[Archived] KEAN OUT!

[mark1875]

And heres my email!!

His record now reads 27 games played and only 2 won, the worst record in the clubs history.

it ain't that bad!!

[Stevo]

I have always backed Kean but if we don't get a result against Everton I am very much on the bandwagon to get Kean out, however if the result is a draw and a good performance I might be able to accept that. Too fed up of this good performance yet we lose buisness. That's the kind of result that gets you relegated, ask Blackpool.

At least Blackpool put in good performances, we haven't even done that.

[Mattyblue]

I have always backed Kean but if we don't get a result against Everton I am very much on the bandwagon to get Kean out, however if the result is a draw and a good performance I might be able to accept that. Too fed up of this good performance yet we lose buisness. That's the kind of result that gets you relegated, ask Blackpool.

So, we get a point against Everton and he can stay? What about if we are drawing and Everton score in the last minute, you then jump on the bandwagon?

He's won TWO games in seventeen.

ps which good perfomances?

[bringdunnback]

At least Blackpool put in good performances, we haven't even done that.

I agree, against Wolves we were decent but it could have been better, especially in defence.

So, we get a point against Everton and he can stay? What about if we are drawing and Everton score in the last minute, you then jump on the bandwagon?

He's won TWO games in seventeen.

ps which good perfomances?

When I say good performances, I'm talking about what Kean is reffering to, he seem to believe we are playing well, I'm inclined to agree that we aren't getting outplayed by teams but we certainly aren't playing well.

And no, if we're drawing and Everton score a last minute winner I will be fuming, another loss and it's time for him to leave. But a draw would be a start at least.

I look at the performances both last season and so far this year and defensively we aren't what we used to be, and Kean is to blame.

[glen9mullan]

Dear Mr Rao,

I know that by now you will be growing tired of receiving E-mails regarding the employment of Mr Kean and in particular, the role to which he is currently employed.

For that reason, I would like to start of by reassuring you that there are very few Blackburn Rovers fans who are against Venkys. The majority of fans are just deeply concerned and I believe with just cause. However, we want Venkys to be a success. If your company fails, then we fail as a result. The reason for the large volume of E-mail you have been receiving and the potential future protests is because we want to assist you in making the right decisions.

I have been watching Blackburn Rovers since my fifth birthday. I have seen many managers, players and other staff members leave the club for a whole host of reasons. However, never in twenty-two years have I known such hatred towards a manager. Anyone with any knowledge of football knows that hiring Kean as manager was a decision based somewhere inbetween madness and pure comedy (for the rest of football). The Premier League is a tough place to manage. Many accomplished lower league managers have tried and failed (Our former manager Paul Ince is on that list). You may disagree, but on your next trip back to India, would you let a child fly the plane?

Blackburn Rovers have a very proud history. We are a club that has a story which no other club in the world can possibly hope to match or repeat. If Mr Kean stays as manager then the following points will become a reality:

1. The club will see a rapid decline in revenue through ticket sales, merchandise and related products.

2. The 'Venkys' brand will be dragged through the mud by the English press and the company will become synonymous with failure.

3. Relegation of the club, resulting in your investment being worth far less than you paid for it.

Personally, I see no reason for Venkys buying the club in the first place. I believe that from a business perspective it made no sense and considering that Mrs Desai admitted that the family have no real interest in football in makes no sense from a personal perspective either. It seems to me that the company were practically tricked into the purchase by a very clever agent. However, that being said there are now two options for Venkys:

1. Maintain Kean as manager and invest no further funds:

There is no doubt that this option will result in relegation of the club from the Premier League. I hardly need to explain to an individual like yourself Mr Rao, that when a business relies on one particular revenue source for over 90% of its incoming, it is somewhat of a problem when it is taken away. You are then left with a worthless asset which will require substantial investment just to be kept alive. Walking away at this stage would be a PR disaster for your company.

2. Employ a manager with proven Premier League / Top Level Management experience and invest further funds:

People in football will tell you that Blackburn Rovers have the basis of a good team. With a little, regular investment, we could start to push for Europe in a few years providing that we had a manager that knows how to go about achieving it. Regular success of the team on the field will result in your investment going up. In this model, you can still sell the club, walk away with very little loss and enjoy the mass exposure that the whole experience has brought to Venkys.

I think that it is very likely that Mr Kean has given Venkys a whole host of reasons as to why we are not performing on the field. I imagine they are similar excuses to the ones he feeds the press every Saturday. The same excuses that make him the weekly joke on every football messageboard on Sunday. I have never known a manager like Mr Kean not to have resigned by this point. It is this self delusion that without action from Venkys is going to cause the destruction of this club.

As I said at the start of this E-mail, we want you to be a success here. Even if you are looking to make a profit on the organisation in a few years, there is a correct way of going about it and the points above should provide you with a starting point.

