Next Rovers manager

[Herbie6590]

4 minutes ago, bazza said:

When Sparky was here he had three helpers with him; Neddy Widersky (sp?) and two others. He's proved he cannot do it on his own. A bit like Clough and Taylor or Dalgleish and Harford.

One thing, if it's Russell Martin I'm out of this club.

I'd like Big Sam or Neil Warnock or Rowett or Johnson

 

Sam is 71 & hasn’t managed for five years.

Warnock is 77 & hasn’t managed “properly” since 2022.

They might have been the answer in 2021 but not now. 

[Polky]

 

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Herbie6590 said:

Sam is 71 & hasn’t managed for five years.

Warnock is 77 & hasn’t managed “properly” since 2022.

They might have been the answer in 2021 but not now. 

I would have thought if it's either of them they come in until the end of the season with a younger assistant who then carries on.

Bit like your hypothetical Hughes/Savage or Dalglish/Gerrard scenarios.

Depends on how badly you want to achieve scenario 1 in your earlier post and if so how much you're prepared to lash out to achieve it.

[bazza]

4 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Sam is 71 & hasn’t managed for five years.

Warnock is 77 & hasn’t managed “properly” since 2022.

They might have been the answer in 2021 but not now. 

Pity!

[alexanders]

9 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Sam is 71 & hasn’t managed for five years.

Warnock is 77 & hasn’t managed “properly” since 2022.

They might have been the answer in 2021 but not now. 

[davulsukur]

7 minutes ago, Polky said:

 

haha, that lasted long then!

[roverandout]

If we're looking for old managers.  Giovanni trappatoni

[RevidgeBlue]

5 minutes ago, Polky said:

 

There's probably no more foundation to it than the Coleman links. Without blowing anyone's trumpet on this site  O Rourke has probably had a look on here at some point and thought That's a good suggestion, "I can get plenty of clicks out of that" 

Same with Coleman, someone's probably either on quite an ingenious wind up or has seen the early betting odds and has made 2 +2 =5.

It's only day 2 of the search most of the earlier names linked are invariably complete nonsense. I can barely remember Ismael's name being mentioned until Nixon said he was on a shortlist of 2 with Wagner a day or two before it happened.

[Madon]

13 minutes ago, Polky said:

 

It's a poor do when even national league managers are laughing us off.

[Exiled_Rover]

12 minutes ago, Madon said:

It's a poor do when even national league managers are laughing us off.

He knows what a shitshow Rovers are - he's kept himself in the loop. So does Sutton.

[DE.]

Yep, Savage is better placed than most to know what an absolute mess we are. Berg at least had the excuse of Venky's still being quite early in their tenure, although he still should have known better. 

It's been 15 years, and we're arguably at our worst in terms of boardroom competence. 

[Exiled_Rover]

38 minutes ago, bazza said:

When Sparky was here he had three helpers with him; Neddy Widersky (sp?) and two others. He's proved he cannot do it on his own. A bit like Clough and Taylor or Dalgleish and Harford.

One thing, if it's Russell Martin I'm out of this club.

I'd like Big Sam or Neil Warnock or Rowett or Johnson

 

Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki.

[Rover down South]

7 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki.

Mark Bowen funnily enough is at Forest Green with Savage! Director of Football.

[Tricky]

Bilic has shortened, Wagner has drifted, Coleman stays where he is...

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Edited 2 hours ago by Tricky

[Mercer]

19 minutes ago, Rover down South said:

Mark Bowen funnily enough is at Forest Green with Savage! Director of Football.

Remember bumping into Mark Bowen when we were both filling our cars at the petrol station on the A59 just days before the Burnley cup clash.  I asked him if Savage's diet was raw meat that week, we had a chuckle and I wished him and the team well.

[Tom]

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

Unless you are Tony Mowbray…when some folks still assign the “Owen Coyle relegation” (“Two more from them later…”) to Tony 😉

I’ll bite!

Mowbray had a great few years here in the middle of his run but I still think he could have done more in that first season, he didn’t pick up a team stranded at the bottom and we threw away too many leads. 

[MarkBRFC]

Folk seem to be forgetting that we haven't paid compensation for a manager since 2013, and that was a very small amount.

It won't be anyone already in a job who is coming here.

Edited 1 hour ago by MarkBRFC

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Tom said:

I’ll bite!

Mowbray had a great few years here in the middle of his run but I still think he could have done more in that first season, he didn’t pick up a team stranded at the bottom and we threw away too many leads. 

Just by way of illustration his very first game was away at Oxford I think and we went one up, retreated into our shells as was Mowbray's tendancy, and ending up drawing 1-1.

Stuart (formerly of this parish) went absolutely ballistic and was giving it "What the **** has he done to deserve to be even anywhere near this job etc etc" 

I thought that was harsh for his first game and rememember leaping to Mowbray's defence. The bigger point is that he had plenty of chance overall to get us out of it, the two games we eventually won at the end turned out to be too late and came after a run of no wins in seven I think.

But as we keep saying the relegation wasn't all his fault or even primarily his fault.

[KidderStreetNoise]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Just by way of illustration his very first game was away at Oxford I think and we went one up, retreated into our shells as was Mowbray's tendancy, and ending up drawing 1-1.

Stuart (formerly of this parish) went absolutely ballistic and was giving it "What the **** has he done to deserve to be even anywhere near this job etc etc" 

I thought that was harsh for his first game and rememember leaping to Mowbray's defence. The bigger point is that he had plenty of chance overall to get us out of it, the two games we eventually won at the end turned out to be too late and came after a run of no wins in seven I think.

But as we keep saying the relegation wasn't all his fault or even primarily his fault.

Burton away on a Friday night

[Mercer]

12 minutes ago, Tom said:

I’ll bite!

Mowbray had a great few years here in the middle of his run but I still think he could have done more in that first season, he didn’t pick up a team stranded at the bottom and we threw away too many leads. 

Spot on.

Too many winning positions ending as draws and too many 'drawing' positions ending as losses.

Relegated on goal difference (think it was only 1 or 2 goals difference) was devastating given the points we 'threw away' under Mowbray.

Mulgrew, Conway and Graham - who in today's team can come remotely close to the quality those three had. 

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, KidderStreetNoise said:

Burton away on a Friday night

You're right. I stand corrected.

[Dolly blue]

2 hours ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

What do you think of Karl Robinson ?

No, no no! Another Steve Kean link. 

[Tomphil2]

Savage won't touch this unless they made him an offer he couldn't refuse and a budget to work with. He's carving himself out a decent career where he is and if successful he could end up with a crack at something decent.

Besides that old hippy feasting on gov subsidies will want a compensation package that would make Rovers run a mile.

[Mercer]

TBH, don't think too many us are going to be excited by the appointment.

New guy has to be better than Ismael but have virtually zero confidence in Pasha, Gestede and Owen getting it right.

Any of Coleman, Martin, Karanka and Mowbray appointed then that's me totally finished with Rovers.

Think Challinor is the dark horse - got him at 20/1 and now down to 6/1.   

[Tomphil2]

2 hours ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

What do you think of Karl Robinson ?

Nothing.

Just another who some friendly agent has constantly tried to get through the door again here.

Standard lower league fodder.