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    Vikings Rover wrote:
    CheshireRover wrote:
    gleechy wrote:
    CheshireRover wrote:
    Matt Newcastle wrote:
    Yes one attitude is right

    How can any TRUE rovers fan go to our home and watch a team now largely brought together by a man who has blighted and shamed our once proud club.

    All the players that have signed are in effect accepting his behaviour.

    How can any self respecting Blackburn fan associate themselves with this let alone NEW players that have sunk so low as to sign
    Up to him.

    Absolutely incredible.

    Literally nothing surprises me anymore.

    If big Sam wins his case HOW can this imposter into our club get away with it?

    Any self respecting owners would have to do the honourable thing.

    I will not hold my breath.

    Moral integrity and Fortitude.
    You underestimate the number of TRUE Rovers supporters that will go again this season, because in their view, they continue to support the club.They aren't going because they support Kean or Venkys but because they support BLACKBURN ROVERS.

    I will turn the question around and say how can any TRUE Rovers fan turn their back on the club when it needs them the most.

    The thing is, it's easy to argue the case for going and for not going, because there is no right or wrong in terms of the way fans respond to this, just different views on what works. And ultimately, guess what, none of it is working because, as Andy says in his article, Venkys own the club whether we like it or not (and most of us don't) so they're able to do what they want as long as it's legal. I don't like it any more than you I just choose to respond to it in a different way.

    As I said before, stop attacking fellow fans with an opinion different to yours, this is not a dictatorship, we're all fans.....

    And as for the Allardyce action, he's not doing it for any love of Rovers, as he's always done, he's doing it for Sam Allardyce. If he was going to press charges he should have done it ages ago, what he's done is given those who need it the perfect excuse for a poor start to the season for Rovers, it's disgraceful his choice of timing.

    RTID (with an opinion that some may agree with and I'm sure many won't, but it's my opinion, and I'm allowed to have it)
    I think Venks and Kean and co have hijacked the club, and it is in their hands to do with it what they please. Could you please explain why it is right to pay these people with a bad attitude to run the club so poorly?

    I'm really not getting your side of the argument, and am beginning to see it as you just can't see the long term good of withdrawing support for these creatures, just till they sell up, because you need a fix, be it bad or possibly on the off chance good.

    My patience ran out a long time ago, when I could see the derailment.
    They are on course to end the club for good, and take no notice of good business or football sense. I will never look up to these criminals, and certanly not trust them with a season's advanced payment. I genuinely would like to know the argument for buying a season ticket when you can see they don't show any sign of communicating with fans.
    Thank you for accepting an alternative view and for stating it makes no sense to you. My view is that me attending or not makes no difference to Venkys, but I feel it makes a difference to Blackburn Rovers. Kean and Venkys will go at some point, and they aren't going to stop me supporting the club I've supported for over 35 years. That would make no sense to me as the only person that suffers then is me.


    I don't understand tainting all new players with the Kean brush either - Danny Murphy isn't joining some Mafia by coming here, as a worker, he's choosing a 2 year contract over a 1 year one everyone else apparently offered him and an almost guarantee he'll play every week. A football and financial decision, not a personal one.

    I've struggled and continue to struggle with what my best course of action is. At the moment, I see my best action as going and supporting Blackburn Rovers. That may prove to be incorrect, but it may not. If it is, I will be the first to correct my action, but if staying away further spirals the club AND Kean and Venkys remain, then I feel Blackburn Rovers have lost because it will take whoever replaces them eventually longer to get us back.

    And 'Bring Back the Good Old Days', just as SA is entitled to do what he wants when he wants, couldn't I put the argument Kean is entitled to do what he wants when he wants and Venkys are entitled to do what they want when they want - to add to my response to gleechy, this is how I look at the long term. I care about Blackburn Rovers, not Kean, Venkys, SA, or anyone individual.

    I may prove to be 'wrong', but right now, both approaches seem to have positives and negatives. One thing is for sure, Venkys have managed to completely split Rovers fans and that is to their advantage.

    Only we can stop attacking each other and losing the focus on Venkys. Perhaps protests in the ground and outside the ground in a united front is the answer. I don't know. But currently there's no-one with sufficient ready cash and desire to force Venkys hand, so I reckon we're stuck with it.

    Nice to have a proper discussion about it and further understand all viewpoints - thank you.
    Hi CR,
    I agree it is healthy for all viewpoints to be heard. Mine for what it's worth is as follows.

    I have taken the decision that I am unwilling to offer my support nor do I wish to be associated with the company trading as Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Plc whilst under present management and ownership.

    No matter how loyal a supporter or customer of a company I happen to be, there still is still a line which I am unwilling to cross.

    Such a decision could be made based on moral or ethical grounds etc or simply, as in this case, that no longer am I comfortable with the image of the company and how it represents itself.

    When that point is reached I believe on principle I am left with no option but to withdraw my support and custom until such time that changes are made..

    That's where I stand today I have reached that line and I am unwilling to cross it.

    I believe that best way to express my customer disatisfaction and get my message across is to stay away and that is what I intend to do.

    Just my point of view . . . .
    Well said"
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ANDY CRYER COLUMN: There is no quick fix at Rovers

1:30pm Thursday 19th July 2012 in Blackburn Rovers & Premier League Table & Results Photograph of the Author By Andy Cryer , Blackburn Rovers reporter

YOU get the feeling no-one really knows what to think about the coming season with regards to Blackburn Rovers – with 18 months of let downs, broken promises and failure still very much on everyone’s minds. There are some supporters who are feeling a little bit more confident about the future and who are starting to dream about a quick return to the Premier League, but there are also just as many – if not more – still deeply cynical about the whole thing. There is no quick fix here.

The supporters and the community have been let down too badly in recent times to just accept the current regime from the off and get back to enjoying their football. Manager Steve Kean won’t get the full support of Ewood Park – a stadium that could be emptier than past seasons – for a while, with some adamant he will never get their backing. I have said it before but the whole situation is bizarre, illogical, and almost unheard of.

Whether Kean will turn out to be a good manager eventually or not, no-one can argue he is not the luckiest man in the world still to be in charge. He is though and, in doing that, owners Venky’s have accepted they will initially lose a lot of supporters.

Business sense? Not at all, but it is their money and their prerogative. What it does all leave us with though is a feeling of division and uncertainty.

Perhaps an apology from those whose fault the whole mess has been would be nice. I’m not holding my breath and even if it was forthcoming, would it be accepted? Probably not. There are signs of hope.

A structure has at last been put into the club – whether people like the make-up of it is another matter – while the signings of Danny Murphy and Leon Best were more sensible than most in recent times. Is that enough on its own? Not at all. Even Rovers know now, the only way back is to walk the walk and actually win promotion this time around. After the early bold statements that have been made again this summer – about the Champion-ship being full of fear of ‘Premier League Blackburn’ – there is little other option. Having spoken to a lot of disgruntled supporters over the past few months, I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say Venky’s and Kean have lost some supporters forever.

Now, they must finally get things right to ensure no more damage is inflicted than already has been done.

They are showing signs they want to do that but wanting and doing are two very different things. I don’t understand why the owners have kept faith with Kean but I would be delighted if he could get things right – with major help from Venky’s – and prove us all wrong. If he doesn’t, then surely even Venky’s must act.

Promotion is a must, or else we could be facing a hard future.

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