New manager wishlist

[roversfan99]

5 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

I don’t see why it won’t be Duff out of that list

Something has simple as him having worked here before could be what picks it

It just doesn’t seem the right job for anybody else on that list. Karanka maybe

He worked here as a young player over 20 years ago under different owners. I dont see what relevance it has.

[Mashed Potatoes]

49 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

At the moment the players are doing the business on the understanding there'll be a new man coming in. It would be a massive mistake to remove that carrot/stick imo, we've seen countless examples over the years of teams showing an upturn in form under a caretaker manager then as soon as the appointment is made permanent everything goes rapidly South.

What did Henry Winter have to say about us this morning ?

[Mercer]

13 minutes ago, Tricky said:

True, and we'll end up with Russell Martin 

Think there's no doubt he would be an utter disaster.

IMO, an intransigent coach who is a legend in his own mind only and so in love with himself.  Think he was really lucky to land the Southampton post on the back of a very average track record and his management of them in the PL proved disastrous.  Would rather have Coyley than Martin and that says it all. 

[arbitro]

18 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Appointing a player who once pretended to be a dog, cocking its leg up to pee on a corner flag after scoring against us, (Boa Morte), would definitely be the last straw 😉

That's a bit of a tall tail.

😃

[Bbrovers2288]

Would be nervous with boateng or boa morte, inexperienced and a gamble we shouldn’t be taking

raging if it were Russell Martin, don’t rate him at all

50/50 on gerrard, big name in football but his history looks sketchy at best, not sure he is a great manager 

ok with carsley, O’Neill or Edward’s, all had somewhat success and appear to be steady hands 

would bite your hand off at cooper or Danny rohl 

 

rest on the list for one reason or another just nah. 
sadly don’t think there is any realistic stand out candidates. It’s a shame mark robins was snapped up 

[Gav]

3 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Would be nervous with boateng or boa morte, inexperienced and a gamble we shouldn’t be taking

raging if it were Russell Martin, don’t rate him at all

50/50 on gerrard, big name in football but his history looks sketchy at best, not sure he is a great manager 

ok with carsley, O’Neill or Edward’s, all had somewhat success and appear to be steady hands 

would bite your hand off at cooper or Danny rohl 

 

rest on the list for one reason or another just nah. 
sadly don’t think there is any realistic stand out candidates. It’s a shame mark robins was snapped up 

Danny Rohl has a £5m release clause in his contract that Southampton refused to trigger earlier in the season. He’s a very good manager, being treated poorly by a bonkers owner.

Sound familiar…

[martonrover]

9 minutes ago, arbitro said:

That's a bit of a tall tail.

😃

That's had me searching! 🙂 

This is as near as I could find for proof.

Watch Boa Morte's celebration after scoring Fulham's third.

They cut off from showing the full celebration, (the cocked leg), but I think this proves I haven't made it up 🙂 

[wilsdenrover]

55 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

If they cant attend when King Kenny is here, they're never likely to are they?

Their ‘pride’ wouldn’t stand him completely overshadowing them. 

[Roverthechimp]

58 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

Boateng’s only real link to the club is he’s worked here previously. 
 

No idea where Boa Morte has come from, presumably his agent?

Both make zero sense unless they’re great mates with Rudy or something, which I also doubt. 
 

A couple with obvious rovers links then the rest just managers that have appeared in the betting for the last few vacancies at other teams. In short I wouldn’t read anything at all into these odds. 

Boateng and Boa Morte will be cheap and, initially, compliant and probably accept whatever contract is put to them.

Sold as being ”High profile former players” akin to Gerrard but a damn cheaper - sound like something Suhail would want and Barry Mantits would lap up?

[Forever Blue]

2 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

Mate, honestly…they haven’t a clue what’s going on. Completely unaware and ambivalent.

I met one of their advisors in Dubai last year, at the same level as Suhail. They have around 10x of them globally and he was open about it…”it’s just another business line, another line on the P&L…nothing more or less.”

Yeah, that happened 😉

[arbitro]

28 minutes ago, martonrover said:

That's had me searching! 🙂 

This is as near as I could find for proof.

Watch Boa Morte's celebration after scoring Fulham's third.

They cut off from showing the full celebration, (the cocked leg), but I think this proves I haven't made it up 🙂 

Tail not tale 😂😂

[martonrover]

2 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Tail not tale 😂😂

Loving the Fulham guy goading our bloke because of his, "northern talk" 🙂 

[Paul Mani]

12 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Yeah, that happened 😉

Sound, feel free to keep your eyes peeled for external validation, over the next few weeks and months. Like everything else.. 👍🏼

Edited February 16 by Paul Mani

[doctorryan]

On 10/02/2025 at 12:58, superniko said:

You can all blame me for this - went downhill as soon as I changed my Avatar - same thing happened when I changed to the JDT one in the Sheff Utd cup match. 

