New manager wishlist

[chaddyrovers]

44 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I never said there is a problem interviewing candidates. I dont know why you keep saying that. Obviously you interview potential head coaches.

So let's the interview process is ongoing so let's it finish and see who we appoint here. 

44 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I am saying there is a problem with not seemingly having a succession plan and reportedly (only reports) interviewing so many people as it suggests that you dont have a clue what you want.

We are interviewin candidates as various reports are saying and I guess you got no info to say we aren't. 

I said from the start, there is no outstanding candidate like last time, so interviewed 6 to 10 candidates and pick the best one that fits the club structure, etc. I also said I expect foreign head coach to be appoint as Eustace's replacement. I'm open mind on the appointment. 

It's easier to say who I dont want appoint here then who I do. 

 

39 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Good lord. 

Why on earth would we appoint Boateng as manager?

Crazy

We haven't. People have betting on him based on Alex Crook and Greame Bailey tweets saying he is being interview here

[JHRover]

There is a potential link between Hughton and Boateng - Ghana. Boateng was born there despite playing a few games for the Netherlands and Hughton was recently involved with the Ghana national team first as an advisor and then as manager.

So I've heard less crazy suggestions.

My theory is that they'd love to give it to Boateng and that there will have been a 'plan' to do so for some time since he got the job at Brockhall working with the kids. There's been a similar plan for some time to get Gestede into the hierarchy and I suspect eventually he will replace Waggott as the main man down there. 

This is how these people operate - they love to give jobs out to the cheap and desperate who will accept any conditions in return for a route into management. Probably nice people too just to help them along.

But I also think they will recognise that directly appointing Boateng would cause furore especially in our current position. So perhaps their little scheme is to bring someone like Hughton in alongside/above him temporarily just to make it appear more reasonable and then he steps aside and they hand it to Boateng after that.

 

[BigHoz]

Fuck boateng simple as that. We need someone who’s proven, a winner, a motivator, Someone who is going to persuade key players to want to play for this football club, none of this rookie bullshit experimenting malarkey. And a big IF we’re going down that route (rather not) rather it be someone who’s been connected with the club/fans ie Duff. 

[47er]

2 minutes ago, BigHoz said:

 Someone who is going to persuade key players to want to play for this football club,

The problem is he has first to persuade  the owners to allow them to play for us. Eustace couldn't.

(I'm referring to contracts.)

[Penwortham Blue]

2 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Rob Edward's rumours to Boro with Carrick leaving.

Can’t see that at all, be amazed by if Gibson made a change this late in the season.

[martonrover]

Hughton = a busted flush whose career has essentially finished, and he’s 66.

Yup, ticks all the boxes of a daft appointment, so expecting it to happen.

[47er]

20 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

So let's the interview process is ongoing so let's it finish and see who we appoint here. 

Sounds eerily like what you say every transfer window! If we all just do that there's no point having a discussion board.

[USABlue]

1 hour ago, martonrover said:

Let’s hope that it’s just a case of someone getting the wrong end of the stick.

If Boateng gets it, there is clearly something very wrong at the club.

It is already crystal that something is wrong with the club but that appointment serves to make us wonder what the motivation is to be so shit 

[islander200]

28 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Can’t see that at all, be amazed by if Gibson made a change this late in the season.

Fans ain't happy with Carrick and haven't been for a whileb.Got booed off at half time and full time at weekend

He spent a lot of money on short term signings for a push at top 6 and results have been poor

[Tom]

Whilst I joked about Boetang being linked it’s hard to think of many worse options at this point, apart from the likes of Kean a first time manager with no pedigree to speak of is just not the route to go down now.

Bring someone like that into the staff is no issue but not as the main man 

[roversfan99]

If we are even interviewing the likes of Boateng and Boa Morte then we are just wasting crucial time.

We shouldnt be interviewing loads of people. We should have had a succession plan or at least an idea of what we want.

If we had say 3 we were deciding between then fine, interview and decide away, but more than that suggests we havent got a clue and are just interviewing loads hoping to stumble across someone.

Im guessing a foreign name is more likely because theyll be less likely to know much about the shit show that is a Venkys run football club and it will likely be someone of a calibre that means that less/no teams at our level would even consider such a name.

[RevidgeBlue]

I didnt really take mentions of Boamorte and Boateng seriously but if either of those 2 are appointed its impossible to view it as anything other than downright sabotage.

In Boateng's case at age 49 he has zero managerial experience at a meaningful level. Last role was less than 5 months at Coventry as head coach, they bombed, then he was sacked when Lampard was brought in.

And for the poster who said look out for a Boro/Birmingham/Coventry link he had 6 years as a player at Boro then the ill fated spell at Coventry recently. 

Got the stench of HSH and Waggott all over it.

[RevidgeBlue]

3 hours ago, DE. said:

If we hire Boateng then it's sabotage from the top, plain and simple. We'd be better off keeping Lowe in charge.

I dont even want Lowe to be appointed permanently but completely agree.

I did joke the other day that the most likely thing to get Lowe removed would be winning four on the bounce........

[Lecogsportif]

Boateng’s past managerial experience as posted in wiki 👇…in Malaysia 🫣

[LeftWinger]

Whoever it is, I just hope we are giving them a contract until the end of January 2026.

Gives them an excuse to go when we fuck up another transfer window. 

[Paul Mani]

11 hours ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Strewth, surely you kept him as a contact? If it was me, I would have been harassing him ever since whilst trying to get to Pasha and the owners !

Yes, we’ve stayed in touch, sporadically. He’s a really nice guy doing a job, he reckons Suhail is too…but there’s zero feeling or love or drive, and ultimately they’re paid to work in their employers best interest.

