New manager wishlist

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

4 hours ago, Colt Seavers said:

David Lowe seems to be a good bloke but I put the last two results down to a good set of lads showing some solidarity and possibly some anger towards having felt somewhat abandoned by the previous regime and a spirit of "we'll show 'em"

That spirit will only take us so far and if we appoint Lowe next week and lose the next two matches we'll have a long time to regret his appointment. 

I would like to see a no nonsense manager who knows how to get promoted from the Championship given a short contract until the end of the season, with a sizeable financial incentive and a promise to discuss the future in the summer when we are preparing for a season in the top flight.

That kind of spirit lasted ten years at Wimbledon. 

[RevidgeBlue]

14 hours ago, Mike E said:

Being a little facetious here, but Gerrard could be the perfect candidate to rid us of Venkys.

A media darling like that choosing to walk out of the job after only another 12 months would really set alarm bells ringing and set Sky’s journalistic dogs howling at the ownership.

I’d almost appoint him for that reason alone.

I also feel he wouldn’t actually need to ‘manage’ this side. He just needs to ‘Captain’ it with encouragement and siege mentality. Being an idol of Travis’ would go a long way to getting complete buy-in from the rest of the squad too.

Sidenote: Trav is now of an age (and improvement in ability) where I hope he becomes a rare one-club player. He loves the club, and is proving himself a fucking superb captain. I think we will all look kindly on his place in our history, even if it has been under the ownership of these cunts.

A play off chasing Club having its manager walking out at this stage of the season must be fairly unprecedented. Having said manager walk out to join a Club in 21st even more so and as such it's brought the welcome glare of the National spotlight onto the owners tenure for the first time in many years.

I think that spotlight needs to stay fixed firmly in position and the appointment of Gerrard would certainly achieve that for as long as he was here whether he was a resounding success or a massive disaster.

For that reason alone I cant see Waghail opting for Gerrard, let alone the fact that the likely cost would have Waggott choking on his cornflakes.

The more I think about it, the more I'm warming to the idea though, especially given some of the other names mentioned in the betting. We just need someone to come in and not change too much but have the players motivated enough to run through a brick wall until the end of the season.

[Exiled_Rover]

8 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

A play off chasing Club having its manager walking out at this stage of the season must be fairly unprecedented. Having said manager walk out to join a Club in 21st even more so and as such it's brought the welcome glare of the National spotlight onto the owners tenure for the first time in many years.

I think that spotlight needs to stay fixed firmly in position and the appointment of Gerrard would certainly achieve that for as long as he was here whether he was a resounding success or a massive disaster.

For that reason alone I cant see Waghail opting for Gerrard, let alone the fact that the likely cost would have Waggott choking on his cornflakes.

The more I think about it, the more I'm warming to the idea though, especially given some of the other names mentioned in the betting. We just need someone to come in and not change too much but have the players motivated enough to run through a brick wall until the end of the season.

Gerrard seems like quite a meek character post-playing career.

He strikes me as the type that would sign an NDA and go away quietly after 12 months if it wasn't working out.

[Herbie6590]

1 hour ago, RoversClitheroe said:

It would make sense though?

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

Every decision the club makes is as a result of the budget. The budget is set by Venkys. 

[smiller14]

Does anyone have a screenshot of Nixon's latest article? Thanks in advance

[roverblue]

Starting to get a feeling we are heading for a left field appointment from overseas.

A lot of the decent uk based managers being linked are all out of work but on good compensation packages from previous clubs like Leicester, Wolves, Luton etc. That's money I can't see us paying unless they agree to forfeit.

[chaddyrovers]

2 minutes ago, smiller14 said:

Does anyone have a screenshot of Nixon's latest article? Thanks in advance

The articles says Leyton Orient wanted 250k for Wellens. That's it

[Ricky]

Anyone know if Travis grew up as a Liverpool fan? I know he was at Liverpool for 10 years before he joined us.

[martonrover]

4 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Anyone know if Travis grew up as a Liverpool fan? I know he was at Liverpool for 10 years before he joined us.

I’m sure I read he’s a Man U fan!

Edit : Here it is on the official club website 

Team You Supported Growing Up

Manchester United. My mum and my dad always supported them, so it was brought into the family.

Edited February 16 by martonrover

[RevidgeBlue]

11 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Every decision the club makes is as a result of the budget. The budget is set by Venkys. 

However they "used to" go beyond it upon request - for Armstrong/Gallagher/BBD etc etc.

What we really need is for them to do "a Jack" and say "Here Jurgen, what are you doing pissing about in an office at Red Bull? Get your arse over here and get back to what you really love doing".

Instead they now appear to be complely indifferent to us (at best) and we're far more likely to end up with George Boateng.

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, roverblue said:

Starting to get a feeling we are heading for a left field appointment from overseas.

Been saying for days, I expect an foreign appointment. Most likely someone not linked to us yet 

Nicko has said "Not sure about that", that Gary O'Neil wants to come here. 

