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).