Kean offers no excuses for yesterday's cup exit (From This Is Lancashire)

Kean offers no excuses for yesterday's cup exit

6:07pm Wednesday 29th August 2012 in Sport Photograph of the Author By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter

BLACKBURN Rovers boss Steve Kean offered up ‘no excuses’ after his side’s limp Capital One Cup exit at MK Dons last night.

Kean made a raft of changes from Saturday’s win over Leicester City, but the club’s fringe players did not do themselves justice in a 2-1 loss at the Stadium mk.

Ruben Rochina, Simon Vukcevic, Fabio Nunes and Edinho Junior were among those given starts to impress, but Kean felt they missed out on a chance to stake a claim for a regular first-team shirt.

It was former Burnley man Luke Chadwick that did the damage with a second half brace, before David Good-willie’s late consolation.

“I’m disappointed for the fans tonight,” said Kean. “I’m sure they expected us to win, just as I did and there is no excuses from me.

“The team I selected was good enough to get through. We gave some players a chance to get minutes and a chance to push themselves into first-team contention for Saturday. Players have to take these chances when they get them and some will know they didn’t.”

Rovers were punished on 51 minutes when Chadwick gave the Dons a deserved lead.

Chadwick doubled the home side’s advantage after a mistake from goalkeeper Jake Kean.

“Sometimes you get a foul for their first goal, but I think their striker has got a touch on the ball, so there’s no complaints with that,” said boss Kean. “The second goal was disappointing because Jake would normally collect that. I never thought we played well tonight.”

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shedhead64 says...
6:13pm Wed 29 Aug 12

BLAH
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penemo says...
6:22pm Wed 29 Aug 12

You pick the team kean and you dish out the so called tactics so if you are sorry for the fans how about an apology for once in your life for getting it wrong again.
CON MAN KEAN OUT

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cyprus today says...
6:35pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Andy

Why as it taken 21 hours for last night's report to appear.

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wampam says...
6:36pm Wed 29 Aug 12

his contract must have a clause giving him loads of dosh if he is sacked. he must have insisted on this and obviously the worm anderson is involved. dear steve, you have had enormous stick. the fans really do hate you. you have tried yer best and i kno9w yer advisor/therapist says not to read these things. but we are all only here once, and it doesn't really matter what has gone before. steve, let it go. the happiness of thousands of people is partly in your hands. make a new start steve. we love you really. bring joy to people. make yerself happy. you deseve it. thanks loads for what you have managed and tried to do. you will go down in history,no doubt. but steve, each one of us can only go so far.ithink you have done your best to manage a difficult transition period. get out while you are on top is my advice. the fans will never understand the pressures and demands of your job and how hard you have struggled not to just walk away. but steve, unfortunately, that is what we have to do. steve, you know it's right.

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AnIdiotAbroad? says...
6:41pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Sounds like Knob Jockey has either left his big book of excuses at home or he's got to the end of the book and is waiting for volume 2 to be released.

What a tool.

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mstanden says...
6:42pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Well Andrew Strauss has done it!
No need to leave the Rover's cause Steve, just hand over the reins of managing while you have a few wins in the bag and do something behind the scenes in coaching. It would be "noble" and show you want the best for the club and Venkys, allowing a fresh start for everyone without having to make anyone take all the blame!
Make yourself a hero Steve and step back!

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Marky mark says...
6:44pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Yaaawwnnn....

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fondarovers says...
6:51pm Wed 29 Aug 12

I think that Kean has got a very high opinion of himself but in reality the fans know the truth. While Steve is in charge the club will keep on spiralling down and down until the only person left at the club is himself.
Please please please somebody take Kean out of this club and repair the damage.

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A Darener says...
6:52pm Wed 29 Aug 12

6:50pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Just watched BBC northwest, didn't even mention the fact we were beaten last night. All the other NW teams goals shown.

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makaveli96 says...
6:52pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Chadwicks goal was plain UGLY!

