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3-3 against wigan
We rescued a point in overtime yesterday, but we don’t defend good enough as a team to win matches like this. Wigan is belove us on the table, so naturally they will fight like lions, so we can’t just go and and pick up points away from home in the Premier League. We took an early lead, but couldn’t keep it for long. But we showed commitment and strength to come back twice when they took the lead. Paul Robinson sacrificed himself for us in the final minutes on the penalty situation, and it shows character on his part.
The big question after the game was the corner situation involving me and Yakubu, and there has been said a lot about it here on my blog. So I feel it is best that I come with my version of if. I thought that Yakubu had touched the ball, so I took it with me into the field. I was looking into the box when Yakubu pretended to kick the ball, and I only saw him doing that in the corner of my eye, so I thought that he had touched it. Now, Yakubu never touched it, but since neither the referee or the assistant referee did nothing I thought everything was fine until after the game and I found out that Yakubu was never close to the ball. If I had seen that he never was near the ball I would have just sent it in like I always do.
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Why did all (except Robbo) of the players including yourself go in straight after the match?? It’s a bit disappointing when you go to support your team but they dont seem to support the club!? Please could you let Robbo know that the fans appreciated his time after the final whistle!!
Nice to know your bring honest morten and i hope Robbo’s head is better!! Pity we didnt get thr 3 points and we could have played alot better especially in the 1st half for that was slightly embarrasing and difficult to watch! Any way good luck for next saturday against Stoke!
You’re a true gent Peds, I knew you wouldn’t have taken it if you’d have known. Still, you’ve go to play to the whistle anyway so nobody can say anything, the officials should have spotted it, it’s their job. Simple as.
Was it Kean’s decision for you not to come over because you celebrated like one of the fans when we scored the penalty. It was disappointing to only see Robbo come over
Very unlike you not to come over to the fans at full time yesterday Morten…was this something Steve Kean instructed?
I can’t believe people come on here and bitch about things you do and things that happen in matches. Ignore the criticisms, I’m honoured that one of my favourite footballers has a blog so he can communicate with his fans, I think it’s what more players should be doing. You take real pride and I’m
Sure I’m not the only rovers fan who Is fully behind everything you do. Your game has been excellent recently, you’ve really stepped it up. I’m sure these ‘fans’ aren’t really that angry we got a bit of luck for once and the ref didn’t notice something you did wrong. It’s about time. Keep playing the way you are, ignore these ridiculous protests from idiots and keep putting smiles on the faces of fans like me. See you in Cardiff for the cup game! Luc
Thanks Luc, it’s nice to hear that. I’m sure we’re gonna turn this bad run into something good soon. We’ve been unlucky in quite a few games this season, and that can’t last for long. We’ve played really well against teams like Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea, who are all Champoins League contesters at a regular basis. And when we are done with all the injuries that have struck our players we will again be a force to be reacon with! See you in Stoke, then Cardiff
Morten
I would love to come to stoke as well but unfortunately im stuck in a rainy south wales! i held a season ticket for 3 years at Blackburn when I lived up there though. Its hard to accept how few points we have this season but it happens, you and the lads just have to keep your heads up like you have been recently, look forward to the future games and the inevitible points we will be gaining soon! Im having your name put on the back of my shirt today ready for the cardiff game. Its been 3 years since ive seen you all play live, really excited for it.
Punish stoke! im predicting good things to come in the next few weeks
Luc
it is obvious to everyone that watches you regularly that you have integrity, i did not require an explanation for the corner as i already understood the situation from the footage. These negative so called supporters are really getting on my nerves, they are claiming to represent the views of the majority, but i do not believe they do. I am certain our results will get better if you guys continue to play with passion as you are doing, keep it up!
couldnt agree more malby
Nice reading your account of the incident Morten. I visited the blog as I knew you will talk about it. Your version of what happen was exactly as what I thought initally. That you thought Yakubu touched it already. Thought you had a good game once more in CM. Cracking freekick & a shame we didn’t get all three points.
why was Robbo the only player to come over to the fans at the end of the game!
some people have paid alot of money took time and effort to come and support you lads, and the best you could give was a little wave from half way line after the game shocking!
this is not like you at all morten!
