[Archived] Nicko's Thread Part 3

[LeChuck]

I'm guessing Ranieri, Vialli or Gullit as Mr. B. That's assuming I've got the criteria right, I'm not exactly sure what's going on.

[tony gale's mic]

I'm guessing Ranieri, Vialli or Gullit as Mr. B. That's assuming I've got the criteria right, I'm not exactly sure what's going on.

Mr. B is not on this list:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Prem...League_managers

[iamarover]

With the princely sum of £25k placed on Betfair re the Rovers job, it is safe to assume that a) most of the footy world couldnt give a monkey's cuss There has been little or no movement from JW and his board. The Chelsea market is c$2m and rising incidentally.

Yet still this is a magic job. £2m a year. God's Own Country to live in. Safe owners, top class facilities and a tip top message board to tap into once Rovers6 has been taken to the canteen by his carer.

Shearer just has to take this job. Newcastle is not around and his last press chat on the subject centred around his lack of managerial experience. Where else can he go? The BBC has just lost half of his coverage job and this is a middle aged man in a hurry. Signings? Well if Alan Shearer walked in your house to sign your son....Apart from the worry that a Gary Lineker (lookalikey msg board legal eds) was in tow looking to pop your missus or in extremis your mum in law, what is the likelihood of Super Shearer signing any lad within 2 miles of your house he fancied? 1100%. And he is incredibly well connected.

Provided (alleged)sex pest Lineker keeps away from his signing interviews this would be a truly global stunner.

But twas ever thus.

Bob Crompton. The Three 'D's'. Tony Field, Duncan Mackenzie. Steve Archibald. Ossie Ardiles. Kenny Dalglish. 1928. 1995. 2002. We have a history stretching back to the Victorian times of uncouth garb, strange oaths, and tweaking the tail of the metropolitan tigers.

Once again the town that London journos hate visiting, other football fans love patronising, rival clubs desire sniping and pilfering, will rise and bite back.

We are not a owned by a cruelly insensitive conglomerate, a rapacious Texan family, a hideous Flordian schtick, a murdering, looting sub continent delinquent, a dildo toting porno liar, nor a gun running, nicotine smuggling racketeer, nor the front for a VAT evading, tax scamming investment combo.

We are decent. Honest. Proud. Straight. Arte et fecking Labore. Down the line. None of the above.

We are independent of all that sewerage.

And we always will be. Because we are a town. Because we have small crowds. Because we have no capacity to grow or maximise, as the management consultants are telling our prospective 'buyers'. It is because of what we have is why we can never lose it. They can never ever take it away from us in the way that City have lost it. Our so called weakness is in fact our greatest protection. How many people are on here because they seriously expect Rovers to compete for the Champs Lge? None. We are fans because we love the club. Not because we crave TV glory.

And that is why they all secretly hate us. Hate us for our success in their shiny plastic stadia. Hate us for our lack of 0898 premium numbers or our indifference to a global tour to Nigeria or wherever corporate marketeers tell us the EPL is a fad. We dont do lampshades or carpets or meaningless ring tones supporting vast and impersonal corporate networks.

The new manager has to understand that. And of all people Alan Shearer does.

Who then are we?

We are The Rovers

[LeChuck]

Ah ok, thanks for that.

Mancini played for Leicester didn't he...

[Hi Mack]

I'm guessing Ranieri, Vialli or Gullit as Mr. B. That's assuming I've got the criteria right, I'm not exactly sure what's going on.

Ranieri and gullit are in jobs!not sure about vialli!

[Hughesy]

If we could get Shearer to agree that he wouldnt jump ship to the geordies then he may be worth a look.

Shearer would have no problem getting top european players, just wonder who his backroom team would be though

[LeChuck]

Ranieri and gullit are in jobs!not sure about vialli!

So they are. For some reason I thought Juventus replaced Ranieri a while back. I didn't really think much about Gullit, it was just something Nicko said about it being 'sexy' or something.

[tony gale's mic]

Ah ok, thanks for that.

Mancini played for Leicester didn't he...

Strangely...he's the only one that fits the bill that I can possibly think of. And I have looked and searched long and hard.

Still...can't be him, surely?

[McClarky]

No way Shearer would commit to that and if he did he would be a liar. Houllier would be good for me, damn decent bloke as well.

