[Archived] Steve Kean

[rebelmswar]

Shortest duration of a premier manager after been given a contract?

[MarkBRFC71]

Shortest duration of a premier manager after been given a contract?

Les Reed - Charlton 2006. Lasted 41 days.

[rebelmswar]

Les Reed - Charlton 2006. Lasted 41 days.

Good company then.

[jim mk2]

Shortest duration of a premier manager after been given a contract?

Les Reed at Charlton I believe. Another club whose fans were not happy with a perfectly competant manager.

What happened to Charlton is a perfect object lesson for all those Rovers fans who were happy to see Sam depart.

[Mattyblue]

Rattling around a big ground in the bottom half of the 3rd Division, just 5 years after their fans were 'bored' of mid table PL finishes under Curbs.

[Mercer]

Friend has just phoned to say that two local bookies wouldn't take a bet and one said he'd gone already !

If true, fantastic news - the two straws that have just maybe broken the camels back, Myles and the self indulgent article about Celtic.

All we need now is the return of Sam !

[rebelmswar]

Raffa for the win.

Sams not going to come back.

Not enough plates in the world to serve up that amount of humble pie.

[philipl]

Will not be Sam, Rafa makes a lot of sense on a whole load of grounds. Whether he is the man for a relegation dog fight is another question- bringing Sam back would have been a guarantee of survival.

Anyway I am far from convinced Kean has been dismissed.

[Craigman]

PaulPlunkettLT Paul Plunkett

All bets have dried up on Steve Kean now. All four major bookies haven't taken a penny since midday. Very strange betting pattern #rovers

Above, Plunkett's latest twitter entry.

I still don't think he is going to be sacked unfortunately.

[John]

Hoaxes have happened before I guess...

[rebelmswar]

Curses.

Bugger is like hep B.

[Mercer]

WTF set the hares running ?

[sparkspakespoke]

Sadly it looks like this has all come from a few bets being placed, maybe based on some guys tweets.

Shame

[deftangel]

Nothing strange about it. Someone took a sizeable-ish punt based on a tweet this morning and bookies cut prices accordingly. They aren't subsequently shy about letting people know that they've done so because it will likely attract more bets at prices that are value to them.

If Kean gets sacked before the end of the season, we'll likely know the identity of his successor almost as quickly unless Venky's plan to appoint the tea lady.

[John]

Pretty cruel!

Was getting quite excited there for a moment.

[rebelmswar]

Pretty cruel!

Was getting quite excited there for a moment.

Tell me about it.

Well on my way to buy a bottle.

[BangkokRover]

Remember breast is best. So no bottles thank you.

[Mercer]

Tell me about it.

Well on my way to buy a bottle.

Well on my way for my usual couple of pints on a Friday afternoon. Usually, about half a dozen of us. No doubt what the topic will be !

[dubdubdub]

It'd be idiotic to sack him now. Another blow to the equilibrium of the club and players would be a disaster.

[blue_and_white]

It'd be idiotic to sack him now. Another blow to the equilibrium of the club and players would be a disaster.

You don't think 2 points in the last 7 games is a disaster? Take a look at that:

http://www.premierleague.com/page/FormGuide

3 points below our next worst relegation rivals (Blackpool/Villa) and at least 5 below any others. Regardless of the variety of weak excuses made for our recent results we will go down under Kean. Any kind of change gives us some hope, currently there is none.

[BangkokRover]

You don't think 2 points in the last 7 games is a disaster? Take a look at that:

http://www.premierleague.com/page/FormGuide

3 points below our next worst relegation rivals (Blackpool/Villa) and at least 5 below any others. Regardless of the variety of weak excuses made for our recent results we will go down under Kean. Any kind of change gives us some hope, currently there is none.

So how much have you bet we will go down?

[Kelbo]

Well on my way for my usual couple of pints on a Friday afternoon. Usually, about half a dozen of us. No doubt what the topic will be !

Well, I do need cheering up so if you hear anything, let me know, I would gladly drive to Ewood and clear his desk for him!!

[John]

I am still not giving up hope, even though in real terms, I can't see this happening - the story going around said he was to be sacked today.

[BangkokRover]

More chance of Roberts scoring than Kean being sacked.

[dubdubdub]

You don't think 2 points in the last 7 games is a disaster? Take a look at that:

http://www.premierleague.com/page/FormGuide

3 points below our next worst relegation rivals (Blackpool/Villa) and at least 5 below any others. Regardless of the variety of weak excuses made for our recent results we will go down under Kean. Any kind of change gives us some hope, currently there is none.

I don't understand how people think sacking someone with very few games left helps at all. I believe we have more chance of surviving under Kean than under any other realistic possibilities. The players know they're in a relegation fight. Football logic goes out of the window and the best way to survive is now on their mentality. I don't think sacking their manager would bring about a more positive mentality in the players. Yes that's speculation...as is stating Kean will take us down.