New manager wishlist

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Coyle still live at the A59 junction.....worth a try, he's still a twat........

[BRFC4EVA]

Steve Cooper or Damien Duff. But who really cares at this point?

[dallydally]

Cooper for me. Has the pedigree at this level but I seriously doubt he'll be come even if invited 

[DeeCee]

I'd take Pardew, because of the dance.

 

[Darwen Rover 007]

A friend of mine suggested Valerean Ismail.. I would be happy with that 

[davulsukur]

Cooper is the stand out candidate but chances of him coming here are basically 0.

It will be Rob Edwards most likely. 

 

[SuperBrfc]

It'll probably be some former Boro knobhead suggested by one of their trusted pals.

I'll guess at Aitor Karanka.

[JHRover]

There's no plan or future here beyond the next few weeks / couple of months and there hasn't been for the last few years. The owners don't give a feck and their stooges are just limping from one stage to the next.

This is a disaster club and unless we get promoted (or even if we do get promoted) things are only going to get a whole lot worse come the summer. Eustace knows this which is why he's seen the writing on the wall and got out now.

So the appointment should be until the end of the season to galvanise and maximise the return from this squad before the board take a wrecking ball to it and smash it to bits again and then we have to cobble together a new squad from frees, loans and the youth team.

Fancy talk about projects, plans, development isn't needed now. The sham has been exposed - there is not and cannot be any of those things here. People are being hoodwinked if they think or believe that there is some grand strategy here. The end of the season is long term here.

So we need to simply focus on who is out there who is

a) Available - rules out any currently in work managers

b) Affordable - rules out established names or those collecting pay-offs like Cooper

c) Willing to come for just 15 games - rules out those looking for a multi-year long term job

d) Bonkers enough to take it on and embrace the challenge - rules out those worried about the worst owners and board in football

For me it has to be Warnock now. He's shown at other clubs - Rotherham, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough - he's prepared to come in at very short notice and take on a challenge even where the situation looks desperate or there are ownership issues. He's done it extremely well. I think he would absolutely love a free hit at the play-offs and then go back to Torquay in the summer. 

What we will actually get is firstly a toss off of Wednesday's 6 pointer by leaving the drone pilot and bib and cone man in charge and then eventually a dismal yes man delighted to be back in work just to finish the dismantling of the season in 6 weeks off.

 

[bluebruce]

Sorry but Duff wouldn't be in the conversation if he hadn't played for us and been a world class player.

None of which has any bearing on his ability to manage. I'm aware of his record in the farmers league but this is Blackburn Rovers. It's not like it couldn't turn out well, any manager could, but it's a firm no from me.

[Norbert Rassragr]

Go full suicide and bring in Owen Coyle again. Or Wayne Rooney. If we're going to be a circus, we might as well get some clowns.

[Ghost7]

Is this meant to be the "New manager list from Wish?" 🤔

[Paul Mellelieu]

I'm sticking to my prediction of Rudy of the Rovers.

[StHelensRover]

Any appointment is going to be fairly underwhelming,  I don't need to explain why. 

There will actually be a lot of pressure to deliver for anyone who comes in as well, because they're going to have to apply on the basis that they're the candidate to keep the team in the top six, it's a strange situation. 

It's not someone coming into a club in the relegation zone where they just have to stop the flow of goals and make it ugly and nick a few draws to steady the ship, someone is going to have to come in and start winning quickly or it's gonna get even more toxic.

Can't say I have any hope, it's going to be a useless, journeyman, has been, venky yes-man...

Edited February 10 by StHelensRover

[Ferrit]

I dread to think who the clowns will bring in, you can be sure it’ll be a joke.

It’ll probably be Gestede for maximum hilarity.

Edited February 10 by Ferrit

[Waggy76]

6 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

I'm sticking to my prediction of Rudy of the Rovers.

It is possible in this circus! 

[Mercer]

Our season is done - we will slide down the league whoever is appointed.  We are about to see just what feckin miracles Eustace performed with bang average players.

Cooper, no chance - there'll me much better opportunities for him.

Edwards - why?  Bottled it at Luton when the going got tough.

TBH, I no longer give a feck.  IMO, we are absolutely rotten to the core and how any supporter can continue putting his/her money into Rovers' coffers to perpetuate this total sh1t show is beyond me.

 

[JBiz]

1 hour ago, JHRover said:

There's no plan or future here beyond the next few weeks / couple of months and there hasn't been for the last few years. The owners don't give a feck and their stooges are just limping from one stage to the next.

This is a disaster club and unless we get promoted (or even if we do get promoted) things are only going to get a whole lot worse come the summer. Eustace knows this which is why he's seen the writing on the wall and got out now.

So the appointment should be until the end of the season to galvanise and maximise the return from this squad before the board take a wrecking ball to it and smash it to bits again and then we have to cobble together a new squad from frees, loans and the youth team.

Fancy talk about projects, plans, development isn't needed now. The sham has been exposed - there is not and cannot be any of those things here. People are being hoodwinked if they think or believe that there is some grand strategy here. The end of the season is long term here.

