Kean backs Swede to hand Rovers boost for promotion

STEVE Kean insists Martin Olsson is mentally ready to give Blackburn Rovers ’ Premier League promotion challenge a boost – as he keeps his fingers crossed he returns from Sweden in good physical shape.

The Rovers boss was disappointed with Sweden’s decision to call him up for international duty this week, as he continues his return from injury, but is adamant the left back will return to Ewood fully committed to the cause.

Olsson’s future in East Lancashire was shrouded in uncertainty all summer after a transfer request was handed in following Rovers’ relegation from the top flight.

Olsson’s agent has been vocal in the 24-year-old’s desire to quit Ewood this summer, with the player himself admitting that he wanted to leave, but Kean believes he is now more than ready to give his all for the club.

Kean said: “We had no bids on Friday for Martin and we are glad of that. He is not 100 per cent fit, even though he has been away with Sweden. It has been a long time since he has played but he is still here and we are delighted about that.

“We were getting mixed signals. I spoke to Martin many times and he said he wanted to get back in the team, then you have agents or agents on behalf of other agents saying his agent had told them he was desperate to get away.

“You can only speak with the player and when they tell you they want to get their head down and stay at the club then that is good news.”

Olsson has missed the start of the campaign as he continues to recover from major groin surgery this summer, with Kean concerned his international call-up was gambling with his fitness.

The Rovers boss had pleaded with Sweden not to risk the versatile left sided player, with him yet to play for Rovers this campaign, but they insisted he did travel.

Olsson however was not involved in last night’s friendly against China and is understand to be returning to Rovers on Monday.

Kean said: “We were very frustrated that Martin went away with Sweden. We contacted them and said we did not think he was in a physical state. He was technically fit but had not played any minutes.

“We asked if he could stay at the club and build back into some training and they were adamant they wanted him over. We are disappointed because we like to think we can work with the national coaches and the federations.

“If he was pushed into a game it could push him into an injury. He could end up going into a game and playing 45 minutes or an hour when he is not ready and coming back injured, so it is fingers crossed.

“He has not played any minutes for us and we can only give them that information. He is getting over a groin injury we had to be careful with. We asked if he could stay they said no.

“I don’t know what he will say. He will say medically he is over his injury but he hasn’t played a full game of football for a very long time.”

Olsson was reported in the Swedish press yesterday as confirmed that he wanted to quit Rovers this summer.

“I wanted to leave, I want to continue to play in the Premier League,” he said.

“There were offers, but the club rejected them.

“Even if we had managed to stay in the Premier League, I would have liked to try something new.”

Comments(56)

bburnrover says...
8:23am Fri 7 Sep 12

I think reading between the lines Kean wouldn't let him move back to the Prem and he is still sulking and the so called injury is another Ryan Nelsen type of "broken leg".
We will see how injured he is playing for Sweden its not to difficult to uncover a Steve Kean lie

bypass06 says...
8:31am Fri 7 Sep 12

“Even if we had managed to stay in the Premier League, I would have liked to try something new.”

He just doesn't want to play for the Doughnut.

londonrover says...
8:40am Fri 7 Sep 12

Slubberdegullion Kean out!

Forever-Blue says...
8:43am Fri 7 Sep 12

I really fear for the odious ones sanity.

He is completely devoid of any sence of honesty. He spouts so much twaddle i actually think he believes it.

Book him a room at the Priory, strap him to the bed, turn the lights off and lock the door.

Bliss.

xrayspex77 says...
8:52am Fri 7 Sep 12

bburnrover wrote:
I think reading between the lines Kean wouldn't let him move back to the Prem and he is still sulking and the so called injury is another Ryan Nelsen type of "broken leg".
We will see how injured he is playing for Sweden its not to difficult to uncover a Steve Kean lie
Give it a rest

xrayspex77 says...
8:53am Fri 7 Sep 12

Forever-Blue wrote:
I really fear for the odious ones sanity.

He is completely devoid of any sence of honesty. He spouts so much twaddle i actually think he believes it.

Book him a room at the Priory, strap him to the bed, turn the lights off and lock the door.

Bliss.
bla bla bla

Is Eckersley playing? says...
9:02am Fri 7 Sep 12

I wonder why no-one came in for him,hmmmm?

bring back the good old days says...
9:04am Fri 7 Sep 12

Same old, same old.

Nuttall Street says...
9:07am Fri 7 Sep 12

Forever-Blue wrote:
I really fear for the odious ones sanity.

He is completely devoid of any sence of honesty. He spouts so much twaddle i actually think he believes it.

Book him a room at the Priory, strap him to the bed, turn the lights off and lock the door.

Bliss.
If you were in The Priory you wouldn't want to have Kean in the next room. The ranting all day and all night: "is yer heed nay reet!"; "it wa Shabby tha signed them, it wa nay me!" "a top ten finish, guarranteed!" Then there would be Colin Hendry coming and going delivering packages at all hours, and, of course, the phone ringing constantly with Alex Fergusson calling to tell him what a great manager he is.

jackmetickler says...
9:08am Fri 7 Sep 12

oh come on...
I dont think SK is the man for the job either...
but he cant even say what the score is without you lot slagging him off.

