Rovers sign three on deadline day

BLACKBURN Rovers have completed the expected signings of Grzegorz Sandomierski, Nuno Henrique and Diogo Rosado.

The signing of the trio take Steve Kean's transfer window dealing to 12 additions this summer, as Rovers bid for an instant Premier League return.

Polish goalkeeper Sandomierski has signed on a season-long loan deal from Genk, with midfielder Rosado, from Sporting Lisbon, and defender Henrique, from Academica, signing three-year deals.

For full story see tomorrow's Lancashire Telegraph.

 

Comments(22)

Nuttall Street says...
10:34pm Fri 31 Aug 12

Brockhall training ground Friday morning:
KEAN: "welcome to Ewood Jordan. I hope my driver, Colin, didn't try to borrow anything from you on the way over from Huddersfield."
JORDAN RHODES: thank you gaffer.I would just like to say th.......
SK: never mind that laddie. Now let me tell you where you have been going wrong.
JR: but gaffer, I was top scorer in.......
SK: is your heed nay right? I'm a footballing genius. You need to play deeper. That's the way to score goals. To be where they don't expect you to be, deep in your own half. Anyway we have nay got any decent defenders so we need you well back, behind Bradley Orr. Or even better on the bench.
JR: but you told me I was going to be the next Kenny Dalglish. I.....
SK: silence or you're going to be mysteriously ruled unfit to play. There is only ONE boss here and that's me, and Shabby Singh, and her wonderfulness Mrs Desai. Anyway why haven't you got big tits?
JR: what do you mean boss?
SK: Jordan has big Bristols That's what I laid out £8 million quid for you so that I would no longer be the biggest tit in Blackburn. You don't even look a bit like her.

stefjam says...
10:48pm Fri 31 Aug 12

Nuttall Street wrote:
Brockhall training ground Friday morning:
KEAN: "welcome to Ewood Jordan. I hope my driver, Colin, didn't try to borrow anything from you on the way over from Huddersfield."
JORDAN RHODES: thank you gaffer.I would just like to say th.......
SK: never mind that laddie. Now let me tell you where you have been going wrong.
JR: but gaffer, I was top scorer in.......
SK: is your heed nay right? I'm a footballing genius. You need to play deeper. That's the way to score goals. To be where they don't expect you to be, deep in your own half. Anyway we have nay got any decent defenders so we need you well back, behind Bradley Orr. Or even better on the bench.
JR: but you told me I was going to be the next Kenny Dalglish. I.....
SK: silence or you're going to be mysteriously ruled unfit to play. There is only ONE boss here and that's me, and Shabby Singh, and her wonderfulness Mrs Desai. Anyway why haven't you got big tits?
JR: what do you mean boss?
SK: Jordan has big Bristols That's what I laid out £8 million quid for you so that I would no longer be the biggest tit in Blackburn. You don't even look a bit like her.
funny ! ;-)

stefjam says...
10:48pm Fri 31 Aug 12

Nuttall Street wrote:
Brockhall training ground Friday morning:
KEAN: "welcome to Ewood Jordan. I hope my driver, Colin, didn't try to borrow anything from you on the way over from Huddersfield."
JORDAN RHODES: thank you gaffer.I would just like to say th.......
SK: never mind that laddie. Now let me tell you where you have been going wrong.
JR: but gaffer, I was top scorer in.......
SK: is your heed nay right? I'm a footballing genius. You need to play deeper. That's the way to score goals. To be where they don't expect you to be, deep in your own half. Anyway we have nay got any decent defenders so we need you well back, behind Bradley Orr. Or even better on the bench.
JR: but you told me I was going to be the next Kenny Dalglish. I.....
SK: silence or you're going to be mysteriously ruled unfit to play. There is only ONE boss here and that's me, and Shabby Singh, and her wonderfulness Mrs Desai. Anyway why haven't you got big tits?
JR: what do you mean boss?
SK: Jordan has big Bristols That's what I laid out £8 million quid for you so that I would no longer be the biggest tit in Blackburn. You don't even look a bit like her.
funny ! ;-)

