Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[Exiled_Rover]

51 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

I don't believe for a nano second Derby were offering Eustace 10/12k a week more than he was on here, a month more maybe and that adds up well over a few years.

They already committed half a million in compensation for him although i wouldn't be surprised if there was a nice big bonus attached if he keeps them up.

If you were this set of fools here and he was being sounded out with an attractive offer but clearly open to staying you'd say ...look we can't renegotiate right now and we can't confirm what the summer budget will be but we'll meet you half way...

..X amount bonus for finishing in the play offs and XX amount if we go up through those.

Make the gamble of staying and turning down a Derby deal worthwhile even if it meant he was still uneasy about staying beyond that.

Do we think that was even considered ?  Or was the just out of the shadows man by then more excited about the prospect of a big compen payment and bringing in Rudy's cheaper pal who'll do as he is told ?

I don't think the money or the contract length were the deciding factors. It was the fact Rovers is a chaotic mess behind the scenes and the Board wouldn't commit to anything - transfers, new contracts for players, a conversation with the owners.

He's better off out of it - if anything I'm jealous that he can transfer out (like the players can). It's only us fans that have to suffer in the long term. 

[Tomphil2]

51 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I don't think the money or the contract length were the deciding factors. It was the fact Rovers is a chaotic mess behind the scenes and the Board wouldn't commit to anything - transfers, new contracts for players, a conversation with the owners.

He's better off out of it - if anything I'm jealous that he can transfer out (like the players can). It's only us fans that have to suffer in the long term. 

These lot obviously made sod all effort to keep him here, Waggots philosophy every time seems to be someone enquires about a pissed off player or coach and they say i want to hear what they say means they're already gone. Or 'in the departure lounge' as he says in between playing snakes and ladders.

Sums up the defeatist small time attitude of the whole place but then again a lot of these trips to the departure lounge are being engineered by their present employers if you ask me.

[sharpysharps86]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

When*

With all that significant investment? Surely not