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Kean targets a challenge on all fronts
8:00am Tuesday 28th August 2012 in News
STEVE Kean believes Blackburn Rovers have the strength in depth to challenge on more than one front this season – as he hands his squad players the chance to shine.
The Rovers boss has suggested the likes of Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu and Nuno Gomes will be rested for this evening’s Capital One Cup second round tie at MK Dons, but insists he has the players to progress in the competition.
He said: “It is a time where we have to be careful with the lads who have played most of the three games. They have played lots and lots of minutes and maybe we will have to rest them.
“What we have shown is, if we have to change it around, we have lots of quality. We have quality sitting on the bench and we will utilise the whole squad and I believe we have enough to get through to the next round.
“Danny Murphy has played a lot of minutes, so we could take the opportunity to rest him. We have to utilise the squad. There are a lot of players who have played three games in a week and they have to rest.
“You look at the bench though and you see players who played in the league above in the Premier League and haven’t featured yet. We have players we can put out and win a game.”
With players like Ruben Rochina, Simon Vukcevic, Paulo Jorge, Fabio Nunes and Mauro Formica pushing for a start this evening, Kean believes Rovers’ squad is looking strong.
He said: “There won't be too many better centre back partnerships in the league. I would doubt there would be any better than Danny Murphy and Dickson Etuhu in centre midfield.
“When we look through the rest of the squad we can rotate players around with experience and quality. The young ones we have brought in have got such ability.
“We have got a great squad. We have been good in front of goal and I think there is more to come. I think we can create more chances.
“We have been working a lot defensively, trying to minimise the waves of attack we get at us. We need to improve on last year’s goals we conceded and we are looking good. We are looking solid and we are looking clinical.”
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Comments (173)
8:07am Tue 28 Aug 12
jackmetickler says...
Me thinks they should lay of the Jamacian woodbines.
8:10am Tue 28 Aug 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
His lordship has spoken
8000 ST holders bow bow down!!!
8:11am Tue 28 Aug 12
maradonner says...
Venkys Blue And White Army.
8:14am Tue 28 Aug 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! says...
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34th.....
8:20am Tue 28 Aug 12
lusorover says...
Come on Rovers!
8:26am Tue 28 Aug 12
paladin101 says...
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Donut Kean out. Venkys out.
8:27am Tue 28 Aug 12
Gaz M says...
8:28am Tue 28 Aug 12
bburnrover says...
8:42am Tue 28 Aug 12
MatthewCA says...
All the best to Blackburn Rovers Team.
8:44am Tue 28 Aug 12
Nuttall Street says...
8:55am Tue 28 Aug 12
kiwipom73 says...
I hate to think the condition of the 1st team squad come Xmas period if they are feeling the physical challenge after three games !!!
YET.....the more important question the next three days is who will stay and play with passion ....who will go....AND, who will be brought in to contribute to INSTANTLY STRENGTHEN the 1st team squad.
This week will likely decide whether we will have the depth to challenge throughout the season AND IMPROVE HAS THE SEASON PROGRESSES !!!???
9:00am Tue 28 Aug 12
Road Runner Road Runner says...
Well at least THIS time around, and before I buy a ticket as i did for Cardiff the odious one as at least given an explanation as to the possible exit - RESTING !
Had he said as much season last it is fair to say I would not have such an abrasive attitude toward him.................
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That said, winning is a good habit and I would prefer that - I'm afraid
Is CH's influence beginning to show through here Mr Morst ? The defense looks more solid, and I see more clean sheets ?
Arte et labore
9:04am Tue 28 Aug 12
Benjidee_123LittleHarwoodRover says...
9:08am Tue 28 Aug 12
hasslem hasslem says...
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we all know he is getting his excuses in early...cue:
"its a good learning experience for some of the squad"
"our priority is the leeds game at the weekend"
"this game came at the wrong time for us"
i could write his press conferences/intervie
ws for him
9:10am Tue 28 Aug 12
srvp28 says...
