Appleton hopes for derby catalyst

4:56pm Sunday 17th March 2013 in Sport

MICHAEL Appleton believes David Dunn's late derby leveller can prove a catalyst for Blackburn Rovers' season finale.

Dunn cancelled out Jason Shackell's first half header in injury time to earn Rovers a 1-1 draw and preserve their 34-year unbeaten run against their bitter rivals.

Appleton said: "I thought for the effort alone in the second half and the boys keeping their discipline where Burnley lost theirs, we stayed patient.

"The crowd at times were willing us to put the ball in the box but when you have centre halves as big as theirs it is not that easy.

"We stayed patient, luckily we kept Dunny on the pitch, and hopefully that can be a catalyst for the next two or three games.

"If we concentrate on what we are doing as team, there are a lot of things that have gone against us, and we have to focus on ourselves.

"There was a bit of panic but the players kept going and hopefully that wqill be a catalyst for the next nine games.

"I hope that feels like the biggest defeat Burnley have ever had because we have to be selfish in the way we think. The lads have gone into the dressing room as high as kites, it was fitting it was a local lad who did it for us."

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Iiii1111 says...
4:59pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Earth to planet Zog.....

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Ovais789 says...
5:03pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Why can't Appleton get the balance between defending and attacking. under Kean the defence was thhe problem, under black the attack was the problem, Bowen managed to find the solution, but Appleton has screwed it up again.

We're concentrating on our defensive game so much, tat when we concede we can't score anymore!

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35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
5:04pm Sun 17 Mar 13

We are at our lowest ebb, we can't possibly get any lower. We must start to bounce soon and build week on week, but even with how bad we have become. And how far we have fallen. Burnley are still our SURRENDER MONKEYS. 35 years

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1952 rover says...
5:07pm Sun 17 Mar 13

35yearSurrenderMonke
ys wrote:
We are at our lowest ebb, we can't possibly get any lower. We must start to bounce soon and build week on week, but even with how bad we have become. And how far we have fallen. Burnley are still our SURRENDER MONKEYS. 35 years
here here. Dingle,s where just a team of dirty bad tacklers.

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merlinrabbit says...
5:10pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Seeing 4000 Burnley fans bobbing up and down ready for the final whistle only to be stunned to silence by their favourite Rover Dunny was the only pleasurable moment of that game. The rest was cack. Burnley are a poor team, lots of fouling, falling over, time wasting (which backfired at the end). Dire game, deserved result for Dunny but other than that Appleton needs a frontal lobotomy if he thinks that will kick us on. He is a one dimension, tactically inexperienced manager. Awful.

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Donmartin says...
5:14pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Try getting the players as ' high as kites ' before they go on the pitch.

M U P P E T.

appletnewonagvenkysh
awout.

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Ryanb74 says...
5:16pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Dunny got us that point, not you Appleton - by and large that was a horrendous performance.

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dallydally says...
5:18pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Very very poor again. Appleton simply doesn't inspire me and the players don't look that motivated either. Its a sad, bad day when we rejoice over a draw against the Dingles. We have a lot to do over the remaining games just to stay in this division. I hope Appleton goes in the summer and we get an experienced Manager but I'm not holding my breath.

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leitchy says...
5:19pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Appleton.... U make it sound like we won the game!!

Lucky to draw at home against burnley....sorry is it just me is that not good enough!! Well done dunny!!

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Blackburn Yoof says...
5:22pm Sun 17 Mar 13

What planet is Appleton on? Utterly useless as a manager and unable to utter a coherent sentence. What does this gibberish mean "If we concentrate on what we are doing as team, there are a lot of things that have gone against us, and we have to focus on ourselves" Then he claims that despite what the fans want he won't hoof it forward! Haha, tell that to Danny Shittu, he must love playing Rovers. Appleton: useless deluded and now trying to blame the fans. Sound familiar?

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Bazzer says...
5:28pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Just how much did we pay for Leon Best? I know we have not seen much of him, but I have to say so far I am not impressed. Hope he proves me wrong.

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wampam says...
5:36pm Sun 17 Mar 13

a draw against burnley ,who are playing in a league that is way above their abilities is not good enough. they are punching way above their weight,we simply aren't punching. a draw..... against burnley........not good enough

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indiana patel says...
5:43pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Local lad born and bred in Blackburn scored again.Dingles went home with a lucky point in the bag.
Appleton you are a disgrace and Shaw you bought another inept manager who hasn't got a clue about any football management and a very bad tactician.
Sack Appleton,Shaw, Agnew,Shebby and Hendry these clowns have ruined this club .BRFC is sinking fast like Titanic and if only Venkys listen to the fans that we have the worst manager in the league and the worst management in football league.Bring back John Williams and a experience Manager now.
We are now a laughing stock we cant even beat the lkes of Burnley,Millwall and Peterbrough and last season Rovers beat likes of Man Utd in PL.
Venkys must invest or sell up now as we know you bought the club on the cheap £46 Million and Arsenal FC was offered £1.5 bn by arab Consortium.
Venkys now must invest around £50m in BRFC as we BRFC know that Venkys are billionaires £50m is chicken feeds .

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merlinrabbit says...
5:51pm Sun 17 Mar 13

He did suggest that if they got a crowd like that every week with support it would make a difference. News Michael, you got a crowd like that today and it was still a pitch full of tosh.

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forever_rovers says...
5:53pm Sun 17 Mar 13

There is one real problem - Venkys as owners.

It's their club and they ultimately control everything.

Until they sell I can only expect more of the same: bad management both of the team and wider club and an ongoing slide down the table.

Pray for a decent new owner! Otherwise, Venkys could kill the club if given long enough!

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owd nick says...
5:57pm Sun 17 Mar 13

First shot on target circa 92 minutes.