Even if we change manager, the problems still exist behind the scenes..
Venkys have OK'd a foreign businessman to go out and buy players...
I bet his bank account is growing with every non-entity he brings to the club and has Anderson got his fingers in these pies.

Maybe Olsson is more ****@d about how the club is run than he is with the manager.... just a possibility you know.

Hovis1945 says...
9:09am Fri 7 Sep 12

"I don’t know what he will say. He will say medically he is over his injury but he hasn’t played a full game of football for a very long time.”

More proof that SK speaks with forked tongue!!!

bburnrover says...
9:20am Fri 7 Sep 12

Well he isnt as good as Kean and himself think we just want an happy dressing room, so his attitude may change if we keep clean sheets and stay at the top of our league.Come on Olsson show us what a good player you are.

RTID says...
9:22am Fri 7 Sep 12

Forever-Blue wrote:
I really fear for the odious ones sanity.

He is completely devoid of any sence of honesty. He spouts so much twaddle i actually think he believes it.

Book him a room at the Priory, strap him to the bed, turn the lights off and lock the door.

Bliss.
What is this thing with calling Steve Kean 'the odious one'? - I find it quite odious.

dangerous dave says...
9:34am Fri 7 Sep 12

More dribble and smoke screens from the 'plank' Kean - Andy Cryer makes some good points in his own reviews but prints to much 'c---p' in relationship to Keans comments he should make a stance and occasionally refuse to print anythhing that this idiot spouts!!!
OUT WITH KEAN AGNEW SINGH HENDRY VENKYS BACK WITH THOUSANDS OF FANS

P888HOW says...
9:41am Fri 7 Sep 12

Martin Olsson will be a least getting some decent trainig in, whilst with the sweeden team. ...Kean the w@nker out.!!!

Gaz M says...
9:52am Fri 7 Sep 12

Martin has no option but to get back into the team, if he wants a move away from Ewood he needs to be producing the goods in the shop window,which can only be good for us a fully flying Martin Olsson will be a valuable asset come may.

Reg Rover says...
10:03am Fri 7 Sep 12

CRYER BLASTS KEAN ON TALK SPORT RADIO
Whilst relaxing at home last Thursday (30th August) I had Talk Sport radio switched on in the back ground.
Imagine my surprise when presenter Jason Cundy announced that their special guest that evening was to be none other than the Lancashire Telegraphs Andy Cryer to discuss all things Blackburn Rovers prompted by the day’s news that Jason Rhodes had signed for the Rovers at a fee of £8 million, a record between two Championship teams. Rovers barely merit a mention on this National Radio station let alone being the night’s main topic. So I eagerly awaited Cryer’s arrival with excited anticipation. Cryer didn’t disappoint.
With the programme heading towards midnight I presume most Rovers fans will have missed what Cryer (pic above) had to say, let me enlighten you.
Asked about the Jason Rhodes transfer and fee, which amazed presenter Crundy (a former Chelsea player) Cryer said he thought it was a “last throw of the dice by Mrs Anuradha Desai to save Kean his job and get Rovers back into the Premiership” , although Cryer went on to say he thought Kean (was not the man for that job and that a great opportunity was lost in May when Rovers should of made a change and started the season with a new man in charge creating a new impetus at Ewood. This had led to the fans deserting Ewood Park in their thousands”.
Presenter Jason Cundy suggested that the Rovers fans were ill advised to carry on their protest at Kean’s management and should now get behind him. Cryer retorted “not so, what you have to remember” said Cryer “is that no manager in football league history has survived in his job for so long with a such bad record as Kean. “ Rovers fans know he is not up to his job and now have deserted the club in droves.” With gates of barely 13,500 at both opening home games, down by almost 50% from the Allardyce era, even taking into consideration the loss of Premiership football, it is amazing”.
Cryer went on to point out to Cundy that Rovers fans were no different from anyone else. Giving Liverpool fans as an example when they wanted rid of Roy Hodgson. Their protest lasted no more than a week or two over a handful of games and then Hodgson was gone. “Rovers fans have been totally ignored and treated with contempt by Mrs Anuradha Desai and they have now had enough and will not return whilst Kean is at the club in his £1.3 million pound job, no matter what League position he obtains or what players he signs the damage is done” said Cryer.
Asked if he thought Kean’s Job was in danger Cryer Replied “it should be, for him to fail now after major capital investment in the team is unthinkable, (no less than 12 new players) Cryer went on to reveal that Rovers have at least 6, and possibly more players on £35,000 per week. Unheard off outside the Premiership and a massive wage bill” that Cryer does not think is sustainable without large attendances. The whole tone of Andy Cryer’s interview was anti-Kean and Venky’s, he sounded much more disillusioned speaking than he does in print.
Presenter Jason Cundy asked what Cryer considered to be the minimum expectation from the Rovers for Kean to keep his job. Cryer replied “a top two finish and never out of the top 6 at any stage of the season, anything less, given the backing he has received would be failure and Desai could not possibly continue to justify keeping Kean in employ”.
Jason Cundy ventured to say that Cryer came over more as a fan than a journalist. Andy Cryer then revealed that he comes from Bristol, and that Bristol City is his club. But he has grown to love Blackburn and it’s football team and now feels a part of it and wants the Rovers to rise again just as any fan does.
Andy Cryer, has obviously during the course of his job, worked closely with Steve Kean since Kean took over from Allardyce in December 2010. It is obvious that Cryer does not hold Kean in high regard (but we knew that already through his Lancashire Telegraph column) hearing him and the tone of his voice on live radio was however different and put a different complex on matters. Somewhere on the way the professional relationship between Cryer and Kean has broken down, but that is par for the course with Kean.
Finally presenter Cundy questioned why the Venky’s had not invested this type of money into the team when they were still in the Premiership? Cryer’s reply “it is a mystery, but I don’t think Kean is the right man to receive and handle this type of investment”.
AND SO SAY ALL OF US..
Reg
www.regoftherovers.c
o.uk

londonrover says...
10:03am Fri 7 Sep 12

RTID wrote:
Forever-Blue wrote:
I really fear for the odious ones sanity.

