Next Rovers manager

[allanncd]

2 hours ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Reading fans really don't rate Leam Richardson. Terrible manager.

Absolutely nothing to recomend him.

[Tricky]

3 hours ago, Tricky said:

This evening's viewing 

Robbie Savage: Managing Macclesfield FC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002nbvt

 

Can't say I'm excited about the possibility, he'd be well out his depth 

Edited 11 hours ago by Tricky

[scotchrover]

3 minutes ago, Tricky said:

Can't say I'm excited about the possibility, he'd be well out his depth 

I might be wrong, but it has Paul Ince II over if he turns up here. 

[John]

7 minutes ago, TimmyJimmy said:

Age old tactic. Float around the worst possible fit as a candidate then any hopeless case appointed looks good by comparison.  Short odds on Coleman? Really? What's Mick McCarthy doing these days? We'll end up with either some poor sap wannabe, a complete unknown from League Z in Luxembourg or a guy whose been out of work for a decade. The days of Hughes, Souness, Allardyce and Kenny are so far behind us it's untrue. Barrel meet Scraper, Scraper this is Barrel.

I know some on here are saying they don’t care as much anymore but it angers me seeing the bucket list of shyte being linked with the job - it’s like they have purposely put together a list of coaches / managers you would never dream of appointing - Coleman, Jewell, the Reading guy who I’ve never heard of etc 

[Gumbi]

17 minutes ago, JBiz said:

That shirt looks old too so this would make sense. 

He's holding this seasons shirt.

[simongarnerisgod]

it would`nt end well for savage here,he is`nt one to keep his mouth shut and when he`s met with denials,lies, silence and no transfer budget from pasha,gestede and the chicken brethren,he`ll walk away,the only bonus being,he`ll likely yell from the rooftops what it`s really like behind the scenes at brockhall and ewood

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

Herald Goulon!

And grok says it looks like Valerian Ismael....

And politicians want AI running things !

[Paul Mellelieu]

Surprised Grok didn't say that he looked like Hitler.

[Norbert Rassragr]

The photo is of Ronnie Pickering. He's our new manager.

[yeti-dog]

11 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

And grok says it looks like Valerian Ismael....

And politicians want AI running things !

Grok probably just wanted to remove all his clothes...

[Tom]

It’s not Goulon, nor Dahlin or Varner.

No clue who it is but imagine someone just doing a promo for something 

[K-Hod]

11 hours ago, alexanders said:

Maybe it’s been said, but Leam Richardson has been linked. Never heard of him. 

Because he's from Blackburn and he used to play for Stanley.

They love a lazy local connection.

[Eddie]

11 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Why would I judge him by anything other than his spell in the same League that we're in?

What he may or may not have done in the Lower Leagues in France is frankly completely irrelevant.

Not sure what he's done in Ligue 1  but obviously it didnt translate over here.

Edit: It would appear from Wiki that in Ligue 1 he took over a team that had finished 7th the previous season and left them in 8th a year later.

Sounds solid rather than earth shattering.

No, it isn't solid. It's pretty dumb, to be honest. 

He's had several years of being very successful at several clubs - a couple of whom play at a higher standard than we do.

He had one very brief spell with a recently relegated side (who had just come off being arguably the worst side in Premier League history), had no input into their squad, and struggled slighty. Even then, it was mostly draws. 

What's more, he's shown himself to be very capable of getting smaller sides to compete at a higher level, something that we are in desperate need of. 

So, if you want to judge a manager because they have one failure on their resume, or because England is all that matters, then by all means go ahead. But as a club currently sitting towards the bottom of the Championship, I think you will quickly run out of suitable candidates if you apply that kind of filter. Jose Mourinho isn't turning up. Then again, Mourinha has had a couple of bad spells at clubs, including in England, so I guess we wouldn't want him anyway. 

[47er]

9 hours ago, Tricky said:

Can't say I'm excited about the possibility, he'd be well out his depth 

Savage has the passion, not sure about the brains!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

34 minutes ago, 47er said:

Savage has the passion, not sure about the brains!

He can bring the brains in.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

No, it isn't solid. It's pretty dumb, to be honest. 

He's had several years of being very successful at several clubs - a couple of whom play at a higher standard than we do.

He had one very brief spell with a recently relegated side (who had just come off being arguably the worst side in Premier League history), had no input into their squad, and struggled slighty. Even then, it was mostly draws. 

What's more, he's shown himself to be very capable of getting smaller sides to compete at a higher level, something that we are in desperate need of. 

So, if you want to judge a manager because they have one failure on their resume, or because England is all that matters, then by all means go ahead. But as a club currently sitting towards the bottom of the Championship, I think you will quickly run out of suitable candidates if you apply that kind of filter. Jose Mourinho isn't turning up. Then again, Mourinha has had a couple of bad spells at clubs, including in England, so I guess we wouldn't want him anyway. 

I meant that at best Still's record is solid (at one Club) rather than being outstanding.

Im looking at his overall record and wondering what the attraction is at all tbh. He appears to have had one very good spell for 9 games in Ligue 2.

Then he's moved up to Ligue 1 and finished at his first Club with 2 wins in 14. At his second Club he took over an outfit in that had finished 7th the previous season and left them in 8th.

Inconclusive at best and he's only had one crack in English football,co-incidentally in the same division as us, (the Championship)and been an absolute disaster with a better squad than ours.

You wouldnt look at him twice if he was English born and bred and not Belgian with a Coaching background in France. Your argument would hold water if he'd previously held several jobs in England and been very successful in general but bombed at Southampton. Some manager's faces dont fit at certain Clubs. 

There was however obviously something about his personality or methods that didn't translate to English football at Southampton. It might not all have been his fault but it would be insanely reckless for us to take a punt on him again  straight away before he's shown he can operate over here.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by RevidgeBlue

[B16Rover]

If we're going French I'd do Pascal Dupraz, the French Big Sam

[Wegerleswiggle]

I'd be more than happy with Savage. Has a great record so far and will certainly bring a lot of media attention 

[dallydally]

Chris Coleman being mentioned. NO!!!!!

[roverandout]

The effers are waiting till after Saturday to see if rovers win again so they can go the cheap option and appoint Johnson 

[Wegerleswiggle]

I'd be ok with 5 of those

[Tricky]

20 minutes ago, Wegerleswiggle said:

I'd be more than happy with Savage. Has a great non league record so far and will certainly bring a lot of media attention 

Fixed 

[Tomphil2]

Anybody notice the pattern yet.

Ex gaffer, ex player, ex player, ex gaffer, ex player....

This has desperation written all over it, all to probably try and get a few fans back in.

Which a lot of those names won't.

[JHRover]

5 minutes ago, Wegerleswiggle said:

I'd be ok with 5 of those

Savage - yes

Coleman - absolutely not

Bilic - yes, but it wouldn't last long

Wagner - no 

Challinor - yes

Mowbray - yes (only until the end of the season)

Rowett - yes

Karanka - no

Duff - no 

Rooney - god help us 

[JHRover]

I'm amazed Johnson isn't close to the top of that list. It is becoming quite clear, if ever we needed it to, that there was nobody lined up to come in and  no succession plan despite having had weeks/months to prepare for this

I think the obvious and natural outcome is going to be to hand it to Johnson until the end of the season when they realise what competent managers want in terms of wages and assurances.