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god Im bored says...
6:52pm Wed 29 Aug 12

In the name of god please leave this football club!

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Nuttall Street says...
6:55pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Now we have the "no excuses" excuse. Translated this reads "it was the players fault not mine."

Rather strange because it was only Tuesday that Kean was telling us through the columns of the LET that he had the strength of squad to advance in all competitions. Now, under the banner of the no excuses excuse Kean is telling us that the second string are not good enough for the first team.
After thinking about this I have come to the conclusion that the answer is to sack Kean.

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dangerous dave says...
6:56pm Wed 29 Aug 12

The' verbal diarrhoea man' Kean does it again!!!
Quote - we can challenge on many fronts, depth of experience in squad and on and on - yet last night another woeful display from back to front!!!
No attacking format whatsoever, one up front and a very jittery defence (even with the help of your drinking mate/defensive coach Hendry)
Kean/Hendry & Co certainly making an impact in encouraging more and more spectators to stay away from both home and away games - and this will continue as long as these idiots remain in charge!!!
For gods sake Kean even someone as thick skinned as you must realize that you are hated and not wanted by the majority of fans - both those that still wish to spend their cash and visit Ewood and those whom choose to stay away whilst you remain in charge - how do you sleep at night - suppose the fat pay packet helps a great deal!!!!
OUT WITH KEAN HENDRY AGNEW SINGH VENKYS

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maradonner says...
7:00pm Wed 29 Aug 12

As if Steve Kean feels anything for BRFC fans.

He is either the most thick skinned man alive or the thickest.

Either way he is taking the p*ss out of the club and the people of Blackburn with Darwen.

Venkys Blue And White Army.
..............or he is simply a crook?

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A Darener says...
7:02pm Wed 29 Aug 12

maradonner wrote:
As if Steve Kean feels anything for BRFC fans.

He is either the most thick skinned man alive or the thickest.

Either way he is taking the p*ss out of the club and the people of Blackburn with Darwen.

Venkys Blue And White Army.
..............or he is simply a crook?

Yes! Yes! Yes! And yes!

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Brfc24138931 says...
7:17pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Still fighting on all fronts then. Which fronts are we on about mr Kean?????? We won't give up till you and the chicken duckers have gone.
Out Kean
Out Hendry
Out venkeys
Out Anderson
Out singh

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ronnie clayton says...
7:32pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Is there any truth in a story circulating that Kean has been negotiated a 5 % share in Blackburn Rovers with the Venky`s in lieu of salary, hence why he cannot be sacked, make sense for Hendry to get that deal as he is still under bankruptcy administration.

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unclejacklegend says...
7:35pm Wed 29 Aug 12

nearly fell over when i read the headline but upon delving a little deeper i found that the headline should of read ''Kean blames players''

Your squad, your team selection, your formation, your tactics, Be a man and take responsibility like every other manager would..

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wampam says...
7:38pm Wed 29 Aug 12

get to leeds with banners if poss. anhour and a bit on t'train 15 quid. nice town and fans far from as orrible as in the past. danny murphy is not appy ihear from an unreliable source. we're gonna struggle on this one i feel. hopefully the momentum to the retard out will grow either way. steve isn't allowed to read this site. imagine his medical bills after he's gone. big day for you saturday stevie boy. rovers away support should b strong

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Hovis1945 says...
7:40pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Sack Kean! Get Karl Robinson he knows how to manage a team and looks like one of the young up and coming managers!!

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bobinspain says...
7:47pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Assassination is the omly path.

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Sam-the-Man says...
7:55pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Brfc24138931 wrote:
Still fighting on all fronts then. Which fronts are we on about mr Kean?????? We won't give up till you and the chicken duckers have gone.
Out Kean
Out Hendry
Out venkeys
Out Anderson
Out singh

His "Y" fronts. He's a w@nker

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Sam-the-Man says...
7:57pm Wed 29 Aug 12

I've read that the above report and im sure its almost word for word what was on Sky teletext

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merlinrabbit says...
8:16pm Wed 29 Aug 12

I still live in hope that he will be sacked. Futile I know. Iv also heard he has shares in the club as part of his renumeration package. If that is true we are done for as we'll never get rid of him. My mate reckons Kean will be our manager till we sink out of the football league. I'm convinced a more united approach by fans would have had an impact. As it is, split amongst fans is ideal for Kean. It keeps the flak away from him.

