FULL TIME: Blackburn Rovers 0 Millwall 1
9:23pm Wednesday 13th March 2013 in Sport
Danny Shittu scored the winning goal for Millwall
BLACKBURN Rovers’ hopes of an appearance at Wembley in the FA Cup semi finals were ended by a home defeat to Millwall in tonight’s quarter final replay at Ewood Park.
Danny Shittu’s 42nd-minute header gave Millwall a 1-0 win over a disappointing Rovers side.
The Lions will now face Wigan in the semi finals at Wembley next month, as Rovers’ 18-year wait for a trip to England’s national stadium goes on.
Michael Appleton’s side are now seven matches without a win as they go into Sunday’s Championship derby at home to East Lancashire rivals Burnley, whose boss Sean Dyche was at Ewood Park tonight.
Rovers, who had brought the tie back to Lancashire after Sunday’s 0-0 draw at the Den, had gone close to taking the lead in a tight first half when David Dunn lofted an angled effort just wide of the far post.
But Millwall went ahead when centre back Shittu headed in Chris Taylor’s corner three minutes before half time – the first goal Rovers had conceded in the FA Cup this season, after four previous clean sheets.
Rovers, without David Bentley for the game because of a knee injury, introduced Nuno Gomes at the interval and later handed a debut to January signing Anton Forrester.
Leon Best, moved to the left flank at the start of the second half, almost levelled the match but saw his shot was cleared off the line by Shane Lowry.
Taylor blazed over a chance to make it 2-0 in stoppage time.
Rovers: Jake Kean; Jason Lowe, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Markus Olsson (Nuno Gomes 46); Josh King (Anton Forrester 75), David Dunn, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Martin Olsson; Jordan Rhodes, Leon Best. Subs not used: Greg Sandomierski, Gael Givet, Karim Rekik, John O’Sullivan, David Goodwillie.
Millwall: David Forde; Alan Dunne, Danny Shittu, Mark Beevers, Shane Lowry; Liam Trotter, Jack Smith, Chris Taylor; Andy Keogh, Rob Hulse (John Marquis 85), Dany N’Guessan (Nadjim Abdou 66). Subs not used: Maik Taylor, Adam Smith, Karleigh Osborne, George Saville, Nathan Tyson.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg.
Comments(136)
RoversSwiss
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9:30pm Wed 13 Mar 13
I suppose, relatively speaking, he has only had the job for 5 minutes, but he doesn't appear to have any pattern of play. We have some good attackers who are being totally wasted.
Sunday looks like being an even bigger disaster.
gaylegarnerkennedy
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9:32pm Wed 13 Mar 13
one more season
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9:37pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Jansen_10
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9:39pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Elysiumfire
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9:39pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Rovers were absolutely clueless! You were worse than Burnley on Monday night against Hull. It's not your manager, this is down to the players themselves. You could see Appy looking on in utter despair. There was no sign of motivation whatsoever. You're playing for a chance to go to Wembley in the FA Cup, and all you got was total capitulation.
Dunny's frustration had him in tears at the end, and I don't blame him, because it looked like the rest of his colleagues couldn't have cared less. Disorganised, uninspirational, and utterly lethargic.
Bring on Sunday!
UTCs
nil bye mouth
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9:40pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Riverslide
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9:41pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Nuttall Street
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9:41pm Wed 13 Mar 13
RoverKeith
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9:42pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Appleton not up to the task of bringing the club back to where it should be. The long ball tactics are shockingly bad and between that and the lack of urgency in attack makes it easy for the opposition to defend against us.
Can't see any winning potential in this side. Certain players not earning their money, ie Pedersen.
Only a potential relegation battle to look forward with this run of form we're on.
Shambles...
We could go on and on about things over the past few year; choice of managers and those running the club and it's all been said before but its so hard not to rant.
It's going to be a long road back to the Premier League...
peely
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9:45pm Wed 13 Mar 13
French Rover
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9:46pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Get the heads-up again tomorrow - we have the scum to beat at the weekend and beat them we will. Even with a p*ss poor performance like this we will beat them. Again.
35 years and counting you claret monkeys!
Iiii1111
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9:47pm Wed 13 Mar 13
All for giving Appy a chance I said dudge him after 10 games ( the amount Berg was given) I have....he's clueless...perhaps some of you will now wake up or perhaps when we lose to the dingles on Sunday...eh Frenchy / wild rover etc...;-)
Prophil
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9:47pm Wed 13 Mar 13
cookyy2k
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9:49pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Now is the time we seriously need to be considering next year's push, now is the time to get the players up to speed on the strategies the manager intends to use, to iron out any kinks and work out what is required in the transfer window.
I now do not think Appleton is the man to rebuild and make that push for promotion next season, in fact based on his games since Arsenal I'd say he's the man to lead us into a relegation battle. I have long argued against fans claiming all we need is experience as if it is the holy grail of management but I'm now beginning to believe they're right. We need a manager who's been here and won promotion.
Venky's take note: Brian Mcdermott has this experience and is looking for work, make him an offer he can't refuse then back him with the cash to get the players he needs.
gaylegarnerkennedy
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9:50pm Wed 13 Mar 13
pistols blue
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9:51pm Wed 13 Mar 13
hugofakenham
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9:51pm Wed 13 Mar 13
French Rover wrote:well that's the distraction of the cup out of the way. Now we can concentrate on getting into the play-offs beginning with Sunday's visit of our superiors.
rubbish - no other word for it - but no time to mourn a missed trip to wembley - it has always been a poor idea to play the semis there anyway! Get the heads-up again tomorrow - we have the scum to beat at the weekend and beat them we will. Even with a p*ss poor performance like this we will beat them. Again. 35 years and counting you claret monkeys!
handyamBRFC
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9:53pm Wed 13 Mar 13
poor team
poor tactics
poor management
poor midfield yet again
MA.... the problem with....!!
'' A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing. ''
Its quite obvious MA cant do it in the long run for BRFC....!
MA can def. see in the long dreary dark night's with his big bulging eyes which is obvious but can he see us through.....!!!!
but the vital question is can he process the info out there which is plain to see for all and come up with an action plan and see us through to the end of this season and beyond....!
I doubt it.....!!!
thats 7 defeats already and counting.
MA is a gonner if we lose against Burnley....!!
A new set of youngish, hard working, physically fit, skillfull Midfielders required at BRFC.
what do you think...?????
Pederson is just too slow PLZ retire
Dunn is just too fat...PLZ retire..!
Hanley is slow but tries his utmost to do a decent job.
His thinking is also slow and hes simply not good enough as a 1st team player but ok to have in BRFC squad.
Lowe is slow slow but tries his utmost
best & should be ok as a squad member and occasional sub but not 1st team material in my view.
Marcus olson is like a fairy lightweight
only need to blow on him and he falls
what do you think...!!!!
juanbbien
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9:56pm Wed 13 Mar 13
petergray
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9:57pm Wed 13 Mar 13
BLOODY SNOWBALL !!!
Why throw a snowball when only a hand grenade would do the job required ?
Time we took our club back. .
