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August 15th, 2009

Rovers 0 – 2 Citeh

By: Jimmy | Comments No Comments

Well, when you field a 5th choice midfield and have two strikers who can’t finish and Given has a hell of a game and your team just aimlessly and wastefully passes and lobs the ball around the field hoping something positive will happen…..

you’re going to lose.
Emmanuel Adebayor’s goal in the second or third minute was [...]



August 14th, 2009

Man Citeh Preview – and an Invitation for all

By: Jimmy | Comments 1 Comment

Remember this gem from Benni Mac? Let’s hope this happens again tomorrow. The Blackburn Rovers start their 2009-2010 kicking off at home v the lesser of two evils from Manchester. (Thad over there wrote up his ow preview as well. click if you want to read) So what can we expect tomorrow?

July 14th, 2009

Karl Robinson leaves Rovers for Ince

By: Jimmy | Comments 1 Comment

According to this story on the offish site, Karl has left to go play grab ass with Ince back at MK DONtcare.
During a slow news week, figured any news is news. Hopefully we can pull Sbragia from Sunderland to fill the role.
Rovers are just wrapping up a friendly against Cambridge United away, so hopefully I [...]

July 7th, 2009

No Ruud, No Crouch, Maybe Vieri, and Yuri Zhirkov?!?

By: Jimmy | Comments 2 Comments

Lots of stuff to talk about today, so I’ll jump right to it.
In this interview with SkySports, Sam talks about how Ruud is now out of contention and the Rovers attention.
“I think probably Ruud, from a salary point of view, is out of our reach. And I think he is not going to be fit [...]

June 17th, 2009

Fixtures Released

By: Jimmy | Comments 3 Comments

For the first times in 5 seasons, Rovers will open their account for the 09-10 Prem season at home against Ex-gaffer Mark Hughes. Saturday Aug 15th will be the day to mark on your calendars, that’s when things will kick off.
Legally I don’t think I am allowed to post the fixtures however, you can find [...]



February 6th, 2009

Benni Kills Off Sunderland and Aston Villa Tomorrow

By: Jimmy | Comments No Comments

Well finally we’re through with Sunderland.In the fifth meeting of the two sides this week in the FA Cup 4th round replay, Rovers won the last set in the match that saw the sides each take a draw and a win prior. Highlights were posted right before this, and they’re the long version so make [...]

December 25th, 2008

Happy Holidays from the Blackburn Offside!

By: Jimmy | Comments 1 Comment

Whatever you calibrate from the Solstice to the New Year, happiness and fortune to all of you this season! And while this picture might be out of date very soon, a little cheer and a laugh is never a bad thing.
Right, well onto a quick summary of some Rovers news:
Big Sam has let Mr. Arsenal [...]

December 18th, 2008

Some Words From BFS

By: Jimmy | Comments No Comments

BFS taking no time to start appealing to the fans, starting this afternoon at the press conference unveiling him officially. From the official site:
“This is a great club to be managing, having walked around the facilities today, this is the best facilities that I’ve experienced as a manager.”
He also added
“But having been there before I [...]

December 16th, 2008

Ince Sacked Part 2: Yes he is really gone

By: Jimmy | Comments 9 Comments

Right, so my first bit was cut short as apparently missing a final exam because of breaking Rovers news isn’t accepted at Uni. Well, we won’t quibble over who should make the policies( I should) but I’m back now to fill in all the gaps.
Now, right off the bat I’m at a disadvantage cause when [...]

December 16th, 2008

INCE SACKED!!!

By: Jimmy | Comments 3 Comments

Official today from a club statement, Paul Ince has been relieved of duties as the Manager of Blackburn Rovers. No new appointment has been made yet, but JW did have this to say:
“In the meantime, the day-to-day training will be carried out by Archie Knox, Ray Mathias and Karl Robinson. Our coaching staff and all [...]






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