The problem with Suhail is, we’ve been involved in a playoff race, 3 of the last 4 seasons, whilst Suhail has been reducing the budget and asking his employers for less additional funding. As long as his scouting team can keep finding him Trondstadt’s, Ohashi’s, Kargbo’s and Gueye’s for a million quid, then supplementing with academy grads, along with frees and loans like Weimann, Batth, Beck, Ribeiro and Dennis. Then on paper, he’s doing a bloody brilliant job! You can imagine how great the quarterly reports look! 🙈

 

[davulsukur]

8 hours ago, JHRover said:

There is a potential link between Hughton and Boateng - Ghana. Boateng was born there despite playing a few games for the Netherlands and Hughton was recently involved with the Ghana national team first as an advisor and then as manager.

So I've heard less crazy suggestions.

My theory is that they'd love to give it to Boateng and that there will have been a 'plan' to do so for some time since he got the job at Brockhall working with the kids. There's been a similar plan for some time to get Gestede into the hierarchy and I suspect eventually he will replace Waggott as the main man down there. 

This is how these people operate - they love to give jobs out to the cheap and desperate who will accept any conditions in return for a route into management. Probably nice people too just to help them along.

But I also think they will recognise that directly appointing Boateng would cause furore especially in our current position. So perhaps their little scheme is to bring someone like Hughton in alongside/above him temporarily just to make it appear more reasonable and then he steps aside and they hand it to Boateng after that.

 

That's a very good (but incredibly worrying theory).

Frightening, quite frankly.

Imagine being Boateng, "Sorry George, the fanbase will likely riot if we put you in charge, so we've implemented a plan to get you in on the sly in a few months"

[davulsukur]

8 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

So let's the interview process is ongoing so let's it finish and see who we appoint here. 

We are interviewin candidates as various reports are saying and I guess you got no info to say we aren't. 

I said from the start, there is no outstanding candidate like last time, so interviewed 6 to 10 candidates and pick the best one that fits the club structure, etc. I also said I expect foreign head coach to be appoint as Eustace's replacement. I'm open mind on the appointment. 

It's easier to say who I dont want appoint here then who I do. 

 

We haven't. People have betting on him based on Alex Crook and Greame Bailey tweets saying he is being interview here

I know we haven't appointed him Chaddy but why would we even waste everyone's time by interviewing him? And if we are at the point whereby we are interviewing him, we must be interested/considering appointing him at the very least.

[Mercer]

I think it's clear there had been issues with Eustace for some time and surely Waggott and Gestede saw the writing on the wall.

All this seemingly p1ssing about interviewing the likes of Boateng, Boa Morte etc (if correct) smacks of just how dysfunctional our executive management is.  There should have been a clear plan to execute a new Head Coach and barring an unforeseen stellar application, we should have had a new man in place before the Plymouth game.

Talking about Plymouth, I was told at weekend Eustace had even applied for the Plymouth job when Rooney left - if this is correct, it shows, IMO, just how desperate Eustace was to get out of our mad house and knocks on the head all this closer to family business.

[chaddyrovers]

28 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

I know we haven't appointed him Chaddy but why would we even waste everyone's time by interviewing him? And if we are at the point whereby we are interviewing him, we must be interested/considering appointing him at the very least.

I have no idea why and we don't if he is being interview or not for sure. 

Wouldn't be on my shortlist of 6 to 10 candidates to be interview here. I think its right to interview so many and see what their thoughts and ideas about the team in the short term, medium term and long term. Can be all done by zoom then complie a 3 man shortlist from that and second interview them, picking their number 1 choice from that list. 

It's important we pick the "right candidate". Here and not choose the wrong one. Big call for Gestede and Owen

[The Gull]

Anyone trying make sense of what these clowns are doing is treading a dangerous path towards madness!

 

[arbitro]

8 hours ago, islander200 said:

Fans ain't happy with Carrick and haven't been for a whileb.Got booed off at half time and full time at weekend

He spent a lot of money on short term signings for a push at top 6 and results have been poor

I got a call from a friend who is well connected at Middlesbrough and he said they are expecting an announcement today that he Carrick is gone. His replacement has been lined up and is the one who I think the majority of us would favour as our manager.

[martonrover]

12 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I have no idea why and we don't if he is being interview or not for sure. 

Wouldn't be on my shortlist of 6 to 10 candidates to be interview here. I think its right to interview so many and see what their thoughts and ideas about the team in the short term, medium term and long term. Can be all done by zoom then complie a 3 man shortlist from that and second interview them, picking their number 1 choice from that list. 

It's important we pick the "right candidate". Here and not choose the wrong one. Big call for Gestede and Owen

I understand the logic, Chaddy, but as others have said, a better run club would have a succession plan, meaning they would already know who the number one choice is, and go after them.

Should the attempt to lure the number one choice be fruitless, you then move on to the number two choice, and so on.

Our indecisive, drawn out methods are indicative of how poorly the club functions at boardroom level and upwards.

Edit : See @arbitro post immediately above.

Edited February 17 by martonrover

[RevidgeBlue]

6 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I got a call from a friend who is well connected at Middlesbrough and he said they are expecting an announcement today that he Carrick is gone. His replacement has been lined up and is the one who I think the majority of us would favour as our manager.

If you're on about Cooper, it was said on Talksport this morning that he wasnt ready to return to the game yet.

[arbitro]

Just now, RevidgeBlue said:

If you're on about Cooper, it was said on Talksport this morning that he wasnt ready to return to the game yet.

He definitely is but it has to be the right job.