sonny says...
11:02pm Fri 31 Aug 12

stefjam wrote:
Nuttall Street wrote:
Brockhall training ground Friday morning:
KEAN: "welcome to Ewood Jordan. I hope my driver, Colin, didn't try to borrow anything from you on the way over from Huddersfield."
JORDAN RHODES: thank you gaffer.I would just like to say th.......
SK: never mind that laddie. Now let me tell you where you have been going wrong.
JR: but gaffer, I was top scorer in.......
SK: is your heed nay right? I'm a footballing genius. You need to play deeper. That's the way to score goals. To be where they don't expect you to be, deep in your own half. Anyway we have nay got any decent defenders so we need you well back, behind Bradley Orr. Or even better on the bench.
JR: but you told me I was going to be the next Kenny Dalglish. I.....
SK: silence or you're going to be mysteriously ruled unfit to play. There is only ONE boss here and that's me, and Shabby Singh, and her wonderfulness Mrs Desai. Anyway why haven't you got big tits?
JR: what do you mean boss?
SK: Jordan has big Bristols That's what I laid out £8 million quid for you so that I would no longer be the biggest tit in Blackburn. You don't even look a bit like her.
funny ! ;-)
Tarantino could'nt make that **** up, very good.

dg666 says...
11:20pm Fri 31 Aug 12

Negative knobs!! The club needs us all together, yes I hate Keen but love my club, we will not achieve whilst there is constant negativity around. This window has been the best for years, some great business, yes business not wasting money. keen will have been bombed by the end of September, we will have a new quality manager and romp the league!! When the bald one goes, any manager worth their salts would love to work with our current squad. This is because of Venky's and the new, yes NEW understanding of the game with Shebby advising and their obvious business sense we are going back to the Premier League!!

I await the negative comments and also personal attacks, from the glass half full brigade.

Best wishes

Dg666

Deadwoodchamps says...
11:21pm Fri 31 Aug 12

stefjam wrote:
Nuttall Street wrote: Brockhall training ground Friday morning: KEAN: "welcome to Ewood Jordan. I hope my driver, Colin, didn't try to borrow anything from you on the way over from Huddersfield." JORDAN RHODES: thank you gaffer.I would just like to say th....... SK: never mind that laddie. Now let me tell you where you have been going wrong. JR: but gaffer, I was top scorer in....... SK: is your heed nay right? I'm a footballing genius. You need to play deeper. That's the way to score goals. To be where they don't expect you to be, deep in your own half. Anyway we have nay got any decent defenders so we need you well back, behind Bradley Orr. Or even better on the bench. JR: but you told me I was going to be the next Kenny Dalglish. I..... SK: silence or you're going to be mysteriously ruled unfit to play. There is only ONE boss here and that's me, and Shabby Singh, and her wonderfulness Mrs Desai. Anyway why haven't you got big tits? JR: what do you mean boss? SK: Jordan has big Bristols That's what I laid out £8 million quid for you so that I would no longer be the biggest tit in Blackburn. You don't even look a bit like her.
funny ! ;-)
Even funnier......... MK Dons 2 Barstewards 1.............. Whooooooooo Hooooooooo ;-)

dg666 says...
11:23pm Fri 31 Aug 12

Sorry half empty brigade, mine is half full, and another Stella will make it completely full!! Well done BRFC great dealings and now one he'll of a squad!!

Nuttall Street says...
11:25pm Fri 31 Aug 12

dg666 wrote:
Negative knobs!! The club needs us all together, yes I hate Keen but love my club, we will not achieve whilst there is constant negativity around. This window has been the best for years, some great business, yes business not wasting money. keen will have been bombed by the end of September, we will have a new quality manager and romp the league!! When the bald one goes, any manager worth their salts would love to work with our current squad. This is because of Venky's and the new, yes NEW understanding of the game with Shebby advising and their obvious business sense we are going back to the Premier League!!

I await the negative comments and also personal attacks, from the glass half full brigade.

Best wishes

Dg666
It's because of Venky's we are not in the Premiership in the first place.

dg666 says...
11:28pm Fri 31 Aug 12

stefjam wrote:
Nuttall Street wrote: Brockhall training ground Friday morning: KEAN: "welcome to Ewood Jordan. I hope my driver, Colin, didn't try to borrow anything from you on the way over from Huddersfield." JORDAN RHODES: thank you gaffer.I would just like to say th....... SK: never mind that laddie. Now let me tell you where you have been going wrong. JR: but gaffer, I was top scorer in....... SK: is your heed nay right? I'm a footballing genius. You need to play deeper. That's the way to score goals. To be where they don't expect you to be, deep in your own half. Anyway we have nay got any decent defenders so we need you well back, behind Bradley Orr. Or even better on the bench. JR: but you told me I was going to be the next Kenny Dalglish. I..... SK: silence or you're going to be mysteriously ruled unfit to play. There is only ONE boss here and that's me, and Shabby Singh, and her wonderfulness Mrs Desai. Anyway why haven't you got big tits? JR: what do you mean boss? SK: Jordan has big Bristols That's what I laid out £8 million quid for you so that I would no longer be the biggest tit in Blackburn. You don't even look a bit like her.
funny ! ;-)
Even funnier......... MK Dons 2 Barstewards 1.............. Whooooooooo Hooooooooo ;-)

