Blackburn Rovers – relegated. It’s no surprise but seeing it in black and white isn’t nice.
As is always the way with these things people look for someone to blame. Anyone suggesting Rovers fans should bear some responsibility is either deluded or an idiot.
These are not fans with ideas above their station. These are fans who know their club and where it should be in football’s pecking order. Before Venky’s and Kean rolled into town Rovers were a well respected and established Premier League club. Fast forward 18 months and the landscape’s changed somewhat. When you consider …
These past few weeks have been like watching a loved one slowly die.
You want to help, but you know there’s nothing you can do to stop the inevitable.
Sunday’s surrender at White Hart Lane left Rovers needing a miracle – and they’re in short supply around these parts.
Even if they can overcome Wigan, there’s still the small matter of a last day trip to Stamford Bridge. Don’t be fooled by those who say they’ll be taking it easy ahead of the Champions League final – their demolition of QPR proves otherwise.
All …
“We won’t get relegated – absolutely no chance.” – Steve Kean, November 2011.
“I think we need two wins and a draw.” Steve Kean, April 2012.
This from home games against Norwich and Wigan, with trips to Spurs and Chelsea thrown in? Good luck with that.
Relegation is beginning to look nailed on and the inevitable questions to be asked could be endless. Why haven’t Venky’s invested like they said they would? Why have players been sold and replaced by inferior ones? What happened to European football? You could go on forever.
While Venky’s have …
“It’s a good time to be playing them” has to be one of the most annoying phrases used in football.
Yet again it was randomly thrown around before Liverpool‘s visit to Ewood last night and yet again it was shown to be nothing more than foolish nonsense.
2-0 down inside 16 minutes, then handed a lifeline when the Reds are reduced to ten men, Rovers managed to claw themselves back into the game before throwing away what may prove to be a crucial point. Good time to play them? Clearly not.
Typically Steve Kean blamed the ref, but looking …
Vince Grella. Otherwise known as Vince Who? to the majority of Premier League fans.
Signed for around £4million from Torino in 2008 by Paul Ince, Grella has gone on to etch his name in Rovers’ folklore as a true legend of the club. Sorry, scratch that, Grella has gone on to achieve precisely nothing.
In four seasons at Ewood, he’s started 29 league games. Other than that he can lay claim to being one of the most expensive treatment table covers ever purchased, at around £30k per week.
Despite this he did manage …
Hands up everyone who thought Rovers were safe?
After winning two in a row for the first time in ages, it was back down to earth with a bump as a fired-up Bolton team made a mockery of those who thought safety was a formality.
Rovers may yet escape but it’s likely to go to the wire and even if they do, it’ll be nothing to shout from the rooftops about.
Which brings us nicely to the latest in a long of comments from yet another ‘expert’ on the situation at Ewood. This …
Two wins, two clean sheets and five points clear of the drop zone.
Victories over Wolves and Sunderland aren’t to be sniffed at – even though both looked very poor – and Rovers have given themselves every chance of avoiding relegation.
But with QPR beating Liverpool and Bolton away next, don’t be popping any champagne corks just yet.
Despite the positivity on the pitch, nothing’s really changed off it. The club still has owners who don’t communicate and a manager who’s about as popular with the fans as a fox in a hen-house.
There’s …
So – Chris Samba’s now a Russian, Venky’s (or Barclays Bank) are richer to the tune of £9-£12 million and Rovers are still deep in the mire. Splendid.
Thankfully our wonderful manager has addressed our problems and wants to add Bolo Zenden to the squad. Excellent.
At a time when an extra defender or three might have come in handy, Steve Kean has decided what we need is a 35-year-old winger who hasn’t played for months. To coin a phrase – you really couldn’t make it up.
While we’re borrowing phrases and cliches, Kean’s announcement that March is …
Out of the bottom three – at least until Man City get hold of us.
Rovers beating QPR was great – a result which gives some real hope relegation could be avoided. Before anyone thinks this is about to turn into a Steve Kean love-in – think again. While the first-half performance was decent, let’s not lose sight of the fact QPR were poor and our resident tactical genius nearly pulled out yet another collapse with his meddling.
Even when things are going his way, he somehow manages to always put his …
Another week’s gone by and Rovers are still in a mess.
There was much said about it being a good time to face Newcastle and Arsenal, yet two defeats would suggest otherwise.
In fairness, we created enough chances to win the game against the Toon, but Steve Kean’s post-match comments – strangely backed up by the local paper - suggesting we “deserved to win” – were wide of the mark. Creating chances is one thing, sticking them away is another and if you don’t do that you get exactly what you deserve – nothing.
As …
