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But it's ok to criticise Henriksson for struggling whilst being played out of position? Ok.

I think you're being very harsh on JH. No-one's banged on more than me about Ismael needing to be replaced but when I went to bed in the early hours of this morning I had no idea it was going to happen. I HOPED it was getting an increasingly odd look for Gestede and Pasha not to sack him but I didn't REALLY believe it would happen. Perhaps you'd better let me have the Euromillions numbers for tomorrow night with your enhanced psychic powers! 🙂

Im not sure if it's incompetence or something else, the prior links of Gestede working with Steve Kean? If I'm not mistaken?

Ah ok, so anyone with any link to Rovers is purely a sentimental choice? Mowbray has enjoyed two promotions in 20+ years. I don't want his boring rhetoric and inane ramblings all over again. Henning Berg is statistically our worst ever manager. Weird reference. Ainsworth? Please. Anyway, you might get your wish. Mowbray 2/1 favourite.

I’m not convinced he’d even leave Stockport for us at the moment. That’s how far we’ve fallen! They are only about 8 places behind us.

Yes it seems like the whole Gestede thing was another cost cutting exercise in prep for Waggot retiring. Telling the clowns in India we'll both go on a course then do Steve's job between us. Just like the old we'll revamp the squad, rake in a load of money, spend a fraction and slash the wage bill. We are now the best example in the division of you get what you pay for and reap what you sow.

My instinct would be to question the motives of his employers. Were they happy for him to underperform so long as he towed the line? If so, why?

I'm not even sure that was my position but hey ho. I agree that he was terrible, I'm sure I've posted at various times that he shouldn't have got the job in the first place and certainly should have gone much earlier than this. I don't think Ismael himself was a deliberate gear in operation dumb down, I think I said that I expected them to keep him in place because he was doing just what they wanted which is getting on with doing the job quietly whilst they stripped the squad bare. I think until very recently that was the case. It seems in the last few days or weeks that has changed. Nixon says that there was a bust up over recruitment which fits with Ismael's 'complicated' comment on Saturday and taken with the fact that the two before him both left for non-results based reasons suggests he might have gone for similar reasons than just him being a poor manager. Anyhow, I'm pleased that after 'decades' you've finally found the 'proof' you needed that the 'spiel' I've been 'spewing' is shite. I'm sure a potential sacking of Ismael - not described as such by the club - proves that everything else I've said going back 'decades' is shite.

Name I heard tonight - heard sufficient to stick a few quid on him. Agree, underwhelming but taken Stockport from National League to top 6 Division 1 in under 5 years (not dissimilar to Parkinson with Wrexham but without the big backing). Under contract but wouldn't break the bank in compensation. If the worse comes to the worse this season, we'd have a lower league 'specialist' at the helm. Understand he's under very serious consideration.

Hearing on radio Lancashire Nixon suggesting Souness till the end of the season and then a rovers fan agreeing but saying it would be a “pipe dream”. What on earth goes through peoples heads????

The fact that there is no sign of a replacement suggests the falling out rumour may well have legs. They didn't expect to be looking for a new coach.

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People saying Duff are forgetting Henning Berg. If we are going to be sentimental it might as well be Mowbray or if it's the 'one of us' mentality - which Duff forfeited celebrating like a twat every time he scored against us - it might as well be Ainsworth.

What’s the difference between Ismael winning 1 in 15 and being potted and Ismael winning 1 in 15 and falling out with the DOF and resigning? I would die on the hill that the both amount to exactly the same thing!

Mark Hughes was great here both as a player and a manager but time waits for no man. He’s managing in non league football for a reason.

Don't want Mark Hughes on the basis that I don't want anyone I like to take the job and ruin themselves.

Weeks? Try decades. You never accept the spiel you’ve been spewing is shite. Your position was that he is a deliberate “gear” in operation dumb down rovers… Don’t try and spin it as semantics. The manager was terrible and deserved relieving of his duties. You know, you can say that AND still think the Rao’s, Pasha, Rudy etc are all frauds.

Yep and to be honest the three previous to this one were all decent for a spell even though they all ended messy. This one was straight out of the Coyle, Crappleton playbook and doomed to fail from the off on cv alone. I suppose we were due a bad one though so whoever has the ear this time hopefully is someone who goes over the head of Gestede and co.

sparky by name and nature,i doubt he`d get past the interview

Glad to know you've spent weeks reading all my posts and then the first opportunity you get to point out I might have been wrong on something you've spent the day repeatedly replying with the same thing to each one of my posts, without even knowing for certain that I am wrong! "It has been mutually agreed he will step away from his role with immediate effect". Think you might need to find some more important issues to get your teeth into than my opinions, of which you *might* have found one that is wrong.

Yet you had no problem with Ismael. What was it- "We shouldnt call for either the removal of the owners or Head Coach because it's completely beyond our control" Or words to that effect.

Hopefully it will cost venkys a fortune. It speaks volumes that when I awoke this morning to see Big Val had been binned I was totally surprised. That's after the 1 win in 15 and him being shite. Now we're hearing rumours that he's fallen out with Gestede and that's the reason he's gone. Not the 1 win in 15, not being in the relegation zone and not him being shite. Looks like they did the usual and fed him a load of bollocks before decimating the squad in summer and then providing zero support in January. Penny to a pound they do the same with the next mon.

I wouldn't give it Johnson either. But I'm also not sure about the 'safe pair of hands' you mention. That normally means someone who has failed multiple times. I don't want a Bruce, Mowbray, or Hughes. We can't score goals. We don't keep many clean sheets. Who can solve that problem? There is only one manager i would be very confident could quickly solve that riddle. But we sacked him at the very start of this Venky induced nightmare. I'd rather go down clapping than booing. It won't happen, but I'd like to see Duff given a chance. He's a ten times better player than any of our squad will ever be, so the players should be respectful and the fans would be delighted. Plus hes got an edge and is tougher / meaner than many realise. Yes its a massive gamble that might not work. But so are all the other names mentioned.

Absolutely - expertise gets the most out of its money. If the careless cunts in India had considered this, we’d never been in this scenario.

Nixon is really taking the opportunity to gaslight tonight, take no notice of the blimp.