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Blackburn Rovers snap up Etuhu
2:21pm Friday 3rd August 2012 in News
BLACKBURN Rovers have completed the signing of Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu.
The 30-year-old Nigerian international, who started his career at Manchester City, has signed a four-year deal with Rovers.
As exclusively revealed by the Lancashire Telegraph yesterday, Etuhu follows Danny Murphy from Fulham to Ewood Park and is set to fly out to the Netherlands to join Rovers on their pre-season tour.
Rovers boss Steve Kean said: "Dickson is a player I have admired for a long time and he will be a fantastic addition to the squad.
"He is a powerhouse in midfield, who has played at the highest level with Fulham and we feel confident he will complement our other midfield options."
Comments(58)
dallydally
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2:31pm Fri 3 Aug 12
bburnrover
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2:34pm Fri 3 Aug 12
oldblue
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2:41pm Fri 3 Aug 12
ronnie clayton
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2:42pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RTID
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2:51pm Fri 3 Aug 12
I don't think we have ever had an attacking central midfielder. Not since Dunn started on the pies.
It is going to be a defensively minded central midfield pair. Lets hope that means Rochina gets games in front of a solid pairing of Murphy and Etuhu.
moh
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2:52pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Rovers 1495
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2:53pm Fri 3 Aug 12
ronnie clayton wrote:Base Soccer Agency Ltd, same as Leon Best
Who is his agent ?
1rover
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3:01pm Fri 3 Aug 12
1rover
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3:03pm Fri 3 Aug 12
moh wrote:ARE YOU A KEAN FAN.
shebby is delivering. great. Also in guardian rovers has bid 6m for rhodes.
oldblue
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3:06pm Fri 3 Aug 12
1rover wrote:Are you in fact Kean?
moh wrote:ARE YOU A KEAN FAN.
shebby is delivering. great. Also in guardian rovers has bid 6m for rhodes.
moh
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3:15pm Fri 3 Aug 12
1rover wrote:i am a rovers fan. are u?
moh wrote:ARE YOU A KEAN FAN.
shebby is delivering. great. Also in guardian rovers has bid 6m for rhodes.
whittleblue
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3:17pm Fri 3 Aug 12
edmy
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3:20pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Bangkok Rover
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3:28pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Kean out.
Dan11
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3:32pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Dan11
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3:33pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Gaz M
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3:37pm Fri 3 Aug 12
jackmetickler
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3:39pm Fri 3 Aug 12
if your a kean signing you will either play 2 or 3 games and have fitness or injury problems and then you will be consigned to a bit part.
Mind you it may go the other way that if you do get to play a part then they wont be able to honour your contract and they will sideline you without any explanation.
good luck.... I wonder how long before you realise your in a madhouse.
NorwegianWood
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3:52pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RUinsane
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3:54pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Shaggy and keanochio are just doing as they are told.
RUinsane
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3:55pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RUinsane wrote:That should have been off it too of course :0).
This is a great signing by Danny Murphy, who is in fact running the show for the bald clown. Runs things on the pitch, and runs things on it too.
Shaggy and keanochio are just doing as they are told.
French Rover
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4:00pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RTID wrote:Murphy is not defensively minded RTID....he creates options for the strikers and is not adverse to having a pop from range himself. He is usually good for half a dozen goals a season which is almost as many as our leading scorers have over the last few seasons!
Solid. Not overly excited.
I don't think we have ever had an attacking central midfielder. Not since Dunn started on the pies.
It is going to be a defensively minded central midfield pair. Lets hope that means Rochina gets games in front of a solid pairing of Murphy and Etuhu.
French Rover
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4:02pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RTID wrote:anyway I thought the it was the pies that made Dunny solid....
Solid. Not overly excited.
I don't think we have ever had an attacking central midfielder. Not since Dunn started on the pies.
It is going to be a defensively minded central midfield pair. Lets hope that means Rochina gets games in front of a solid pairing of Murphy and Etuhu.
