Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[Tomphil2]

2 hours ago, JHRover said:

I'd suggest maybe Lambert a bit like Eustace albeit less effective in that he wanted results first and wasn't brought in and didn't have any intentions of all the above stuff. 

But yeah other than that whether it be Kean, Bowyer, Coyle, Mowbray, JDT and now Ismael there has always been a 'project' running alongside the bread and butter of results which takes over from it.

 

In avoiding both of the above we now seem to have gone down a third route - totally ditched the academy model, totally ditched the 'tried and tested' experience model, and ended up with a massively inferior manager working with a raft of players not good enough.

Idiots gambling with the club's future and Championship status, for no good reason other than to perhaps benefit third parties outside of BRFC.

I reckon the attempt to switch to an academy heavy model was a desperate move because of the money issues otherwise they'd have plodded on with TM or similar.

When that proved trickier than they thought with all the hassle with JDT and Broughton which will have ended up costing more anyway some bright spark (or shadow) then presented the sell everybody we can model. Reduce wages, replace with cheaper, pacify the agent involvement with a wad of commission then pray we stay up and grow these so called assets for a season or two.

Then repeat.

He just needed to get the right people in place first and get rid of all the opposition then install a cheap yes man with Championship experience and no relegation on his cv.

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

The 3.5 year contract was for the optics…”look at us, we’re backing this guy…he ain’t going anywhere so get used to him…”. It was a message to the players & the fans. 

I’d be amazed if that contract didn’t have fixed compensation clauses in it as opposed to “paying up the unexpired term”. But that said, if he is wiling to play the game, as was Kean, then realistically they won’t pot him as they’d then have to find another patsy. 

I’ve said it multiple times on here, as indeed have many others - this club isn’t about chasing on-field success. It’s about reducing costs. 

It could also contain a 'you won't get sacked if we are relegated in season one' and 'bonus for instant promotion from league 1' clause and bonus ...

[Waggy76]

1 hour ago, Tomphil2 said:

It could also contain a 'you won't get sacked if we are relegated in season one' and 'bonus for instant promotion from league 1' clause and bonus ...

Instant promotion, won't happen under the French Oaf! 

I think he will be gone by February 1st.. 

[Tomphil2]

21 minutes ago, Waggy76 said:

Instant promotion, won't happen under the French Oaf! 

I think he will be gone by February 1st.. 

Hopefully there is a modest mutual agreement amount signed into his contract otherwise he'll not be going anywhere even if he tries to get himself sacked.