So we need to simply focus on who is out there who is

a) Available - rules out any currently in work managers

b) Affordable - rules out established names or those collecting pay-offs like Cooper

c) Willing to come for just 15 games - rules out those looking for a multi-year long term job

d) Bonkers enough to take it on and embrace the challenge - rules out those worried about the worst owners and board in football

For me it has to be Warnock now. He's shown at other clubs - Rotherham, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough - he's prepared to come in at very short notice and take on a challenge even where the situation looks desperate or there are ownership issues. He's done it extremely well. I think he would absolutely love a free hit at the play-offs and then go back to Torquay in the summer. 

What we will actually get is firstly a toss off of Wednesday's 6 pointer by leaving the drone pilot and bib and cone man in charge and then eventually a dismal yes man delighted to be back in work just to finish the dismantling of the season in 6 weeks off.

 

Really bloody odd to hear someone having a go at Damien Johnson but this is BRFCS.

I must be in a strange mood to engage with this, and despite many reoccurring “Rao induced” themes you post about on every subject and thread, you’re missing the fact football (again) is a business.

You put a club with a decent squad (sorry but there’s more opinions than just here) 6th in the league, open to a new manager. Taking someone from another club aside, it would take some mental gymnastics not to see this as a better proposition than the previous times we’ve stuck up the VACANCY board.

There is very little to lose for any of those out of work managers who could take over a well organised and well drilled John Eustace team. 
 

Mid table mediocracy as probably worst outcome is likely more enticing than you’d ever expect. Whilst I don’t think Waggott could find his arse in a fog, I’m yet to fall down the “Gestede is a schill” rabbit hole many here are.

[JBiz]

35 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Our season is done - we will slide down the league whoever is appointed.  We are about to see just what feckin miracles Eustace performed with bang average players.

Cooper, no chance - there'll me much better opportunities for him.

Edwards - why?  Bottled it at Luton when the going got tough.

TBH, I no longer give a feck.  IMO, we are absolutely rotten to the core and how any supporter can continue putting his/her money into Rovers' coffers to perpetuate this total sh1t show is beyond me.

 

You’re probably right but you’ve said the same things umpteen times and then “Tony Hawked” your way into 3-1 rovers predictions by the weekend.

I personally wouldn’t like Edwards either. I hope whoever it is gets sorted this week though. That happened last time, as tiny as that prospect may be.

[BRFC4EVA]

1 hour ago, bluebruce said:

Sorry but Duff wouldn't be in the conversation if he hadn't played for us and been a world class player.

None of which has any bearing on his ability to manage. I'm aware of his record in the farmers league but this is Blackburn Rovers. It's not like it couldn't turn out well, any manager could, but it's a firm no from me.

Don't be spoil sport Brucey!! He has done a good job in Ireland, regardless of the quality of the league. First title since 2006!

[bluebruce]

33 minutes ago, BRFC4EVA said:

Don't be spoil sport Brucey!! He has done a good job in Ireland, regardless of the quality of the league. First title since 2006!

I'm sure there are managers who have done similar feats in non-league. Or heck, even Sunday pub teams or 5 a side leagues. Not saying the Irish league is as low as all of those, the point is the quality of the league does absolutely matter. He can only manage in the league he's in, and I'm happy for him, but this achievement doesn't qualify him to manage here.

We are Blackburn Rovers, not Accrington Stanley. I repeat, if he hadn't been a world class player and played for us, he wouldn't be in the conversation.

[RevidgeBlue]

6 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I don't think it will be British head coach unless they accept that they will only have a limited say in recruit and their main job is coaching the players and winning games whilst Gestede, Adam Owen and our new Chief Scout picking and choose the transfer targets. 

 

Because that worked so well in January!

Lol.

[booth]

It's pretty obvious it doesn't matter who is appointed the manager/head coach. Whoever it is, good or bad, will be undermined/sabotaged by the club and owners for whatever ulterior motive they have to keep us down.

This pretty much confirms Rovers are finished as a competitive professional football club. It's just a sham and has been since the beginning. The only way anything changes is for them to sell the club to someone who wants to win football matches.

[RevidgeBlue]

There are 2 distinct phases to Blackburn Rovers future now.

The first is the rest of this season where the aim has to be to scrape into 6th and then try and get through the knock out games.

The second assuming we dont go up is likely to be a grim slog with a skeleton staff of players.

We have to at least try for the miracle scenario  of promotion in phase 1 no matter how unlikely it may seem. The many failings of manager and owners cant really fuck it up as long as we make a good appointment. Contractual issues dont come into consideration until later down the line and there's no transfer window to fuck up.

Im assuming that with Eustace's departure the morale of the players will be absolutely on the floor so for me thw man to put an arm round them and get them believing they're the best players in the world and playing with a smile on their faces is Warnock on a short term deal until the end of the season with a massive bonus for promotion.

If we dont go up then that's then the time for the up and coming young manager who hopefully can turn water into wine.

He'll have to.

[RevidgeBlue]

7 hours ago, Upside Down said:

That's me done now. 

I bet it isnt!

[onlyoneDuff]

Duff won the LOI for the first time in 19 years with Shelbourne..rank outsiders at the start of the year...hes been here before and took us up as a player...why not? give him 2.5 years and control and see what happens....and yes I know this will never happen