FULL TIME: Blackburn Rovers 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0
9:45pm Wednesday 24th October 2012 in Sport
GRANT Hanley’s fifth-minute goal was enough to give Blackburn Rovers their first win under caretaker boss Eric Black tonight.
The defender tapped home in the fifth minute after collecting a pull-back from David Dunn, who later had to be replaced by substitute Ruben Rochina because of injury.
It was Rovers’ first victory in six games and their first in five under Black’s stewardship.
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A Darener
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9:47pm Wed 24 Oct 12
kazz
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9:48pm Wed 24 Oct 12
We all knew these indians are cheap skates but how low can u go, i thought we had over 20 applicants and this is the best we come up with
Ribby Hall Claret
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9:52pm Wed 24 Oct 12
burnleyglentoran
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9:53pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Bit of a sideways move eh lads?
HE USED TO BUILD WALLS
AND NOW HE SCORES GOALS
AUSTIN FOR ENGLAND
fishcake 75
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9:55pm Wed 24 Oct 12
L.D.BLUE
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9:57pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Dukes
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10:00pm Wed 24 Oct 12
venkys smelly out.
Bungle97
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10:00pm Wed 24 Oct 12
A Darener
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10:02pm Wed 24 Oct 12
burnleyglentoran
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10:04pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Bungle97 wrote:I agree mate. He will be gone in Jan (for £10mill!)
Austin for England - yeh right. Austin for another club in January, Get back in your scummy terraced house
But it does mean he'll still be here in december to stuff
The laughing stock near shadsworth!!!!
CHIM CHIMANY
FCBurnley
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10:04pm Wed 24 Oct 12
A Darener
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10:05pm Wed 24 Oct 12
blueblooded
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10:09pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Flitcroft attends games regularly, he or management have said nothing about it. Remember Sky also reported Rhodes deal was dead, Kean was to be sacked and don't forget Sherwood as a sure bet (evrn though rovers had yet to speak to him).
Captain Dreckley
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10:11pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Lancs - pensioner
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10:11pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Singh you have got to be joking, like another post on here states and I agree this is the last straw, 45 years but this will my last time you will see me until all you shysters have left.
GOODBY
RUinsane
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10:16pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Bunch on moaning whining premier league glory hunting hide under mammas apron knackerless wonders.
Don't bother coming back we've finished with you, just keep up the tomfudgery and back stabbing on here and pretend you're doing it for the greater good. spineless wazerks.
baxk in the playoffs far from convincing well done Mr Robinson and co.
On another note if the new manager is Flitty, welcome on board Gary prepare yourself for a load of moaning fannies its okay though, they don't bother going they just reside on here spouting rubbish.
Captain Dreckley
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10:25pm Wed 24 Oct 12
burnleyglentoran wrote:The thing that you dingles fail to mention is your defensive record, worst in the league. Love that mentality, Austin will score 3 but we will concede 4. League table does not lie, even with Austin you are still in the bottom half. So when Burnley do what they do best, sell the assets and pocket the cash, and Austin goes to a big club what happens then? No cash to strengthen the defence and a trip to Ewood en route to division 1. I think I would worry - lots
Bungle97 wrote:I agree mate. He will be gone in Jan (for £10mill!)
Austin for England - yeh right. Austin for another club in January, Get back in your scummy terraced house
But it does mean he'll still be here in december to stuff
The laughing stock near shadsworth!!!!
CHIM CHIMANY
Lincolnsmithfut
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10:25pm Wed 24 Oct 12
RUinsane
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10:31pm Wed 24 Oct 12
burner
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10:31pm Wed 24 Oct 12
??????? Which Premiership club does he manage? Please let this be March 31st !!!
burner
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10:33pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Blackburn Yoof
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10:34pm Wed 24 Oct 12
merlinrabbit
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10:35pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Trueblue12
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10:40pm Wed 24 Oct 12
RUinsane
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10:41pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Blackburn Yoof wrote:Hahahahahahahaha, a crack team of ninjas to protect him from who, they all stayed a home watching come dine with me watching some hooves getting boiled. HOOF GOAL MOOOOOOOOOOO. Someone forgot to to tell the hoof worshippers the boycott was off.
