Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[wilsdenrover]

19 minutes ago, lraC said:

I was thinking about this earlier and it now feels like the MK Dons taking over from Wimbledon.

Granted we are still playing in the same town and same stadium, but with Ismael, providing a foil for Gestede, who in turn provides a foil for Pasha, who in turn provides a foil for the owners, who in turn allow agents, players and officials to steal money from the club, we have become Money Laundering FC.

MLFC rule whilst BRFC dies.

ML Cons 

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Having dealt with Waggott several times I did warn when he left that fans celebrating his departure should be careful what they wished for. He was a canny operator.

Hmmm.......

Can't agree, the problem would appear to be more he's been replaced with no-one because they thought they could get away with it and save on the cost.

He did also sit there in the car crash interviews endorsing the departure of Eustace, the appointment of Ismael (who apparently in their view topped all the performance criteria) and the  bat shit crazy "transition".

[bigbrandjohn]

What a serial demotivator. Saying we can’t compete in the championship with all the injuries. How do the youngsters learn from that. Part of it is his communication and language skills. A pretty important box to tick off at  a job interview. 

Wrong man, wrong club, wrong time. 

Sadly it is becoming a habit. 

[Tomphil2]

As time went on once Gestede arrived Waggot was a thorn in the side of the other two that's obvious, if he served their purpose he'd still be here.

He clearly held the club back and was a downscaler but that was his methodology and his experience was in that field, keep it stable whilst chipping away at it.

We were going backwards but at a slower rate and i said at the time him gone removed any last remaining semblance of actual football stewardship whatever guise it came in.

Now we have a guy drunk on his own control of the money and a tea boy ex player aligned with him both controlling their puppet in the technical area.

So basically there is no one to challenge them, watch them and if need be try to go over their heads.

The division before was bad enough but yielding full control to these two has proven even worse, they are driven on pure ideology not reality.

[Blue&WhiteArmy]

Speaking to people at work today, all agreed that his time should be up. Some calling for Dunn/Johnson till the end of season, I don't see the appeal in that to be honest, I get why some would want that but now is not the time for sentiment, we are bang in trouble, I haven't really thought of who I'd want to come in because he seemingly has the safest job in football so I'd be wasting my time.

Any normal football club would have been drawing a list of replacements up weeks ago but they are clearly happy to just keep plodding along with this guy, it's a sorry state but exactly what we have all become used too sadly. 

It's my wedding anniversary Saturday and the wife wants to have a day out so I am boycotting the game unintentionally, it will be a toxic place if we go behind and go on to lose.

IF he is eventually booted, I just hope it's not too late, though I fear it already is. This club depresses me....

Prediction for Saturday: Rovers 0-2 Watford (Own Goal and a couple of injuries) - Attendance Under 10,000 but club say 12/13.

Ismael Out!

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Blue&WhiteArmy

[Tomphil2]

I have no idea why people keep throwing Dunns name in he really shouldn't be anywhere near it.

[Gav]

3 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Having dealt with Waggott several times I did warn when he left that fans celebrating his departure should be careful what they wished for. He was a canny operator.

Spot on.

Nobody wants Waggott near a fully functioning Blackburn Rovers, but what we are left with is not only inferior, but dangerous. We struggled to get a CEO, when we had one the club just about functioned, now it no longer does.....

Edited 6 hours ago by Gav

[Athlete]

WTF is VI still in employment ?

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, bigbrandjohn said:

What a serial demotivator. Saying we can’t compete in the championship with all the injuries.

I can't get most of the LT output (and Im certainly not paying for it)

Did he ACTUALLY say that? That's up there with "The list".

I can't recall any other manager saying anything vaguely resembling that in 55 years. Please anyone feel free to refresh my memory if Im wrong.

[DE.]

23 minutes ago, Blue&WhiteArmy said:

I haven't really thought of who I'd want to come in because he seemingly has the safest job in football so I'd be wasting my time.

