Burnley fan applies for Blackburn job

Burnley fan applies for Blackburn job........

There's no Fcuking mixed loyalties round here Scumbag!

Well, not quite what I said but...

http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/strange-but-true/burnley-fan-applies-for-vacant-blackburn-job-1-5515595

CLARET and blue through and through James McDonough has managed to land himself a very unlikely job interview – the vacant manager’s position at arch-rivals Blackburn Rovers.

Burnley season ticket holder James (28), who lives in the shadow of Turf Moor, sent a spoof job application for the Ewood Park hotseat following the sacking of their third manager this season Michael Appleton.

His CV included his previous experience – managing the Princess Royal pub team in the Warburton’s Sunday League Burnley Division Two. James also favours the “Christmas Tree” formation adopted by England manager Terry Venables in Euro 96.

Not expecting any response, the former Barden High School pupil went back to his day job at Daisy Communications only to find he had been shortlisted by bookmakers Betvictor.

“Someone created a Facebook group calling for me to be appointed. Betvictor obviously spotted it and it snowballed from there.”

James even found himself trending on Twitter under the hashtag #MaccaForRovers which saw his odds slashed from 500-1 to 100-1.

“I received an email from Blackburn Rovers inviting me for a job interview. Apparently 40% of all bets placed have been on me. I’m guessing it’s mainly my friends and fellow Burnley fans!”

So what targets would James set for his under-pressure squad?

“I have to say my dream is to manage Blackburn in a great East Lancashire derby...against Accrington Stanley. I would also love to achieve unprecedented back-to-back relegations at Ewood Park.”

It has not all been plain sailing for James though. He suffered relegation with German side VFL Osnabruck on computer game Football Manager.

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Can you believe this? Who is running Blackburn?

And here are the betting odds...
http://www.betting-directory.com/football/next-blackburn-manager-odds.php

Didn't Copper Dragon do this the other day?

The mods should step in.

Can someone give them my fake CV and ill sort them out with a few pints.

"Looking forward to bringing back the derby with Accy Stanley"

It would be so sweet if the lad got the job. Given the level of managerial incompetence displayed by the Venky's so far it's mot completely out of the question.

He could even turn them into a decent team. He can't do much worse than the last three.

I got Rovers promoted to the prem and kept them up on football manager 13 - How hard can the job really be?

I always knew that Shabby was a Burnley fan.

James has been shortlisted and invited for an interview (it's got to be a piss take)

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4859693.ece

It has to be a piss take - They are probably taking the piss out of him in all honesty by saying he has got an interview.

Not even Shabby and his band of merry men could be so stupid.

aaron_bwfc wrote:

Not even Shabby and his band of merry men could be so stupid.

Don't you think?

aaron_bwfc wrote:It has to be a piss take - They are probably taking the piss out of him in all honesty by saying he has got an interview.

Not even Shabby and his band of merry men could be so stupid.

I don't think it is a piss take tbh, they know absolutely nothing about football.

They will send the cub into league 1.

Actually, they could!

We will still make the play-offs. Bowyer will get us to the Premier League.

The Burnley fan should be coming out of his interview around about now, but Rovers will probably play it cool and wait until tomorrow to announce his appointment.

It's certainly rattled them.

He'll have to shave his head!