9:13am Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
Strongest squad for years ???... What about our Premier League squad of 18 months ago before they sold it.
Silly git.
9:16am Tue 28 Aug 12
srvp28 says...
9:20am Tue 28 Aug 12
blueblooded says...
9:24am Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
9:25am Tue 28 Aug 12
srvp28 says...
9:36am Tue 28 Aug 12
OnePostThenTheOther says...
If there's just 2 teams with better defences then that's the automatic promotion spots out of the window.
"The league above" : i.e. The Premier League, i.e. the league in which Rovers plied their trade for 18 of the last 20 seasons before "we can battle on all fronts" got us relegated.
9:38am Tue 28 Aug 12
angryandy says...
9:53am Tue 28 Aug 12
stick to football says...
How can you say we have a depth in the squad better than this time last year?
10:03am Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
10:17am Tue 28 Aug 12
Gaz M says...
10:17am Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
10:43am Tue 28 Aug 12
dh1955 says...
I'll be back the moment he leaves, which won't be long now...... the wolves are gathering Coco.
RTID
10:55am Tue 28 Aug 12
Marky mark says...
11:22am Tue 28 Aug 12
davemal says...
11:32am Tue 28 Aug 12
Gennoe1 says...
11:54am Tue 28 Aug 12
darwenrover123 says...
11:58am Tue 28 Aug 12
Bangkok Rover says...
On paper we have good players Steve I agree - well done. It's now down to you to get them playing as a team. Going forward we are very poor and defensively we are very poor. It's not the players it's the tactics.
12:13pm Tue 28 Aug 12
juanbbien says...
12:14pm Tue 28 Aug 12
P888HOW says...
12:22pm Tue 28 Aug 12
juanbbien says...
12:31pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
Being called a scab is a disgrace , we will all make our own decisions but there is no need for that sort of language.
One of the 10,000
12:32pm Tue 28 Aug 12
londonrover says...
1:05pm Tue 28 Aug 12
dangerous dave says...
Can someone take the suppository out of Kean s mouth and put a cork in it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!
OUT WITH KEAN AGNEW SINGH VENKYS AND HENDRY
1:38pm Tue 28 Aug 12
makaveli96 says...
1) TRAITORS to the town
2) Under the thumb and go on theatre trips to London
3) Are skint after Colin Hendys poor NAPS and cant afford a ticket
Its out CLUB its our TEAM!! Lets take it back
1:43pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Lundy1991 says...
Kean, Venky's, no one rates them, absolutely nobody, but i think with the squad we have got we can easily win promotion back to the premier league, and it will be a more exciting season than spending another season in the premier league where the best we can finish is mid table mediocrity with 1 or 2 highlights, this is a new challenge and one we should get behind, forget about Kean, just support the 11 men on the pitch
1:56pm Tue 28 Aug 12
rovertillidie says...
Kean is here to stay until and unless results go against us which is when he will be replaced. Get over it and move on...moaning on a newspaper website will get you nowhere.
7 points from 9 despite playing poorly is a good start. Personally i aint bothered if we go out of this cup this year it can get in the way of our priority..promotion. Leeds on Saturday is the priority and getti g at least a point.
2:01pm Tue 28 Aug 12
BeatleBill says...
2:10pm Tue 28 Aug 12
MORTEN GAMST 84 says...
2:26pm Tue 28 Aug 12
wrigglers says...
2:36pm Tue 28 Aug 12
juanbbien says...
2:37pm Tue 28 Aug 12
makaveli96 says...
2:45pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
2:46pm Tue 28 Aug 12
earwego says...
2:53pm Tue 28 Aug 12
makaveli96 says...
2:54pm Tue 28 Aug 12
CARover says...
I am going to rest myself as I have been at work for 2 consecutive days!!
2:55pm Tue 28 Aug 12
makaveli96 says...
2:56pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
Traitor - no just some like you who hates Keab and the Venkys, just protesting in a different way.
Under the thumb - aren't we all?
Hendry - point taken, once a thief!