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ossyrover1 says...
8:20pm Wed 29 Aug 12

cyprus today wrote:
Andy

Why as it taken 21 hours for last night's report to appear.

you didnt look very well, it was on this morning. 10.54 last night actually,

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gleechy says...
8:23pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Why is this crook allowed the air time to spew rubbish unchallenged?

Those that have the power to do so Andy Cryer, should be holding him to account for his bragging statements, before he moves on to the next roll of sh1te.

He goes along unchallenged predicting big things and dragging the club down at the same time, and everybody watches and some even follow. Give me strength., what an enmass destruction, and in the public eye.

Move over for The Real Hustle, After being conned out of millions, the club were given their money back and agreed that the footage should be shown to highlight to others in prevention of being taken in possible scams.

Kean is the fat bald bloke, shabby is the well dressed one and Desai is the sexy swindler.

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roverfor60years says...
8:41pm Wed 29 Aug 12

An open letter to Shebby Singh

Dear Shebby

How much MORE evidence do you need about the shambles that has engulfed Blackburn Rovers.

One and a half abysmal seasons have seen us plummet into the Championship and unless something is done quickly an even worse season beckons.

A stronger squad than in the Premier League? Strong enough to be challenging on all fronts? The ‘manager’ insults our intelligence. The man is even more incompetent and deluded than I thought.

Seven points on the board, yes, but seven lucky points and three woeful performances with the mighty Robinson winning the Leicester game for us and saving a point at Ipswich. Embarrassingly dumped out of the CapitalOne Cup by a scratch Division One side with only three attempts on target in another dreadful performance.

A stadium that is now beginning to look a bit run down and will quickly start to look like a ‘ghost’ stadium, with empty seats, empty advertising spaces, main sponsor dumped and name taken off the stands, no shirt sponsors, only eight of 250 corporate sponsors left and attempts to ‘give away’ corporate boxes for peanuts. In view of the deterioration of the ground, the team and the club, maybe the late, great Ronnie Clayton wouldn’t want to be associated with it any more, either, and his name removed, too.

An invasion of SIX third-rate Portugeezers. One good prospect, yes, even two, but SIX? What IS going on?

A failed player who, on his record at Ewood, will NEVER be a manager. Simply, he just cannot manage, either on or off the field. Totally incompetent.

In your words, on your appointment Mrs Desai told you: “Do what you have to do Shebby. We must be promoted.”

You said yourself before your arrival that Kean was not the man to get us back into the Premier League.

Sooner rather than later he will have to go, but the longer you leave it the worse it is going to become. Not only will we fail to get back into the Premiership, so much damage will have been done on and off the field that it will take many years, if ever, to reclaim the well-run club that was Blackburn Rovers before Venky’s.

But the appointment of a new manager when he has gone will be an even bigger decision. Another agent’s stooge will achieve nothing. An experienced manager MUST be appointed. A manager with complete control over transfers. His decision alone and no-one else’s. The only decisions outside his control would be value and affordability, with negotiating responsibility vested in the chief exec in consultation with the owners.

So what IS preventing you from taking action?

Is it Venky’s – or is it a third party?

I no longer recognise the club I have supported as a spectator and a sponsor (pre-Venky’s) for more than 60 years. Many of the missing 12,000+ fans probably feel the same. Some, maybe many, will never return.

The very future of Blackburn Rovers, at the moment, appears to be in your hands.