He is completely devoid of any sence of honesty. He spouts so much twaddle i actually think he believes it.

Book him a room at the Priory, strap him to the bed, turn the lights off and lock the door.

Bliss.
What is this thing with calling Steve Kean 'the odious one'? - I find it quite odious.
Because he is! Kean is hateful, obnoxious, detestable, loathsome and abominable; in a word, odious. Slubberdegullion Kean out!

Reg Rover says...
10:07am Fri 7 Sep 12

ROVERS RICH WITH CASH, LEEDS RICH WITH FANS
Elland Road held the prospect of something special last Saturday and the old ground let no one down.
Jason Rhodes was making his debut for Blackburn Rovers, which meant that Leeds would be witnessing the debut of the most expensive player to move from one Championship club to another.
Blackburn paid Huddersfield Town £8 million for Rhodes. The type of money that Leeds can only dream about.
Rhodes inflated transfer fee represents modern football even if the down- to- earth Rhodes does not. But on Saturday Rhodes fee was swept away by something older at Elland Road, something primal, priceless, something so rare it justified a common cliché, that of the twelfth man, something Blackburn have not got.
There are many matches when it is claimed that the crowd altered the result, but there are not many when that claim is true.
On Saturday it was true.
It was hard to believe even as it unfolded. As the shear venom gathered volume towards half time, it visibly unnerved Blackburn, who until then had picked off Leeds, with Danny Murphy in control.
Rovers were 2-0 up in 27 minutes.
By the second half Murphy was clearing off his own line. Control had become panic. Leeds had what would have had been a fourth and a winning goal disallowed for not much at all.
“I thought the crowd were magnificent today”, said Leeds manager Neil Warnock (pic above)” Warnock spoke with awe, particularly about the atmosphere when Leeds were behind.
“Since I have been here, they’ve given me everything, 100%”, he said of the fans “it’s almost as if I’m one of them. I feel one of them.” it’s a fabulous feeling on the touch line, I’m giving everything and their giving everything, and don’t half help”.
“At 2-0 down they could of got on the players backs, but they didn’t because they know the players and myself are giving everything. Instead they turned it around by encouraging us”.
“The noise at the start of the second half was incredible” concluded Warnock.
A pity Steve Kean cannot lay claim to such support and another reason why Rovers will never be successful whilst Kean is in charge.
Reg.
Footnote:
What do Rovers have to do to get the fans back, apart from sacking Kean?
Your comments please!

www.regoftherovers.c
o.uk

notchuffed says...
10:14am Fri 7 Sep 12

STEVE Kean insists Martin Olsson is mentally ready

Does this mean he is doolally enough now to play for the Rovers?

Seems like it means he is now ready to fit into the team mould

maradonner says...
10:23am Fri 7 Sep 12

Reg Rover wrote:
ROVERS RICH WITH CASH, LEEDS RICH WITH FANS
Elland Road held the prospect of something special last Saturday and the old ground let no one down.
Jason Rhodes was making his debut for Blackburn Rovers, which meant that Leeds would be witnessing the debut of the most expensive player to move from one Championship club to another.
Blackburn paid Huddersfield Town £8 million for Rhodes. The type of money that Leeds can only dream about.
Rhodes inflated transfer fee represents modern football even if the down- to- earth Rhodes does not. But on Saturday Rhodes fee was swept away by something older at Elland Road, something primal, priceless, something so rare it justified a common cliché, that of the twelfth man, something Blackburn have not got.
There are many matches when it is claimed that the crowd altered the result, but there are not many when that claim is true.
On Saturday it was true.
It was hard to believe even as it unfolded. As the shear venom gathered volume towards half time, it visibly unnerved Blackburn, who until then had picked off Leeds, with Danny Murphy in control.
Rovers were 2-0 up in 27 minutes.
By the second half Murphy was clearing off his own line. Control had become panic. Leeds had what would have had been a fourth and a winning goal disallowed for not much at all.
“I thought the crowd were magnificent today”, said Leeds manager Neil Warnock (pic above)” Warnock spoke with awe, particularly about the atmosphere when Leeds were behind.
“Since I have been here, they’ve given me everything, 100%”, he said of the fans “it’s almost as if I’m one of them. I feel one of them.” it’s a fabulous feeling on the touch line, I’m giving everything and their giving everything, and don’t half help”.
“At 2-0 down they could of got on the players backs, but they didn’t because they know the players and myself are giving everything. Instead they turned it around by encouraging us”.
“The noise at the start of the second half was incredible” concluded Warnock.
A pity Steve Kean cannot lay claim to such support and another reason why Rovers will never be successful whilst Kean is in charge.
Reg.
Footnote:
What do Rovers have to do to get the fans back, apart from sacking Kean?
Your comments please!

www.regoftherovers.c

o.uk
Venkys have to get rid of Singh, Shaw and Agnew too.

