[Archived] Post Kean - Next Manager

[Batman.]

MON is currently fav on skysports poll to take over at Forest

Skysports poll? Damn, guess now it's just time to wait until Twitter confirms the appointment.

[Hughesy]

Shocked people want McLaren.....he blames the board but he has taken a very decent team from being top 8 to shocking. Then blames the board, despite signing a couple of handy championship players.

Dont want the wally with the brolly anywhere near us.

Rafa, MON, Hughes, Ancelotti - Any of those 4 for me and id be VERY HAPPY!

[vyeo]

Shocked people want McLaren.....he blames the board but he has taken a very decent team from being top 8 to shocking. Then blames the board, despite signing a couple of handy championship players.

Dont want the wally with the brolly anywhere near us.

Rafa, MON, Hughes, Ancelotti - Any of those 4 for me and id be VERY HAPPY!

We'd all be happy with one of these four, but they all cost serious money, which means there is a very low chance that they would be appointed IF kean is no longer manager. It seems like the board is determined not to sack him, and his skin unfortunately appears to be so thick that he would continue holding out.

[T4E]

Dol did well at Leeds until the book and well at villa . he actually got villa to sixth with no cash. oneil never did better but spent millions. anyone would be better. than. kean at this moment. in time

Villa finished 6th 3 seasons in a row under MON - that's better.

He's the obvious choice, a great manager and another example of how a managers stock can fall for no apparent reason just because they're out of the game for a while.

[s_simpson_9]

*cough* Owen coyle *cough*

I all seriousness, what's happened to the Messiah.

Coyle is a joke by the way ...

[koi]

Shocked people want McLaren.....he blames the board but he has taken a very decent team from being top 8 to shocking. Then blames the board, despite signing a couple of handy championship players.

Dont want the wally with the brolly anywhere near us.

Rafa, MON, Hughes, Ancelotti - Any of those 4 for me and id be VERY HAPPY!

Yes, four good names and four that wouldn't come, except Rafa, did he not sign a contract or summat??

[Gav]

Steve McLaren is another coach thats just about got by as a manager, we don't want him surely, but I'd take him tomorrow over Kean.

I can see Venkys going for a foreign manager, something like the Christian Gross appointment at Spurs, an appointment out of the blue and cheap as chips.

IMO you can forget Hughes, Bentiez etc etc, pie in the sky, and both wouldn’t take too kindly to the brother Roa trying to make marquee signings behind their backs.

[broadsword]

Steve McLaren is another coach thats just about got by as a manager, we don't want him surely, but I'd take him tomorrow over Kean.

I can see Venkys going for a foreign manager, something like the Christian Gross appointment at Spurs, an appointment out of the blue and cheap as chips.

Who's the current manager of Pune FC?

Or maybe they'll bring in the production line supervisor from Patak's.

[Jimmy612]

Villa finished 6th 3 seasons in a row under MON - that's better.

He's the obvious choice, a great manager and another example of how a managers stock can fall for no apparent reason just because they're out of the game for a while.

He spent millions at Villa, 120 to be exact. And he walked out on Lerner when he didn't back him. No chance he would work with Venkys!

This is the problem we have. Hughesy has just mentioned O'Neill, Benitez, Hughes and god knows who else. They will never come and work for Venkys.

Not only this but look at the staff behind the scenes. With JW and TF at the club, they would be very useful at tempting various managers to the club e.g Hughes, Souness, Allardyce. Who will be holding the interviews and convincing any manager that Blackburn are an attractive proposition?

The problems at this club do not just end with Steve Kean, they go much deeper imo

[John]

True, any relatively proven manager will realise the importance of having a good chairman – usually an important factor, if a club is going to be successful, is the relationship between manager/chairman/board.

Not sure if Venny has what it takes….

[BiggusLaddus]

Shocked people want McLaren.....he blames the board but he has taken a very decent team from being top 8 to shocking. Then blames the board, despite signing a couple of handy championship players.

Dont want the wally with the brolly anywhere near us.

Rafa, MON, Hughes, Ancelotti - Any of those 4 for me and id be VERY HAPPY!

Signed a couple of handy players, lost 9 and was refused two loan signings because their wages would be too high. All after being appointed in the summer with the expectation of pushing on for automatic promotion.