It is Our Club and we will take it back but our tactics are working just as well as yours, keep up your good work and we will keep ours up,
Good luck mate
2:57pm Tue 28 Aug 12
makaveli96 says...
I boxed all the right ticks.
2:58pm Tue 28 Aug 12
MxMave says...
2:59pm Tue 28 Aug 12
makaveli96 says...
However Prince Charles is said to be livid.
3:00pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Iiii1111 says...
’t local anymore …mercenaries the lot of them, from the owners who know bug ger all about football or the area their business resides, just business people after a quick profit. The management just after taking a big pay check every week. The players now being signed because of the agent they use rather than their footballing ability……….BRF
C has now severed all links with the local community. I truly feel sorry for the fans that go to Ewood in the hope of better days around the corner, wake up, these charlatans are ripping the life and soul out of the club and don’t care about the divide they’ve created amongst the fans. I will not badmouth anyone who goes to Ewood, after all it’s your money and you’re entitled to do with it as you wish, but so am I, can honestly say I sleep at night knowing I’m not supplementing a regime whose only goal is profit, at the expense of a fantastic local club, that club we all luv with its special place in our hearts is NOT ANYMORE…it’s a sham.
3:30pm Tue 28 Aug 12
makaveli96 says...
I must have quite a punch, i hit her last Tuesday.
3:44pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bburnrover says...
3:47pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
4:11pm Tue 28 Aug 12
wrigglers says...
4:20pm Tue 28 Aug 12
merlinrabbit says...
4:23pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
Despite their promises, have they spent any of their OWN money on "Their Baby " yet ?
4:31pm Tue 28 Aug 12
srvp28 says...
4:31pm Tue 28 Aug 12
makaveli96 says...
We own the Venkys!
Give it back! We want to buy some decent players and a decent manager!
4:35pm Tue 28 Aug 12
champs95 says...
4:40pm Tue 28 Aug 12
makaveli96 says...
She loved that cat.
4:45pm Tue 28 Aug 12
AndyW says...
Of course I'm not.
Not for as long as that bald-headed baffoon is anywhere near my club.
4:51pm Tue 28 Aug 12
wrigglers says...
5:09pm Tue 28 Aug 12
srvp28 says...
5:15pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
Its not about the premiership , I have followed the club home and away in every division they have played in. I will be doing it again when Kean has gone, regardless of which division they are in.
5:23pm Tue 28 Aug 12
NO NAY NEVER says...
NO NAY NEVER!!!
5:27pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
You know your figures don't stack up, your just trying to make yourself feel better.
5:37pm Tue 28 Aug 12
French Rover says...
That is going to be a tough game, so a healthy 3-0 win tonight will be excellent .
Just heard we signed Nuno Piri-Piri from FC Nando, apparently he is very hot and spicy and he will be a key ingredient in the team for us.
5:48pm Tue 28 Aug 12
guiderover says...
6:27pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Road Runner Road Runner says...
Arte et labore
6:33pm Tue 28 Aug 12
maradonner says...
It's nothing to do with not supporting the Rovers.
It's nothing to do with loyalty.
It's everything to do with making changes happen at BRFC.
If everyone did the same and BOYCOTTED EWOOD we would EMBARASS the current owners into making a change. It is OBVIOUS.
Ask John Williams et al what they think of what has happened/is happening to BRFC.
Venkys Blue And White Army.
6:56pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Phoenix From The Ashes says...
7:04pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
7:12pm Tue 28 Aug 12
BJS says...
7:37pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
7:37pm Tue 28 Aug 12
RUinsane says...
Yours truly
one of the 8000
7:39pm Tue 28 Aug 12
alfa111 says...
7:52pm Tue 28 Aug 12
guiderover says...
7:52pm Tue 28 Aug 12
merlinrabbit says...
8:05pm Tue 28 Aug 12
CheltRover says...
8:14pm Tue 28 Aug 12
baldie says...
8:26pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Morst The 88th Min Heartbreaker of Dingles! says...
