Lowe: Rovers must stay up for town
2:15pm Tuesday 14th February 2012 in Football
JASON Lowe has stressed that Blackburn Rovers must remain in the Premier League for the good of the town – and he is confident they can build on Saturday’s win over QPR in his absence.
Lowe picked up his 10th booking of the season in Rovers’ 3-2 victory at the weekend, meaning he will now be suspended for their trip to Manchester City on February 25 and the home game against Aston Villa a week later.
But the young midfielder took encouragement from the QPR win, which ultimately proved enough to lift Rovers out of the relegation zone going into their two-week break, and believes the side can continue to climb the table without him.
Lowe joined Rovers’ academy at the age of 12 and is well aware just how important a Premier League football club is to Blackburn as a whole.
“Blackburn Rovers is the main thing that happens in the town and we’ll do everything we can to make sure we stay in this league,” the 20-year-old said.
“I’m confident we can do that, we just have to keep producing performances and take our chances, and try to get the clean sheets on the board. That’s what’s going to get us out of there.
“But Saturday was a step forward and hopefully we’ll keep going in that direction.
“There’s been a lot of times this season where we’ve performed fantastically well and not got anything from it.
“But I think moving on we just need to keep on with the performances and results will come.
“Arsenal was a disappointing performance, the scoreline spoke for itself, and we needed to bounce back from that.
“I thought we did.”
Lowe, though, admits he is disappointed to have picked up a two-match ban after being booked for fouling Adel Taarabt on Saturday.
“I was aware I was on nine yellows before the game and I’m absolutely gutted about the ban,” he said.
“But at the time when Taarabt’s going through I’m thinking, ‘Do I let him run at the back four or do I take the booking?’.
“I chose to take the booking, it happens in football.
“There have been a few petty yellow cards in there, I’ll hold my hand up, sometimes it’s been a petty one where I’ve not booted the ball away but I might have poked it 10 yards away.
“But I think most of them are for kicking somebody, so I’ll take that.
“I’ve always been a bit of a tackler, it’s nothing new there, but I need to learn to maybe time them a bit better.”
Comments(24)
makaveli96
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2:39pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Then 10 point dediction here we come!!
If found guilty of Tax fidling, surely all there titles throughout the period should be removed from record, as they won them with a UNFAIR disadvantage, discuss............
RobbyRover
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2:42pm Tue 14 Feb 12
MxMave
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3:02pm Tue 14 Feb 12
MORTEN GAMST 84
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3:07pm Tue 14 Feb 12
gudari
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4:12pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Brfc24138931
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4:27pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Steven Kean
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4:50pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Hopping mad
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4:50pm Tue 14 Feb 12
chegwin
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4:53pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Vauxhall Claret
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5:18pm Tue 14 Feb 12
makaveli96 wrote:Nobody cares. Crap league in Scotland.
Glasgow Rangers given till 3.30pm to find Administrators!!
Then 10 point dediction here we come!!
If found guilty of Tax fidling, surely all there titles throughout the period should be removed from record, as they won them with a UNFAIR disadvantage, discuss............
givet82
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5:30pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Tuo Neak
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5:33pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Vauxhall Claret wrote:Not sure that no-one should care, football clubs heading for administration are never a good thing. Afterall we may see this closer to home soon (although maybe you'd enjoy that). Clubs in all divisions spending nearly as much on wages as turnover cannot be sustainable. This could and should be British Footballs wake up call
makaveli96 wrote:Nobody cares. Crap league in Scotland.
Glasgow Rangers given till 3.30pm to find Administrators!!
Then 10 point dediction here we come!!
If found guilty of Tax fidling, surely all there titles throughout the period should be removed from record, as they won them with a UNFAIR disadvantage, discuss............
Steven Kean
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6:13pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Teamteecee
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6:31pm Tue 14 Feb 12
woolywords
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7:16pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Chin up, lad...you're only 20, there's a lot more left in you yet...remember to play the ball, not the man and you won't go far wrong.
Forever Blue
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7:17pm Tue 14 Feb 12
gudari wrote:The inbred Yarkshur freak returns !!"
Woevers must go down for me!!
modan
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7:25pm Tue 14 Feb 12
ibble Valley,Lammack don't do thier shopping in Blackburn instead prefer to go to Preston and Trafford Centre.The club need our support so does our town centre shops.I only support my home town club and i do all my shopping in my town only.I do hope for club sake people of our town support Rovers and their town.
burner
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7:43pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Lancs - pensioner
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10:08pm Tue 14 Feb 12
jack01
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10:21pm Tue 14 Feb 12
Another one of those facts that no amount of childish comments from Burnley supporters will ever change.
burner
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10:27pm Tue 14 Feb 12
nontetleydrinker
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10:52pm Tue 14 Feb 12
jack01 wrote:Oh dear another claret win to upset the inbreds again,
Blackburn Rovers. The most successful town club in the history of English football. Fact.
Another one of those facts that no amount of childish comments from Burnley supporters will ever change.
Love venkys hate inbredburn.
davemal
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11:13am Wed 15 Feb 12
It's going to take more than this for a wake up call. When the bubble bursts, and it will, foreign players will simply leave the premiership and earn their fortunes abroad.
Why should they care?
spike t says...
2:33pm Tue 14 Feb 12