Cotswold Rover
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9:57pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Supported BRFC since 1967,their current preformance is the most appalling I've seen
Iiii1111
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9:58pm Wed 13 Mar 13
one more season wrote:I reckon the Venkeys think the first division will be a step up from the championship similar to the championship being a step up from the premiership......two promotion in two season shows the Venkeys mean business.....their real objective is the conference....the first ex premiership champions to play there now that would be real coup;-)
Appleton can take us to the first division now.
gaylegarnerkennedy
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9:58pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Fortyfourer
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9:58pm Wed 13 Mar 13
happiness
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9:59pm Wed 13 Mar 13
FCBurnley
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10:01pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Rovervision23
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10:02pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Anyway I'm off to knock one out to one born every minute
noddy57
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10:02pm Wed 13 Mar 13
happiness
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10:03pm Wed 13 Mar 13
nil bye mouth wrote:'CLUELESS CLASSLESS LAUGHING STOCK OF A CLUB'........That went 3 rounds further than your even bigger laughing stock. Worst Rovers team in decades but still more successful than your ambition-less, tinpot shower.
David dunn in tears absolutely fantastic HA HA HA HA no wembley for T`rovers HA HA HA CLUELESS CLASSLESS LAUGHING STOCK OF A CLUB HA HA BOO HOO HA HA HA see you sunday you clowns.
skelbo
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10:04pm Wed 13 Mar 13
eddyo
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10:04pm Wed 13 Mar 13
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The Olssons and Lowe are useless and there is no link-up with the forwards. We play way too deep and the ball doesn't get into the opposition's box for Rhodes to touch it, never mind score.
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Look on the bright side. Would you want to see that team tonight on national TV or pay £100 plus to see them at Wembley? Let Millwall have there moment of glory and let the world see how numbingly cr@p they are too.
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If this is professional football it is time to find another sport to watch.
tugay please !!
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10:04pm Wed 13 Mar 13
At least a semi final cant gloss over what has been a poor season with a poor side and i am now doubting wether our 5th manager this year has got any idea either. God help us on Sunday as I have had every ounce of hope and belief taken away bit by bit during every game ive seen this season and beyond. A once proud club is no longer as two years of miss-management has eaten away like a cancer and I fear we are just another Leeds, Sheff Wed, Forrest,Coventry only our demise was self inflicted and did not need to happen. Hope you are pleased with yourselves Venkeys. God im fed up!!
A Darener
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10:07pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Keen O to Get Kean Out
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10:08pm Wed 13 Mar 13
nil bye mouth wrote:wanna slap ? idiot
David dunn in tears absolutely fantastic HA HA HA HA no wembley for T`rovers HA HA HA CLUELESS CLASSLESS LAUGHING STOCK OF A CLUB HA HA BOO HOO HA HA HA see you sunday you clowns.
Iiii1111
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10:08pm Wed 13 Mar 13
style of football is bringing the crowds back! ......proves one thing that there are less deluded people in Blackburn than there are on this site;-)
Keen O to Get Kean Out
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10:09pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington
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10:09pm Wed 13 Mar 13
RoversMCMLXXV
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10:10pm Wed 13 Mar 13
handyamBRFC wrote:It just gets worse and worse and worse and worse. Derby day on Sunday and if we play anything like that against those oddballs from the swap, we will witness an all time club low.
Poor
poor team
poor tactics
poor management
poor midfield yet again
MA.... the problem with....!!
'' A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing. ''
Its quite obvious MA cant do it in the long run for BRFC....!
MA can def. see in the long dreary dark night's with his big bulging eyes which is obvious but can he see us through.....!!!!
but the vital question is can he process the info out there which is plain to see for all and come up with an action plan and see us through to the end of this season and beyond....!
I doubt it.....!!!
thats 7 defeats already and counting.
MA is a gonner if we lose against Burnley....!!
A new set of youngish, hard working, physically fit, skillfull Midfielders required at BRFC.
what do you think...?????
Pederson is just too slow PLZ retire
Dunn is just too fat...PLZ retire..!
Hanley is slow but tries his utmost to do a decent job.
His thinking is also slow and hes simply not good enough as a 1st team player but ok to have in BRFC squad.
Lowe is slow slow but tries his utmost
best & should be ok as a squad member and occasional sub but not 1st team material in my view.
Marcus olson is like a fairy lightweight
only need to blow on him and he falls
what do you think...!!!!
Disgusting and shameful performance tonight and with the exception of the 1st half performance against the Posh the other week, I can safely say the worst I have seen since my first home game in 1982 - and that includes the last 2 1/2 horror years since those w*nkers took over. Cowards.
noddy57
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10:11pm Wed 13 Mar 13
77'sss
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10:11pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Injurys unbalancing the team no numpty you let Formica Rochina vuckic go
And have murphy Dicko pederson and Dunn who are all over the hill to play at this level and guess where they all play MIDFIELD , so you play hoofball, you clown
OnePostThenTheOther
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10:12pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Lose that and I fear that 2.5 years of frustration will erupt at Ewood on Sunday.
Davelyn
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10:12pm Wed 13 Mar 13
handyamBRFC
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10:13pm Wed 13 Mar 13
poor team
poor tactics
poor management
poor midfield yet again
MA.... the problem with....!!
'' A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing. ''
Its quite obvious MA cant do it in the long run for BRFC....!
MA can def. see in the long dreary dark night's with his big bulging eyes which is obvious but can he see us through.....!!!!
but the vital question is can he process the info out there which is plain to see for all and come up with an action plan and see us through to the end of this season and beyond....!
I doubt it.....!!!
thats 7 defeats already and counting.
MA is a gonner if we lose against Burnley....!!
A new set of youngish, hard working, physically fit, skillfull Midfielders required at BRFC.
what do you think...?????
Pederson is just too slow PLZ retire
Dunn is just too fat...PLZ retire..!
Hanley is slow but tries his utmost to do a decent job.
His thinking is also slow and hes simply not good enough as a 1st team player but ok to have in BRFC squad.
Lowe is slow slow but tries his utmost
best & should be ok as a squad member and occasional sub but not 1st team material in my view.
Marcus olson is like a fairy lightweight
only need to blow on him and he falls
Murthy, Etuhu, Orr, Givet, Robinson
and any other casing BRFC issues should leave asap
so we can buy players who will play for the BRFC badge....!
not just here for money....!!
Dann is not a confident player
but hes got the potential.....!!
Dann is not the ideal captain
Infact we have no captain at BRFC
hence we need to find a strong central defensive partner for Dann who could inspire confidence in Dann and the rest of the team.
A strong defender who could be a potential captain is what we need.
and for sure a couple of midfield generals who we need as potential leaders as we are clueless in the centre.....for sure...!!
what do you think...!!!!
noddymcleod
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10:13pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Surely no one can now pedal the line that his "honesty" and "direct talk" is anything other than a PR stunt.
Jordan Rhodes is our only hope and prefers the ball played through to him in the area on the ground. So Apple's tactic is to get the ball hoofed down the field where Danny Shittu, who has all the ball skills on the ground of a hippo, gobbles up the punts all night long.
Apple hasn't a clue. But as I said from the start, he's not here for the footie.
Rovrs were so demoralised I wouldn't be at all surprised to see us relegated.
noddy57
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10:13pm Wed 13 Mar 13
one more season wrote:l told you that when batfink was appointed,,,
Appleton can take us to the first division now.
