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

[RTM08]

8 minutes ago, rog of the rovers said:

Ainsworth would be my choice at this point, particularly if he wants it as badly as its suggested.

His style of football doesn't bother me one bit, provided he can get results. Earned his stripes at Wycombe and is more than deserving of a chance at a higher level with 'better' players.

Get him in, then lets all move on. This managerial search has been exhausting and the season starts in 7 weeks!

 

Crucially for me whilst he isn't a Farke or Carvahal, out of the lower league picks he is someone who will genuinely care. I don't want another dosser who spends all his time sulking about how we're not the best team in England anymore.

Plus, a manager who is actually up for derbies in a season where we are playing so many local teams? Could do a lot worse.

[pomster]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

I reckon 323 pages when we appoint our new head coach. 

Quite appalling when you think about it

[OldEwoodBlue]

Wasn't it Bjork who said.... "It's all so quiet"

[Theaxe15]

1 minute ago, pomster said:

Quite appalling when you think about it

I don’t think the amount of pages on a forum is a suitable unit of time… I do, however, agree that the manager search is nothing short of tragic 

[yoda's brother]

1 hour ago, Gordon Gekko said:

Facebook rumour that we’re moving for Nathan Jones. Doubt he would be interested after what happened at Stoke.

the squeeky welsh git ?

cant stand him and his voice

[JHRover]

Looks like I'll be finding something else to spend my £600+ on this year.

If the best they can come up with is the bloke many fans have obsessed over because he's a 'Blackburn lad' and a serial Championship failure working at Rotherham I'm afraid the lot of them want sacking.

The club supposedly wanted certain criteria meeting:

Championship experience - both Ainsworth and Warne have that - 4 seasons 4 relegation

Track record of progressing youth players- certainly don't have that at Wycombe and I don't think Rotherham do either?

Reputation for playing decent football? Wycombe and Rotherham two notorious for their physicality and directness.

But hey, both cheap, local, would be grateful for the job so that ticks the boxes here.

[Tricky]

4 minutes ago, yoda's brother said:

1 hour ago, Gordon Gekko said:

Facebook rumour that we’re moving for Nathan Jones. Doubt he would be interested after what happened at Stoke.

the squeeky welsh git ?

cant stand him and his voice

can you imagine him and Farke reading you a bedtime story?

[tomphil]

Assumed all along that the next manager would have to be cheaper than Mowbray and Venus.   And will have to work with less than they did this last 18 months it's just another step on the downgrade ladder.

 

[unsall]

3 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Looks like I'll be finding something else to spend my £600+ on this year.

If the best they can come up with is the bloke many fans have obsessed over because he's a 'Blackburn lad' and a serial Championship failure working at Rotherham I'm afraid the lot of them want sacking.

The club supposedly wanted certain criteria meeting:

Championship experience - both Ainsworth and Warne have that - 4 seasons 4 relegation

Track record of progressing youth players- certainly don't have that at Wycombe and I don't think Rotherham do either?

Reputation for playing decent football? Wycombe and Rotherham two notorious for their physicality and directness.

But hey, both cheap, local, would be grateful for the job so that ticks the boxes here.

Why does everyone believe who’s in the frame because it’s said on here, no one has a clue we are going to appoint, let’s wait and see. 
And why it depends on who we get as manager before committing to a season ticket is crazy.

The last 2 managers appointed were names out the blue.

[phili]

3 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Assumed all along that the next manager would have to be cheaper than Mowbray and Venus.   And will have to work with less than they did this last 18 months it's just another step on the downgrade ladder.

 

Yep but the flip side is the lower the loss the more attractive we are to investors when they decide to sell up

[G Somerset Rover]

1 hour ago, unleaded said:

Ainsworth has been interviewd & is last man standing ……he’s been constant throughout the month but for some reason they don’t like him …… even though he’s showing the most interest…

Maybe he needs to play hard to get ……

Last man standing yet we don't like him. So back to square one? I give up on our 'administration'. Actually, I gave up on it some time ago.

As for Nathan Jones, I wouldn't want that t*sser anywhere near our club. Can't stand him.

Edited June 7, 2022 by Gavlar Somerset Rover!

[oldjamfan1]

14 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

zinadine zidane recently expressed his desire to move to blackburn,apparently he`s been looking at houses in higher croft

He says he'll put the offer in on the house once it is confirmed that Tim Sherwood isn't in the running for the manager's job.

[Andy]

12 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

As for Nathan Jones, I wouldn't want that t*sser anywhere near our club. Can't stand him.

Couldn’t agree more - he’s an obnoxious little shit.

He can’t stand still; he’s either got some mental issues or he’s doing half a kilo of Columbia’s finest, pre-game.

I’d be ok with Ainsworth at this point. Different voice to TM, has lots of experience and is the kind of optimistic, positive personality that I think some of the young lads we have need.

The fact he’s a local boy and would get us up for the derbies is a nice bonus.

Should we do better? Absolutely.

But could we do worse? I think we all know the answer to that one.

[Jimmy612]

24 minutes ago, unsall said:

And why it depends on who we get as manager before committing to a season ticket is crazy.

 

Totally disagree. This idea of blind loyalty is so infutiating for any normal person who purchases a product based on its quality and value for money.  Okay, a football club is somewhat different because we are hugely nostalgic about loving the club our entire life, but ultimately if that club you pay to be part of is no longer representing the values you hold dear or doesn't even consider the feeling of complete detachment of its valuable stakeholders, then you can choose to walk away as many thousands already have over the past 11 years. 

The superfan guff does nothing other than confirm you have an over inflated opinion of yourself as some super Rovers fan, and a lack of imagination for what else you'd do every second Saturday.  It also assists in justifying every poor decision Waggott and the rest of the rabble make. 

