Kean to be cautious over Gomes
7:18am Thursday 20th September 2012 in Sport
By Chris Flanagan, Sports reporter
STEVE Kean will continue to take a cautious approach with Nuno Gomes as he attempts to get the best out of the 36-year-old this season.
The Portuguese striker came off the bench to score the winner in Tuesday’s 2-1 triumph over Barnsley after being rested from the starting line-up.
It was the fourth consecutive league game in which Gomes had found the net and Kean believes he will benefit from the occasional rest in a 46-game Championship season.
The Rovers boss said: “I said to him before the game, ‘It’s going to be difficult for you with the intensity’.
“The game on Saturday against Bristol City was one of the highest in the Championship when you look at all the fitness stats.
“Some of our lads were producing personal bests for distance covered. Morten Pedersen I think was the most in seven years because the intensity of the game was so high.
“I think with Nuno we’ve got to protect him, take him out at certain times and maybe bring him on as a sub, start him in other games and near the end take him off.
“I would like to think that he can have an impact in every game, be it from the start or off the bench.
“We just have to be careful, not only with him, it will be the same with Danny Murphy at times and Dickson Etuhu.”
Rovers had hoped to have another option up front in the next few matches but Kean admits Colin Kazim-Richards, who started the season with two goals in two games, may now not return until the trip to Derby on October 20 following a setback in his recovery from a knee injury.
“He had a bit of a twinge in his knee and I think it will probably be after the next international break when we see him,” Kean said.
But Kean was eager to thank the fans for their patience on Tuesday, when Rovers fell behind before recovering to win.
“It would have been easy to get on our backs because we were that poor in the first half, but they stayed with us,” he said.
“The fans have been fantastic here and they’ve been sensational on the road.”
Comments(41)
A Darener
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8:22am Thu 20 Sep 12
Of course the fans have been sensational on the road, they have had so much to put up with. They are the backbone of the Rovers' a lot of them will be boycotters at Ewood only going to support their team away from home.
The fans at Ewood on the other hand are described as "fantastic". I would rather describe them as delusional. Thinking they are helping the team they make Kean think he is getting it right. Well he isn't! It is the team, despite Kean that is getting it right. They are doing a fantastic job under extreme conditions. Just think what they would be like with a proper setup. Ok they are top of the league so couldn't be any higher. But that is because of the failings of the opposition, not any tactical awareness of Kean.
But what can I say? Just keep it up team and we will be proud of you.
Tatts
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8:31am Thu 20 Sep 12
alphajono wrote:The only problem with playing your best team every week is that once you start picking up injuries you then have to field players who are not match fit and then take a few games to bed in. The big advantage that Rovers will have over other teams this season is the size of the squad and 46 games is a long season. You'll see that some of the other teams will inevitably tail off once they start picking up injuries and don't have sufficient quality players to replace them with.
I dont agree you have to play Nuno and start him every game his skill and vision and ability to hit the back of the net is excellent only when we are in a winning position with 15 - 10 mins left should you think about taking him off. Kean dont start playing football manager play your best team ALLWAYS you moron.
A Darener
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8:35am Thu 20 Sep 12
roverfoxy
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8:36am Thu 20 Sep 12
A Darener wrote:OK Darener riddle me this - Me and my mates go to every Rovers home game and have already been to 2 out of the 3 away games so far this season, Does that make us the "dellusional fan" OR the "backbone"??
“The fans have been fantastic here and they’ve been sensational on the road.” Of course the fans have been sensational on the road, they have had so much to put up with. They are the backbone of the Rovers' a lot of them will be boycotters at Ewood only going to support their team away from home. The fans at Ewood on the other hand are described as "fantastic". I would rather describe them as delusional. Thinking they are helping the team they make Kean think he is getting it right. Well he isn't! It is the team, despite Kean that is getting it right. They are doing a fantastic job under extreme conditions. Just think what they would be like with a proper setup. Ok they are top of the league so couldn't be any higher. But that is because of the failings of the opposition, not any tactical awareness of Kean. But what can I say? Just keep it up team and we will be proud of you.
