Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[martonrover]

8 minutes ago, Ferrit said:

Any of those who disagreed with me calling this clown a pitiful appointment fancy changing their tune?

I’m just waiting to read , “Judge him next season “ 😂😂😂🙄

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

25 minutes ago, London blue said:

This guy is fucking honking.

Absolutely decimated months of work in mere weeks. At least he's efficient.

The new Jin Iley. The difference is back then the board released their mistake quite quickly and got rid.
At any other club the directors would be meeting amongst themselves tomorrow. Then they would be meeting with coaching staff first thing Monday morning to find out what they think is wrong. Later on they’d be having the senior players in and asking them for their version. Will that happen at Rovers this Monday morning ? We all know the answer to that one.

Edited March 29 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[London blue]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

The new Jin Iley. The difference is back then the board released their mistake quite quickly and got rid. At any other club tge directors would be meeting with coaching staff first thing Monday morning to find out what they think is wrong. Later on they’d be having the senior players in and asking them for their version. Will that happen at Rovers this Monday morning ? We all know the answer to that one.

We are the only club where mediocrity is not only rewarded but targeted. 

I won't accept anyone saying otherwise. Our directors are rewarded not for sporting performance but cost cutting.

We are an exercise in racing to the bottom with a football team tagged on. If they could halt football operations at the club you can bet your bottom fucking dollar they would.

[davulsukur]

50 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Two good appointments.

 

I'm more inclined to agree with you there (assuming you're talking about Mowbray), he certainly outstayed his welcome here and had some weird allergy to the playoff places but he certainly has his support amongst Rovers fans.

48 minutes ago, DE. said:

51, which was (and remains) a very high total to be relegated with. 53 points will almost certainly be enough, but we could nonetheless end up in a pretty pathetic position come the end of the season if things continue as they are.

Imagine if we lost all of our remaining matches, lol. Would surely be a contender for the worst start to a managerial reign ever.

Ah, my bad. 

You'd like to think he has at least 1 win in his locker between now and the end of the season but as always when you're on a horrific run of form, you just can't see where the next win comes from.

Right now, I'd say we might scab a couple of draws and lose the rest.

[Forever Blue]

On 26/02/2025 at 18:02, Tugayisgod said:

Allez les Val…back to les job centre. 

[rigger]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

The new Jin Iley. The difference is the board released their mistake and got rid. At any other club tge directors would be meeting with coaching staff first thing Monday morning to find out what they think is wrong. Later on they’d be having the senior players in and asking them for their version. Will that happen at Rovers this Monday morning ? We all know the answer to that one.

But the board don't see it as anything going wrong, so no action will be taken.

[John]

Terrible demeanour and looks like he switches off at points during matches….just sits there and looks fed up. 

Must be up there with one of the worst starts to a managerial reign, had some decent fixtures too. 

Maybe needs another international break to give him extra time to get his “ideas” across to the players (with a lot of them out of contract in the summer, I’m sure their care factor will be high…)

Edited March 29 by John

[martonrover]

1 hour ago, John said:

Maybe needs another international break

Agreed, it’s the only time he doesn’t lose matches.

[martonrover]

1 hour ago, Forever Blue said:

Allez les Val…back to les job centre. 

No need. If we pay him off he can retire.

[philipl]

Oh dear.

Got a dud.

[roverblue]

To sum up how bad an appointment this is…to now get rid of him would either cost our entire summer transfer budget or (more likely and even worse) we have to sell a player to pay his compensation.

Well done Gestede, I’m fairly sure this was your appointment. 
 

🤡

[Ricky]

So after 200 applications we get his joker! I’d love to know who else was on that list! 

[lraC]

12 minutes ago, roverblue said:

To sum up how bad an appointment this is…to now get rid of him would either cost our entire summer transfer budget or (more likely and even worse) we have to sell a player to pay his compensation.

Well done Gestede, I’m fairly sure this was your appointment. 
 