Rowett is the obvious choice and I imagine the man Waggott would be targeting if he was still here and given the choice to select the next manager. 

Lord knows who Gestede and Pasha would come up with. Somebody recently sacked from a team in relegation trouble in a random European league, I'd assume. 

[Blue&WhiteArmy]

4 minutes ago, DE. said:

Rowett is the obvious choice and I imagine the man Waggott would be targeting if he was still here and given the choice to select the next manager. 

Lord knows who Gestede and Pasha would come up with. Somebody recently sacked from a team in relegation trouble in a random European league, I'd assume. 

Wouldn’t be against Rowett at all, shame Rudy and Pasha make the choices

[sharpysharps86]

If Ismael leaves the club this season, it will most certainly be after the window shuts, and after the 3 home games, followed by at least a month of faffing around and interviewing candidates before settling on the cheapest possible chancer going.

Realistically I don't think he'll leave because he'll manage to scrape a win in the Sheffield Wednesday replay, keeping himself comfy in the job till the end of the season.

[Wegerleswiggle]

Get Roy Keane in. He'll get em going

[Ossydave]

16 minutes ago, Wegerleswiggle said:

Get Roy Keane in. He'll get em going

Probably. 

Can you imagine him even taking a phone call from Rudy serious though?

[RevidgeBlue]

21 minutes ago, Wegerleswiggle said:

Get Roy Keane in. He'll get em going

Be worth it for the entertainment value

[BRFC.]

17 hours ago, roverandout said:

I do feel some sympathy for him.  You can tell he cares a bit by his body language when things don't go to plan. He's clearly out of his depth. But sacking him will just bring in some other chancer.  Until venkys go we're on a never ending cycle 

I don’t, he choose to come here and he’s sat there no body language just so uninspiring. He needs binning ASAP. 

[Waggy76]

1 hour ago, sharpysharps86 said:

If Ismael leaves the club this season, it will most certainly be after the window shuts, and after the 3 home games, followed by at least a month of faffing around and interviewing candidates before settling on the cheapest possible chancer going.

Realistically I don't think he'll leave because he'll manage to scrape a win in the Sheffield Wednesday replay, keeping himself comfy in the job till the end of the season.

I am not so sure, about your 2nd paragraph !

[K-Hod]

Waggott was shit.

But Rudy and Pasha are much shitter.

Surprised this still needs to be clarified tbh, but here we are.

[OnionBalaji]

HOW IS HE NOT SACKED YET 

[davulsukur]

Just caught a bit of Ismael's post match interview. He's confirmed that Alebiosu won't start against Watford.

Unbelievable. More TGH as a "wingback" 😂

[Cherry Blue]

Just watching U21s on youtube playing at Coventry. Ok ground's empty but you can hear Paul Butler (Head Coach) sreaming at Rovers players. Don't recall Ismael doing that!

By the way Coventry U18s 1 Rovers U18s 7 (seven) after 60 minutes.

Edited 3 hours ago by Cherry Blue

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, davulsukur said:

Just caught a bit of Ismael's post match interview. He's confirmed that Alebiosu won't start against Watford.

Unbelievable. More TGH as a "wingback" 😂

Did he say why Alebiosu won’t be playing ? I noticed in the Nigeria 3rd place game the lad who’s the 1st choice right back got injured after about 70 minutes but they didn’t bring Alebiosu on. 

[bluebruce]

8 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Having dealt with Waggott several times I did warn when he left that fans celebrating his departure should be careful what they wished for. He was a canny operator.

He was a shifty operator. That's why he was here.

[OnionBalaji]

1 minute ago, bluebruce said:

He was a shifty operator. That's why he was here.

Too true - but at least he was an Operator, we now have no adults in the building a CEO void and the work experience boy left running the shop 

 

[DE.]

Into the relegation zone we go. At least Ismael's defenders (yes, they exist) can drop the whole "he hasn't had us in the bottom three" mantra now.

Worried yet Val?