Blackburn Rovers sacks Sam Allardyce..

I had just signed up for google email alerts on the 13th of Dec, and when the first email alert came to me for Dec 14, boy! was it some news.. Venky's , had sacked Blackburn's manager, just because they thought that he did not "fit in" to their vision. Thats quite a rash and abrasive move coming from a company that had acquired the team for brand publicity, and had absolutely no knowledge of Premier league football. Steve Kean was put in charge as the caretaker coach, and what seemed to be more diabolical was that he may continue as the permanent manager if he "performs" well in the present season. The question is, Does Venky's want to go cheap by firing a manager, appointing his first coach, and taking up the transfer decisions themselves with the advice of Kentaro? Did they think Big Sam was too "hands on" for their own good?
I for once think that this is quite stupid, and does no good to a man who had brought up a team from relegation and placed it in the middle of the premiership table on a shoestring budget. No wonder Big Sam said "I am very shocked and disappointed to be leaving Blackburn Rovers".
What? Maradona? Hah!

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