Flitcroft?! Jesus Christ. If this is true Shebby might need a crack team of Ninja's to protect him, nevermind just a bodyguard. I look forward to a BRAG statement denouncing the appointment if it happens.
A_McEvoy
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10:42pm Wed 24 Oct 12
Iiii1111
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10:42pm Wed 24 Oct 12
"He has recently been linked with a move to Blackburn Rovers as manager, a move destined to ruin his carrer."
Too bl00dy right......wonder if he'll get sent to the stand in his first game in charge.
Iiii1111
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10:42pm Wed 24 Oct 12
"He has recently been linked with a move to Blackburn Rovers as manager, a move destined to ruin his carrer."
Too bl00dy right......wonder if he'll get sent to the stand in his first game in charge.
greenscreener
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10:52pm Wed 24 Oct 12
For 20 minutes David Dunn rolled back the years and bossed the game, it all looked so positive when he set up the goal, then he went off injured and took any creativity with him. Rochina came on and showed what he can do in flashes, and Rhodes worked hard to make the most of few real opportunities. Sadly the lack of fitness showed again and for much of the second half we were on the back foot defending our last third against a technically poor but physically stronger team . Defence looked more solid, with Hanley a deserved MOTM, but theres still a lot of improvement needed all over the pitch. I cant ever remember seeing a rovers team so quiet, and its very obvious there are no strong characters to be the natural leaders in midfield or up front.
Any prospective managers watching tonight will have seen enough material to start to make something decent out of, but they certainly don't look like a side who can get promoted yet.
cedar67
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11:03pm Wed 24 Oct 12
jogalot wrote:Totally agree. I've not got a problem with Flitcroft as Manager. Granted it's a big step up from managing Chorley but I'm prepared to give him a go. Come on guys, it's a fresh start with someone passionate about Rovers. Let's move.
I'll get thumbs down for this but at least Flitcroft is not part of the Kean/Black/Hendry/An
derson/Fulham club of old pals who scratch each others backs and lick each others arses. He is also a real fighter and I feel sure would not put up with any old sh*t. He also has experience as a manager! OK, non-league but hey! It's more than McKinlay or Sherwood!
Looks like it has to be an ex-Rover and the cheaper the better though....
Blackburn Yoof
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11:08pm Wed 24 Oct 12
RUinsane wrote:Did you enjoy the match tonight? Who played well? What formation was it?
Blackburn Yoof wrote: Flitcroft?! Jesus Christ. If this is true Shebby might need a crack team of Ninja's to protect him, nevermind just a bodyguard. I look forward to a BRAG statement denouncing the appointment if it happens.Hahahahahahahaha, a crack team of ninjas to protect him from who, they all stayed a home watching come dine with me watching some hooves getting boiled. HOOF GOAL MOOOOOOOOOOO. Someone forgot to to tell the hoof worshippers the boycott was off.
Shebby has also lined up air support, plus two mobile missile launchers. You can't be too careful.
alfa111
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11:08pm Wed 24 Oct 12
French Rover
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11:16pm Wed 24 Oct 12
He is as dodgy as the rest of them at Ewood these days.
He has zero experience of football at the top level since he stopped playing and has a very dodgy past. Even today he is trying to claim his phone was tapped at the time that he had an extra marital relationship. He was one of the cheats that bought an injunction to save his sorry skin form press exposure.
Now he claims that his phone was tapped but says that he has no evidence of this. Flitcroft / Kean all out of the same tree.
RachRovers
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11:20pm Wed 24 Oct 12
MerlinTheVoiceofReason2
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11:27pm Wed 24 Oct 12
"Singh is determined to hire a young British coach and rejected the opportunity to interview German great and former Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster. There is surprisingly high interest in taking charge of one of England’s most dysfunctional clubs.
Ian Holloway is another rumoured to be keen, having grown weary of being made to sell his best players at Blackpool. Derek Shaw, Blackburn’s managing director, is said to favour Holloway.