If not; they must sell the club to someone else.

Then the fans may return.

French Rover says...
10:39am Fri 7 Sep 12

londonrover wrote:
Slubberdegullion Kean out!
Hi LR....I keep seeing the lovely word Slubberdgullion from you and looked up the definition:

(Apparently it dates from around the start of the 17th century and comes from Germany or Holland):

A contemptible creature; a base, foul wretch.

Wiktionary
n. A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.
n. A worthless person.
n. A drunk, and/or an alcoholic

I cannot think why you would use this word to describe Steve Kean...? Anybody any ideas?

Lancs - pensioner says...
10:40am Fri 7 Sep 12

Martin says he wants to move and would have still wanted to move if we had stayed up, Martin states there has been offers but the club turned them down.

Kean says Martin wants to stay and we have had no offers for him.

Hmmmmmm now who do I believe?

Is it the one that said,

I did not have a drink officer, or

Hoilett will sign next week, or

Nielsen is injured in New Zealand.

Or is it the footballer!!

PpMac says...
10:48am Fri 7 Sep 12

...utter gabble, Leeds have always had a great fan base and last season these wonderful fans turned on Grayson and their players and then turned on Warnock...a figure for the failed football clubs! They got behind the team on Saturday due to Rovers inability to close shop and play a boring defence game..something which apparantly alot of Big Sam haters confirmed was needed. SK is NOT the only reason 10,000 fans have turned there back on BRFC, it is the sheer fact that for 2 years, from top to bottom, the club has been run into a shambolic state of affairs, in a very quick and concerning timescale. You turn up to Ewood now, and the empty seats outweigh the fans, the Darwen end looks like a disused shed, no sponsors, no anything, - TIME is a great healer...

OnePostThenTheOther says...
10:56am Fri 7 Sep 12

He probably felt he couldn't honestly tell you of his true wishes since he recognises that, as a man desperate to cling on to his only chance of football management, you are one devious, conniving, vindictive bstrd. If his expressed desire for a move fell through he knew he would have been subject to your expert training and motivation techniques. One look across Brockhall to see his mate nZonzi on his own, kicking the ball against the fence, would confirm that.

KEAN SACK
THOUSANDS BACK

wampam says...
11:00am Fri 7 Sep 12

i think Kean is mentally ready for a hospital now. I bet Olsson plays. He just cant stand the twerp. For Gods sake man ,get out of the club.Fans dropping off every day, despite our league position. Every time you open your horrible mouth it antagonises fans more. OUt of your depth is an understatement.

bypass06 says...
11:01am Fri 7 Sep 12

maradonner wrote:
Reg Rover wrote:
ROVERS RICH WITH CASH, LEEDS RICH WITH FANS
Elland Road held the prospect of something special last Saturday and the old ground let no one down.
Jason Rhodes was making his debut for Blackburn Rovers, which meant that Leeds would be witnessing the debut of the most expensive player to move from one Championship club to another.
Blackburn paid Huddersfield Town £8 million for Rhodes. The type of money that Leeds can only dream about.
Rhodes inflated transfer fee represents modern football even if the down- to- earth Rhodes does not. But on Saturday Rhodes fee was swept away by something older at Elland Road, something primal, priceless, something so rare it justified a common cliché, that of the twelfth man, something Blackburn have not got.
There are many matches when it is claimed that the crowd altered the result, but there are not many when that claim is true.
On Saturday it was true.
It was hard to believe even as it unfolded. As the shear venom gathered volume towards half time, it visibly unnerved Blackburn, who until then had picked off Leeds, with Danny Murphy in control.
Rovers were 2-0 up in 27 minutes.
By the second half Murphy was clearing off his own line. Control had become panic. Leeds had what would have had been a fourth and a winning goal disallowed for not much at all.
“I thought the crowd were magnificent today”, said Leeds manager Neil Warnock (pic above)” Warnock spoke with awe, particularly about the atmosphere when Leeds were behind.
“Since I have been here, they’ve given me everything, 100%”, he said of the fans “it’s almost as if I’m one of them. I feel one of them.” it’s a fabulous feeling on the touch line, I’m giving everything and their giving everything, and don’t half help”.
“At 2-0 down they could of got on the players backs, but they didn’t because they know the players and myself are giving everything. Instead they turned it around by encouraging us”.
“The noise at the start of the second half was incredible” concluded Warnock.
A pity Steve Kean cannot lay claim to such support and another reason why Rovers will never be successful whilst Kean is in charge.
Reg.
Footnote:
What do Rovers have to do to get the fans back, apart from sacking Kean?
Your comments please!

www.regoftherovers.c


o.uk
Venkys have to get rid of Singh, Shaw and Agnew too.

If not; they must sell the club to someone else.

