[Archived] Arsenal v Rovers Preview - February 4th, 1pm

[rovers11]

I've said it before but i'll say it again, whats happening on the pitch at the moment is secondary to whats happening off it. We were p1ssing in the wind from day one because of the incompetence off the pitch. Staying up and venkys staying will solve absolutely nothing.

People should focus their attention of doing their bit to oust venkys. My feeling is they won't be here next season but may just need a bit more nudging before they sell.

[AllRoverAsia]

I've said it before but i'll say it again, whats happening on the pitch at the moment is secondary to whats happening off it. We were p1ssing in the wind from day one because of the incompetence off the pitch. Staying up and venkys staying will solve absolutely nothing.

People should focus their attention of doing their bit to oust venkys. My feeling is they won't be here next season but may just need a bit more nudging before they sell.

You will not oust Venkys. They will go when they want to. Start to understand the arrogant Indian mind FFS.

[rovers11]

That was the most pathetic performance I have ever seen from a Rovers team. They are supporting the Manager? I think not. It was a shambles.

I didn't realise until today how crap Dann is.

It was 6th Form against the Juniors. If Arsenal had bothered in the 2nd Half it would have been 10+

What do they do on the training ground? From the start we were 2 yards of the pace.

This has to be deliberate - it was oragnised sh i t

Words fail me - almost.

Events happening off the pitch are taking their toll. The disgraceful way they've treated their mates (salgado, andrews etc) plus a host of players wanting to leave does not make it easy to give 100%.

You will not oust Venkys. They will go when they want to. Start to understand the arrogant Indian mind FFS.

They will go when it starts affecting their core business, share price starts to fall and shareholders start kicking up a fuss. That's the way business works.

[AllRoverAsia]

Events happening off the pitch are taking their toll. The disgraceful way they've treated their mates (salgado, andrews etc) plus a host of players wanting to leave does not make it easy to give 100%.

I kind of don't want to say it but I'm starting to have empathy with Kean tempered by how he got the job.

Those noddys will never step in Blackburm again.

Is Nigre a bad word??????

[rovers11]

I kind of don't want to say it but I'm starting to have empathy with Kean tempered by how he got the job.

Those noddys will never step in Blackburm again.

Is Nigre a bad word??????

Kean is a puppet. He is a 'yes' man and toes the line. That's why mrs d likes him. Why does he put up with it? Well, he knows he should never ever have got a premier lge and never will again. Oh, and his big salary also has something to do with it.

And, no, they will never ever step foot in blackburn again. No chance. And they will never come to a rovers game again.

[AllRoverAsia]

Kean is a puppet. He is a 'yes' man and toes the line. That's why mrs d likes him. Why does he put up with it? Well, he knows he should never ever have got a premier lge and never will again. Oh, and his big salary also has something to do with it.

And, no, they will never ever step foot in blackburn again. No chance. And they will never come to a rovers game again.

Your're right. That bitch is a feckin runt.

It was just that today on the pitch we were so useless. I've never seen anything like it. Arsenal were not that brilliant but tore us apart.

[McClarky]

I only saw the last 25 minutes of the game but what I did see was pretty embarrasing. It was like Arsenal were just mucking around and yet still able to dominate us completely. Can't say much about it though as it was 6-1 when we happened upon the pub which was showing it. Spemt the afternoon trying to explain to other English people why we hate SK so much as town is full of them for the rigby today.

[rovers11]

Your're right. That bitch is a feckin runt.

It was just that today on the pitch we were so useless. I've never seen anything like it. Arsenal were not that brilliant but tore us apart.

It is heartbreaking but I think things will turn around once they leave.

Mrs D is a hard nosed business woman. Ultimately, she wants to sell and is the key decision maker. Bala didn't want to sell when the Qataris (tentatively) came calling and she agreed to keep it. However, Blackburn is starting to make a small ripple in venkys core business now and I can only see that increasing. Believe me, once it starts affecting their core business and shareholders start asking serious questions, Mrs D will get rid of rovers quicker than you can say 'championship' regardless of what Bala wants.

[Ferrit]

lol.

That is all.

[AllRoverAsia]

It is heartbreaking but I think things will turn around once they leave.

Mrs D is a hard nosed business woman. Ultimately, she wants to sell and is the key decision maker. Bala didn't want to sell when the Qataris (tentatively) came calling and she agreed to keep it. However, Blackburn is starting to make a small ripple in venkys core business now and I can only see that increasing. Believe me, once it starts affecting their core business and shareholders start asking serious questions, Mrs D will get rid of rovers quicker than you can say 'championship' regardless of what Bala wants.

I hope so. It doesn't matter where we are as long as we know where we want to be. So if the sh it head Venkys reign comes to an end soon we can start again. I've followed and been a fan/supporter of Rovers since seeing my first game in 1963 and the current mess is soul destroying.

I'm going to a Thai Temple tomorrow with photos of them to cast evil spirits on the whole lot of them.

[Pitty]

My love for Blackburn Rovers is slowly fading away.

Well (Please don't use that word again) off then and support dingles, Support your team through thick and thin, my love is still there even if we are ######.

[horatio_nelson]

Woeful. The team showed a complete lack of leadership today. the same sort of leadership qualities that our ex-club captain, and to some extent, our want away team captain possess in abundance were distinctly missing. I think it is right to asume that a team containing all the players that have been ostracized by the current regime would not of succumb to such an embarrassing defeat. Very dark day. On the upside Bradders did ok, without being Orr-inspiring.

[RoversFanUSA]

Our club is F.U.B.A.R. Right now. I've gotten to the point where I cannot keep explaining how a dim wit like SK is still there to all my buddy's who follow the league. Even the ones that know what is going on are baffled at how someone who has such poor results is still there. I no longer know or care. The club I love is no longer what it once was and the sooner the chicken farmers leave and SK is giving the proper boot the better.

