Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[StHelensRover]

Another stunning performance from the list-waving fool and his band of merry journeymen.

How are his stats fairing in the all time hall of shame? I think when I last checked he was worse than K**n but slightly better than Coyle, but it's getting worse every week. 

[K-Hod]

He is absolutely useless.

[G Somerset Rover]

1 win in 12.

2 goals scored in 650 mins of football.

At any normal club we’d be seeing the corner flag on social media.

[bob fleming]

1 hour ago, sharpysharps86 said:

There's just no way on this planet that any half decent head coach picks De Neve over two far more experienced players in Pickering or Ribeiro. De Neve and Henriksson are League Two AT BEST. He is absolutely trying to get the sack by continuously selecting these players.

He is absolutely being told who to play so that that players appearance money is split between, well, I think we can all work it out.

If he’s picking De Neve above the aforementioned then he deserves sacking for that alone.

Evidently, unfortunately for us winning football matches doesn’t appear to be the priority though.

[booth]

It says a lot that at the English club he had the most success with, they wouldn't have him back.

We have a poor club with a poor team, but having a poor manager isn't helping at all.

[Cherry Blue]

5 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

1 win in 12.

2 goals scored in 650 mins of football.

At any normal club we’d be seeing the corner flag on social media.

He's useless and needs to go today.

Sack him now!

[StHelensRover]

[Guy N. Cognito]

Currently, Ismael's failings are acting as a buffer between Pasha/Rudy and the fanbase. The moment they sack him, the spotlight will fall squarely on them. Also, sacking Ismael means paying out money, and we all know our tight-assed owners will blanch at that.  

[Polky]

Didn’t the club confirm Adam Owen was responsible for hiring and firing the manager? 

[Trinidad Rover]

9 minutes ago, Guy N. Cognito said:

Currently, Ismael's failings are acting as a buffer between Pasha/Rudy and the fanbase. The moment they sack him, the spotlight will fall squarely on them. Also, sacking Ismael means paying out money, and we all know our tight-assed owners will blanch at that.  

Absolutely spot on.

[sharpysharps86]

5 minutes ago, Polky said:

Didn’t the club confirm Adam Owen was responsible for hiring and firing the manager? 

I stopped believing anything the club say a long time ago.

It'll be Suhail's call ultimately.

[Cherry Blue]

6 minutes ago, Polky said:

Didn’t the club confirm Adam Owen was responsible for hiring and firing the manager? 

It doesn't work like that at Rovers and this is why:

11 minutes ago, Guy N. Cognito said:

Currently, Ismael's failings are acting as a buffer between Pasha/Rudy and the fanbase. The moment they sack him, the spotlight will fall squarely on them. Also, sacking Ismael means paying out money, and we all know our tight-assed owners will blanch at that.  

 

[OllieNO]

Theory (and reality at any other club): That’s it, he needs to go. Even the imbeciles in charge must see it. Rovers reality: Won’t happen… league one by a thousand cuts 😩

[pick32]

Worst manager since Berg on points per game

[RevidgeBlue]

He needs to go - and fast.

Otherwise we're toast. Simple as that.

I live in a little bit of hope that his record is getting SO bad that Pasha and Gestede are drawing increasing attention to themselves by NOT sacking him.

[Polky]

[NJRover]

11 minutes ago, Polky said:

Ooof, that’s rough

[Tomphil2]

He's getting effort out of the players but that's it.

Too much emphasis on running and not enough on actual football which is why he likes headless chickens like De Neve, Henriksson etc.

Has a good by mid champ standard left back in Pickering constantly wasted on the bench in favour of the left sided Jason Lowe.  Sometimes you have to alter the team according to the best you have available but he doesn't.

We are back, albeit a different style, to trying to make players fit a system that they don't but he can point to running stats and say yes they do. 

Well 1 win in 11 and yet another game with not one shot on target says NO THEY DON'T.  We know what he's up against with injuries but there is still enough available to do better than that.

Way too much on carrying people like Cantwell also whilst wasting Baradji too deep.

The clock simply has to be ticking on him now.

[RevidgeBlue]

4 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

The clock simply has to be ticking on him now.

It stopped a long time ago.

Whether it gets repaired or not is another thing entirely.

[lraC]

[G Somerset Rover]

Even on social media he’s getting a unanimous pasting. Usually you get a few morons sticking up for him, but not today.

[roverandout]

1 minute ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Even on social media he’s getting a unanimous pasting. Usually you get a few morons sticking up for him, but not today.

Then there's chaddy 

[Ghost7]

This guy's one of the worst managers we've had.

Simple as that sadly.

[Tomphil2]

9 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

It stopped a long time ago.

Whether it gets repaired or not is another thing entirely.

If and it's obviously a huge IF they were to act it won't be until after the window, never is.

Could well be back in the bottom 3 by then but in this death by a 1000 cuts realm we are in i can see him getting a win v Watford in front of about 6k.

To me i see him and Gestede as a pair and it's no point potting one without the other but that'll be some serious pay off.

Edited 1 hour ago by Tomphil2

[JHRover]

I get the distinct impression that the Regime - owners, administrators, Gestede - will be happier with our current situation than they were this time last year.

That's right. Owners, directors, board will be happier staring down the barrel of relegation to League One and playing appalling football, never scoring, never even having an attempt on target, because they are now 'aligned' and have got their man in place delivering on their remit.

Far, far, far better for them than the highly uncomfortable situation of years gone by with annoying irritating non-aligned head coaches like JDT and Eustace raising expectations, having us in contention, raising standards and making demands.

No much better for this lot drifting along and most importantly fan anger can be concentrated on the manager and his results/performances and on the pitch issues rather than their negligent mismanagement upstairs.

Yes a sacking might come in a month or so once we are entrenched in the bottom 3 as a token gesture to keep the heat off the regime when it is too late to attract anyone decent or take action in January to rectify the situation. Then it will be Jonno or similar left to hold the ropes until the summer, knowing full well as a relatively popular bloke the fans won't give him grief.