Valérien Ismaël: Blackburn Rovers Head Coach

[roversfan99]

Too much has been made of this travelling thing. Its been taken out of context as if he was managing here against his will.

Also, every manager is managing for financial reasons. They all get paid. He actually does seem particularly obsessed with football.

We shouldnt get him back, he has had his day and has had a serious illness. He would be a big upgrade on Ismael but he shouldnt be who we turned to. 

I think I would like it a bit just to see those with a really irrational and weird long lasting hatred of him reacting to it.

But its not happening anyway. Ismael is safe.

[StHelensRover]

I personally really admire TM and even though it went stale towards the end and he should have gone sooner, I'll always be grateful for how he got us straight out of L1, that feat should never be underestimated.

For those saying he took us down in the first place, I honestly believe if he had come in a fortnight earlier he would have kept us up. When he came in, we only lost 3 of our last 15 matches and we went down with a very high points total. He did a very good job, he didn't 'take us down'

Having said all that, I'm not sure it's the answer this time. The squad is worse, the atmosphere is even more toxic and the boardroom is even weaker and more naive than it was back then. I would 100% get behind him and sing his name but I think it might be too much for him after the few years he has had.

[Salgados Hair]

*legendary*

😏

[roverandout]

Hell no to Mowbray.  Selve serving man when he was here. Just filling up his coffers.  People say till the end of the season but he'll wangle his way into a 3 year deal then play down any positives. We'll be back to mid table bottom half survival. We need a manager who can get the best out of an average bunch whilst punching above our weight. This league proves if u have a good manager and decent players, anything is possible 

[sharpysharps86]

1 minute ago, roverandout said:

Hell no to Mowbray.  Selve serving man when he was here. Just filling up his coffers.  People say till the end of the season but he'll wangle his way into a 3 year deal then play down any positives. We'll be back to mid table bottom half survival. We need a manager who can get the best out of an average bunch whilst punching above our weight. This league proves if u have a good manager and decent players, anything is possible 

I completely agree on that last line. The problem is that any manager or head coach who has that ability will simply get fed up of the lack of ambition, as we have found out in recent years.

 

[TheKitGuy]

No transfer window, a crap injury prone squad. 

I'd sit this one out TM don't let it hurt your rep.

[London blue]

Mowbray isn't a fixer or in my opinion a motivator.

Having said that, our record over the last 15 games would be markedly better had he been in charge. 

It would be too little, far too late. If someone is going to come in and work with this bunch of losers they're going to need to shove a rocket so far up their arses they'll be belching smoke.

[Wendal]

Although it went stale at the end there’s no doubt that Mowbray rebuilt this club when it was on its knees. He was unlucky to be relegated and canny in getting us straight back up 

Players like Raya, S Wharton, Lenihan, Travis, Nyambe - came through on his watch, he bought in and developed players like Dack, Armstrong and Dolan + got in some shrewd loans like Elliott, Reed, Tosin etc

By all accounts he was also responsible for getting our academy back on track with the right structures in place which has since been picked apart.

He left us with a top 10 championship squad, laid strong foundations for JDT/Eustace and was relatively successful in uniting the club and fans.

Too many people forget what he inherited post Coyle, Senior etc.

 

[lraC]

So least one has gone today.

[Gav]

26 minutes ago, Wendal said:

Although it went stale at the end there’s no doubt that Mowbray rebuilt this club when it was on its knees. He was unlucky to be relegated and canny in getting us straight back up 

Players like Raya, S Wharton, Lenihan, Travis, Nyambe - came through on his watch, he bought in and developed players like Dack, Armstrong and Dolan + got in some shrewd loans like Elliott, Reed, Tosin etc

By all accounts he was also responsible for getting our academy back on track with the right structures in place which has since been picked apart.

He left us with a top 10 championship squad, laid strong foundations for JDT/Eustace and was relatively successful in uniting the club and fans.

Too many people forget what he inherited post Coyle, Senior etc.

 

Absolutely spot on Wendal, the rubbish written on here about the man was pathetic.