A Darener
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8:43am Thu 20 Sep 12
roverfoxy wrote:The delusional backbone!
A Darener wrote:OK Darener riddle me this - Me and my mates go to every Rovers home game and have already been to 2 out of the 3 away games so far this season, Does that make us the "dellusional fan" OR the "backbone"??
“The fans have been fantastic here and they’ve been sensational on the road.” Of course the fans have been sensational on the road, they have had so much to put up with. They are the backbone of the Rovers' a lot of them will be boycotters at Ewood only going to support their team away from home. The fans at Ewood on the other hand are described as "fantastic". I would rather describe them as delusional. Thinking they are helping the team they make Kean think he is getting it right. Well he isn't! It is the team, despite Kean that is getting it right. They are doing a fantastic job under extreme conditions. Just think what they would be like with a proper setup. Ok they are top of the league so couldn't be any higher. But that is because of the failings of the opposition, not any tactical awareness of Kean. But what can I say? Just keep it up team and we will be proud of you.
French Rover
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9:45am Thu 20 Sep 12
dangerous dave
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9:55am Thu 20 Sep 12
Not withstanding my best wishes to the team and their efforts!!
OUT WITH KEAN AGNEW HENDRY SINGH VENKYS IN WITH THOUSANDS OF FANS
A Darener
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10:09am Thu 20 Sep 12
French Rover wrote:Trouble is if he had ten centre forwards he would still only play one up front.
Nuno is pure class....Form is temporary but class is permanent and age may diminish the strength in the legs but not the strength in the heart or the knowledge in the head. Nuno Gomes may be as revered as Tugay by the fans by the time he finishes his career at the Rovers. He really is that good and is one of the main reasons we will be promoted this season. That and Rhodes goals of course. Plus we still have KR and Best (two of the best forwards in this division for sure) to come back after injury. Just need one more big break OOO (Odious One Out) and the season looks good.
forever-a-blue-jean
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10:15am Thu 20 Sep 12
KEEP UP THE BOYCOTT IT IS BITING HARD.
1bnc
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10:44am Thu 20 Sep 12
Nuno looks good but of course he cant play every week btw
londonrover
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10:53am Thu 20 Sep 12
1bnc wrote:"The boycott isn't hitting hard" Oh yes it is, in more ways than one - think about it. Slubberdegullion Kean out!
The boycott isnt hitting hard. Just put your 15 pound tickets in the context of 15k per WEEK Wages. I cant agree with anyone who stays away- no matter how bad things are proper fans support their team (even if you dont support the manager).
Nuno looks good but of course he cant play every week btw
champs95
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10:53am Thu 20 Sep 12
A Darener wrote:I went to the match on Tuesday and bought a sausage roll and a Wispa at £2.90, you must really dislike me for being such a 'delusional' 'Kean luvvie'.
“The fans have been fantastic here and they’ve been sensational on the road.”
Of course the fans have been sensational on the road, they have had so much to put up with. They are the backbone of the Rovers' a lot of them will be boycotters at Ewood only going to support their team away from home.
The fans at Ewood on the other hand are described as "fantastic". I would rather describe them as delusional. Thinking they are helping the team they make Kean think he is getting it right. Well he isn't! It is the team, despite Kean that is getting it right. They are doing a fantastic job under extreme conditions. Just think what they would be like with a proper setup. Ok they are top of the league so couldn't be any higher. But that is because of the failings of the opposition, not any tactical awareness of Kean.
But what can I say? Just keep it up team and we will be proud of you.
A Darener
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10:59am Thu 20 Sep 12
1bnc wrote:It is not about lost income to the Venky's. It is about corporate image and loss of face. They must know that keeping Kean is counterproductive. Take Friday for example. The Sky cameras are going to show the world a club in turmoil. housands of empty spaces at a club top of the second tier of English football.