From:  Eustace Wants Out

 

4 hours ago, Upside Down said:

I like your new profile picture chaddy, keep it.

 

👌👍✌️😎

I post this with no explanation, nor pretension.

[Paul Mani]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

How did you know it was and come across a Venkys advisor, out of interest?

"Another line on the P&L" doesnt really make sense but it is clear that they do treat us with the total disregard that you suggest. They couldnt give a shit about us and their lapdog essentially said as such in a recent fans fans forum by saying they wont be coming any time soon as they have more important matters to attend to.

I attended Gitex in Dubai in October last year as I work with a number of tech companies looking to raise capital and and grow their business.

I met an Indian company, who had an advisor with them. On introduction he said his name and that he was ‘independent’ as he worked for a High net worth Indian family called “The Venkys…you may know them from England as they own some football team…errrm…Blackburn”. Anyway, we spent and hour or so chatting about Rovers and Venkys as a well as investment.

Without going into details, he wasn’t disrespectful about us but the overriding feeling is that Rovers is no more important than 20 other businesses within their portfolio. Venkys have 10+ leaders who move around their portfolio and report directly into them. Suhail and this guy are two of that group. 

[roverstdt]

Would love Danny Rohl, however if he is a no go the main target to me needs to be Gary O Neil or Lee Carsley. I want someone who can develop young players. Rob Edwards hasn't shown that. Ruddy needs to tie down contracts we are in a precarious position. I think keeping Weimann Batt Hyam and Hedges (only to sale for some value), is key. Thyrys just give him a 15k-20k a week contract he deserves it more than Arnor. 

[Blue&WhiteArmy]

Interestingly Nixon has said a few times that Boateng is only an option as a number 2, not head coach.. not sure why a club would be sounding out number twos rather than getting there head coach sorted first..

My other thought was maybe they’re hoping for O’Neil with Boateng as his number 2 as they were at Boro for a year or so together back in there playing days.. maybe Boateng is cheaper than who O’Neil may want to bring with him.. either way I’d be wanting Lowe to remain as first team coach, clearly has the respect of everyone at the club.

If Gerrard is of interest, they may need to act fast as many Rangers fans are hoping for him back and they’re currently drawing against Hearts who are the better team, so Clements days are surely numbered.

Either way, I hope we see some movement this week, none of the names are particularly exciting, we just need a steady name that won’t change much just yet.. If there’s anything in Boateng, Boa Morte and Wellens, underwhelmed would be an understatement, anger would be the better way of describing how I’d feel.. 

Hoping for a decent appointment, has to be right!

[davulsukur]

5 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

One goes (up) One stays (down)…

 

[Herbie6590]

2 hours ago, Paul Mani said:

Who says they are? The Sun? 🤷🏽‍♂️

Their agents…

[Herbie6590]

17 minutes ago, Blue&WhiteArmy said:

not sure why a club would be sounding out number twos

 

The jokes just write themselves these days…

[Forever Blue]

48 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

Sound, feel free to keep your eyes peeled for external validation, over the next few weeks and months. Like everything else.. 👍🏼

Just joking, hence the wink. 

[RoversClitheroe]

2 hours ago, Tugayslongwalkoff said:

If Boa Morte or Boateng get the job, the season is going to go up in a giant fireball of fan rage and anger. 

It would make sense though?

Every decision the club makes is to not make playoffs in my view

[wilsdenrover]

44 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

I attended Gitex in Dubai in October last year as I work with a number of tech companies looking to raise capital and and grow their business.

I met an Indian company, who had an advisor with them. On introduction he said his name and that he was ‘independent’ as he worked for a High net worth Indian family called “The Venkys…you may know them from England as they own some football team…errrm…Blackburn”. Anyway, we spent and hour or so chatting about Rovers and Venkys as a well as investment.

Without going into details, he wasn’t disrespectful about us but the overriding feeling is that Rovers is no more important than 20 other businesses within their portfolio. Venkys have 10+ leaders who move around their portfolio and report directly into them. Suhail and this guy are two of that group. 

Maybe they should let one of the others have a go.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

What did Henry Winter have to say about us this morning ?

Dont know. I didnt listen to the show this morning, sorry.

Sadly in a way the two wins have probably taken the heat off the owners somewhat.

[Roverthechimp]

Not sure what we pay our head coach but I’m guessing our actual cost for the last 2.5 years has been fuck all!

Are our owners actually stupid or are they playing 4d chess that we just can’t comprehend 🤔😉