Yet Singh desires someone without relegation on his CV. Both he and Shaw are understood to disagree on a lot and the process has stalled. Another man mooted as a candidate, Garry Flitcroft, the former Rovers captain and current manager of Chorley in the Evo Stik Premier League, is a regular Blackburn spectator, but he was in the executive box last night to witness an unusually pulsating start by the hosts, led by Flitcroft’s former team-mate David Dunn. "
Just go and get HOLLOWAY now Singh you big prat! I despair.
Dukes
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11:35pm Wed 24 Oct 12
venkys and shebby out.
peely
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11:45pm Wed 24 Oct 12
bluerob
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12:28am Thu 25 Oct 12
I can't see what he brings to the team at all, he tackles like a fairy and his distribution is awful.
inflightmagazine
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12:36am Thu 25 Oct 12
eddie the eagle
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12:46am Thu 25 Oct 12
jim 2012
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12:46am Thu 25 Oct 12
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smellthecoffee
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1:08am Thu 25 Oct 12
RUinsane wrote:Shouldn't you be on your way too?? One of your clients by any chance?
FLITTY IN, GLORY HUNTERS GONE, works for me.
smellthecoffee
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1:13am Thu 25 Oct 12
eddie the eagle wrote:Why would they get Flitcroft who manages a mid table UNIBOND LEAGUE team with Souness as an assistant?? Surely you'd have Souness as temporary manager with Flitcroft as HIS assistant?? If it is true then expect a MASSIVE exodus for as long as Flitcroft is manager. No disrespect to the lad but he's just there to keep Hendry in place. He has not proven himself to be a league manager, let alone a club the size of Rovers. Incredible!!! Singh is absolutely clueless and is clearly Hendry's puppet.
Flitcroft is coming to hold the fort until OGS is available,Jansen will manage Chorley in the short term..
no ney never
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1:24am Thu 25 Oct 12
"Take away the first 10 minutes of the game and I think we've absolutely slaughtered them. But it's that final third, that final delivery, that final little pass that's letting us down.
"We've come here to a team that's just come out of the Premier League and, unless I'm watching a completely different game I thought we absolutely pulverised them for 80-odd minutes."
Don't worry dave, when we play jimmy savilles blue and white army in december, we will pulverise them as we have the leagues top score in the magnificant Charlie Austin.
Terry's of Burnley
inflightmagazine
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1:31am Thu 25 Oct 12
RespectTheK-Dog
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2:21am Thu 25 Oct 12
inflightmagazine wrote:Yeah it's true. Steve Kean controls both groups with only the power of his mind from a mansion down in Surrey.
really concerned ive been hearing BRSIT and BRAG are behind most of the negative press releases, apparentlry they have some big investors waiting to buy shares on the cheap and then move them on , really hope this is not true
Roverthere
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6:39am Thu 25 Oct 12
Come on you blues!!!
gunishment
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7:20am Thu 25 Oct 12
RespectTheK-Dog wrote:I've heard it's the ghost of Stalin controlling everything from his aetherial underground bunker who is planning to use the profit for genocidal means. Please, God, don't let it be true.
inflightmagazine wrote:Yeah it's true. Steve Kean controls both groups with only the power of his mind from a mansion down in Surrey.
really concerned ive been hearing BRSIT and BRAG are behind most of the negative press releases, apparentlry they have some big investors waiting to buy shares on the cheap and then move them on , really hope this is not true
alphajono
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7:54am Thu 25 Oct 12
alphajono
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7:57am Thu 25 Oct 12
A Darener
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8:04am Thu 25 Oct 12
Garner10
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8:07am Thu 25 Oct 12
IrishRover86
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8:49am Thu 25 Oct 12
Please lease calm down, too many people on here think they are playing football manager, this place has turned so negative, nothing but people moaning the whole time.
YES Venky's have made a shamebells of our once loved club
YES the once again indecisiveness makes us look like fools and only adds to the frustration
YES that Singh chap seems to be yet another puppet in this circus ing who is clearly a very bad "yes man" who is obviously doing a bad job of brown nosing the fans and Venky's
No don't take all this out on Gary Flitcroft
I had been holding out (in more hope than anything) that all this indecisiveness was really just us waiting until the Norweigan season is finished with Ole having signed up already or failing that Holloway was taking over but I for one will back Gary if he does ake over, he deserves our support and is a true footballing man.