I urge you to make the correct decision, you would win a lot of fans in the process.

Yours sincerely,

Steven Bradley

Fantastic letter very well constructed,

I tried to give you a plus 1 but it said I have reached my quota of posiive votes im allowed

[bringdunnback]

Glen, what are Venkys opinion on Kean at this moment in time? Is he still untouchable?

[arbitro]

Sent to the email address shown in this thread.

Hi,

Along with EVERY members of my family I am a passionate supporter of Blackburn Rovers and I am so proud of that fact. Outside of my family Blackburn Rovers are one of the great loves of my life, always have been and probably always will be. But at the moment I am feeling very disillusioned at what is happening to OUR club. The appointment of Steve Kean was a huge mistake. At the time many of us felt it was right to give him a chance but subsequent events (results, tactics, team set up etc etc) have proved that, without a shadow of a doubt he is not a manager but a coach. At the time of the takeover there was an admission form within your group that you didn't know a lot about football. Now you have been in charge for nine months there have been some very hard business lessons you have learnt but from a footballing persepctive you are so naive. I don't want to go over old ground as all you can now affect is the future. Therefore I implore you to dispense with the services of the manager with immediate effect.

If you read any of the fans websites you will find that the vast majority of fans are feeling exactly the same as me. Pretty soon the income stream will be affected with fans not going to the games and not buying any club merchandise. I myself want to buy two new replica shirts but I refuse to as a form of protest. You HAVE to take notice of what the fans are saying. I really wish I didn't have to contact you this way but the feeling is that us fans have no voice, nobody listens to us but we only want what is best for the club.

We have something special at this club. Please don't destroy over 125 years of proud history through misplaced trust and naivete.

Your sincerely,

Tony Leake.

[watford-rover]

is there an email address for paul hunt aswell? maybe we could flood his aswell and he can bring it up with mrs d if there is enough?

[beerwins]

I decided to send a well thought out email mine went something like this.

Dear Mr Venky without the golden gun holster.

Every time Steve Kean is in charge of Blackburn Rovers on matchday a kitten gets lobbed into the canal tied to Raliegh grifter parts.

I hope the sound of the kittens crying and gasping for air plagues your dreams like Kean's "were not in the Champions league yet" speech plagues mine.

Cheers mucker.

PS. Your chicken goujons taste like soap.

I did'nt really

[Makey11]

I decided to send a well thought out email mine went something like this.

Dear Mr Venky without the golden gun holster.

Every time Steve Kean is in charge of Blackburn Rovers on matchday a kitten gets lobbed into the canal tied to Raliegh grifter parts.

I hope the sound of the kittens crying and gasping for air plagues your dreams like Kean's "were not in the Champions league yet" speech plagues mine.

Cheers mucker.

PS. Your chicken goujons taste like soap.

I did'nt really

This made me chuckle

[MarkBRFC71]

The person exaggerates talents, capacity and achievements in an unrealistic way.

The person believes in his/her invulnerability or does not recognise his/her limitations.

The person has grandiose fantasies.

The person believes that he/she does not need other people.

The person regards himself/herself as unique or special when compared to other people.

The person regards himself/herself as generally superior to other people.

The person behaves self-centeredly and/or self-referentially.

The person behaves in a boastful or pretentious way.

To be fair, that also sounds exactly like a certain ex-Prem manager now plying his trade at a Championship club in London's east end ....

[Billy Castell]

I'd be amazed if the Rao family still think the fans are behind Kean, as Glan and Makey intimated. They would have to be seriously mentally ill to believe that.

[Makey11]

I'd be amazed if the Rao family still think the fans are behind Kean, as Glan and Makey intimated. They would have to be seriously mentally ill to believe that.

How would they know? They don't know that this isn't normal for a football club? They don't read messageboard or anything? The only way itl get across is when they see the banners for themselves!

[otto man]

My message sent to Vinnie Rao

As a supporter of 40 years standing, I am both dismayed and disgusted at what is happening to this once proud club. A club that was not only a founder member of the Premier league, but also a founding member of THE Football league.( one of only three such clubs) Six times winners of the F.A. Cup, reputedly the ONLY club in league football with permission to display their club badge on corner flags, a club who boasted England greats such as Bryan Douglas and Ronnie Clayton among it's number, a club for whom many among us is not simply a passion, but a way of life. A way of life begun as small children standing with our fathers on the terraces for the first time, awed by both the team on the pitch and the atmosphere in the ground, creating memories which the majority of us will never forget.

