Next Rovers manager

[JHRover]

I think Allardyce is done now. I wouldn't say no that's for sure, but when i listen to him, plus the fact he's 71 and not really had a proper job in management for over 4 years (apart from 4 games with Leeds) I'm not sure he'd have what it takes any more. 

I'd have definitely had Warnock here last season after Eustace - think his personality - us against the world, lets have a battle - would have perfectly fit the atmosphere after Eustace went and he'd have hit it off well with people like Batth, Travis, Weimann. Not so sure this group would fit his way of thinking but having said that he's probably still at 77 one of the safest pairs of hands for a side in desperate need of know-how and survival expertise.

Trouble is he'd have loved a crack at the run in and play-offs last season - the chance of another promotion, very much doubt he'd love another dogfight working for the buffoons here.

[aletheia]

9 minutes ago, Kjell said:

I remember Natalie Pike slating the food offering at Ewood;

Aye, Big Sam liked Northcote standard as was.

Just don't see him returning -why on earth return to a place still run by the chancers that got rid of you? It would take a wheelbarrow full of cash to do it -a shedload?

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Edited 2 hours ago by aletheia

[Herbie6590]

13 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I liked Big Sam when he was here. Blowing him out was what started the rot and it’s been downhill ever since that day.  However he’s in the “ Time waits for no man “ bracket for me - like Mark Hughes, Souey, Sherwood etc

Indeed so - he’s 71, hasn’t managed since 2021 (I’m ignoring 4 games at Leeds). 

How well versed is he about the Championship in 2026? 

 

[Kjell]

8 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

How well versed is he about the Championship in 2026? 

 

If you ask Sam that question, he will tell you that there is no one more versed than him 😉

[rog of the rovers]

I went to an evening with Sam Allardyce at the Mill Hill Club last year.

Listening to him and his stories I'd say he felt like he'd lost that sharpness, not in terms of memory per se, but in terms of his 'eye of the tiger', toughness/bravado you need at the sharp end of football management in 2026.

His podcast style is mostly languid too.

A fine career in management, but if you're happy to send yourself up in Uber Eats adverts I think you know your time has come and gone.

[AspRover]

I think that there are managers who can come in, shout at folks, throw the proverbial water bottle around, put some standards in place and hammer the current group of players into the best formation/ setup that they possibly can be right now.

A lot of those managers you wouldn't want to be building a team/running things long term, as the wheels tend to fall off, they haven't got the stamina to maintain it or they end up falling into the old trap of having players out of position so as not to disrupt their formation/picking their favourites etc.

I think that the criteria for a firefighting manager on a six month deal and a manager you'd want to sign on a 3+ year deal are very different, and I don't actually hate the idea of going for one now and the other in the summer.

A lot of the managers whose names have come up would probably work fine on a six month deal - the old, grizzled veterans, the Big Sams and the Sparkys and even Mowbray to an extent. Hell, I'd have Souness in for six months not even as the manager, just to stomp around Ewood shouting at people. Motivational consultant or something.

I don't want any of those names long term, but there's a lot of them you'd back to keep us up this season.

[Rover down South]

I think what the club needs and what Rudy wants are wide apart.

What worked well for JDT & in particular for Eustace is they bonded with the players well and the players in turn gave their all. The ‘togetherness’.

Didn't see any of that with Ismael and felt a lot of the players just looked like they’d lost interest under him.

I would love someone with that Robbie Savage type personality. Serious enough, but can be one of the lads at the same time. 

Pointed out before by another poster that he wouldn’t last five minutes with Gestede, and it’s RG’s arrogance and control that will be the decider between us getting someone half decent and a someone just desperate to get into management.

 

[JHRover]

I'd like to see Savage here. Of all the ex-player suggestions I feel he's the most sensible based on his highly impressive record at both Macclesfield and Forest Green and the logical step up now to a bigger club. He's also very good with the media from his radio days which helps to some degree. Ticks quite a lot of boxes and would generate some interest. 

But again I don't think we will be looking for that. Not with the two Venky stooges in tight control of everything. They don't want a personality and I think would fear a popular ex-player getting the fans behind them.

[Blackpool_Rover]

Is Elliot Jackson actually going to do his job and produce some rovers content in the LET?

He’s banned from the ground so can’t get any interviews and now he just posts stuff we know from other places anyway (like the Mowbray non-story).

I pay for the LET app purely for Rovers coverage. Last transfer window he did the live blog and updated about once every 4 hours and it was the same yesterday. I know there were no signings to talk about but what about opinion?

Why isn’t he writing a piece profiling possible new managers?

We lost our manager yesterday, we are looking for a new one. We have the most important game of our season tonight and he hasn’t written anything since 11 hours ago.

[neophox]

Slaven Bilic has the best record of the ones mentioned. He has a desire and are a very enthusiastic manager/coach. Think he could work his magic on this crop of players.

 

[miqaayil]

14 minutes ago, neophox said:

Slaven Bilic has the best record of the ones mentioned. He has a desire and are a very enthusiastic manager/coach. Think he could work his magic on this crop of players.

 

We need a robbie savage , billic or Keane kind of character , someone who would scare the shit out of gestede so he stays the fuk away from team management and good performance coming from fear of the gaffer

[aletheia]

5 minutes ago, miqaayil said:

We need a robbie savage , billic or Keane kind of character , someone who would scare the shit out of gestede so he stays the fuk away from team management and good performance coming from fear of the gaffer

Precisely why they won't be appointed?

All the names of good managers mentioned is not in the RG plan is it -don't they just want a bland coach who does as he is told and does the best with what he gets?

[FE123]

It’s going to be Coleman isn’t it.

[Tugayslongwalkoff]

Lancashire Telegrah saying it really is likely to be Coleman. When do the fans go nuclear exactly? Do we just not have a red line in this fan base anymore? 

[Tugayslongwalkoff]

1 hour ago, Blackpool_Rover said:

Is Elliot Jackson actually going to do his job and produce some rovers content in the LET?

He’s banned from the ground so can’t get any interviews and now he just posts stuff we know from other places anyway (like the Mowbray non-story).

I pay for the LET app purely for Rovers coverage. Last transfer window he did the live blog and updated about once every 4 hours and it was the same yesterday. I know there were no signings to talk about but what about opinion?

Why isn’t he writing a piece profiling possible new managers?

We lost our manager yesterday, we are looking for a new one. We have the most important game of our season tonight and he hasn’t written anything since 11 hours ago.

He’s just said Coleman is the preferred option, so at least now we know that’s not a joke. 

[Theaxe15]

2 minutes ago, Tugayslongwalkoff said:

He’s just said Coleman is the preferred option, so at least now we know that’s not a joke. 

It doesn’t say that to be fair 

 

it would be diabolical. But the article doesn’t quite say that. Just says he’s under consideration 

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[aletheia]

Right agency?

[Browjd]

Needs to be Gary Rowett - can't see anyone else good.

[G Somerset Rover]

Coleman coming in with his links to Steve Kean and others really would be yet another kick in the balls for us fans. Pasha and Rudy will be laughing their tits off.

[sharpysharps86]

Chris Coleman would be the final nail in the coffin of this season and beyond. His run with Sunderland was comical, and he's failed everywhere since. Absolutely horrific manager.

I'd take pretty much any of the other mentioned names over him.