Navy-Rover
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4:15pm Fri 3 Aug 12
ashton_9
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4:22pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Dan11 wrote:I would have deleted it too
I did notice my post before was deleted because it mentioned that Kean was still manager and whoever we sign it is still a FAIL.
madrover
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4:30pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RTID
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4:46pm Fri 3 Aug 12
French Rover wrote:I agree to an extent. He is a Tugay type player - except not in the same class. As you say, shooting from range, dinking balls through and over the top.
RTID wrote:Murphy is not defensively minded RTID....he creates options for the strikers and is not adverse to having a pop from range himself. He is usually good for half a dozen goals a season which is almost as many as our leading scorers have over the last few seasons!
Solid. Not overly excited.
I don't think we have ever had an attacking central midfielder. Not since Dunn started on the pies.
It is going to be a defensively minded central midfield pair. Lets hope that means Rochina gets games in front of a solid pairing of Murphy and Etuhu.
It is fine having a midfield pair that don't get beyond the strikers if you are not playing a flat 4-4-2.
My worry is, same as last season we will be predictable.
If Kean wants to play as he says he wants to, then having two deep lying central midfielders with the rest small intelligent players that swap positions, then it could work very well indeed.
Unfortunately, this takes time, and I suspect we will again be smashing balls forward, aimed at no one in particular.
olister2k
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4:49pm Fri 3 Aug 12
dangerous dave
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5:19pm Fri 3 Aug 12
!!!
Offering 3/4 year deals to 30 plus's is dangerous stuff and yes they would sign for us on this type of tenancy because its money in the bank that they would'nt get elsewhere !!!!!!
So my view no different OUT WITH KEAN HENDRY SINGH AGNEW VENKYS - support the team yes but not the Management and let them know that!!!!
azza234
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5:45pm Fri 3 Aug 12
dangerous dave wrote:u say support the players but ur knocking every1 that comes into the team and its up to them how long they sign them 4 yeah cud be a risk but u cant win the lottery without buying a ticket so give them a chance and i mean the players not kean shebby on the other hand at least he seems to want to talk when asked unlike the others that doesnt mean i trust him yet but time will tell that
Shebby the so called 'global adviser' has delivered nothing yet other than 'barrage' of words with no evidence of real experience/substance !!! Offering 3/4 year deals to 30 plus's is dangerous stuff and yes they would sign for us on this type of tenancy because its money in the bank that they would'nt get elsewhere !!!!!! So my view no different OUT WITH KEAN HENDRY SINGH AGNEW VENKYS - support the team yes but not the Management and let them know that!!!!
jogalot
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5:55pm Fri 3 Aug 12
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Kean out! Venkys out! Agnew out! No way is this enough to bring back the fans.
gleechy
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5:57pm Fri 3 Aug 12
madrover wrote:So what you're saying is, everybody has to do the same, and forget about their brain?
more negative thougts from so called rovers fans become very boring . My priority is supporting the players as i to don't like the manager so why can't you do the same
Not allowed to have their own opinion, Mr Kean would have a much easier job if we all stood by and watched him dismantle the club.
katrew
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5:57pm Fri 3 Aug 12
azza234 wrote:The players will be given support by the fans but people are entitled to have an opinion on on 4 year contract being handed to 30 year old players becuase it stinks of desperation by Kean and Shebby to sign someone. The owners and management of the club over the last 18 months have shown themselves to be utterly clueless having no respect for the Rovers fans and legacy of Jack Walker.
dangerous dave wrote:u say support the players but ur knocking every1 that comes into the team and its up to them how long they sign them 4 yeah cud be a risk but u cant win the lottery without buying a ticket so give them a chance and i mean the players not kean shebby on the other hand at least he seems to want to talk when asked unlike the others that doesnt mean i trust him yet but time will tell that
Shebby the so called 'global adviser' has delivered nothing yet other than 'barrage' of words with no evidence of real experience/substance !!! Offering 3/4 year deals to 30 plus's is dangerous stuff and yes they would sign for us on this type of tenancy because its money in the bank that they would'nt get elsewhere !!!!!! So my view no different OUT WITH KEAN HENDRY SINGH AGNEW VENKYS - support the team yes but not the Management and let them know that!!!!
