Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[Tomphil2]

If we had an actual board of directors, proper ones, he'd have been in the 3 games and at least 3 points or your out ages ago.

[DE.]

2 hours ago, G Somerset Rover said:

1 win in 14 is almost a third of a season. How in God’s name is this guy under zero pressure? I mean, we know the answer but it’s absolutely infuriating.

It's ridiculous, really. Granted Mowbray had some similar shocking runs of form, but he had some credit in the bank from our promotion season and more generally keeping us in and around the top half most of the time. It always turned around eventually, albeit usually too late for us to get into the top six. It was infuriating in its own way, but for a club that seemingly just wants to hang around the Championship forever, it was understandable that they'd trust him to eventually reverse the nosedive for a while.

Ismael has none of this. He tanked our playoff chances last season from the moment he stepped in the door. His record this season is appalling. Our home record especially is pathetic. His pre-Rovers record largely reads as "gets found out after less than a year and leaves".

There is zero reason to believe he'll turn anything around, even after the mythical injury apocalypse clears up (if it ever does). 

 

[MarkBRFC]

12 hours ago, G Somerset Rover said:

1 win in 14 is almost a third of a season. How in God’s name is this guy under zero pressure? I mean, we know the answer but it’s absolutely infuriating.

Yep, but just for clarification...

1, Football results aren't the priority here.

2, Ismael is doing exactly what this regime wants of him.

 

Edited 7 hours ago by MarkBRFC

[Mattyblue]

This place ‘gets it’.

Big loook at what gets posted on the official social media feeds after another game without a win.

’sacked in the morning’’

’Got to go after that’

’taxi for Val’

The fanbase is largely still under the illusion that this club operates like the rest of professional football - I.e it’s about results and if you don’t get them you’re out.

 

[RevidgeBlue]

4 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

This place ‘gets it’.

Big loook at what gets posted on the official social media feeds after another game without a win.

’sacked in the morning’’

’Got to go after that’

’taxi for Val’

The fanbase is largely still under the illusion that this club operates like the rest of professional football - I.e it’s about results and if you don’t get them you’re out.

 

Irrespective of that he SHOULD still be gone though (and a long time ago) so Id expect anyone with half a brain cell to be saying that rather than "It doesnt matter because we don't operate like a normal Club."

It does matter. Massively.

[Mattyblue]

Of course he should, who’s saying otherwise?

The point being away from here there is still an expectation that he will be sacked any day now.

[RevidgeBlue]

10 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Of course he should, who’s saying otherwise?

The point being away from here there is still an expectation that he will be sacked any day now.

It's rather more a hope than an expectation in my case on the basis that it's becoming an increasingly odd look for the 2 stooges  if they don't act.

Ill carry on banging the drum on a daily basis though because I dont want us to go down without a whimper.

Imo if we don't get an absolute minimum return of 4 points from the next two home homes our fate will be sealed and I dont think Ismael will get them.

Should have gone long ago, but given he didn't the preparatory work should have been done to allow him to be sacked immediately following yesterday's game (where a boycott was being called) and give someone else a chance of getting a decent return from the next 2 games.

[BRFC.]

In bottom 3, he needs sacking but we know we aren’t a serious club so he’ll continue to do what he is told by the regime and be the yes man he was appointed to be. Pathetic excuse of a manager.