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Yes, yet another blog thing! Only this one brings you Motorhead lyrics. You lucky lucky people. You don't get this in the Lancs Telegraph.
 
December. Three birthdays and Christmas. A magical month, a month where money disappears as quickly as it was earned and untold joy is brought to shopkeepers up and down the land.
 
Still its worth it on Christmas morning, Ive been told, just to see their little faces, eyes agog in astonishment, as they wonder why Dad cant focus and his face needs ironing after another Christmas Eve spent at home drinking too much.
 
However its not all joyous good fun is it? Oh no. Not when your football club is run by people who clearly dont have anyones best interests at heart other than their own.
 
Im sure were all sick to the back teeth of the goings on at the club. Its beyond laughable and yet that is my remit apparently. A light hearted look back on the previous month or something or other I seem to recall back in the depths of time. Apologies, Ive struggled this month to see the funny side.
 
A month when indecision and crass statements fly in the face of decisiveness. A month when the nearest thing we have to a Chairman goes on Radio Lancashire and laughs hysterically before answering questions with a stream of irrelevant nonsense. A month when back room staff changes are leaked to the Press and then put on hold and then made on Sky Sports News. A month when the still relatively new manager is asked to go on stage, don a Michael Jackson wig and perform a comedy dance routine.
 
Just when you thought it couldnt get any worse.
 
This is OUR club. How the clowns who purport to run it have the audacity to claim they have its best interests at heart is just nonsense. They should leave out of embarrassment and the owners should be ashamed to show their faces  oh, hang on, well there you go then.
 
Its truly below contempt. If you cant make decisions that are for the betterment of Blackburn Rovers, if you are here to pick up a wage and here for your own self-serving needs then can I suggest that you leave now? You are not wanted. You are an embarrassment. You know who you are.
 
Anyway
 
Sunday 2^nd December - burnley Bs 1 Rovers 1
 
Well, I wont lie to you, I wasnt there. I was in Cardiff watching the rugby (Wales v Australia). Well, again, I wont lie to you, when I say watching the rugby I actually mean drinking over the entire weekend with four other Rovers fans, on a trip organised when we were, again, in the pits of despair as Kean-out was manager and the fixtures hadnt come out. Is that a good enough excuse? Possibly not, still what you gonna do about it? Im neither Welsh nor Australian but you can see what my mind-set was back in the summer (yes, set to alcohol).
 
Rovers took the lead through the clean cut, model of a Professional Footballer, Jordan Rhodes, who outwitted the claret defence by jumping and heading a shot past a helpless and hopeless goalkeeper whose name I honestly cant be bothered looking up. A thoroughly deserved lead and one for good in the battle against evil.
 
Vokes equalised in the 12 minute of added time when a high lofted ball was sent into our area, the referee clearly struggling to see for the myriad of fingers being waved around gave the goal, which was clearly punched into the back of the net. Blatant cheating as expected.
 
It was no more than we have come to suspect from our bitter neighbours and both families went wild with joy in the home ends.
 
Still 34 years and rising and a mighty relief for the pet shop owners of burnley town centre.
 
Thursday 6^th December  Rovers Accounts are released. Its all good news. £ 4.2m in profit! (Who are the Accountants? Blane, Brown & Dynamo?).
 
Phew, thats a relief. There was me thinking we are owned by imbeciles, who couldnt even sack an incompetent manager after two years of abject failure and multi million pound losses. Nothing to worry about here then. In Captain Shelf, Lord Footiball and Rear Admiral Horatio Shebbington of Singh we trust it is then.
 
I do hope theres a supporters organisation around to try and pick up the pieces should this all go tits up.
 
Friday 7^th December - Rovers 1 (Joe King) Cardiff City 4 (Hudson, Bellamy, Mason, Kim Bo-Kyung)
 
In the first Friday night match since the last one, Rovers took on our friends from the Emerald Isle, that fair city of Cardiff aka The Redbirds and it all went pear-shaped.
 
They scored, we got one back in the second half. They scored again. Formica missed a sitter with the goal at his mercy, deciding instead to hit the crossbar rather than equalise, they scored twice late on. Thats it. Rovers got booed off.
 
Wednesday 12^th December  Shebby Singh went on Radio Lancashire and avoided answering any questions, apart from a No Comment (which was the clearest and most succinct answer he gave all night) when asked if there would be a back room shuffle before the weekend.
 
Rumours abounded, well, OK, Andy Cryer and Alan Nixon reported, that Eric Black, Ian Brunskill and Bobby Mimms would be leaving. This after decisive talks between the powerhouse Frantic Four  Singh, Shelf, Aggers and Berg on Monday.
 
Thursday 13^th December  Prior to the match on the Saturday Blackpool asked that with precision and skill, fans must pass 3 footiballs from the penalty spot to the centre circle, with the aim of scoring the highest number of points after three shots....
 
Murphy and Etuhu were no longer expected to travel just in case they were asked to warm up at half time and get embroiled in this tricky task.
 