An open letter to Shebby Singh Dear Shebby How much MORE evidence do you need about the shambles that has engulfed Blackburn Rovers. One and a half abysmal seasons have seen us plummet into the Championship and unless something is done quickly an even worse season beckons. A stronger squad than in the Premier League? Strong enough to be challenging on all fronts? The ‘manager’ insults our intelligence. The man is even more incompetent and deluded than I thought. Seven points on the board, yes, but seven lucky points and three woeful performances with the mighty Robinson winning the Leicester game for us and saving a point at Ipswich. Embarrassingly dumped out of the CapitalOne Cup by a scratch Division One side with only three attempts on target in another dreadful performance. A stadium that is now beginning to look a bit run down and will quickly start to look like a ‘ghost’ stadium, with empty seats, empty advertising spaces, main sponsor dumped and name taken off the stands, no shirt sponsors, only eight of 250 corporate sponsors left and attempts to ‘give away’ corporate boxes for peanuts. In view of the deterioration of the ground, the team and the club, maybe the late, great Ronnie Clayton wouldn’t want to be associated with it any more, either, and his name removed, too. An invasion of SIX third-rate Portugeezers. One good prospect, yes, even two, but SIX? What IS going on? A failed player who, on his record at Ewood, will NEVER be a manager. Simply, he just cannot manage, either on or off the field. Totally incompetent. In your words, on your appointment Mrs Desai told you: “Do what you have to do Shebby. We must be promoted.” You said yourself before your arrival that Kean was not the man to get us back into the Premier League. Sooner rather than later he will have to go, but the longer you leave it the worse it is going to become. Not only will we fail to get back into the Premiership, so much damage will have been done on and off the field that it will take many years, if ever, to reclaim the well-run club that was Blackburn Rovers before Venky’s. But the appointment of a new manager when he has gone will be an even bigger decision. Another agent’s stooge will achieve nothing. An experienced manager MUST be appointed. A manager with complete control over transfers. His decision alone and no-one else’s. The only decisions outside his control would be value and affordability, with negotiating responsibility vested in the chief exec in consultation with the owners. So what IS preventing you from taking action? Is it Venky’s – or is it a third party? I no longer recognise the club I have supported as a spectator and a sponsor (pre-Venky’s) for more than 60 years. Many of the missing 12,000+ fans probably feel the same. Some, maybe many, will never return. The very future of Blackburn Rovers, at the moment, appears to be in your hands. roverfor60years

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Nuttall Street says...
8:55pm Wed 29 Aug 12

On Tuesday LET run an article "Kean targets a challenge on all fronts" based on Kean boasting about the strength in depth of his squad and the ability of the more junior plates to step into the first team without diminishing it's competitive threat. That came as a surprise to most of us, but that's another matter. One day later, Wednesday, (let me repeat that for the credulous ONE DAY LATER) LET scoopmeister and investigative
Football correspondent Andy Crier posts an article headed "Kean offer's no excuses for yesterday's cup exit" in which Kean does, in fact, offer the excuse that the more junior players are actually not up to the standard to be in the first team.
Such a turned around within 24 hours is quite staggering. For this turnaround not to be observed, commented on, or offered up to Kean for an explanation by our ace reporter is even more staggering. Is Andy Crier a real person or just a computer generated name added to articles?

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maradonner says...
9:05pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Roverfor60 & Nuttall.............
..

It's pointless writing to Shebby!

Agnew is controlling the LT.

W@NKERS OUT.

Arte et Labore.

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Xander_ says...
9:19pm Wed 29 Aug 12

WOW... no defence or excuses from Kean. I can't believe it. I reckon he knows thats now 1 step closer to him getting binned hence he hasn't defended the team. If Leed's beat us @ Elland Road Saturday does that mean he is one game away from the sack???

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gleechy says...
9:51pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Xander_ wrote:
WOW... no defence or excuses from Kean. I can't believe it. I reckon he knows thats now 1 step closer to him getting binned hence he hasn't defended the team. If Leed's beat us @ Elland Road Saturday does that mean he is one game away from the sack???

No, it means they hope you forget what they said earlier, and they then make an even bolder statement about the future, as per the norm. Then Shabby decides he has something better to do and leaves.

