Jon Dahl Tomasson - Officially No Longer Our Head Coach

[roversfan99]

36 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

You are so wrong - way off the mark. The money remains unspent as Mowbray refused to spend it in January 

Of course it was there.

[SuperBrfc]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

 

I've seen City do one of those drills over and over again in their training videos. To sharpen up their quick passing and to be comfortable playing in tight spaces.

It's only a training drill, I know, but a potentially exciting sign. Now to get a few players in who can help do that to a better standard.

[broadsword]

39 minutes ago, SuperBrfc said:

I've seen City do one of those drills over and over again in their training videos. To sharpen up their quick passing and to be comfortable playing in tight spaces.

It's only a training drill, I know, but a potentially exciting sign. Now to get a few players in who can help do that to a better standard.

Where the table tennis tables gone? 

 

And where is David lowe? 

[Guest]

A rough type up of his full RoversTV interview:

“First of all, they need to know how we do it in the first team. We want to be dominant with and without the ball. We want to create a game for the eye. We need to score goals and we need to create an environment where we play high intensity football.”

“Everybody needs to improve. Every day is a good opportunity to demand more from your surroundings and demand yourself to be better.”

“It’s about principles. How do we do that? It sounds very easy but football is an extremely complex game.”

“The previous manager did a good job here. Coming 8th last season is the best result for a long time. Been a couple of players who’ve left us, which is normal. Players come and go. So we need to get new players in. New blood in the group is important for the competition. Players should never be in a comfort zone, never.”

“The boys have been very open. The spirit is good. The spirit is great. They work hard and the way they do things together. Team is number one always, we do it our way together.”

“Every club is bringing players in for the summer transfers, we will do that as well. We are also working on that behind the scenes, that’s of course exciting. They are waiting - WHEN ARE BLACKBURN SIGNING PLAYERS? (Laughs). We’re working hard on that. Of course a lot of new people coming together and working extremely hard to get it right”

“Gregg and the recruitment team, I’m impressed so far. They’re working hard to get it right. We are getting more narrow to what we want.”

How many players do you want to bring in:
“We have already good players. We don’t need 100 players yeah, definitely not 100. Eriksen is free maybe we get him in huh? (Joking). It’s a puzzle, always, you need experienced players in. We have a very young team. You need players with experience in the Championship or maybe even higher”

“We need the right spots, the right types. When we have something, we will bring it out”

[Mike E]

2 minutes ago, JoeH said:

A rough type up of his full RoversTV interview:

“First of all, they need to know how we do it in the first team. We want to be dominant with and without the ball. We want to create a game for the eye. We need to score goals and we need to create an environment where we play high intensity football.”

“Everybody needs to improve. Every day is a good opportunity to demand more from your surroundings and demand yourself to be better.”

“It’s about principles. How do we do that? It sounds very easy but football is an extremely complex game.”

“The previous manager did a good job here. Coming 8th last season is the best result for a long time. Been a couple of players who’ve left us, which is normal. Players come and go. So we need to get new players in. New blood in the group is important for the competition. Players should never be in a comfort zone, never.”

“The boys have been very open. The spirit is good. The spirit is great. They work hard and the way they do things together. Team is number one always, we do it our way together.”

“Every club is bringing players in for the summer transfers, we will do that as well. We are also working on that behind the scenes, that’s of course exciting. They are waiting - WHEN ARE BLACKBURN SIGNING PLAYERS? (Laughs). We’re working hard on that. Of course a lot of new people coming together and working extremely hard to get it right”

“Gregg and the recruitment team, I’m impressed so far. They’re working hard to get it right. We are getting more narrow to what we want.”

How many players do you want to bring in:
“We have already good players. We don’t need 100 players yeah, definitely not 100. Eriksen is free maybe we get him in huh? (Joking). It’s a puzzle, always, you need experienced players in. We have a very young team. You need players with experience in the Championship or maybe even higher”

“We need the right spots, the right types. When we have something, we will bring it out”

Thank you for this. It's really frustrating that the club STILL don't do subtitles on their vids.

[neophox]

To be fair....theres been a clear out..... hopefully Edun and Rankin-Costello could be important squad players with a better coach.

[neophox]

Start 11 at the moment.

 

Kaminski

Carter/Rankin-Costello/Brown, Ayala, Wharton, Pickering

Travis, Buckley

Dolan, Dack, Brereton

Gallagher

[Upside Down]

7 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I could have told you that about Dack before he kicked a ball. You don’t have to be Pep to realise pressing isn’t big in his skill set. He’s not really cut out for it.

Using Dack for that sort of job is like putting Gallagher on the wing.

His strengths are all about his skills and vision. 

[roversfan99]

Thanks @JoeH

The comment about experience at Championship level or above is interesting. We do need experience so that is encouraging.

