[Archived] Gary Bowyer

[chaddyrovers]

I must admit that I would be very happy if Gary got the job. I suspect that the owners will be looking at developing the younger players rather than spending money on established players and in that respect Gary already has a good knowledge of the potential we have in the likes of O'Sullivan, Raheem Hanley, Anthony O'Connor, Ryan Edwards, Jack O'Connell, Hugo and Forrester. The area that will no doubt test Gary will be bringing players in as he has spent his career working in youth football and may lack the contacts of a more experienced manager. It is a gamble in some ways but one which I'm happier with than some of the names mentioned in the past.

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O'Sullivan has said on twitter that he will be here next season along with Matthew Urwin. Edwards and Hugo must be in the first team squad next season for sure

It appears that Bowyer met the owners yesterday, so I assume that means that he will be confirmed as manager in the near future.

I would have liked a more experienced manager, but then again I don't trust Venky's to make the right decision so we are probably better off with Bowyer. There is some rubbish in this thread about Bowyer I can tell you that he is genuinely a very nice guy, who cares deeply about the club and players respect him. If he thought that he couldn't take the club forward he wouldn't have taken the job. He has already shown that he is capable of getting results and with finances likely to be very tight from now on, his knowledge of the younger players at Rovers and at other clubs could be invaluable (ie getting players like Kane on loan).

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hopefully Kane will be his first signing on loan. hopefully Jones will sign permanent aswell.

hopefully GB will look at Luke Murphy from Crewe who is very good midfielder who could made the step up from League 1 to the championship. very similar player to Ashley Westwood who went to Villa last summer.

also we need to look at Free transfer players. plus loans from clubs from Man City, Man Utd and Chelsea

Hope GB can develop Rochina into the player we need and want to see.

[broadsword]

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O'Sullivan has said on twitter that he will be here next season along with Matthew Urwin. Edwards and Hugo must be in the first team squad next season for sure

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hopefully Kane will be his first signing on loan. hopefully Jones will sign permanent aswell.

hopefully GB will look at Luke Murphy from Crewe who is very good midfielder who could made the step up from League 1 to the championship. very similar player to Ashley Westwood who went to Villa last summer.

Hugo Fernandes? I thought he'd left?

[T4E]

I must admit that I would be very happy if Gary got the job. I suspect that the owners will be looking at developing the younger players rather than spending money on established players and in that respect Gary already has a good knowledge of the potential we have in the likes of O'Sullivan, Raheem Hanley, Anthony O'Connor, Ryan Edwards, Jack O'Connell, Hugo and Forrester. The area that will no doubt test Gary will be bringing players in as he has spent his career working in youth football and may lack the contacts of a more experienced manager. It is a gamble in some ways but one which I'm happier with than some of the names mentioned in the past.

Given the author of this post I'm even more positive about GB.

[chaddyrovers]

Hugo Fernandes? I thought he'd left?

nope not yet

think he will be back at Rovers next season. he wants to play for the club

his twitter account https://twitter.com/Hugo18Fernandez

[Rover_Shaun]

Berg meh

Appleton meh

Bowyer meh

We will not make the play offs next season under Bowyer and the next over-promoted yes man that takes over from him.

Lessons learnt? ZERO

[jim mk2]

I respect your views Parson but how many youth team players actually make it to regular first team places. If any two of the players you've named play any significant part in the next seasons games I'll be surprised. I remember Marlon Broomes being touted as the next Bobby Moore, something went wrong there.

Our record in the transfer market over the last 2 and a 1/2 year has been nothing short of disasterous. Success and failure in the transfer market is the be all and end all for clubs in our situation. I'm not sure this latest appointment will address this problem.

Well, they got Jordan Rhodes right and it's a good job they did otherwise we might be in the third division now. Yakubu was another excellent signing. However assuming he is appointed Bowyer cannot rely on a load of youngsters if we are to stay in this division and he has to get it right in the transfer market this summer because the squad desperately needs an overhaul. It's a big ask of an inexperienced manager who probably doesn't have many contacts in the game.

[den]

Like I posted earlier, the fans (or some of them), are allowing themselves and their ambitions to be dragged down because of the malaise that surrounds the club. It doesn't matter which league you're in, you should - and must strive to do the best you possibly can. Even during the bleak years we managed to attract the Jim Smiths, the Gordon Lee's, the bobby Saxtons, the Ken Furphy's of this world. We even managed to attract Howard Kendall. We could quite easily have settled for the academy coach in those days, but we always tried to move forwards by looking around, taking advice and drawing up a short list. We tried to attract the best young managers that we could.

Now, apparently we're throwing the towel in, accepting that absolutely no one other than Gary Bowyer, DJ Campbell and someone from Yeovil would consider coming here.