40+ back-passes to Kean to hump it upfield, which didn't create one, single attempt on goal against a dire Burnley side that were beating us hands down.

Not acceptable.

But the point was and Dunny's goal is goal of the season for me.

Can't remember a roar as loud as that at Ewood for a long long time.

Credit to both sets of fans for creating a great atmosphere.

35 years and counting.

COYB's

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whittleblue says...
6:07pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Appletons tactics totally handing initiative to the away team. Burnley getting player sent off and Dunn's goal has saved your bacon Appleton for the time being. Hearing davids interview before the game sounds like he wont be here after the summer.

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77'sss says...
6:07pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Taxi for Appleton , make that a minibus, and take venkys Agnew Shebby and shaw. Better still make it a coach, murphy Robinson Orr Dicko Hanley Lowe Pederson get on board and I'll get Steve Wonder to drive, Dover's a nice place this time of year

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PatrickBateman2 says...
6:14pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Are you Steve Kean in disguise?

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owd nick says...
6:17pm Sun 17 Mar 13

77'sss wrote:
Taxi for Appleton , make that a minibus, and take venkys Agnew Shebby and shaw. Better still make it a coach, murphy Robinson Orr Dicko Hanley Lowe Pederson get on board and I'll get Steve Wonder to drive, Dover's a nice place this time of year
Pillock.

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armchair-supporter! says...
6:25pm Sun 17 Mar 13

owd nick wrote:
77'sss wrote:
Taxi for Appleton , make that a minibus, and take venkys Agnew Shebby and shaw. Better still make it a coach, murphy Robinson Orr Dicko Hanley Lowe Pederson get on board and I'll get Steve Wonder to drive, Dover's a nice place this time of year
Pillock.
Well said

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77'sss says...
6:39pm Sun 17 Mar 13

armchair-supporter! wrote:
owd nick wrote:
77'sss wrote:
Taxi for Appleton , make that a minibus, and take venkys Agnew Shebby and shaw. Better still make it a coach, murphy Robinson Orr Dicko Hanley Lowe Pederson get on board and I'll get Steve Wonder to drive, Dover's a nice place this time of year
Pillock.
Well said
Oh dead right, because this lot have really helped us move forward
The management don't know and haven't got a scoobie doo about management, unless your going to prove me otherwise
Payoff for Kean payoff and liable for Big Sam, pay off for Berg
And the players I've mentioned wouldn't get a place in any premiership team
And yet they are on premiership wages whilst doing nowt
Highest wage bill in the championship and higher than 7 premiership teams
Numptys

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burnleyglentoran says...
6:41pm Sun 17 Mar 13

You couldnt beat ten men, at home!!!!

League One beckons!!!

Look up to see your superiors!!!

The attendance today (20,700) was actually less than the match at Turf Moor in December (21,300).

BURNLEY FC - LANCASHIRE'S TOP DOGS

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RespectTheK-Dog says...
6:42pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Yeah, big things await I'm sure.

Your should start calling your deluded Zyborg faced manager "The Catalyst" from now on

I have never heard so much garbage since.....since

Hang on, is he a Steve Kean clone?

You donkeys

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dangerous dave says...
6:47pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Blackburn Yoof wrote:
What planet is Appleton on? Utterly useless as a manager and unable to utter a coherent sentence. What does this gibberish mean "If we concentrate on what we are doing as team, there are a lot of things that have gone against us, and we have to focus on ourselves" Then he claims that despite what the fans want he won't hoof it forward! Haha, tell that to Danny Shittu, he must love playing Rovers. Appleton: useless deluded and now trying to blame the fans. Sound familiar?
Spot on - just another load of verbal diarrhoea from the deluded one - he has totally lost the plot and worse than Kean heavens forbid!!!
OUT WITH THE LOT OF THEM

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RespectTheK-Dog says...
6:47pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Gotta love Appleton:

"hopefully that can be a catalyst for the next two or three games"

Next quote......

"There was a bit of panic but the players kept going and hopefully that will be a catalyst for the next nine games."

What does the abject cretin have against the numbers 4,5,6,7 and 8?

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RespectTheK-Dog says...
6:52pm Sun 17 Mar 13

indiana patel wrote:
Local lad born and bred in Blackburn scored again.Dingles went home with a lucky point in the bag.
Appleton you are a disgrace and Shaw you bought another inept manager who hasn't got a clue about any football management and a very bad tactician.
Sack Appleton,Shaw, Agnew,Shebby and Hendry these clowns have ruined this club .BRFC is sinking fast like Titanic and if only Venkys listen to the fans that we have the worst manager in the league and the worst management in football league.Bring back John Williams and a experience Manager now.
We are now a laughing stock we cant even beat the lkes of Burnley,Millwall and Peterbrough and last season Rovers beat likes of Man Utd in PL.
Venkys must invest or sell up now as we know you bought the club on the cheap £46 Million and Arsenal FC was offered £1.5 bn by arab Consortium.
Venkys now must invest around £50m in BRFC as we BRFC know that Venkys are billionaires £50m is chicken feeds .
Well if you insist they must invest 50 mil I'm sure they will.

And then they can hand it to a complete imbecile to waste in the transfer market and you lot can moan about pampered millionaire players blah blah ad nauseam.

KEAN WAS TOO GOOD FOR YOU

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unclejacklegend says...
6:55pm Sun 17 Mar 13

burnleyglentoran wrote:
You couldnt beat ten men, at home!!!!

League One beckons!!!

Look up to see your superiors!!!

The attendance today (20,700) was actually less than the match at Turf Moor in December (21,300).

BURNLEY FC - LANCASHIRE'S TOP DOGS
Because you bunch of hermaphrodites couldn't even sell out the lower tier. Thought you'd of been dying to sample sitting on plastic seats for once.