Saturday 15^th December - Blackpool 2 Rovers 0
 
20 minutes a football match do not maketh. Blackpool took the lead, we gave up. Im loathe to pick out individuals (OK, thats clearly not true is it), I dont like singling players out, I should say (hmmm, OK), but why Etuhu decided to do his best Herold Goulon impression in this particular game is anyones guess. Actually thats a tad unfair on big Herold, at least hed be good in a fight  although a tad slow of course. Kind of like Audley Harrison. Although hes probably a better boxer than Audley. Can Audley play midfield I wonder?
 
The fans werent happy. No change there then. But I mean really not happy. Seething I think is the word.
 
Concern regarding Rovers financial Accounts had been growing and in the second half it all became clear. Shebby Singh, as well as being at the very top of Malaysian football punditry and possessing the stupidest laugh on radio, also happens to be a Banker and the Rovers fans in the ground werent afraid to let everyone there know it.
 
Too many players didnt put a shift in. The midfield is simply pitiful and the defending was woeful. Oh and the strikers werent very good either. And there was only one substitution made.
 
Why? Youre not telling me that Bergs hands werent tied here. Well you can if you like but I simply dont believe it. The game needed changing round. Just who is making these decisions and why?
 
God help us.
 
Monday 17^th December  The Lancashire Telegraph reported that a new Assistant Manager would shortly be coming in, in former Villa Assistant Kevin McDonald. That never happened.
 
Tuesday 18^th December  Rumours and the awesome power of Twitter. Berg walks out. Oh no he didnt  Oh yes etc (its that time of year).
 
Also on this day the Lancashire Telegraph reported that the decisive action that was agreed eight days ago had now been put on hold until January. With the team doing so well it was clearly vitally important that no changes were made.
 
Quite who made the decision to make no decision is anyones guess. However, decisive it was not. What it most certainly was though was typical of the way the club has been run for the last two years.
 
Wednesday 19^th December  The Daily Mail report that Berg walked out again, this time at the Rovers staff Christmas Party. Who can blame him? Dressing up and dancing like Michael Jackson might go down well at Fulham but here? In Blackburn, Lancashire? I dont think so. Whose idiotic idea was this then? You can probably guess, there are a number of idiots in the frame.
 
Thursday 20^th December  No one walked out.
 
However, the LT reported that Rovers will now listen to offers for ousted keeper Paul Robinson in January. Robbo lost his place to Jake K at Blackpool youll recall, as Berg is somewhat perturbed with the fact that he has started keeping goal in a yellow onesie. Not ideal.
 
In a clear message to the dwindling fan base Robbo has been told he can leave should an acceptable offer come in  but the club havent completely written his Ewood Park career off.
 
Friday 21^st December  Robbo is ill.
 
Elsewhere as the club continued to pull together (but unfortunately in totally different directions) Singh continued to undermine Berg in this interview:
 
http://natterfootbal...-supremo-singh/
  
Highlights included  a manager is available now who wasnt at the time of Hennings appointment and we have looked at him. Availability was the stumbling block. The manager in question was interested but was in a top job at the time. He is no longer in that post.
 
Saturday 22^nd December  Rovers P Brighton and Hove Albion P
 
Weve got to be happy with a P  P at home in this weather and in this turmoil. It was something to build on. There were even more rumours (I cant be bothered about all that) as to why the game was called off. It did belt it down all morning and night. Simple as.
 
Wednesday December 26^th  Boro 1 Rovers 0
 
We werent that bad. We werent that good either. Again there was a lack of desire to work hard from certain individuals. I read somewhere that its important to work that little bit harder when not in possession than when you actually have the ball. Quite a few of these lads could do well to remember that.
 
There was also a lack of urgency after we conceded. Theres no-one in this team to get hold of a game by the scruff of the neck. Leaderless on the pitch and.
 
Thursday December 27^th - Leaderless off it. 57 days, 10 games, 1 win, Henning Berg was sacked.
 
Berg didnt even get the chance to take us down and then resign. A complete change in policy then. A lot of that about this month. All the best Henning, youre better off out of it.
 
Eric Black, Bobby Mimms and Ian Brunskill were also laid off.
 
As youd expect these guys found out whilst watching Sky Sports News. Singh himself admitted he hadnt even spoken to Berg that day as he was no doubt really busy being a coward.
 

Way out, you're way out of line, No buddy I can't spare a dime,
Fade out, baby that's right, No bark and even less bite,
Your perfect smile, Betrays your lack of style.
Too bad, no magic, I'm afraid you're merely tragic
No Class 
Friday December 28^th - And then it all went even sillier. I cant keep up with all this. Id have to type it all up as it happened, like the old BBC Vidiprinter.
 
Kevin MacDonald and Judan Ali (who?!?) were to be brought in as new first team coaches before a new manager was announced. Who? What? When? Why?!? How does that work then? Of course it could well be that they had no intention of bringing in a new manager and that Shebby may have fancied the job in all but name. Who knows?
 
