Next Rovers manager

[FE123]

I thought DJ was a bit non committal about being in the dug out at Norwich as well. Surely the team are travelling today and he has to be at this stage.

[jim mk2]

35 minutes ago, rob_of_the_rovers said:

It's going to be Damien Johnson until the end of the season. Then it will depend on whether we've been relegated or not.

I think this is the likely scenario 

Kick the decision into the long grass, see how it goes and hope for the best

 

 

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, TheKitGuy said:

I think we have a very poor wage structure but a very good bonus package. I imagine they are given a mediocre wage with a 7 figure bonus for promotion etc. which is what makes it enticing for fairly reputable managers i.e. JDT/JE/VI

Then they have their tools taken away from them so they've no chance of ever activating that bonus or even a play off bonus.

[sharpysharps86]

2 hours ago, neophox said:

What about Enzo Maresca? Out of our league or?

[ruggles1995]

if we are going to be hiring people of no proper glamorous championship background, then Id personally like damian duff. Listening to him speak you can tell hes got a bit about him manager wise, and hes won a league albeit in Ireland, but least hes done something. I believe hes now part of keith andrews staff at brentford atm. 
Compared to all the other names id say hes on par with most, and if i have to put up with a mediocre unproven manager, id rather it was someone i loved as a player for rovers thats at least had some small success as a manager so far. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, rob_of_the_rovers said:

It's going to be Damien Johnson until the end of the season. Then it will depend on whether we've been relegated or not.

What if he doesn’t want to do it ? 

[Paul Mellelieu]

2 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

What if he doesn’t want to do it ? 

He doesn't want it.

[Tomphil2]

I could probably cope with a Hughes / Savage combo that would certainly capture the imagination.

[Mike E]

7 minutes ago, ruggles1995 said:

if we are going to be hiring people of no proper glamorous championship background, then Id personally like damian duff. Listening to him speak you can tell hes got a bit about him manager wise, and hes won a league albeit in Ireland, but least hes done something. I believe hes now part of keith andrews staff at brentford atm. 
Compared to all the other names id say hes on par with most, and if i have to put up with a mediocre unproven manager, id rather it was someone i loved as a player for rovers thats at least had some small success as a manager so far. 

I agree but I don’t someone of such high esteem from my childhood (Duff, Dunn, and Jansen being my original heroes) soiling his legacy here as per Berg (who only recovered by suing the club).

[roversfan99]

For a start, why would 2 managers of their own right agree to be a duo?

The priority of this appointment shouldnt be nostalgia or to "capture the imagination."

[Browjd]

Graham Alexander is so underwhelming - please no

[davulsukur]

41 minutes ago, FE123 said:

I thought DJ was a bit non committal about being in the dug out at Norwich as well. Surely the team are travelling today and he has to be at this stage.

Johnson will be in charge for the Norwich game, even if we appoint someone in the next 5mins you'd think. 

[pick32]

Closed betting with Graham Alexander heavy favourite

[roversfan99]

The thing is, it all stemmed from an "insider" account posting that someone with his initials had "interviewed" well.

It probably just shows how easy it is to totally change the betting market on a market like this.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

10 minutes ago, Browjd said:

Graham Alexander is so underwhelming - please no

That’s the pond we’re fishing in.

[LeftWinger]

9 minutes ago, pick32 said:

Closed betting with Graham Alexander heavy favourite

When you say heavy favourite? What price was he at?

[Browjd]

Gary bloody Rowett - just get it done! 

[Tomphil2]

13 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

For a start, why would 2 managers of their own right agree to be a duo?

The priority of this appointment shouldnt be nostalgia or to "capture the imagination."

 

14 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

For a start, why would 2 managers of their own right agree to be a duo?

The priority of this appointment shouldnt be nostalgia or to "capture the imagination."

Stranger things have happened and besides they are both non league.

Sav loves Hughes and vice versa they might make a good duo with Hughes mentoring Savage with a view to stepping back in future.

An opportunity to manage a Championship club and be sold the dream of taking it back to the Prem. It would certainly be something that would capture the imagination and get fans onside. 

A better suggestion than some of the guff being thrown around and more interesting than a return blandness.

[FE123]

Tough to argue with his record, but still a Dingle non the less

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27 minutes ago, Mike E said:

I agree but I don’t someone of such high esteem from my childhood (Duff, Dunn, and Jansen being my original heroes) soiling his legacy here as per Berg (who only recovered by suing the club).

Yea I think those days have gone and have to accept it. I think perhaps with better players it would be 'easier' for these guys to come in and get some wins but we need experience at this stage, poor players, with a fight on our hand, the last th9ng we need is a trip down memory lane for a heroic save. 

We need someone who can manipulate a better system for the guys we have now.

[Jimmy612]

Alexander would be above my pitifully low expectations.  

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

23 minutes ago, pick32 said:

Closed betting with Graham Alexander heavy favourite

With such a small market betting odds movement is largely irrelevant when trying to work out who it will be.. closing the market is a little odd though 

[Elrovers]

Dean smith being linked now.

[davulsukur]

14 minutes ago, LeftWinger said:

When you say heavy favourite? What price was he at?

If I type "next Blackburn Rovers manager odds" into Google, the top result is from Oddschecker. The preview underneath has Graham Alexander 4/1, Coleman 5/1, Hughes 6/1, Bilic 6/1, Savage 8/1.

When you click the link to go to the website, it doesn't display Rovers managerial odds, just the Man Utd, Palace Leicester etc. odds.

[davulsukur]

2 minutes ago, Elrovers said:

Dean smith being linked now.

Manager of Charlotte FC and signed a new 2 year deal last year. He'd require some compo. Seems unlikely we'll be paying it.