BillCarlisle
Well-Known Member
Having watched the Blackburn v Wigan game on Monday night I don't think that in all my years following football I've witnessed such a long and vicious show of dissent towards Owners and Manager during the course of a match.
I can't criticise Steve Kean for taking the Blackburn job in the first place - he obviously had faith in his own ability. Up to a point I wouldn't even criticise him for hanging on to the job and wait for the pay-off of being sacked.
What I can't for the life of me understand is why he has continued to put up with such groundswell of unpopularity when the axe didn't fall. To make it even more perplexing he's now saying that he has no intention of resigning and he's looking forward to leading Blackburn back into the PL.
Surely there comes a point when a Manager must consider the effect that things are having on his own credibility and the general well-being of his family.
When it's revealed that a Senior Club Executive believed that the Manager has no future with the club then things have gone beyond the point of no return.
Steve Kean always appears to be an honourable man when interviewed. I think that most Managers would have negotiated a mutually agreeable parting of the ways by now, so perhaps he's not quite so honourable after all. Or maybe Venky's have already told him that if he walks he gets nothing. Even that surely can't be worth having to endure such unpopularity in a relatively small place like Blackburn
When I think back to all the bad times we have suffered as City supporters, and the years of mis-management, I have to feel sorry for the Blackburn fans. They've watched their Club being ripped apart by Owners who seem to have little understanding, and a Manager who hasn't been up to the job but is apparently not prepared to admit it.
I can't criticise Steve Kean for taking the Blackburn job in the first place - he obviously had faith in his own ability. Up to a point I wouldn't even criticise him for hanging on to the job and wait for the pay-off of being sacked.
What I can't for the life of me understand is why he has continued to put up with such groundswell of unpopularity when the axe didn't fall. To make it even more perplexing he's now saying that he has no intention of resigning and he's looking forward to leading Blackburn back into the PL.
Surely there comes a point when a Manager must consider the effect that things are having on his own credibility and the general well-being of his family.
When it's revealed that a Senior Club Executive believed that the Manager has no future with the club then things have gone beyond the point of no return.
Steve Kean always appears to be an honourable man when interviewed. I think that most Managers would have negotiated a mutually agreeable parting of the ways by now, so perhaps he's not quite so honourable after all. Or maybe Venky's have already told him that if he walks he gets nothing. Even that surely can't be worth having to endure such unpopularity in a relatively small place like Blackburn
When I think back to all the bad times we have suffered as City supporters, and the years of mis-management, I have to feel sorry for the Blackburn fans. They've watched their Club being ripped apart by Owners who seem to have little understanding, and a Manager who hasn't been up to the job but is apparently not prepared to admit it.