I'd love to see Matty Jansen standing on the sideline next to him, that sight alone would bring back great memories that seem like an atternity ago since this dark cloud came to rest over Ewood in late 2010.
So come on lads less of the moaning and get fully behind Gary and Matty (assume he wouldn't pass up on coming back here) and channel all this energy positively towards the lads and the team.
All assumes SSN are right - which could be very wrong indeed!
drunken donut
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8:53am Thu 25 Oct 12
drunken donut
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8:53am Thu 25 Oct 12
handsj14
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9:01am Thu 25 Oct 12
I have a source who has said that Alex Mcleish is interested in the job (my source is his personal trainer)
bring back the good old days
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9:35am Thu 25 Oct 12
It is quite obvious that the saying 'You cannot please all of the people all of the time' is so very true.
It is getting almost as alarming for the support i.e. BRAG trying to 'elect' the man, as it is the 'management'.
None of us (either side of the divide) can be at all sure upon the sureity of the eventual man coming u trumps, be him a novice or a experienced campaigner. You just never ever know.
The die is cast, the Walker era is over, Venkys are the new owners, Kean is now history, lets move on and get in place manager.
He may prove to be good, bad or indifferent. But he will need a psitive support base, not naysayers at almost every turn.
I fully understand the apprehension (I have bucket loads myself), but at some point a 'coming together' has to take place for the club to move forward.
To have Flitty and Matty on the touchline, for me, would be a breath of fresh air. Not that this is my ideal / prefered posting.
Yes they may fail, but there are no guarantees in life. What I do know though is that they would give it their very best shot, and thats all you can ask.
I would just hope that this would not tarnish their standing within our affections.
YarkshahRover
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9:47am Thu 25 Oct 12
RUinsane wrote:Moaning again as usual.
Gary Flitcroft, looks like the doom merchants are peddling poop already hot on the heels of the Billy Mckinlay mud slinging. Jeez theres some moanin buggers on here. Anyway I thought tonights boycott was off.
Bunch on moaning whining premier league glory hunting hide under mammas apron knackerless wonders.
Don't bother coming back we've finished with you, just keep up the tomfudgery and back stabbing on here and pretend you're doing it for the greater good. spineless wazerks.
baxk in the playoffs far from convincing well done Mr Robinson and co.
On another note if the new manager is Flitty, welcome on board Gary prepare yourself for a load of moaning fannies its okay though, they don't bother going they just reside on here spouting rubbish.
blueblooded
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10:15am Thu 25 Oct 12
no ney never wrote:34 years and still believing you can take us?
Sheffield Wednesday boss Dave Jones:
"Take away the first 10 minutes of the game and I think we've absolutely slaughtered them. But it's that final third, that final delivery, that final little pass that's letting us down.
"We've come here to a team that's just come out of the Premier League and, unless I'm watching a completely different game I thought we absolutely pulverised them for 80-odd minutes."
Don't worry dave, when we play jimmy savilles blue and white army in december, we will pulverise them as we have the leagues top score in the magnificant Charlie Austin.
Terry's of Burnley
Got to commend your naivety my knuckle dragging Saville loving fiend.
Austin will be gone soon, you know it, he knows it. The turd is too good for him, though carrying the team might look good on his cv..
Superrover
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10:16am Thu 25 Oct 12
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Since1972
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10:22am Thu 25 Oct 12
One promotion followed by immediate relegation and he recently took his team to our beloved neighbours and lost. Get real - just because he gives wacky interviews doesn't mean he is any cop - the modern football fan is so easily influenced by media coverage and, as we know with how we have been depicted as a group of fans, it is at best superficial and at worst downright misleading.
