[Archived] Samba Up to His Old Tricks Again

[greco]

so the old bitch tells samba through a conference call, that he cant leave and then tehy decide to sell when the transfer window is closed, leaving us with absolutely no option to get a replacement.. these ###### just seem to wanna fail at everything everytime, in relation to rovers.

perhaps its about time, that brag changed their name from blackburn rovers action group, to blackburn rovers assasination group.

[brfcjon]

This is how many, many supporters feel, because simply, as one poster has said, it no longer feels like our club.

These are not 'fair weather' supporters but supporters, in some cases, who have followed Rovers way before you were even born.

Not all Rovers' supporters are as blinkered, naive and gullible as some, so I would therefore be very careful who you are telling to fook off and perhaps reserve your comments for the deserving, one of whom you were fawning all over in the August window.

Exactly. When people ask me why I am a fan of Rovers and have been for 20 years - living in Denmark and having no prior attachment to the area or club - I was always able to answer that it felt like my club.I club with Arte et Labore as its hallmark. A family club. A community club. Uncle Jacks club with all the values he put into his legacy.

I my self have doubts how I am supposed to continue to support Rovers. Or rather the current Rovers.

I hope we win. I want us to stay up.

But what I really want is the club to represent the values it used to.

Its more fun and exiting for the club to represent those values in the PL and I fear we wont even have a club in a few years time if get relegated. But I'd take Rovers as an institution representing proper values, with a manager who has vision and are leading the team towards that vision and an ownership that continues Uncle Jacks legacy - not by by winning games but by paying tribute to Arte et Labore.

Give me that - Rovers the institution, the club that made a virtue of being more than footballers playing football and it is the real Rovers. Until then Rovers have been taken over by an foreign (not in a racist way) organism - and how on earth am I supposed to feel what I felt when its just this empty/possesed shell in blue and white halves. Rovers should be more than some guys on a football pitch kicking a ball around - and right now we are barely that.

[OJRovers]

Exactly. When people ask me why I am a fan of Rovers and have been for 20 years - living in Denmark and having no prior attachment to the area or club - I was always able to answer that it felt like my club.I club with Arte et Labore as its hallmark. A family club. A community club. Uncle Jacks club with all the values he put into his legacy.

I my self have doubts how I am supposed to continue to support Rovers. Or rather the current Rovers.

I hope we win. I want us to stay up.

But what I really want is the club to represent the values it used to.

Its more fun and exiting for the club to represent those values in the PL and I fear we wont even have a club in a few years time if get relegated. But I'd take Rovers as an institution representing proper values, with a manager who has vision and are leading the team towards that vision and an ownership that continues Uncle Jacks legacy - not by by winning games but by paying tribute to Arte et Labore.

Give me that - Rovers the institution, the club that made a virtue of being more than footballers playing football and it is the real Rovers. Until then Rovers have been taken over by an foreign (not in a racist way) organism - and how on earth am I supposed to feel what I felt when its just this empty/possesed shell in blue and white halves. Rovers should be more than some guys on a football pitch kicking a ball around - and right now we are barely that.

Post of the week!

[LeChuck]

Pretty soon, our full squad will be in Steve "I was good enough to play for Celtic" Kean's image. What a horrific thought.

It is terrifying.

Orr, Dann, Ribeiro, Anderson, Petrovic, Vukcevic, Marcus Olsson, Goodwillie, Slew, Modeste, Yakubu

With the exception of Yakubu, that is a pretty terrible set of signings. The majority of the rest are either unsuited or plain not good enough for the Premier League. They have barely contributed anything positive to our season.

There aren't many senior players left that Kean could get rid of...I can't imagine how bad the squad will look when he's chosen players to replace them as well.

[Stuart]

It is terrifying.

Orr, Dann, Ribeiro, Anderson, Petrovic, Vukcevic, Marcus Olsson, Goodwillie, Slew, Modeste, Yakubu

With the exception of Yakubu, that is a pretty terrible set of signings. The majority of the rest are either unsuited or plain not good enough for the Premier League. They have barely contributed anything positive to our season.

There aren't many senior players left that Kean could get rid of...I can't imagine how bad the squad will look when he's chosen players to replace them as well.