[rigger]

My starting squad if no-one else comes in:

                                                                                         Kaminski

 

                 Brown                                       Ayala                                  Wharton                                        Pickering

                                                                      Travis                         Buckley

                     Hedges                                                                                                                     Markanandy

                                                                            Gally              Diaz

 

 

Bench :    JRC,  Carter,  Edun, Dolan,  Dack,  Walker, Vale, A Wharton, Pears.

[Sparks Rover]

3 minutes ago, rigger said:

My starting squad if no-one else comes in:

                                                                                         Kaminski

 

                 Brown                                       Ayala                                  Wharton                                        Pickering

                                                                      Travis                         Buckley

                     Hedges                                                                                                                     Markanandy

                                                                            Gally              Diaz

 

 

Bench :    JRC,  Carter,  Edun, Dolan,  Dack,  Walker, Vale, A Wharton, Pears.

Take BBD out, he's off.

Very weak and looking like relegation fodder....How long has this Gregg been in place?  Where are the signing?

[rigger]

6 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Take BBD out, he's off.

Very weak and looking like relegation fodder....How long has this Gregg been in place?  Where are the signing?

If Diaz leaves, He could be replaced by Dack or Vale. I am not saying I would be happy with it, but it could be done. I would never say any team is relegation fodder before a ball is kicked. Last season Forest probably started the season as a mid table team, then became relegation certs, then got promoted.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

28 minutes ago, rigger said:

My starting squad if no-one else comes in:

                                                                                         Kaminski

 

                 Brown                                       Ayala                                  Wharton                                        Pickering

                                                                      Travis                         Buckley

                     Hedges                                                                                                                     Markanandy

                                                                            Gally              Diaz

 

 

Bench :    JRC,  Carter,  Edun, Dolan,  Dack,  Walker, Vale, A Wharton, Pears.

That bench is very, very weak - as are the two full backs.

[rigger]

3 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

That bench is very, very weak - as are the two full backs.

But, as of this moment, that is what we have got. We have to make the best of it.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, Sparks Rover said:

Take BBD out, he's off.

Very weak and looking like relegation fodder....How long has this Gregg been in place?  Where are the signing?

Two weeks.

The Head Coach has been in place a week and only taken about four coaching sessions.

We have a two months to get players in - I'd prefer us to take our time and bring in the right ones, rather than rushing.

Edited June 25, 2022 by Exiled_Rover

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Thanks @JoeH

The comment about experience at Championship level or above is interesting. We do need experience so that is encouraging.

JDT is no mug - he knows we need to bring in at least 4 quality a starters.

[Sparks Rover]

7 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Two weeks.

The Head Coach has been in place a week and only taken about four coaching sessions.

We have a two months to get players in - I'd prefer us to take our time and bring in the right ones, rather than rushing.

No oven ready players then.?

[andyroversmad]

2 hours ago, broadsword said:

Where the table tennis tables gone? 

 

And where is David lowe? 

In the clip Lowe was the fella gurning stood behind JDT

[nbdrovers]

5 hours ago, neophox said:

To be fair....theres been a clear out..... hopefully Edun and Rankin-Costello could be important squad players with a better coach.

i think rankin-costello especially will benefit massively from a change of manager. his development stalled a while ago, and imo it was entirely to do with being moulded into a right back/wingback. once we get some cover in, i hope jdt will experiment with him back in some midfield positions. hope the lad can still get there after his injuries 

[darrenrover]

5 hours ago, broadsword said:

Where the table tennis tables gone? 

 

And where is David lowe? 

Absolutely correct!….Warm down ‘competitively’ after training with a doubles match of head and foot volley ‘football table tennis’.

Dack and BBD v Ayala and Trav….muscle strain, ligament damage and back issues, what could possibly go wrong?!!

May be good fun but absolutely crackers for professional athletes to be allowed and actively encouraged to play in such a way following a hard training session.

Edited June 26, 2022 by darrenrover

[Mike E]

6 hours ago, andyroversmad said:

In the clip Lowe was the fella gurning stood behind JDT

THAT'S Lowe? I thought it was Dan Skinner's character off Shooting Stars looking for his plastic bag.

[chaddyrovers]

10 hours ago, Mike E said:

Thank you for this. It's really frustrating that the club STILL don't do subtitles on their vids.

have you spoken to the club about this? 

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

THAT'S Lowe? I thought it was Dan Skinner's character off Shooting Stars looking for his plastic bag.

How did you not know that was David Lowe?

[Herbie6590]

11 hours ago, Mike E said:

Thank you for this. It's really frustrating that the club STILL don't do subtitles on their vids.

Terrific point…let’s see if we can act as a catalyst for change…

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Terrific point…let’s see if we can act as a catalyst for change…

Oh and by the way - get rid of those beach shorts Jon, they look awful. The shorter shorts that the women players wear are miles better.

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Oh and by the way - get rid of those beach shorts Jon, they look awful. The shorter shorts that the women players wear are miles better.

have to disagree. Shorter shorts are truly awful.