Middle east oil giant Qatar Petroleum are believed to be considering a move to buy Premier League Blackburn Rovers.
This could be the best news Blackburn fans have heard in along time. Current Indian owners Venkys don’t seem to have a clue about the beautiful game.
Bad
The bad news for Rovers fans is that they won’t be rid of their clueless owners in the near future. Co-owner Venkatesh Rao told the Lancashire Telegraph: “We have no interest in selling Blackburn Rovers whatsoever,” Not good news for the former-Premier League side at all.
Poor
I don’t think Venkys have meant to come into Blackburn and ruin the club. I think they might just have been badly advised on how much money it would take to put Blackburn back amongst the big boys again.
Talk of £5 and 6million to spend proved that they were slightly deluded. Venkys had confessed before they took over the club that they didn’t have a great knowledge of football but were prepared to learn. Unfortunate you don’t usually get much of a honeymoon as owner of a Premier League club, especially as owners of a struggling Premier League club.
The club currently find themselves second from bottom in the Premier League with just six points and one victory this season from 11 games.
Manager
I really don’t want to speak badly of Rovers boss Steve Kean because he has carried himself with such dignity since he was appointed last season. However the teams results have been appalling since his appointment.
The Scot is simply out of his depth as Blackburn boss. By all accounts Steve Kean is a superb coach. I believe the reason he has failed at Blackburn is because its his first job as a manager. He should never have started his managerial career in the top flight.
Steve Kean should have started his career as a manager in the lower leagues and worked his way up. Kean probably never dreamt his first managerial job would be in the Premier League but he couldn’t turn down the opportunity. The owners are at fault for the situation that the club currently find themselves in.
If they had any knowledge of football they would have known that Kean had no experience of being a top flight boss. They sacked a good solid Premier League boss in Sam Allardyce and installed a managerial rookie in his place.
Protests
There have already been fan protests at Ewood Park but the club have now banned banners against Kean and the owners. That won’t stop Rovers fans venting their frustrations.
The fans have a right to protest about their club being mismanaged. Some people are saying that the owners and the manager should be given more time.
I believe that is hogwash. The Venkys celebrate a year in charge this weekend and since their arrival the club have gone from a good solid midtable club to a team looking doomed for relegation. I wouldn’t call that progress.
Acceptance
I think that the Venkys should accept that they need help and get somebody in who knows the game. A chairman or managing director that could advise them on football matters. Venkys are businessmen but not football lovers.
If they can’t bring in somebody who knows their football then I think they should leave the club. It just feels like they are not cut out to be owners of a football team. If they have bought it as a vehicle to advertise their wares then I they should try harder to make the club a success.
They need to start winning games on the pitch and persuade the fans that they do care about the club.
At the end of the day the fans have a big say in the club because they are the ones that go to the games and buy the merchandise that keeps the club going.
Relegation
If nothing changes at Ewood Park I would say that Blackburn have very little chance of avoiding relegation to the Championship. This is a cautionary tale for every fan hoping that their club gets taken over by foreign buyers. I think it’s a case of be careful what you wish for!
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