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Despite leading his side to relegation last night, Steve Kean still retains the sympathy of many outside Blackburn for the shocking lack of support he's received from owners Venky's.

But Rovers fan Gordon Moulden says you'd feel different if you had to listen to the baldy-head Scot every day. Here are 20 Keano quotes with Gordon's comments afterwards...

Steve said: “We are not going to be able to invent 10 games where we can go on an unbeaten run because there are not enough games left.”

Gordon says: Steve is certainly on top of things.??

Steve on Ryan Nelsen: “He's in a bad way. I've just been to see him. He's in traction. We need experienced players in the team and I can't wait to get him back, but I doubt he'll be let out before the end of the season."

Gordon says: Four days later Nelsen made his debut for Spurs.??

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Steve on Junior Hoilett, December 2010: “He's desperate to sign, we're making progress”.

Gordon says: Needless to say, Hoilett will walk away for nothing in the coming weeks.??

Steve said: “We feel that Myles Anderson is a player with great potential as a late developer. He could become something of a Chris Smalling, who came through late in football and Myles has done the same.”

Gordon says: Myles Anderson, son of Kean's agent Jerome, has never played for Blackburn.

?Steve said: “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."

Gordon says: Bruno Ribeiro - or Denis - has never played for Rovers. None of us even knows what he looks like!

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?Steve said: “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."

Gordon says: A young Mickey Rooney? David Goodwillie has scored two league goals this season.

Steve said: “There is no way Chris Samba is leaving this football club. I've spoken to the owners and that's the end of the matter.”

Gordon says: Samba left two weeks later.?

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Steve on being knocked out of the Carling Cup quarter-finals by Cardiff: “We are in a position where we have forfeited going through and having the chance to reach a Cup final. We have games against sides within touching distance of us in the league. We need to treat those games as Cup finals.”

Gordon says: Why did he not say that beforehand in order to save supporters a wasted journey? We ended up 'forfeiting' a lot of those other 'Cup finals' too.??

Steve on the January 2012 transfer window: “We are going to do our business early and get experienced players."

Gordon says: The unknown Antony Modeste arrived on January 19th. The rest of the business was done on deadline day and the ‘experienced’ players were uncapped Bradley Orr and the obscure Marcus Olsson.??

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Steve said: “The most important thing is 99% of the fans didn't demonstrate”.

Gordon says: Maths isn't his strong point.??

Steve said: “I live in the area but I don’t go out in Blackburn because I can’t. You just never know who you might run into.”

Gordon says: Steve has been attacked and threatened on the mean streets of Blackburn zero times.

Steve said: “Our break in Dubai went really well. From a medical point of view I have been told vitamin D levels were very high in the lads when they come back due to the sunshine.”

Gordon says: So basically they just topped up their tans???

Steve said: “Judge us after the transfer window is closed.”

Gordon says: Judged.??

Steve on November 22nd: “Yes, there have been discussions about a new contract, but I have told the owners that this is an inappropriate time to conclude any new contract discussions. Instead, the real issue is for me and everyone else to concentrate on the games.”?

Gordon says: Steve signed a new contract on November 25th.??

Steve on the plane carrying a protest banner over Ewood: “I didn’t see the plane and I don’t know what it said."

Gordon says: TV pictures appearing to show Steve looking at the plane must have been misleading.

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Steve said: “The owners are very knowledgeable."

Gordon says: The stories about them not realising Rovers could get relegated are untrue, then?

Steve said: “I believe I was good enough to play for Celtic.”

Gordon says: Steve Kean played for Alloa, Academia Coimbra, Bath City and Newbury Town.

Steve said: “We've had monumental results this season, including back-to-back clean sheets".

Gordon says: This comedy writes itself.

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Steve said: “Relegation hasn’t even been considered.”

Gordon says: This was after the record-breaking away match at Tottenham on 29 April, in which Rovers did not get a single shot on or off target. I was certainly considering relegation after watching that.??

Steve said: “All the pundits are wrong and I'm right.”

Gordon says: Or maybe not.

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