Jon Dahl Tomasson - Officially No Longer Our Head Coach

[Mattyblue]

10 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Its the fault of the media.

Tomasson had a short and ill-fated spell at Newcastle, but other than that has had no involvement in English football. As a result he is treated as an unknown or 'flop'. They ignore his stellar career with Denmark, Feyenoord, Milan, and as a manager with Malmo.

Meanwhile Kompany is much more recent and well known from his playing days as he was a popular player with City. Even though there's an argument Tomasson's trophy haul is just as impressive if not more with European honours on there. But it is much easier for the Sky numpties to promote Kompany.

Plus they are newly relegated, those clubs always get a grace period of heightened coverage from national media, that soon dissipates once you get marooned down here…

[Ulrich]

12 minutes ago, Claytons Left Boot said:

Just watched the two interviews. Both Jon and Gregg come across as intelligent, articulate and share a sense of optimism. What’s good to see is that they both smile and look like they genuinely want to be here.

You would like to think that Venky’s have given them a true assessment of what is available in the form of a kitty for, at least, the first two transfer windows. Even if that pot of money is only say a few million, each window, and they know they’ll have to work on bringing in cheap youngsters and developing them, together with utilising the loan market. It would also be nice if they have been given the green light to keep Brereton, should he be persuaded to stay.

Well that’s the football side of things sorted. Now for the CEO and commercial side. Wouldn’t it be good to have people in those positions with similar intelligence, optimism and common sense and have the whole club singing from the same hymn sheet?

Sell BBD and spend wisely on some hopefully good Scandinavia players, who in the main do alright in UK.

Also Carlo can lend us asensio a fm legend haha, but hope he can bag a favour or two

[eire3382]

15 minutes ago, RoverDom said:

Even just on paper you can see the squad is light. You don't need to watch them train to know that for example 2 of our starting CBs last season have left

Exactly, he has seen the list and has some players in mind. We are really light in multiple positions and bodies are needed. Then later in the window they can assess what we have and tweak. Fist things first field a team

[booth]

18 minutes ago, RoverDom said:

Even just on paper you can see the squad is light. You don't need to watch them train to know that for example 2 of our starting CBs last season have left

Yes, he will already know about the players out of contract and the Brereton situation. So I imagine he’ll be trying to get those positions filled asap.

We will have a period of time where he’s getting to know the players that are staying, so I imagine some may end up out of favour as the year ends. Players like Pickering and Gallagher have a lot to prove. Ayala too.

[Paul Mellelieu]

I guess the theory is concentrate on performance and the wins follow.

[RoverDom]

I imagine when he said it'll take 1 or 2 transfer windows that translates to "this window we just need bodies in next window we can get rid of some dross" 

[superniko]

Lol - I’m no body language expert but the absolute state of him in that clip  

Edited June 16, 2022 by superniko

[Bennisfromheaven]

So it's been a long process & we all know about the last 12 years, it may be the optimist in me but everything about this feels right! After all optimism is the the curse that all football fans have to endure!

So, what are the positive signs?

A young charasmatic manager with recent success, an illustrious career in football who is the pitch side figurehead primarily focused on the team & tactics.

A no.2 who has a wealth of experience including at championship level.

A new conditioning coach, god knows we need something different given the injuries we have had at critical times in recent years.

A DoF who will can focus on the future of the team, contracts & scrounging for cash. Allowing the manager deal with the next match.

This is a new management team that may click together & force the clubs attention on football, something that has been lost over the last 12 years! They may also be able to force the "hangers-on" out.

I have not allowed myself get excited about rovers for a long time, (maybe for a few hours last December!) But I have the rose tinted glasses on & I am  officially EXCITED!!

 

 

[booth]

6 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

I guess the theory is concentrate on performance and the wins follow.

Be nice to have a manager that focuses on our strengths rather than obsessing over the oppositions.

[Sparks Rover]

1 hour ago, Mellor Rover said:

Ancelotti the big one

Big Dunc incoming then?  Get shut of the oompahs and bring a giant in who will kick arse on the touchline. Looks like the cockney mafia have shut him out at Everton

[J*B]

7 minutes ago, superniko said:

Lol - I’m no body language expert but the absolute state of him in that clip  

First thing I noticed as well.

[roversfan99]

It is good to see such a wave of enthusiasm to greet the appointment of Tomasson at a point when a fresh start was needed. Ultimately the litmus test will come on the pitch and indeed what Tomasson does rather than what he says but it is difficult not to feel excited.

Lots of talk about Tomasson greeting Gallagher with people calling for him to be our number 9. I am sure that a striker with such a track record as Tomasson has will see more than most the many flaws and limitations in Gallagher's game, lets hope he brings in a proper goalscorer!

6 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

Don’t apologise mate.

The club will eventually disappear if the fans don’t return. But there are two sides to this and the club have been pretty awful at engaging, motivating and inspiring fans to attend for well over a decade. The community work and DoF / Head coach hires will certainly help but I must admit, the timing of the price hikes is poor….surely, any leadership team about to bring in GB and the handsome exuberant JDT would’ve kept prices low and attempted to ‘pile em high’? 15k sold….now that would’ve been a statement!