French Rover
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10:13pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Prophil wrote:Is that your future plan then marghen - 10 games and your out for all rovers managers? There ain't no rule for this how can there be - Kean got two seasons - Berg got two months - neither got results and its a results game.
Two years ago, Rovers were a decent Premiership team and respected club. We are now a worse than mediocre Champioship team and a pitiable club. Thank you, Venky's.
It doesn't matter who the manager is when the club is in such a poor state (as long as its not Kean) so it may as well be Appleton as anyone. The guy has almost a championship team on the sidelines and the ones that came back tonight are patently not fit or ready to play - its stil all a terrible mess for sure but hardly Appletons fault. He just has to win one game for me now this season and that is on Sunday against the scum. And win it we will - get your head up marghen you are old enough to know better and have seen the club in worse places than this.
A Darener
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10:15pm Wed 13 Mar 13
gaylegarnerkennedy
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10:16pm Wed 13 Mar 13
French Rover
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10:16pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Iiii1111 wrote:Is that your future plan then marghen - 10 games and your out for all rovers managers? There ain't no rule for this how can there be - Kean got two seasons - Berg got two months - neither got results and its a results game.
Come on you Appy clappers say something positive about that....
All for giving Appy a chance I said dudge him after 10 games ( the amount Berg was given) I have....he's clueless...perhaps some of you will now wake up or perhaps when we lose to the dingles on Sunday...eh Frenchy / wild rover etc...;-)
It doesn't matter who the manager is when the club is in such a poor state (as long as its not Kean) so it may as well be Appleton as anyone. The guy has almost a championship team on the sidelines and the ones that came back tonight are patently not fit or ready to play - its stil all a terrible mess for sure but hardly Appletons fault. He just has to win one game for me now this season and that is on Sunday against the scum. And win it we will - get your head up marghen you are old enough to know better and have seen the club in worse places than this.
French Rover
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10:18pm Wed 13 Mar 13
A Darener wrote:They never will Darener - quote right!
If the Dingles don't hammer us on Sunday they never will.
roversammo
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10:19pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Stone Island:
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10:20pm Wed 13 Mar 13
The first thing they need to do tomorrow, is have a look at the league table and wake up to the fact that we are only SIX POINTS FROM THE BOTTOM. We have two local derbies, followed by two difficult away games. Failure to win any of these games, and you can't rule that out, will put us in serious danger of relegation.
Appleton never was, and never will be the man for the job. He will take us down. I'd get shut now and put GB in charge until the end of the season, and then get a proven experienced manager. How f******* difficult is it? FFS!
A Darener
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10:20pm Wed 13 Mar 13
French Rover wrote:Don't you believe it. Did you not see tonight? Chorley would have beaten us.
A Darener wrote:They never will Darener - quote right!
If the Dingles don't hammer us on Sunday they never will.
topman01
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10:22pm Wed 13 Mar 13
or pls get a good manager and get rid of ma before we get relegated
RTID
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10:23pm Wed 13 Mar 13
We cannot win football matches with these basic tactics.
Murphy although pretty poor all season, at least asks for the ball, and tries to play.
We have been awful ever since Rochina, Formica, and Vukcevic left.
drunken donut
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10:23pm Wed 13 Mar 13
gaylegarnerkennedy
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10:24pm Wed 13 Mar 13
forever_rovers
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10:25pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Venky's are poisonous vandals.
They should sell up if only out of shame from their flagrant ineptitude.
Wellsy11
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10:27pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Hanley, dann, Dunn?? Can't see any of the others giving a s**t or putting up a fight.
I am not only concerned we will lose, I am concerned we'll get hammered..
The loan window is still open, where are the midfielders we need?!?!?
I just hope Dunn & jones are available....
Riverslide
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10:28pm Wed 13 Mar 13
gaylegarnerkennedy
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10:28pm Wed 13 Mar 13
A Darener
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10:28pm Wed 13 Mar 13
A Darener says...
Could we go for a world record...six managers in one season!
juanbbien
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10:29pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Rovervision23
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10:30pm Wed 13 Mar 13
roversammo wrote:Shut up you clown!!! Can you blame family's for not spending their hard earned cash on watching that dross... Over paid and no passion to play for the shirt. IDIOT
Disgusting performance, disgusting support, let's see how many armchair rovers turn up sunday, YOU are worse than the venkys scum
Elysiumfire
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10:33pm Wed 13 Mar 13
"He just has to win one game for me now this season and that is on Sunday against the scum. And win it we will."
I beg to differ. Perhaps, you were not watching the game tonight, or perhaps you did, but are just simply ignoring how bad your team performed? You actually think Appy can turn this abject and demoralising defeat into a positive roar come Sunday? You actually think the players are going to rebound off tonights performance positively enough in time to do battle with the Clarets? They weren't arsed about going to Wembly, they are not going to care too much about a derby match which is important to the fans.
Burnley are due another win, and Rovers are going to provide it them, in front of their own crowd, and then you're going to slip ever further down the table towards the sinkhole of relegation.. Whatever is wrong at the chicken coop Ewood took time to create, it is going to take a longer time to fix.
Venkys really are a poison to the club, and there is no antidote but their vacating, and that is not going to happen before Sunday. Expect without illusion, the 34 year hoodoo to come to an end on Sunday!
Up The Clarets!
gaylegarnerkennedy
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10:36pm Wed 13 Mar 13
RTID and I hope thats soon the way I feel
flowersorseaman?
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10:36pm Wed 13 Mar 13
handyamBRFC wrote:I think your the type of fan that deserves a struggling championship side to watch. We'd have been really good tonight without Dunny and MGP playing! Go on then sh#tlicker who would you have played in the middle of the park? I'm dying to know? Anyway you aside, bring Jones into centre mid on Sunday and we'll have to sacrifice a man up top but at least I think we might not get beat. But then again with the boo boys fully behind us, maybe a point is fantasy land. Some of the fans tonight were utterly reprehensible, almost as though they want us to get beat on Sunday.
Poor
poor team
poor tactics
poor management
poor midfield yet again
MA.... the problem with....!!
'' A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing. ''
Its quite obvious MA cant do it in the long run for BRFC....!
MA can def. see in the long dreary dark night's with his big bulging eyes which is obvious but can he see us through.....!!!!
but the vital question is can he process the info out there which is plain to see for all and come up with an action plan and see us through to the end of this season and beyond....!
I doubt it.....!!!
thats 7 defeats already and counting.
MA is a gonner if we lose against Burnley....!!
A new set of youngish, hard working, physically fit, skillfull Midfielders required at BRFC.
what do you think...?????
Pederson is just too slow PLZ retire
Dunn is just too fat...PLZ retire..!
Hanley is slow but tries his utmost to do a decent job.
His thinking is also slow and hes simply not good enough as a 1st team player but ok to have in BRFC squad.
Lowe is slow slow but tries his utmost
best & should be ok as a squad member and occasional sub but not 1st team material in my view.
Marcus olson is like a fairy lightweight
only need to blow on him and he falls
what do you think...!!!!
gaylegarnerkennedy
says...
10:36pm Wed 13 Mar 13
RTID and I hope thats soon the way I feel
GameRoverMan
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10:36pm Wed 13 Mar 13
hugofakenham wrote:Are you mad? I'm a Rovers supporter but it's been a long time since I have seen such abject performances. We will be lucky to avoid relegation this season!
