Watching the funeral at White Hart Pain a few things came to
mind.
Firstly as I thought of the quote “We will not get relegated.
Absolutely no chance.” Steve Kean, 18/11/2011, I thought how did we manage to
keep our chins above water last year. Blackburn Rovers have always been
destined to get relegated this season. The club stayed up last season because
of some men. Including club captain Ryan Nelson, team captain
Christopher Samba, Michel Salgado, Phil Jones and Jermaine Jones. These guys
kept the club up and nobody else. They took over the dressing room and dragged
the club out of the mess Steve Kean got them in.
Secondly the
sentence “We take the positives” will forever haunt me and after the display
against Spurs I desperately tried to find one so I came up with this and yes I
am severely clutching at straws. This is the starting team for Rovers against
Manchester United when we got relegated previously. Filan, Croft, Henchoz,
Peacock, Davidson, Gillespie, Dunn, Carsley, Wilcox, Ward, Jansen, Broomes
(Johnson 81). Arguable I know, but on paper I would think our squad is
much stronger than when we went down the last time.
Thirdly,
have I ever been so embarrassed by the club I love as I was against the most
over rated team in the Premier League. Spurs didn’t play well, they didn’t have
to. I wont discuss Steve Keans performance for the reason that I like my laptop
and if I talk about him there’s a good chance the computer will end up in the
River Liffey. The players have an excuse, the formation and system deployed was
absolutely woeful. My frustrations lay with a few players. Junior Hoilett
pranced around like he is the next big thing, news flash David putting the ball
in the top corner once every so often will only get you so far. He is the new
David Bentley, all hype and flash and top teams will run a mile. Mauro Formica
is a unbelievable talent, unbelievable that he’s an Argentine international who
cant keep or pass the round thing to a team mate. Morten Gamst Pedersen, he has
lived off a reputation he gained six years ago and a brace at Old Trafford. He
was shocking. Yak did his best when he got the ball but most of the time he was
busy playing spin the bottle with Willy and Brad. David Dunn tried until the
very end, although I do wish he took control of the situation and changed
things himself. Anthony Modeste will be a punchline in Rovers history. The
defense and wing backs did OK considering they kept the margin of defeat
respectable. No body can deny the tactics were woeful, but I fail to comprehend
how professional players are unable to muster any sort of effort on goal. This
team is fast becoming a knock knock joke.
People who
know me know Im not short of words, but I am struggling to think why I would
continue subjecting myself to this. Never in my memory has a club and its fans
become separate identities. A manager that actually makes my skin crawl and
cringe when he opens his mouth. Its conceivable that this is only the start. How
on earth does the club get out of this mess. Who will rescue the club and buy a
small town club, in debt, saleable assests have been sold of, overturn a PR
nightmare, championship football and pay enough that the bandits make a profit.
Exactly, the answer is probably nobody.
Michel
Salgado tweets to a fan.
@sophieanncarter what a beautiful club dumped
Think that says it all.
Rover and out!
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