Which utterly brilliant manager will we be delighted to welcome next?

[oldjamfan1]

1 minute ago, Wegerleswiggle said:

I would love Ted Lasso as manager. "Believe". Plus he got Richmond automatic promotion at the first time of asking

Yeah but he had relegated them so no better than Mowbray really 😉

[roverandout]

Rather have Mike bassett

[tomphil]

Dunn might be a modern day legend to a lot of fans but hes had enough out of this club and he fired off from his coaching role to sell buildings or something.

We need to move forwards not take easy lazy options and move backwards.

[rigger]

11 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Pete was being sarcastic chaddy

And some fell on stoney ground.

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Rather have Mike bassett

Rather have Bertie Bassett

 

[roverandout]

Anyone heard the story of when Dunn got the Oldham manager job. They didn't have an office so he paid for a porta cabin delivered to the ground.  So he could have his own personal office. The Oldham owner when he sacked Dunn refused to let him take it. So Dunn payed for one of those cranes to have it taken away. Dunn then gave it to a school, in great Harwood I think so they could use it

[Danny O.Brien]

22 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Rather have Mike bassett

We've already got hedges. 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Danny O.Brien said:

We've already got hedges. 

And benson!

[G Somerset Rover]

40 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Dunn might be a modern day legend to a lot of fans but hes had enough out of this club and he fired off from his coaching role to sell buildings or something.

We need to move forwards not take easy lazy options and move backwards.

It really will tip me over the edge if it's a Grayson/Dunn combo, with the club and majority of our non-messageboard fanbase eulogising over it due to their ties with Rovers.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[Hullrover]

16 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

 Missing the point, which is that Watford have acted swiftly

To be fair, they have acted swiftly 11 times since Mowbray was appointed.

[pomster]

I’ve come to the conclusion i’m not thinking of a preferred manager, i know that Sods Law states i’m probably going to be disappointed 
What i do know though, is that, whatever happens in the next few weeks i like many more people, i will decide on me parting with anymore of my hard earned.
 

Edited May 12, 2022 by pomster

[roversfan99]

3 hours ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Didn't Mowbray have us on relegation form. If you took the 2nd half of his 2 last season's here I think we'd be bottom? 

Seasons are over 46 games, not specific parts of a season added together and extrapolated to suit an agenda. Conversely if you added the points from each of the last 2 first half of the seasons I guess we would be comfortably in the play offs.

5 hours ago, roverandout said:

Being a Rovers supporter is a huge plus. He will know the fans frustration having sat in the stadium he will know what the fans expect.  He'll also not sit on his hands if the players aren't performing. He's not my first choice but I wouldn’t be against it. Preston and Blackpool have benefited from novice coaches at this level. Farke Is still my number 1 choice 

What does a Rovers supporter want that is any different from fans of any other team? To see our team win games.

3 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

The snobbery around lower league / untested managers in here is odd considering most of us genuinely believe that we know something about football. Laziness at best…

We know that there’s a LOT of managers in the Championship, and even some in the Premier League who are stealing a living. Who move from job to job doing ‘meh’ jobs and yet somehow manage to get another one..

There is a lot of talent in the lower leagues who are up and coming. Some of whom are held back by the bottle neck created by the average Joes (as above). Because chairman don’t want to gamble on something exciting and fresh which might come back to bite you and instead lean towards a Chris Hughton because if it doesn’t work out, they can say “Wait, I went for proven quality”

IF, and that’s a huge IF we have done our due diligence then I think there’s scope for going after fresh, new manager who is ready to be the next Eddie Howe!

Fingers crossed we have. I 💯believe they’ve been in the market and looking for a manager for 12 months 🤞🏽

Absolutely no chance with these idiots.

[pomster]

1 hour ago, Shirley Crabtree Wrestler said:

Rather have Bertie Bassett

 

Careful with that, he might send his brother Dave round

 

Edit that  Dave Bassett could well do an half decent job?

Edited May 12, 2022 by pomster

[Bbrovers2288]

Grayson is in the 0.1 % of managers I’d not want over Tony mowbray , the Sunderland documentary put me right him off, he sounds like a baffoon in it 

[RoverCanada]

Out of curiosity, is David Wagner an option, or is he considered damaged goods? Curious as to why his name doesn't seem to get mention.

Got Huddersfield up, and then kept them up for one season before they finally fell apart. Arguably the luckiest promotion and the relegation survivors ever... they got promoted with a negative goal differential and then stayed up with only 28 goals! But ultimately deserves some credit for that... particularly with the budgets he was working with.

First had a mid-table finish with Schalke and was fired before their follow-up yearlong faceplant... although presumably still deserves some of the blame for that. Then had Young Boys 2nd in the Swiss league before he was fired there, presumably under-achieving for them, but that doesn't strike me as awful...

Not endorsing as I don't have any views/memories on his abilities as a manager/style of play. Forgive me if I'm overlooking something obvious! His name came to mind as I think of another German who has recently gotten promotion from the Championship...

Edited May 12, 2022 by RoverCanada

[TruRover]

Sharpe has mentioned on Twitter that he has heard that Farke is Venkys first choice thought doesn’t seem to have much certainty on it

[PeteJD13]

2 hours ago, CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber said:

Is Grayson represented by you know who?

no

[roversfan99]

This next few weeks will be a nightmare with pointless fake rumours, people hounding journalists every time someone's betting odds changes or a supposed ITK says something, lets hope (unlikely) that an appointment is swift!

[Exiled_Rover]

42 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

It really will tip me over the edge if it's a Grayson/Dunn combo, with the club and majority of our non-messageboard fanbase eulogising over it due to their ties with Rovers.

I was born in Manchester and my dad was a Manchester City season ticket holder growing up (to my everlasting shame I converted him to being a Blackburn Rovers fan). 

If we really hire Grayson / Dunn I'm off to the Etihad from now on. 🤣

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

Dunn might be a modern day legend to a lot of fans but hes had enough out of this club and he fired off from his coaching role to sell buildings or something.

We need to move forwards not take easy lazy options and move backwards.

Am I the only one that doesn't have a great deal of affection for Dunn?

Bit too much of a billy big balls for me who was never professional enough to keep himself off the trainer's table. 

[Norbert Rassragr]

Grayson, with the possibility of Dunn as assistant/coach? Nightmare fuel. Simon is good at getting promoted from League 1, and he'd need to be again if he got as long as Mowbray.

[tomphil]

56 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

It really will tip me over the edge if it's a Grayson/Dunn combo, with the club and majority of our non-messageboard fanbase eulogising over it due to their ties with Rovers.

I'd rather have Flitcroft and Jansen.

[47er]

24 minutes ago, TruRover said:

Sharpe has mentioned on Twitter that he has heard that Farke is Venkys first choice thought doesn’t seem to have much certainty on it

Have Venkys ever heard of Farke? Really?

It could be that those who are charged with finding us a new manager have recommended him, I think that's as close as Venkys will get.

[Bbrovers2288]

5 hours ago, tomphil said:

Ha ha could be.

It was nice though that's all i remember.

Haha sorry mate couldn’t resist, it’s good stuff tho so well recommended 

[Bbrovers2288]

And farke is drifting in the betting now, first time in about a week he is no longer favourite 

carvahal and the one I told you to look out for - Ferguson now joint at 7/2