Then the fans may return.
One step at a time, First get rid of Doughnut, And prove to the fans he has no hold on the club.
Secondly, Prove you have learnt from the last 2 seasons, and start to run the club more competently..Then and only then can we get back to some kind of normality.

kirky1020 says...
11:07am Fri 7 Sep 12

maradonner wrote:
Reg Rover wrote:
ROVERS RICH WITH CASH, LEEDS RICH WITH FANS
Elland Road held the prospect of something special last Saturday and the old ground let no one down.
Jason Rhodes was making his debut for Blackburn Rovers, which meant that Leeds would be witnessing the debut of the most expensive player to move from one Championship club to another.
Blackburn paid Huddersfield Town £8 million for Rhodes. The type of money that Leeds can only dream about.
Rhodes inflated transfer fee represents modern football even if the down- to- earth Rhodes does not. But on Saturday Rhodes fee was swept away by something older at Elland Road, something primal, priceless, something so rare it justified a common cliché, that of the twelfth man, something Blackburn have not got.
There are many matches when it is claimed that the crowd altered the result, but there are not many when that claim is true.
On Saturday it was true.
It was hard to believe even as it unfolded. As the shear venom gathered volume towards half time, it visibly unnerved Blackburn, who until then had picked off Leeds, with Danny Murphy in control.
Rovers were 2-0 up in 27 minutes.
By the second half Murphy was clearing off his own line. Control had become panic. Leeds had what would have had been a fourth and a winning goal disallowed for not much at all.
“I thought the crowd were magnificent today”, said Leeds manager Neil Warnock (pic above)” Warnock spoke with awe, particularly about the atmosphere when Leeds were behind.
“Since I have been here, they’ve given me everything, 100%”, he said of the fans “it’s almost as if I’m one of them. I feel one of them.” it’s a fabulous feeling on the touch line, I’m giving everything and their giving everything, and don’t half help”.
“At 2-0 down they could of got on the players backs, but they didn’t because they know the players and myself are giving everything. Instead they turned it around by encouraging us”.
“The noise at the start of the second half was incredible” concluded Warnock.
A pity Steve Kean cannot lay claim to such support and another reason why Rovers will never be successful whilst Kean is in charge.
Reg.
Footnote:
What do Rovers have to do to get the fans back, apart from sacking Kean?
Your comments please!

www.regoftherovers.c


o.uk
Venkys have to get rid of Singh, Shaw and Agnew too.

If not; they must sell the club to someone else.

Then the fans may return.
If Kean was sacked it's a step in the right direction. That is the first step that needs to be taken in order to at least give reparations a chance.

Then as far as i am concerned I care little if Venky's put money in to the club, but rather that they stop selling off our best players (P.Jones, Samba, N'zonzi, Hoillet, The Yak, Nelson) and claiming that they are putting money in to the club when in fact it came from the sale of these players.

As a note to the above, I understand that player sales need to occur to keep a club like Rovers afloat if no money is being put in. But for Venky's to be ideal for me (falling short of Abromovich stye ownership) if they put enough money in to the club to ensure we didn't need to sell to balance the books and could be a "trading club" that would be amazing.

Finally, although Singh is as crazy as a box of frogs and causes problems with Kean. Things have actually become better since Shaw, Singh and Agnew took control of things; not much I admit but I am not opposed to these three as they are a at least some form of "board" that runs the club outside of India who are not Kean.

Alas I am probably dreaming....

jogalot says...
11:18am Fri 7 Sep 12

"Kean said: “We had no bids on Friday for Martin" So that was Friday but probably bids on other days.

“We were getting mixed signals. I spoke to Martin many times and he said he wanted to get back in the team" Kean asked him if he wasn't transferred would he rather watch from the stands or play some minutes. Obviously, Olsson would want to get back in the team.

“You can only speak with the player and when they tell you they want to get their head down and stay at the club then that is good news.” So after continual ear-bashing from Kean and Olsson's head hanging down in despair, Martin said, "OK, OK, give it a rest, if I don't get transferred, I'll stay at the club."

“I wanted to leave, I want to continue to play in the Premier League,” he said. There were offers, but the club rejected them. Even if we had managed to stay in the Premier League, I would have liked to try something new.” Says it all really.

johnny rover says...
11:25am Fri 7 Sep 12

Interesting comments from Reg of the Rovers. Two things to add.

1. I don't know about Nelson's alleged injury but my nephew (a Rovers fan) had a long chat with Nelson's agent who said Keen had to get rid of Nelson because Nelson did not agree with much of what Keen was doing and he was held in such esteem by all of the players. Essentially Nelson ruled the dressing room and his continued presence and influence was untenable.

2. Whilst I want Keen out as much as anyone and recognise individual's right to protest I have never booed Keen and have renewed my season ticket. The crowd is the extra man (statistics prove home crowd support is worth 0.5 points per home game). Ceding that advantage through the anti-Keen atmosphere at Ewood last season cost us 10 points and contributed as much as Keen's inept management to our relegation.

I don't know what the answer is. There is as much chance of me persuading Venkys to sack Keen as there is of me persuading the stay-aways to return and the boo boys to stop booing. Three scenarios are possible:

A. If Rovers go up, Keen stays, the crowd fails to support the team adequately and cost Rovers 10 points a season.

B. If Rovers don't go up more players leave, the club spirals downward, no Jack-like saviour comes in and Venkys leave having first sold off every conceivable asset.