Look at the league table, dingle. Also look at the spending, who is the big club? Come on now start talking about your over hyped hooligan following!?

bluerob says...
11:31pm Fri 31 Aug 12

Nuttall Street wrote:
Brockhall training ground Friday morning:
KEAN: "welcome to Ewood Jordan. I hope my driver, Colin, didn't try to borrow anything from you on the way over from Huddersfield."
JORDAN RHODES: thank you gaffer.I would just like to say th.......
SK: never mind that laddie. Now let me tell you where you have been going wrong.
JR: but gaffer, I was top scorer in.......
SK: is your heed nay right? I'm a footballing genius. You need to play deeper. That's the way to score goals. To be where they don't expect you to be, deep in your own half. Anyway we have nay got any decent defenders so we need you well back, behind Bradley Orr. Or even better on the bench.
JR: but you told me I was going to be the next Kenny Dalglish. I.....
SK: silence or you're going to be mysteriously ruled unfit to play. There is only ONE boss here and that's me, and Shabby Singh, and her wonderfulness Mrs Desai. Anyway why haven't you got big tits?
JR: what do you mean boss?
SK: Jordan has big Bristols That's what I laid out £8 million quid for you so that I would no longer be the biggest tit in Blackburn. You don't even look a bit like her.
Classic

Nuttall Street says...
11:38pm Fri 31 Aug 12

dg666 wrote:
stefjam wrote:
Nuttall Street wrote: Brockhall training ground Friday morning: KEAN: "welcome to Ewood Jordan. I hope my driver, Colin, didn't try to borrow anything from you on the way over from Huddersfield." JORDAN RHODES: thank you gaffer.I would just like to say th....... SK: never mind that laddie. Now let me tell you where you have been going wrong. JR: but gaffer, I was top scorer in....... SK: is your heed nay right? I'm a footballing genius. You need to play deeper. That's the way to score goals. To be where they don't expect you to be, deep in your own half. Anyway we have nay got any decent defenders so we need you well back, behind Bradley Orr. Or even better on the bench. JR: but you told me I was going to be the next Kenny Dalglish. I..... SK: silence or you're going to be mysteriously ruled unfit to play. There is only ONE boss here and that's me, and Shabby Singh, and her wonderfulness Mrs Desai. Anyway why haven't you got big tits? JR: what do you mean boss? SK: Jordan has big Bristols That's what I laid out £8 million quid for you so that I would no longer be the biggest tit in Blackburn. You don't even look a bit like her.
funny ! ;-)
Even funnier......... MK Dons 2 Barstewards 1.............. Whooooooooo Hooooooooo ;-)

Look at the league table, dingle. Also look at the spending, who is the big club? Come on now start talking about your over hyped hooligan following!?
I am looking at the league table. 18 months ago we were mid table in the Premiership and then the Venky's arrived. Now we are in the Championship. By the way I am not a Dingle, but I 'd rather be one than an apologist for the Venky's!

dg666 says...
11:54pm Fri 31 Aug 12

Nuttall St

I really can't be arsed with people like you, have you never made mistakes? I am sure you have, as I have, however I pride myself on correcting them ASAP. Venky's have made huge mistakes in the past, can you really criticise what they are doing now? Keen is not the man to lead us but he will be gone in the next 4 weeks and we will be back!! Be positive FFs, enjoy your beers tonight as I am mine.

Best wishes

Dg666

bburnrover says...
7:43am Sat 1 Sep 12

Well if Kean is on his way in 4 weeks we will have had to lose every match so unless the new manager (who will that be?) can do a Reading we wont go up.
We are in a catch 22 situation as most of our fans want him out but not many will want to lose against Leeds because deep down they know it will take more losses than that to get rid of him,

I think we will improve as once on the pitch players can ignore his silly ramblings and play their own game.