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Morst can take no more of this so I ahve asked for my account to be deleted and closed - he is distraught beyound belief at the events of the last 2 years seeing a record 20,000 ST's turn into a Civil War and 8,000 ST's by people with no morals or love for the club. So its goodbye from him and ........
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In the words of Greenday - wake me up when Steve Kean has gone!
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Thanks for all the debates on here its been fun so ...Don't Look Back in Anger - I heard Uncle Jack say...
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34 Years And Counted to The End!
8:30pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Venkytrash says...
8:31pm Tue 28 Aug 12
wrigglers says...
8:32pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
8:33pm Tue 28 Aug 12
rovertakenmb says...
OUT FRIDAY 31ST AUGUST 2012
www.rovertaken.co.uk
8:46pm Tue 28 Aug 12
baldie says...
Wigan game 26000 including biggest home crowd of the season.
Hull game,i make it 97 days later, 13000+.
At what point during that 97 days did not going to Ewood become the right thing to do?
Nothing has changed,nobody wanted Kean last season,so why did everyone keep going?
Who made the RULE that NOW is the time to stop going?
8:59pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Arthur Labore says...
9:01pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Xander_ says...
But I GUARANTEE you we won't win. We will scrape a draw or lose. As we know Kean cannot win more than 2 games in a row EVER! No doubt when we do go out, Kean will blame 'squad rotation'. Just F*CK OFF Kean!
9:07pm Tue 28 Aug 12
wampam says...
9:09pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
9:12pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
I know it's only half time but what has Blackburn Rovers come to ?
9:13pm Tue 28 Aug 12
blueblooded says...
We are rubbish.
9:14pm Tue 28 Aug 12
earwego says...
9:14pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
9:16pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Stone Island: says...
9:18pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
I can only give you my reasons:
I bought my ST last season after a lot of hard thinking, I have a very demanding job and going to Ewood is one of my releases and pleasure's in life. I have been going since I was 11yrs old and held a ST for 25 years with one of the best seats in Ewood.
In the end I renewed last year in the belief that the owners would do the right thing when Kean messed up . For the first time ever I wasn't enjoying the experience, it didnt feel like my Blackburn Rovers that I had followed with a passion for all these years.
The owners have dismissed and shown no respect to the fans, the protests passed with no reaction. So sadly this was my first chance to do my own protest and obviously thousands have felt the same way.
The events of the last 18 moths are well documented and in my opinion Keans role in it all is unforgiveable.
So there we go my friend, sorry to go on a bit but I needed you and others on here to know that the non attenders are not interested in which division we are in, there are more important things than that.
I respect those that have chosen to attend, but I will not stand back and allow the 10,000 to be slagged off on these pages.
9:19pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
9:20pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
I can only give you my reasons:
I bought my ST last season after a lot of hard thinking, I have a very demanding job and going to Ewood is one of my releases and pleasure's in life. I have been going since I was 11yrs old and held a ST for 25 years with one of the best seats in Ewood.
In the end I renewed last year in the belief that the owners would do the right thing when Kean messed up . For the first time ever I wasn't enjoying the experience, it didnt feel like my Blackburn Rovers that I had followed with a passion for all these years.
The owners have dismissed and shown no respect to the fans, the protests passed with no reaction. So sadly this was my first chance to do my own protest and obviously thousands have felt the same way.
The events of the last 18 moths are well documented and in my opinion Keans role in it all is unforgiveable.
So there we go my friend, sorry to go on a bit but I needed you and others on here to know that the non attenders are not interested in which division we are in, there are more important things than that.
I respect those that have chosen to attend, but I will not stand back and allow the 10,000 to be slagged off on these pages.
9:20pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Arthur Labore says...
KEAN just go now
9:24pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Venkysout says...
Kean failing again.
9:25pm Tue 28 Aug 12
kjm_blue says...
9:25pm Tue 28 Aug 12
wampam says...
9:26pm Tue 28 Aug 12
maradonner says...
Steve Kean is not just a liar; he is a deluded liar.