From the heady days when JW told us we were no longer a selling club but a trading club, we are potentially seeing our last big cash windfall from a transfer. Timed right when there are concerns about wage payments and following through on transfer fee payment commitments.

From your list there, it's hard to see how we will continue to trade players to generate income. Kean and co have not bought well. The question is how we will continue to trade.

Having alienated the majority of fans, the idea of massive ticket price hikes will backfire badly, and a lot of fans will no longer pay - even at today's unbelievably cheap prices.

We have no income from sponsorship, outside of WEC, whose chief protagonist for Rovers is currently in discussion about a takeover bid.

So how the F are we going to stay solvent in the PL, let alone the Championship?!

Still Samba is greedy and Rovers fans are a disgrace. The writing is well and truly on the wall.

...as I type, I've just had a text that Samba has gone for £12m - can anyone else confirm?

[nellybc]

And Barclays would get their £10m, well almost !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TBH, being a betting man, I would say that he wont go and why should he ?

He'll wait until the summer and Rovers will end up with a much lower fee, IMO of course.

Will be one in the eye for Kean & Venky's and, IMO, will serve them right.

James Appell@jamesappell

BREAKING: Chris Samba reportedly agrees a deal with Anzhi, Blackburn will receive a fee of £7.5m, transfer to be completed tomorrow

If true, I rest my case.

I am confused ??

first you say he wont go and then if its true you rest your case ?? what do you want ??

[thenodrog]

From the heady days when JW told us we were no longer a selling club but a trading club, we are potentially seeing our last big cash windfall from a transfer. Timed right when there are concerns about wage payments and following through on transfer fee payment commitments.

From your list there, it's hard to see how we will continue to trade players to generate income. Kean and co have not bought well. The question is how we will continue to trade.

Having alienated the majority of fans, the idea of massive ticket price hikes will backfire badly, and a lot of fans will no longer pay - even at today's unbelievably cheap prices.

We have no income from sponsorship, outside of WEC, whose chief protagonist for Rovers is currently in discussion about a takeover bid.

So how the F are we going to stay solvent in the PL, let alone the Championship?!

Still Samba is greedy and Rovers fans are a disgrace. The writing is well and truly on the wall.

...as I type, I've just had a text that Samba has gone for £12m - can anyone else confirm?

This is a natural progression experienced throughout Europe. Seria A, eiredivision, La Liga and the Bundesliga have all suffered in the past at the hands of each other as the money pot has gone around. The French league has never amounteed to much either. Currently the signs that the wealth has moved on can be witnessed by the dismal perfotmance in Europe of our top teams. We are emulating Seria A of a decade or so ago.

Since the maximum wage was abolished all the best players across Europe have left for greener pastures. From John Charles, Dennis Law, Jimmy Greaves right through to today. It's nothing new. What is new however is Europe in general falling to 2nd world status as the rising economies of the BRIC's commandeer the world's wealth.

Somehow losing a player to Real, Barca, Inter or Bayern does not hurt as much as losing one to some Godforsaken city at the back of beyond that I've never even heard of and which I have to google to find whereabouts it even is.... even though it appears messrs Hiddink, Eto and Carlos never had any such trouble. Rather disconcerting to read that the team live in Moscow and travel 1800km to play home matches. Consequences of the religion of 'Peace' again no doubt.

What we have to do in this neck of the woods if we want to watch a level of football worth watching is simply make sure that we follow a club that can wash it's face financially and punch it's weight on the pitch at a decent level, a club that does not need to rely on the finances of some dodgy foreign ownership.... and we all know by now what that means now don't we children?

Must say all the detractors of Lanky Utd must be seeing all their preferred options evaporating very quickly as the grey light of dawn appears over the near horizon.

[Mercer]

I am confused ??

first you say he wont go and then if its true you rest your case ?? what do you want ??

There are two points, firstly, I don't think Samba will be bullied into the move just to suit Rovers' needs (cash) - he will only go to Russia if he really wants to.

Secondly, the fee is reported in some quarters as £7.5m which is way short of the £15.m Venky's said they wanted - the point I was trying to make here is that market forces determine a player's value and not some wishful thinking from, IMO, football ignorant and incompetent owners.

[nellybc]

There are two points, firstly, I don't think Samba will be bullied into the move just to suit Rovers' needs (cash) - he will only go to Russia if he really wants to.

