Lifted this straight out of the LT.....
This is a new era. We have new owners, it is going to be an exciting time for the club. The owners have been disappointed and a little bit confused about the reaction from the press."-After being appointed in December 2010.
“It looks like it has brought negative publicity but I don’t see why. I don’t think it has been done just for publicity. If it has fizzled out then it has, but we haven’t been chasing it just for publicity." - On the attempt to sign Ronaldinho in January 2011.
“As soon as he says he wants to come back to England you have to throw your hat in the ring." - His hopes of signing David Beckham in January 2011.
“We feel that Myles Anderson is a player with great potential as a late developer. He could be-come something of a Chris Smalling, who came through late in football and Myles has done the same." - Anderson is now on loan at Aldershot.
“We can look forward and really kick on. We do have lift-off because this was important." - Kean after scraping survival on the last day of the 2010/11 season at Wolves.
“Bruno – or Denis after Denis Irwin, the boys call him, because he never gives the ball away – will fill in that position and that is great for us." -After Kean’s words on August 8, 2011, Ribeiro did not play a game all season.
“David’s always been put on a par with a young Rooney and he can certainly score all types of goals… it’s not just nice tap-ins, he can create a goal for himself, score from outside the box, chip them in, pass them in, smash them in." -Kean’s praise of David Goodwillie in August 2011 did not exactly come to fruition.
“We are very close on Junior’s deal. We have agreed in principle a deal. It’s a long contract. We are confident it will be done and dusted in the next 24 hours." - Hoilett left a year later, having never signed the deal.
“The most important thing is 99% of the fans didn't demonstrate." - Kean’s comments about rising discontent among Rovers support on September 17, 2011. -One per cent? You are having a laugh?
“I didn’t see the plane and I don’t know what it said." - After Rovers fans flew a plane over his head calling for ‘Kean out’ during a game against Chelsea in November 2011.
“We won’t get relegated, absolutely no chance." - Kean’s ill-advised prediction in November 2011.
“We are in a position where we have forfeited going through and having the chance to reach a cup final." - After Rovers’ Carling Cup loss to Cardiff City in November 29, 2011.
“These are challenging times for the club and the owners, but I believe Venky’s are 100 per cent the right owners." - May 9 2012.
“I won’t walk away." - September 2012.
Steve Kean's Most Memorable Quotes
posted on 1/10/12
Not mentioned the one about not forfeiting the Carling Cup game against Cardiff prior to it!
posted on 1/10/12
The boys call him Denis after Dennis Irwin!
posted on 1/10/12
It should be absolutely hysterical but after the initial elation at his departure, I feel more bitterness than amusement reflecting on the whole Kean saga. The fans finally managing to get rid of him is a great achievement and a testament to our passion and stubborness. But the amount of damage he/Venkys have done is massive. Its verging on a Pyrrhic victory, depending on whether we can get back up.
posted on 1/10/12
I can't understand why in any of his interviews not one person ever read these quotes out to him and asked him to explain, to truly highlight his idiocracy and ineptitude.
posted on 1/10/12
Quote of the weekend for me at Charlton straight after they equalised a lady in the crowd said "I bet Keans sat in his armchair at home laughing at us"
I doubt it.....
posted on 1/10/12
Well he'll have another 30-40 years to spend in that armchair laughing, cause I seriously doubt he'll get a job in football ever again.
posted on 1/10/12
"My drink was spiked by a fan..."
Under oath at Cheshire Magistrates Court, Crewe, Cheshire
posted on 2/10/12
We tolerated the bola bola for long enough. And BandWH is quite right in that major damage has been done to the football club on many levels.
Hence why the next appointment is so important and recognising the size of the task ahead, the necessity to get a quality manager in place as soon as possible.