Venky's out
Kean out
guiderover
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6:03pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RUinsane wrote:I was thinking the same about Murphys input.It could be a very interesting dressing room,with Danny and Kean.If things aren't going the way they should,I'm pretty sure Danny won't hold back.I think Kean should worry more about Murphy than Shebby.Heres hoping!
This is a great signing by Danny Murphy, who is in fact running the show for the bald clown. Runs things on the pitch, and runs things on it too.
Shaggy and keanochio are just doing as they are told.
baldie
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6:18pm Fri 3 Aug 12
katrew wrote:No problem with the 4 year deal,as they don't really have any transfer fee to recoup.
azza234 wrote:The players will be given support by the fans but people are entitled to have an opinion on on 4 year contract being handed to 30 year old players becuase it stinks of desperation by Kean and Shebby to sign someone. The owners and management of the club over the last 18 months have shown themselves to be utterly clueless having no respect for the Rovers fans and legacy of Jack Walker.
dangerous dave wrote:u say support the players but ur knocking every1 that comes into the team and its up to them how long they sign them 4 yeah cud be a risk but u cant win the lottery without buying a ticket so give them a chance and i mean the players not kean shebby on the other hand at least he seems to want to talk when asked unlike the others that doesnt mean i trust him yet but time will tell that
Shebby the so called 'global adviser' has delivered nothing yet other than 'barrage' of words with no evidence of real experience/substance !!! Offering 3/4 year deals to 30 plus's is dangerous stuff and yes they would sign for us on this type of tenancy because its money in the bank that they would'nt get elsewhere !!!!!! So my view no different OUT WITH KEAN HENDRY SINGH AGNEW VENKYS - support the team yes but not the Management and let them know that!!!!
Venky's out
Kean out
They should be getting a player at his peak for an outlay of a reported 1 - 1.5 million,nothing really.
Whether he turns out to be worth his wages is a different matter,but this is as safe a signing as they could have made.
RUinsane
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6:40pm Fri 3 Aug 12
simongarnerswindowcleaner
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6:50pm Fri 3 Aug 12
blueblooded
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7:02pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RUinsane wrote:Murphy for player manager!
This transfer is an obvious change in policy. Now Danny Murphy, someone with a football brain is at the club, he is picking our transfer targets as Keans record is appalling. Soon Kean will just be placing the cones again and the natural order will be restored. We will be great again, and Bumley will still be sh1te.
+1
chairman2008
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7:10pm Fri 3 Aug 12
CARover
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7:10pm Fri 3 Aug 12
MxMave
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7:30pm Fri 3 Aug 12
madrover wrote:Venkys dangle the carott and the happy clappers are easily fooled.
more negative thougts from so called rovers fans become very boring . My priority is supporting the players as i to don't like the manager so why can't you do the same
MxMave
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7:33pm Fri 3 Aug 12
simongarnerswindowclAre you banging Heskey? Absolute waste of a large amount of space although Venkys could have a lucrative chicken media campaign with him.
eaner wrote:
Just to update from earlier, I bumped into Emile Heskey last weekend and he looks as fit as the proverbial butcher's mutt. Since he's scored so many goals against the Rovers I asked him why didn't he sign for us. He said he would if anybody wanted to ask him. He's currently a free agent with tons of experience and would be sheer class in the Championship. If anyone knows how to hold the ball up, it's Emile. He's also used to playing for 'smaller' teams like Wigan and Birmingham City, so it's not as if he would come just for the dosh. If the Rovers fans got behind him (instead of complaining that he doesn't score enough apart from against us) he'd be a brilliant signing. He won every trophy going with Liverpool apart from the Premiership and all he needs is people who really believe in him. He's as strong as an ox and would give anyone around him the chance to hit 20 goals in one season.Imagine Jordan Rhodes (40 goals in 45 matches last season, astonishing at any level) learning next to him. Got to be a no-brainer. After those pie-in-the-sky punts on Jordan Slew and all the rest, Heskey is available, has put in the hard yards and is as solid a pro as they come. A pure battering ram. Buy! buy! buy!