How then we find this bastion of English football a laughing stock amongst not only rival supporters but also the nations media is not only a travesty but also a tragedy. A tragedy created by you! By you and your refusal to honour your commitments to not only retain the existing management structure in place at the time of your acquisition of this historic club but also your seeming stone by stone dismantling of all that many of us hold dear, as you gradually reduce one of only 4 clubs to have won the premier league title to a shadow of its former self and I for one cannot forgive you for belittling all that I and many others hold dear. By placing an inexperienced and frankly inept manager at the helm we as supporters have had to wtiness the worst run of results seen at this club for over 25 years, we have had to endure his boast of "the biggest transfer budget the club's ever had" boasts of champions league football in the next 4 years, we have had to witness him standing bewildered on the touch line as the team fall to yet another humiliating defeat at the hands of mediocre opposition as he is incapable of managing a Premiership team.

I therefore ask, nay beg, that you begin to honour your commitment to not only the spirit and memory of Jack Walker but also the thousands of loyal and devoted fans that through "thick and thin come rain or shine", have helped shape the club you now have guardianship of for future generations by replacing this man with a manager of suitable stature.

Otto Man

[ABBEY]

How would they know? They don't know that this isn't normal for a football club? They don't read messageboard or anything? The only way itl get across is when they see the banners for themselves!

The V's are supposed to read this board!

If they do ...GROW SOME BALLS and get rid of of the lying brown nosed donut and instead of going to away games have the balls to show your faces at ewood ! You are embarrassing rovers,uncle jacks legacy and also your venky empire! Man up Ffs and get it sorted!

If you want I'm free from 4 ish on weds night before the game , I dare you to meet me and freely discuss what us fans are thinking about you and your chickens!

[rogerjonesgloves]

This made me chuckle

You think drowning kittens is funny?

[BPF]

Fantastic letter very well constructed,

I tried to give you a plus 1 but it said I have reached my quota of posiive votes im allowed

Thanks Glen.

We can only hope that our efforts have any influence over the powers that be.

[beerwins]

You think drowning kittens is funny?

You think I really do it ?

[rogerjonesgloves]

You think I really do it ?

How would I know, making a joke of it isn't funny.

Now kidnapping garden gnomes and sending back the ears.............!!

[eddien]

Dear Mr Rao,

I know that by now you will be growing tired of receiving E-mails regarding the employment of Mr Kean and in particular, the role to which he is currently employed.

For that reason, I would like to start of by reassuring you that there are very few Blackburn Rovers fans who are against Venkys. The majority of fans are just deeply concerned and I believe with just cause. However, we want Venkys to be a success. If your company fails, then we fail as a result. The reason for the large volume of E-mail you have been receiving and the potential future protests is because we want to assist you in making the right decisions.

I have been watching Blackburn Rovers since my fifth birthday. I have seen many managers, players and other staff members leave the club for a whole host of reasons. However, never in twenty-two years have I known such hatred towards a manager. Anyone with any knowledge of football knows that hiring Kean as manager was a decision based somewhere inbetween madness and pure comedy (for the rest of football). The Premier League is a tough place to manage. Many accomplished lower league managers have tried and failed (Our former manager Paul Ince is on that list). You may disagree, but on your next trip back to India, would you let a child fly the plane?

Blackburn Rovers have a very proud history. We are a club that has a story which no other club in the world can possibly hope to match or repeat. If Mr Kean stays as manager then the following points will become a reality:

1. The club will see a rapid decline in revenue through ticket sales, merchandise and related products.

2. The 'Venkys' brand will be dragged through the mud by the English press and the company will become synonymous with failure.

3. Relegation of the club, resulting in your investment being worth far less than you paid for it.

Personally, I see no reason for Venkys buying the club in the first place. I believe that from a business perspective it made no sense and considering that Mrs Desai admitted that the family have no real interest in football in makes no sense from a personal perspective either. It seems to me that the company were practically tricked into the purchase by a very clever agent. However, that being said there are now two options for Venkys:

1. Maintain Kean as manager and invest no further funds:

There is no doubt that this option will result in relegation of the club from the Premier League. I hardly need to explain to an individual like yourself Mr Rao, that when a business relies on one particular revenue source for over 90% of its incoming, it is somewhat of a problem when it is taken away. You are then left with a worthless asset which will require substantial investment just to be kept alive. Walking away at this stage would be a PR disaster for your company.

2. Employ a manager with proven Premier League / Top Level Management experience and invest further funds:

People in football will tell you that Blackburn Rovers have the basis of a good team. With a little, regular investment, we could start to push for Europe in a few years providing that we had a manager that knows how to go about achieving it. Regular success of the team on the field will result in your investment going up. In this model, you can still sell the club, walk away with very little loss and enjoy the mass exposure that the whole experience has brought to Venkys.

