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

[RevidgeBlue]

14 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

Let’s chill….a process like this can easily take 4 weeks. If ‘the plan’ was to go through a rigorous process of application and two part interview then they’re likely just on with it, the bank holidays this week won’t have helped with banks, solicitors etc shut down.
 

There’s nothing wrong either with shortlists growing if great candidates come on the market. The main focus is to get the right man and as far as I can see, the two primary targets haven’t committed to anyone in spite of the media speculation.

Let’s see who we get 👊🏼

Let's see who we get indeed.

When's Mowbray starting at West Brom?

[martonrover]

9 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

Let’s chill….a process like this can easily take 4 weeks. If ‘the plan’ was to go through a rigorous process of application and two part interview then they’re likely just on with it, the bank holidays this week won’t have helped with banks, solicitors etc shut down.
 

There’s nothing wrong either with shortlists growing if great candidates come on the market. The main focus is to get the right man and as far as I can see, the two primary targets haven’t committed to anyone in spite of the media speculation.

Let’s see who we get 👊🏼

A two part interview is just not the normal way a club would go about appointing a new manager / head coach.

You go after your preferred candidate and make every effort to get them. If you fail with your first choice, you repeat with the second choice, and so on.

All the method we are using achieves is to annoy any half decent candidate.

Add to that the confusion surrounding the Director of Football role.

It’s like a crap version of The Apprentice, with Waggott instead of Sir Alan.

 

[Mattyblue]

14 minutes ago, CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber said:

Are we in some kind of parallel universe? In the last 12 years can you tell me;

• What the 'plan' has been?
• Which 'great candidates' we have had as Rovers manager or even as part of any interview process let alone in the hot seat?
• When the focus has been on getting the 'right man' in charge?

I’d say once, Lambert.

We had one guy out, and a new guy with a good reputation in, with staff, in days. Yes, it didn’t work out, but that’s football. However for a brief (very brief) period we were behaving like a normal football club…

Then we had a summer just like this and a fella name Coyle rolled in.

Edited June 1, 2022 by Mattyblue

[Paul Mani]

6 minutes ago, CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber said:

Are we in some kind of parallel universe? In the last 12 years can you tell me;

• What the 'plan' has been?
• Which 'great candidates' we have had as Rovers manager or even as part of any interview process let alone in the hot seat?
• When the focus has been on getting the 'right man' in charge?

They've run multi million pound, successful businesses over decades. I’d imagine that’s enough ‘history’ to suggest they can get it right here, one day!

I live in eternal hope!! 😀

 

[Paul Mani]

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Let's see who we get indeed.

When's Mowbray starting at West Brom?

Ask Joe Rothwells Dad 🤯👍🏼

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

2 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

I’d say once, Lambert.

We had one guy out, and a new guy with a good reputation in with staff in days. Yes, it didn’t work out, but that’s football. However for a brief (very brief) period period we were behaving like a normal football club…

Then we had a summer just like this and a fella name Coyle rolled in.

Agreed, Lambert was the anomaly. On the face of it a good appointment.. looking at him now though he's about the standard we've come to expect..

[Paul Mani]

2 minutes ago, martonrover said:

A two part interview is just not the normal way a club would go about appointing a new manager / head coach.

You go after your preferred candidate and make every effort to get them. If you fail with your first choice, you repeat with the second choice, and so on.

All the method we are using achieves is to annoy any half decent candidate.

Add to that the confusion surrounding the Director of Football role.

It’s like a crap version of The Apprentice, with Waggott instead of Sir Alan.

 

May I ask how many high level appointments you’ve made in any industry?

We have clients who have 6 point recruitment processes, including psych testing etc for jobs paying much less, with less profile.

A friend of mine applied for the England under 21 job and had three interviews before they binned him!

[RoversClitheroe]

Tempted to just go offline for a week.

All this twist and turning and information (or lack of) is hurting my head.

If it's not a good manager it's a sad day for Rovers.

@chaddyroversI've heard Coyle is being lined up - can't say my source though

[yeti-dog]

17 minutes ago, 47er said:

Dunno why. Seems absolutely bang on to me.

If you look at the list of managers appointed under Venkys, they're a laughing stock.

Never happened before in my long  history of following Rovers. Blue Blood has it right doesn't he?

The hyperbole remark was regarding Mowbray compared to most of the rest of the so-called 'managers'.