French Rover wrote:well that's the distraction of the cup out of the way. Now we can concentrate on getting into the play-offs beginning with Sunday's visit of our superiors.
rubbish - no other word for it - but no time to mourn a missed trip to wembley - it has always been a poor idea to play the semis there anyway! Get the heads-up again tomorrow - we have the scum to beat at the weekend and beat them we will. Even with a p*ss poor performance like this we will beat them. Again. 35 years and counting you claret monkeys!
richieBCN
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10:37pm Wed 13 Mar 13
gaylegarnerkennedy
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10:39pm Wed 13 Mar 13
French Rover
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10:39pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Elysiumfire wrote:Aye right up the clarets as usual !
@French Rover
"He just has to win one game for me now this season and that is on Sunday against the scum. And win it we will."
I beg to differ. Perhaps, you were not watching the game tonight, or perhaps you did, but are just simply ignoring how bad your team performed? You actually think Appy can turn this abject and demoralising defeat into a positive roar come Sunday? You actually think the players are going to rebound off tonights performance positively enough in time to do battle with the Clarets? They weren't arsed about going to Wembly, they are not going to care too much about a derby match which is important to the fans.
Burnley are due another win, and Rovers are going to provide it them, in front of their own crowd, and then you're going to slip ever further down the table towards the sinkhole of relegation.. Whatever is wrong at the chicken coop Ewood took time to create, it is going to take a longer time to fix.
Venkys really are a poison to the club, and there is no antidote but their vacating, and that is not going to happen before Sunday. Expect without illusion, the 34 year hoodoo to come to an end on Sunday!
Up The Clarets!
Yes we are rubbish but STILL we will beat you on Sunday. Again.
Iiii1111
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10:39pm Wed 13 Mar 13
French Rover wrote:No, if I see the manager of my football club is incapable of managing it then they should be removed......before its too late.....I know you live in France so perhaps you're removed from what is happening at Ewood or your just blind....the only time in the last 2 + years that the team look capable of playing for the manager was when GB was in charge......open your eyes the team performances are not only terrible but have got relegation written all over them...ah well you'll still be a Appy clapper in old division 3....perhaps everyone in Blackburn should emigrate to Aquitaine to
Prophil wrote:Is that your future plan then marghen - 10 games and your out for all rovers managers? There ain't no rule for this how can there be - Kean got two seasons - Berg got two months - neither got results and its a results game.
Two years ago, Rovers were a decent Premiership team and respected club. We are now a worse than mediocre Champioship team and a pitiable club. Thank you, Venky's.
It doesn't matter who the manager is when the club is in such a poor state (as long as its not Kean) so it may as well be Appleton as anyone. The guy has almost a championship team on the sidelines and the ones that came back tonight are patently not fit or ready to play - its stil all a terrible mess for sure but hardly Appletons fault. He just has to win one game for me now this season and that is on Sunday against the scum. And win it we will - get your head up marghen you are old enough to know better and have seen the club in worse places than this.
be more chilled about the dire situation.
happiness
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10:40pm Wed 13 Mar 13
flowersorseaman?
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10:40pm Wed 13 Mar 13
RoverKeith wrote:Seriously when given a gilt edged opportunity to pick a pseudonym, who on earth would choose Keith?
Gutted.
Appleton not up to the task of bringing the club back to where it should be. The long ball tactics are shockingly bad and between that and the lack of urgency in attack makes it easy for the opposition to defend against us.
Can't see any winning potential in this side. Certain players not earning their money, ie Pedersen.
Only a potential relegation battle to look forward with this run of form we're on.
Shambles...
We could go on and on about things over the past few year; choice of managers and those running the club and it's all been said before but its so hard not to rant.
It's going to be a long road back to the Premier League...
noddy57
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10:41pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Riverslide wrote:lm araid your right, its a shame the venkys cant see it, please lm out of work but if you give me the job of recruitement manager,,,l wil get the rovers back where we belong,,
So much for taking the game to Millwall....this guy is tactically clueless .Relegation battle looms ominously !
Arthur Labore
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10:41pm Wed 13 Mar 13
pleton.
Terrible tonight,only 8600 for a 1/4 final cup tie,how low can we sink!
Riverside 7
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10:45pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Appleton’s must be tactically inept.
Everyone in the crowd could see that the Millwall central defenders (and Danny Shittu in particular) were winning everything in the air yet we continued to pump more and more high balls into their box.
Why is he selecting players who are not fit?
Only a few weeks ago he was telling us that our squad was far too big.
I felt sorry for Dunny who ran himself into the ground but where do we go from here?
That is just 2 goals scored in the past 7 games and both of them came in the same game against Peterborough when we were 3 down after 27 minutes.
The pressure is on Appleton now to deliver for the Burnley game.
If we lose that I dread to think what will happen.
Relegation is edging closer and closer.
roverinmanchstr
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10:46pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Iiii1111 wrote:I believe that Frenchy/wild rover will spurt the same amount of 'cr@p....Reams of it and more..... Reams ... just thankful that I now go to watch Chorley FC (YES written by a skanky Manky!!!.... originally from Blackburn).....Well done Gary Flitcroft and Matt Jansen's..... Chorley's win over FC Utd at the Week End.I was there..I'll be at Victory Park -Chorley this W/E...Saturday......
Come on you Appy clappers say something positive about that....
All for giving Appy a chance I said dudge him after 10 games ( the amount Berg was given) I have....he's clueless...perhaps some of you will now wake up or perhaps when we lose to the dingles on Sunday...eh Frenchy / wild rover etc...;-)
..... c'mon the Magpies!!!
gaylegarnerkennedy
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10:47pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Come on Rovers must beat the inbreds
VENKEYS OUT SHAW OUT APPLETON OUT
Elysiumfire
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10:53pm Wed 13 Mar 13
"Yes we are rubbish..."
That's all Burnley need come Sunday.
Okay, let's look at the form factor for both teams as it currently stands for the last 6 games.
Blackburn: L, D, L, L, L, D.
Burnley: L, D, W, L, L, D.
Burnley edge it better than what Millwall did tonight. Also, Burnley's away form is better than at home, and as one poster put it earlier, they are hungry for a win. All the signs are there, winking ominously at Rovers. Portents, omens, rumblings and shrieking winds, The world is turning, and all is in flux. Changes and fadings of once glorious days are coming to pass, how the mighty fall and crumble to dust!
I've predicted your last 5 games and only got 1 wrong. I won't be wrong on Sunday. It's over, you're just not accepting it!
gaylegarnerkennedy
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10:54pm Wed 13 Mar 13
I just hope the fans can stick together
Wellsy11
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10:56pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Comments please......
