Who U Want Relegated from EPL ?
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Villa under the spotlight. Wigan climbed over them liao.
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Villa safe liao lor..............
i think Bolton will go down............
Man City beat QPR but Bolton can't beat Stoke............
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Bye bye Venky Fried Chicken!!
It's either Bolton or QPR now. Bolton must hope Stoke City are on summer holiday mood. Don't think QPR got a slightest chance at beating Man City.
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Blackburn owners duck press over team's relegation
The Indian owners of relegated Premier League club Blackburn Rovers, chicken farm operators Venky's, ducked the media on Tuesday amid a storm of criticism of their disastrous 18-month management.
British press reports slammed the absence of the Venky's family at the club's make-or-break Monday night clash with Wigan which saw the club lose 1-0 and confirm their drop from England's money-spinning top division.
Fans, who have vented their anger at Venky's and hapless manager Steve Kean all season, released a chicken onto the pitch during the game wrapped in a Blackburn flag with a one-word message for the owners: "Out."
Arvind Chauhan, spokesman for the company based in the western city of Pune which paid GBP£23 million (USD$37 million) for the club in November 2010, declined to comment when contacted by AFP.
Reaction in the Indian media was muted, with pundits saying Venky's had failed to generate any excitement in their home market despite interest in the English Premier League (EPL) taking off.
Their main promotional effort was in October last year when Blackburn travelled to India for an exhibition match, becoming the first EPL team to play in the vast market of 1.2 billion people.
But barely 6,000 fans turned out for the game against a local side, and the trip was noted mostly for the advertising campaign that accompanied it showing leading players eating fried chicken in the dressing room before a game.
"There was really no Indian connection with Blackburn," India's best-known football writer Novy Kapadia told AFP. "Venky's ownership did not help our football in any way.
"I am not surprised Venky's are not popular in England. Their biggest mistake was to remove Sam Allardyce as manager as soon as they took over the club."
Jaydeep Basu, football correspondent of the Kolkata-based Telegraph newspaper, said Blackburn's relegation had gone almost unnoticed in India.
"Venky's never tried to promote the club in India," Basu told AFP. "Forget an Indian player, they did not even hire a dressing room attendant from here.
"Frankly, India's interest in the EPL is primarily confined to a few top clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and, now, Manchester City because they are close to the title."
News website FirstPost.com said that Venky's had failed to deliver on its commitments and forecast a sale of the club.
"The fans will demand a solution, will demand that the club is run by people who understand the game. There's little doubt that Venky's will have to cut their losses and end this horrific nightmare," it said.
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Originally posted by NeverSayGoodBye:
Bye bye Venky Fried Chicken!!
It's either Bolton or QPR now. Bolton must hope Stoke City are on summer holiday mood. Don't think QPR got a slightest chance at beating Man City.
a draw is all qpr need. they have a superior goal difference. -
Indians love cricket more than soccer. Venkatesh Rao and family should have done more aggressive marketing to promote Rovers as a brand name.
Ah well, Indians are idiots at promoting business I guess.
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Venky does not want to spend a cent to buy players. they just want exposure to their brand and play FM in real life. if they get sick of their toy, they can always sell a higher price to another sucker.
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YOUUU"RE ROASTED!!!
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thos CHOW Ah Nehs of course trying to make a fast buck with Blackburn lah................
those Ah Neh will die 1st before they spend or lose money..................
may be they sell Blackburn and buy Blackpool if they promoted..................
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It's Rrrrrrrrelegation Weekend for Bolton and QPR!!
Hope Bolton can beat Stoke City. Find Joey Barton and QPR's owner pretty irritating with their blah blah blahhhhh.....
QPR have absolutely no chance at the Man City Etihad stadium. Go Bolton Go!!!!
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hope QPR relegated
so that Joey Barton can shut the fck up -
Originally posted by NeverSayGoodBye:
It's Rrrrrrrrelegation Weekend for Bolton and QPR!!
Hope Bolton can beat Stoke City. Find Joey Barton and QPR's owner pretty irritating with their blah blah blahhhhh.....
QPR have absolutely no chance at the Man City Etihad stadium. Go Bolton Go!!!!
i predict Man City beat QPR................win title..............
Man Utd draw Sunderland.......................
Bolton draw Stoke..................relegated.............
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awwww.....................lan...................liao lah.................
Bolton going down now.....................
Man Utd champs now.........................
Newcastle losing now........................
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Newcastle gone liao lah.......................Spurs and Arsenal in Champs League liao
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ole ole ole ole...........................
Man City are champs now........................
Bolton are safe now..................................
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awwwww....................lan.................liao....................
Man Utd are champs now............................
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how tragic............................
Bolton went down.......................FARK....................
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Originally posted by Susanteo2011:
how tragic............................
Bolton went down.......................FARK....................
Just like wolves, they started so well in the beginning of the season. A small consolation for them is that fabrice muamba survive. -
who cares about a nobody nigger.....................
should fire the manager.................last 2 games leading but can't win.................
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man u won
congrats
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