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I think someone like Rowett would want to do a proper job - not just come in for 15 games and then leave again - that's not really a good reputation for someone his age to get. That's the sort of role Warnock carved out for himself in his late 60s and 70s - fine if you are coming out of retirement for a bit then stepping back again but if you are peak of your career you need to be more than just a few games here and there. Birmingham was an exception due to the Mowbray health situation. More important than that will be the two stooges and their plans. They were incompatible with Eustace and I remain convinced that transfer failings in January played a significant part in Ismael's departure, so absolute minimum I expect he will seek some proper assurances about the summer transfer window, and the only way he's getting those is if there's been a recalibration / rethink at the top of the tree and Gestede is being sidelined, which certainly would be deserved and positive if it was, but I think unlikely given the cushy little gig the stooges have got going for themselves and their agent friends. They don't want outsiders upsetting that little arrangement.

With Pasha, Gestede and Owen still around we'll be hurtling down the leagues. The squad we have wouldn't be competitive in League One and they're not going to improve it that's for sure.

I'm convinced Ismael had a 12 month break clause as well or he offered to go for a lower pay off, no way were these lot paying him off 2 years plus his assistant. No way, otherwise why the 3.6 years unless it was whiffy. An 18 month contract for Rowett with rolling on option would make sense but maybe not good enough for him.

That absolutely has to be the approach for QPR. The only chance of getting a desperately needed win is to score first. That NEVER looked like happening at Norwich.

Could easily see Coleman being appointed ahead of Rowett, as he'll be the cheaper option

If so, the arse will have fallen out of the club, and we will be even more of a ghost town. He would fit right in for 30 pieces of silver.

And all predicted by many as to what would happen before the season had even started... bar those in the dark corridors and their believers Who would have thunk it Stockholm Syndrome in full play

It would be typical Rovers to have last year given Ismael a 3.5 year deal despite big question marks over his competence and ability to last more than 40 games anywhere, and then fail to get Rowett done due to only wanting to offer him a short term deal, this a guy who has proven himself to be a highly competent Championship manager. I would be totally offended if I were Rowett and these clowns offered me a deal until May. Presumably they now know the mess we are in and the urgent serious need to get some know-how in the dugout but don't want Rowett longer term (because he will seek assurances, resources and influence, none of which the Venky stooges are willing to provide). No, come the summer they will want more of the same - Gestede selecting friendly agents' clients and offloading the precious little quality we have left. Someone like Rowett wouldn't stand for that so they will need someone else to oversee that 'phase' of the project. I expect failure here - they aren't good at getting anything done let alone quickly and I think he will run a mile when he realises what they are planning. A shame because on paper he'd probably love the chance to sort Rovers out and build us up but the Regime doesn't want that as John Eustace will confirm. So it will be embarrassing if/when we fail to get a deal done for an unemployed coach who was last sacked by Oxford. I dread to think who they have as Plan B but suspect Coleman or a foreign coach willing to take a 3-4 month deal.

It makes sense if the only objective is to cut costs.

Why would anyone with half a brain come to this shit show. They have waited until the end of the transfer window, any new manager is limited to free agents and loans. Even if you give him/her £500,000, with a bonus doubling that, why? Hiding to nothing working with the two wastes of space and owners with their fingers in their ears. Rowett really would need to be desperate.

He won't be coming. Looks all set for Chris Coleman.

It's very much when, not if. This squad isn't up to it at this level and id argue they wouldn't be up to it in league 1 either.

Stay up and do it all again next season with an even weaker squad - minus Toth, Carter, Alebiousu, Hedges, Cantwell, Alofalyan to name just some of those whose contracts have not been extended. A couple of those wouldn't be missed but as usual the gaps wiil be filled by inferior and of course much cheaper replacements.

Failure to appoint a new guy well ahead of QPR would lend weight to the theory that they don’t give a flying one if we go down. I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if it’s Johnson at the wheel come Saturday once again.

What are the thoughts about Hurzeler, Lowe and Frank?

At least I have no real affiliation to the current crop. Wharton and Tronstad at a push, but beyond that, I couldn’t really care less. Toth, Alebiosu and perhaps Gudjohnsen will have suitors you’d imagine, the rest we’ll struggle to push out.

Given that Alibiosu was not really succeeding on the wing i would have either moved Miller inside och pulled Alibiosu to RB. Alternatively bring on Pickering and shift Cashin and McClough to CBs

Our wage bill was £25m in the last set of accounts. It likely has dropped, but assuming 20-25% wage drops across the board, theres potentially around £5m worth of saving to be had before considering higher earners leaving. Then you have a more aggressive selling policy than if we stayed in the division. Gudjohnsen will have a value of £1.3m, Alebiosu around £330k and Toth around the same. Selling all 3 will likely get considerable sales proceeds both from a cash flow perspective but also from an accounting perspective as a profit. If your £10m income drop is correct, the wage expense for the following year as well as the sales of key players should at least offset that. I dont know the full extent of any income drop and my figures are very much fag packet estimates but financially I wouldnt see it as a massive problem based on the objective of the club these days. I would agree with @MarkBRFC that the sole intention is to cut costs. What happens around that is not important.

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Anyone who has ever played football past the age of 12 knows that you don’t fanny about and sub a central defender in the middle of a game unless he’s injured. It’s very hard to come into that position cold while a game is in full bloom, and it makes the team highly vulnerable. My point is, either Carter plays the full 90 minutes or he keeps building stamina until he’s ready, Norwich first goal yesterday was a direct result of subbing him after 60. Also, did everyone forget how ineffective Morishita was playing on the wing at the start of the season before Ismael switched formation and moved him in centrally? With the current formation he should play in Cantwell’s position or not at all.

In my opinion yes.

Will the real accurate attendances be recorded in L1? Nope. We are already down below the 7k mark as we are. Despite selling a couple of thousand more season tickets. It'll be tumbleweed time at the cavernous Ewood Park next season if we get relegated. I'll doubt we'd be the best supported team in L1.

And also working on a much smaller wage budget and with inevitable sales.

Are they? Although income will go down, the wage budget which is currently in excess of total income will come down considerably with in contract wage cuts and the inevitable shedding of big earners.