*reaches for tin hat - But, I still say there’s a responsibility to us as the fans. Our job / role at a basic level is to go to the ground, pay our money and cheer on (Support) the team. Of course, there will be a % who genuinely cannot afford a ticket and those who for genuine reasons, cannot face it because of deep rooted beliefs. That’s understandable…But, my feeling is that there’s a thick wedge of “I just can’t be arsed” so called fans who need to ‘be arsed’ if they love the club and want us all to prosper. It’s this group that must wake up, if they do really care.

The club must continue to improve and find ways to make tickets more affordable and build bridges with those most effected by the last 12 years

You are not alone in never being able to grasp that football fans (not specific to Rovers) come in different types and not everyone shares the same level of desire to watch Rovers every week as you or I do, it's not a "responsibility" to attend simply if you can afford it.

You say people can't be arsed but that doesn't need justifying. Supporting a football team week in week out is a huge commitment, money aside. People have differing levels of interest, to those who go to every single game home and away to those who can take or leave it and everywhere in between. Some who lean towards the latter category might want to see the best players in the best league to persuade them to attend. Some may be able to afford it but may not see the value and some will not go out of principle until Venkys leave. I don't see how anyone has the right to question whatever reasons people have to attend or indeed not attend, it doesn't require justification.

The onus is 100% on the club, 0% for people to have to justify attendance or lack of.

[Mattyblue]

10 minutes ago, superniko said:

Lol - I’m no body language expert but the absolute state of him in that clip  

‘Oh shit! He’s going to ask me what I’ve got on… and I’ve already put the cones out’.

Edited June 16, 2022 by Mattyblue

[booth]

He’s not greeting Gallagher as our number 9 striker, he’s greeting him as our only striker.

Probably wondered where they all were.

[tomphil]

5 minutes ago, booth said:

He’s not greeting Gallagher as our number 9 striker, he’s greeting him as our only striker.

Probably wondered where they all were.

That's the impression i got.

He's gone into Rovers and thought were are the actual strikers ?

Then instantly probably understood why we ended up where we did last season.

[roversfan99]

We have a 20 odd goal striker from last season still employed but on international duty and the one before was sold without any allowance for reinvestment, so he may be worrying about history repeating itself.

[tomphil]

20 minutes ago, superniko said:

Lol - I’m no body language expert but the absolute state of him in that clip  

Someone has to do the bibs and cones and put players through their basic drills so it might as well be him.  

The new guys can concentrate on the team and one to one stuff whilst Benson can go back to concentrating on the keepers.

No big deal really now we actually have a head coach and his assistant instead of a manager and guy covering multiple roles and trying to run the whole operation.

[davulsukur]

1 hour ago, booth said:

I’m seeing some praise from Burnley fans, so we must have a decent appointment for them ru be acknowledging it.

Still a few halfwits asking who he is, when his managerial record is more impressive than Kompanys, both young and both have incredible cvs as players.

It's an interesting question tbf.

Obviously being biased, JDT is the better appointment!

But Kompany strikes me as the sort of bloke with a driven, ambitious, winning mindset. He only retired from playing a couple of years ago and should have taken a hell of a lot away from his time working with Pep. On the face of it, seems like it should be a decent appointment.

Can't profess to knowing much about Anderlecht and if two 3rd place finishes are anything to write home about?

 

[Andy]

What a good first impression they’ve all made, kudos all round.

Having genuine reason to be optimistic as a Rovers fan in recent years is a odd feeling, but one I can quickly get used to.

[Torgeir]

6 minutes ago, goozburger said:

A photograph still is hardly fair on anyone, but I think Lowe will know his days are numbered.

Of course he's anxious, who wouldn't be?

[pomster]

2 hours ago, Mellor Rover said:

I think one of the biggest things is that GB was headhunted, so clearly an unbiased opinion has brought him to us. 

Question is ... who head hunted Broughton ?

I doubt very much maggott would have the nouse to even know who Broughton is
 

[Mike E]

1 hour ago, Mellor Rover said:

Ancelotti the big one

Perhaps he recommended JDT rather than Drunken Duncan.

[joey_big_nose]

1 minute ago, pomster said:

Question is ... who head hunted Broughton ?

I doubt very much maggott would have the nouse to even know who Broughton is
 

The club said Broughton was selected by a specialist recruitment agency hired to do it.

That said the way it came together it does feel like Broughton was offered very last minute when another candidate (Steve Walsh?) fell through. Broughton himself said - I think, need to look back at the interview - that he was offered a couple of days after being approached. 

So while he may turn out to be a very good or bad appointment he wasn't one of the initial targets.

[superniko]

20 minutes ago, goozburger said:

A photograph still is hardly fair on anyone, but I think Lowe will know his days are numbered.

Fair - but he has his arms folded looking disinterested as multiple players walk past getting introduced, not just the still photo. 
Wouldn’t mind a bit of enthusiasm from him. 

[Mike E]

1 hour ago, eire3382 said:

Exactly, he has seen the list and has some players in mind. We are really light in multiple positions and bodies are needed. Then later in the window they can assess what we have and tweak. Fist things first field a team

Ooooft, bit painful!