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peely says...
7:03pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Have you ever heard such verbal tosh as this ? Every time he opens his mouth he puts his foot in it!
He talks that much sh"te he makes Steve Kean sound eloquent.The man is a born loser, a no hoper no mark.
We ain't going anywhere with this numpty in charge, why o why couldn't,t we have an experienced manager - oh yeah I forgot he'll put up with anything the chicken pluckers and their wage thieves ( Shaw ,Singh and all ) throw at him ,but he won't look cheap when we,re in division 1 with gates of 7/8 thousand!
Disgraceful..

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BlueSkies says...
7:03pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Thanks Dunny, you were fantastic today, 45 yrs old and still fighting the cause! Full respect to the man, I thought he should have retired 2 yrs ago but here we are at 47 being MOM!

Next year when you're 50, just come and do it again.

Arise Sir David Dunn.

Legend!

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dangerous dave says...
7:13pm Sun 17 Mar 13

So a fifth minute injury time goal is to be the catalyst for kick starting our season - christ we are 4 points from the relegation zone with no game plan what so ever for the remainder of the season or any other !!! Apart from the odd player we have a team of no hopers, a crap Manager and a Board of Directors who havent got a clue other than dragging this once famous and well run club to depths lower than the gutter!!! They should be totally ashamed of themselves - but I think not!!!!!!!
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH VENKEYS HENDRY COAR APPLETON

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Old Alzheimer says...
7:17pm Sun 17 Mar 13

The only good thing for me today was witnessing the silence descend at the Darwen End just before the final whistle !!

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toz73_asfc says...
7:23pm Sun 17 Mar 13

GARY BOWYER PLEASE COME AND SAVE US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BY GOD WE NEED SOMETHING RATHER THAN THIS SHOWER OF S***E-THAT CALL THEMSELVES MANAGEMENT!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!

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Wild Rover says...
7:35pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Ok Dangerous, I will pretend for now you are not Dingle in Disguise sooo..
Lets suppose we somehow get them ALL out
Who do we replace them with and where do we get the money from

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35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
7:36pm Sun 17 Mar 13

burnleyglentoran wrote:
You couldnt beat ten men, at home!!!!

League One beckons!!!

Look up to see your superiors!!!

The attendance today (20,700) was actually less than the match at Turf Moor in December (21,300).

BURNLEY FC - LANCASHIRE'S TOP DOGS
Hello Surrender Monkey

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upholland rover says...
7:40pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Bowyer had few injuries and played poor teams in his brief tenure. Calls for him show how naive some fans can be.

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dangerous dave says...
7:53pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Wild Rover wrote:
Ok Dangerous, I will pretend for now you are not Dingle in Disguise sooo.. Lets suppose we somehow get them ALL out Who do we replace them with and where do we get the money from
I wouldn't attempt to answer a pretend question but even for the likes of you the answers must be obvious
Out with the lot of them

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Ossy blue says...
8:01pm Sun 17 Mar 13

****'s trying to go allerdyce style but without the players, tactically inept and looks like the missing link between caveman and man! Out with the PNE shiiishters.

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Jrnymansparky says...
8:01pm Sun 17 Mar 13

35yearSurrenderMonke
ys wrote:
burnleyglentoran wrote:
You couldnt beat ten men, at home!!!!

League One beckons!!!

Look up to see your superiors!!!

The attendance today (20,700) was actually less than the match at Turf Moor in December (21,300).

BURNLEY FC - LANCASHIRE'S TOP DOGS
Hello Surrender Monkey
Hmmmm bit of an inept name isnt it shows the education system in **** town a little bit off by reckoning. 35 yrs was your Maths teacher a fool or worse??
Think you will find that the Clarets last league win was 14/04/1979 taking that 14/04/1980 was a year by my reckoning that makes it as of today 17/03/2013 33 yrs 11 months & 28 days give or take the odd day. Couple that to the fact that the fixtures for the 2013/14 season havent been announced & that you are not exactly secure from going down dont you think your name is a tad premature bit like your dads ejactulation flmao!!!!!

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edmy says...
8:05pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Same shi**y excuses, different manager.

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Captain Dreckley says...
8:09pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Same story under Appleton, we cannot string a pass together in the opposition half. Although he was making the right noises in his first month in the job about having a plan and balancing the squad what has become apparent is that he hasn't the experience or ability to make it happen. When will Venkys finally learn, Kean, Berg and now Appleton. Inexperience does not work and for anyone who thinks I'm sounding like dangerous Dave just look at the table it does not lie

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fragileworld says...
8:16pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Iiii1111 wrote:
Earth to planet Zog.....
Appleton you have not been here long enough to call David "dunny",do the decent thing and resign, instead of stalling and trying to keep your unearned
salary going.iTS JUST SELF INTEREST AND GREED ON YOUR PART.

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merlinrabbit says...
8:29pm Sun 17 Mar 13

burnleyglentoran wrote:
You couldnt beat ten men, at home!!!!

League One beckons!!!

Look up to see your superiors!!!

The attendance today (20,700) was actually less than the match at Turf Moor in December (21,300).

BURNLEY FC - LANCASHIRE'S TOP DOGS
Lucky for you, Mee got sent off or you wouldnt have your ready made excuse for not winning - again!! David Dunn's goal in the 95th minute in front of you dingles was priceless. I can hear how much its hurting you

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roverphill says...
8:34pm Sun 17 Mar 13

leitchy wrote:
Appleton.... U make it sound like we won the game!!

Lucky to draw at home against burnley....sorry is it just me is that not good enough!! Well done dunny!!
No it isn't just Leitchy. Any Self respecting Rovers fan would echo those comments. Appy is clueless and lacks the experience to take our club forward.A draw against that lot is nothing to be proud of and I for one want him to f off to some lower league club before he makes us one!!!!!!