[rovers11]

I hope so. It doesn't matter where we are as long as we know where we want to be.

That's exactly the point I'm trying to make. We are in a mess right now. No one can dispute that. But this is about the bigger picture.

[Inta Beaver]

I think Givet and Kean should dip into there pockets and refund the travelling fans there ticket and travel money......never happen like!

[USABlue]

Totally rolled over. I can't believe just how crap Petrovic is, I watched him closely today and he hides, he makes sure he does not get involved, how the hell in this world can Kean keep him out there.

[DE.]

I still love Blackburn Rovers, I just hate what we've become.

It's kind of like seeing a loved one get messed up on drugs and falling into the wrong crowd. You love them no matter what, but that doesn't mean you have to like or support what they've become and what they're doing.

However, you'll always be there for them and do whatever you can to help.

[bazza]

I still love Blackburn Rovers, I just hate what we've become.

It's kind of like seeing a loved one get messed up on drugs and falling into the wrong crowd. You love them no matter what, but that doesn't mean you have to like or support what they've become and what they're doing.

However, you'll always be there for them and do whatever you can to help.

+1

[JAL]

Totally rolled over. I can't believe just how crap Petrovic is, I watched him closely today and he hides, he makes sure he does not get involved, how the hell in this world can Kean keep him out there.

Some of our lunatics said he was improving can you believe that of the big dummy !

[RailwayRover]

i usually don't post but after this i feel i have to.

as a fan, i always feel im more optimistic then pessimistic, i always thought kean would pull through in the end, venky's would invest in the club and we would be able to maintain premier league status, if not build on it.

i have now reached a point, whereby i would take relegation now if it were to result in new owners and management.

in my mind, we now have to go one step back to take two steps forward, there is no other option- i have never, ever had thought like this in my days of being a rover- which just highlights how bad the current situation is.

[rovers11]

i have now reached a point, whereby i would take relegation now if it were to result in new owners and management.

in my mind, we now have to go one step back to take two steps forward, there is no other option- i have never, ever had thought like this in my days of being a rover- which just highlights how bad the current situation is.

Well said. Completely agree. Sometimes you have to move a step back before you can move forward.

[Barnesy]

Today, tactics were hard to fathom. What's with the businesss of sticking Pederson down the right and Hoilett down the left? In his interview after the match Kean refused to answer questions on Samba's position depite it being important to fans who want to know how the club and Samba are going work together for the rest of this season. The game was over before it started-it could easily have been 5-0 before the equaliser-Ollson exposed throughout, Midfield too slow to move the ball on and one isolated forward summed us up. Having said that-the lad who injured Lowe should have seen red. Has the manager lost the players? Pederson's reaction towards the bench after the goal worried me-his finger wagging gesture suggested that maybe "someone" wanted Petrovic to take the free kicks instead.

[Exiled in Toronto]

Totally rolled over. I can't believe just how crap Petrovic is, I watched him closely today and he hides, he makes sure he does not get involved, how the hell in this world can Kean keep him out there.

Agreed. Although unfortunately he did get involved for the first goal with that sh!te joke of a clearance straight back to the winger then failed to follow VP in

[JAL]

Today, tactics were hard to fathom. What's with the businesss of sticking Pederson down the right and Hoilett down the left? In his interview after the match Kean refused to answer questions on Samba's position depite it being important to fans who want to know how the club and Samba are going work together for the rest of this season. The game was over before it started-it could easily have been 5-0 before the equaliser-Ollson exposed throughout, Midfield too slow to move the ball on and one isolated forward summed us up. Having said that-the lad who injured Lowe should have seen red. Has the manager lost the players? Pederson's reaction towards the bench after the goal worried me-his finger wagging gesture suggested that maybe "someone" wanted Petrovic to take the free kicks instead.

Tactics today where the same has they have always been.

Has braddock been on yet to blame the fans for not getting behind the team

[Arnie17]

Like Somerset, I had a freebie with the Arsenal fans today. I was sat with the prawn sandwich brigade so thankfully i was not too out of place with my muteness.

We were literally still in the dressing room for the first goal, and that set the tone of the rest of the game.

As others have alluded to - It wasn't champage football from Arsenal. Perhaps if it was, this would be easier to take. Who was to blame for the goals? Prettty much the whole team, although Dann and Petrovic were notably awful. There was a clear lack of leadership today - there was'nt even any finger pointing going on.

On Mr Kean - I did make a point of watching him throughout the game. He does to seem to have an aversion to a seat. I could understand if he was on the edge of the technical area barking orders, in the same way that a Moyes or Coyle do. But he just stands like there a lemon, almost although it is a status issue. Oddly, when Givet was sent off, there were no restructuring orders from Kean and it was left to the gormless Petrovic to slot in, before Nzonzi eventually went to centre half. Kean, on several occasions applauded misplaced passes - thats was the only tangible piece of movement I saw from him.

People have been giving Orr stick, but I felt he didnt do too badly. Hell, I beleive he even won us our first corner.

We really did give Arsenal a feebie today, and it never really looked like they were out of second gear - again this makes it so hard to take, and reinforces how inept we were all over the pitch.

Morten's terrific freekick, and the joy that swept through the away end for 5 minutes afterwards were the only high points of the day - oh and the free half time beers!

This is without doubt the lowest I have been in my 19 years suppourting Rovers and I just cant see anyway back now. There is not one player who is showing anything that can drag us out of this. Even Olsson was terrible today, and Robbo seems to have forgotton how to take a goal kick!

Have'nt seen any post match comments from Kean - Has he held his hands up?