Then Balaji Rao, one of our hands on owners, stated in the Indian Press that Eric Black would be managing the team at Barnsley. This despite the fact that Eric had been sacked 48 hours earlier.
 
Then the fall-out from the cancellation of the Brighton game and the state of the pitch continued as both Paul Agnew and Derek Shaw were both summoned to Pune to discuss moles and leaks. Venkys, clearly with their fingers on the pulse as we have to come to expect, may have been a bit confused here. No change there then.
 
Then reports that Judan Ali would be appointed were denied. He was merely here observing and finding out how its not done properly.
 
Saturday December 29^th  Barnsley 1 Rovers 3 (Dawson / Joe King, Rochina, Rhodes)
 
Reports circulated that Singh was now suing Derek Shaw for an article written in the Daily Mirror. Blackburn director calls for Shebby Singh to be sacked was the headline. Take a look
 
http://www.mirror.co...w-calls-1508938
 
Elsewhere in the same article it was revealed that Rovers have had to pay £1.2m to Kean-Out in compensation for him being inept at his job. Still its only money. Theyll have probably had to pay Henning a similar amount. Nothing to worry about here, its just money.
 
Unfortunately a football match broke out in the afternoon and this diverted peoples attention away from the main actors in the play now called Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
 
Reserve team boss Gary Bowyer led the team along with youth boss Terry McPhilips  and obviously they did very well. The only other senior member of staff left was the assistant reserve team manager, Colin Hendry. Singh stated that it was very much business as usual. Which I suppose it was really, yes. A kin farce.
 
We won! It was only a couple of days ago. Youll remember. More songs about the owners and Singh. The players to a man gave their shirts to the fans. Happy days for once.
 
Well a happy few hours, before Singh opened up the play again on 606. Stating that he would really like to be friends with Kevin MacDonald and Robbie Savage.  I honestly cant bring myself to listen to it all.
 
This is great. Shebby  -  http://themarpleleaf.blogspot.co.uk/
 
And thats it. December. Another insane month for Blackburn Rovers.
 
Oh but hang on, talking of the Vidiprinter. News just in Rovers owners voted the worst in the league. Nice work Venkys.
 
What next? Who is the experienced manager Singh has lined up? A total change in policy since Friday and yet come tomorrow this new manager will be in place? We shall see
 
By the way, Kevin MacDonald, although a good coach, isnt an experienced Manager. 12 games as a caretaker in 1994 and 2010 doesnt equate to being experienced. No one will be saying that about Henning after all.
 
All the best to you for 2013. Lets hope we get our wishes. A well run club, with management who are allowed to manage. A For Sale sign above Ewood Park wouldnt go amiss either. Oh and a push up the table would also be nice, I forgot about the football there for a minute.
 
December Summary:
 

 
Played: 24
Goal Difference: -1
Points: 32
Position: 15th
 
Top Goalscorers:
Rhodes: lots

Source: December Review

I've been struggling to think of a relevant subject for my first blog and today provided the ideal subject - that of internet rumours.  Ever since Blackburn Rovers got relegated from the Premier League barely a week goes by without the latest rumour surfacing from somebody who knows somebody, who delivers the milk to the man who cuts the grass for the man who is a steward in the car park on matchday - or some equivalent spurious link.
 
The rumour today was that Henning Berg had resigned after an alleged training ground bust up with Shebby Singh.  It started with a poster (poster A) stating on BRFCS "I have just been told Berg stormed out of training half way through the session this morning, had a shower then left.  Apparantly Shebby told Ian McDonald (who was observing the session) to leave and this angered berg who subsicuently left" which then lead to another modern day phenomena (the 'ITK' twitter account) stating that "according to info.....News from Ewood is that berg has offered his resignation.  Walked out of brockhall this morning."
 
The tweet from the 'ITK' was retweeted by 'poster A' and before long Rovers fans started picking it up and commenting on it.  Whoever fed the information to 'poster A' must have known that the information was incorrect - so the question is why?  Why are people feeding stories to others in the knowledge that the information is A, incorrect B, will spread like wildfire and C, cause more uncertainty for fans who have been already been enough since Venkys bought the club from the Walker Trust.
 
The answer probably lies within the walls of either Ewood Park or Brockhall and in my opinion centres around club politics.  Since when did the politics of a football club become more important than the fans or the football itself?

Hello,

Welcome to my new blog right here on BRFCS firstly i would like to thank Glen and the BRFCS team for allowing to start viewing and broadcasting my views on this site.

some may already know me from twitter @theewoodeagle in which i try to express views and opinions although sometimes 140 characters is not enough

So why another blog and what will make mine so different?? I don;t know to be honest, hopefully lots. I want you to get involved as much as possible, view and attach your own comments and maybe email or PM me a topic to discuss and I'll make sure that I try and cover it fairly.

so here it goes through the eye of an eagle.