

Optimistic that French Rover I think. But even that would be 12,500 down on when Kean arrived. Plus say 3 to 4K walk on fans could be down as well?
.
And I don't think even a few early wins would have fans running back like in the past. I think it runs deeper this time and Shebby has to grasp that?

Hi Mr Melchester - optimistic is my middle name.....!

But yes it is a disgrace that all the sad events at Ewood which have been wholly dictated and mismanaged by these jokers and charlatons has led us down to such a low number of ST sales.

I reckon we would be almost bottom of the Prem, Championship and First Divisions in sales.... which tells its own sad story of a club in decline.

However I wonder how many ST's Portsmouth sold over the last couple of seasons..? That would make for an interesting comparison. I know two seasons ago they only had 11k sold pre-season. So should be less than that last season and this season not sure if they even bothered selling them at all...?.