🤡

I agree, it was Gestede who strongly influenced this.

Its done now and even though people are still saying it’s early days, it’s a disaster this now and the longer he remains, the worse this will get.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

You know he's bad when even the LET comments mob are wanting him out 😂. 

As an aside, the penny seems to be finally dropping with the majority of Rovers fans now.  The 'Get behind the lads'.  'We're a small club what do you expect?' crew appear to be dwindling significantly. 

[davulsukur]

Gotta pray to the footballing gods that we have a summer break clause in his contract.

[RTM08]

25 minutes ago, lraC said:

I agree, it was Gestede who strongly influenced this.

Its done now and even though people are still saying it’s early days, it’s a disaster this now and the longer he remains, the worse this will get.

Considering some of the guff we've signed this season, I'd argue Gestede should be packing his bags too. Yet another example of why you don't hire amateurs at this level of football.

[lraC]

I am now at the point of wondering, if this appointment was on the basis of, let’s see if we can piss the fans even more. Snowball revenge at its best.

Find an out of work manager, with the most abysmal record we can in his most recent roles, give him as long a contract as we can and if he can speak French, even better.

Get him to write a letter to the fans introducing himself, then really shove it up them, by playing shit football, win no games, but keep him in situ, for as long as we can.

That will show them. 

As a bonus, set the season ticket prices at at level that brings in just enough revenue to pay his compensation, when even we have to sack him, for his record, which will be the worst in the clubs history, by the time he is done.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

34 minutes ago, Ricky said:

So after 200 applications we get his joker! I’d love to know who else was on that list! 

Probably 199 Burnley fans!

His body language on the touchline is awful.

Bad Owner and a Bad Manager = disasterous.

[Forever Blue]

6 minutes ago, lraC said:

I am now at the point of wondering, if this appointment was on the basis of, let’s see if we can piss the fans even more. Snowball revenge at its best.

Find an out of work manager, with the most abysmal record we can in his most recent roles, give him as long a contract as we can and if he can speak French, even better.

Get him to write a letter to the fans introducing himself, then really shove it up them, by playing shit football, win no games, but keep him in situ, for as long as we can.

That will show them. 

As a bonus, set the season ticket prices at at level that brings in just enough revenue to pay his compensation, when even we have to sack him, for his record, which will be the worst in the clubs history, by the time he is done.

Hanlon’s 🪒 

[Forever Blue]

Le Coyle is manna from heaven for the burgeoning protest movement. He looks uninterested and uninspired, just like the Owners. He also reflects really badly on the people at the club who appointed him.

Incompetence at every turn. 

Edited March 30 by Forever Blue

[Waggy76]

1 hour ago, Forever Blue said:

Le Coyle is manna from heaven for the burgeoning protest movement. He looks uninterested and uninspired, just like the Owners. He also reflects really badly on the people at the club who appointed him.

Incompetence at every turn. 

There is the cynic in me , that thinks Ismael has been appointed to do what Eustace failed to do .

That being achieving relegation ! 

Kean , Coyle and now this fella , all 3 were strange  appointments , ultimately designed to get us relegated .

Ismael , will not be here this time next season but the damage will have been done .

Kean nearly got us relegated from being in the top ten in the Premier league within 6 months .

 

[Mattyblue]

Why won’t he be here this time next season?

[Waggy76]

2 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Why won’t he be here this time next season?

It will be very difficult to employ someone with less than 10 points .

[Mattyblue]

Difficult for who? The owners? They couldn’t give a fuck.

[Tomphil2]

2 hours ago, roverblue said:

To sum up how bad an appointment this is…to now get rid of him would either cost our entire summer transfer budget or (more likely and even worse) we have to sell a player to pay his compensation.

Well done Gestede, I’m fairly sure this was your appointment. 
 

🤡

The only sense that can possibly be applied to his appointment is to assume Gestede stamped his feet for this one.