You cleared up the corner situation.. will you be man enough to explain why only Robbo came over to thank YOUR FANS for their support”!!..
He’s paid to play football, not hang out with fans. It’s a bonus if a footballer comes to say hello at the end of the game, you should be thankful he has done it in the past. I imagine morten and the rest of the players were ridiculously tired and stressed out after battling back fantastically
@RoverAndOut
How can you ask Peds if he is man enough to answer your somewhat stupid question when you’re not man enough to write your own name, and instead hide behind anonymity. And of course the players don’t want to come over to the fans when the fans are so shit as they have been lately! Some of the most stupid ones even put up a sign saying they want the team to loose så Kean get sacked. WTF? Support the team during the game and protest as much as you want after the game!
I’ve heard from two different players that most of the players are sick and tired of the shitty fans who only nag and don’t give support during games. The players can’t be blamed for the Kean situation, so stop asking the players to take responibility for the clubs and owners desitions!
Luctkif…have you finished licking his *ss yet? Hang around with fans?? What are you on?? A bit of appreciation that is all we are asking! When you watch what we watch week and week out (season ticket holders) you can fairly comment on the performances without obvious bias. On a serious note I think Morten played quite well and the corner is certainly NOT cheating. I would like to see Morten use his strength a little more but keep up the hard work. However we will go down unless we sort out the weak links - ie Salgado, Dunn, Hanley etc as well as that bafoon of a manager. Keep behind the players 100% but 0% for Kean.
U still havent address the issue of coming over to applaud the fans who travel to Wigan. Shame on u, Morten! Many of us are disappointed! And i thut u are different!
It was unfair that people started saying that you are a cheat when they didn’t know your side of the story. There are a lot of stuff fans don’t know about their football team. Anyway keep up the good performance Morten, I’m sure a win will come along soon
how would you like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as your new manager, when the owners see through keans BS and sack the criminal.
@Bernard Venkysout Soh
Shame on YOU, you dick! With all the protests and bullshit coming from “the fans” no wonder the players don’t want to come over. What do you want them to come over to? All those wanting the team to loose so Kean get sacked? Every other team supporters give their support during games and protest after. Our supporters protest during the games, and still demand attention from the players! I’ll bet you a thousand pounds that Peds don’t gonna address that issue with you here on his blog! I’m sick and tired of bullshit supporters demanding attention when the supporters don’t get behind the team. Everybody wants Kean out, but the team still needs support. Give it, then demand attention!
Was i the only one seeing things, Robbo may have won us the point but he lost us all 3. Dont get me wrong hes a good keeper but im forever seeing him rooted to the spot when the balls flying past him. . The reason why feidel was so much better is because he went for it every time. even if he was beaten he still would still dive at it. Robbo just stands and watches it fly past him. For me it is the one single reason why weve leaked so many goals. 2 of those goals vs wigan he should have got and he didnt even try. why cant he leave the ground? So a boot to the head might wake him up. you tell him i said so morts. We need a keeper who is gona comit to throwing himself at these shots without even thinking, not stay rooted and watch the ball land in the net.
Neil you don’t have a clue…Robbo makes some of the best reaction saves in the League and whilst he was at fault for the third goal, the other goals were mistakes by the defense and the wrong footed him. They should never have been able to take the shot.
We should be honoured to have a keeper in our team that should be playing Champions league football week in and out! He is one of our very best players!
@Soenke
spot on.
Mike Hodgeson = Steve Kean? Hmm..
@Benj
Why? Do you feel the support have been the best lately? Do you actually think it’s alright for the fans to demand attention from the players when the the same fans is more up to protest against Venkys and Kean rather than give support to the team? Have you seen all the bullshit Peds get here on his blog from people just interessted in giving critisism to the club situation? Go outside Ewood and listen to the shit thrown at the players after the games, then you come and say I’m SK.
And All I did was give a respons to RoversAndOut for asking Peds if he’s man enough to answer his bullshit question when he didn’t even had the balls to write his own name. And I gave a respond to Bernard Venkysout Soh for telling Peds shame on you for not coming over to the supporters, when the supporters clarely haven’t given the best support to the team.
