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[roverblue]

Surely this talk of Boateng is just hot air wtf has the guy done in football to be even considered for a playoff push at a club like Rovers?
 

It would be as bad as the Gestede appointment and another nail in the coffin of the club.

[ben_the_beast]

Looking back at the petty statement we released, expressing the disappointment Eustice was leaving at such a crucial point in the season, Waggott and co aren't exactly walking the walk. 

If their actions matched their words, there would 100% be a new manager installed by now. They would have been at the game at the weekend, ready to hit the ground running this week. 

Even if they are appointed by the Swansea game, all we're doing is making the new incumbents job more difficult. There is a rush to appoint a new manager. Waggott is bloody useless. 

[Ricky]

Boro will be a way more attractive job than ours so I expect the best candidates to be hanging on for that one now. How far have we fallen to have to admit that the Boro job is a better one than the rovers job.

Wouldn’t have been an issue had we moved quickly and got the new manager in post already.

[chaddyrovers]

10 minutes ago, martonrover said:

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.

I understand your point but I think interviewing a number of candidates given we had over 150 applicants for this head coach is right approach. I dont see this process has indecisive at all. We did this process before and with success. 

Our situation is a different one to Boro, Gibson has panic(once again) and decide to change head coach. Only 2 weeks they sold their number 1 striker and didn't reinvest that money into proper replacement plus lost their last 2 games, whilst we won our last 2 games and sit 5th which has given us time to appoint the right candidate otherwise we can under Lowe and Travis leadership. 

5 minutes ago, 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.

Cooper won't drop to the championship. Plus he is money manager. He had plenty of falling outs with players at Leicester. 

[philipl]

Apparently Gary O'Neill and two foreign managers coming in for interviews this week.

[Ricky]

Completely disagree on Cooper being a money manager. Took Forest up on a shoestring and only spent when they got promoted. That team currently sit in the champions league spots so I’d suggest the spending wasn’t bad at all. 

[AvRover]

33 minutes ago, roverblue said:

Surely this talk of Boateng is just hot air wtf has the guy done in football to be even considered for a playoff push at a club like Rovers?
 

It would be as bad as the Gestede appointment and another nail in the coffin of the club.

I'd like to think that as much as the regime has a passive approach to management and wants to do things on the cheap, Boateng would be a step too far for them? It has to pass the court of public opinion and basic competency for the role, otherwise it will draw unwanted attention. I'd like to think they wouldn't appoint him unless they genuinely saw something in his abilities.

That said, the regime are the same people who appointed Kean and passed on Warnock for Coyle. However, with the exception of Coyle (who at least was a proven manager with a promotion on his record), every appointment since Lambert actually seems to have been decent.

Not saying Boateng won't happen, but we have to hope that pattern continues.

Edited Monday at 08:42 by AvRover

[Tricky]

after seeing Boa Morte and Boateng getting linked heavily with short odds, Gary O'Neill really doesnt seem like a bad option now unfortunately.

[Bohinen1983]

Just now, Tricky said:

after seeing Boa Morte and Boateng getting linked heavily with short odds, Gary O'Neill really doesnt seem like a bad option now unfortunately.

What's wrong with Warnock or Allardyce?!

[martonrover]

12 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I understand your point but I think interviewing a number of candidates given we had over 150 applicants for this head coach is right approach. I dont see this process has indecisive at all. We did this process before and with success.

Agree to disagree.

The number of applicants shouldn’t have any bearing on our process.

We should already have had a clear idea who we wanted.

We were clearly dithering before JDT was appointed, and his appointment was thanks to Broughton arriving and making a recommendation.

The appointment of Eustace was, to be fair, more decisive.

[chaddyrovers]

5 minutes ago, Bohinen1983 said:

What's wrong with Warnock or Allardyce?!

Never an option here 

[AvRover]

3 minutes ago, Bohinen1983 said:

What's wrong with Warnock or Allardyce?!

I'd probably have to see an interview with them to properly judge them. Yes, they *could* work until the summer. But I fear they're both a bit past it now. 3 or 4 years ago I'd be right with you.

[BlackburnEnd75]

16 hours ago, Waggy76 said:

Why are we being linked with Boateng, as a coach ? 

That suggests to me agents in play. 

I'm hoping it's just this. 

Agent drumming up interest, he gets an interview as he has previous links to the club. It can then be spun that he came close to the job and use it as a springboard to get a first managerial position in L1 or L2.