GRAHAM HALSALL
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10:57pm Wed 13 Mar 13
i simply do not know the answer to the problem as venkys will not go anywhere.
poor jordan rhodes looks a forlorn figure. with his goals we have managed to win games but he has been destroyed mentally and i cannot see him scoring many more this season.
we hoof the ball to rhodes best or whoever hope they can do some magic and create something.
we do not use the midfield and i know why . we have not got any footballers who can win back the ball or find a telling pass to the forwards.
we have this big game on sunday and i am sure burnley will be up for it with their big following. our fans will be nervous and anxious and if it does not go well first half hour this will relay to the players. i cannot see rovers winning on sunday and fear the worst RELEGATION to the third tier.
what happens after that even nostradamus could not predict.
very sorry sad state of affairs.
blackburn is a crumbling town the only ray of light was the football club but that light is fading fast.you can blame appleton who it totally out of his depth , but the damage was done long ago. in fact i really do feel sorry for michael. the only consolation for him is that he is being paid a lot of money.
district01
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10:59pm Wed 13 Mar 13
roversammo
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11:00pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Rovervision23 wrote:I'm sure city fans had that same attitude when they went down years ago. Your obviously a fairweather turd like many others on here who have an opinion but don't go. Supporters are meant to provide the passion that kicks on the players, walking out to an empty stadium gives the away side a lift. As for money, that's bull sh*t just a crap fans easy excuse to stay away. If you want to follow your team you always will, one way or the other.
roversammo wrote:Shut up you clown!!! Can you blame family's for not spending their hard earned cash on watching that dross... Over paid and no passion to play for the shirt. IDIOT
Disgusting performance, disgusting support, let's see how many armchair rovers turn up sunday, YOU are worse than the venkys scum
Road Runner Road Runner
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11:01pm Wed 13 Mar 13
That tonight was shameful which ever way one wishes to dress it up.
I believe Appleton as lost the dressing room with his numbingly cowardly approach to games ?
Let these meek ****'s roll over on Sunday at their peril.
Dunny was the only player tonight with any pride for his club.
Shockingly inept.
Arte et labore
philrog
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11:03pm Wed 13 Mar 13
handyamBRFC
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11:09pm Wed 13 Mar 13
poor team
poor tactics
poor management
poor midfield yet again
MA.... the problem with....!!
'' A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing. ''
Its quite obvious MA cant do it in the long run for BRFC....!
MA can def. see in the long dreary dark night's with his big bulging eyes which is obvious but can he see us through.....!!!!
but the vital question is can he process the info out there which is plain to see for all and come up with an action plan and see us through to the end of this season and beyond....!
I doubt it.....!!!
thats 7 defeats already and counting.
MA is a gonner if we lose against Burnley....!!
MA is an expert at draws..!
check the stats....!
we cant have this at BRFC,
sorry see this season out
and we need a new proper manager
and new midfielders...!!!
get rid of the elderly OAPs
its a young mans game...!!!
A new set of youngish, hard working, physically fit, skillfull Midfielders required at BRFC.
what do you think...?????
2 great servants will have to Retire.
Pederson is just too slow PLZ retire
Dunn played well tonight but def in his last season and well be lucky if he plays a couple of games.
sorry is just too fat...PLZ retire..!
Hanley is slow but tries his utmost to do a decent job.
but not good enough for long term.
His thinking is also slow and hes simply not good enough as a 1st team player but ok to have in BRFC squad.
Lowe is slow but tries his utmost
& should be ok as a squad member and occasional sub but not 1st team material in my view.
Marcus olson is like a fairy lightweight
only need to blow on him and he falls
Murthy, Etuhu, Orr, Givet, Robinson
and any other causing BRFC issues should leave asap...PLZ
so we can buy players who will play for the BRFC badge....!
not just here for money....!!
Dann is not the ideal captain
Infact we have no captain at BRFC
hence we need to find a strong central defensive partner for Dann
who should be a capable central defender & could be a potential captain.
and
a midfield general or 2 who we need as leaders in the middle as that's our problem area and a capable ball winning captain in the center should sort things out.....for sure...!!
what do you think...!!!!
A Rover 45 years and over
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11:10pm Wed 13 Mar 13
RoversSwiss wrote:Completely agree, on the couple of occasions when we played on the floor we cut through them like butter therefore it was obvious how we should have been playing it. We played right into Millwall's hands for the full game. At least when Sam played the long ball he had people to get on the end of them we don't. Can't see us beating any Championship side at the moment. Hope we don't fall through the trap door at the end of the season into League One. On this showing it's not impossible.
A truly appalling performance, Appletons long ball tactics with a team completely unsuited to that style of play leaves you in disbelief. I suppose, relatively speaking, he has only had the job for 5 minutes, but he doesn't appear to have any pattern of play. We have some good attackers who are being totally wasted. Sunday looks like being an even bigger disaster.
roverinmanchstr
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11:11pm Wed 13 Mar 13
philrog wrote:Yes, apparentley got the 'go ahead' to screw the Club for all they are worth from Venky's (our trustful and endearing owners!!!!!!!)
Does shabby still work at BR , Ive not heard from him for some time now.
merlinrabbit
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11:14pm Wed 13 Mar 13
A Darener wrote:The Dingles will beat us and as somebody said above all he'll will erupt. Furthermore the players will be even more demotivated. What a ****-a-doodle door mess
French Rover wrote:Don't you believe it. Did you not see tonight? Chorley would have beaten us.
A Darener wrote:They never will Darener - quote right!
If the Dingles don't hammer us on Sunday they never will.
kazluvsrovers
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11:16pm Wed 13 Mar 13
happiness wrote:What an excellent post. I also hope Wigan get to the final as Dave Whelan has a soft spot for Rovers and wanted us to win tonight,
One small crumb of consolation, albeit a very small one; is the fact that we won't have to put up with all that media and Dingle criticism about a less than half full Wembley stadium for the semi-final. I personally gave up on tonight after about 70 minutes and would have taken the full time whistle there and then having fully resigned myself to the fact that we were never going to come anywhere near getting a sniff of a goal with those abysmal tactics added to Milwall's annoying but totally predictable time-wasting. If Wigan had beaten us tonight I would still want them to get to the final. Hope football prevails and they do. Also hope they stay up too. A small but well run club punching above their weight year after year with an excellent and honest manager and backed by an equally honest proper 'football' chairman. Everything we used to be!!!! Good luck in the semi DW....!
he has an excellent relationship with Martinez which is something I bet Michael Appleton doesn't have with our chairman and I bet he still hasn't even met Shebbi tosspot.
Come on Wigan you can beat Millwall they were as crap as we were tonight all you have to do is keep the ball on the ground and don't play the long ball.
You can do it!!!!
merlinrabbit
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11:19pm Wed 13 Mar 13
Elysiumfire wrote:What are you on? Stop being so dramatic. It's a Flippin football game not a world phenomenon. You've been reading too many Harry Potter books
@French Rover:
"Yes we are rubbish..."
That's all Burnley need come Sunday.
Okay, let's look at the form factor for both teams as it currently stands for the last 6 games.
Blackburn: L, D, L, L, L, D.
Burnley: L, D, W, L, L, D.
Burnley edge it better than what Millwall did tonight. Also, Burnley's away form is better than at home, and as one poster put it earlier, they are hungry for a win. All the signs are there, winking ominously at Rovers. Portents, omens, rumblings and shrieking winds, The world is turning, and all is in flux. Changes and fadings of once glorious days are coming to pass, how the mighty fall and crumble to dust!
I've predicted your last 5 games and only got 1 wrong. I won't be wrong on Sunday. It's over, you're just not accepting it!