BOYCOTT EWOOD.
Venkys Blue And White Army.
9:27pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bulldogbrfc says...
9:27pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
9:28pm Tue 28 Aug 12
merlinrabbit says...
9:28pm Tue 28 Aug 12
ivegillian says...
how can we support something that no longer exists.
to support anything that has mr kean as a figurehead is an insult to everything that jack walker stood for,
it condones the selfish actions of a group of individuals who have and continue to demonstrate a complete lack of interest in the views of what were a loyal group of supporters
i have stated before that the most significant action we can take in addition to refusing to attend games is to ask the walker family to demand that jack walkers statue is moved out of the ground
9:29pm Tue 28 Aug 12
baldie says...
I,too,respect any decision others make.
Had to laugh at Morst's outburst though.He spent all last season saying his heart rules his head,and saying that he couldn't face staying away.
Now he's chucking it all in because people who are still going have no morals.You couldn't make it up.
9:31pm Tue 28 Aug 12
pip2pop says...
9:31pm Tue 28 Aug 12
earwego says...
9:34pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Phoenix From The Ashes says...
kean@igotmydrinkspik
edbyfans
9:36pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Navy-Rover says...
"Although the cup comptitions are important, we need to focus on the league and getting promotion". Kean, you are an absolute joke and your mere presence in our town is an insult to each and every one of us!
9:36pm Tue 28 Aug 12
speedie_rovers_legend says...
9:39pm Tue 28 Aug 12
speedie_rovers_legend says...
9:43pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Arthur Labore says...
KEAN OUT !!!!
9:45pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
I do however believe that had more not attended the first few games the owners would have been left with no alternative, then we could all have started to rebuild the club we once had and I would have been on the phone to renew instantly (even though I have lost my seat).
9:47pm Tue 28 Aug 12
ronnie clayton says...
9:48pm Tue 28 Aug 12
gleechy says...
9:51pm Tue 28 Aug 12
hotpot8200 says...
9:51pm Tue 28 Aug 12
stick to football says...
One up front when getting beaten
Lack of Physicality - outmuscled
Do we really have a squad of quality Mr Kean
We have rode our luck in the League but that doesnt address the problems on the pitch and training ground.
Not convincede the Portuguese players atre what are needed in this league we need fighters players with passion not flair players who drift in and out of a game
What do you think Shebby of that performance - a lost opportunity to generate cash maybe the only thing Mrs D may act on - please tell her the truth NOW - SK is not up to it never has been never will be - the man would go if he had an integrity but sadly he hasnt (shown in it 18 months) so unlikely to do so now
9:55pm Tue 28 Aug 12
maradonner says...
Venkys Blue And White Army.
9:56pm Tue 28 Aug 12
earwego says...
10:01pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Rover Pete says...
Back to normal service from the deluded one.
He will have a long list of excuses tomorrow.
Well, at least we can now see that, as usual, his good days are followed by bad ones.
Kean in wonderland!
Does this lost game count towards his sacking? Or do we have to wait until it is impossible to get promoted this season?.
10:01pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
10:02pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Info-warrior says...
10:03pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Brad79 says...
FML... :(
10:06pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
God help us!
10:08pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Phoenix From The Ashes says...
He's like a disease spreading to all corners of the clubs foundations and it's seeped into the performances which are now becoming consistently poor at an alarming rate.
I find his handling of the players to be well below the standard expected of a so called 'excellent coach'. And his tactics are non-existent, I honestly believe he does no scouting on opposing teams and just waffles a load of crap to the players. I know others won't agree but that's how I feel.
10:12pm Tue 28 Aug 12
earwego says...
10:13pm Tue 28 Aug 12
hotpot8200 says...
10:15pm Tue 28 Aug 12
whappen says...
10:20pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
10:32pm Tue 28 Aug 12
londonrover says...
10:35pm Tue 28 Aug 12
French Rover says...
