Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[chaddyrovers]

It's time to go Ismael. I'm not normally calling for people to go so early. 

I see no passion from him at all, his demeanor is pathetic. When we were 2 nil down so early, he should have shouting at the players. Nothing..

Walking down the tunnel without coming to the fans at full time. Piss poor..

Rovers have to admit they fuck up and sack him. 

 

[roversfan99]

Go on chaddy.

[chaddyrovers]

https://x.com/allrovers_/status/1908268325236597038?s=19

 

 

[G Somerset Rover]

That’s a bold call considering you were one of the very few who wanted him, Chaddy…

[roversfan99]

To be fair, stuff like touchline demeanour im not arsed about. 

But hes doing incredible to make poor players look far worse than they actually are.

No wonder West Brom and Watford got shut. Here, he will be here for a long time being "helped" by the idiot Gestede telling him how to play. Under these owners neglecting us. League 1 here we come.

[simongarnerisgod]

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

To be fair, stuff like touchline demeanour im not arsed about. 

it`s not very inspiring for  anyone to see him with his hands in his pockets looking a bit disinterested,whats the training regime like???? if thats how he acts on match day

[NeilInBristol]

11 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

It's time to go Ismael. I'm not normally calling for people to go so early. 

I see no passion from him at all, his demeanor is pathetic. When we were 2 nil down so early, he should have shouting at the players. Nothing..

Walking down the tunnel without coming to the fans at full time. Piss poor..

Rovers have to admit they fuck up and sack him. 

 

Who's hacked into chaddy's account 

[Leonard Venkhater]

3 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Who's hacked into chaddy's account 

Call me Ismael!

[davulsukur]

I was expecting his appointment to be bad but fucking hell, the bloke has taken us backwards at an alarming rate.

1 down after 75 seconds

2 down after 8 minutes

Probably the worst 45mins we've played since the days of K**n

If the club had even an ounce of sense, they'll be sacking this clown as I type.

[Leonard Venkhater]

2 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

I was expecting his appointment to be bad but fucking hell, the bloke has taken us backwards at an alarming rate.

1 down after 75 seconds

2 down after 8 minutes

Probably the worst 45mins we've played since the days of K**n

If the club had even an ounce of sense, they'll be sacking this clown as I type.

The problem is that your last sentence could have applied to so many appointments in the last 15 years..

[Bbrovers2288]

46 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

It's time to go Ismael. I'm not normally calling for people to go so early. 

I see no passion from him at all, his demeanor is pathetic. When we were 2 nil down so early, he should have shouting at the players. Nothing..

Walking down the tunnel without coming to the fans at full time. Piss poor..

Rovers have to admit they fuck up and sack him. 

 

I wasn’t totally against his appointment as I was impressed with his Barnsley exploits but I wholeheartedly agree that it’s been a fcuk up and it’s just a bad fit, we need a more defensive sound direct manager to work with these players, who that is I don’t know but this guy ain’t it. Seriously looking over shoulder at this point 

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

I wasn’t totally against his appointment as I was impressed with his Barnsley exploits but I wholeheartedly agree that it’s been a fcuk up and it’s just a bad fit, we need a more defensive sound direct manager to work with these players, who that is I don’t know but this guy ain’t it. Seriously looking over shoulder at this point 

they got lucky with mowbray,jdt and eustace,who temporarily stopped the decline and now they`ve reverted to type and employed a pillock in the appleton/coyle/berg mould

[chaddyrovers]

59 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

That’s a bold call considering you were one of the very few who wanted him, Chaddy…

I mentioned him as a potential target from day 1 cos he fitted what they want. 

I thought he would get more crosses into the box and play to Gueye's strengths. We havent

57 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

To be fair, stuff like touchline demeanour im not arsed about. 

When you are 2 nil so quickly, you expected a reaction instead he did feck all. 

13 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

I wasn’t totally against his appointment as I was impressed with his Barnsley exploits but I wholeheartedly agree that it’s been a fcuk up and it’s just a bad fit, we need a more defensive sound direct manager to work with these players, who that is I don’t know but this guy ain’t it. Seriously looking over shoulder at this point 

I see what you are saying but you got to appoint who fits what you want footballing wise

Edited 17 hours ago by chaddyrovers

[chaddyrovers]

12 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

Berg mould

He deserves more respect. He has done a good job at most clubs just not here

[Tricky]

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

15 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

Berg mould

He deserves more respect. He has done a good job at most clubs just not here

Joker

[roversfan99]

4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

He deserves more respect. He has done a good job at most clubs just not here

He hasnt and doesnt. You just convinced yourself that he did to justify the appointment.

But fair play for at least admitting that he needs to go.

[chaddyrovers]

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

He hasnt and doesnt. You just convinced yourself that he did to justify the appointment.

He has done a good at others clubs like Legia Warsaw and Omonia. 

Here it didn't work out for him

8 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

fair play for at least admitting that he needs to go

What does that mean? 

 

[roversfan99]

41 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

He has done a good at others clubs like Legia Warsaw and Omonia. 

Here it didn't work out for him

What does that mean? 

 

Sorry, I thought you meant that Ismael deserves respect for doing good jobs at other clubs.

Means what it says. Fair play for saying that Ismael needs to go rather than potentially sticking to your guns as you have in the past.

[KentExile]

For a second I genuinely thought he was going to show some self reflection about his nightmare start over this past month or two

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/april/04/ismael-laments--nightmare--start/

But no

Edited 11 hours ago by KentExile

[cesus]

9 minutes ago, KentExile said:

For a second I genuinely thought he was going to show some self reflection about his nightmare start over this past month or two

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/april/04/ismael-laments--nightmare--start/

But no

He has a potent mix of arrogance and denial, two traits that will go down like a cup of sick for us fans.

[Ferrit]

Worst manager we’ve ever had, considering some of the guff we’ve seen over the years that’s some going. Make no mistake this is worse than those dark Kean years. Is Jerome Anderson back pulling the strings?

 

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[arbitro]

I would really like to know what in his interview impressed them so much he not only got the job but a three and a half year deal to boot.

I don't think he is going anytime soon though given that he seems to be best mates with Gestede.

[G Somerset Rover]

2 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I would really like to know what in his interview impressed them so much he not only got the job but a three and a half year deal to boot.

I don't think he is going anytime soon though given that he seems to be best mates with Gestede.

I know we’ve said it a lot this past 15 years, but who is his agent?

[StHelensRover]

Gestede said performances have been improving as well the other day didn't he? 😂 Roll it back.

He's also been spouting more guff on SSN about how he's hurt by the criticism. The front on him to come out with that, the conniving little work experience toss-pot. How does he think we feel after 15 years of this nonsense?