Gers chief Green slammed

Gers chief Green slammed

Published Apr. 8, 2013 3:15 p.m. ET

Caretaker manager Gary Bowyer wants Blackburn's slide into the bottom three of the Championship to inspire a response from his players.

Rovers came out on the wrong side of a 3-2 scoreline against fellow strugglers Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, bringing the prospect of a second consecutive relegation sharply into focus.

"We can't hide from it, we are in the bottom three, we aren't ignoring that, it is reality," Bowyer told Blackburn's official website.

"The players have to look at it and take responsibility and ownership.

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"There are six games left this season, there are 18 points to play for, our game in hand is going to be important, the goal difference is going to be important.

"I'm sure that if we play and compete and play like we did on Saturday then we'll be fine."

Monday afternoon reports on the BBC Sport website claimed Bowyer had been summoned to India to for talks with Blackburn's owners, Venky's, along with managing director Derek Shaw and operations director Paul Agnew.

The story claimed the three men, along with global advisor Shebby Singh would undertake meetings with Venky's chairwoman Anuradha Desai.

Anthony Kay comes back into the reckoning for MK Dons.

Centre-half Kay has missed the last three matches through suspension following his third red card of the season against Crewe last month.

Captain Dean Lewington and striker Izale McLeod have resumed training after respective knee and hamstring injuries, although Dons boss Karl Robinson has yet to make a decision on whether their comebacks will be from the start or from the bench.

Winger Daniel Powell will be monitored after coming off against Crawley on Saturday, while goalkeeper David Martin is still struggling with the back injury that has kept him out for the past six weeks.

Luke Chadwick, Chris Lines, George Baldock and Alan Smith, all substitutes at the weekend, will all be eager to step in to replace Powell if required.

The goalless stalemate against Crawley left the Dons seven points adrift of the play-off places, prompting Robinson to say that his side must win all their remaining matches if they are to have any chance of sneaking into a top-six spot.

Swindon expect to have Andy Williams available for selection.

The 12-goal striker missed the 1-0 defeat to Doncaster with an ankle problem picked up against Oldham on Good Friday but could return for Kevin MacDonald's side as they look to record a first win in four games.

MacDonald remains without injured trio Nathan Thompson, Tommy Miller and James McEveley.

Defender Thompson may not feature again this season as the ankle injury that saw him miss the defeat to Doncaster is worse than first feared.

Fellow defender McEveley (knee) remains sidelined while midfielder Tommy Miller's calf injury rules him out of action, but he could be available at the weekend.

The Robins lie in sixth but could move up as high as third with a win.

The former Kilmarnock, Hibernian and Plymouth manager, 51, took control of the Cranes in 2008 but failed to secure qualification to the African Nations Cup throughout his five-year tenure.

Uganda are currently bottom of World Cup qualifying Group J at the halfway stage having taken two points from games against Senegal and Angola.

A statement published on fufa.co.ug read: "FUFA hereby informs the public that a notice of termination of contract has been given to the Cranes' head coach Robert 'Bobby' Williamson.

"The Emergency Committee of FUFA sitting today took the decision of notice in compliance with the contract of employment and other relevant labour laws of Uganda including the Employment Act 2006.

"The technical committee will later next week convene to discuss more details that will be made public at an appropriate time if found necessary."

Williamson played as a striker for Clydebank, West Brom, Rotherham and Kilmarnock before starting his coaching career at Rugby Park in 1996.

The campaigning group was responding to comments made by Green in a newspaper article on Sunday.

The Ibrox chief said that he "deplores" racism and sectarianism, while accusing the organisation of a "knee-jerk reaction."

Show Racism the Red Card chief executive Ged Grebby said: "The comments of Charles Green are very ill-advised and someone in his public position should really know better than to use this kind of racist and offensive language.

"The use of the term "Paki" is highly offensive and it is something that we at Show Racism the Red Card are trying to educate young people against.

"For the CEO of Rangers to use the term in any context is not helpful as it sends out the wrong message to young people.

"Show Racism the Red Card has a long standing working relationship with Rangers FC.

"The club is an excellent supporter of our anti-racism and anti-sectarianism campaigns.

"Show Racism the Red Card work proactively across Scotland educating young people and society about the dangers of racism and sectarianism, empowering anyone who engages with the campaign to become active citizens safely challenge racism and sectarianism in their own communities and beyond.

"A significant part of this education is looking into terminology and defining what is appropriate."

In a statement, Green said: "It is unfortunate that Show Racism the Red Card has fallen into the trap of taking something out of context and giving a knee-jerk reaction.

"In the interview, I referred to the fact we are now living in a politically correct world where words and phrases that were once used are no longer acceptable.

"My use of the word 'Paki' was when I was referring to how I sometimes warmly address my colleague and friend Imran Ahmad when we meet, something we both know is light-hearted.

"I deplore racism and sectarianism and this football club does a huge amount of work in this area to help eradicate these problems."

Speaking in an article in the Scottish Sun yesterday, Green said: "I was brought up in a mining community where whether someone was black, white, Catholic, Salvation Army, Protestant, made no difference.

"When I played at Worksop Town, the other striker was 'Darkie' Johnson. Now if I say that today I could go to jail.

"You know, Imran will come into the office regularly and I'll say 'How's my Paki friend?'

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