[Archived] The all new Super Steve 'Coco' Kean Thread!

[m1st]

He lies, he's sh1t,

He's torn our club to bits

Steve Kean Steve Kean

(to the tune of 'he's fat, he's round' etc..)

How about alternating this song with "Eric Black's blue and white army" throughout Tuesday's game?

[Roost]

To surrender a 6-point advantage in such yellow-bellied fashion, during a period of "winnable" games at such a crucial stage in the season, is the work of a fool. And Kean is just that, a managerial Pygmy whose poverty of tactical acumen allied with Venkys perplexing disregard for their "baby" looks set to seal our fate. Championship next campaign and who's to say that's the end of Rovers' inglorious fall from preeminence under this malicious, self-serving shower?

Yesterdays latest debacle bared all the grim hallmarks of a side heading for the NPower as we succumbed to the Baggies mediocrity like a pubescent boy to masturbation. The Yak increasingly looking like a constipated hit man fluffed his lines badly and Hoilett alongside is evidently thinking of pastures new. The "wingless" midfield configuration was right out of the Kean handbook: not one of them could pass wind on the day on a pitch tightened by "the dignified ones" unexplained formation. Then the back line, oh no the back line! Between them stopping a pig in an alley would be too much to ask. "Big money" signing Scott Dann has proved as much a stain on the Ewood landscape as the man who "enticed" him from relegated Birmingham in the dieing embers of the summer window, after months of false talk about a move to Arsenal (which always looked about as likely as the snakes' son Myles blooming into anything comparable to Chris Smalling.) Looks a cert to join the class of Nathan Blake, Ashley Ward, Herman Hreidarsson and Nigel Quashie on the dubious honour list of "most relegated" (could read "perennially crap" but there you go.) 

Nevertheless, yesterday was just a continuation of the weary reality for us supporters outside of Rip Van winKean's parallel universe. For 16 months now BRFC has been lost in a forest of dumbfounding tactics and risible off-field clangers. The moment Venkys embroiled the submissive Kean and begun guiding him by remote control from India the writing was on the wall. This turbulent tag-team are wrecking Rovers and when you stop for a moment to glance back wistfully at what we had in November 2010 you wonder whether undercover Dingles infiltrating the Ewood boardrooms could have devised strategies with worse consequences. All the diehards guarding the gates of "Fortress Ewood" such as Williams, Finn, Nelsen, Samba and Emerton have been removed without ceremony and replaced by here today gone tomorrow cheap know-nowts who couldn't spell Blackburn Rovers, let alone buy passionately into it's ethos and relate with it's fan-base.

Venkys, Kean, Anderson and the lot are guilty of smothering the life out of everything that was great about BRFC, everything that set it apart from it's peers. Now though they no longer have to face the ramifications having p!ssed on the flames of supporter discord from a great height.

We are going down, and we're doing so without a fight. 

As good a post as I have read on this message board, and probably one of the most depressing.

[winstonsmith]

Irrespective of which area he came from, he'll get no sympathy from Rovers fans brought up in Highercroft, Shadsworth, Mill Hill or Whitebirk.

Either way, he's a complete liar and I don't believe a word he says.

He could tell me that the grass is green, sky is blue and his head is bald and I would think the complete opposite.

I was brought up on an estate in Little Harwood on the North side of Blackburn and, like Kean, I was a Catholic. So I know what it was like to have to walk to school at St Marys College through the mean streets of St James Road. Believe me, it was a vicious dog eat dog world out there which I was lucky to barely survive.

Then again....I could be lying through my teeth to gain sympathy !

[den]

Great post Rolo.

[ross-shire rover]

To surrender a 6-point advantage in such yellow-bellied fashion, during a period of "winnable" games at such a crucial stage in the season, is the work of a fool. And Kean is just that, a managerial Pygmy whose poverty of tactical acumen allied with Venkys perplexing disregard for their "baby" looks set to seal our fate. Championship next campaign and who's to say that's the end of Rovers' inglorious fall from preeminence under this malicious, self-serving shower?