C. If Keen is sacked half way through the season, with promotion not possible and investment dried up no new manager would be able to turn the club round and scenarion B. would ensue.

londonrover says...
11:25am Fri 7 Sep 12

French Rover wrote:
londonrover wrote:
Slubberdegullion Kean out!
Hi LR....I keep seeing the lovely word Slubberdgullion from you and looked up the definition:

(Apparently it dates from around the start of the 17th century and comes from Germany or Holland):

A contemptible creature; a base, foul wretch.

Wiktionary
n. A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.
n. A worthless person.
n. A drunk, and/or an alcoholic

I cannot think why you would use this word to describe Steve Kean...? Anybody any ideas?
Bonjour mon ami. Surement un question hypothetique n'est-ce pas?

Lancs - pensioner says...
11:27am Fri 7 Sep 12

PpMac wrote:
...utter gabble, Leeds have always had a great fan base and last season these wonderful fans turned on Grayson and their players and then turned on Warnock...a figure for the failed football clubs! They got behind the team on Saturday due to Rovers inability to close shop and play a boring defence game..something which apparantly alot of Big Sam haters confirmed was needed. SK is NOT the only reason 10,000 fans have turned there back on BRFC, it is the sheer fact that for 2 years, from top to bottom, the club has been run into a shambolic state of affairs, in a very quick and concerning timescale. You turn up to Ewood now, and the empty seats outweigh the fans, the Darwen end looks like a disused shed, no sponsors, no anything, - TIME is a great healer...
Hi Ppmac
I do agree SK is not the only reason the thousands of fans are staying away, from a purely footballing point of view he is tottaly at fault that there is no doubt.
However when we do get rid of him our focus will then revert back to how badly our club is actually bring run.

The Venkys in my opinion need to sell BRFC there knowledge on running a football club is zero and that's why my message to all if us who are staying away is WAIT once Kean is sacked, we realy need to see who the owners bring in before we rush back to Ewood Park, we could get Shebbys cousin or Agnews brother in law as a manger knowing this lot.

Road Runner Road Runner says...
11:44am Fri 7 Sep 12

londonrover wrote:
French Rover wrote:
londonrover wrote:
Slubberdegullion Kean out!
Hi LR....I keep seeing the lovely word Slubberdgullion from you and looked up the definition:

(Apparently it dates from around the start of the 17th century and comes from Germany or Holland):

A contemptible creature; a base, foul wretch.

Wiktionary
n. A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.
n. A worthless person.
n. A drunk, and/or an alcoholic

I cannot think why you would use this word to describe Steve Kean...? Anybody any ideas?
Bonjour mon ami. Surement un question hypothetique n'est-ce pas?
Excellent you two.

I had read your 'Slubbergullion' with interest, and now Mr French as cleared up our interest in such a meaning.

Arte et labore

district01 says...
11:49am Fri 7 Sep 12

Steve Kean is reported to earn approx. £25.000 each week. Is he worth that astonishing salary and if so why? No wonder he‘s putting up with the criticism, wouldn’t you if you earned that much?

Football, a game owned by the wealthy and played by the fortunate that is played for by the working class.

Who are the clever ones?

Rovers 1495 says...
12:21pm Fri 7 Sep 12

Tweet from Etuhu

London :-) home sweet home

Sounds like he's really enjoying himself up north

Rovers 1495 says...
12:27pm Fri 7 Sep 12

So then I had a quick look at his website

http://www.dicksonet
uhu.com/

You'd still think he was playing for FFC

awh says...
12:42pm Fri 7 Sep 12

"then you have agents or agents on behalf of other agents saying his agent had told them he was desperate to get away."

Pickled again, eh Kean?

mellorb&w says...
12:52pm Fri 7 Sep 12

xrayspex77 wrote:
Forever-Blue wrote:
I really fear for the odious ones sanity.

He is completely devoid of any sence of honesty. He spouts so much twaddle i actually think he believes it.

Book him a room at the Priory, strap him to the bed, turn the lights off and lock the door.

Bliss.
bla bla bla
What are you his mother ? ...... couldn't be his dad.

RTID says...
1:14pm Fri 7 Sep 12

londonrover wrote:
RTID wrote:
Forever-Blue wrote:
I really fear for the odious ones sanity.

He is completely devoid of any sence of honesty. He spouts so much twaddle i actually think he believes it.

Book him a room at the Priory, strap him to the bed, turn the lights off and lock the door.

Bliss.
What is this thing with calling Steve Kean 'the odious one'? - I find it quite odious.
Because he is! Kean is hateful, obnoxious, detestable, loathsome and abominable; in a word, odious. Slubberdegullion Kean out!
Is he indeed?

I don't rate the guy as a manager. Simple as that. This hatred thing has gone a bit far on here. He could learn to keep his mouth shut a bit more but he is none of those things.

French Rover says...
1:35pm Fri 7 Sep 12

londonrover wrote:
French Rover wrote:
londonrover wrote:
Slubberdegullion Kean out!
Hi LR....I keep seeing the lovely word Slubberdgullion from you and looked up the definition:

(Apparently it dates from around the start of the 17th century and comes from Germany or Holland):

A contemptible creature; a base, foul wretch.