Benj = Stupid? Hmm..
hi morten
if you weren’t such a proven cheat, perhaps nobody would have questioned it.
cheers
Steve Kean just got a pay rise and new contract!!!! Absolute Joke!!! Arrogant pigs who are sending rovers down and the only one’s who suffer are the fans. Im not saying the players dont give a s*it but at the end of the day they still get paid and if they are any good will move on at the end of the season.
In all fairness we got a point, instead of pointing the finger at kean and his merry men lets look at David Dunn? Clearly a waste of time and should know better as a “senior player” than to get sent off in such an important game. “Mr Blackburn” is constantly injured and is, in my opinion, a luxury that is too unreliable. We did well to get the point regardless of the goal and the drama surrounding it. My question to the anti kean party is, are we mistaking kean as the culperate? Maybe it’s the lack of concentration and work rate of some players! Stick together and stick it out. COYB!
every player and staff member of brfc that havnt the balls to stand up to kean and the regime are just dirty rotten scabs.
O and Robinson is shit always has been, good reaction saves from close range shots but absolutely crap at every other aspect of goalkeeping, friedle used to single handedly win us points and very very rarely made mistakes that lost us points.
Mike Hodgeson, although I appreciate your reasoning, you’ve come to a terrible, apathetic conclusion which is no good for the club regardless of your best intentions to try and help the side up the league. The players should be ashamed of themselves. Underneath all this anti-SK, anti-Venky’s protest, the players have not until recently been playing anywhere near the levels they can be performing at. The fans have every right to show their frustrations, particularly when the team has been well below par. Obviously, the two points of frustration a) poor performances and b) shocking running of the club by the chicken pluckers have become entwined as frustrations overflow and that is unfortunate. Nevertheless, the fans have every right to address both points.
What I would direct at you Pedersen, as someone who clearly has a lot of respect for the club, is my concern that none of the players seem to be questionning the appalling day-to-day running of the club. I appreciate most of the players are mercenaries, but players like yourself who love the club must be concerned about goings-on outside the football circle at the club? I know for a fact some of the goings-on at Ewood and I know that any sane person who knew the same facts would be extremely worried about the next few months, never mind years.
I love your blog and I appreciate your efforts both on and off the field for the club but the fans have had enough Peds and those who haven’t clearly aren’t privvy to the alarming information that the rest of us possess. You should be extremely worried, if you’re not already.
soenke.. i certainly do have a clue, dont kid yourself robbo is a good keeper and a very good pro, but hes not champs laegue material .Friedel was a way better keeper and single handedly won us points and games. robbo is last line of defence and should commit himself as such. Are you expecting us to not concede a shot on goal during a match so that robbo dosnt have to commit to a dive?? our defence that was in front of friedel was no better than the one in front of robbo its just friedel knew that to help the team he had to throw himself at shots and own the 6yardbox.. which he stil does. i like robbo but he definetly has room for improvement.
Who care morten, we need points badly…..
In the words of Will Ferrell Everybody love everybody… or you could say the other thing… somebody hit somebody! COYB
Is there any need for the constant swearing Sonny? I’m sure plenty of kids go on this site and there’s no filter for what they can/can’t see. Go on brfcs if you wanna vent your spleen in such an abusive manner (although you probably wouldn’t get away with swearing on there either).
Id like to apologise to RoverAndOut and Benj and Bernard and everyone that actually follows the Rovers who have every right to be upset by the players not saying thanks for their support as I know not everyone who goes games are against kean and its only ‘1% of the crowd’ so the players had no right at all not to thank the fans for their support, time and money spent! ..
i dont understand what it is like to go and watch my team so don’t have an opinion on the matter.
i was on my period so was a little uptight sorry guys..
much love Mike Hodgeson xx
Neil do not critiscise Robbo and how did he lose us 3 pts if there 3rd doesnt go in then he does’nt go up for a corner to win a pen. I am a GK myself of course not of the level of robbo and if you cant see robbo gives everything then your deluded are you forgetting he has to make at least 9 saves or more every game now just like his point blank save on saturday, him and mgp work their socks off for us, and that is why i support the team but never will i support venky’s or Kean the sooner they go the better MGP for manager (player manager )and Tugay as his assistant