[Rover_Shaun]

If it happens Den all we can do is cross everything and pray. To be wrong will be a pleasure

[RockinRover]

Okay guys, name a better available manager that you actually think we could attract to the club in it's current state? I think you'll struggle so can you imagine how badly the idiots running the club will be struggling?

Personally I think Gary Bowyer's going to be the best manager we've had since Big Sam left simply because he has a full head of hair.

[Majiball]

Okay guys, name a better available manager that you actually think we could attract to the club in it's current state? I think you'll struggle so can you imagine how badly the idiots running the club will be struggling?

Personally I think Gary Bowyer's going to be the best manager we've had since Big Sam left simply because he has a full head of hair.

Sir Alex Ferguson?

[blueboy3333]

Berg meh

Appleton meh

Bowyer meh

We will not make the play offs next season under Bowyer and the next over-promoted yes man that takes over from him.

Lessons learnt? ZERO

you said we'd defo go down though so there's a good chance bowyer will achieve automatic promotion!

Hugo Fernandes? I thought he'd left?

that was one of Philiips classic 'rumours'. There will be lots of these over the summer.

[Tom]

The argument that he is good with the youngsters is a fair point but also has a slight negative, who then takes over that role and ensures they keep coming through? Maybe we would be better keeping him in that role

I respect parsonblue's word on footballing matters on here as highly as anyone's along with the likes of Majiball and a couple of others but I still worry if the transition to caretaker / friend of the players to manager can be a smooth one.

He seemingly has the footballing brain to do it but it can take more than that

Fingers crossed

[martonrover]

Like I posted earlier, the fans (or some of them), are allowing themselves and their ambitions to be dragged down because of the malaise that surrounds the club. It doesn't matter which league you're in, you should - and must strive to do the best you possibly can. Even during the bleak years we managed to attract the Jim Smiths, the Gordon Lee's, the bobby Saxtons, the Ken Furphy's of this world. We even managed to attract Howard Kendall. We could quite easily have settled for the academy coach in those days, but we always tried to move forwards by looking around, taking advice and drawing up a short list. We tried to attract the best young managers that we could.

Now, apparently we're throwing the towel in, accepting that absolutely no one other than Gary Bowyer, DJ Campbell and someone from Yeovil would consider coming here.

I share these sentiments and it shows how bad things are when people are happy with an appointment like this.

Assuming Bowyer does get it I wish him every success & hope he exceeds expectations.

Unfortunately he's already hampered by having people unfit to be called muppets to answer to.

[chris_h]

you said we'd defo go down though so there's a good chance bowyer will achieve automatic promotion!

that was one of Philiips classic 'rumours'. There will be lots of these over the summer.

Great

[chris_h]

Like I posted earlier, the fans (or some of them), are allowing themselves and their ambitions to be dragged down because of the malaise that surrounds the club. It doesn't matter which league you're in, you should - and must strive to do the best you possibly can. Even during the bleak years we managed to attract the Jim Smiths, the Gordon Lee's, the bobby Saxtons, the Ken Furphy's of this world. We even managed to attract Howard Kendall. We could quite easily have settled for the academy coach in those days, but we always tried to move forwards by looking around, taking advice and drawing up a short list. We tried to attract the best young managers that we could.

Now, apparently we're throwing the towel in, accepting that absolutely no one other than Gary Bowyer, DJ Campbell and someone from Yeovil would consider coming here.

Ken Furphy was before my time as were Gordon Lee's early days but I'm pretty sure he wasn't the sort of name clubs were looking to 'attract'. Didn't he come from Chesterfield/Mansfield somewhere of that ilk? Likewise Bob Saxton was at Plymouth. Howard Kendall, distinguished playing career aside, would have been pretty much like Bowyer in that Rovers was his first managerial job.

Even given that we didn't exactly attract these names by a process of scouting and fighting off rivals we were still a respected, well run if impoverished club with a rich heritage. All we have now is the heritage so I'd say 'attracting' managers would be very difficult with the added handicap of being a laughing stock. if we did attract an ambitious 'up and comer' he would as much a risk as Bowyer given that Bowyer has extensive knowledge of the club and it's players.

My point is that no manager with the relevant skills, experience, contacts or reputation would come anywhere us in our current state. Gary Bowyer has got the job largely by default but has done well by the club and deserves encouragement. Bellyaching about the guy before he's even got the job hardly helps anybody. As for lambasting him for what he calls Desai, that is the sort of thing that the media will love to focus on and earn Rovers fans an even poorer reputation.