And don't forget that in the last round Blackpool got knocked out by Morcambe and Cardiff and Brighton went out also to lower league opposition .....
those results put a slightly different slant on our result tonight and show that it is very obvious that the Championship is either
a) Rubbish
or more likely
b) a division that clubs are willing to sacrifice the league cup for. to stand a better chance of getting to the holy grail - the prem.
Still need to keep the league unbeaten run going at Leeds...
10:35pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Cumbrian Blue says...
Oops SK..seemed to have misjudged things yet again. Why not just say, "we may utilise the squad and rotate a little". And leave it at that. No justification would be required...but instead he has to flower it up and spout off along the way....will he ever learn?!
10:36pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Wild Rover says...
t wait is this not more Bs from the bigger better bull merchant than Kean himself.
Of course it is, he will just post under another of his bogus identities.
10:36pm Tue 28 Aug 12
baldie says...
Would have thought this was a good outcome.
If he's saved a few for Saturday and we get a result it's a great start to the league campaign.
If not,it's two on the bounce with Bristol City away next up.
10:37pm Tue 28 Aug 12
ste.g says...
10:48pm Tue 28 Aug 12
gleechy says...
10:56pm Tue 28 Aug 12
Iiii1111 says...
After the next two games rovers will be in the bottom half...with a .deluded manager, screwed up coach, owners who only take, no goal scorer, a defence with no confidence,a midfield full of pensioners, a goalkeeper that's slightly more agile than my gran...
Most amazingly the people that say our squad is one of the best in this league.....wake up......this squad has been put together by a deluded scotch man, an agent who shall be nameless and a bunch of cowboys from the sub-continent.....th
is squad is poor with its members getting more delusional by the day....at least something is rubbing off;-)
11:02pm Tue 28 Aug 12
alfa111 says...
11:02pm Tue 28 Aug 12
happiness says...
11:21pm Tue 28 Aug 12
bluerob says...
11:55pm Tue 28 Aug 12
whittaker0 says...
12:28am Wed 29 Aug 12
CARover says...
2:50am Wed 29 Aug 12
Gennoe1 says...
3:20am Wed 29 Aug 12
reiko082 says...
Four games played, four games outplayed.
5:10am Wed 29 Aug 12
garyintandem says...
"KEAN TARGETS TOP 4 FINISH"
I'm sorry but Kean has got to go. We have the players here to mount a serious promotion challenge. The problem is, that despite the fact that this is Kean's squad entirely, it is the WORST squad we've seen since Uncle Jack took over. These Portugese players just don't have a clue and Kean is responsible for them.
The numskill has no clue about tactics and as has been reported before, the man is a psychopath.
Raos and Mrs Desai, please do all the decent folk of Blackburn a favour and just rid our club of this person.
You chose the wrong coach,bring back Karl Robinson, he clearly has more idea about building an attractive football team with a winning mentality.
COYB, RTID
7:19am Wed 29 Aug 12
lancs1985 says...
You really are a clueless numpty
E I no what get on phone to that fool in Portugal (Anderson) at his new office over there and see what other quality protégés player we can have what ain't up for a fight
Get edinho in under 8s
Frig me iv got an15month old son what is more physical than him, I ain't joking neither
KEAN OUT
SACK HIM SHEBBY
YOU WANT FANS BACK THEN SACK HIM
7:41am Wed 29 Aug 12
alphajono says...
7:55am Wed 29 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
7:56am Wed 29 Aug 12
French Rover says...
Seriously though it is juts an honest observation....getti
ng knocked out of the League Cup isn't a disaster for us and as you can see from the results the majority of top teams in the Championship all went out to teams from a lower league. So no big deal. We seem to be making every little thing into a major drama when actually is it is not even a problem.
So no - not in denial just realistic.
8:28am Wed 29 Aug 12
Wockneys says...
Are these the same fans who say buying a season ticket is the best way to support the club and boycotters are not supporting the team?
9:08am Wed 29 Aug 12
srvp28 says...