[hawkiiz]

stig ingen bjørnebye and henning berg. none of them are anywhere near good enough. i have seen bjørnebye in action at IK Start and it was not very pleasant. Henning does a decent job with FC Lyn. He did get Jon Obi Mikel there, and a few other super talents, but he is in no way the best manager in norway. If there is any norwegian managers that could do the job it is Trond Sollied. the best manager in norwegian premiership is johan jønsson, a swede.

[Ronin]

With the princely sum of £25k placed on Betfair re the Rovers job, it is safe to assume that a) most of the footy world couldnt give a monkey's cuss There has been little or no movement from JW and his board. The Chelsea market is c$2m and rising incidentally.

Yet still this is a magic job. £2m a year. God's Own Country to live in. Safe owners, top class facilities and a tip top message board to tap into once Rovers6 has been taken to the canteen by his carer.

Shearer just has to take this job. Newcastle is not around and his last press chat on the subject centred around his lack of managerial experience. Where else can he go? The BBC has just lost half of his coverage job and this is a middle aged man in a hurry. Signings? Well if Alan Shearer walked in your house to sign your son....Apart from the worry that a Gary Lineker (lookalikey msg board legal eds) was in tow looking to pop your missus or in extremis your mum in law, what is the likelihood of Super Shearer signing any lad within 2 miles of your house he fancied? 1100%. And he is incredibly well connected.

Provided (alleged)sex pest Lineker keeps away from his signing interviews this would be a truly global stunner.

But twas ever thus.

Bob Crompton. The Three 'D's'. Tony Field, Duncan Mackenzie. Steve Archibald. Ossie Ardiles. Kenny Dalglish. 1928. 1995. 2002. We have a history stretching back to the Victorian times of uncouth garb, strange oaths, and tweaking the tail of the metropolitan tigers.

Once again the town that London journos hate visiting, other football fans love patronising, rival clubs desire sniping and pilfering, will rise and bite back.

We are not a owned by a cruelly insensitive conglomerate, a rapacious Texan family, a hideous Flordian schtick, a murdering, looting sub continent delinquent, a dildo toting porno liar, nor a gun running, nicotine smuggling racketeer, nor the front for a VAT evading, tax scamming investment combo.

We are decent. Honest. Proud. Straight. Arte et fecking Labore. Down the line. None of the above.

We are independent of all that sewerage.

And we always will be. Because we are a town. Because we have small crowds. Because we have no capacity to grow or maximise, as the management consultants are telling our prospective 'buyers'. It is because of what we have is why we can never lose it. They can never ever take it away from us in the way that City have lost it. Our so called weakness is in fact our greatest protection. How many people are on here because they seriously expect Rovers to compete for the Champs Lge? None. We are fans because we love the club. Not because we crave TV glory.

And that is why they all secretly hate us. Hate us for our success in their shiny plastic stadia. Hate us for our lack of 0898 premium numbers or our indifference to a global tour to Nigeria or wherever corporate marketeers tell us the EPL is a fad. We dont do lampshades or carpets or meaningless ring tones supporting vast and impersonal corporate networks.

The new manager has to understand that. And of all people Alan Shearer does.

Who then are we?

We are The Rovers

[Hi Mack]

If we could get Shearer to agree that he wouldnt jump ship to the geordies then he may be worth a look.

Shearer would have no problem getting top european players, just wonder who his backroom team would be though

Good point!Maybe Kevin Gallacher(does he have any coaching badges?)

Colin Hendry as a coach?could be interesting?Tony Parkes?Berg?

All obviously total guesses!Still think allardyce is a dead cert!

Wouldnt suprise me if they'd set some sort of agreement up with

BFS already!

[iamarover]

No way Shearer would commit to that and if he did he would be a liar. Houllier would be good for me, damn decent bloke as well.

Great shout Houllier. But restricted budgets would that hold him back? Suppose France was different to liverpool. But would he need a UK figure and if so who?

[iamarover]

what a visual!!!

[roversmum]

Phew, iamarover.

I could almost hear you saying those words.

Worried about Shearer's experience - at least Hughes had been Manager of Wales - who would his team likely to be? (No, Dean Saunders, it is not you).

Went out in Rovers shirt today. People kept coming up to me all with the same worry. They do not want Big Sam. We do not want Big Sam. They had renewed their season tickets and would wish they hadn't if he was appointed possibly returning them/they had not renewed their season tickets and wouldn't be renewing if he was appointed.

Either would be a big, big gamble imo.

[tony gale's mic]

With the princely sum of £25k placed on Betfair re the Rovers job, it is safe to assume that a) most of the footy world couldnt give a monkey's cuss There has been little or no movement from JW and his board. The Chelsea market is c$2m and rising incidentally.

