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v Middlesborough (h) - 4/4/2025
rovers11 replied to Proudtobeblue&white's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Numb to the scoreline but, crikey, what a complete mess this club is in. It's very sad to see. -
Venky’s & Waggott Out Protest Ideas
rovers11 replied to DuffsLeftPeg's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Good that the club came out and did that interview. But the fact of the matter is that this club is declining at an alarming rate and nothing I heard in that interview makes me think that will change. The interviews were fine but the only questions us fans want asked are: Do the owners know that they are at the point of no return with the fans and nothing they can do will change that? Are they aware that the vast majority of fans want them to sell the club? If they do, why are they not putting the club up for sale? -
v Portsmouth (a) - 29/3/2025
rovers11 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I'm never normally one to call for a manager to go after only a handful of games in charge. But I can already see that the guy is utterly clueless and the players have no idea what they're supposed to be doing. He needs to go. We're stuck with this fraud for three years though. He certainly won't be quitting like JE and JDT did, and we won't be paying him off. What a complete mess again. -
v Portsmouth (a) - 29/3/2025
rovers11 replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
This guy is worse than Coyle and only marginally better than Kean. What a rotten appointment. And he's on a 3 year deal! This club is in a huge mess. -
Absolute no from me. I couldn't care if it was a fiver for a season ticket, the utter contempt the owners and board show the fans year on year means they won't get a penny from me. The team will be made up of below par loans and freebies next season, and a bang average manager. There are better ways to spend a Saturday afternoon imo but I respect those that will be renewing.
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Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach
rovers11 replied to DE.'s topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The constant talk of "next season" is a total cop out from Ismael. Essentially saying that he shouldn't be judged until next season. Wanting to move back to more of a possession based style of football terrifies me. Yes, we'd all love to play that way but we've seen in JDT's second season you cannot do that with technically inept players. And we cannot afford good technical players. Therefore being hard to beat, well organised, and disciplined is the recipe for success as we saw under Eustace. A lot of players who will be leaving in the summer are not very good so the high number of departures doesn't bother me. However, what we do know is that we will be replacing those poor players with even poorer players because the 'budget' will be non-existent again. We don't even have major young talents coming through to get excited about either. Grim times at this club. -
v Cardiff City (h) - 15/3/2025
rovers11 replied to simongarnerisgod's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Very worrying times now. The only positive thing at the club was that we had a top, top manager. But now we have shocking owners, a terrible exec team, a dud of a manager, and a very limited set of players. Many players will be out of contract in the summer, many of them not that good anyway, but will almost certainly be replaced with inferior players. The next 12 months will be a dark period for the club. -
v Cardiff City (h) - 15/3/2025
rovers11 replied to simongarnerisgod's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The guy who got Barnsley in the play offs... -
v Cardiff City (h) - 15/3/2025
rovers11 replied to simongarnerisgod's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
JDT mark II in charge here. Absolutely dreadful manager. Cannot organise a team. -
v Cardiff City (h) - 15/3/2025
rovers11 replied to simongarnerisgod's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
This feels like a performance we were seeing under JDT. Playing some decent stuff going forward without really creating much, yet we look very disorganised defensively and it feels like they could be in every time they attack. Not impressed with this new manager at all. Undone all the defensive organisation Eustace built in less than one month. Dennis has been a real bright spark. A player that won't be here next season though so hard to get too excited by him being the best player on the pitch. -
v Cardiff City (h) - 15/3/2025
rovers11 replied to simongarnerisgod's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Think we will win today being back on home soil and against a Cardiff side that is nose diving into league one. Another club that has been ruined by rogue owners. 2-1 Rovers -
Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach
rovers11 replied to DE.'s topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I wouldn't totally write him off yet. Yes, his three games in charge have been woeful, no doubt about that, but our form has been shocking since Christmas and we were on the downward spiral before he came in. I think we had several months of "John Useless" last season before he came very good this season. Early signs are very concerning though. -
v Stoke City (a) - 12/3/2025, k/o 20.00
rovers11 replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Abysmal and tactically clueless. Hate to say it, but in 12 months time we will be staring league one in the face. The very big signs are there to see on and off the pitch. We are in free fall as a club. -
v Stoke City (a) - 12/3/2025, k/o 20.00
rovers11 replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Think he could end up in the MLS next season. Rangers fans were right about him -
v Stoke City (a) - 12/3/2025, k/o 20.00
rovers11 replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Cantwell will be off to a club abroad in the summer. He's not up to it and is clearly not enjoying his football either. We cannot afford passengers who are top earners. -
v Stoke City (a) - 12/3/2025, k/o 20.00
rovers11 replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Not one to write a manager off after 3 games, but how has he managed to coach any sort of shape, structure and organisation out of this team in less than 3 weeks? Absolutely shocking. We haven't been good offensively for a long time but we have been very organised until now. When a manager has to go with 3 centre halves, it shows they don't know how to organise a team so they throw another defender into the mix. I'm surprised as I thought VI was supposed to be an organiser who made teams hard to beat. -
v Stoke City (a) - 12/3/2025, k/o 20.00
rovers11 replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We've gone from one of the best coached teams in the league to this. Eustace is ten times the manager that Ismael will ever be whether we like it or not. Big, big trouble ahead at this club. -
v Stoke City (a) - 12/3/2025, k/o 20.00
rovers11 replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Ismael is not impressing so far. Early days but poor team selection, no ideas going forward, poor shape, and defensive frailties that weren't present under Eustace. No surprise we're losing this one. -
Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach
rovers11 replied to DE.'s topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Decent appointment and one I can get behind. An experienced manager who has had some success in the Championship before. Also not a yes man which I'm pleasantly surprised about as I do think we need a manager who can challenge the board and the owners. One criticism is that his style of football is not great. The style of football under JDT was supposedly great but we lost most weeks; the style of football under Eustace was very poor but it got us into the top 6. I'll take ugly football all day long if it gets results. -
He will be soon. Probably tomorrow.
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Ismael is an interesting appointment. He's not a bad manager and I expected much worse, but there were better candidates out there so ultimately it's a disappointing choice. He does tick the box of getting teams punching above their weight, like he did at Barnsley, and he didn't do a bad job at Watford or West Brom. He's not a yes man which is interesting. I was sure the board would go for a younger coach who would be happy to toe the line. I can get onboard with his appointment.
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It's worked for 2 games when the players are busting a gut to prove a point to Eustace. Lose the next 2 and I suspect no one will be saying he should get the job until the end of the season. Wouldn't be the right decision imo.