Sound, be upset then. That’s your choice though…your choice to be angry and upset about things you cannot control.

I don’t think any of the evidence points to your assertions being correct….we didn’t only take 60 odd applications from freebies, did we? We don’t know who has been interviewed? If they’d planned to pot Mowbray last year, how could they maintain a plan over a 12 month timeframe? If the plan was to let Mowbray leave and then cast our net out to find the best possible team then that’s still a plan… If we finish up with Farke and Webber on 13/06 none of us will care that it took a month or so 👍🏼

I agree mate, I’m not one for benchmarking everything on the past, I was just replying to a poster who was pointing out the last 12 years. In all honesty, I’ll be gutted if we get an Adkins or Grayson too but I’d be open to most of the others mentioned. Would love Farke or Carvalhal. But I refuse to let daily rumours ruin my day. I’ll deal with my delight / despair when a manager and DOF are appointed. Glen is rarely off when he’s this sure so I won’t be ruling Farke out until he’s signed elsewhere.

You don’t know they’re in a mess though. Sure, they could be…but either way, there’s nothing us mere mortals can do about it. Don’t let it ruin anything in your life pal. 👍🏼

May I ask how many high level appointments you’ve made in any industry? We have clients who have 6 point recruitment processes, including psych testing etc for jobs paying much less, with less profile. A friend of mine applied for the England under 21 job and had three interviews before they binned him!

Ask Joe Rothwells Dad 🤯👍🏼

They've run multi million pound, successful businesses over decades. I’d imagine that’s enough ‘history’ to suggest they can get it right here, one day! I live in eternal hope!! 😀

They’re stuck between a rock and a hard thing mate. Get this appointment wrong just to make sure you sign ‘Barry Bannan on a free’ is a far worse option. The manager and DOF appointed in the next few days, a week will shape the progress of the team for the next 1-5yrs. It needs to be got right. Also, I don’t think there’s many signings flying about, most players and managers are on holiday.

Let’s chill….a process like this can easily take 4 weeks. If ‘the plan’ was to go through a rigorous process of application and two part interview then they’re likely just on with it, the bank holidays this week won’t have helped with banks, solicitors etc shut down. There’s nothing wrong either with shortlists growing if great candidates come on the market. The main focus is to get the right man and as far as I can see, the two primary targets haven’t committed to anyone in spite of the media speculation. Let’s see who we get 👊🏼

Eh? I just stopped going. I didn’t go back and forth like a petulant child threatening not to go. None of you even knew until I told you years later. It’s really embarrassing. You probably don’t go to the match either…seem the sort 👍🏼

I’d be happy to give Carvalhal, Farke, Beale, Ferguson, Carrick, Manning or Critchley a chance following a proper recruitment process….I’m not keen on regurgitation of the Hughton’s of this world but, nevertheless, my ticket is renewed. The number of people on here who swore they’d never step foot in Ewood if Mowbray stayed and are now making the same threats with various potential managers is embarrassing.

Ok, so I don’t know anyone in the Venkys family…but I do know he and his staff were expecting to be sacked LAST March and that it was widely believed by THEM that Wilder and Neill had been interviewed….I don’t know why they didn’t sack him. I also know that Venkys have been burned before by outgoing managers suing (and winning) awarded pay outs for employment law issues, hence why the cleanest way is to say it’s started now….but based on what happened 12 months ago and what the likes of @glen9mullan have said about contact with Farke in March, that the line they’re spinning is not correct.

The snobbery around lower league / untested managers in here is odd considering most of us genuinely believe that we know something about football. Laziness at best… We know that there’s a LOT of managers in the Championship, and even some in the Premier League who are stealing a living. Who move from job to job doing ‘meh’ jobs and yet somehow manage to get another one.. There is a lot of talent in the lower leagues who are up and coming. Some of whom are held back by the bottle neck created by the average Joes (as above). Because chairman don’t want to gamble on something exciting and fresh which might come back to bite you and instead lean towards a Chris Hughton because if it doesn’t work out, they can say “Wait, I went for proven quality” IF, and that’s a huge IF we have done our due diligence then I think there’s scope for going after fresh, new manager who is ready to be the next Eddie Howe! Fingers crossed we have. I 💯believe they’ve been in the market and looking for a manager for 12 months 🤞🏽

He’s gone ✅

I’m not sure about fitter…for a period of time I saw a team who understood their jobs. Who knew the pattern of play…

Tbf Glen, I don’t think there’s any one other fan with closer / better links to Venkys than you. Be great if they can get Farke done With a full back room team and a healthy budget! 🙏🏽

IF and that’s a big if, there is a plan, then any self respecting manager would want to install a full team. The fact that loads of them are leaving can be as big a positive as a potential negative! Realistically would we want to keep any of them?

A clear out ready for a manager and full set of staff.

Apologies, yes it was after the Sheff Utd game 👍🏼

Probably because we beat Forest and went on 5 game winning run I’d imagine? 🤷🏽‍♂️

Well he believed he had the power to sack Mowbray after the Forest game and this was after March 21 which would lead me to think he was a part of the plan to replace Mowbray initially. Also, Mowbray refers to ‘Mr Waggott’ and ‘the men in suits’ as one in an ‘us and them’ context….so I’m assuming Swag IS in the know, even if he’s leaving too!

Here’s my take / opinion based on a few bits I’ve heard and reading between the lines… So, I KNOW that the training ground was rife with rumours last March that TM was gone at the end of the season, everyone knew. I also heard whispers that they’d interviewed and had maybe chosen one - I suspected Wilder or Neill but never had any confirmation. For some reason, it didn’t happen. Maybe it was the candidates choice, maybe the clubs choice in terms of the timing for FFP or maybe Venkys decided against it? Who knows? But I do think there was a plan (of sorts) hatched then… The cutting back, not investing in the summer or in particular at Christmas and the lack of any contact with TM was telling especially with the sale of Arma and the training ground money which puts us in a much better situation from this summer. I also recall the conversation I had with Waggott after the Forest game when he openly said TM would’ve been sacked if we’d capitulated again like Fulham. Those conversations are signs that the relationship is dead really. Then we had our hiatus and with it, Waggott and Venkys went quiet. Tony isn’t in the circle of trust anymore. So, my take is that there’s a plan to restructure this summer, new manager, new regime and money to spend (FFP clear). How good that plan is, who will take it forward, how much money will be spent and how successful it will be are anyones guess. But I do feel the next few weeks will be interesting, if nothing else!

Haha - I don’t know fuck all other than they had someone lined up last year around March. It fell through for some reason and then a few in here started talking about some masterplan with a new coach and loads of cash…the stuff Glen is talking about. I think Darren Rover or Mercer too?

It’s reset I think…perfect point financially to bring in a new manager and back him.

I heard about this supposed ‘Masterplan’ last March. I don’t know what or who it involves but I think Mercer or Rev had some insight too?