The boycott isnt hitting hard. Just put your 15 pound tickets in the context of 15k per WEEK Wages. I cant agree with anyone who stays away- no matter how bad things are proper fans support their team (even if you dont support the manager).
Nuno looks good but of course he cant play every week btw
How humiliating is that going to be for them sat with their Indian friends, either at the game or back home in India. Especially as they once aw the team beat Manchester United at Old Trafford. Oh how the mighty have fallen!
French Rover
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12:17pm Thu 20 Sep 12
A Darener wrote:The empty seats will tell their own story to the world, to Keans detriment thankfully, but it really wont be that humiliating for them Darener when we win and are top of the league. Which I think we will do of course!
1bnc wrote:It is not about lost income to the Venky's. It is about corporate image and loss of face. They must know that keeping Kean is counterproductive. Take Friday for example. The Sky cameras are going to show the world a club in turmoil. housands of empty spaces at a club top of the second tier of English football.
The boycott isnt hitting hard. Just put your 15 pound tickets in the context of 15k per WEEK Wages. I cant agree with anyone who stays away- no matter how bad things are proper fans support their team (even if you dont support the manager).
Nuno looks good but of course he cant play every week btw
How humiliating is that going to be for them sat with their Indian friends, either at the game or back home in India. Especially as they once aw the team beat Manchester United at Old Trafford. Oh how the mighty have fallen!
Roverthere
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12:26pm Thu 20 Sep 12
A Darener wrote:A bone head!
roverfoxy wrote:The delusional backbone!
A Darener wrote:OK Darener riddle me this - Me and my mates go to every Rovers home game and have already been to 2 out of the 3 away games so far this season, Does that make us the "dellusional fan" OR the "backbone"??
“The fans have been fantastic here and they’ve been sensational on the road.” Of course the fans have been sensational on the road, they have had so much to put up with. They are the backbone of the Rovers' a lot of them will be boycotters at Ewood only going to support their team away from home. The fans at Ewood on the other hand are described as "fantastic". I would rather describe them as delusional. Thinking they are helping the team they make Kean think he is getting it right. Well he isn't! It is the team, despite Kean that is getting it right. They are doing a fantastic job under extreme conditions. Just think what they would be like with a proper setup. Ok they are top of the league so couldn't be any higher. But that is because of the failings of the opposition, not any tactical awareness of Kean. But what can I say? Just keep it up team and we will be proud of you.
BRFC_riversider
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12:30pm Thu 20 Sep 12
If you want to go to Ewood then go, if you don't, then don't!
As for me & my 6 mates (who have all had season tickets for 20+ years), we will not be returning to Ewood till Kean has gone end of!
Just like to say that i've been to 2 of the 3 away games and still support rovers to win every game, home and away, i just will not be supporting Kean and the Venky's back pockets.
whappen
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1:04pm Thu 20 Sep 12
A Darener wrote:You forget, this is Sky we're talking about.
1bnc wrote: The boycott isnt hitting hard. Just put your 15 pound tickets in the context of 15k per WEEK Wages. I cant agree with anyone who stays away- no matter how bad things are proper fans support their team (even if you dont support the manager). Nuno looks good but of course he cant play every week btwIt is not about lost income to the Venky's. It is about corporate image and loss of face. They must know that keeping Kean is counterproductive. Take Friday for example. The Sky cameras are going to show the world a club in turmoil. housands of empty spaces at a club top of the second tier of English football. How humiliating is that going to be for them sat with their Indian friends, either at the game or back home in India. Especially as they once aw the team beat Manchester United at Old Trafford. Oh how the mighty have fallen!
Do you think they will make a big issue of the empty seats, given their previous "coverage" of the situation at Ewood?
I fancy they will make extra effort to avoid showing the banks of empty seats - as will the club.
forever-a-blue-jean
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1:37pm Thu 20 Sep 12
French Rover
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2:16pm Thu 20 Sep 12
BRFC_riversider wrote:between you and JC and just one or two others on here, then you must have around two thousand mates who were season tickets holders who don't go now...Can only think that you must come from big families..! :)
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion,
If you want to go to Ewood then go, if you don't, then don't!