unclejacklegend
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7:58pm Fri 3 Aug 12
katrew
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7:59pm Fri 3 Aug 12
baldie wrote:Well we'll see won't we Mr. Kean
katrew wrote:No problem with the 4 year deal,as they don't really have any transfer fee to recoup.
azza234 wrote:The players will be given support by the fans but people are entitled to have an opinion on on 4 year contract being handed to 30 year old players becuase it stinks of desperation by Kean and Shebby to sign someone. The owners and management of the club over the last 18 months have shown themselves to be utterly clueless having no respect for the Rovers fans and legacy of Jack Walker.
dangerous dave wrote:u say support the players but ur knocking every1 that comes into the team and its up to them how long they sign them 4 yeah cud be a risk but u cant win the lottery without buying a ticket so give them a chance and i mean the players not kean shebby on the other hand at least he seems to want to talk when asked unlike the others that doesnt mean i trust him yet but time will tell that
Shebby the so called 'global adviser' has delivered nothing yet other than 'barrage' of words with no evidence of real experience/substance !!! Offering 3/4 year deals to 30 plus's is dangerous stuff and yes they would sign for us on this type of tenancy because its money in the bank that they would'nt get elsewhere !!!!!! So my view no different OUT WITH KEAN HENDRY SINGH AGNEW VENKYS - support the team yes but not the Management and let them know that!!!!
Venky's out
Kean out
They should be getting a player at his peak for an outlay of a reported 1 - 1.5 million,nothing really.
Whether he turns out to be worth his wages is a different matter,but this is as safe a signing as they could have made.
baldie
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8:19pm Fri 3 Aug 12
katrew wrote:Good comeback,9.9 for originality.
baldie wrote:Well we'll see won't we Mr. Kean
katrew wrote:No problem with the 4 year deal,as they don't really have any transfer fee to recoup.
azza234 wrote:The players will be given support by the fans but people are entitled to have an opinion on on 4 year contract being handed to 30 year old players becuase it stinks of desperation by Kean and Shebby to sign someone. The owners and management of the club over the last 18 months have shown themselves to be utterly clueless having no respect for the Rovers fans and legacy of Jack Walker.
dangerous dave wrote:u say support the players but ur knocking every1 that comes into the team and its up to them how long they sign them 4 yeah cud be a risk but u cant win the lottery without buying a ticket so give them a chance and i mean the players not kean shebby on the other hand at least he seems to want to talk when asked unlike the others that doesnt mean i trust him yet but time will tell that
Shebby the so called 'global adviser' has delivered nothing yet other than 'barrage' of words with no evidence of real experience/substance !!! Offering 3/4 year deals to 30 plus's is dangerous stuff and yes they would sign for us on this type of tenancy because its money in the bank that they would'nt get elsewhere !!!!!! So my view no different OUT WITH KEAN HENDRY SINGH AGNEW VENKYS - support the team yes but not the Management and let them know that!!!!
Venky's out
Kean out
They should be getting a player at his peak for an outlay of a reported 1 - 1.5 million,nothing really.
Whether he turns out to be worth his wages is a different matter,but this is as safe a signing as they could have made.
burnleyglentoran
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8:43pm Fri 3 Aug 12
simongarnerswindowclHe probably wants to play for a big team in the Prem.
eaner wrote:
Just to update from earlier, I bumped into Emile Heskey last weekend and he looks as fit as the proverbial butcher's mutt. Since he's scored so many goals against the Rovers I asked him why didn't he sign for us. He said he would if anybody wanted to ask him. He's currently a free agent with tons of experience and would be sheer class in the Championship. If anyone knows how to hold the ball up, it's Emile. He's also used to playing for 'smaller' teams like Wigan and Birmingham City, so it's not as if he would come just for the dosh. If the Rovers fans got behind him (instead of complaining that he doesn't score enough apart from against us) he'd be a brilliant signing. He won every trophy going with Liverpool apart from the Premiership and all he needs is people who really believe in him. He's as strong as an ox and would give anyone around him the chance to hit 20 goals in one season.Imagine Jordan Rhodes (40 goals in 45 matches last season, astonishing at any level) learning next to him. Got to be a no-brainer. After those pie-in-the-sky punts on Jordan Slew and all the rest, Heskey is available, has put in the hard yards and is as solid a pro as they come. A pure battering ram. Buy! buy! buy!
