[Archived] Steve Kean

[Stuart]

It'll be very interesting to see Sam's brand be relaunched at a "footballing club" like West Ham, if he does go there.

All of a sudden he won't be a hoofball merchant any more and the press will probably extol the virtues of the girt and steel added to their skill and flair.

[BangkokRover]

After the farce of Roberts being offered a contract now Benjani is being offered one.

Benjani Thread

It'll be very interesting to see Sam's brand be relaunched at a "footballing club" like West Ham, if he does go there.

All of a sudden he won't be a hoofball merchant any more and the press will probably extol the virtues of the girt and steel added to their skill and flair.

If Wet Spam go straight back up I doubt their fans will care.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Benjani, Roberts and Roque will be our strikeforce next season...

Kean really won't be winning fans over if he makes such stupid decisions as these.

[jim mk2]

Steve Kean last week : "My meeting in India was very productive. The owners are promising a budget like never before, we'll be in the top ten"

The "budget like never before" now turns out to be £5m (according to his quotes yesterday) so either he's trying to play down Rovers' potential spending power or (more likely) he's has been guilty (yet again) of spin.

Personally, I don't trust a word he says.

[deryck guyler's spoon]

Personally, I don't trust a word he says.

Got some front havn't you? Weren't you a journo?

[BangkokRover]

Steve Kean last week : "My meeting in India was very productive. The owners are promising a budget like never before, we'll be in the top ten"

The "budget like never before" now turns out to be £5m (according to his quotes yesterday) so either he's trying to play down Rovers' potential spending power or (more likely) he's has been guilty (yet again) of spin.

Personally, I don't trust a word he says.

I have never understood Rovers in the transfer market telling everyone how much they have got.

[LeChuck]

Personally, I don't trust a word he says.

It's a bit of an issue that, I'm surprised Kean hasn't latched on to it. If he wants to win over the fans then he needs to sort it out.

In the past we've had the likes of Souness, Hughes and Allardyce here. All were very honest about the situations we were in - if it wasn't good they would say so. Given our success under all of them then it doesn't seem to breed negativity, so all Kean's spin is of no benefit to team.

[PLJPB]

Everything Kean says is for the owners. Either what he has been told to say or what he thinks they want to hear.

[roversmum]

Hold on a minute. If

The owners are promising a budget like never before

personally I would have expected more than £5m and assume Kean did too. He is not the only one at fault here.

[47er]

Everything Kean says is for the owners. Either what he has been told to say or what he thinks they want to hear.

Got it in one.

[ABBEY]

Someone is feeding us bullshit..we've either got big money or not ...surly venkean can see the truth about the owners .Do the owners and their puppet think we are stupid...time to put up or put off.

[yoda]

Hold on a minute. If personally I would have expected more than £5m and assume Kean did too. He is not the only one at fault here.

Where has the £5million statement come from

[roversmum]

It's what Kean said on Radio Lancashire yesterday.

[ABBEY]

5million...ha champions league your having a laugh.

[thenodrog]

So which one is it Theno? On the one hand you clearly state that Rovers and 14 other clubs are in a relegation battle at the start of EVERY season, then you say Kean took us into a relegation battle...

You have taken revisionist history to another level recently, you really have. First the half time team talk vs Blackpool where Samba took charge and Kean was pushed aside and subsequently the team began playing the way they wanted (your version- reality is it did not happen). Then the "Venkys mob" (which again your words- you think that they have criminal links) would be putting up season ticket prices because they are here for publicity but now they would have hiked up prices if we were in the Championship... could go on.

Mystic Meg is losing her powers

Don't be obtuse imy. You know bloody well that from a level start in August by the time Allardyce was sacked we were proceeding nicely and on course to repeat last seasons points total. Kean's performance from then on took the club into a desperate last gasp survival scrap. You are the one guilty of trying to corrupt the history files. Why is that exactly? What do you hope to gain with your stance?

[yoda]

It's what Kean said on Radio Lancashire yesterday.

is it available to listen to again, can't seem to find it on the web

[roversmum]

here yesterday's sport broadcast.

It was an earlier news broadcast I heard it on, but I believe it might be reiterated on this one. The Rovers stuff is on first. It's quite a lengthy discussion, quite interesting.

No quote so far, after the first half hour.

[47er]

Don't be obtuse imy. You know bloody well that from a level start in August by the time Allardyce was sacked we were proceeding nicely and on course to repeat last seasons points total. Kean's performance from then on took the club into a desperate last gasp survival scrap. You are the one guilty of trying to corrupt the history files. Why is that exactly? What do you hope to gain with your stance?

He just wants the discussion to be balanced!

[imy9]

Don't be obtuse imy. You know bloody well that from a level start in August by the time Allardyce was sacked we were proceeding nicely and on course to repeat last seasons points total. Kean's performance from then on took the club into a desperate last gasp survival scrap. You are the one guilty of trying to corrupt the history files. Why is that exactly? What do you hope to gain with your stance?

Answer the question Theno instead of backtracking. (I gave numerous examples of your revisionism)

"BRFC along with about 14 other clubs are in a relegation battle from the first kick of every new season."

"the fact that the relegation battle was Kean's making in the first place"

Those were your quotes not mine. We were 5 points off the relegation zone when Kean took over and ended up being 4 points off relegation. The squad was always a squad that was going to be close to the relegation zone this year- Sam being sacked exasperated that, you took however as if Kean is the modern version of Juande Ramos!

[deryck guyler's spoon]

He just wants the discussion to be balanced!

He was a decent manager. He did a good job for us in trying circumstances. He wanted away. He got his wish......

He's gone

Ffs

[yoda]

here yesterday's sport broadcast.

It was an earlier news broadcast I heard it on, but I believe it might be reiterated on this one. The Rovers stuff is on first. It's quite a lengthy discussion, quite interesting.

No quote so far, after the first half hour.

Not on this one, playing it again just in case

[roversmum]

As I said, though, it was the news I heard it on, round about four o'clock, heard it again later, so it may not have been quoted on the sports programme, no idea why.

[yoda]

As I said, though, it was the news I heard it on, round about four o'clock, heard it again later, so it may not have been quoted on the sports programme, no idea why.

The only £5mill reference I can find is the January one!

[jim mk2]

The squad was always a squad that was going to be close to the relegation zone this year- Sam being sacked exasperated that,

Sam's sacking certainly exasperated me. Don't you mean exacerbated ?

How do you know the squad would "always have been close to relegation this year" ? For all you know, the squad under Sam could have made the top 4.

Or are you Mystic Meg ?

[chocky]

Sam's sacking certainly exasperated me. Don't you mean exacerbated ?

How do you know the squad would "always have been close to relegation this year" ? For all you know, the squad under Sam could have made the top 4.

Or are you Mystic Meg ?

And by your reckoning we could have finished in the bottom 3 as well..As some have already said..HE'S GONE..GET OVER IT...