As for me & my 6 mates (who have all had season tickets for 20+ years), we will not be returning to Ewood till Kean has gone end of!
Just like to say that i've been to 2 of the 3 away games and still support rovers to win every game, home and away, i just will not be supporting Kean and the Venky's back pockets.
MxMave
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2:44pm Thu 20 Sep 12
French Rover wrote:Agreed but CKR is dreadful! If he hadnt scored in the Hull game we would all be saying "never let him on the pitch again" because every other move apart from the poke in was terrible.
Nuno is pure class....Form is temporary but class is permanent and age may diminish the strength in the legs but not the strength in the heart or the knowledge in the head. Nuno Gomes may be as revered as Tugay by the fans by the time he finishes his career at the Rovers. He really is that good and is one of the main reasons we will be promoted this season. That and Rhodes goals of course. Plus we still have KR and Best (two of the best forwards in this division for sure) to come back after injury. Just need one more big break OOO (Odious One Out) and the season looks good.
whappen
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3:09pm Thu 20 Sep 12
French Rover wrote:("Me and my six mates") x ("just one or two others on here") + (JC and approx. six mates) = around two thousand?
BRFC_riversider wrote: Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, If you want to go to Ewood then go, if you don't, then don't! As for me & my 6 mates (who have all had season tickets for 20+ years), we will not be returning to Ewood till Kean has gone end of! Just like to say that i've been to 2 of the 3 away games and still support rovers to win every game, home and away, i just will not be supporting Kean and the Venky's back pockets.between you and JC and just one or two others on here, then you must have around two thousand mates who were season tickets holders who don't go now...Can only think that you must come from big families..! :)
ewood1952
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3:48pm Thu 20 Sep 12
ewood1952
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3:48pm Thu 20 Sep 12
A Darener
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3:50pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Here's hoping!
Get into 'em!
French Rover
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4:07pm Thu 20 Sep 12
whappen wrote:Yes I may have exaggerated a tad :) but everyone seems to keep posting that they and their (insert large number) mates who were season ticket holders are not going until SK goes....it just SEEMS like I heard it two thousand times...
French Rover wrote:("Me and my six mates") x ("just one or two others on here") + (JC and approx. six mates) = around two thousand?
BRFC_riversider wrote: Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, If you want to go to Ewood then go, if you don't, then don't! As for me & my 6 mates (who have all had season tickets for 20+ years), we will not be returning to Ewood till Kean has gone end of! Just like to say that i've been to 2 of the 3 away games and still support rovers to win every game, home and away, i just will not be supporting Kean and the Venky's back pockets.between you and JC and just one or two others on here, then you must have around two thousand mates who were season tickets holders who don't go now...Can only think that you must come from big families..! :)
walkerjack
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4:32pm Thu 20 Sep 12
BRFC_riversider
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5:05pm Thu 20 Sep 12
French Rover wrote:Probably because it's happen about two thousand times(well more as the average gate has near enough halfed)
whappen wrote:Yes I may have exaggerated a tad :) but everyone seems to keep posting that they and their (insert large number) mates who were season ticket holders are not going until SK goes....it just SEEMS like I heard it two thousand times...
French Rover wrote:("Me and my six mates") x ("just one or two others on here") + (JC and approx. six mates) = around two thousand?
BRFC_riversider wrote: Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, If you want to go to Ewood then go, if you don't, then don't! As for me & my 6 mates (who have all had season tickets for 20+ years), we will not be returning to Ewood till Kean has gone end of! Just like to say that i've been to 2 of the 3 away games and still support rovers to win every game, home and away, i just will not be supporting Kean and the Venky's back pockets.between you and JC and just one or two others on here, then you must have around two thousand mates who were season tickets holders who don't go now...Can only think that you must come from big families..! :)
A Darener
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5:29pm Thu 20 Sep 12
speedie_rovers_legend
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5:56pm Thu 20 Sep 12
whappen wrote:Maybe they will fill the empty seats with dummys , not gonna say anything else about the ones who are going.
