Are you the Blackburn Rovers fan that they’re after? Cos we is a hirin’.This is the card in the newsagent’s window. This is the Wonka Bar you’ve been waiting for.
As part of the vertible kaleidoscope of Blackburn Rovers footballing fun and hi jinkery in general we’re looking for match reporters. You might be a season ticket holder, you might be some grotesque and obese couch bound sloth living in a high rised flat on Coco Pops and chip sandwiches but have 327 …
Well, wasn’t it exciting? No. It wasn’t really was it? Robbie Keane leaving Spurs and Adam Johnson joining Man City apart and despite Sky Sports attempt to hype the day into being the Football equivalent of the D-Day landings or the Birth of Christ, the Transfer Deadline day went with not so much a bang, but more an embarassing wet fart. I must admit, I was almost instantly aroused by the news …
Was the Arsenal v Manchester United slaughter the defining moment of the 2009-2010 season for the Gunners? Will I avoid making the blindingly obvious “Chelsea skipper John Terry scores away from home” comment? Who showed Liverpool star Dirk Kuyt which way the goal is? Will Harry Redknapp’s phone bill at the end of today resemble the Sultan of Brunei’s bank account? All these answers, I’m not sure of (apart from the Terry …
Leeds manager Simon Grayson has launched a spectacular bid for Blackburn striker Jason Roberts. According to the Mirror, Grayson is looking to bolster his side for the tough season run in and believes the big target man would be a strong addition.
Leeds have put in a loan bid and are willing to pay the majority of the strikers wage bill. The former Wigan and West Brom striker is not …
First you had Gianluca Vialli, then you had Gianfranco Zola; Italians coming to England were having a great time and in 2001 Blackburn Rovers decided to get in on the act, signing Corrado Grabbi from Ternana for a fee of £6.75 million, 2 goals in 30 matches were all he could muster during his time in England, that’s £3.38m per goal.
Somewhat of a journeyman player, he began his career in the Juventus youth side and on his debut for the first team against Lazio, he scored, one of his total two appearances in the 1994-1995 season. Despite a great start he failed to cement a place in the squad as was loaned from Juventus to Lucchese and then Chievo, despite a poor goal scoring record Modena took him off Juve’s hands in 1996 where he found his goal scoring prowess.
Ternana were quick to snap up Grabbi but he couldn’t replicate his Modena form and was loaned to Ravenna after only one season, 13 goals in 29 games for Ravenna was a decent return and he was duly welcomed back to Ternana with open arms.
Back at Ternana he was again a regular scorer, with 91 goals in 84 games and became idol for the local supporters, who still remember him as the best player to ever have played for Ternana.
This amazing form alerted the likes of AC Milan and Juventus, however it was the lure of Premier League football that swayed Grabbi and he joined Blackburn Rovers for £6.75 million. Injury and personal problems blighted his Rovers career, 2 goals later he was on his way back to Italy on loan with Messina. Failure to reignite his career upon return to England resulted in a permanent transfer to Ancona.
In an interview with an Italian TV Station, Grabbi stated that he was finding it hard to acclimatise himself to the British weather and game, and also said that he was finding it hard to fit in with the team. The team was accused of singling him out, and not being friendly to him, which also accounted for Blackburn’s slump in form.
In the same interview, Grabbi stated that the only person who he became friends with in this time was Tugay Kerimoğlu.
After 7 games with Ancona and a year out the game he signed with Genoa in the third tier of the Italian league system, scoring 9 goals in Genoa’s promotion campaign. After promotion Grabbi considered retirement after a number of injury concerns, but was persuaded to stay on by fellow players and the Genoa fans, but he was sold during the transfer window in 2006 to Arezzo. A half season with them and he moved for the final time in his career to Swiss second division side AC Bellinzona.
Ok, I’ve set myself a slightly different task this week. Lets face it fellow fantasy managers, if you haven’t got Cesc Fabregas or Wayne Rooney (or both) in your team at the minute then you really need to consider taking up another hobby. No, I am serious. Few players are offering nailed on mega-points each week as much as this pair and while it would be tempting (and …
West Ham United’s manager, Gianfranco Zola, is reported to have made a £1.5 million move for Blackburn Rovers’ Benni McCarthy after the South African front man went AWOL.
The 32-year-old forward, who has previously been linked with Fulham, has grown increasingly unhappy at Ewood Park after being asked to take part in extra training sessions due to weight problems. McCarthy has now made his intentions clear and is believed to be in …
Yesterday we looked at ten players signed in the January window by clubs as diverse as Manchester City, Tottenham, Chelsea, Stoke City, Birmingham City and Fulham who have had a real, tangible and positive impact on their clubs since signing. They are the glory boys, the players who made the best of their January transfer window move by grasping it with both hands and repaying the faith the club had in …
One of the more common problems you have when writing articles like this is repeating yourself. I mean most Fantasy Football fans know that there are certain players who, over the course of the season, will perform very well in fantasy terms. That is after all why they have fantasy values that are the highest in the game. It wouldn’t really be helpful of me therefore to write this article every …
The Daily Star are reporting that West Ham United are ready to sign a new striker and that Blackburn’s Benni McCarthy is top of their list. A striker was always going to be number one target for the Hammers following the retirement of Dean Ashton and injuries to Carlton Cole and the arrival of new owners David Gold and David Sullivan has given the club money to spend.
A number of names …
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