Bye Bye............
carlmc1
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8:56pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Next game Dog & Duck ? Rovers ?
Fill in the blanks
TrueBlue (Formerly GetRealUIdiot)
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8:57pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RUinsane wrote:Hope them cones are on the M6 so I can knock the Git down!
This transfer is an obvious change in policy. Now Danny Murphy, someone with a football brain is at the club, he is picking our transfer targets as Keans record is appalling. Soon Kean will just be placing the cones again and the natural order will be restored. We will be great again, and Bumley will still be sh1te.
Wild Rover
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9:09pm Fri 3 Aug 12
We were doomed they said, we were signing rubbish, no future for us
Sound familiar....?
Just an observation...
dallydally
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9:16pm Fri 3 Aug 12
And I thought Kean was a numpty
3bricks
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9:40pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RUinsane
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9:58pm Fri 3 Aug 12
dallydally wrote:Yes I can see heskey now saying to Rhodes, this is how you play if you want to score 7 a season, good aint it.
Just to update from earlier, I bumped into Emile Heskey last weekend and he looks as fit as the proverbial butcher's mutt. Since he's scored so many goals against the Rovers I asked him why didn't he sign for us. He said he would if anybody wanted to ask him. He's currently a free agent with tons of experience and would be sheer class in the Championship. If anyone knows how to hold the ball up, it's Emile. He's also used to playing for 'smaller' teams like Wigan and Birmingham City, so it's not as if he would come just for the dosh. If the Rovers fans got behind him (instead of complaining that he doesn't score enough apart from against us) he'd be a brilliant signing. He won every trophy going with Liverpool apart from the Premiership and all he needs is people who really believe in him. He's as strong as an ox and would give anyone around him the chance to hit 20 goals in one season.Imagine Jordan Rhodes (40 goals in 45 matches last season, astonishing at any level) learning next to him. Got to be a no-brainer. After those pie-in-the-sky punts on Jordan Slew and all the rest, Heskey is available, has put in the hard yards and is as solid a pro as they come. A pure battering ram. Buy! buy!
And I thought Kean was a numpty
Babbar Divino
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11:12pm Fri 3 Aug 12
CARover wrote:No you need a championship team to get out of the championship and then a Premier League team to stay in the PL. You can hardly say this boy is PL class really. Just another who has had injury problems in the past who has just signed his last meal ticket
It’s a crying shame SK did not recognize we needed a PL team when in the PL but now he realizes he needs a PL team to get out of the Championship!
Donmac46
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2:45am Sat 4 Aug 12
speedie_rovers_legend
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10:40am Sun 5 Aug 12
Donmac46 wrote:You are deluded if you think this inept man can get you back in the prem, not only is he the worst manager rovers have ever had in their history, he is bringing people to the club who are simply not good enougth for the champs, as, slashed season tickets sales by half, your alarm as just gone off wake up, it is fans like you who are supporting a corrupt regime, and within the next 5 years we will be Pompey mark II
Give Kean ten more games before we judge him, if we are going backwards sack him. If hopefully he can get us back into the Premiership he should be left alone to do it his way. Then if we get promotion, and only then, change the manager, as he has already proven he is out of his depth, amongst the big boys.
speedie_rovers_legend
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10:45am Sun 5 Aug 12
When harry redknapp and milan mandaric were at the club the comings and goings of players was just like at the rovers , with greedy agents chairmen and managers getting their hands on the spoils look at pompey now, we are also seeing the same scenario at Blackburn , Harry for England?
bluenick
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9:02pm Tue 7 Aug 12
oldblue wrote:Your wavering slightly aren't you oldblue ? lol !!
Still not buying a season ticket until the circus has left town.
moh says...
2:29pm Fri 3 Aug 12