GRAHAM HALSALL
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11:20pm Wed 13 Mar 13
district01 wrote:nice one
Would you back a horse with chicken legs?
roverinmanchstr
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11:23pm Wed 13 Mar 13
merlinrabbit wrote:Nought wrong with Chorley FC !!!!
A Darener wrote:The Dingles will beat us and as somebody said above all he'll will erupt. Furthermore the players will be even more demotivated. What a ****-a-doodle door mess
French Rover wrote:Don't you believe it. Did you not see tonight? Chorley would have beaten us.
A Darener wrote:They never will Darener - quote right!
If the Dingles don't hammer us on Sunday they never will.
Just go and watch Garry's team..Joy to watch!!!
Elysiumfire
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11:26pm Wed 13 Mar 13
"Dunn played well tonight but def in his last season and well be lucky if he plays a couple of games. Sorry...is just too fat...PLZ retire..!"
You want the only passionate (you saw it tonight in his tears) Rovers player to retire, you're going to need him on Sunday. As a Claret supporter, by all means, retire him.
Incidently, I was drinking with Dunny (he was on orange juice all evening) a week or so before the last meeting between our teams, and he was desperate to get fit in time for the game, but knew he wouldn't be ready, he was out injured with his knee. He's a great lad, and I like him, and believe he has a lot more to offer Rovers. And no...he isn't fat, just lacking fitness.
CasBRFC
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11:27pm Wed 13 Mar 13
district01 wrote:Not as much as a chicken with horse legs,.......
Would you back a horse with chicken legs?
Elysiumfire
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11:34pm Wed 13 Mar 13
"What are you on? Stop being so dramatic! It's a flippin football game not a world phenomenon! You've been reading too many Harry Potter books."
Thanks for the tip bunnywabbit. I've re-punctuated your 'exclamated' post to how it should be. I've not read a single Harry Potter book, philosophy being my bag. I take it the nerves are already jangling, and well they should. The mighty Clarets are about to ascend upon your chicken coop. Watch the feathers fly!
burnleyglentoran
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11:41pm Wed 13 Mar 13
B*******d Rovers announce new shirt sponsor - " SO BIZ "
jcadunn
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11:58pm Wed 13 Mar 13
handyamBRFC wrote:he'ya mate how would you like to come face to face with david dunn, sure you'd find he hasnt an oz of fat on him. if youd get behind the players instead of slating them every f*ckin week we might end up winning. dont get me wrong the tactics are all wrong but at least david trys to get the team playing. Its not hard to spot that everytime dann launched the ball forward it was shittu who met it first. rhodes made no atttempt what so ever to challenge. if rovers had less fans like you theyd be a better club. fickle rovers fans slating every movement the club makes. you're what i call a sh*t house.
Poor
poor team
poor tactics
poor management
poor midfield yet again
MA.... the problem with....!!
'' A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing. ''
Its quite obvious MA cant do it in the long run for BRFC....!
MA can def. see in the long dreary dark night's with his big bulging eyes which is obvious but can he see us through.....!!!!
but the vital question is can he process the info out there which is plain to see for all and come up with an action plan and see us through to the end of this season and beyond....!
I doubt it.....!!!
thats 7 defeats already and counting.
MA is a gonner if we lose against Burnley....!!
A new set of youngish, hard working, physically fit, skillfull Midfielders required at BRFC.
what do you think...?????
Pederson is just too slow PLZ retire
Dunn is just too fat...PLZ retire..!
Hanley is slow but tries his utmost to do a decent job.
His thinking is also slow and hes simply not good enough as a 1st team player but ok to have in BRFC squad.
Lowe is slow slow but tries his utmost
best & should be ok as a squad member and occasional sub but not 1st team material in my view.
Marcus olson is like a fairy lightweight
only need to blow on him and he falls
what do you think...!!!!
jgb12348
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12:06am Thu 14 Mar 13
s run out of anything else to say because it was like watching paint dry.
Watched Barcelona last night it was like watching poetry being read aloud. Get a grip Rovers players your paid well enough to entertain us, get on with it.
Very disappointed tonight.
jim 2012
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12:19am Thu 14 Mar 13
but i would like a manager of blackburn rovers
who has more than one game plan
which seems to me to be defend and try to hit them on the break
or if you cant do that then kick it like a cannonball up the park and try get a lucky break
i hope we don't play like that for the rest of the season
but don't bank on it
noddy57
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12:23am Thu 14 Mar 13
Jonny Bovril
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12:24am Thu 14 Mar 13
Road Runner Road Runner wrote:Utter dogsh1t tonight. As bad a performance as you could think of. It lacked in skill, tactics, heart, fight - pretty much everything. If MA thinks that type of display is acceptable he' d better borrow some vids and see how B Rovers play with Arte et Labore ( skill and hard work if your reading Michael) we did neither tonight and haven't for a while. Spiders, when was the last time we scored ?
Carry on with this caper and relegation is a real possibility under this farce that I've never witnessed on this scale down at the good ship Ewood.
That tonight was shameful which ever way one wishes to dress it up.
I believe Appleton as lost the dressing room with his numbingly cowardly approach to games ?
Let these meek ****'s roll over on Sunday at their peril.
Dunny was the only player tonight with any pride for his club.
Shockingly inept.
Arte et labore
If only this lot , players and manager, showed half the passion of my hombre Road Runner ! Now he'd fight his shadow to prove he was better looking !
Out with with MA and in with RR and his tactical genius Bovril. I honestly think we could do better than this.
Aye
gaylegarnerkennedy
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12:39am Thu 14 Mar 13
gaylegarnerkennedy
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12:43am Thu 14 Mar 13
Pommie Art
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1:48am Thu 14 Mar 13
lawrsteven
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4:39am Thu 14 Mar 13
OnePostThenTheOther
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7:16am Thu 14 Mar 13
gaylegarnerkennedy wrote:A replay
worst crowd for a 1/4 final since the war - just shows what a f*cking state the club is in
I just hope the fans can stick together
At VERY short notice
Midweek
On a cold night
Between two shi teams
For the prize of semi sham-staged at Wembley
Where we faced being humilated by a decent Premiership side who are occupying a position that we used to be in when we were operating at our lowest.
The only positive? That our exit will be a blessing in disguise.
dangerous dave
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8:18am Thu 14 Mar 13
OUT WITH THE LOT OF THEM
Heidenreicher
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8:30am Thu 14 Mar 13
Heidenreicher
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8:32am Thu 14 Mar 13
KEEP HOOFING THE BALL!
Yeah that clearly worked!
PersianRover
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9:10am Thu 14 Mar 13
This shows these players were never the weakness in the team, they were always let down by other players who had a far worse pass completion, who would never return the ball back to them, so ends up in all chasing back.
Bring them back!
GB in!
Appleton out!
Hovis1945
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9:17am Thu 14 Mar 13
PersianRover
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9:19am Thu 14 Mar 13
It was funny to watch Gomez running around like a 20 year old, to be fair that would be the only way he could get a touch of the ball with the way the team was playing. He must be thinking what the hell he is doing here.
fanny.tickler.
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9:19am Thu 14 Mar 13
French Rover wrote:Very very foolish words.
rubbish - no other word for it - but no time to mourn a missed trip to wembley - it has always been a poor idea to play the semis there anyway!
Get the heads-up again tomorrow - we have the scum to beat at the weekend and beat them we will. Even with a p*ss poor performance like this we will beat them. Again.