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Wild Rover says...
8:40pm Sun 17 Mar 13

dangerous dave wrote:
Wild Rover wrote:
Ok Dangerous, I will pretend for now you are not Dingle in Disguise sooo.. Lets suppose we somehow get them ALL out Who do we replace them with and where do we get the money from
I wouldn't attempt to answer a pretend question but even for the likes of you the answers must be obvious
Out with the lot of them
I'll take that as " I dont have a clue as I am a 6 fingered Dingle troll" answer then
You really are a tool and not a useful one to boot
You must have been devastated when we equalised...Sad Dingle, case proven
Goodnight Vienna

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Wild Rover says...
8:40pm Sun 17 Mar 13

dangerous dave wrote:
Wild Rover wrote:
Ok Dangerous, I will pretend for now you are not Dingle in Disguise sooo.. Lets suppose we somehow get them ALL out Who do we replace them with and where do we get the money from
I wouldn't attempt to answer a pretend question but even for the likes of you the answers must be obvious
Out with the lot of them
I'll take that as " I dont have a clue as I am a 6 fingered Dingle troll" answer then
You really are a tool and not a useful one to boot
You must have been devastated when we equalised...Sad Dingle, case proven
Goodnight Vienna

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RespectTheK-Dog says...
8:45pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Ha ha ha all you jokers who said "Let's get behind Appleton" are now baying for the clueless goon's blood.

Strokers the lot of you.

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100%ROVERS says...
8:52pm Sun 17 Mar 13

owd nick wrote:
First shot on target circa 92 minutes.

40+ back-passes to Kean to hump it upfield, which didn't create one, single attempt on goal against a dire Burnley side that were beating us hands down.

Not acceptable.

But the point was and Dunny's goal is goal of the season for me.

Can't remember a roar as loud as that at Ewood for a long long time.

Credit to both sets of fans for creating a great atmosphere.

35 years and counting.

COYB's
PRATT !!!!

ITS A GOOD JOB YOU DIDNT TAKE MY BET ABOUT SCOTT DANN CONCEEDING AGAIN !!!

(ISNT IT OWD NICK !!!)

How many times must we go 1 down to Dann's inept defending !!!!

.. that ball was in the air for a long time .. he didnt cut out the header nor the rebound !!!

PLEASE GET RID OF HIM NOW !!!

Grant Hanley has been immense (again) for the 7th game in a row .. he covers for Dann's ineptitude ..

Frustratingly I was sat next to real Centre Halves today .. Glenn Keeley behind us, with Derek Fazakerly & Colin Hendry across from us .. Now what I wouldnt give for any of them to have brought their boots instead of Dann !!!!

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Wild Rover says...
8:56pm Sun 17 Mar 13

fragileworld wrote:
Iiii1111 wrote:
Earth to planet Zog.....
Appleton you have not been here long enough to call David "dunny",do the decent thing and resign, instead of stalling and trying to keep your unearned
salary going.iTS JUST SELF INTEREST AND GREED ON YOUR PART.
I think you are both from Planet Zog..
Appleton may not be the solution to our problems but he is a decent football man doing a job honestly
Legetimate debate about his style and tactical capabilities I can understand but there is no excuse for vile and childish abuse of the man. Accusations with little foundation and no point. Pointless self destructive negativity OR bitter twisted Dingle jealousy
95 minutes, luvving it....

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lancs1985 says...
9:08pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Appletown out what a shambles utter shambles

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kazluvsrovers says...
9:34pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Thank goodness Dunny was fit and playing today,
He is an absolute legend, he gave 100% and it's about time some of the
other players on the payroll started to do the same.
It's ok blaming Appleton but its also down to the players to perform.
They need to practice passing the ball when training over the next few weeks
so they don't keep passing it to their invisible team mates.
Blackpool will be up for the win on Good Friday as I'm sure Paul Ince will have a point to prove. Hope Kazim Richards is back soon.
COYB!!

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sodthepremier says...
9:35pm Sun 17 Mar 13

I rarely look at these threads as I find the childish name calling and insults very tedious. Some of it was funny once but is now too repetitive. I have been following Burnley long enough to understand that the way modern football is set up we are very unlikely to achieve Premier status again and in the unlikely event that we did it would be short-lived. The only route to success now is selling out to foreign owners, bringing in mostly foreign players and probably a foreign manager. Money from Jack was the only reason that Rovers recent history has been different to the other dozens of small town clubs. That only achieved one title and the rest of the time has been spent making up the numbers while the city clubs clean up. Rovers were lucky that he was spending before the really big money started pouring in to the game. I have accepted that Championship football is the best we can realistically expect, if anyone cannot understand this, just look around East Lancs and wonder where the support/money is going to come from. The two draws this season are about right for two very average/poor teams.

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35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
9:41pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Jrnymansparky wrote:
35yearSurrenderMonke

ys wrote:
burnleyglentoran wrote:
You couldnt beat ten men, at home!!!!

League One beckons!!!

Look up to see your superiors!!!

The attendance today (20,700) was actually less than the match at Turf Moor in December (21,300).

BURNLEY FC - LANCASHIRE'S TOP DOGS
Hello Surrender Monkey
Hmmmm bit of an inept name isnt it shows the education system in **** town a little bit off by reckoning. 35 yrs was your Maths teacher a fool or worse??
Think you will find that the Clarets last league win was 14/04/1979 taking that 14/04/1980 was a year by my reckoning that makes it as of today 17/03/2013 33 yrs 11 months & 28 days give or take the odd day. Couple that to the fact that the fixtures for the 2013/14 season havent been announced & that you are not exactly secure from going down dont you think your name is a tad premature bit like your dads ejactulation flmao!!!!!
So you typed all that to tell me it doesn't hurt? My oh my, it even looks like you are counting the seconds, as you can see you are in the 34th year so 35 years it will be until your next chance, you SURRENDER MONKEYS are certainly taking it well again.
suck it up maggots

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Nuttall Street says...
9:44pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Blackburn can't play football. They have only one plan under this atrocious manager, which is to kick the ball as far away as possible and hope the ball is lost and the whistle blows soon.
It is a farce that would need Gilbert and Sullivan to do justice to.
Rovers will be very lucky to avoid relegation this season and if they do then it will be certain relegation next season.
For the sake of the club's survival sake this non-entity, this clueless, this totally inexperienced manager now and get an experienced manager in place so that he has what remains of the season take stock of his squad and then have a constructive summer transfer season in order to start the new seasons struggle with a team of his own making.
Unfortunately, that is common sense so it will never happen with the dismal likes of the Venkys, The Global Advisor, Chairman Coar on board.
BOYCOTT EWOOD. They are taking your money and taking the p1ss.