A Darener wrote:You forget, this is Sky we're talking about.
1bnc wrote: The boycott isnt hitting hard. Just put your 15 pound tickets in the context of 15k per WEEK Wages. I cant agree with anyone who stays away- no matter how bad things are proper fans support their team (even if you dont support the manager). Nuno looks good but of course he cant play every week btwIt is not about lost income to the Venky's. It is about corporate image and loss of face. They must know that keeping Kean is counterproductive. Take Friday for example. The Sky cameras are going to show the world a club in turmoil. housands of empty spaces at a club top of the second tier of English football. How humiliating is that going to be for them sat with their Indian friends, either at the game or back home in India. Especially as they once aw the team beat Manchester United at Old Trafford. Oh how the mighty have fallen!
Do you think they will make a big issue of the empty seats, given their previous "coverage" of the situation at Ewood?
I fancy they will make extra effort to avoid showing the banks of empty seats - as will the club.
speedie_rovers_legend
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5:59pm Thu 20 Sep 12
A Darener wrote:Kean does own the place.
Can't wait to get back from the cinema tomorrow, settle down in front of my tv, can in hand and watch the Rovers on Sky. Only a mile from Ewood. Would I rather be there? You bet. But as one of the stay aways I will still enjoy a game of football. I won't have to put up with the sight of Kean pacing the touch line , looking like he owns the place. I will sympathise with the Spartans as they have to endure Kean's tactics in person but I will still wish for a good result.
Here's hoping!
Get into 'em!
Captain Dreckley
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6:37pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Kean out
77'sss
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9:05pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Who would be mad enough to take over Knowing what happens behind the scenes
Agnew shebby rao desai and others who shall remain nameless oh and of course kean
No one with any type of pedigree will go anywhere near us, whilst the above are still playing there little games, and of course we must not forget the terrific support of the missing 10,000 who will get right behind their new manager
Yeah of course they will
whappen
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11:52pm Thu 20 Sep 12
ewood1952 wrote:I thnk yr kybrds fckd.
orry ment to sy What a deluded man this is
whappen
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11:57pm Thu 20 Sep 12
77'sss wrote:Who would be mad enough? You'd think nobody with any sense but if they offer Murphyesque wages, I fancy quite a few would.
Okay ? You've got me puzzled , saying kean gets withdrawn ( sacked whatever ) from the role of manager, Who would be mad enough to take over Knowing what happens behind the scenes Agnew shebby rao desai and others who shall remain nameless oh and of course kean No one with any type of pedigree will go anywhere near us, whilst the above are still playing there little games, and of course we must not forget the terrific support of the missing 10,000 who will get right behind their new manager Yeah of course they will
Like it or not, that will be the deciding factor.
azza234
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4:17am Fri 21 Sep 12
A Darener wrote:u do know people who go to ewood are supporting the team simple u cant sit there and say there supporting kean to if thats the case u stay away fan's are doing the same at away game's ur supporting kean to u sound like the type who aint happy with anything that goes on a blackburn be it good or bad even if they had a good manager good owners who backed the manager with funds u'd still find away to pick a hole in it like the seats at ewood being to small or something silly like that
“The fans have been fantastic here and they’ve been sensational on the road.”
Of course the fans have been sensational on the road, they have had so much to put up with. They are the backbone of the Rovers' a lot of them will be boycotters at Ewood only going to support their team away from home.
The fans at Ewood on the other hand are described as "fantastic". I would rather describe them as delusional. Thinking they are helping the team they make Kean think he is getting it right. Well he isn't! It is the team, despite Kean that is getting it right. They are doing a fantastic job under extreme conditions. Just think what they would be like with a proper setup. Ok they are top of the league so couldn't be any higher. But that is because of the failings of the opposition, not any tactical awareness of Kean.