The hysterical reaction to Gary Flitcroft's name being mentioned just sums up how superficial the analysis of the merits of potential candidates are - after all, at least Flitcroft is not associated with Anderson and Kean (unlike Billy Mc) and at least he has been learning his trade from the bottom up - he is mega popular at Chorley and should not be dismissed simply because he has been managing at a low non-league level. He has more idea and managerial experience than all the other ex-rovers associated with the job.
The Rovers need a manager free from any connections with Anderson et al and we might just be able to rebuild the club - I went back for the first time last night and the team is a long, long way from pushing for promotion and that underlines just how low the team has been taken by the Kean/ venkys era. We will go down again if the supporters don't stand side by side with the new manager. For that to happen the new boss will have to get shut of the current players who are tainted by association with Kean/ Anderson.
Agents out, Agency players out, media pundits out, but we are stuck with Venkys - unless anyone has a spare £100 million to throw away.
A Darener
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10:35am Thu 25 Oct 12
I went down to Ewood this morning for my ticket for Saturday. Even though the last two home games have been horrendous football.
So! See you missing thousands again on Saturday.
At least I hope I played a small part in getting rid of Kean.
Now let's get a new manager soon and move forward.
French Rover
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10:52am Thu 25 Oct 12
A Darener wrote:Hi Darener - well done mate. Looks like we could have Harry Redknapp in the dug-out for saturday according to the Daily Mail this morning. Also in the same 'exclusive' they say we are close to signing Cameron Jerome on loan from Stoke! And no I have not been on the vin rouge :)
Just to let all those who call me a right moaner, especially as a pro-boycotter.
I went down to Ewood this morning for my ticket for Saturday. Even though the last two home games have been horrendous football.
So! See you missing thousands again on Saturday.
At least I hope I played a small part in getting rid of Kean.
Now let's get a new manager soon and move forward.
no ney never
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11:39am Thu 25 Oct 12
A Darener wrote:Is this your once in a blue moon visit to actually attend a game?
Just to let all those who call me a right moaner, especially as a pro-boycotter.
I went down to Ewood this morning for my ticket for Saturday. Even though the last two home games have been horrendous football.
So! See you missing thousands again on Saturday.
At least I hope I played a small part in getting rid of Kean.
Now let's get a new manager soon and move forward.
Terry's of Burnley.
no ney never
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11:45am Thu 25 Oct 12
blueblooded wrote:Like your clubs search for a manager, you too are weeks behind with the saville thing. Its been well posted that most people alive would rather be savllle than a bstrd.
no ney never wrote:34 years and still believing you can take us?
Sheffield Wednesday boss Dave Jones:
"Take away the first 10 minutes of the game and I think we've absolutely slaughtered them. But it's that final third, that final delivery, that final little pass that's letting us down.
"We've come here to a team that's just come out of the Premier League and, unless I'm watching a completely different game I thought we absolutely pulverised them for 80-odd minutes."
Don't worry dave, when we play jimmy savilles blue and white army in december, we will pulverise them as we have the leagues top score in the magnificant Charlie Austin.
Terry's of Burnley
Got to commend your naivety my knuckle dragging Saville loving fiend.
Austin will be gone soon, you know it, he knows it. The turd is too good for him, though carrying the team might look good on his cv..
Terry's of Burnley
A Darener
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12:02pm Thu 25 Oct 12
no ney never wrote:Bet I've attended more games than you have had hot dinners!
A Darener wrote:Is this your once in a blue moon visit to actually attend a game?
Just to let all those who call me a right moaner, especially as a pro-boycotter.
I went down to Ewood this morning for my ticket for Saturday. Even though the last two home games have been horrendous football.
So! See you missing thousands again on Saturday.
At least I hope I played a small part in getting rid of Kean.
Now let's get a new manager soon and move forward.
Terry's of Burnley.
no ney never
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12:18pm Thu 25 Oct 12
A Darener wrote:Another stupid comment. Everyone knows you only attend the odd game but you presume to know if you attend more games than me. Its why no one takes your posts at all seriously. You've been pro-bouycott for years bar the odd game!
no ney never wrote:Bet I've attended more games than you have had hot dinners!
A Darener wrote:Is this your once in a blue moon visit to actually attend a game?