I think we've got decent enough players to get promoted, although the depth of our squad is nowhere near as great as Kean says it is. A couple of injuries or suspensions in defence or midfield will cripple us. Also, Kean needs to put professional differences behind him and use the players in order of their ability. Starting Edinho in front of Goodwillie is a prime example of 'cutting off your nose to spite your face'.
As far as I'm concerned, Kean has shot himself in the foot again with his latest declaration, although this time it's because there's an element of truth to it. Yes, we do have lots of quality on the bench so we should've won this game comfortably. The fact that we didn't only emphasises Kean's managerial shortcomings even more.
Unfortunately for us, Mrs Desai can always be relied upon to bandage that foot.
9:36am Wed 29 Aug 12
ronnie clayton says...
Its a shambles.
9:46am Wed 29 Aug 12
French Rover says...
The football world in general cannot believe that he kept his job at the end of last season and surely if they can understood that then they would question this themselves and would get rid of him pronto. The brothers Grimm seem to want him gone now....but how long before her upstairs agrees? One more second is too long for me.
The results are coming though (despite Kean - and not because of him) and we are third in the table and clear favorites to win the championship......I just hope the Venky matriarch can see past the good start and take a more long term view and also consider the past 18 months. That was a complete disaster ending in relegation and she must know that she cannot - must not - wait for another disaster to befall this season due to Keans ineptitude again.
Keep winning yes, but without Kean.
10:30am Wed 29 Aug 12
alphajono says...
10:37am Wed 29 Aug 12
Harwoodstblue says...
10:43am Wed 29 Aug 12
edmy says...
MK Dons 2 Rovers 1
What can you not keep your trap shut you bl**dy clown
10:49am Wed 29 Aug 12
benal13 says...
11:16am Wed 29 Aug 12
Somepeoplesay says...
11:33am Wed 29 Aug 12
Road Runner Road Runner says...
The FA Cup will be exactly the same. These competitions are seen as a chance in giving the 'fringe' players a chance - huh fat chance then !
Don't let me here of the odious one as being held up as a beacon of ambition, positiveness etc etc. he his the most negative of people I have ever witnessed considering that which he his lauded for !
In itself losing is not the end of the world, but after last seasons forfeit gaff yesterday's article was read by myself as an admittance that this was not a priority and I expected nothing.
The odious one is the most slippery of snakes I have ever witnessed. His remit is to get BRFC back into the promised land, and not for footballing reasons(IMO)........
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Does the odious one really believe that he his going to do any better with his third attempt at the Premiership ? Bolloxx - although I'm no oracle it is so chuffing obvious. Yo-yoing in and out of the premiership does have it's financial benefit's - does it not ?
Many Championship teams along with Premier teams lost to lower league teams evening last, and every respect to them for taking the competition seriously along with giving the bigger so called clubs a bloody nose. I'm sure other supporters are debating their exit, but ours, of course becomes more bloated through the abysmal record of the odious one along with the circus that follows him.
This regime just does not give a good chuff over BRFC's history and it's supporters, and will be built in their vision no matter at what cost, and I'm talking human cost here !
I want to go back to Ewood and just as I see a glimmer of hope it is shattered, but I won't give up on our club unlike this imposter who purports to manage it !
I question the wisdom of these people, and I am here to be proven wrong, unfortunately, it would seem that it is going to take a lifetime !!!
I'm absolutely convinced now that this is the future before us and the odious one is going nowhere alas.
Arte et labore
11:33am Wed 29 Aug 12
French Rover says...
11:38am Wed 29 Aug 12
Road Runner Road Runner says...
The rain lashes down here in East Lancs ! I cannot even see Darwen Tower !
As the package arrived yet ?
Arte et labore
1:16pm Wed 29 Aug 12
French Rover says...
No the package has not arrived yet.....the snail mail from England can take eight days worst case to reach here, probably goes via Belgium or somewhere! I will let you know the moment it arrives...
5:58pm Wed 29 Aug 12
Ronaldpetercooper says...
8:29pm Wed 29 Aug 12
Bazzer says...