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35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
9:49pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Nuttall Street wrote:
Blackburn can't play football. They have only one plan under this atrocious manager, which is to kick the ball as far away as possible and hope the ball is lost and the whistle blows soon.
It is a farce that would need Gilbert and Sullivan to do justice to.
Rovers will be very lucky to avoid relegation this season and if they do then it will be certain relegation next season.
For the sake of the club's survival sake this non-entity, this clueless, this totally inexperienced manager now and get an experienced manager in place so that he has what remains of the season take stock of his squad and then have a constructive summer transfer season in order to start the new seasons struggle with a team of his own making.
Unfortunately, that is common sense so it will never happen with the dismal likes of the Venkys, The Global Advisor, Chairman Coar on board.
BOYCOTT EWOOD. They are taking your money and taking the p1ss.
Thought they passed it about quite well in the second half. Anyway I thought you weren't attending and were already boycotting?
Are we going for the most managers in a season?. Take your medication and get back in yer wheelchair, the surrender monkey bus will be along shortly

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Nuttall Street says...
9:51pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Appleton has clearly lost the plot. Is that the best plan we can come up with that Dunny's lucky 95th minute equaliser against a cesspit of a football club like Burnley will kick on our season. Desperate, desperate non-entity why not try being a parking warden. You're better qualified for it.

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35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
9:55pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Nuttall Street wrote:
Appleton has clearly lost the plot. Is that the best plan we can come up with that Dunny's lucky 95th minute equaliser against a cesspit of a football club like Burnley will kick on our season. Desperate, desperate non-entity why not try being a parking warden. You're better qualified for it.
Desperate dingle trying too hard. Take your rubbish back home and smash up your own town centre

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Nuttall Street says...
9:58pm Sun 17 Mar 13

35yearSurrenderMonke
ys wrote:
Nuttall Street wrote:
Blackburn can't play football. They have only one plan under this atrocious manager, which is to kick the ball as far away as possible and hope the ball is lost and the whistle blows soon.
It is a farce that would need Gilbert and Sullivan to do justice to.
Rovers will be very lucky to avoid relegation this season and if they do then it will be certain relegation next season.
For the sake of the club's survival sake this non-entity, this clueless, this totally inexperienced manager now and get an experienced manager in place so that he has what remains of the season take stock of his squad and then have a constructive summer transfer season in order to start the new seasons struggle with a team of his own making.
Unfortunately, that is common sense so it will never happen with the dismal likes of the Venkys, The Global Advisor, Chairman Coar on board.
BOYCOTT EWOOD. They are taking your money and taking the p1ss.
Thought they passed it about quite well in the second half. Anyway I thought you weren't attending and were already boycotting?
Are we going for the most managers in a season?. Take your medication and get back in yer wheelchair, the surrender monkey bus will be along shortly
Hi 35 Years,
Quite right I am not attending, did not attend, and will continue to boycott Ewood. I as slightly hurt by your remarks, but realise that you had a far worse afternoon than me because you paid your money to the Venkys and got that cr@p back in return. No wonder you're in a bad mood.
If we are going for a record number of managers in a season it is obviously because Venkys keep appointing clowns. It isn't my fault!

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Nuttall Street says...
10:09pm Sun 17 Mar 13

35yearSurrenderMonke
ys wrote:
Nuttall Street wrote:
Appleton has clearly lost the plot. Is that the best plan we can come up with that Dunny's lucky 95th minute equaliser against a cesspit of a football club like Burnley will kick on our season. Desperate, desperate non-entity why not try being a parking warden. You're better qualified for it.
Desperate dingle trying too hard. Take your rubbish back home and smash up your own town centre
If I was a Dingle I would have a lot more to be happy about than I have as a Rover.
Open your eyes and take stock of reality. Rovers due to the maladministration of the Venkys and their clowns are in free fall to League Two.
What kind of person are you to so easily turn a blind eye to YOUR club having been devastated by these dreadful people. Just make yourself a list of all the injuries visited on the club by VENKYS and ask yourself if you can go on accepting this.
BOYCOTT VENKYs.

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35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
10:24pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Nuttall Street wrote:
35yearSurrenderMonke

ys wrote:
Nuttall Street wrote:
Blackburn can't play football. They have only one plan under this atrocious manager, which is to kick the ball as far away as possible and hope the ball is lost and the whistle blows soon.
It is a farce that would need Gilbert and Sullivan to do justice to.
Rovers will be very lucky to avoid relegation this season and if they do then it will be certain relegation next season.
For the sake of the club's survival sake this non-entity, this clueless, this totally inexperienced manager now and get an experienced manager in place so that he has what remains of the season take stock of his squad and then have a constructive summer transfer season in order to start the new seasons struggle with a team of his own making.
Unfortunately, that is common sense so it will never happen with the dismal likes of the Venkys, The Global Advisor, Chairman Coar on board.
BOYCOTT EWOOD. They are taking your money and taking the p1ss.
Thought they passed it about quite well in the second half. Anyway I thought you weren't attending and were already boycotting?
Are we going for the most managers in a season?. Take your medication and get back in yer wheelchair, the surrender monkey bus will be along shortly
Hi 35 Years,
Quite right I am not attending, did not attend, and will continue to boycott Ewood. I as slightly hurt by your remarks, but realise that you had a far worse afternoon than me because you paid your money to the Venkys and got that cr@p back in return. No wonder you're in a bad mood.
If we are going for a record number of managers in a season it is obviously because Venkys keep appointing clowns. It isn't my fault!
So if you didn't attend and you have not been attending, how can you comment on the football we have been playing.? And now you are asking for a boycott because we are playing so badly and you haven't even been to pass judgement. You sure you're not a dingle trouble maker? because you sure post like one.
You are certainly getting very angry about something. Maybe its the 35 year thing.