A joke appointment would make a  Rovers ST even less palatable than the previous decade, make no mistake. 

Edited June 7, 2022 by Jimmy612

[G Somerset Rover]

6 minutes ago, Andy said:

Couldn’t agree more - he’s an obnoxious little shit.

He can’t stand still; he’s either got some mental issues or he’s doing half a kilo of Columbia’s finest, pre-game.

I’d be ok with Ainsworth at this point. Different voice to TM, has lots of experience and is the kind of optimistic, positive personality that I think some of the young lads we have need.

The fact he’s a local boy and would get us up for the derbies is a nice bonus.

Should we do better? Absolutely.

But could we do worse? I think we all know the answer to that one.

I'm exactly the same. Far, far from my first choice, but he at least wants the job and cares about the club. 

[Mercer]

I have never rated Waggott and Mowbray and have posted about this consistently since their appointments.

I think the last five and a half years have been wasted.  IMO, as a club, we have regressed in every operational area - this is what happens if you employ, IMO, fourth or fifth raters.  I think we are a club bereft of passion, nous and hope.

Until we employ a first class CEO and football manager we will continue to regress and Venky's will have to continue pumping in some £20million a year or we will go to the wall.  It is simply unbelievable that our owners don't see this and under their ownership, IMO, Venky's are the personification of crass stupidity.

 

Edited June 7, 2022 by Mercer

[PeteJD13]

1 minute ago, Mercer said:

I have never rated neither Waggott nor Mowbray and have posted about this consistently since their appointments.

I think the last five and a half years have been wasted.  IMO, as a club, we have regressed in every operational area - this is what happens if you employ, IMO, fourth or fifth raters.  I think we are a club bereft of passion, nous and hope.

Until we employ a first class CEO and football manager we will continue to regress and Venky's will have to continue pumping in some £20million a year or we will go to the wall.  It is simply unbelievable that our owners don't see this and under their ownership, IMO, Venky's have been the personification of crass stupidity.

 

Spot on mercer this shambles of a recruitment process highlights this 

[Ossydave]

3 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

I'm exactly the same. Far, far from my first choice, but he at least wants the job and cares about the club. 

Exactly my take on it

[rigger]

2 hours ago, roverblue said:

Hope they have the email ready to extend the season ticket deadline as wont be buying blindly, will just pick and choose games instead and maybe go for a half season ticket later down the line.

My thoughts exactly.

[JHRover]

In 2015 or 2016 a joke appointment could be shrugged off. Still early days, still learning, still cheap tickets so people would buy and take the risk.

6 years on we've had Coyle, League One and are now one of the most expensive clubs in the division. Game has changed. Not sure I can play it any more.

[MarkBRFC]

2 minutes ago, SuperBrfc said:

If we are down to the last man standing and they don't particularly like him, is this not the exact moment where the agent scumbags start doing their thing, if they haven't tried to already? That's the concern for me, after reading Unleaded's post.

From the sounds of it, they are out of ideas at Ewood and don't really know what they are looking for. Enter the friendly agency. It's looking perfectly set up for an agent inspired desperado to walk in.

Also, I believe that Ainsworth being a Rovers fan and caring deeply about the club is something that would unnerve the no marks running Rovers. He may be desperate to get the job, but at some stage he will start asking questions and demanding answers because the club means something to him. That extra passion and will for the club to succeed is likely to make some uncomfortable at Ewood and in Pune, in my opinion.

If Unleaded is correct about them not liking him, i also thought it would be down to something like this.

[bigbrandjohn]

46 minutes ago, yoda's brother said:

the squeeky welsh git ?

cant stand him and his voice

Cracking song though

 

[roversfan99]

There seems to be a disparity between the reaction towards Warne and Ainsworth, both seem somewhat justifiably highly rated, neither would really excite me at all but I do wonder if the latter gets comparatively superior reactions simply because of this whole Rovers fan narrative?

Neither have done jobs that are easily comparable to what their job would be here. Warne has had Rotherham continuously bouncing between League 1 and the Championship religiously. Both him and Ainsworth have fought against clubs with bigger budgets and have found the Championship a step too far with those small budgets, but both thrive in League 1, Warne more so.

3 hours ago, tomphil said:

We can't keep trying to give the likes of him, Mowbray and whoever else a free pass just because they work for Venkys.

It's the kind of divide and conquer these gravy train riders thrive in when they have something to hide behind.  Each one of them are actually paid to do jobs not just turn up because there are boxes to tick.

It's a collective obviously and it starts from the top but they aren't going to get sacked for showing a bit of gumption or pro activity.

Of course not, ultimately Mowbray was a run of the mill manager and we were middle of the road under him, his time had come to a natural end. Waggott I have been very critical of regarding his illogical ticket pricing structures etc, I would be happy to see him replaced 100%.

But my point was that merely replacing Waggott wouldn't solve the problem alone, the common denominator across the last 12 years has been in India. Inconsistent budgets without an overall plan, big delays, third party involvement, a lack of delegation, poor communication seemingly within the club. (the whole wait until the summer and come to India charade, Mowbray being totally in the dark about his future)

Just now, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

I'm exactly the same. Far, far from my first choice, but he at least wants the job and cares about the club. 

Anyone who applies (was it 60 reported applicants) wants the job surely.

[PeteJD13]

3 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

If Unleaded is correct about them not liking him, i also thought it would be down to something like this.

I think it might be SW that doesn’t rate him just a hunch 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I reckon 323 pages when we appoint our new head coach. 

I’m counting on you to get us there Chaddy.