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Wockneys says...
10:05pm Wed 29 Aug 12

No excuses? More like no responsibility Kean.

Its the players fault for not taking chances. Its the refs fault for not blowing for a foul. Its the keeper fault for making a mistake. In other words...

Kean: its everyone's fault but mine.

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disciples-of-georja says...
10:09pm Wed 29 Aug 12

“The team I selected was good enough to get through." wise words kean !! guess what you lied again go now before it really is too late !!!!

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French Rover says...
10:32pm Wed 29 Aug 12

disciples-of-georja wrote:
“The team I selected was good enough to get through." wise words kean !! guess what you lied again go now before it really is too late !!!!

I agree that the team that he put out should have played MKD off the park....but maybe Kean is missing the point as to why that didn't happen....surely down to his lack of management skills.

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reiko082 says...
10:46pm Wed 29 Aug 12

Yep, the team was good enough, so where must the fault lie?

Though I'd rather no excuse given than more bs.

4 games played. 4 games outplayed.

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dallydally says...
11:44pm Wed 29 Aug 12

You are running out of time Keannochio. If the Rhodes deal goes through and you fail to make it work you will be history. Inept isn't sufficient to describe your results to date

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edmy says...
7:29am Thu 30 Aug 12

No excuses. Well that's probably because we have heard all your excuses before. I have been watching the Rovers since the early 60's and have never seen a manager hated or despised as much as this bl**dy incompetent idiot. You are a thick skinned egotistical idiot. Go now.

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MatthewCA says...
7:32am Thu 30 Aug 12

I feel the bench players lost a chance to showcase there talent and give confidence to get inside the first team. Fitness to stay 90mts is the key, young players are not fit to run 30mts...........this cause the problem.

We expect rochina/Goodwillie to lead as a quality striker in capital one, but fail as a team means more bench time for all new young boys, now J.Rhodes also join the team and you have to fight to get match time.

I feel is a good team - all the front we have quality players. Robbo is amazing , Gomes is a key, Murphy is control. But we need to win each game to build confidence back in FANS.

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PpMac says...
8:17am Thu 30 Aug 12

if i relied on the LET...I would never have known there was a game at MK Dons this week, no pre match analysis or post match report.....just SK tell us all what we already knew...does anyone stand up for the little man anymore!?!?

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A Darener says...
8:23am Thu 30 Aug 12

MatthewCA wrote:
I feel the bench players lost a chance to showcase there talent and give confidence to get inside the first team. Fitness to stay 90mts is the key, young players are not fit to run 30mts...........this cause the problem.

We expect rochina/Goodwillie to lead as a quality striker in capital one, but fail as a team means more bench time for all new young boys, now J.Rhodes also join the team and you have to fight to get match time.

I feel is a good team - all the front we have quality players. Robbo is amazing , Gomes is a key, Murphy is control. But we need to win each game to build confidence back in FANS.

Somebody is teaching Matthew English....this was nearly understandable.

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Ianwhittam says...
9:38am Thu 30 Aug 12

KEAN OUT

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AndyW says...
11:55am Thu 30 Aug 12

MatthewCA wrote:
I feel the bench players lost a chance to showcase there talent and give confidence to get inside the first team. Fitness to stay 90mts is the key, young players are not fit to run 30mts...........this cause the problem.

We expect rochina/Goodwillie to lead as a quality striker in capital one, but fail as a team means more bench time for all new young boys, now J.Rhodes also join the team and you have to fight to get match time.

I feel is a good team - all the front we have quality players. Robbo is amazing , Gomes is a key, Murphy is control. But we need to win each game to build confidence back in FANS.

The only thing that will rebuild supporters' confidence and get them flooding back is the sacking of Kean.

He could win every game for the rest of this season (well, he couldn't, as he's completely useless) and most supporters would still stay away due to him.

Sack Kean = club can make progress.

Don't sack Kean = we will continue to regress.

Simple.

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