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[RevidgeBlue]

Like I posted earlier, the fans (or some of them), are allowing themselves and their ambitions to be dragged down because of the malaise that surrounds the club. It doesn't matter which league you're in, you should - and must strive to do the best you possibly can. Even during the bleak years we managed to attract the Jim Smiths, the Gordon Lee's, the bobby Saxtons, the Ken Furphy's of this world. We even managed to attract Howard Kendall. We could quite easily have settled for the academy coach in those days, but we always tried to move forwards by looking around, taking advice and drawing up a short list. We tried to attract the best young managers that we could.

Now, apparently we're throwing the towel in, accepting that absolutely no one other than Gary Bowyer, DJ Campbell and someone from Yeovil would consider coming here.

I understand the sentiment behind your post but hindsight is a wonderful thing and at the time those guys you mention were appointed it was far from the case of appointing managerial superstars a la Dalglish..

Can't honestly remember where Furphy came from, Lee came from Port Vale, Saxton from Plymouth (and wasn't particularly successful imo) Smith had been at Colchester and before that Boston United.

Howard Kendall hadn't even managed before he came here. It would be a bit like us appointing Paul Scholes solely on the basis he was a fantastic midfielder. I'm sure that would meet with plenty of opposition from the fans.

[broadsword]

Wasn't Furphy from Sheff Utd, and he brought Tony Field with him?

[chris_h]

Wasn't Furphy from Sheff Utd, and he brought Tony Field with him?

I think he went there and took Field.

[Parsonblue]

Wasn't Furphy from Sheff Utd, and he brought Tony Field with him?

Furphy came from Watford and brought Terry Garbett with him. He went to Sheffield United and took Field, Garbett and David Bradford with him.

[thenodrog]

Already the knives are out for Bowyer. ffs, he hasn't even got the job yet. He was the only realistic candidate given that no manager of any repute would work for Venkys.

He'd better be in the top two by Xmas, or the likes of roverandout will be droning on an on about 'madamegate'.

If they were out in numbers for a top Premier league manager like Allardyce then I think Bowyer will know exactly what to expect from certain sections of the Ewood 'faithful'.

[EgyptianPete]

Berg meh

Appleton meh

Bowyer meh

We will not make the play offs next season under Bowyer and the next over-promoted yes man that takes over from him.

Lessons learnt? ZERO

Change the record please

[thenodrog]

Of course he's not going to turn it down, going from Reserve Team Manager to Manager is an opportunity that is hardly ever seen in football. The money of course will play a factor, that and he knows his personal reputation won't be damaged much as the reputation of the club as a whole is pretty poor and seen as unprofessional.

The situation is pretty clear overall, it's promotion or bust this season. Fans should to put their hand on their heart and ask themselves do you think Rovers will get promoted this season under Bowyer? The answer is a clear no to me.

Berg meh

Appleton meh

Bowyer meh

We will not make the play offs next season under Bowyer and the next over-promoted yes man that takes over from him.

Lessons learnt? ZERO

Given the season that we have just had plus the fact that the parachute money is being frittered on massively overpaid has-beens and their assorted agents and hangers on still lurking in the shadows, and given that the supporters are packing their bags and Ewood will sound like a public baths on home matches next season I hardly think promotion is a likely scenario, SO do you two optimists think that we will be relegated under Bowyer? That being imo a far more pertinent question.

[thenodrog]

Ken Furphy was before my time as were Gordon Lee's early days but I'm pretty sure he wasn't the sort of name clubs were looking to 'attract'. Didn't he come from Chesterfield/Mansfield somewhere of that ilk? Likewise Bob Saxton was at Plymouth. Howard Kendall, distinguished playing career aside, would have been pretty much like Bowyer in that Rovers was his first managerial job.

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Howard Kendall came as player / manager and a superb player and captain he was too! Closest comparison were if we could attract the likes of Phillip Neville or Paul Scholes to be player / manager. (Not sure Scholesy is management material mind but Neville could easily be).

P.S....... Sorry Rev just noted that you made a similar point.

[Rover_Shaun]

Relgation? I don't think so.

Just for Egyptpete I will remove my brain and become a Rovers Fan for one day and toss myself silly over the prospect of yet another wet behing the ears novice being made manager.

Rovers, and some fans, are like Bart in the episode of the Simpsons where Lisa electocuted her hamster to try to train him, and did the same to Bart. The hamster learnt but Bart didn't

[thenodrog]

Wasn't Furphy from Sheff Utd, and he brought Tony Field with him?

The exact opposite.

Given the season that we have just had plus the fact that the parachute money is being frittered on massively overpaid has-beens and their assorted agents and hangers on still lurking in the shadows, and given that the supporters are packing their bags and Ewood will sound like a public baths on home matches next season I hardly think promotion is a likely scenario, SO do you two optimists think that we will be relegated under Bowyer? That being imo a far more pertinent question.

Relgation? I don't think so.

So being that promotion is a pipe dream thats that then. Bowyer will be cheap too! Done deal