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    blueblooded wrote:
    IrishRover3 wrote:
    ASHY38 wrote:
    When the venkys took Shebby on they knew what they were getting, this guy shoots from the hip and is a bit off the wall, and although maybe saying what he said in public as the club rep wasn`t , it was good to hear that his thinking is in line with most fans, personally I could not agree more with his Pedersen comments, hes been agreat serveant over the years , but both him and Dunn aged about 10 years last season. All taht said I am one ST holder who has renewed and I am looking forward to taking my seat and getting behind the team, last year was my darkest ever as a supporter, and although off the field events brought about the frustartions and protest in the from some fans, surely no-one can hope this continues. Those who wish to have made there voices heard , they have not renewed there tickets and that is there choice, i understand it but it is not my choice and I will be there, and I wish every bit of luck to the team we need to be back in the premiership, will we get there not sure , but I do know screaming abuse and giving off negatives to the lads on the pitch wont help.
    D*ckhead.... when the nicely nicely way does not work, step it up a gear and thats when the gloves come off, thats the only way nutcases like kean understand, the hard way. U have just lost all credibility with those who hate kean and what he stands for, you have given him more time to goe and wreak the club some more... thank you idiot...!
    resorting to insulting other fans for their opinions rather than debating the point is making you look like a dingle masking as a rovers fan irishrover.

    Some of the delusions on this site is baffling. not renewing your season ticket is not now, or ever going to make Venkys go away. What it does is tell them in no uncertain terms that the fans are unhappy with the current state of affairs and things need to change. on the flipside, we still have a team that needs support and 8000 or so fans, many who will no doubt let Kean know what they think of him.

    it is interesting that whilst some fans are getting abuse for renewing, others like Glen Mullan who are also attending the matches seem to be OK with it.
    Whilst I do not have a problem with fans renewing I am not a masochist. I could not bear to sit through any more of the turgid fare dished up to us over the last two seasons. I have enough problems at home that make me depressed. I don't need any more pressure applied to me to make me even more depressed.
    The day after Kean goes I will return."
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BLACKBURN ROVERS COLUMN: Last chance saloon for Kean to get this right

2:00pm Thursday 16th August 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Andy Cryer , Blackburn Rovers reporter

ANYONE who was at the open meeting between supporters and Shebby Singh on Saturday morning and thought it ‘went well’ was surely in the wrong place.

Singh has made a good impression since coming in as global advisor but on Saturday he made his first big ‘gaffe’.

It was far from his finest hour.

I have no problems with setting Steve Kean targets – after all he is the luckiest man to be in a job as it is – but the personal comments about both the Scot and Morten Gamst Pedersen were completely out of order.

Shebby is adamant his comments about Pedersen were misinter-preted and that he wasn’t describing the Norwegian when he mentioned the word ‘pensioner’. He also insists his off-the-cuff personal comments about Kean were said in ‘jest’ and that he is deeply sorry for any hurt caused.

I believe him. I don’t believe he meant any harm but that does not take the away the fact that he should not have said what he said.

His efforts of trying to appease the supporters went too far, far too far.

Some of Rovers’ squad are rightly upset about the Pedersen comm-ents.

Singh has apologised though and we now have to move on.

After all the talk, the posturing and the bold promises, the moment of truth is finally upon us.

Blackburn Rovers fans have had to put up with another eventful summer off the field, as boardroom and management issues at Ewood Park continued to over take the football.

Singh’s explosive comments over the weekend were far from perfect timing – or well advised – but, despite his warnings, Kean has had things the way he wanted this summer.

The under fire manager somehow managed to save his job in crisis talks in India earlier this summer and since then has been backed to the hilt, financially at least, to bring together a squad he wants.

The majority of the squad are now behind him, although there is a dissenter or two left out in the cold, and there are simply no excuses now not to deliver.

Kean has already signed eight players this summer and, having been promised a team the Championship should be frightened of, the fans will rightly expect nothing but promotion.

Anything else but a return to the Premier League will be deemed a failure and, with big wages being paid to players on long contracts, not returning to the top flight could well prove expensive.

Rovers have made some good signings over the past few months, along with a few that have raised eyebrows and left us all unsure about what is to follow.

Singh’s pledge that Kean would be sacked if Rovers lost three games in a row was an unwise thing to do in front a room of supporters but I don’t disagree.

Surely Kean has been given too many chances already, but things like this are better said behind closed doors.

This has to be last chance saloon for the man still looking to prove he can cut it as a manager. He knows it, the fans know it and you just hope Venky’s know it.

Rovers’ Championship kick-off at Ipswich on Saturday is supposed to be a new dawn. We have heard it all too often and it will need to be seen to be believed.

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