I'm glad he's gone, he ultimately outstayed his welcome but not sure you can disagree that he's left us in a better place than we were when he rocked up or you gonna dispute that too 'cos it fits the agenda?

 

[broadsword]

5 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

They’re stuck between a rock and a hard thing mate. Get this appointment wrong just to make sure you sign ‘Barry Bannan on a free’ is a far worse option.

The manager and DOF appointed in the next few days, a week will shape the progress of the team for the next 1-5yrs. It needs to be got right.

Also, I don’t think there’s many signings flying about, most players and managers are on holiday.

If they're in a mess, it's one entirely of their own making. They've persisted with Mowbray when any other club would've binned him. They've known for ages that he's leaving. This isn't a case of, take our time, get it right. This is a case of, rovers is bottom of the list of priorities. Look at the fucking state the ground is at.

 

I'm not going to chill , they've ruined my club, and no doubt we'll get another clueless arse in time serve in due course. Can't wait

[arbitro]

7 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

They've run multi million pound, successful businesses over decades. I’d imagine that’s enough ‘history’ to suggest they can get it right here, one day!

I live in eternal hope!! 😀

 

They've run DOWN a multi million pound successful business here Paul.

There is absolutely no synergy between how they run their other businesses and how they run Rovers.

That is one of my real frustrations over the last decade.

[Paul Mani]

3 minutes ago, broadsword said:

If they're in a mess, it's one entirely of their own making. They've persisted with Mowbray when any other club would've binned him. They've known for ages that he's leaving. This isn't a case of, take our time, get it right. This is a case of, rovers is bottom of the list of priorities. Look at the fucking state the ground is at.

 

I'm not going to chill , they've ruined my club, and no doubt we'll get another clueless arse in time serve in due course. Can't wait

You don’t know they’re in a mess though. Sure, they could be…but either way, there’s nothing us mere mortals can do about it. Don’t let it ruin anything in your life pal. 👍🏼

[yeti-dog]

9 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

I’d say once, Lambert.

We had one guy out, and a new guy with a good reputation in, with staff, in days. Yes, it didn’t work out, but that’s football. However for a brief (very brief) period period we were behaving like a normal football club…

Then we had a summer just like this and a fella name Coyle rolled in.

Lambert - pah!

All these managers who've watched a Guardiola training session and are suddenly the next big thing...

Can't decide if he was a case of emperor's new clothes, fur coat no knickers or just full of shit.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

After just seeing the revolting and embarrassing choice of shirt sponsor I'm sadly now 100% expecting our next manager just to be more absolute rotten shite like woodgate. 

 

Absolutely pathetic club. 

 

Waggot out

Waggot out 

Venkys out

 

oh! And poison peddlers totally  wicked out! (which is what the chemical nicotine is to humans, so there's nothing libelous in saying that!) 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Armchair supporter supremo

[broadsword]

1 minute ago, Paul Mani said:

You don’t know they’re in a mess though. Sure, they could be…but either way, there’s nothing us mere mortals can do about it. Don’t let it ruin anything in your life pal. 👍🏼

Your last sentence is a fair point. Difficult not to be angry about what venkys have done, but that doesn't get me anywhere

[Mattyblue]

3 minutes ago, yeti-dog said:

Lambert - pah!

All these managers who've watched a Guardiola training session and are suddenly the next big thing...

Can't decide if he was a case of emperor's new clothes, fur coat no knickers or just full of shit.

Agreed, however the rationale and process was sound and executed professionally - that’s all you can ask, alas we are seemingly asking too much for this club…

Edited June 1, 2022 by Mattyblue

[RevidgeBlue]

12 minutes ago, yeti-dog said:

The hyperbole remark was regarding Mowbray compared to most of the rest of the so-called 'managers'.

I'm glad he's gone, he ultimately outstayed his welcome but not sure you can disagree that he's left us in a better place than we were when he rocked up or you gonna dispute that too 'cos it fits the agenda?

 

I get annoyed when Mowbray constantly gets directly compared to the lowest common denominator in Coyle as if that's the only alternative and whilst the latter undoubtedly did poorly he had the rug pulled from under his feet before he got here with Hanley, Duffy and Rhodes sold and no worthwhile funds to play with whereas Mowbray has been lavishly backed over his tenure in comparison to the point where he could simply waste £2m by sending Mulgrew to Coventry (or rather Wigan and Fleetwood) for a couple of seasons.

