Steve Kean

[sean_lfc]

I know a Blackburn fan who's a bit of a prick. Love reading his angry rants on facebook. He's very anti Liverpool as well, so I hope the ******s get relegated

You show em!!!!

[Craig_H]

I wont miss them. ******* of a trek to get to and the half mile uphill walk back to the car is never enjoyable

[wavydavy]

Very much a Bodge situation IMO. Kean has no right or credentials to manage at this level. Failed player and befriended a couple of (semi)successful managers. That's about it.

[Alex]

Start of the season I thought they were playing 'ok' football. But now they are dire. With the players they have they shouldnt be that ****. Bottom now arnt they?

[Buzzo]

Lean saying they forfeited their place in the CC to concentrate on their upcoming league games.



Yeah right...

[dww]

What a sorry mess they are in. Kean appears hopeless.

I'm not sure that is quite fair. He is however useless at organising a defence and has failed to bring in someone to help him. Generally when I've seen Blackburn play they have looked decent until they have conceded. I'd suspect he is a good coach but hasn't managed to make the step up as a manager. I wouldn't write him off if he went somewhere else and build decent staff around him.

I think the negativity around Blackburn doesn't help. As a major focus of that I think Kean should probably go for the good of the team.

[dom9]

I wont miss them. ******* of a trek to get to and the half mile uphill walk back to the car is never enjoyable

You could always give up your ticket to someone who might appreciate it.

[Craig_H]

You could always give up your ticket to someone who might appreciate it.

:bird:

[Lee]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15957699.stm

Blackburn manager Steve Kean admitted he had "forfeited" their Carling Cup quarter-final against Cardiff ahead of crucial league games.

Kean's side are bottom of the Premier League and after his side's 2-0 defeat he said: "We are in a position where we have forfeited going through and having the chance to reach a cup final.

"We have games against sides within touching distance of us in the league.

"We need to treat those games as cup finals."

Kean made five changes to his side for the trip to south Wales, electing not to risk the defensive trio of Christopher Samba, Martin Olsson and Michel Salgado, who have all had hamstring injuries.

He added: "They could have played at a push and if we had been in a slightly different position in the league. We have Swansea coming up so I made five changes and left those lads behind.

"We wanted to make sure we have those lads available for Saturday. Saturday has to kick-start our season."

After a bright start, Rovers were outplayed by their Championship hosts and, while Kean was disappointed with their display, he felt he was right to make changes.

Kean commented: "It is a big disappointment. They were on the back foot to start, we had half-chances and pinned them back.

"But then the confidence starts back up for them when they scored because they're at home where they've been good. It gives everyone a spark."

A section of Blackburn fans have called for Kean, who signed a new contract last week, to be sacked and have staged a series of protests.

And the travelling support made no secret of their dissatisfaction at their cup exit with chants of "Kean out" ringing round the ground.

But Kean, who will meet with club owner's Venky's today to discuss potential January transfer targets, insists their disapproval does not affect him.

He said: "It's never nice when the fans are negative but, when you are focused on the game, it's something you put to the back of your mind. It doesn't affect me.

"We all want the same things. We all want the club to win the game. The fans are frustrated but we all need to stick together."

[peekay]

Letter from Wayne Wild to Venky's

http://www.wec-group.com/news/letter-from-wayne-wild-to-venkys.pdf

The parallels between them and us under G & H is frightening - empty promises, no leadership, no structure, embarrassing public statements.

I also think the Rovers supporters are fueling their energies at the wrong person -Kean whereas they should be targeting the owners.

I am not saying Kean is the equivalent of Rafa or anything but the situation mirrors Rafa's last season. Quite a few fans were focusing their ire towards Rafa when it should have been towards G & H. I also think that is the reason why Venky's retained Kean. They now have some kind of shield or atleast the anger against them is diffused.

[Gaz]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Venkys sell up in the summer, quite how a company who are essentially chicken farmers think they have the financial clout to run a premier league football club is beyond me

[Roboklopp]

Mate is a Blackburn fan. Says this is often posted in the comments under local newstories.

Steve KEAN (Minor 2nd team coach) is connected to a number of pretty serious Glasgow criminals who had a vast amount of money which required laundering. (2-3million)

As an employee of the club KEAN was aware that ROVERS had been for sale for quite some time with very little serious interest from anyone, he knew the price and the money which would be required to purchase it. He approached his Management Company KETARO (owned by ANDERSON) and put to him a business plan for the purchase of the club, this plan would give ANDERSON unofficial control of the club and enable him to 'legally' perform the sort of transaction with existing and future players on his books that got West Ham into trouble with the TEVEZ / MASSCARNO saga. (the buying and selling of players being the only way to make money from a Premier League club)

The consortium that KEAN suggested involved himself (representing the the gangster money) being a shareholder and part owner in the little scheme, KENTRO unable to purchase a Premier League club to to league conflict rules, scouted around emerging markets (India / China / Brazil) for a company to come in as the official new 'owners' capable of satisfying the fit and proper test laid down by the league. VENKYS loved the idea as they were keen to attack the European market and expand beyond India. The cost to VENKYS for taking part in the venture was half the purchase price of 43million. (This 20 million was set aside anyway for marketing costs in breaking into the European market so net coast to VENKYS being NIL) The remainder of the cost was met by ANDERSON and a number of others in his syndicate (including KEAN) The scheme was sold to all involve as being 'win win' as the purchase price was assured of being returned to all members of the syndicate by TV money and in worst case relegation parachute payment which totaled coincidentally approx 43 million)

KEAN had one condition for his involvement, the removal of BIG SAM and his promotion to Club Manager. The removal of the established management infrastructure was essential in helping the group keep the deal secret, hence JOHN W and the rest were thanked for their services and shown the door. The recent mortgage in Aug 2011 for 43million is assured against the TV money for this year and any subsequent parachute payment from relegation whether that come this year or in the future. This money has been returned to all members of the syndicate to cover their initial stake (hence the secrecy), thus any money made from here on in by way of transfers, TV money, sale of the club being total profit to the group. The Indians are basically passengers on this train and as now they have their money back they are totally uninterested in the future of the club, for them it remains what it always has been, a marketing tool. ANDERSON is keen to continue to use the club as a feeder for his younger less established players, he makes money by legitamatly charging massively inflated agent fees for all players coming in and out, and in the event of a player making a big breakthrough gains millions for the syndicate in the sell on fee. KEAN..well he's just living the dream, he would never have made a Premier League manager as long as he lived, the best he could aspire to was being someones No 2 and that dream was 5-10years away. The new deal recently signed by KEAN is in recognition and reward from all concerned as the others have all done very well out of the deal to date (he obviously had to be rewarded as well) He is the Manager and he's going nowhere, not because he's un-sackable but because he's delivered what he said and not withstanding HE OWNS PART OF THE CLUB. (albeit via his gangster friends in Glasgow) All of his little trips to INDIA are not about him answering to the INDIANS is about him telling them what to do, when to speak and what to say, all stuff that needs to be said in person at risk of emails or phone calls being recorded. The whole thing would take a financial investigator years to uncover and is more or less impossible to trace as the paper trail all runs though VENKYS in INDIA. They have the club pretty much sawn up. The recent interest from the Middle East is of no interest to the syndicate as they only stand to gain a little over what they paid, the rewards from keeping the club are much more to them than that..If this deal ever came out..people will be going to jail..so don't expect it to anytime soon..Oh what fun to be a Rovers fan.

[Neil Young]

Incidentally I'm very disappointed to learn of Ketario's involvement.

[Shaggy]

Haha **** me. Surely not.

[GTi]

Remarkable if true.