Secondly, the fee is reported in some quarters as £7.5m which is way short of the £15.m Venky's said they wanted - the point I was trying to make here is that market forces determine a player's value and not some wishful thinking from, IMO, football ignorant and incompetent owners.

oki koki!

do you feel that he is being bullied off to russia then ??

what do you think samba's value in todays market is ??

[Mercer]

oki koki!

do you feel that he is being bullied off to russia then ?? Not a chance, Samba has shown that he will do only what Samba wants to do !

what do you think samba's value in todays market is ?? - I've said all along £7 or £8m. There was no rush in Jan's window.

[bats]

Sporting intel on twitter just now: BREAKING: #brfc agree sale of Samba to Anzhi. £9m rising to £11m with add-ons. Cash to Barclays, financial crisis avoided. Story soon.

[Kamy100]

Sporting intel on twitter just now: BREAKING: #brfc agree sale of Samba to Anzhi. £9m rising to £11m with add-ons. Cash to Barclays, financial crisis avoided. Story soon.

As that has come from Nick Harris, it'll be correct.

[Mercer]

This guy's good:

sportingintelligence‏@

BREAKING: #brfc agree sale of Samba to Anzhi. £9m rising to £11m with add-ons. Cash to Barclays, financial crisis avoided. Story soon.

And more detail:

Mark Eggles Hitchen‏@markhitchReply

#Rovers will recieve initial £8,075,000 up to £10,377,000 with a 10% of profit clause. Hertha get the rest. Fee is £9,500,000 rising to £12m

[alexanders]

Good deal if you ask me. Samba had no desire to help us in the relegation battle.

He was on sky high wages and it is very pleasing to see him go to Russia instead of an English team, such as QPR. That would be a disaster.

[thenodrog]

Mark Eggles Hitchen‏@markhitchReply

#Rovers will recieve initial £8,075,000 up to £10,377,000 with a 10% of profit clause. Hertha get the rest. Fee is £9,500,000 rising to £12m

Ha! Hertha will have to go some to get any cash out of the Slumdogs!

I can't see some deal signed years ago involving us making payments going down very well with er indoors. They'll never find her for one and she doesn't appear to ever pick the phone up either.

[Gav]

Good deal if you ask me.

Asset stripping if you ask me

Kean Out

Venkys out

Agnew Out

[sparky12]

fantastic deal for all concerned in my opinion.. his reputation here is tarnished and i for one didn't want to see him in a rovers shirt again after the way he reacted!

[alexanders]

Asset stripping if you ask me

Kean Out

Venkys out

Agnew Out

How come?

Samba wants out. What should we do?

[Mercer]

Waiting for Kean to tell us that he knew all along this would happen and is why he signed Myles !!!!

It's Friday and had enough of crappy Rovers - off to pub !!!

[Tom]

Not too sad about it, he was never going to play for us again, I am sad that the money will never be put to good use for us though

[Mattyblue]

So, they spent £23million on buying the club, well in profit already on selling just 3 players.

And folk expect them to give the club away?

[Mattyblue]

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[OJRovers]

In the end Samba gave the club little choice but to sell, however the reason for his sulk was that promises made to him about investment were broken. Sad way to treat a player who has been a rock for us since he joined.

If the owners were serious about wanting to finish in the top 4/5/8/10 in the premier league, you need players like Chris Samba.

There is no doubt now that if we stay up Venkys will be able to exit the club without spending any of their own capital and will leave the club stripped of prize assets and experienced management.

[deryck guyler's spoon]

fantastic deal for all concerned in my opinion.. his reputation here is tarnished and i for one didn't want to see him in a rovers shirt again after the way he reacted!

Absolutely.

So much for his "principled stand" against Venkys. As always with Samba it was all the about the moolah.

He might well be earning fortunes but everybody will know that the god forsaken, murderous sh1thole he is heading for is far from where he expected that his disgusting lack of respect for the club would see him end up.

Good.

[thenodrog]

So, they spent £23million on buying the club, well in profit already on selling just 3 players.

And folk expect them to give the club away?

I wish me and my mates in the local had had the balls to buy and then asset strip the club a few years ago when we first recognised the opportunity had presented itself. Better in our pockets than the slumdog's. Unfortunately the fatal flaw in the plan is that just like the benefactors of the Walker Trust we all live around here.