Compare and contrast the fortunes of Middlesbrough before and after his departure.

Of your list only O'Neil is possibly realistic. Ancelotti? Come on.

[CAPT KAYOS]

Under a more realistic thinking.

What do people think of Ray WIlkins - not as manager but as sidekick/no 2?

Also what is Zola doing nowadays - thought he was doing ok at spam and got treated very poorly - good shout or shot down in fire?

[DeadlyDirk]

He spent millions at Villa, 120 to be exact. And he walked out on Lerner when he didn't back him. No chance he would work with Venkys!

This is the problem we have. Hughesy has just mentioned O'Neill, Benitez, Hughes and god knows who else. They will never come and work for Venkys.

Not only this but look at the staff behind the scenes. With JW and TF at the club, they would be very useful at tempting various managers to the club e.g Hughes, Souness, Allardyce. Who will be holding the interviews and convincing any manager that Blackburn are an attractive proposition?

The problems at this club do not just end with Steve Kean, they go much deeper imo

I agree with you there about the reason why he wouldn't want to work with Venky's.

Unfortunately it's similiar reasons which also lead me to believe that Hughes will never return to the club, at least not under the current owners anyway.

I was having a chat with a friend who has been working for Fulham for the last 4 or 5 years, he does a lot of work involved in promoting the club, trying to raise the profile, increasing commericial links etc.

I asked him how things were going now with the new manager (Jol) in charge and he said it was great and very much like the days under Hodgson. Both men are more than happy apparantley to help out in terms of all the background stuff, being as involved as possible, attending the meetings, doing Q and A sessions with them and so on.

So after his positives about Hodgson and Jol I asked him what abut Hughes? He said that Hughes was totally different, wasn't interested in all of the background stuff, and that was not his main duties and he has far more important work to do in terms of simply being the manager of the playing staff and leading his coaches and scouting team etc. My friends exact final words were, "All he cares about is what happens on the pitch and isn't interested in the rest.".

So ironically right now that's exactly what we need, a lot of detail and attention being paid to what's happening on the pitch, but with Venky's plans to increase their brand and profile etc I would have thought Hughes must be a million miles away from the sort of manager they want.

Having said all of that Fulham were obviously pretty disappointed with the way Hughes left the club so that may well have swayed his opinion a little.

But still not to compare them too much as they are very different managers but Hughes is much more in the mould of an Allardyce than a Kean in my opinion and Allardyce certainly didn't get much of a chance under Venky's.

Under a more realistic thinking.

What do people think of Ray WIlkins - not as manager but as sidekick/no 2?

Also what is Zola doing nowadays - thought he was doing ok at spam and got treated very poorly - good shout or shot down in fire?

Call me crazy but I had a dream last night that we did bring in Ray Wilkins as number 2, working underneath ....... Glenn Hoddle.

Surprisingly I can't even say I'd be against the idea, the more I've thought about it the more I think it could possibly work.

But yeh maybe I'm just thinking anything would be better than Kean!

[Billy Castell]

To slightly misquote the 18th Century philosopher Rousseau, McClaren is not the answer. He's crap, and always has been. Mishter Brolly would be only slightly better than Kean. Ray Wilkins would be a good assistant manager to the next guy, though Hoddle would not inspire me as manager. O'Neill and Rafa would also be good, but they would want lots of transfer funds, and the former may walk out in a huff if they are not forthcoming. Ancelotti is just a fantasy. We'll end up with Aidy Boothroyd or Iain Dowie knowing Venky's.

[roversmad95]

Under a more realistic thinking.

What do people think of Ray WIlkins - not as manager but as sidekick/no 2?

Also what is Zola doing nowadays - thought he was doing ok at spam and got treated very poorly - good shout or shot down in fire?

Wilkins as no2 yeah that would be great but not zola...

Maybe Shearer, Souness or MON but someone that will inspire/put a rocket up the lads a**e ...

Come on Venky's we need some positive action...

[Guest Rovers4Good]

Shearer would be a s**t boss for us and a backward step.

Anyone with a Premier League pedigree would be great but i won't hold my breathe.

[T4E]

He spent millions at Villa, 120 to be exact. And he walked out on Lerner when he didn't back him. No chance he would work with Venkys!

This is the problem we have. Hughesy has just mentioned O'Neill, Benitez, Hughes and god knows who else. They will never come and work for Venkys.

