Next Rovers manager

[Eternal Optimist]

10 minutes ago, Tricky said:

Scott Parker will be available very shortly 

What’s your point? 

[rog of the rovers]

The Rovers managerial curse this weekend! Some of the names mentioned this week…

Graham Alexander - Bradford - lost

Mark Hughes - Carlisle - lost

Robbie Savage - Forest Green Rovers - lost

Leam Richardson - Reading - lost

Gareth Ainsworth- Gillingham - won

 

others mentioned on forum

Michael Skubala - Lincoln City - won

Dave Challinor - Stockport - drew

 

 

[Cherry Blue]

Latest betting still puts Rowett in front @ 1/2 with Graham Alexander next @ 5/2. The rest are crazy.

venkys (note small v) don't give a shit anyway so the so called panel are probably still on Google. 

[Bbrovers2288]

Are we in the territory of making an appointment who is best placed to get us out of league 1 at this point, one who might stick around a while 

[sharpysharps86]

1 minute ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Are we in the territory of making an appointment who is best placed to get us out of league 1 at this point, one who might stick around a while 

Tbf Rowett would be a very good manager at League One level...but its all relying on absolutely awful recruitment. It'll be another rebuild in the summer regardless of the division Rovers are in. If Rovers went down, the only way back would be to get a proper manager who is able to influence recruitment significantly, with Gestede and Suhail (and ideally Venkys) gone from the club.

[Ossydave]

Rowett has drifted if you want to rely on odds for the source. Nixon will have a story that will influence the odds……

I can’t help but think we need someone who knows where the goal is in charge as well, not sure how a defensive minded manager improves this team much. 
 

Step forward Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. I know it won’t happen like, United mates still maintain he had them playing their best attacking football for years though. 
 

This disjointed team needs someone who’s hands on in training and quick. 
 

 

[Old Codger]

1 hour ago, Tricky said:

Scott Parker will be available very shortly 

Wash your fatuous mouth out with soap and water sir!

 

[MarkBRFC]

It would take an absolute miracle worker to get this lot into a fluid attacking team.

Think best we can do is get someone in to make us more organised, hard to beat and see if we can nick games.

[Paul Mellelieu]

We need someone to play alongside Tronstad who can defend and we need two players in the final third who can make things happen.

[RevidgeBlue]

21 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

We need someone to play alongside Tronstad who can defend

Exhibit A  M'lud.

[RevidgeBlue]

Manager wise starting to think maybe the only sort of manager who can thrive under these idiots might be an up and coming Ken Furphy type who can successfully wheel and deal domestically on a shoestring.

Would Challinor fit that description?

[Paul Mellelieu]

17 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Exhibit A  M'lud.

Bit early for the sauce.

[Ossydave]

35 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

It would take an absolute miracle worker to get this lot into a fluid attacking team.

Think best we can do is get someone in to make us more organised, hard to beat and see if we can nick games.

I disagree.

I think whatever the fuck has gone on in training this season has been a shit show.

Players have got progressively worse, it's quite ironic that Yuki scored a great goal against Norwich last season, yet this season looked like he'd barely played football before.

I genuinely think I could take charge and right a lot of the wrongs.

Looking at VI on the sidelines gives an insight to how training was tbh, flat, boring, nonsensical. 

 

[Bohinen1983]

8 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

We need someone to play alongside Tronstad who can defend and we need two players in the final third who can make things happen.

Garrett or Foreshaw would suffice for me..  Shows how awful Tavares and Henrikkson have been.  

Do we not have any industrious young centre mids in the academy? 

[Paul Mellelieu]

4 minutes ago, Bohinen1983 said:

Garrett or Foreshaw would suffice for me..  Shows how awful Tavares and Henrikkson have been.  

Do we not have any industrious young centre mids in the academy? 

Montgomery would start for me.  Positionally better and quicker with the ball than Baradji.

[JHRover]

We're probably now at the 'confused' stage after today's result having hoped a draw or win today would have allowed the can to be kicked down the road for another week. Back into the bottom 3 with a damaging defeat to a side down there with us might now need to focus minds.

The Sky buffoons commentating, aside from being heavily biased in Norwich's favour throughout, mentioned that time was becoming more pressing and that Rovers needed to reduce their 'long list' to a 'short list'.