Ewood say that! says...
8:05am Sat 1 Sep 12

It's easy to forget the wage bill for all the players needs paying and with the drop in income following relegation(yes the Venky's/Kean's fault) but nether the less our cloth needs to be cut accordingly and we are not in a position to use all incoming transfer money to fund player purchases.So with that in mind the majority of our transfer business has been good.Even the most cynical fan must be slightly excited by the Rhodes capture!?
The Portugese captures are a concern as I thought we had finally realsised that a player's ability comes before who the player's agent is.
The other obvious concern is Kean's ability to pick/organise/delive
r a team that is going top storm this league.If only we could get rid and hire a decent manager then I would be really optimistic.

roversok says...
8:09am Sat 1 Sep 12

The club as been well f@@ked this last 18months however we cannot turn the clock back
Players, management and owners will come and go but that will not alter the fact that BRFC is still my club and as been since my first visit in 1966.
When the bold baboon does part company with us it looks like we have now got a very thin backbone that a new manager can work on, if a new proven manager brings his own backroom staff in and we get rid of the pretend genesis who are hovering in the background then I feel we can become a Premiership club again.
My view is that Venky's no longer enjoy owning this toy but being Indian they would feel shame if sold on for less than they give, once back in the Prem we will be sold for what they paid along with the money they have removed a tidy profit for them
Roades is not yet a top level goal scorer however with the deal being 3 million down payment and the rest to follow in stages Venky's still have plenty of funds remaining to prop up there chicken shacks.
KFC should offer a sponsorship deal for the shirts,

speedie_rovers_legend says...
8:37am Sat 1 Sep 12

8 million and a FIVE year deal is a risk for a 1st div player, yes he scored goals in div1, but can he cut the cake at this level, with a novice manager and backroom staff in charge, YOU shall see.

bossindian says...
8:38am Sat 1 Sep 12

Failed player, failed coach, failed manager, failed driver!

Kean Out

speedie_rovers_legend says...
8:38am Sat 1 Sep 12

Who is going to pay for all this when they ave gone?

Sam-the-Man says...
8:41am Sat 1 Sep 12

Nuttall St. - Funny post but worryingly its almost true. Dg66 can’t be @rsed with you but still reads your post and replies. Think that says a lot about his/her intelligence.

Dg666 – The useless twonk that (mis)manages our club is called Kean not Keen. And where’s your sense of humour?

srvp28 says...
10:01am Sat 1 Sep 12

Pay no heed to dg666, as he clearly admits, he'd been drinking. I'm guessing the fact that he's expecting personal attacks is more to do with his own views on the 'Stay Away Brigade' and nothing to do with the fact that his opening gambit was to call the aforementioned 'SAB' negative knobs. Oh, and overhyped hooligans.

I'll agree that twelve new signings seems like good business but let's not forget that we've also lost three of our most talented players from last season in Yakubu, Hoilett and N'Zonzi. Here's my take on the players we've bought during this transfer window. Apologies in advance if some of my points seem negative, I'm just being realistic. Also it's quite lengthy so scroll past if you're not interested in my views, I won't be offended as I won't know.

Danny Murphy: Still a very technically gifted player but he's already shown that he's finding it hard to keep up with the run of play. Towards the end of last season he was being substituted after 60-70 minutes, most games. I fear he'll burn out even earlier this season if Kean insists on starting him every game. Even more worrying, Kean has been quoted as saying that he wants the other players to pass to Murphy, even if he's being marked.

Leon Best: While quite a few Newcastle United fans said he could do a job for us, given the chance, I still had my doubts. Mainly because of his injury record but also because his goals to game ratio wasn't great either. However, he looked great in pre-season and I thought he might have found his perfect 'fit'. Alas, my primary concern was realised when he was ruled out for six months.

Nuno Gomes: Like a lot of fans I had mixed feelings about this signing. Everybody said that he was a great player, with 'was' being the operative word. Like Best he looked good in pre-season but his competitive debut wasn't so much one to forget, rather one to try and remember. Remember if he was on the pitch that is. However, his substitute appearance against Hull should've earned him the Man of the Match award and his performance against Leicester was one of the few positives to take from a poor team effort, albeit a victorious one.

Fabio Nunes: Has had a bright start to his Rovers career, although there is still plenty of room for improvement. Although he was described as "one for the future", being given the #7 shirt tells me he will feature a lot this season.

