The Fallout At Blackburn Starts Today.

May 09 2012 , 2 min reading time

With the relegation of Blackburn Rovers, from the Premiership, it was only a matter of time before the fallout began. With the owners and manager being obvious targets for fans to vent their fury, it is surprising to see backroom staff joining in.

The deputy CEO Paul Hunt, has seen his letter, sent to the club owners back in December, become available to the media. Is this a move to ensure he has a better chance of surviving the cull, which is sure to hit the Championship side? The letter expresses an urgent need to move Steve Kean out of the hot seat, in order to give Blackburn a better chance of survival.

The letter reads ...."Publicly I have been asked to support the manager and I always have as I personally like Steve (Kean). I have supported him from the start and have been desperate for him to do well. However, I am now of the opinion that it isn't working and he is ready to go. He has lost the crowd and as a result of this game (at home to Bolton) has lost the dressing room as well - the players no longer want to play for him. It is a shame and disappointing but we must act now to save the club. The board should be asked their opinion in who should be the new manager."

The one astonishing claim in this letter was that Kean had the support of the crowd. Through no fault of his own, he did not have the honeymoon period that other managers tend to get. The failure of the Venky's to secure the services of a big name to replace Sam Allardyce, was always going to add further pressure on Steve Kean.

Now the fallout has begun, claims in today's papers suggest Blackburn Rovers are very close to entering administration. If this is true, we find it almost impossible to imagine them returning to the Premiership at the first attempt. Lets hope we do not have another Premiership club that follows the route of Portsmouth. Blackburn will lose some of the big name players as they attempt to cut costs. They will surely depart with Steve Kean this Summer but the fans want and expect, the Venky's to sell up too. That might be more difficult as the lure of buying a Championship club for £30 million is far less attractive than it was two weeks ago, when they still had a foot in the Premiership.