It seems they don't understand the urgency and gravity of our situation and are still mucking around with lists and projects. Probably waiting for Leicester or WBA to hit the panic button and get Rowett in, and he WILL choose either of them over us if he gets the choice. 

[danger19_80]

I don't see Rowett taking it. He's too sensible, doesn't seem desperate and, after three managers in a row walked, will be more than wise to the situation we find ourselves in. Most managers now will be, especially British ones. Their best bet is a desperado ala Coleman or (another) random Foreign gamble.

[Cherry Blue]

2 minutes ago, JHRover said:

We're probably now at the 'confused' stage after today's result having hoped a draw or win today would have allowed the can to be kicked down the road for another week. Back into the bottom 3 with a damaging defeat to a side down there with us might now need to focus minds.

The Sky buffoons commentating, aside from being heavily biased in Norwich's favour throughout, mentioned that time was becoming more pressing and that Rovers needed to reduce their 'long list' to a 'short list'.

It seems they don't understand the urgency and gravity of our situation and are still mucking around with lists and projects. Probably waiting for Leicester or WBA to hit the panic button and get Rowett in, and he WILL choose either of them over us if he gets the choice. 

What makes you say they have a long list? With nothing coming from the club we rely on Nicko and dare I say betting odds. Nothing certain especially when we have inexperience clown running the club.

[bazza]

Just supposing we get Rowett in this week. How does he find out who's good and who's bad? Does he watch videos for 10 hours a day? If he doesn't know the club or the players it will take 3 or 4 games for him to find out by which time we'll be just over Wednesday.

[JHRover]

4 minutes ago, Cherry Blue said:

What makes you say they have a long list? With nothing coming from the club we rely on Nicko and dare I say betting odds. Nothing certain especially when we have inexperience clown running the club.

The way the commentators were talking was as though they had been told that the club was working its' way through a long list of options and they even said now is the time to shorten that list down and make a decision. Suspect they are probably in the dark as much as anyone but yeah the best we have is Nixon saying Rowett is 'top choice' and 'could' be 'offered' the job this weekend.

Given he was sat in London on Sky duty I doubt he was in any sort of talks today so maybe tomorrow.

[aletheia]

Long list my arse.

Let's give DJ 2 games, put it about we have a hughe short/longlist and then we can bring Chris in.

[Andy]

41 minutes ago, danger19_80 said:

I don't see Rowett taking it. He's too sensible, doesn't seem desperate and, after three managers in a row walked, will be more than wise to the situation we find ourselves in. Most managers now will be, especially British ones. Their best bet is a desperado ala Coleman or (another) random Foreign gamble.

I see it the other way - 6-12 months of easy salary, topped off with an early pay off.

He's sat on the dole queue at the minute, there won't be many other jobs out there for him right now where he can make such easy, quick money.

[Ricky]

42 minutes ago, bazza said:

Just supposing we get Rowett in this week. How does he find out who's good and who's bad? Does he watch videos for 10 hours a day? If he doesn't know the club or the players it will take 3 or 4 games for him to find out by which time we'll be just over Wednesday.

I’m assuming he may take a training session or two between matches… just a hunch though. 

[islander200]

5 minutes ago, Andy said:

I see it the other way - 6-12 months of easy salary, topped off with an early pay off.

He's sat on the dole queue at the minute, there won't be many other jobs out there for him right now where he can make such easy, quick money.

Exactly if offered Rowett will take it he isn't going to wait around in the hope Leicester or West Brom will come in for him 

I think out of the options he would be a sensible choice but he has not long since been sacked by Oxford I don't see a queue of clubs making him their preferred candidate in the summer when teams start afresh.

To get back in it will be a team like us struggling at the bottom looking for a rescue. If west brom sacked their new guy he may be considered there but I don't see Leicester having him as their preferred candidate 

[bigbrandjohn]

Whoever it is, the negotiations will be long and hard.

Big bonus for Rovers staying in the championship.

Guaranteed investment in players either in the Championship or Division 3  

Longer than a short term contract.

All terms that are alien to the Bank of Venkys. 

No point in counting our chickens…