They can't seriously appoint him can they? (Insert mick Mccarthy clip, 'they can')

[Tricky]

9 minutes ago, Bohinen1983 said:

What's wrong with Warnock or Allardyce?!

nothing, they're just not realistic, more chance of us getting roque santa cruz back on loan for the rest of the season,

[Bohinen1983]

3 minutes ago, Tricky said:

nothing, they're just not realistic, more chance of us getting roque santa cruz back on loan for the rest of the season,

Do you not think they'd be interested? I think our current squad is right up their street.. They're modus operandi is squeezing the most out of teams.. They've bags of experience and have coaches beneath them that would run the training. Their people skills would see us into the play-offs...

[Waggy76]

9 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Agree to disagree.

The number of applicants shouldn’t have any bearing on our process.

We should already have had a clear idea who we wanted.

We were clearly dithering before JDT was appointed, and his appointment was thanks to Broughton arriving and making a recommendation.

The appointment of Eustace was, to be fair, more decisive.

Who actually appointed Eustace , Broughton or Waggott ?

[chaddyrovers]

Just now, martonrover said:

Agree to disagree.

The number of applicants shouldn’t have any bearing on our process.

We should already have had a clear idea who we wanted.

We were clearly dithering before JDT was appointed, and his appointment was thanks to Broughton arriving and making a recommendation.

The appointment of Eustace was, to be fair, more decisive.

Eustace appointment need to be quick cos of our league position. 

I said from the start I expected foreign head coach appointment and I would interviewed 6 to 10 candidates before selecting the right one. I still expecting a foreign head coach appointment from Gestede and Owen. 

Plus we have back to back wins, so we don't need to panic at all here. People need to stay calm and hopefully we make the right appointment here

[chaddyrovers]

1 minute ago, Waggy76 said:

Who actually appointed Eustace , Broughton or Waggott ?

Waggott and Pasha from reports 

[Tricky]

2 minutes ago, Bohinen1983 said:

Do you not think they'd be interested? I think our current squad is right up their street.. They're modus operandi is squeezing the most out of teams.. They've bags of experience and have coaches beneath them that would run the training. Their people skills would see us into the play-offs...

id like either dont get me wrong, but they're nowhere near the short odds on here 

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[AvRover]

15 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Agree to disagree.

The number of applicants shouldn’t have any bearing on our process.

We should already have had a clear idea who we wanted.

We were clearly dithering before JDT was appointed, and his appointment was thanks to Broughton arriving and making a recommendation.

The appointment of Eustace was, to be fair, more decisive.

I get the feeling the club has been blindsided by Eustace. Yes, they were stupid not to register he might just walk out. However, given the situation we were left in, it makes sense to take a few days, interview a shortlist of half a dozen and appoint midweek ahead of Swansea. "150 candidates" is a bit of a red herring when the truth is the club's been left in the lurch and there's a handful of candidates they need to choose from.

Edited Monday at 09:00 by AvRover

[roversfan99]

1 hour 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

What makes you so sure that Gestede and Owen are solely in charge of our next appointment?

[AvRover]

8 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Eustace appointment need to be quick cos of our league position. 

I said from the start I expected foreign head coach appointment and I would interviewed 6 to 10 candidates before selecting the right one. I still expecting a foreign head coach appointment from Gestede and Owen. 

Plus we have back to back wins, so we don't need to panic at all here. People need to stay calm and hopefully we make the right appointment here

I think anxiety will build the longer without an appointment - it looks chaotic. The club should have a shortlist of six managers constantly under review and now be working their way through that to work out who's the best fit. 13 (hopefully 16) game contract, appoint Tuesday/Wednesday, first game Swansea. Job done, tyvm.

[davulsukur]

1 hour 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.

Would anyone take Carrick here? He's not quite pushed Boro to the level I think people were expecting and he's been well backed but he's not done too badly for his first gig in management.

[Paul Mani]

Fwiw - I do think there was a contingency plan around JE, but in 5th position, he wasn’t going to get the sack, and deep down, I don’t think they expected him to push his way out bearing in mind the teams position, and his supposed affinity to the lads…

Added to this, the fact that a lot of managers will fancy this job now, the goalposts have moved and the caretaker manager has 2/2 wins! All takes the pressure off an immediate hire…though I think it will be done this week.

So - the list contained managers A, B and C. But because of the above we now have X, Y and Z who have applied and we want to speak with them as well as the others before we make a decision. That’s the likely scenario. Imo.

[roversfan99]

If we are interviewing as many as has been reported, theres certainly no contingency plan.