Not only this but look at the staff behind the scenes. With JW and TF at the club, they would be very useful at tempting various managers to the club e.g Hughes, Souness, Allardyce. Who will be holding the interviews and convincing any manager that Blackburn are an attractive proposition?

The problems at this club do not just end with Steve Kean, they go much deeper imo

Villa wasn't O'Neill's only job. I believe he would have done just as well there on a smaller budget, just my opinion.

I think he'd be interested, he's been out of work for a while and is a highly motivated guy. I'd like to see it happen.

[chaddyrovers]

Shearer would be a s**t boss for us and a backward step.

Anyone with a Premier League pedigree would be great but i won't hold my breathe.

I agree that Rovers NEED PL experience manager to come in and sort us out and get points on the board.

I disagree with u that Shearer would be a rubbish boss. Shearer is good enough and clever enough to know that you need experience next to you when he are a rookie manager. He would have PL experience number 2 next to him. This is where Kean has gone wrong since day 1 at rovers!!!

You can't judge a manager who was call on when Newcastle were in deep trouble and the manager just had a heartattack and they were 8 games left to save them.

[Guest Rovers4Good]

I agree that Rovers NEED PL experience manager to come in and sort us out and get points on the board.

I disagree with u that Shearer would be a rubbish boss. Shearer is good enough and clever enough to know that you need experience next to you when he are a rookie manager. He would have PL experience number 2 next to him. This is where Kean has gone wrong since day 1 at rovers!!!

You can't judge a manager who was call on when Newcastle were in deep trouble and the manager just had a heartattack and they were 8 games left to save them.

I'm just going off what i see.

Not really sure there'll be many managers throwing themselves at the Rovers job knowing full well what's going on behind the scenes.

[koi]

There's always Curbishley.

[LeChuck]

There's always Curbishley.

He's the only realistic option who has recent, proven success in the Premier League on a limited budget.

I'd love O'Neill but I don't think he'd even consider working for us. Lerner couldn't satisfy his ambition yet paid £24 million for Bent a few months after O'Neill left. Rewrite that sentence with "Hughes" and "£10 million for Bryan Ruiz" to rule Hughes out as well.

Ancelloti and Benitez is pure fantasy. Neither has the need to risk their reputations by taking on the issues we have. Even if we were sat in the upper half of the table I doubt they'd give us a second glance.

[DP]

Villa wasn't O'Neill's only job. I believe he would have done just as well there on a smaller budget, just my opinion.

I think he'd be interested, he's been out of work for a while and is a highly motivated guy. I'd like to see it happen.

Unfortunately he could well end up at Forest now. Then we get the wally in... if the other wally ever goes that is!

[jim mk2]

Blackburn Rovers under Venky's is now a toxic brand. None of the names mentioned above would touch us apart from perhaps McClaren, whose own reputation has also been damaged and is said to be seeking employment abroad. Curbishley has been out of football too long. If Venky's do decide to ditch Kean I think they will go for some cheap foreign coach who has had some success in the Albanian third division or similar. That's what our club has come to.

[chaddyrovers]

I'm just going off what i see.

Not really sure there'll be many managers throwing themselves at the Rovers job knowing full well what's going on behind the scenes.

I somewhere agree agree with you.

What I was saying is when you are a rookie maanger you put experience staff around you. Look at what Hughes did when he became rovers manager, he brought in Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki who has experience as a coaches and in the PL. Plus they worked with him when Hughes was the Wales manager but He brougt in coaches he knows and work with.

I just don't think Kean should be the manager of rovers anymore. He has taken a side that finish 10th to second bottom in the league in just 10 months of being in charge

We need a PL experience manager in NOW. The most likely choice is now Alan Curbishley.

Maybe Hughes or O'Neill but would want a big transfer budget and would he work for these owners we just don't know.

Rafa could be a choice but he did turned us down in the summer.

Other option is Glenn Hoddle but I can't see him wanting to leave his acamedy at the minute.

So maybe a foriegn manager choices could be Bilic, Schuster or Ronald Koeman but NONE of these have PL maangerial experience so what be a massive gamble to take for me.

[miqaayil]

i'm still hoping for

johan cryuff , frank rijkaard , shuster , micheal laudrup ..... someone who can nurture young players ...