[RevidgeBlue]

9 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

The articles says Leyton Orient wanted 250k for Wellens. That's it

Might be the one occasion when our aversion to spending money turns out to be a blessing in disguise.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

Been saying for days, I expect an foreign appointment. Most likely someone not linked to us yet 

Nicko has said "Not sure about that", that Gary O'Neil wants to come here. 

So

1) Foreign

2) Crap. (And cheap)

3) Unemployed

?

[chaddyrovers]

5 hours ago, markhayhurst said:

That half of the release clause triggered  for Eustace so why not?

Cos He wouldn't my first choice. 

I have said I think we will appoint a foreign head coach which I still going for. 

5 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.”

I was saying this yesterday to a few fans around me, that I don't believe Venkys have much involvement in the day to day running of the club and Pasha runs the club

5 hours ago, JHRover said:

If we did want Wellens, which I hope we don't, why would paying £250k compensation be a stumbling block when we've just collected reportedly 2-3 times that from Derby for Eustace?

Where has that money gone so quickly?

It really doesn't bode well for the future if we are baulking at appointing a League One manager (Not that I'd want him) based on his compensation figure

I never said it was stumbling block tho. 

I just expect a Foreign head coach appointment myself

4 hours ago, Neal said:

Can someone explain to me why the fuck Boa Morte & Boateng are in the running? 

Alex Crook from Talksport has said they will be interviewed by Rovers

[JHRover]

Wolves news: Gary O'Neil signs new four-year deal - BBC Sport

O'Neil signed a new improved 4 year Wolves deal in August that ran until 2028. 

Now unless something drastic is happening with that I suspect he will be due a sizeable chunk of money from Wolves and would forfeit some of it if he took a job at Venky Rovers.

I imagine his wage at Wolves will have also been way beyond what we are willing to pay here.

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

So

1) Foreign

2) Crap. (And cheap)

3) Unemployed

?

Who says a foreign head coach appointment would be crap and cheap or even unemployed? 

 

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Alex Crook from Talksport has said they will be interviewed by Rovers

I think the question is not "Wiil they be interviewed?" it's "Why would we even bother" Chaddy.

[JHRover]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

Who says a foreign head coach appointment would be crap and cheap or even unemployed? 

 

Venkys, Waggott, Suhail and Gestede do.

Their budgets make it almost a certainty, see our approach to transfers - short term, cheap, hit and hope rather than any sort of grand or ambitious plan.

[martonrover]

4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Alex Crook from Talksport has said they will be interviewed by Rovers

Wasn’t Elliott Jackson suggesting that Boateng might be part of the coaching set-up, rather than getting the head coach role?
Knowing our lot they will give Boateng and Boa Morte coaching jobs and then ask them who to bring in as head coach!

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Who says a foreign head coach appointment would be crap and cheap or even unemployed? 

 

Well, we've not appointed anyone in employment since Appleton so the odds favour us appointing someone unemployed to avoid having to pay compensation.

Appleton isnt the best example to use in favour of appointing anyone in employment admittedly.

[Polky]

https://x.com/latestrovers/status/1891140959758401680?s=46&t=eQpRIP77C9LnHMZexFr0xg

Nixon says Rob Edwards is interested in the job but he’s not high on our list.

[RevidgeBlue]

12 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Wolves news: Gary O'Neil signs new four-year deal - BBC Sport

O'Neil signed a new improved 4 year Wolves deal in August that ran until 2028. 

Now unless something drastic is happening with that I suspect he will be due a sizeable chunk of money from Wolves and would forfeit some of it if he took a job at Venky Rovers.

I imagine his wage at Wolves will have also been way beyond what we are willing to pay here.

That's that one crossed off then.

[chaddyrovers]

7 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I think the question is not "Wiil they be interviewed?" it's "Why would we even bother" Chaddy.

I don't disagree here

6 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Venkys, Waggott, Suhail and Gestede do.

Their budgets make it almost a certainty, see our approach to transfers - short term, cheap, hit and hope rather than any sort of grand or ambitious plan.

I don't see Venkys being part of the process. 

I think and this is just my opinion that Gestede and Owen are interviewing before making their recommendation to Pasha/Waggott who will say Yay or Nay

4 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Wasn’t Elliott Jackson suggesting that Boateng might be part of the coaching set-up, rather than getting the head coach role?
Knowing our lot they will give Boateng and Boa Morte coaching jobs and then ask them who to bring in as head coach!

it was Nixon who say Boateng could be part of the coaching staff

[martonrover]

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

it was Nixon who say Boateng could be part of the coaching staff

Fair enough. I knew I’d read it somewhere.

Begs the question - why?
 

Potential new head coach : “I’d like to bring in my own staff”.

Rovers : “You’re getting George Boateng”. 🙄

[chaddyrovers]

Just now, martonrover said:

Fair enough. I knew I’d read it somewhere.

Begs the question - why?
 

Potential new head coach : “I’d like to bring in my own staff”.

Rovers : “You’re getting George Boateng”. 🙄

Most head coach bring their own number 2 and work with the rest of the staff there