Next Rovers manager

[Browjd]

Rowett now 2/1 with Talksport..

[alexanders]

Just as a fun fact and in relation to the poster ridiculing the thought of a Duo (in that Sav and Hughes). 

Viking FK who won the league in Norway, above Bodø Glimt have consisted of a duo for 5 years now.

They are equal, have the same responsibilites but complement each other when its comes to communcations with the players, the tacticsal part of it. etc. 

They were both thinking about the job and was going to talks with Viking FK, instead of competing they sat down and discussed their philosophy about development, tactics and values. Boom, straight after they went to Viking and presented themselves as a duo instead of competitors.

 

if anyone bother to read more about it:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/30/the-town-has-lost-it-vikings-journey-from-the-abyss-to-the-verge-of-glory

Edited 2 hours ago by alexanders

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, Browjd said:

Rowett now 2/1 with Talksport..

That would be a surprisingly sensible decision for our mob. Wonder if it'd be until the end of the season or permanent?

[JHRover]

Just now, StHelensRover said:

I can't stomach the idea of Alexander. When he takes us down, the parties at the Dingledome and Deepdale where he is revered will be wilder than the Ewoks at the end of Star Wars, we'll never hear the end of it. 

It just doesn't fit does it?

I'm never keen on a dingle, but could accept one where the case is overwhelming. An example being Dyche after his work there, clearly a good manager for a Championship club.

But Alexander? Is the case overwhelming? No - his record is decent, but there are 3-4 others in League One and Two with similar or better records of results - Challinor one, I like Nigel Clough who has done brilliantly at Mansfield and doesn't come with the 'baggage' of legendary status at PNE/Burnley.

[JHRover]

8 minutes ago, Browjd said:

Rowett now 2/1 with Talksport..

Would be logical and sensible. No nonsense, track record. No need for compensation. 

Too sensible I fear.

[Tricky]

3 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

That would be a surprisingly sensible decision for our mob. Wonder if it'd be until the end of the season or permanent?

pay as you coach

[roverandout]

Rowett would be a good choice.  He'd be similar to Eustace.  Got a decent track record.  I just can't see it happening 

[Wegerleswiggle]

Cifuentes in from 33s to 12-1

[MarkBRFC]

Rowett far too sensible for this lot unfortunatly.

[Tricky]

9 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Rowett would be a good choice.  He'd be similar to Eustace.  Got a decent track record.  I just can't see it happening 

he took oxford to where they are now?

Edited 1 hour ago by Tricky

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

Totally underwhelmed with Alexander.  A managerial journeyman 

My God, how far has our club fallen.  Bereft of hope, ambition and inspiration.

Alexander's teams not renowned for decent football.

If he's appointed that's me finished with Rovers.  It will end in tears, yet again.

I tend to agree but Id at least give him a chance, same with anyone, even Coyle back in the day.

Don't know what it is but my gut says " Hell No" to Alexander but I increasingly I would be quite excited if Challinor came.

There's no real rhyme or reason to it, their respective Clubs are only 3 points apart in League 1. Stockport appear to have won 4 out of the last 5 and Bradford appear to have lost 3 out of their last 5.

I think the reason is that like you I view Alexander as a managerial journeyman whereas Challinor doesnt really seem to have put a foot wrong in his career as yet.

I've had a look at Alexander's record and it's not bad but his recent job with Bradford apart Im not that blown away. I still have it in the back of my mind that he was absolutely terrible at one of his previous Clubs, losing every week which became a bit of a standing joke before he was sacked.

Both seem a bit unlikely given our historic aversion to paying compensation as well. 

To summarise Id be really disappointed with Alexander.

[sharpysharps86]

Rowett in isolation sounds acceptable, but I'm concerned that we'd be appointing someone who got sacked by a team below us in the table.

[RevidgeBlue]

14 minutes ago, JHRover said:

It just doesn't fit does it?

I'm never keen on a dingle, but could accept one where the case is overwhelming. An example being Dyche after his work there, clearly a good manager for a Championship club.

But Alexander? Is the case overwhelming? No - his record is decent, but there are 3-4 others in League One and Two with similar or better records of results - Challinor one, I like Nigel Clough who has done brilliantly at Mansfield and doesn't come with the 'baggage' of legendary status at PNE/Burnley.

I like Nigel Clough.

Not his Dad (who could be) but Im surprised he doesnt get a bit more recognition.

[Kjell]

Sensible, keep-us-up, candidates:

Rowett

Cifuentes

A bit more adventurous, but with higher risk:

Challinor

The rest of the ones currently linked: no, thank you.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Kjell said:

Sensible, keep-us-up, candidates:

Rowett

Cifuentes

A bit more adventurous, but with higher risk:

Challinor

The rest of the ones currently linked: no, thank you.

I not seen much from Cifuentes to suggest he'd be a safe pair of hands. 

If he was plain old Joe Bloggs would he get a second look from anyone?

[Tricky]

3 minutes ago, Kjell said:

Sensible, keep-us-up, candidates:

Rowett

Cifuentes

what makes them keep-us-up candidates?

calm under pressure? can rally the team? what style of football do they bring, coaching style etc..

DJ would make more sense surely?

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Tricky said:

DJ would make more sense surely?

He doesn't want it.

[Neal]

7 minutes ago, Kjell said:

Sensible, keep-us-up, candidates:

Rowett

Cifuentes

A bit more adventurous, but with higher risk:

Challinor

The rest of the ones currently linked: no, thank you.

It's the other way round. Challinor safe hands for league 1... Has a point to prove at a higher level.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

The thing is they can't any longer even try to bullshit any manager candidates into believing they have any ambition at the club anymore other than to sell our youngsters and buy cheap sell high in the transfer market. 

The only ambition the board has is to try and keep the books relatively balanced for the slumlords in pune

[Kjell]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I not seen much from Cifuentes to suggest he'd be a safe pair of hands. 

He did well in Scandinavia and comes across as quite knowledgeable. 

But I guess the one thing that impressed me was how he kept a dead cert for relegation QPR up.

Of course, I agree that Leicester was not that great, and there are no guarantees. A bit better than the rest of the dross we are linked with, and knows the championship.

 

[Kjell]

4 minutes ago, Tricky said:

what makes them keep-us-up candidates?

Having kept teams in the division before, I guess.

[Kjell]

3 minutes ago, Neal said:

It's the other way round. Challinor safe hands for league 1... Has a point to prove at a higher level.

How is it the other way round?

I am not advocating for the safe bet. But if it is the adventurous, we'd better go for the Alebiuso version of unproven instead of the De Neve version 😉 

 

[MarkBRFC]

Just a reminder that whoever comes in, will be of benefit to Suhail and Rudy, not for Blackburn Rovers football club.

[Tricky]

2 hours ago, davulsukur said:

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.

It's back up now, noticed Alexander and Rowett shortened heavily with OGS, Smith and Cifuenetes too as outsiders 

[Blue blood]

22 minutes ago, Tricky said:

he took oxford to where they are now?

Last season Oxford fans regarded it as a miracle that he kept them up. Widely acknowledged they have a League 1 team and budget. Having seen a couple of Oxford games this season i would agree with that assessment. 

Done a solid to good job wherever he has been. Would definitely want him. If he wasn't undermined by shambolic owners and higher ups I reckon he'd get us in or around the playoffs.