See on Scoop.it – We Want Our Rovers Back
I HAVE a great deal of sympathy for supporters of Blackburn Rovers.
The latest farce unfolding over at Ewood has Steve Kean refusing to accept Shebby Singh’s apology for his recent comments and, according to reports, indicating that their relationship is now untenable to the point that Kean wants Shebby out.
So Kean wants Shebby out? A week ago it was Shebby that wanted Kean out.
Are we to expect a grovelling apology from Kean before Blackburn’s first game of the season? How long will the soap opera last?
One of the first things he did was confirm that Kean would not be sacked, then followed up in an interview with, quite frankly, a load of old bollocks about his ‘views on Blackburn as a pundit and as a global adviser’ and ‘being constructive’.
The most constructive thing to do was replace the manager with a popular choice and get the fans back on side, but it seems that this was never considered.
“and they expected Huddersfield to take them seriously”
Blackburn’s pursuit of Huddersfield’s Jordan Rhodes has been nothing short of laughable.
Fulham made an offer to the Terriers of, if press reports are to be believed, close to £3 million, with a percentage up front and a series of add-ons for goals, appearances etc.
That was in January, when Huddersfield were entering their worst run of form for many months and in danger of losing ground in the League One title race.
The offer was rejected out of hand and Huddersfield officials were quoted as saying that the minimum valuation of Rhodes had not been met.
Blackburn then declared their interest in the summer transfer window, knowing full well that Rhodes had been priced at £8 million by his club following their promotion, and proceeded to let the speculation roll on and on until, finally, last week they made on offer. £2m. What?
A quarter of the established price, and they expected Huddersfield to take them seriously.
Now that that’s over with they want John Guidetti on loan from Manchester City, a player who apparently has a virus that is preventing him from playing, and even if he recovers has several Premier League suitors (including Liverpool and Sunderland).
So why choose Blackburn?
“Kean is gone if Blackburn go on a losing streak”
The latest farce at Ewood is the ‘global adviser’ (what the hell is he actually advising them about?) mentioning in passing that Kean would be sacked if he lost three games in a row this season, and that 30-year-old forward Morten Gamst Pedersen, in my opinion the most talented player in Blackburn’s squad at present and someone they are bloody lucky to still have around, is a ‘pensioner’.
He is known for his forthright comments on Asian TV and, in his ‘I-must-say-something-anything-will-do-quickly-before-this-gets-out-of-hand’ apology he talked more bollocks about ‘blunt honesty’.
Let’s face it – Kean is gone if Blackburn go on a losing streak this season and look like they won’t go up, that’s what Singh is ‘bluntly’ saying, apology or not.
So it seems okay if you are the manager at Blackburn to be relegated from the top division, have players turning against you, have pretty much all the fans wanting you out, chasing players you clearly can’t afford, chasing players you’ll never get, signing players you don’t need (Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu, are either of those two strikers, full backs or centre backs?) and acting as though you don’t know what everyone’s problem is.
All that’s fine.
But don’t lose three games in a row, or you’re out.
And don’t refuse to accept any apologies, or you’re out. Farce much?
Steve Kean is 4/1 (brilliant value) to be the first Championship manager to be sacked this season with Stan James; incidentally this makes him second favourite in the division behind Ipswich manager Paul Jewell at 7/2.
William Hill are offering 7/2 for Kean, Pedersen and Singh to have all left before the end of the season.
I would take the former but not the latter, as Singh seems likely to cling on irrespective of what’s going on around him.
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Blackburn Casual 