BlackSamba
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What is your View of all this going on at Blackburn and who do you think they will actually sign?
Thanks for the question Scott, IMO it appears to be a absolute shambles. We have new Indian Owners, great who seem to want to invest in the club, great. They seem very ambitious, great and look like they want us to be known for good football, great.
However,
1) Sam Allardyce - Although I was quite happy to see the back of him, I know that we were difficult to beat and were very safe under his control, I am a football fan and would prefer to see us play good football, a la Blackpool. Hughes was much better. BUT, I was happy on the assumption that they had someone else in mind (Jol, Neill etc.) and were going to appoint before January. But then to put in Steve Kean (former Groundsman) and say they are unlikely to appoint until the end of the season. This was extremely worrying as we were no way near clear of a relegation fight, something which Big Sam I was sure would steer us clear of.
Now we have appointed Steve Kean it seems and he isn't doing too badly and football is better (but not great yet). It is still too early to tell.
2) The owners - As I said everythign seems OK but even at this early stage they are showing signs of not knowing anything about football. The woman in charge after being asked "have you seen a live game?" answered "no but I've seen a lot of games on Telly"...hmmm. Then the issue with signings, and it seems a third party firm will have a say in transfer dealings. I don't like this and am a big believer that the manager should know best and it be left up to him.
3) Ronaldinho - Ridiculous, would have been nice to have a replica shirt with his name but thats all. He owuld have flopped and would have cost us ridiculous money. It has made us look stupid. I would prefer us to spend the money more wisely and bring in a couple of good signings. We obviously have some money for wages and transfers and would be happy paying some bigger names in the region of 40k-60k per week. Why not - Adel Taraabt &
Becchio.
Its still early to make judgement but its certainly a very strange start IMO to their ownership. I think the key thing for us is to ensure that John Williams still has a pivotal and influencial role in our club as under his stewardship he has done us well. Although there has been talk about him being sacked....