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Arthur Labore says...
10:35pm Sun 17 Mar 13

appleton/shaw/agnew/
singh/venkys OUT!
another shambles today,lucky point against a 10 man poor burnley team.
I can only presume its part of shaws master plan to get rovers in same league as his beloved PNE.

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forever_rovers says...
10:40pm Sun 17 Mar 13

dangerous dave wrote:
Wild Rover wrote:
Ok Dangerous, I will pretend for now you are not Dingle in Disguise sooo.. Lets suppose we somehow get them ALL out Who do we replace them with and where do we get the money from
I wouldn't attempt to answer a pretend question but even for the likes of you the answers must be obvious
Out with the lot of them
Accepting what has happened at Ewood is difficult for us all. We are now a struggling Championship team fighting to avoid relegation. I can't see anything good happening with current owners.

When I read comments I wonder how many are deliberate bull from (a) sad Dingles and (b) paid Venky apologists trying to convince us we are on the verge of greatness!!

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forever_rovers says...
10:42pm Sun 17 Mar 13

PS meant that as a stand alone quote but must have set up wrong !

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goodwillie says...
11:01pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Ryanb74 wrote:
Dunny got us that point, not you Appleton - by and large that was a horrendous performance.
That's it in a nutshell, bloody horrendous!

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Wild Rover says...
11:28pm Sun 17 Mar 13

@forever rover
I take that to mean you accuse me of being a Venky apologist? Very not so
However I will agree that bogus accounts by Dingle poster abound and Nutter St is a fine example...but I think our 95th minute equaliser is sufficient punishment for now

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dallydally says...
11:33pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Appleton is making Keannochio look like a world beater and he certainly gives the same kind of crass interviews. If we manage to stay up - and I think we will but only just - we need to get rid of this numpty and appoint an experienced Manager who can give us a chance of a return to the top flight

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Fortyfourer says...
11:44pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Why should Michael Appleton "Hope that feels like the biggest defeat Burnley have ever had"? Surely his role is to concentrate on Blackburn Rovers and start thinking how he can convert losses and draws into wins. So why did we have to wait until the second half for "the effort". When are Rovers going to START games with "effort" and "boss" the whole game, especially at home? It will take a lot more than losses and draws to stay in the Championship so lets be a bit more POSITIVE Mr. Appleton! Lets get a few WINS under our belts between now and the end of the season. PLEASE!!!

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35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
11:57pm Sun 17 Mar 13

dallydally wrote:
Appleton is making Keannochio look like a world beater and he certainly gives the same kind of crass interviews. If we manage to stay up - and I think we will but only just - we need to get rid of this numpty and appoint an experienced Manager who can give us a chance of a return to the top flight
You mean like Arry Redknapp who is giving QPR a fighting chance? The way I look at it is we aint ever returning to the top flight and the sooner some of you premier league glory hunters face the music, we will be able to move forward. We have found our level now that the jewels have been sold and replaced with paste. Then you wouldn't be so angry all the time and you would enjoy your football again like I do.

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Dukes says...
11:59pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Appleton will relegate us next season if his tactics and signings don't improve dramatically during the summer.

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Major Tom says...
12:06am Mon 18 Mar 13

Just who is bottom at this most important time of the football season...... http://www.footballf
ormguide.net/form/np
ower-championship




Going down > going down

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roversmad68 says...
12:37am Mon 18 Mar 13

Michael much player push hard to the goal not mass rounds like kick off area
and player sell it used for money

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Jonny Bovril says...
12:40am Mon 18 Mar 13

Nuttall Street wrote:
Blackburn can't play football. They have only one plan under this atrocious manager, which is to kick the ball as far away as possible and hope the ball is lost and the whistle blows soon.
It is a farce that would need Gilbert and Sullivan to do justice to.
Rovers will be very lucky to avoid relegation this season and if they do then it will be certain relegation next season.
For the sake of the club's survival sake this non-entity, this clueless, this totally inexperienced manager now and get an experienced manager in place so that he has what remains of the season take stock of his squad and then have a constructive summer transfer season in order to start the new seasons struggle with a team of his own making.
Unfortunately, that is common sense so it will never happen with the dismal likes of the Venkys, The Global Advisor, Chairman Coar on board.
BOYCOTT EWOOD. They are taking your money and taking the p1ss.
Nutter street. It's obvious you have not been to the match. I don't know if you are a sh1t stirring dingle or just a pretend fan, but despite not playing great today they absolutely did not play a Long ball game.
There is plenty of real problems at Rovers without inventing stuff.
Aye

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andyproc says...
5:15am Mon 18 Mar 13

dangerous dave wrote:
So a fifth minute injury time goal is to be the catalyst for kick starting our season - christ we are 4 points from the relegation zone with no game plan what so ever for the remainder of the season or any other !!! Apart from the odd player we have a team of no hopers, a crap Manager and a Board of Directors who havent got a clue other than dragging this once famous and well run club to depths lower than the gutter!!! They should be totally ashamed of themselves - but I think not!!!!!!! OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH VENKEYS HENDRY COAR APPLETON
Constructive, original and repettitive as ever!!! Some things never change like not losing a compettitive match to Burnley in well over 30 years. LOL