Yesterdays latest debacle bared all the grim hallmarks of a side heading for the NPower as we succumbed to the Baggies mediocrity like a pubescent boy to masturbation. The Yak increasingly looking like a constipated hit man fluffed his lines badly and Hoilett alongside is evidently thinking of pastures new. The "wingless" midfield configuration was right out of the Kean handbook: not one of them could pass wind on the day on a pitch tightened by "the dignified ones" unexplained formation. Then the back line, oh no the back line! Between them stopping a pig in an alley would be too much to ask. "Big money" signing Scott Dann has proved as much a stain on the Ewood landscape as the man who "enticed" him from relegated Birmingham in the dieing embers of the summer window, after months of false talk about a move to Arsenal (which always looked about as likely as the snakes' son Myles blooming into anything comparable to Chris Smalling.) Looks a cert to join the class of Nathan Blake, Ashley Ward, Herman Hreidarsson and Nigel Quashie on the dubious honour list of "most relegated" (could read "perennially crap" but there you go.) 

Nevertheless, yesterday was just a continuation of the weary reality for us supporters outside of Rip Van winKean's parallel universe. For 16 months now BRFC has been lost in a forest of dumbfounding tactics and risible off-field clangers. The moment Venkys embroiled the submissive Kean and begun guiding him by remote control from India the writing was on the wall. This turbulent tag-team are wrecking Rovers and when you stop for a moment to glance back wistfully at what we had in November 2010 you wonder whether undercover Dingles infiltrating the Ewood boardrooms could have devised strategies with worse consequences. All the diehards guarding the gates of "Fortress Ewood" such as Williams, Finn, Nelsen, Samba and Emerton have been removed without ceremony and replaced by here today gone tomorrow cheap know-nowts who couldn't spell Blackburn Rovers, let alone buy passionately into it's ethos and relate with it's fan-base.

Venkys, Kean, Anderson and the lot are guilty of smothering the life out of everything that was great about BRFC, everything that set it apart from it's peers. Now though they no longer have to face the ramifications having p!ssed on the flames of supporter discord from a great height.

We are going down, and we're doing so without a fight. 

Enjoyed that, if that's the right word. You sound like an angry Stuart Hall.

It's all so predictable, so depressing and so avoidable if we'd had proper owners and a real manager.

[Sandiway Blue]

Can anybody see `Dunnfc` and `Braddock` amongst this lot...

[Waggy76]

To surrender a 6-point advantage in such yellow-bellied fashion, during a period of "winnable" games at such a crucial stage in the season, is the work of a fool. And Kean is just that, a managerial Pygmy whose poverty of tactical acumen allied with Venkys perplexing disregard for their "baby" looks set to seal our fate. Championship next campaign and who's to say that's the end of Rovers' inglorious fall from preeminence under this malicious, self-serving shower?

Yesterdays latest debacle bared all the grim hallmarks of a side heading for the NPower as we succumbed to the Baggies mediocrity like a pubescent boy to masturbation. The Yak increasingly looking like a constipated hit man fluffed his lines badly and Hoilett alongside is evidently thinking of pastures new. The "wingless" midfield configuration was right out of the Kean handbook: not one of them could pass wind on the day on a pitch tightened by "the dignified ones" unexplained formation. Then the back line, oh no the back line! Between them stopping a pig in an alley would be too much to ask. "Big money" signing Scott Dann has proved as much a stain on the Ewood landscape as the man who "enticed" him from relegated Birmingham in the dieing embers of the summer window, after months of false talk about a move to Arsenal (which always looked about as likely as the snakes' son Myles blooming into anything comparable to Chris Smalling.) Looks a cert to join the class of Nathan Blake, Ashley Ward, Herman Hreidarsson and Nigel Quashie on the dubious honour list of "most relegated" (could read "perennially crap" but there you go.) 

Nevertheless, yesterday was just a continuation of the weary reality for us supporters outside of Rip Van winKean's parallel universe. For 16 months now BRFC has been lost in a forest of dumbfounding tactics and risible off-field clangers. The moment Venkys embroiled the submissive Kean and begun guiding him by remote control from India the writing was on the wall. This turbulent tag-team are wrecking Rovers and when you stop for a moment to glance back wistfully at what we had in November 2010 you wonder whether undercover Dingles infiltrating the Ewood boardrooms could have devised strategies with worse consequences. All the diehards guarding the gates of "Fortress Ewood" such as Williams, Finn, Nelsen, Samba and Emerton have been removed without ceremony and replaced by here today gone tomorrow cheap know-nowts who couldn't spell Blackburn Rovers, let alone buy passionately into it's ethos and relate with it's fan-base.

Venkys, Kean, Anderson and the lot are guilty of smothering the life out of everything that was great about BRFC, everything that set it apart from it's peers. Now though they no longer have to face the ramifications having p!ssed on the flames of supporter discord from a great height.

We are going down, and we're doing so without a fight. 

An excellent post ..