Edited June 1, 2022 by RevidgeBlue

[islander200]

19 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

They’re stuck between a rock and a hard thing mate. Get this appointment wrong just to make sure you sign ‘Barry Bannan on a free’ is a far worse option.

The manager and DOF appointed in the next few days, a week will shape the progress of the team for the next 1-5yrs. It needs to be got right.

Also, I don’t think there’s many signings flying about, most players and managers are on holiday.

The process once again isn't been run normally though.

Why are we seemingly just focusing on the free agent market?

Why after a few weeks in to a manager search are we not hearing that the club have approached clubs for permission to speak to their managers?

It was claimed on here Mowbray was close to being potted a year ago yet seemingly no plan was in place as to who would be the preferred option when he did leave?

Agree getting the best option is priority but from the outside looking in, it looks an absolute circus once again 

Couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery springs to mind

[Paul Mani]

2 minutes ago, arbitro said:

They've run DOWN a multi million pound successful business here Paul.

There is absolutely no synergy between how they run their other businesses and how they run Rovers.

That is one of my real frustrations over the last decade.

I agree mate, I’m not one for benchmarking everything on the past, I was just replying to a poster who was pointing out the last 12 years.

In all honesty, I’ll be gutted if we get an Adkins or Grayson too but I’d be open to most of the others mentioned. Would love Farke or Carvalhal.

But I refuse to let daily rumours ruin my day. I’ll deal with my delight / despair when a manager and DOF are appointed.

Glen is rarely off when he’s this sure so I won’t be ruling Farke out until he’s signed elsewhere.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

34 minutes ago, 47er said:

Dunno why. Seems absolutely bang on to me.

If you look at the list of managers appointed under Venkys, they're a laughing stock.

Never happened before in my long  history of following Rovers. Blue Blood has it right doesn't he?

In the 70’s we had Ken Furphy, Gordon Lee, Jim Smith, Howard Kendall - all so successful they were stolen away by First Division Clubs. Of course we had a board of directors that actually knew something about football then.

[RevidgeBlue]

6 minutes ago, yeti-dog said:

Lambert - pah!

All these managers who've watched a Guardiola training session and are suddenly the next big thing...

Can't decide if he was a case of emperor's new clothes, fur coat no knickers or just full of shit.

Think his record since leaving here confirms my view at the time I.e. "just full of shit".

[pomster]

24 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Let's see who we get indeed.

When's Mowbray starting at West Brom?

As soon has his mrs stocks up on lemon drizzle cake

[Paul Mani]

1 minute ago, islander200 said:

The process once again isn't been run normally though.

Why are we seemingly just focusing on the free agent market?

Why after a few weeks in to a manager search are we not hearing that the club have approached clubs for permission to speak to their managers?

It was claimed on here Mowbray was close to being potted a year ago yet seemingly no plan was in place as to who would be the preferred option when he did leave?

Agree getting the best option is priority but from the outside looking in, it looks an absolute circus once again 

Couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery springs to mind

I don’t think any of the evidence points to your assertions being correct….we didn’t only take 60 odd applications from freebies, did we? We don’t know who has been interviewed? If they’d planned to pot Mowbray last year, how could they maintain a plan over a 12 month timeframe?

If the plan was to let Mowbray leave and then cast our net out to find the best possible team then that’s still a plan…

If we finish up with Farke and Webber on 13/06 none of us will care that it took a month or so 👍🏼

[arbitro]

8 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

I agree mate, I’m not one for benchmarking everything on the past, I was just replying to a poster who was pointing out the last 12 years.

In all honesty, I’ll be gutted if we get an Adkins or Grayson too but I’d be open to most of the others mentioned. Would love Farke or Carvalhal.

But I refuse to let daily rumours ruin my day. I’ll deal with my delight / despair when a manager and DOF are appointed.

Glen is rarely off when he’s this sure so I won’t be ruling Farke out until he’s signed elsewhere.

And everybody handles it differently, some with anger, frustration, disgust or like you just roll with it. Telling people to chill is quite antagonist when they are not of that ilk. 

[RevidgeBlue]

6 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

If we finish up with Farke and Webber on 13/06 none of us will care that it took a month or so 👍🏼

Absolutely not.

IF...........