Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[philipl]

My profound thanks to Mr Ismael for delivering the coup de grace today and avoiding any prolonged agony. 

[JCRovers]

Beginning to think that Ismael was hired because he's a 'yes-man', willing to take the owners' side over the team just like Gestede. The way he has talked negatively about the players' previous performances this season (not creating many chances in the win against Leeds for example), talking about how he wants the team to have more possession without having any clear ideas on how to "penetrate" the opposition as he likes to describe it, and how quickly he has demolished the defensive stability being built by Eustace makes you wonder what the board was thinking when offering him a 3-year contract. Pathetic.

I'm more certain now than ever that there's gonna be a massive player turnover this summer and with a significantly weaker squad, the team will head into next season being one of the favorites for relegation. Our luck in managerial appointments are over for now and I seriously doubt the board will sack Ismael before it's too late. 

Edited 5 hours ago by JCRovers

[RoversClitheroe]

1 minute ago, JCRovers said:

Beginning to think that Ismael was hired because he's a 'yes-man', willing to take the owners' side over the team just like Gestede. The way he has talked negatively about the players' previous performances this season (not creating many chances in the win against Leeds for example), talking about how he wants the team to have more possession without having any clear ideas on how to "penetrate" the opposition as he likes to describe it, and how quickly he has demolished the defensive stability being built by Eustace makes you wonder what the board was thinking when offering him a 3-year contract. Pathetic.

I'm more certain now than ever that there's gonna be a massive player turnover this summer and with a significantly weaker squad, the team will head into next season being one of the favorites for relegation. Our luck in managerial appointments are over for now and I'll seriously doubt the board will sack Ismael before it's too late. 

They don't want promotion surely.

Who's selecting the team?

Edited 5 hours ago by RoversClitheroe

[sharpysharps86]

Yeah, Ismael is already proving a lot of us right.

If there isn't a break clause in that big old 3 1/2 year deal I'd be staggered, especially given how cheap the club does things.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if he's gone in the summer and circus will continue onto the next stop.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Took just four games to destroy our hopes after a Season of Progress and Hope.

Edited 3 hours ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[booth]

1 minute ago, RoversClitheroe said:

They don't want promotion surely.

Who's selecting the team?

Course they don't.

They don't want promotion because it would mean some work and investment has to go back in. Hence three years of sabotage.

[simongarnerisgod]

4 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Yeah, Ismael is already proving a lot of us right.

If there isn't a break clause in that big old 3 1/2 year deal I'd be staggered, especially given how cheap the club does things.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if he's gone in the summer and circus will continue onto the next stop.

be gone by christmas along with our best players in the summer firesale

[booth]

6 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

be gone by christmas along with our best players in the summer firesale

If that happens then he's resigning as Suhail doesn't sack people, he just lets their contracts run down or has a girly strop when other teams take them. As we saw with JDT he doesn't even let them resign without a large dose of petulance.

[Exiled_Rover]

19 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Yeah, Ismael is already proving a lot of us right.

If there isn't a break clause in that big old 3 1/2 year deal I'd be staggered, especially given how cheap the club does things.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if he's gone in the summer and circus will continue onto the next stop.

We're cheap, but we're not savvy. Why would Ismael sign a contract with a break clause in our favour in it?

[alcd]

21 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

They don't want promotion surely.

Who's selecting the team?

Wagsail - and their paymasters Venkys - WANT relegation as the losses in L1 are lower. that's ALL their interested in.

[alcd]

24 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Yeah, Ismael is already proving a lot of us right.

If there isn't a break clause in that big old 3 1/2 year deal I'd be staggered, especially given how cheap the club does things.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if he's gone in the summer and circus will continue onto the next stop.

Would Ismael resign if all the remaining 8 matches are lost? I doubt it and certainly not without a payoff.

[davulsukur]

27 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Yeah, Ismael is already proving a lot of us right.

If there isn't a break clause in that big old 3 1/2 year deal I'd be staggered, especially given how cheap the club does things.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if he's gone in the summer and circus will continue onto the next stop.

I wonder (more hope i guess), if there is a break clause for this summer. Giving him a 3 year deal was ludicrous and considering the short term nature of how they operate, it goes well against their current trend.

