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Uncouth Garb - The BRFCS Store
Everything posted by booth
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As someone else said, he had a reputation as a good coach before he came here. If I were a Hibs fan I'd be terrified especially if the owner was regarded as less then squeaky clean. For us the damage of those 3 seasons (ish) have so far proved irreparable on so many levels. There are some who like to pretend otherwise but that's because they can't face the truth. "We've found our level." Absolute bullshit. The truth is we were comfortable in the Premier League with decent crowds and the best "local" support in the country. Besides the league status we had a sensible chairman and board who were maintaining a reasonable level of debt - much envied by larger and lesser controlled clubs. True we were punching well above our weight but it was made possible by good people. Unfortunately some bad people saw an opportunity to take all that and feather their own nests, no matter the damage to the club. And they had the media in their pockets so the fans looked like the bad guys. Only a handful of people spoke up but they were drowned out by the poor wee Stevey headlines. At Ewood it was like some kind of dystopian nightmare. The crowd had turned angry but to Steve Kean it was like it wasn't happening, like he was in his own bubble. He'd stand there bold as brass with a smile on his face as Kean Out was richocheting from each stand. Bold as brass, defeat after defeat. There was no authority left to remove him. Stewards were actively provoking fans. Because of the anger directed at Steve Kean the club were under orders to treat us all like the enemy. They stopped people being able to bring banners into the ground. A female steward once randomly started arguing with me, I tried to ignore her but she was like a dog with a bone which caused fans behind me to come to by defence - this was during a game. A policeman walked over, I thought that's it I'm out. Instead he told the steward to come away or he'd remove her and to stop inciting the crowd. There was one match where young children were being searched entering the ground. I saw fighting between our own fans and was later told that people had been sent in to the crowd to confront people not supporting the manager (no idea if that's true but it certainly felt like that). Some of those fans will never come back after the way they were treated. We had debts of £20m when Venky's took over in 2010. In 2021 it's £140m. Thanks for everything Steve you wee gem.
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Difficult to say… Imagine a lowly coach coming into your club, then not long later usurping an entire Premier League management team and the club board, the chairman and club secretary and is running the entire club on a contract he wrote himself which rewarded a pay rise for relegation. And running it into the ground to a point ten years later the club still hasn’t recovered.
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FFP is a huge stupid pile of dog shit.
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Some delusional twonks on that site. They think it’s because he’s a shit manager and he called Allardyce a crook. No mention that his agent was acting beyond the board, then mysteriously Sam was sacked. Kean wasn’t even assistant manager but despite that Kean the coach with zero experience of football management “mysteriously” got the job. Then shortly afterwards our entire board and executive structure - one envied by other Premier League clubs, was gone. Then the bastards relegated us and the club has never recovered. It could be you Hibs fans!
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Hibs, how quickly is he going to replace the manager? Why anyone would want that deceitful chancer at their club I don’t know. As good as putting a few drops of poison on the half time oranges.
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January Transfer window 2022
booth replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
It was in reference to other posters talking of guaranteed promotion with Dyche (including Longsiders). I'd swallow my pride for that, and it would be up to others to do that. How could I possibly know if all Rovers fans would be happy about it? I didn't even say I'd be happy about it. But it's all hypothetical and would never happen. And why Chaddy was trying to manufacture some kind of squabble by making sh** up, only he knows. -
January Transfer window 2022
booth replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Including a bizarre misunderstanding of something I wrote on the Premier League thread. Referring to Dyche hypothetically being Rovers manager, I wrote. "It's a case of swallowing your pride to save your club." (or words to that effect) Which Chaddy translated as... "All Rovers fans would be happy to have Dyche as Rovers manager." Still trying to work it out. Either someone's on the wind up or someone's been on the sauce. -
Premier League season 21/22
booth replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I agree it would be massively untrue if I’d made that point, but I didn’t.