Wiktionary
n. A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.
n. A worthless person.
n. A drunk, and/or an alcoholic

I cannot think why you would use this word to describe Steve Kean...? Anybody any ideas?
Bonjour mon ami. Surement un question hypothetique n'est-ce pas?
you mean you actually knew what it meant when you used that fantastic word about our revered manager? :) Even before I looked it up I guessed several of the probable meanings and I was right....good word London Rover - whats next weeks word? I await with interest...

Le bon weekend mon ami.

Jack Herer says...
1:37pm Fri 7 Sep 12

I don't want to quote you RegRover, because it's a long post, but thank you for posting that.

Andy Cryer, you have been suddenly raised to superhero.

Good, good man. Keep it up.

1875 Rovers says...
3:00pm Fri 7 Sep 12

Kean has more faces than a Town Hall Clock, he could not lie straight in bed.

Ollson wanted to leave, the Club would not let him go.

He was happy before and signed an extended Contract, and now he wants to go .... mmmm... something must have happened, perhaps we got a no-mark manager who got us relegated and then shipped his best mate off to QPR.

Get out of our Club Kean

smellthecoffee says...
3:36pm Fri 7 Sep 12

Can someone tell me how many Catholics Steve Kean has bought since taking over at Rovers?

maradonner says...
4:05pm Fri 7 Sep 12

kirky1020 wrote:
maradonner wrote:
Reg Rover wrote:
ROVERS RICH WITH CASH, LEEDS RICH WITH FANS
Elland Road held the prospect of something special last Saturday and the old ground let no one down.
Jason Rhodes was making his debut for Blackburn Rovers, which meant that Leeds would be witnessing the debut of the most expensive player to move from one Championship club to another.
Blackburn paid Huddersfield Town £8 million for Rhodes. The type of money that Leeds can only dream about.
Rhodes inflated transfer fee represents modern football even if the down- to- earth Rhodes does not. But on Saturday Rhodes fee was swept away by something older at Elland Road, something primal, priceless, something so rare it justified a common cliché, that of the twelfth man, something Blackburn have not got.
There are many matches when it is claimed that the crowd altered the result, but there are not many when that claim is true.
On Saturday it was true.
It was hard to believe even as it unfolded. As the shear venom gathered volume towards half time, it visibly unnerved Blackburn, who until then had picked off Leeds, with Danny Murphy in control.
Rovers were 2-0 up in 27 minutes.
By the second half Murphy was clearing off his own line. Control had become panic. Leeds had what would have had been a fourth and a winning goal disallowed for not much at all.
“I thought the crowd were magnificent today”, said Leeds manager Neil Warnock (pic above)” Warnock spoke with awe, particularly about the atmosphere when Leeds were behind.
“Since I have been here, they’ve given me everything, 100%”, he said of the fans “it’s almost as if I’m one of them. I feel one of them.” it’s a fabulous feeling on the touch line, I’m giving everything and their giving everything, and don’t half help”.
“At 2-0 down they could of got on the players backs, but they didn’t because they know the players and myself are giving everything. Instead they turned it around by encouraging us”.
“The noise at the start of the second half was incredible” concluded Warnock.
A pity Steve Kean cannot lay claim to such support and another reason why Rovers will never be successful whilst Kean is in charge.
Reg.
Footnote:
What do Rovers have to do to get the fans back, apart from sacking Kean?
Your comments please!

www.regoftherovers.c



o.uk
Venkys have to get rid of Singh, Shaw and Agnew too.

If not; they must sell the club to someone else.

Then the fans may return.
If Kean was sacked it's a step in the right direction. That is the first step that needs to be taken in order to at least give reparations a chance.

Then as far as i am concerned I care little if Venky's put money in to the club, but rather that they stop selling off our best players (P.Jones, Samba, N'zonzi, Hoillet, The Yak, Nelson) and claiming that they are putting money in to the club when in fact it came from the sale of these players.

As a note to the above, I understand that player sales need to occur to keep a club like Rovers afloat if no money is being put in. But for Venky's to be ideal for me (falling short of Abromovich stye ownership) if they put enough money in to the club to ensure we didn't need to sell to balance the books and could be a "trading club" that would be amazing.

Finally, although Singh is as crazy as a box of frogs and causes problems with Kean. Things have actually become better since Shaw, Singh and Agnew took control of things; not much I admit but I am not opposed to these three as they are a at least some form of "board" that runs the club outside of India who are not Kean.

Alas I am probably dreaming....
You are dreaming. BRFC was described in one of the Nationals as....,

" English Football's most dysfunctional club".

If you think things have got better with Agnew, Shaw and Singh; I think you are not only dreaming.....but deluded.

Clowns Out.

londonrover says...
5:41pm Fri 7 Sep 12

French Rover wrote:
londonrover wrote:
French Rover wrote:
londonrover wrote:
Slubberdegullion Kean out!
Hi LR....I keep seeing the lovely word Slubberdgullion from you and looked up the definition:

(Apparently it dates from around the start of the 17th century and comes from Germany or Holland):

A contemptible creature; a base, foul wretch.

Wiktionary
n. A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.
n. A worthless person.
n. A drunk, and/or an alcoholic

I cannot think why you would use this word to describe Steve Kean...? Anybody any ideas?
Bonjour mon ami. Surement un question hypothetique n'est-ce pas?
you mean you actually knew what it meant when you used that fantastic word about our revered manager? :) Even before I looked it up I guessed several of the probable meanings and I was right....good word London Rover - whats next weeks word? I await with interest...