[Mattyblue]

When Kean first came to prominence Im positive I read he was from Cumbernauld (not Glasgow), now his story is they he's not only a Glasweigan, but he's from the roughest estate in the city, something akin to Belfast in the 1970s.

Hmmm...

Yep, as I thought, he was born in Cumbernauld, brought up in Cumbernauld and went to school at St Maurice High... Cumbernauld.

So:

'But life on those torturous streets on the east side of the city hardened the Rovers boss for one of the biggest tasks ... “I was brought up in a tough area in Glasgow,”

More BS.

[Amo]

It's not like it matters. He pretty much has carte blanche to what he says to the media as no one ever calls him out on it. You can bet your house that if Kean was in charge of someone like Spurs the rags would have a field-day with the amount of crap he's spewed over the past 18months. There'd probably be a ten-page pullout compiling all his best one-liners. However, since no one gives a sugar-coated f*** about Rovers in the media, the more appealing story is one man's fight against the local mob.

[Mattyblue]

Oh it doesn't matter, just amuses me that he has even invented a backstory.

[bob fleming]

It's not like it matters. He pretty much has carte blanche to what he says to the media as no one ever calls him out on it. You can bet your house that if Kean was in charge of someone like Spurs the rags would have a field-day with the amount of crap he's spewed over the past 18months. There'd probably be a ten-page pullout compiling all his best one-liners. However, since no one gives a sugar-coated f*** about Rovers in the media, the more appealing story is one man's fight against the local mob.

+ 100

[blueboy3333]

How about alternating this song with "Eric Black's blue and white army" throughout Tuesday's game?

A rendition of 'Kung Fu Fighting' in honour of his bodyguard would also be excellent. Someone could choreograph the moves from the front of the BBE

Alternatively, 90 minutes of 'get out of our club, get out of our club. steve kean and venky's, get out of our club'.

[philipl]

+ 100

There are many elements in the Press creaming themselves over Rovers 18th, six games to go and an utter idiot in charge. They have never forgiven us for 1995.

Take a naive arrogant Indian gal, a ridiculous charade of a Manager, a chance to take a pot at folk from Blackburn and BINGO!!!

Poor Steve Kean, hard done by Steve Kean, what have they done to our Stevie?, Manager of the season Kean; ###### genius walks on water, maker of miracles, ha ha he's stuffing those northern illegitimates, always hated them, God the Prem will be a better place without the runts, good old Steve KEAN!!!

(and that is just the average Paul Agnew press release)

Proud of yourself Mrs D?

[bob fleming]

Talking of Preston fans. I spoke to one yesterday briefly, said that he can't believe Kean gets away with it, "he just talks rubbish". Good spot I complimented him.

Agnew remember this? Oh, how we look back and laugh at the absurdity of it all.

[Kendalrover]

Talking of Preston fans. I spoke to one yesterday briefly, said that he can't believe Kean gets away with it, "he just talks rubbish". Good spot I complimented him.

Agnew remember this? Oh, how we look back and laugh at the absurdity of it all.

Agnew 'I believe there is a job to be done in communication because that is going to be key'

And we all know what that is

[Amo]

I love looking at our BBC homepage.

Top story is our abject defeat to WBA.

Then below it...

Has Steve Kean proved the doubters wrong at Blackburn?

No, you kneejerk morons. Don't you look silly now. A few half-decent results were never going to paper over the fact this man couldn't look after a tamagotchi, let alone a Premiership club. But what does the Northern rabble know? They're too busy trying to cut his brakes or poison his ice cream sundae.

[FourLaneBlue]

Two observations from yesterday.

1. The likes of Kean and his cronies have managed to create open season on Rovers fans. This was the title of the Daily Mail writeup og the WBA match...

Blackburn boo-boys turn their attention to Pedersen as Rovers remain in danger

Anything to make Rovers fans look bad. It is a constant PR battle being waged against Rovers fans.

and 2. Kean yesterday - "There's no reason why we can't bounce back. If we put the first 80 minutes against Man Utd with our 20-minute spell in the second half here, we will get the required performance."

We really are doomed. What kind of crap is that supposed to be?

As long as Kean is here, the very best we will have to look forward to will be a relegation battle, and even THAT will seem like us overachieving.

[savage90]

I will never understand the cheers, I was as frustrated as anyone sat at West Brom but it didn't cross my mind to sarcastically cheer a player off, it never has and it achieves nothing. Pedersen loves the club too but that is irrelevant. It's worrying when hundreds of supporters think it is a good idea to cheer.... it's also embarrassing. That article was brought on by no one but ourselves.