Not a cat in hells chance they sack him and pay him up for 3 years. It's all about cost savings, so there must be something that's weighted heavily in the clubs favour.

[martonrover]

Absolutely terrible appointment and ridiculous length of contract.

Shove your season tickets where the Sun doesn't shine.

 

[BRFC4EVA]

Pathetic pound shop appointment. 4 of the easiest games this season against dross opposition as seen us pick up 1 point via a 97th min equaliser. 

Playoffs completely gone, all that hard work to waste. But waggot gets a pay rise. Absolute scumbag. 

Get Ismael, waggot, pasha, Sohail and the venkys out of our fucking club. I am done.

[RoversClitheroe]

Don't listen to his post match interview, it will make you sick

[Mercer]

9 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Absolutely terrible appointment and ridiculous length of contract.

Shove your season tickets where the Sun doesn't shine.

 

Totally agree.

We are in Jim Iley category here - think Jim won ONLY 2 GAMES OUT OF 20 games or so.

Ismael makes even Coyley, who won about 12 (33% win record), look like Pep.

We are in mega trouble with this appointment - I think his position is already untenable.  This could get very, very toxic in record time.  The clowns and Ismael need to reach a mutual agreement for his immediate departure. 

[martonrover]

7 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Totally agree.

We are in Jim Iley category here - think Jim won ONLY 2 GAMES OUT OF 20 games or so.

Ismael makes even Coyley, who won about 12 (33% win record), look like Pep.

We are in mega trouble with this appointment - I think his position is already untenable.  This could get very, very toxic in record time.  The clowns and Ismael need to reach a mutual agreement for his immediate departure. 

In a funny way he's actually doing us a favour, because it's going so badly that the heat is being turned up on the owners and their hired goons.

[simongarnerisgod]

couple more defeats and he`ll lose the dressing room,it looks like it`s only a matter of time judging by the performance and mannerisms today

[DE.]

15 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Don't listen to his post match interview, it will make you sick

Just made me bored tbh. Turned it off after two minutes as his monotone voice was doing my head in and it was nothing but excuses. Thought Dolan was onside (wrong), thought it was our most 'complete' game whatever that means. Wanted the penalty to stand even though it was the correct decision not to give it. Stopped watching when he started blaming injuries as well. That was only two minutes in and the interview went on for over five minutes. Can't imagine it got any better. 

Edited 4 hours ago by DE.

[Waggy76]

1 hour ago, booth said:

Course they don't.

They don't want promotion because it would mean some work and investment has to go back in. Hence three years of sabotage.

Also publicity and being in the public eye again.

They don't want  the big media boys around , skeletons in the cupboard .

[Waggy76]

6 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

couple more defeats and he`ll lose the dressing room,it looks like it`s only a matter of time judging by the performance and mannerisms today

I watched the players at Stoke in the tunnel on Sky before the game.

They looked fed up , no encouraging each over at all .

I think , he has already lost the players.

[NeilInBristol]

The difference between JE and VI 

JE was making gold out of sh**

VI was unemployed 

 

Derby paid Rovers to get JE out of his contract 

VI was unemployed and has now cost us promotion 

 

Stupid yes man situation again

[NeilInBristol]

52 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

I wonder (more hope i guess), if there is a break clause for this summer. Giving him a 3 year deal was ludicrous and considering the short term nature of how they operate, it goes well against their current trend.

Not a cat in hells chance they sack him and pay him up for 3 years. It's all about cost savings, so there must be something that's weighted heavily in the clubs favour.

He was free. His contract was probably cheap because he was unemployed and no one else wanted him as you can see by the past few games. Utter useless.

He probably signed for 1/4 of what JE was on which is why they gave him a long contract 

[M_B]

9 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

The difference between JE and VI 

JE was making gold out of sh**

VI was unemployed 

 

Derby paid Rovers to get JE out of his contract 

VI was unemployed and has now cost us promotion 

 

Stupid yes man situation again

This situation is 4 months in the making, not 4 games.

[Hasta]

14 minutes ago, M_B said:

This situation is 4 months in the making, not 4 games.

3 wins in 5 before he rocked up.

But it's actually since Jan 1st when Eustace wasn’t even slightly backed when it started.

Edited 3 hours ago by Hasta