35 years and counting you claret monkeys!
French Rover
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9:43am Thu 14 Mar 13
Iiii1111 wrote:You obviously don`t know me well enough Marghen, as right now I am not chilled at all. Nor am I blind.
French Rover wrote:No, if I see the manager of my football club is incapable of managing it then they should be removed......before its too late.....I know you live in France so perhaps you're removed from what is happening at Ewood or your just blind....the only time in the last 2 + years that the team look capable of playing for the manager was when GB was in charge......open your eyes the team performances are not only terrible but have got relegation written all over them...ah well you'll still be a Appy clapper in old division 3....perhaps everyone in Blackburn should emigrate to Aquitaine to
Prophil wrote:Is that your future plan then marghen - 10 games and your out for all rovers managers? There ain't no rule for this how can there be - Kean got two seasons - Berg got two months - neither got results and its a results game.
Two years ago, Rovers were a decent Premiership team and respected club. We are now a worse than mediocre Champioship team and a pitiable club. Thank you, Venky's.
It doesn't matter who the manager is when the club is in such a poor state (as long as its not Kean) so it may as well be Appleton as anyone. The guy has almost a championship team on the sidelines and the ones that came back tonight are patently not fit or ready to play - its stil all a terrible mess for sure but hardly Appletons fault. He just has to win one game for me now this season and that is on Sunday against the scum. And win it we will - get your head up marghen you are old enough to know better and have seen the club in worse places than this.
be more chilled about the dire situation.
I am utterly devastated that my beloved team - the love of my life for over 50 years - is struggling so badly with little hope of anything much changing anytime soon.Its a disaster zone with terrible performances and worse results and to say I dont recognise that is a very poor and cheap jibe.
BTW I am not an Appy Clapper (which is a really stupid term anyway) - for me as long as it is not SK that is in charge then I don`t really care who the manager is as long as they can do a half decent job over time.
When Appleton came in most fans rightly reserved judgement and said that things were such a mess at the Rovers that MA should be given at least a full season to sort them out.
Then quite a lot of fans posted some mild praise on here in recognition that MA was slowly sorting the defense out, and we started keeping clean sheets (when we had forgotten what one looked like) and fans praised his straight talking style as we [picked up a couple of wins and added a couple of much needed players like Jones.
Plus he dropped Murphy who has been a disgrace. Well done MA most people said.
Then we lost three on the trot and suddenly he is the worst manager in the world.
At no time have we played well and that stretches back for almost three seasons. Not sure how you can expect any manager to change that overnight? Not realistic.
A dog isn`t just for christmas Marghen,
you have to keep him long term and hope he works the tricks out. Certainly you don`t get rid of him after a few weeks cos he is not doing exactly what you want.
With injuries to key players and the loss of form and fitness of those who are available - then there isn`t much to shout about for sure. But to ditch manager after manager is not the solution.
For me there are two aims now for the rest of the season:
1) Beat the scum on sunday
2) Don`t get relegated.
If we achieve those two aims then that is probably all we can hope for or salvage this season out of the wreckage that our club is now and for which only the Vs are to blame.
Bungle97
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9:49am Thu 14 Mar 13
French Rover
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9:50am Thu 14 Mar 13
fanny.tickler. wrote:you keep on saying that Mr FT.....
French Rover wrote:Very very foolish words.
rubbish - no other word for it - but no time to mourn a missed trip to wembley - it has always been a poor idea to play the semis there anyway!
Get the heads-up again tomorrow - we have the scum to beat at the weekend and beat them we will. Even with a p*ss poor performance like this we will beat them. Again.
35 years and counting you claret monkeys!
Your expectations are high right now that you will beat the Rovers based on our recent results - but you forget that are as bad as we are - plus you have the eternal losers complex (34 years) so its nay no never, no never no more that will be ringing out around Ewood on Sunday and it will be the Rovers fans that will be singing it after yet another victory over your lot.
tiojo
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9:56am Thu 14 Mar 13
walshy2866
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10:21am Thu 14 Mar 13
lawrsteven wrote:Where you 1 of those loyal dingles who contributed to the average attendance in 86/87 of 2,200? Maybe you couldn't make those games around Christmas when it fell to the high teens hundreds?
8,600 at a FA Cup quarter final replay with a visit to Wembley at stake??? Now that IS a disgrace. BRFC fans and team deserve each other. Never have a go at the attendances at Burnley again! Roll on Sunday....
walshy2866
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11:09am Thu 14 Mar 13
Sell valuable players (Jones, Samba),Get rid of experianced players on lucrative contracts , don't play remaining ones(who knows what "games played payments" clauses they have?) , back fill with loans and cheap deals. Do the sums and even with the Rhodes transfer & big wages to Gomez and Murphy (brought in to fool fans that they attract big names), they're still quid in
Appoint clueless but obedient managers/execs who take a wage (with no "kiss and tell when they get the bullet" clauses in their contracts). Their clueless guidance will achieve their ultimate goal.
Cut scouting / training / catering budgets , apparently the training pitches at Brockhall are in a bad way now.
Let's be honest most footballers don't have much between their ears and will be easily bought out and silenced for money
Their ultimate owners goal is to run the club into the ground , take all the assets and if this means the end of Blackburn Rovers as a going concern then so be it, they won't give a toss.
If this was a fashionable club or a London club, the press would be all over it. I know Jack Straw and Graham Jones (an old school friend of mine) have tried to raise this in parliament but they have no real power where it matters.
Mark my words , there is a real possibility that in 4 or 5 years time, we could be faced with one of the founder members of the football league going out of business and getting a 1 hour documentary on channel5 entitled "Blackburn Rovers The Death Of A Football Club".
No doubt many will look at my comments and dismiss it as doom mongering or glass half empty , but put your hand on your heart and tell me where else in 2 and a half years has so much happened so quickly without a glimmer of hope?
Maybe as other posters have said its time Andy Cryer did some proper investigative journalism and came up with some findings, rather than just trotting out the same garbage week after week. Unless of course he's being paid "keep quiet" money
Last night was the best indication yet of my theories, badly trained, badly coached players , with no guidance (I sat in the J.Walker last night and Appleton didn't live one single pass, tackle or half chance and looked totally disinterested).
I believe 95% of staff are going through the motions , with the exception of Dunny who saw his last chance of a wembley appearance fizzle out in a damp squid of an inept performance and don't give a toss attitude.
Does anyone else see what I see?
Hendog
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12:31pm Thu 14 Mar 13
A chance to play at Wembley doesnt come around that often, yet they were so, so amateurish.
Football teams pay for analysts, can somebdy please tell me the success rate of a Jake Kean free kicks, goal kicks or kicks out of his hands?
That's just one example, yet this week you had a team making glaringly obvious errors and fundamental flaws with the uncommon luxury of playing the exact same team 4 days later at home, and no improvement was seen?
That is unforgivable!!
Wild Rover
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12:50pm Thu 14 Mar 13
No, dont see it at all, complete rubbish, stupid conspiracy theory not supported by facts
We are crape currently, that is all. We lost a cup match ffs , nobody died
@ Frenchy
I like your post and agree with every word, saves me typing " reams" as the goon who fills these posts with bile said above
fanny.tickler.