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spike t says...
6:05am Mon 18 Mar 13

Local lad Dunny? Everyone knows his dad is a Claret!
How the ref and linesman can miss something as large as Dunny being offside is beyond me! Obviously felt sorry for the
Chicken carrying locals!
How the mighty have fallen when a home point against Burnley even sends the manager round the bend with his comments

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Iiii1111 says...
6:48am Mon 18 Mar 13

Wild Rover wrote:
@forever rover
I take that to mean you accuse me of being a Venky apologist? Very not so
However I will agree that bogus accounts by Dingle poster abound and Nutter St is a fine example...but I think our 95th minute equaliser is sufficient punishment for now
Not sure what's worse...fans who are oblivious to what's happening to the rovers or trolls looking for confrontations;-)

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Harwoodstblue says...
7:48am Mon 18 Mar 13

burnleyglentoran wrote:
You couldnt beat ten men, at home!!!!

League One beckons!!!

Look up to see your superiors!!!

The attendance today (20,700) was actually less than the match at Turf Moor in December (21,300).

BURNLEY FC - LANCASHIRE'S TOP DOGS
Wow, you got six hundred more than we did......When is the open top bus parade.

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1952 rover says...
7:58am Mon 18 Mar 13

When are they going to pay for wrecking the toilets. Dingle Scum. Not a word from turd moor on this matter. Disgusting animals.

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Rovers 1495 says...
8:12am Mon 18 Mar 13

If, Mr Appleton, you are happy with this, then I can only feel sorry for the poverty of your desires. The only reason Steve Kean avoided relegation in the first season was the points amassed by Sam Allardyce that year. Watch out.

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fanny.tickler. says...
8:18am Mon 18 Mar 13

Scraping a draw at home against 10 man Burnley, a Chicken on the pitch and Appleton almost soiling himself in excitement. You really couldn't make it up. The shame of being a Blackburn Rovers supporter just never ends. Keep looking up!

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Harwoodstblue says...
8:26am Mon 18 Mar 13

Nuttall Street wrote:
Blackburn can't play football. They have only one plan under this atrocious manager, which is to kick the ball as far away as possible and hope the ball is lost and the whistle blows soon.
It is a farce that would need Gilbert and Sullivan to do justice to.
Rovers will be very lucky to avoid relegation this season and if they do then it will be certain relegation next season.
For the sake of the club's survival sake this non-entity, this clueless, this totally inexperienced manager now and get an experienced manager in place so that he has what remains of the season take stock of his squad and then have a constructive summer transfer season in order to start the new seasons struggle with a team of his own making.
Unfortunately, that is common sense so it will never happen with the dismal likes of the Venkys, The Global Advisor, Chairman Coar on board.
BOYCOTT EWOOD. They are taking your money and taking the p1ss.
Hi Nuttall Street, Most of us have been calling for a proper experienced manager for the last two years, but the Pi*****s Venkys WONT listen.
If they want a successful business, why don't they appoint someone successful to run it..
Questions need answering but their silence is deafening and is part of the reason why so many fans have turned their backs on them..

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hasslem hasslem says...
8:27am Mon 18 Mar 13

all reported on clarets mad website - dingles wrecking toilets in darwen end, kicking out the windows on their own coach, giving a lone steward a beating, abusing a disabled kid, and singing songs about a dead jack walker (and yes, i acknowledge our meatheads were lower than a snake's belly at bolton)

- quality dingles, quality.

how relieved was every rovers fan on 95 minutes.

my review of game - burnley were much much better than rovers in first 45 and whilst happy to go in 1 up would have been frustrated at only 1 in first 45. we did nowt.

seconond half - dingles descended to our level and we were able to compete - we huffed and puffed but didn't blow their house down. comes to summat that dunny (quite rightly) was MOM. the sending off changed nowt as it wasnt a key defender that had gone off and burnley effectivley shielded their own 45. WE DID NOT MAKE THEIR KEEPER MAKE A SAVE OF ANY NOTE UNTIL TIME ADDED ON and even then it was a powderpuff shot. but bl00dy hell how much we rightly celebrated dunny's goal

as usual dyche is moaning about the referee - (he does it every week) but the sending off was for two justifiable yellows, burnley indulged in some appalling time wasting and rolling around and were made to pay for it with 6 minutes added on. both teams had a legitimate claim for a penalty which the ref turned down.

i had begun to think that venkys and co had broken the final taboo - and dunny popped up. i think that may well be his last ever goal for rovers...in which case not a bad way to go out.

roll on another 35.

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Harwoodstblue says...
8:35am Mon 18 Mar 13

forever_rovers wrote:
dangerous dave wrote:
Wild Rover wrote:
Ok Dangerous, I will pretend for now you are not Dingle in Disguise sooo.. Lets suppose we somehow get them ALL out Who do we replace them with and where do we get the money from
I wouldn't attempt to answer a pretend question but even for the likes of you the answers must be obvious
Out with the lot of them
Accepting what has happened at Ewood is difficult for us all. We are now a struggling Championship team fighting to avoid relegation. I can't see anything good happening with current owners.

When I read comments I wonder how many are deliberate bull from (a) sad Dingles and (b) paid Venky apologists trying to convince us we are on the verge of greatness!!
And there certainly are some 'paid Venky apologists' on here given their ludicrous acceptance of what has happened at Rovers. Either that or they ARE Dingles.