But what can I say? Just keep it up team and we will be proud of you.
A Darener
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8:16am Fri 21 Sep 12
azza234 wrote:To a point you are correct . Victor Meldrew has got nothing on me, I could moan for England. But in this particular situation ie Kean, I am up there with the best moaners in England. Don't you think we have something to moan about? For tens of years I followed the Rovers. Down at the bottom of leagues up at the top of leagues. Sometimes it was better at the bottom than at he top. I am not a glory hunter. It doesn't matter which league we are in. What does matter is the football we play, the reputation of the club and the personnel involved behind the scenes. Over the last two years we have seen the Rovers good name dragged through the mud by a simpleton with no right to call himself a football manager. Even Paul Ince and Brian Kidd had more in them than Kean.
A Darener wrote:u do know people who go to ewood are supporting the team simple u cant sit there and say there supporting kean to if thats the case u stay away fan's are doing the same at away game's ur supporting kean to u sound like the type who aint happy with anything that goes on a blackburn be it good or bad even if they had a good manager good owners who backed the manager with funds u'd still find away to pick a hole in it like the seats at ewood being to small or something silly like that
“The fans have been fantastic here and they’ve been sensational on the road.”
Of course the fans have been sensational on the road, they have had so much to put up with. They are the backbone of the Rovers' a lot of them will be boycotters at Ewood only going to support their team away from home.
The fans at Ewood on the other hand are described as "fantastic". I would rather describe them as delusional. Thinking they are helping the team they make Kean think he is getting it right. Well he isn't! It is the team, despite Kean that is getting it right. They are doing a fantastic job under extreme conditions. Just think what they would be like with a proper setup. Ok they are top of the league so couldn't be any higher. But that is because of the failings of the opposition, not any tactical awareness of Kean.
But what can I say? Just keep it up team and we will be proud of you.
French Rover
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9:35am Fri 21 Sep 12
A Darener wrote:More likely to be a white van they send for you Darener....."there coming to take me away ha-ha" I can't remember who sang that but you could try a few verses in the back of the van
Another email from BRFC urging me to go tomorrow. At this rate they will be sending a car for me!
Above was meant in the best possible taste of course :)
Miss-You-Uncle-Jack
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9:39am Fri 21 Sep 12
wrigglers
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4:29pm Fri 21 Sep 12
A Darener wrote:Yes we will take tonights game when ppl like you stay away. Just like last season when we as a group of fans got berated for the chants aimed at kean by the viewing public. How do you think the media will sell the news? Glory hunting fans is more of a talking point and thats what happens to clubs from areas like blackburn the fans go and watch teams like city. If it isnt viewed like that I'll be on here tomorrow making a grovelling apology to you and other boycotters and say yep your right lets boycot.
1bnc wrote:It is not about lost income to the Venky's. It is about corporate image and loss of face. They must know that keeping Kean is counterproductive. Take Friday for example. The Sky cameras are going to show the world a club in turmoil. housands of empty spaces at a club top of the second tier of English football.
The boycott isnt hitting hard. Just put your 15 pound tickets in the context of 15k per WEEK Wages. I cant agree with anyone who stays away- no matter how bad things are proper fans support their team (even if you dont support the manager).
Nuno looks good but of course he cant play every week btw
How humiliating is that going to be for them sat with their Indian friends, either at the game or back home in India. Especially as they once aw the team beat Manchester United at Old Trafford. Oh how the mighty have fallen!
ossyrover1
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6:49pm Fri 21 Sep 12
French Rover wrote:napoleon X1V
A Darener wrote:More likely to be a white van they send for you Darener....."th
Another email from BRFC urging me to go tomorrow. At this rate they will be sending a car for me!
ere coming to take me away ha-ha" I can't remember who sang that but you could try a few verses in the back of the van
Above was meant in the best possible taste of course :)
alphajono says...
7:45am Thu 20 Sep 12
Kean dont start playing football manager play your best team ALLWAYS you moron.