Just to let all those who call me a right moaner, especially as a pro-boycotter.
I went down to Ewood this morning for my ticket for Saturday. Even though the last two home games have been horrendous football.
So! See you missing thousands again on Saturday.
At least I hope I played a small part in getting rid of Kean.
Now let's get a new manager soon and move forward.
Terry's of Burnley.
Terrys of Burnley
A Darener
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12:36pm Thu 25 Oct 12
No point in arguing with you. myself my friends and the finance department at BRFC know just how many seasons I have been attending Ewood Park. That is all you need to know. When the reserves used to play alternate Saturday's at Ewood back in the days, I even went to all their matches as well. I don't need to justify my attendances with you. My bum still has the splinters from the wooden benches that we sat on on the running track.
no ney never
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1:07pm Thu 25 Oct 12
A Darener wrote:Its you that raised the issue and now appear to feel the need to justify yourself. Give it up as you're beginning to sound desperate even though you may have attended for many seasons, its the number of games during each season that i'm saying we are all aware of.
no ney never....
No point in arguing with you. myself my friends and the finance department at BRFC know just how many seasons I have been attending Ewood Park. That is all you need to know. When the reserves used to play alternate Saturday's at Ewood back in the days, I even went to all their matches as well. I don't need to justify my attendances with you. My bum still has the splinters from the wooden benches that we sat on on the running track.
Terry's of Burnley
FannyTickler
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2:14pm Thu 25 Oct 12
speedie_rovers_legend
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2:15pm Thu 25 Oct 12
French Rover wrote:Should have signed jerome 3 years ago when he was with brum , will put a shift in unlike ethuu and murphy
A Darener wrote:Hi Darener - well done mate. Looks like we could have Harry Redknapp in the dug-out for saturday according to the Daily Mail this morning. Also in the same 'exclusive' they say we are close to signing Cameron Jerome on loan from Stoke! And no I have not been on the vin rouge :)
Just to let all those who call me a right moaner, especially as a pro-boycotter.
I went down to Ewood this morning for my ticket for Saturday. Even though the last two home games have been horrendous football.
So! See you missing thousands again on Saturday.
At least I hope I played a small part in getting rid of Kean.
Now let's get a new manager soon and move forward.
speedie_rovers_legend
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2:15pm Thu 25 Oct 12
French Rover wrote:Should have signed jerome 3 years ago when he was with brum , will put a shift in unlike ethuu and murphy
A Darener wrote:Hi Darener - well done mate. Looks like we could have Harry Redknapp in the dug-out for saturday according to the Daily Mail this morning. Also in the same 'exclusive' they say we are close to signing Cameron Jerome on loan from Stoke! And no I have not been on the vin rouge :)
Just to let all those who call me a right moaner, especially as a pro-boycotter.
I went down to Ewood this morning for my ticket for Saturday. Even though the last two home games have been horrendous football.
So! See you missing thousands again on Saturday.
At least I hope I played a small part in getting rid of Kean.
Now let's get a new manager soon and move forward.
A Darener
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2:34pm Thu 25 Oct 12
no ney never wrote:Maximum matches missed per season 4. stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
A Darener wrote:Its you that raised the issue and now appear to feel the need to justify yourself. Give it up as you're beginning to sound desperate even though you may have attended for many seasons, its the number of games during each season that i'm saying we are all aware of.
no ney never....
No point in arguing with you. myself my friends and the finance department at BRFC know just how many seasons I have been attending Ewood Park. That is all you need to know. When the reserves used to play alternate Saturday's at Ewood back in the days, I even went to all their matches as well. I don't need to justify my attendances with you. My bum still has the splinters from the wooden benches that we sat on on the running track.
Terry's of Burnley
77'sss
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5:22pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Where we have been the best team, nevermind dominate the opposition
It's like I said after the boro game THIS team is simply not good enough
How many players would get into a premiership team ????? Er answers on a postage stamp
So it don't make a blind bit of difference who gets the managers job
You can't race milk carts in formula 1
And as for going up automatically DREAM ON
kazz says...
9:46pm Wed 24 Oct 12
SHOCKING!!!