[Stuart]

Kean yesterday - "There's no reason why we can't bounce back. If we put the first 80 minutes against Man Utd with our 20-minute spell in the second half here, we will get the required performance."

I really can't think why Kean doesn't get more credit from Rovers fans. Ungrateful illegitimates.

Welding together sections of time from different games to make up the perfect 90 minutes (or 100) and use that imaginary match to suggest you are doing a good job... I mean, which proper manager doesn't do that?

In fact, I think I read somewhere that it's the hallmark of your atypical Premier League manager... Yes, I knew it, it says so in here...

[Kelbo]

observations from yesterday.

2. Kean yesterday - "There's no reason why we can't bounce back. If we put the first 80 minutes against Man Utd with our 20-minute spell in the second half here, we will get the required performance."

.

And this is the real problem, I have long stated on this forum that Rovers problem under Kean is the TEAM ethic, Attack, Defence and shape both with and without the ball, the first 80 minutes gainst Man U, we defended really well and the odd attempt on target apart, very little attacking threat, against West Brom, we were better in the ascendency but opened up far too easily at the back, we cant put a whole package together of both going forward and defending, much of this is, as always has been, due to a poor midfield giving little cover to the defence and not enough support to the front men, we are not learning, indeed, West Broms Midfield is not a good one but infinately better than ours and managed by a manager with a brain.

Two common features of both the Man U and West Brom games were the tactics of getting the ball wide and attacking us down the flanks, now I wonder if Kenny will have Downing on one side and Bellamy on the other side, both with quality and pace stretching our back four?

Incidentally, the second West Brom goal saw an unmarked player at the back stick score, I wonder if Kean has picked up the fact that Bellamy is at his most dangerous at the back post?

[John]

and 2. Kean yesterday - "There's no reason why we can't bounce back. If we put the first 80 minutes against Man Utd with our 20-minute spell in the second half here, we will get the required performance."

We really are doomed. What kind of crap is that supposed to be?

The spanner said the same prior to the WBA game - i.e. if we can put the first 80 mins from Man Utd against West Brom, we would pick up points.

Kean is so painfully out of his depth.

[Rovermatt]

Two observations from yesterday.

1. The likes of Kean and his cronies have managed to create open season on Rovers fans. This was the title of the Daily Mail writeup og the WBA match...

Blackburn boo-boys turn their attention to Pedersen as Rovers remain in danger

Anything to make Rovers fans look bad. It is a constant PR battle being waged against Rovers fans.

It's really very cynical. As soon as it became apparent to Kean and his cabal that the patience of supporters had disappeared and that they were now fully aware of how screamingly out of his depth he was, it became necessary to deflect all blame away from the man himself. This was essential as Kean clearly had no intention of going anywhere, nor was there any chance he would be removed from his position. In light of such absolutes, it was critical that the man be allowed to carry out his duties free of the pressures associated with fruitless, yet very noisy, supporter unrest. That the media has bought it hook, line and sinker must never be forgotten by Rovers fans. From now unto eternity, we must never let an opportunity pass to highlight the press's complicity in all this. It may get boring for everyone else, but never let anyone believe that the supporters were in any way responsible for the demise of a great club.

[Rovermatt]

I would also add that to admit there were any problems of any kind would only have increased the pressure on Steve Kean. To have the public face of Blackburn Rovers appearing serene and content resulted in the supporters, not Kean, appearing to be out of touch.

[JAL]

It's really very cynical. As soon as it became apparent to Kean and his cabal that the patience of supporters had disappeared and that they were now fully aware of how screamingly out of his depth he was, it became necessary to deflect all blame away from the man himself. This was essential as Kean clearly had no intention of going anywhere, nor was there any chance he would be removed from his position. In light of such absolutes, it was critical that the man be allowed to carry out his duties free of the pressures associated with fruitless, yet very noisy, supporter unrest. That the media has bought it hook, line and sinker must never be forgotten by Rovers fans. From now unto eternity, we must never let an opportunity pass to highlight the press's complicity in all this. It may get boring for everyone else, but never let anyone believe that the supporters were in any way responsible for the demise of a great club.

It comes across as though 'they' are out to DESTROY Rovers and its fans forever .

[Mercer]

Heard speculation this weekend that discussions already ongoing with Coco about contract extension.

Mischief making, wind-up merchants, or sadly correct, I don't know, but heard it twice now.