Paulo Jorge: Described by Kean as a young Gennaro Gattuso, because of his looks. Probably one of his weirdest observations to date, not to mention way off the mark. He's looked okay when he's come on and although I don't expect him to start many games I do expect we'll see him come on for Murphy quite a lot as the season progresses.

Edinho Junior: Another "one for he future" who's already been thrown in at the deep end. Unlike Nunes though he doesn't seem ready. Kean's decision to start him, ahead of Goodwillie, against Leicester City and MK Dons just goes to show that the manager still has a chip on his shoulder regarding the transfer of his compatriot.

Dickson Etuhu: A very strong player who's also had a mixed start to the season. Didn't seem to know how to pass the ball forward against Ipswich but has since put himself about a bit and probably been the main reason why our two lacklustre performances at home have still earned us six points. He's conceded a lot of fouls though so he needs to sharpen up that side of his game. Could prove to be our most important signing of the summer.

Colin Kazim-Richards: Primarily a right-winger, he's occasionally played as a striker and, despite his own doubts about his ability up front, it seems that's the position he's been signed for. He's scored two goals in two games, although neither could be classed as goals that only a striker can score. However, unless Kean changes his formation the arrival of Rhodes could see CKR switched to the right with Gomes or Dunn sat behind the lone striker.

Jordan Rhodes: Let's make no bones about it, we've paid far too much for this player. Fortunately, a lot of it is to be paid over four years so it shouldn't hurt us too much. He is a very talented player though and if he continues to progress at his current rate there could be a lot of money to be be made should a big club come calling. I'm looking forward to seeing him in a Rovers shirt but, as I've already alluded to, Kean needs to change the formation if we're to get the best out of him.

Grzegorz Sandomierski: I know nothing about this player other than he was in Poland's Euro 2012 squad. Therefore I can't comment on whether he's serious competition for Robinson or whether he's just a replacement for Bunn. Even then I'm not sure if he'll be ahead of Kean in the pecking order.

Diogo Rosado: Another player I've heard very little about so I'll reserve judgement until I've seen him play.

Nuno Henrique: As with the two other 'deadline day' signings, I don't know a lot about him. However, with Kean preferring Desperate Dann over Hanley who, in my opinion is now a better defender, I'm not sure if we'll get to see much of Henrique. A large part of me hopes he's like another Samba though, and ousts Dann from the starting XI.

Bruno Ribeiro: Okay, I know he's not a new signing but seeing as he's only made his debut this season I think he deserves an honorary mention. Why? Because he looks bloody brilliant, that's why! He really does have the ability, and back-story, to become a cult hero at Rovers.

There's are only my opinions, I don't pretend to be an expert. I only wish I could've added my thoughts about a new manager too.

waggyonthewing says...
12:25pm Sat 1 Sep 12

i want keen out as much as the next man but protesting hasnt worked,how about backing the team 100% forget about keen,eventually if we keep winning another club is sure to come in for him with the promise of bigger wages and fans that will love him and treat him better than those nasty people from blackburn,the toss**

rover-till-dudp says...
1:45pm Sat 1 Sep 12

Deadwoodchamps wrote:
stefjam wrote:
Nuttall Street wrote: Brockhall training ground Friday morning: KEAN: "welcome to Ewood Jordan. I hope my driver, Colin, didn't try to borrow anything from you on the way over from Huddersfield." JORDAN RHODES: thank you gaffer.I would just like to say th....... SK: never mind that laddie. Now let me tell you where you have been going wrong. JR: but gaffer, I was top scorer in....... SK: is your heed nay right? I'm a footballing genius. You need to play deeper. That's the way to score goals. To be where they don't expect you to be, deep in your own half. Anyway we have nay got any decent defenders so we need you well back, behind Bradley Orr. Or even better on the bench. JR: but you told me I was going to be the next Kenny Dalglish. I..... SK: silence or you're going to be mysteriously ruled unfit to play. There is only ONE boss here and that's me, and Shabby Singh, and her wonderfulness Mrs Desai. Anyway why haven't you got big tits? JR: what do you mean boss? SK: Jordan has big Bristols That's what I laid out £8 million quid for you so that I would no longer be the biggest tit in Blackburn. You don't even look a bit like her.
funny ! ;-)
Even funnier......... MK Dons 2 Barstewards 1.............. Whooooooooo Hooooooooo ;-)
Funnier still - “Dingles 0 Wimbledon 1” (1975) and even more funnier “ Telford 3 Dingles 0”(1986).

Whooooooooo Hooooooooo ;-)

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