I think that it is very likely that Mr Kean has given Venkys a whole host of reasons as to why we are not performing on the field. I imagine they are similar excuses to the ones he feeds the press every Saturday. The same excuses that make him the weekly joke on every football messageboard on Sunday. I have never known a manager like Mr Kean not to have resigned by this point. It is this self delusion that without action from Venkys is going to cause the destruction of this club.

As I said at the start of this E-mail, we want you to be a success here. Even if you are looking to make a profit on the organisation in a few years, there is a correct way of going about it and the points above should provide you with a starting point.

I urge you to make the correct decision, you would win a lot of fans in the process.

Yours sincerely,

Steven Bradley

**** Was going to give you a + on this, but missed it and it became a -! Sorry!

Very good e-Mail. Hope it can make a differense

[brian_gallagher85]

Well I've done my part until I next make it over in person, my email;

Dr Mr Rao

I am writing to you in a desperate attempt to try and save the club that I have supported and loved since my childhood.

Firstly I would like to introduce myself. My name is Brian Gallagher and I come from Ireland. Although I am by no means a local in geographical terms, Blackburn Rovers is as much a part of my life as those who have passed through the turnstiles on a weekly basis for the past 136 years. I have been a season ticket holder for the last 3 seasons and have enjoyed the highs as well as the many lows immensely.

This club is in my blood, I have been a supporter since the age of 5, in which time I have been lucky enough to witness the greatest achievement in the clubs long and illustrious history. “Uncle” Jack Walker will never be forgotten by the fans of the club and also the people of Blackburn for what he achieved in putting a founder member of league football back on the footballing map. We, as fans, do not expect for your family to replicate such an achievement, we simply want what is best for our club.

Blackburn Rovers have never been a massively fashionable club with a host of celebrity players. Even during the height of the Jack Walker years the club was simply a well-run machine and team both on and off the pitch. The ethos of the clubs success has always been team work and great leadership, a fact underlined by the so called “Team that Jack Built”, led by the great Kenny Dalglish. Such leadership was the backbone of our success and recent success in the years that followed. At present the club and team seems to lack any direction and it is becoming more and more obvious that the team on the field is being led by an amateur at best.

The last twelve months began with a feeling of feverous hope and had certain members of the clubs support dreaming of more on the field success. At present the moral of the fans is at an all-time low and all the good work done in attracting fans back to the club in the last decade has been undone in a matter of months. The club was once held up as an example of how to run a club on a shoe string budget in one of the most cut throat businesses on the planet, today it is fast becoming a laughing stock on a world stage. Such damage is not irreversible, however the clock is ticking.

Coming from a business background I am well aware that no publicity is bad publicity, which to an extent is true. However, I am also well aware that poor management in any business at any level can be fatal. I am sure that no matter how nice a person may or may not be, if they are causing damage to the company then you have no option but to replace them as soon as possible. I am sure that your father didn’t build up a hugely successful global brand from a plot of land without having to make some tough decisions.

I am sure that Steve Kean is a very nice person, but the present situation is a prime example of the saying “nice guys finish last”. We are presently bottom of the Premier League after two defeats from two of the weaker teams in the league. The majority of the clubs fans and the media as a whole are fast becoming aware that Steve Kean is not up to the job at hand. His track record is the worst for a Rovers manager in modern times.

I am well aware that Venkys reasons for buying Blackburn Rovers Football Club was to improve the company’s brand on a global scale. I would like to draw your attention to the statements that you, your brother and sister made on completion of the purchase of the club, which can be found here; http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2225173,00.html

I am well aware that the Venkys brand has been massively enhanced through your association with BRFC, however the actions of the last 6 months appear to show your company as a very naive organisation and one which very few companies would wish to be associated with, I know I would think twice before working with your company if I was involved in your sector.

I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts and wish to finish by reminding you of your own words from December 2010;

“It is as a team that this Club has succeeded in the past and it is as a team that this Club will achieve great things in the future."

Blackburn Rovers FC is more than just the team on the pitch and the management off it, the clubs supporters are as an important part of the club as the playing and management side. At present, under Steve Kean’s stewardship, the club is far from being a united club.

Brian Gallagher

[Mc Love]

Someone should print these off and sent the letters to LET and Rovers

[Kamy100]

Keep going guys, you are winning this battle. Venky's 'blown away' by all the anti- kean messages that they have received over the last 24 hours. Doesn't mean that they are going to sack him, but at least they know.

And well done to the superstar who managed find a fax number and faxed his feelings.

[ABBEY]

They won't do anything though they aint arsed and reading what's been posted they dare not sack him!

Someone should print these off and sent the letters to LET and Rovers

And to the V's PR dept.

[Kamy100]

They won't do anything though they aint arsed and reading what's been posted they dare not sack him!

And to the V's PR dept.

We are getting to the point where they will have no option but to sack him, especially if there are protests on Weds or Saturday.