Yet still this is a magic job. £2m a year. God's Own Country to live in. Safe owners, top class facilities and a tip top message board to tap into once Rovers6 has been taken to the canteen by his carer.

Shearer just has to take this job. Newcastle is not around and his last press chat on the subject centred around his lack of managerial experience. Where else can he go? The BBC has just lost half of his coverage job and this is a middle aged man in a hurry. Signings? Well if Alan Shearer walked in your house to sign your son....Apart from the worry that a Gary Lineker (lookalikey msg board legal eds) was in tow looking to pop your missus or in extremis your mum in law, what is the likelihood of Super Shearer signing any lad within 2 miles of your house he fancied? 1100%. And he is incredibly well connected.

Provided (alleged)sex pest Lineker keeps away from his signing interviews this would be a truly global stunner.

But twas ever thus.

Bob Crompton. The Three 'D's'. Tony Field, Duncan Mackenzie. Steve Archibald. Ossie Ardiles. Kenny Dalglish. 1928. 1995. 2002. We have a history stretching back to the Victorian times of uncouth garb, strange oaths, and tweaking the tail of the metropolitan tigers.

Once again the town that London journos hate visiting, other football fans love patronising, rival clubs desire sniping and pilfering, will rise and bite back.

We are not a owned by a cruelly insensitive conglomerate, a rapacious Texan family, a hideous Flordian schtick, a murdering, looting sub continent delinquent, a dildo toting porno liar, nor a gun running, nicotine smuggling racketeer, nor the front for a VAT evading, tax scamming investment combo.

We are decent. Honest. Proud. Straight. Arte et fecking Labore. Down the line. None of the above.

We are independent of all that sewerage.

And we always will be. Because we are a town. Because we have small crowds. Because we have no capacity to grow or maximise, as the management consultants are telling our prospective 'buyers'. It is because of what we have is why we can never lose it. They can never ever take it away from us in the way that City have lost it. Our so called weakness is in fact our greatest protection. How many people are on here because they seriously expect Rovers to compete for the Champs Lge? None. We are fans because we love the club. Not because we crave TV glory.

And that is why they all secretly hate us. Hate us for our success in their shiny plastic stadia. Hate us for our lack of 0898 premium numbers or our indifference to a global tour to Nigeria or wherever corporate marketeers tell us the EPL is a fad. We dont do lampshades or carpets or meaningless ring tones supporting vast and impersonal corporate networks.

The new manager has to understand that. And of all people Alan Shearer does.

Who then are we?

We are The Rovers

Agree with large chunks of your post. But to draw the links between that and having a man who has a) never managed before and B ) struggles to sound remotely insightful as a TV pundit let alone a manager is tenuous at best.

[Paul Mellelieu]

Iamarover, you are quickly becoming a MB legend. That was brilliant.

We are decent. Honest. Proud. Straight. Arte et fecking Labore. Down the line. None of the above. I can see that on t-shirt.

[Kei]

With the princely sum of £25k placed on Betfair re the Rovers job, it is safe to assume that a) most of the footy world couldnt give a monkey's cuss There has been little or no movement from JW and his board. The Chelsea market is c$2m and rising incidentally.

Yet still this is a magic job. £2m a year. God's Own Country to live in. Safe owners, top class facilities and a tip top message board to tap into once Rovers6 has been taken to the canteen by his carer.

Shearer just has to take this job. Newcastle is not around and his last press chat on the subject centred around his lack of managerial experience. Where else can he go? The BBC has just lost half of his coverage job and this is a middle aged man in a hurry. Signings? Well if Alan Shearer walked in your house to sign your son....Apart from the worry that a Gary Lineker (lookalikey msg board legal eds) was in tow looking to pop your missus or in extremis your mum in law, what is the likelihood of Super Shearer signing any lad within 2 miles of your house he fancied? 1100%. And he is incredibly well connected.

Provided (alleged)sex pest Lineker keeps away from his signing interviews this would be a truly global stunner.

But twas ever thus.

Bob Crompton. The Three 'D's'. Tony Field, Duncan Mackenzie. Steve Archibald. Ossie Ardiles. Kenny Dalglish. 1928. 1995. 2002. We have a history stretching back to the Victorian times of uncouth garb, strange oaths, and tweaking the tail of the metropolitan tigers.

Once again the town that London journos hate visiting, other football fans love patronising, rival clubs desire sniping and pilfering, will rise and bite back.