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12:58pm Thu 14 Mar 13
gaylegarnerkennedy wrote:Far too late for answers mate, You are being bummed without remorse by the Venky's and the funny part is you are taking it without even putting up a fight.
If I was editor of the lancashire telegraph I would of had someone undercover investigating the venkeys from day one - has proper journalism died? How difficult is it??? Pay me and I'll do Andy Cryers job 10 times over and get some answers - baffooons, the lot of you
RTID and I hope thats soon the way I feel
handyamBRFC
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1:05pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Poor
poor team
poor tactics
poor management
poor midfield yet again
MA.... the problem with....!!
'' A study of Neanderthal skulls suggests that they went extinct because they had larger eyes than our species.
As a result, more of their brain was devoted to seeing in the long, dark nights in Europe, at the expense of high-level processing. ''
Its quite obvious MA cant do it in the long run for BRFC....!
'' MA can def. see in the long dreary dark night's with his big bulging eyes which is obvious but can he see us through.....!!!!
but the vital question is can he process the info out there which is plain to see for all and come up with an action plan and see us through to the end of this season and beyond....! ''
I doubt it.....!!!
thats 7 defeats already and counting.
MA is a gonner if we lose against Burnley....!!
MA is an expert at draws..!
check the stats....! sh...te..!
we cant have this at BRFC,
sorry see this season out
or let him go....!! & start afresh...!
and we need a new proper manager
and new midfielders...!!!
get rid of the elderly OAPs
its a young mans game...!!!
A new set of youngish, hard working, physically fit, skillfull Midfielders required at BRFC.
what do you think...?????
2 great servants will have to Retire.
Pederson is just too slow PLZ retire
Dunn played well tonight but def in his last season and well be lucky if he plays a couple of games.
sorry is just mostly unfit...PLZ retire..!
but Dunny should play v burnley.
cos hes a local lad with pride.
this will be his - DD- Cup final
and ours of course...!!!
The Burnley game will define our season.....!!
Hanley is slow but tries his utmost to do a decent job.
but not good enough for long term.
His thinking is also slow and hes simply not good enough as a 1st team player but ok to have in BRFC squad.
Lowe is slow but tries his utmost
& should be ok as a squad member and occasional sub but not 1st team material in my view.
Marcus olson is like a fairy lightweight
only need to blow on him and he falls
Past it players ...plz Just GO...!!!
Murthy, Etuhu, Orr, Givet, Robinson
and any other causing BRFC issues should leave asap...PLZ
so we can buy players who will play for the BRFC badge....!
not just here for money....!!
Dann is not the ideal captain
In fact we have no captain at BRFC
hence we need to find a strong central defensive partner for Dann
who should be a capable central defender & hopefully be a potential captain.
and
a midfield general or 2 who we need as leaders in the middle as that's our problem area and a capable ball winning captain in the center should sort things out.....for sure...!!
what do you think...!!!!
hugofakenham
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1:28pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Enter Henning Berg. Positively breathtaking !
Then you go and sack him. Oh no !
Along comes the star mercenary Appleton.
OMG it surely can't get any better, can it.
We shouldn't really laugh as we've had Laws, Howe and Dyche ........not one of 'em Manager of the Month.
The big difference is we're not going anywhere but you're plummeting to the depths. Who knows where/when you'll stop ?
Priceless.
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Reality50
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1:34pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Fan@clared
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5:04pm Thu 14 Mar 13
RoversSwiss wrote:I wouldn't bank on it being a bigger disaster!!!
A truly appalling performance, Appletons long ball tactics with a team completely unsuited to that style of play leaves you in disbelief.
I suppose, relatively speaking, he has only had the job for 5 minutes, but he doesn't appear to have any pattern of play. We have some good attackers who are being totally wasted.
Sunday looks like being an even bigger disaster.
Fan@clared
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5:09pm Thu 14 Mar 13
A Darener wrote:It could be the most boring game ever.
If the Dingles don't hammer us on Sunday they never will.
peely
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5:50pm Thu 14 Mar 13
walshy2866 wrote:Absolutely spot on , the only thing I disagree with is that it will 4 or 5 years before Rovers go out of business ! I,d put it at 2 to 3 max with the current set up . No T V revenue, gates falling thru the floor , unsustainable wage bill, do the sums , you don't need to be Einstein to work it out , if things don't change drastically we,re f""ked !
As I've said all along, there's a lot more to this than meets the eye. This is a calculated and well planned exercise to de-commission the club we love by the owners.
Sell valuable players (Jones, Samba),Get rid of experianced players on lucrative contracts , don't play remaining ones(who knows what "games played payments" clauses they have?) , back fill with loans and cheap deals. Do the sums and even with the Rhodes transfer & big wages to Gomez and Murphy (brought in to fool fans that they attract big names), they're still quid in
Appoint clueless but obedient managers/execs who take a wage (with no "kiss and tell when they get the bullet" clauses in their contracts). Their clueless guidance will achieve their ultimate goal.
Cut scouting / training / catering budgets , apparently the training pitches at Brockhall are in a bad way now.
Let's be honest most footballers don't have much between their ears and will be easily bought out and silenced for money
Their ultimate owners goal is to run the club into the ground , take all the assets and if this means the end of Blackburn Rovers as a going concern then so be it, they won't give a toss.
If this was a fashionable club or a London club, the press would be all over it. I know Jack Straw and Graham Jones (an old school friend of mine) have tried to raise this in parliament but they have no real power where it matters.
Mark my words , there is a real possibility that in 4 or 5 years time, we could be faced with one of the founder members of the football league going out of business and getting a 1 hour documentary on channel5 entitled "Blackburn Rovers The Death Of A Football Club".
No doubt many will look at my comments and dismiss it as doom mongering or glass half empty , but put your hand on your heart and tell me where else in 2 and a half years has so much happened so quickly without a glimmer of hope?
Maybe as other posters have said its time Andy Cryer did some proper investigative journalism and came up with some findings, rather than just trotting out the same garbage week after week. Unless of course he's being paid "keep quiet" money
Last night was the best indication yet of my theories, badly trained, badly coached players , with no guidance (I sat in the J.Walker last night and Appleton didn't live one single pass, tackle or half chance and looked totally disinterested).
I believe 95% of staff are going through the motions , with the exception of Dunny who saw his last chance of a wembley appearance fizzle out in a damp squid of an inept performance and don't give a toss attitude.
Does anyone else see what I see?
Mr John
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7:26pm Thu 14 Mar 13
kazluvsrovers
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10:12pm Thu 14 Mar 13
CasBRFC wrote:what are you two on?
district01 wrote:Not as much as a chicken with horse legs,.......
Would you back a horse with chicken legs?
made me laugh though just thinking of them running along side of each other.
Ha ha!
kiwipom73
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7:42am Fri 15 Mar 13
The team responded...the majority of fans were happy to give him a fair...it seems there are so many "bleeders" on board with self interests that a "right" decision for the club now seems in thing of the past....like a load of gatecrashers at a wedding....no one interested in the future of the bride & groom !!!
What can you expect when the owners and their advisors are both clueless about professional football and all making hay while the sun does shine !!
Not a good like while the Venky,s are onboard !
nil bye mouth says...
9:27pm Wed 13 Mar 13