I want him nowhere near this club, he did a fine job under these rat owners, we should remember him for that.

[Tugayslongwalkoff]

[Guy N. Cognito]

49 minutes ago, Wendal said:

Although it went stale at the end there’s no doubt that Mowbray rebuilt this club when it was on its knees. He was unlucky to be relegated and canny in getting us straight back up 

Players like Raya, S Wharton, Lenihan, Travis, Nyambe - came through on his watch, he bought in and developed players like Dack, Armstrong and Dolan + got in some shrewd loans like Elliott, Reed, Tosin etc

By all accounts he was also responsible for getting our academy back on track with the right structures in place which has since been picked apart.

He left us with a top 10 championship squad, laid strong foundations for JDT/Eustace and was relatively successful in uniting the club and fans.

Too many people forget what he inherited post Coyle, Senior etc.

I don't think anyone has forgotten the good work that Mowbray initially did as manager, but that goodwill certainly bought him enough time to grow complacent and stink the place out.

And insulting comments like this didn't help when he came under fire:

“I hope the supporters understand where the football club is in the history of the football club at this moment.

It isn’t Blackburn Rovers of 1995 competing and fighting at the top of the Premier League." 

[Eternal Optimist]

Just needs a bit of imagination if we end up looking for a new manager, although that rarely happens here 

Middlesbrough found a decent manager from abroad, Lincoln appointed Leeds u21 manager and they are flying, other assistants have done well such as Arteta. It just takes some thinking instead of fishing in the same washed up pond! Bloody John Terry would be better than what we put up with now 

[Bbrovers2288]

Mowbray loves playing players in wrong positions, hard no from me. I feel like ismael should be replaced but not with Mowbray 

[Mattyblue]

Still waiting for Rev’s appearance 🍿 

[Wegerleswiggle]

Tronstad as a false nine. Breath it in lads and lasses

[Norbert Rassragr]

Like I said in the Hull thread, bringing in Mowbray is desperate stuff. We have no Dack, or Mulgrew to lead or inspire. And Tony is stale, past it and a useless choice. 

[Mike E]

Can we leave talk of Duff until Venkys have fucked off please? Don’t want him getting sullied by these twats.

[roverblue]

Mowbray would do a better job than Ismael for the rest of the season. If that’s what they plan to do I can get behind it as we can’t carry on like this.

[Tugayslongwalkoff]

8 minutes ago, roverblue said:

Mowbray would do a better job than Ismael for the rest of the season. If that’s what they plan to do I can get behind it as we can’t carry on like this.

We can. 

[RevidgeBlue]

15 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Still waiting for Rev’s appearance 🍿 

I did actually say last night that Ismael is SO bad even Mowbray coming back on a short term basis until the end of the season would be preferable.

Find it strange that someone's suddenly flagged it up after I mentioned it but I cant take credit for it (I don't think)

That wasn't to say it's what I want. At all.  Just an illustration of how bad Ismael is imo.

Worst since Jim Iley.

Going to gather my thoughts and address this in detail.

 

[Hasta]

He should be gone now. A win on Tuesday just means they won’t touch him until after the Norwich game on Saturday. And that’s just time and games wasted. It’s just a carbon copy of 2017.

[Gav]

39 minutes ago, Guy N. Cognito said:

 

And insulting comments like this didn't help when he came under fire:

“I hope the supporters understand where the football club is in the history of the football club at this moment.

It isn’t Blackburn Rovers of 1995 competing and fighting at the top of the Premier League." 

He was spot on.

We are run by a bunch of rats from Pune, not Jack Walker and his team on the ground who only wanted good this club.

Do you disagree?

Edited 1 hour ago by Gav

[davulsukur]

42 minutes ago, Wegerleswiggle said:

Tronstad as a false nine. Breath it in lads and lasses

Bring back Sam Gallagher to play right back

[davulsukur]

As someone else said, sack this clown and bring in Duff.

We're going down, might as well make it entertaining (and uncomfortable for the hierarchy)