We are not a owned by a cruelly insensitive conglomerate, a rapacious Texan family, a hideous Flordian schtick, a murdering, looting sub continent delinquent, a dildo toting porno liar, nor a gun running, nicotine smuggling racketeer, nor the front for a VAT evading, tax scamming investment combo.

We are decent. Honest. Proud. Straight. Arte et fecking Labore. Down the line. None of the above.

We are independent of all that sewerage.

And we always will be. Because we are a town. Because we have small crowds. Because we have no capacity to grow or maximise, as the management consultants are telling our prospective 'buyers'. It is because of what we have is why we can never lose it. They can never ever take it away from us in the way that City have lost it. Our so called weakness is in fact our greatest protection. How many people are on here because they seriously expect Rovers to compete for the Champs Lge? None. We are fans because we love the club. Not because we crave TV glory.

And that is why they all secretly hate us. Hate us for our success in their shiny plastic stadia. Hate us for our lack of 0898 premium numbers or our indifference to a global tour to Nigeria or wherever corporate marketeers tell us the EPL is a fad. We dont do lampshades or carpets or meaningless ring tones supporting vast and impersonal corporate networks.

The new manager has to understand that. And of all people Alan Shearer does.

Who then are we?

We are The Rovers

You nearly made me cry.................really though. They should put that up in the dressing room and all be made to read it before they walk out.

[RevidgeBlue]

Shearer could end up an unmitigated disaster and he certainly wouldnt take us to the next level,

Impossible to say that.

I have my doubts as well but he could be an absolutely inspired appointment.

Only time would tell.

[iamarover]

Iamarover, you are quickly becoming a MB legend. That was brilliant.

We are decent. Honest. Proud. Straight. Arte et fecking Labore. Down the line. None of the above. I can see that on t-shirt.

Well lets print some! Only if it is a workers collective naturally.

[bellamy11]

I normally hate ###### like that. Usually some half-arsed nonsense which is supposed to sound "passionate" and always ends with a cringeworthy COME ON ROVERS!!! at the end. Sometimes with that little picture of the kit. Urgh.

That, on the other hand, was brilliant. Really lifted me after a crappy day. Can a mod save it for when (if?) the Groobys ever come around again?

EDIT: Just to point out I was referring to iamarover's post on the previous page.

[RibbleValleyRover]

who would his team likely to be? (No, Dean Saunders, it is not you).

Good question. Mike Newell's name has been banded around a lot, from what i gather Shearer and Newell are pretty close.

I would think Shearer would have to have some more experienced staff though to assist him.

Went out in Rovers shirt today. People kept coming up to me all with the same worry. They do not want Big Sam. We do not want Big Sam. They had renewed their season tickets and would wish they hadn't if he was appointed/they had not renewed their season tickets and wouldn't be renewing if he was appointed.

Everyone i have spoken to has felt the same and i have to agree, don't want him anywhere near the club.

I'm hoping we get a few more candidates in the frame that will allow Williams a bigger list to go over and interview. The more the better for me as we have to get it right.

[RevidgeBlue]

The only further news is that I believe Sam Allardyce has already met John Williams. That's yet to be confirmed, but I'm quite confident on the info because of the source. I don't think it means he is getting it, but he is obviously in the frame.

My gut reaction when I heard the Williams "no rush" comments was that Allardyce was probably the initial first choice but that they had possibly met up since as was rumoured and things maybe hadn't gone as well as expected.

[tony gale's mic]

Impossible to say that.

I have my doubts as well but he could be an absolutely inspired appointment.

Only time would tell.

He's far more likely to be a disaster though. The man has had no coaching experience whatsoever, Hughes was in charge of Wales for 5 years before he joined us - the perfect way to cut his teeth really. Have a relatively high profile job and deal with tactics, formations, man management, scouting for talent etc without the stress of the day-to-day.

Shearer has had no experience, zilch and appointing someone like him when things could go badly wrong for us anyway would be an extremely rash move. We might be seventh but one bad managerial appointment and we're on the precipice. Maybe as an assistant, I'd support that, but not as a manager.

I'd rather have Fat Sam. And I REALLY don't want Fat Sam.

[roversmum]

I won't be afraid to admit it if I'm wrong, but I do feel Shearer hasn't at the moment got the tenacity for the job. He's been larking around with this punditry which takes little effort and apparently doing after dinner speeches and golf stuff - nothing too taxing. Managing a Premiership Football Club is an entirely different kettle of fish. It could all go wrong very quickly and disastrously.