[Archived] Next Manager Part 2

[dwayne cage]

I think its obvious then if we are going to approach Holloway that only crap managers applied for the Rovers job, what happened to the candidates approaching us for the job?

Obviously no serious candidates wanted to approach.

[John]

The fact we have not approached anyone yet suggests there is maybe a split about who to go for.

[yoda]

The fact we have not approached anyone yet suggests there is maybe a split about who to go for.

NEVER, the venkys split on something, how could you possibly suggest such a scenario

[G Somerset Rover]

Surely we should be interviewing a few candidates? If our clueless owners finally do get to speak to somebody then chances are one or both of the parties won't want to take it any further.

[roversR4ever]

I think its obvious then if we are going to approach Holloway that only crap managers applied for the Rovers job, what happened to the candidates approaching us for the job?

Obviously no serious candidates wanted to approach.

Maybe they expected to be able to get Sherwood, but hes turned them down or its going to cost them more than they expected to get him. If its going to cost that much perhaps they think if they are going to have to pay good money they then might as well try and get Holloway who they could view as the better option.

Maybe they think Holloway is better than any of the candidates.

Who knows, its just impossible to guess.

[wellesbourne]

We need a proven manager who has handled this type of situation before....bring back Tony Parkes FFS.

[Mercer]

LT Holloway article:

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/blackburn_rovers/news/9984709.Blackpool_boss_Ian_Holloway_on_Rovers_radar/?ref=twt

It's really simple Singh, Shaw & Agnew, if you want him, just go and feckin get him !

IMO, getting Holloway out of Blackpool will be nowhere near as expensive as some folk fear. I think its a case of having the b @ a l l s to square up to Oyston and force his hand on something where his grip is probably not as tight as he would like it to be. Whether Singh, Shaw & Agnew are up to that is another matter

[my_name_is_Earl]

Guess we will see just how much Venky's want Holloway. My fear is Singh screwing it up, seems as though everybody else involved would love to have him at Ewood, but he's after his puppet.

Hopefully Singh has pulled his finger out of his backside today. No manager in by Derby arouses a lot of suspicion.

[dr_awol]

My guess would be that because this process is taking along time theirs not much to write about so the press have to make up names.

Cant see why Holloway would leave Blackpool especially not while the Illuminations are on.

[chaddyrovers]

if we want Holloway, we have to go and get him.

does Holloway hav a release clause in contract?

[chris_h]

I think its obvious then if we are going to approach Holloway that only crap managers applied for the Rovers job, what happened to the candidates approaching us for the job?

Obviously no serious candidates wanted to approach.

Yeah obviously.

I'm drawn to this thread by it's siren call and then when I've read the drivel on it I realise that 5 minutes of my life have been dashed on the coral.

[den]

OK - a question.

There used to be a gentleman's agreement between PL chairmen that clubs wouldn't approach other club's managers during the season. So, did this agreement cover all the leagues ..... and is it still in existence?

[SydneyRover]

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/9984695.Mick_McCarthy_enters_talks_with_Burnley/?ref=la

So Bolton and Burnley are speaking to McCarthy...what the hell are we doing? I would support Holloway's appointment, but McCarthy is arguably the better candidate.

[martonrover]

The fact we have not approached anyone yet suggests there is maybe a split about who to go for.

Too many cooks, including dithery Derek who sounds like the woman on Coronation Street who 'doesn't rightly know'.

[chaddyrovers]

OK - a question.

There used to be a gentleman's agreement between PL chairmen that clubs wouldn't approach other club's managers during the season. So, did this agreement cover all the leagues ..... and is it still in existence?

dont think so.

[RoverScot]

LT Holloway article:

http://www.lancashir..._radar/?ref=twt

It's really simple Singh, Shaw & Agnew, if you want him, just go and feckin get him !

IMO, getting Holloway out of Blackpool will be nowhere near as expensive as some folk fear. I think its a case of having the b @ a l l s to square up to Oyston and force his hand on something where his grip is probably not as tight as he would like it to be. Whether Singh, Shaw & Agnew are up to that is another matter

I agree, Sherwood signed a long term deal recently on good money and therefore Levy can ask for a hefty compensation bill. Holloway and most of the Blackpool team are on (comparatively for football) low wage short term deals. How can he refuse permission if a good compensatory offer is made? There is probably a release clause in the contract somewhere too, so if they make an offer we could talk to him alot more easily than Sherwood and Levy.

[bob fleming]

Cant see why Holloway would leave Blackpool especially not while the Illuminations are on.

Good point well made. I've just checked - they finish on 4th November. That must be the delay. No way in the world is Holloway going to turn his back on that visual spectacular.

[mhead]

Just visualising the Interview and the strange individuals in the Interview 'team' and I can see the potential Manager thinking....."best avoid-this smells"

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Holloway slagged the V's off to high heaven about the running of our club,would be surprised if he came here.

I have a feeling we are going to be running into a lot of brick walls.....

[RibbleValleyRover]

I can't see Holloway coming, so it's just a time wasting exercise. He already has a team that will be contenders for promotion and are playing his style of football. Going to a team that isn't flexible enough to play the way he would want to and has all the internal strife going on in the background surely can't be an attractive proposition?

[dwayne cage]

If it's true Bolton and Burnley are in talks with Mick McCarthy then it is possible we could have been first to get into the new manager race and the last to finish.

In my opinion Black will have two more games in charge before we get a new manager or Black actually gets the job.

Then Shebby will pass gas and people will sing how nice it smells.

[Roost]

I think that the Holloway info is another smokescreen to try and draw out time until Saturday, where a positive result may well see our resident bullshitter Shebby Singh announce that Eric Black is the man for the job.

It's embarrassing that both Bolton & Burnley are well on with their replacement whilst it took us well over a week to draw up a short list. God help us, when we have buffoons making decisions and gullible supporters swallowing the spin.

[slater7]

Beckham as Player- Manager, with Judan Ali as assistant. You know it makes sense

[RevidgeBlue]

Unless the press reports about interest in Holloway are a ploy by Rovers to ascertain whether he is interested in the role then we really are being painfully slow about matters. How can we still be dithering about whether to even make an approach to someone after 16 days? If we're interested, make the approach. What's the worst that can happen?

We're acting like a terrified schoolboy who daren't ask a girl out for fear of rejection at the moment.

In any event, apart from what Alan Nixon says all the other indications are that he wouldn't be interested

anyway so we might have to start again from scratch.

Get on with it Rovers!

[RoverScot]

This is from the BBC Sportsday live:

Ian Holloway emerges as a leading candidate to replace Steve Kean as manager of Blackburn Rovers, reports BBC Sport's Ben Smith.

The Blackpool manager is understood to be on the Ewood Park club's shortlist alongside Tottenham director Tim Sherwood and former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

With Tottenham resistant to negotiating Sherwood's departure, Blackburn are weighing up an approach for Holloway.