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Harwoodstblue says...
8:42am Mon 18 Mar 13

35yearSurrenderMonke
ys wrote:
dallydally wrote:
Appleton is making Keannochio look like a world beater and he certainly gives the same kind of crass interviews. If we manage to stay up - and I think we will but only just - we need to get rid of this numpty and appoint an experienced Manager who can give us a chance of a return to the top flight
You mean like Arry Redknapp who is giving QPR a fighting chance? The way I look at it is we aint ever returning to the top flight and the sooner some of you premier league glory hunters face the music, we will be able to move forward. We have found our level now that the jewels have been sold and replaced with paste. Then you wouldn't be so angry all the time and you would enjoy your football again like I do.
Do you really mean that you ENJOY what's being served up at Ewood in the name of football?
Have you ever been to a proper FOOTBALL match?

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dangerous dave says...
9:04am Mon 18 Mar 13

Wild Rover wrote:
dangerous dave wrote:
Wild Rover wrote:
Ok Dangerous, I will pretend for now you are not Dingle in Disguise sooo.. Lets suppose we somehow get them ALL out Who do we replace them with and where do we get the money from
I wouldn't attempt to answer a pretend question but even for the likes of you the answers must be obvious
Out with the lot of them
I'll take that as " I dont have a clue as I am a 6 fingered Dingle troll" answer then
You really are a tool and not a useful one to boot
You must have been devastated when we equalised...Sad Dingle, case proven
Goodnight Vienna
Only one big tool on here and its you - idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are a single minded idiot blending into the blue and white paint work - I have supported Rovers for over 60 years but made a stance and unlike others have not changed my mind not to attend Ewood whilst the current idiotic regime is in charge - and you still cant see the way forward you pratt!!
OUT WITH THE LOT OF THEM

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Gravy_train says...
9:19am Mon 18 Mar 13

It's not that long ago that all the Rovers fans were informing us Dingles that we were no longer their rivals. Their main rivals we were informed was Manchester United. Fast-forward a few years and t'RoveRRRRS fans are getting excited about a bore-draw to 10 man Clarets.

Oh dear, how the 'mighty' have fallen.

Keep looking up (at United as well as the Clarets).

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Riverside 7 says...
9:27am Mon 18 Mar 13

Another inept performance.

The team desperately needed the introduction of a creative player such as a Rochina - but remember Appleton couldn't wait to ship all the creative players out in January just days after his appointment.

Is it any wonder why we do not score goals any more?
Before the Burnley game we had failed to score in 5 out of the previous 6 games.
Our £8M striker is just not getting any service.

Appleton then replaced the likes of Rochina & Vucavic with inferior loan players such as;-
Rekik - too slow and not up to the pace of the game.
Campbell - hasn't looked like scoring in 7 or 8 games before his mystery injury.
Bentley - he has lost the little pace he had 4 years ago,
Stewart - lightweight, easily brushed off the ball. Not good enough for both Hull & Burnley this season so why did he sign him on loan?

As for Leon Best, he has been a huge disappointment so far. He hasn't won one header against a centehalf in the past 3 games, he was at fault for Shittu's goal and didn't appear to be trying yesterday.

Once again Givet remined on the bench when the obvious substitution yesterday was to bring him on and push Martin Olsson further forward
Instead Appleton brought on young Josh Morris - why?

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benal13 says...
9:34am Mon 18 Mar 13

that dunny goal hides a multitude of things that are so wrong down at ewood the manager is tacticaly inept and is now believing his own retorick while his mates from preston, shaw and agnew would not even be here if they had not been failures elswere, the last two home gates speak for themselfs and its only going to get worse unless the venkys go and do what they are good at PLUCKING CHICKENS

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Gammon Flap says...
9:39am Mon 18 Mar 13

Now I have had a chance to recover, I have to say Blackburn are potentially the worst team I have seen this season - fair enough you scabbed a draw with The Fattest Arse in football being a yard offside, against 10 men, at home, in the sixth minute of injury time.

You must all be so proud of your team and manager and especially your fantastic owners and wonderfully deluded Skullface of a manager. The one comfort from this is that you are power-**** and if you manage to stay up (Doubtful based on yesterday) then you will never again grace the Premier League, in fact I would say that you are more likely to 'Do a Preston' and freefall into adminstrative oblivion.

Enjoy your point, although you didn't deserve it - it won't save you from relegation.

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fragileworld says...
6:42pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Wild Rover wrote:
fragileworld wrote:
Iiii1111 wrote: Earth to planet Zog.....
Appleton you have not been here long enough to call David "dunny",do the decent thing and resign, instead of stalling and trying to keep your unearned salary going.iTS JUST SELF INTEREST AND GREED ON YOUR PART.
I think you are both from Planet Zog.. Appleton may not be the solution to our problems but he is a decent football man doing a job honestly Legetimate debate about his style and tactical capabilities I can understand but there is no excuse for vile and childish abuse of the man. Accusations with little foundation and no point. Pointless self destructive negativity OR bitter twisted Dingle jealousy 95 minutes, luvving it....
Ah Wild Rover or is it you Michael or one of your mates.Well that obviously
hit the spot and stung you to reply hysterically. I have supported Rovers for
SIXTY years and my great uncle used to play for them back in the day,so you are well off thinking I'm a dingle. My comments were justifiable,this club is being brutalised with rip off merchants left and right.I've nothing personal against Appleton,its just his barefaced cheek at trying to continue when even he must know what a failure he is.My point is clear I want him and his minions out of Ewood is that CLEAR enough for you.

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PersianRover says...
8:32pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Gary Boywer In!

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RespectTheK-Dog says...
12:07am Tue 19 Mar 13

Blackburn's problem is that their fans are a set of massive ingrates.

Steve Kean battled hard for you and it was all out of his selfless love of BRFC. And how did you repay him? With your pathetic little marches up to the Town Hall and mis-spelled banners.

What woeful specimens you are.

Where is the respect for that great man?

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jibbsarefynny says...
11:35am Thu 21 Mar 13

it was a catalyst you jibb moron for your sacking bye hahahahahahahah

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