Le bon weekend mon ami.
Can't think of one at the moment but here's a phrase to be going on with - "Drink soaked popinjay"

londonrover says...
5:47pm Fri 7 Sep 12

londonrover wrote:
French Rover wrote:
londonrover wrote:
French Rover wrote:
londonrover wrote:
Slubberdegullion Kean out!
Hi LR....I keep seeing the lovely word Slubberdgullion from you and looked up the definition:

(Apparently it dates from around the start of the 17th century and comes from Germany or Holland):

A contemptible creature; a base, foul wretch.

Wiktionary
n. A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.
n. A worthless person.
n. A drunk, and/or an alcoholic

I cannot think why you would use this word to describe Steve Kean...? Anybody any ideas?
Bonjour mon ami. Surement un question hypothetique n'est-ce pas?
you mean you actually knew what it meant when you used that fantastic word about our revered manager? :) Even before I looked it up I guessed several of the probable meanings and I was right....good word London Rover - whats next weeks word? I await with interest...

Le bon weekend mon ami.
Can't think of one at the moment but here's a phrase to be going on with - "Drink soaked popinjay"
Oops, et un weekend fou pour vous aussi mon ami ...

thresholdweller says...
6:01pm Fri 7 Sep 12

bburnrover wrote:
I think reading between the lines Kean wouldn't let him move back to the Prem and he is still sulking and the so called injury is another Ryan Nelsen type of "broken leg".
We will see how injured he is playing for Sweden its not to difficult to uncover a Steve Kean lie
How many games has Ryan Nelsen played since he left us? Isn't it a case of players struggling with injuries at the end of their career?

thresholdweller says...
6:11pm Fri 7 Sep 12

bburnrover wrote:
I think reading between the lines Kean wouldn't let him move back to the Prem and he is still sulking and the so called injury is another Ryan Nelsen type of "broken leg".
We will see how injured he is playing for Sweden its not to difficult to uncover a Steve Kean lie
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4youreyesonly says...
7:53am Sat 8 Sep 12

Desperation sets in at ewood , anyone else recieved a letter asking them to renew there season ticket and get a full refund from the 1st two home games .............How embarrassing ...........sack the drunken clown now ......KEAN OUT

ronnie clayton says...
9:14am Sat 8 Sep 12

Google SCOTTISH SUN today read about Colin Hendry

stick to football says...
9:19am Sat 8 Sep 12

Good results iffy performances entertainment value mediocre so no reason yet to buy a Season Ticket but some are gullable.

As for Martin Olssen the team would benefit from his presence but just same as Samba NZonzi and Nelsen but the issue is the Managers ability to handle players - will he ever learn or is the Manager the most important person at Ewood?

whappen says...
10:39am Sat 8 Sep 12

jackmetickler wrote:
oh come on... I dont think SK is the man for the job either... but he cant even say what the score is without you lot slagging him off. Even if we change manager, the problems still exist behind the scenes.. Venkys have OK'd a foreign businessman to go out and buy players... I bet his bank account is growing with every non-entity he brings to the club and has Anderson got his fingers in these pies. Maybe Olsson is more ****@d about how the club is run than he is with the manager.... just a possibility you know.
"....a foreign businessman..."?

Just to bring you up to speed, he's a TV pundit in Malaysia. Or rather was.

Highlight of his football career? MoM in a friendly against Rotherham for a Malay XI.

So, still waiting for the 15 minutes of fame he desperately craves.

No more a businessman than he is a football scout or global advisor (whatever that is).

BTW In the Scottish Sun piece about Hendry, it describes him as our "assistant boss". Chauffeur to Assistant Manager's quite a leap even by Venkys accelerated promotion programme standards.

Careful Shebby, he'll be after your job soon. Assuming going from chauffeur to global advisor constitutes a promotion that is; sideways move at best I reckon.

whappen says...
10:53am Sat 8 Sep 12

thresholdweller wrote:
bburnrover wrote: I think reading between the lines Kean wouldn't let him move back to the Prem and he is still sulking and the so called injury is another Ryan Nelsen type of "broken leg". We will see how injured he is playing for Sweden its not to difficult to uncover a Steve Kean lie
How many games has Ryan Nelsen played since he left us? Isn't it a case of players struggling with injuries at the end of their career?
He was a squad player at Spurs but played a few from the start. Centre halves don't usually get substitured unless through injury or one of them is having an absolute 'mare, so he was never going to play many. Just being on th ebench suggests he was fit enough though.

He's started at least one of QPR's three so far, and looked pretty tidy from the highlights - even missed a couple of chances but hey, he was there to miss 'em.

Can't put a number on it but I would say enough games to show he still has it - certainly good enough for us.

Especially considering a) he was with a far stronger squad at Spurs and b) the season's only three games old.

Whichever way you cut it, they f@cked up with Nelson.

whappen says...
11:11am Sat 8 Sep 12

awh wrote:
"then you have agents or agents on behalf of other agents saying his agent had told them he was desperate to get away." Pickled again, eh Kean?
That's rich.

Kean badmouthing agents!

He wouldn't be within a million miles of where he is now without agents. - or more accurately, one specific agent.

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