Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[Mattyblue]

He’s ‘open and honest’, remember, certainly no shilling for the regime here and he definitely wouldn’t throw his players under the bus whilst doing so.

Edited 5 hours ago by Mattyblue

[Tomphil2]

He ain't done a lot wrong today until the same old stupid subs that don't fit what we are doing and are crap anyway.

Wouldn't be surprised if he's told he has to get Gueye on for mins so when they try and move him his stats look better.

De Neve obviously comes on for energy because he can get up and down but that is cancelled out by the fact he's brainless.

2 decent for this level - by our current standards -proven left sided defenders on the bench but he always throws a the wing back who can't defend on to compensate for who he takes off.

Never works and neither does Gueye whose gone from being offside the entire time to getting more involved but giving it away all the time because he can't control a football.

Why keep doing the same thing that doesn't work it's absolutely brainless especially if you want to take the sting out of a game and hang on.

[J*B]

Strictly on how unlikeable our recent managers have been, Ismael is right up there. 

[47er]

On 28/11/2025 at 03:30, K-Hod said:

Seems very arrogant.

Fits in perfectly.

[Miller11]

9 minutes ago, J*B said:

Strictly on how unlikeable our recent managers have been, Ismael is right up there. 

Second only to the obvious.

[wilsdenrover]

Arrogant and thin skinned, much like Gestede.

[simongarnerisgod]

val getting angry with the ref,it was his substitutions that cost us 3 points,first time this season he`s really annoyed me,putting deneve on at a crucial time in the game when it`s clear he`s got no defensive nous at all

[StHelensRover]

I just remembered something else he said on radio lancs today which I didn't really understand. It may have been a bit lost in translation, not sure. He said something along the lines of "I wish we had conceded the equaliser earlier rather than right at the death". I don't know why that makes a difference, maybe he thought that would give us chance to still go on and score again. Usually when a team pulls level against us, they go on and get another. So f*** knows what he was getting at. 

[London blue]

37 minutes ago, J*B said:

Strictly on how unlikeable our recent managers have been, Ismael is right up there. 

Ince is up there.

[RevidgeBlue]

2 hours ago, London blue said:

Ince is up there.

Thought Ince was sheepish as a manager rather than dislikeable personally.

The total opposite of what he was like as a player.

[Ghost7]

3 hours ago, StHelensRover said:

I just remembered something else he said on radio lancs today which I didn't really understand. It may have been a bit lost in translation, not sure. He said something along the lines of "I wish we had conceded the equaliser earlier rather than right at the death". I don't know why that makes a difference, maybe he thought that would give us chance to still go on and score again. Usually when a team pulls level against us, they go on and get another. So f*** knows what he was getting at. 

He was just highlighting how the timing of the goal felt worse and like a loss but still fairly bizarre way of putting it, from a manager I don't rate. He must be difficult to follow.