Next Rovers manager

[Tim Southampton Rover]

It's very depressing reading the choices interested. 

Having Rowett over some of the dross out there is a bit like choosing between stubbing my toe on the radiator or falling off a ladder and breaking both my ankles. I don't particularly want either but one is clearly better than the other!

[TimmyJimmy]

Gary, if you get to read this I really want you to come in and have a go at saving this wonderful club but for real mate you'd be out of your tiny mind. With the gruesome twosome in charge you don't have a cat in Hells chance of building anything here. Just look at the Venky history and appointments. You'll be doomed from the get go.

The passionate supporter in me says shut the Hell up Timmy and take a shot at saving us but if you must take the job don't fall for the old wobble head trick and get an exit clause written into the contract.

You'll be most welcome from the terraces but truthfully we'll all be shaking our head in pity. It'll be like being forced to watch a car crash in slow motion.

Over to you pal. As for me I'm rooting for you.

[alexanders]

Russel Martin apparently favorite for the Leicester job 

[DE.]

4 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Pasha allowed Lambert a break clause in his contract back in the day.

Im not sure whether the potential problem is Rovers only want a deal until the end of the season. You'd have thought a break clause to allow everyone to take stock would be beneficial to both sides if we went down. 

If despite that everyone was happy with each other there's nothing stopping them extending or re-negotiating the deal. 

I suppose the difference is that a break clause can work in favour of both sides, whereas a minimum fee release - like Eustace had - mainly favours the manager/head coach if it's low enough to be realistically triggered in the event said person does a decent enough job. 

I could understand why we wouldn't want to give another minimum fee release clause after what happened with Eustace, but then, it's a mess of our own making thanks to the shambolic way the club has been and continues to be run. I just can't see a manager with any genuine talent coming here unless he knows there's a way to escape. A break clause may work, but it does leave the risk of the date expiring, things suddenly going downhill and then the club refusing to allow the manager to resign. 

Waggott took the chance with Eustace, most likely because he knew we needed a decent manager to make sure we didn't end up in serious trouble. He saw the minimum fee release as a risk worth taking to give us the best chance of short-term survival. Not convinced Pasha/Gestede have the same motivation. 

Edited 14 hours ago by DE.

[davulsukur]

1 minute ago, alexanders said:

Russel Martin apparently favorite for the Leicester job 

😂😂

Out of the frying pan and into the fire for Leicester 

[alcd]

2 minutes ago, alexanders said:

Russel Martin apparently favorite for the Leicester job 

That should seal their relegation. 

[Kjell]

6 minutes ago, alexanders said:

Russel Martin apparently favorite for the Leicester job 

That's great. Even if we cannot make the right decision, someone else can make the wrong one 🥳

[Torgeir]

8 minutes ago, alexanders said:

Russel Martin apparently favorite for the Leicester job 

Please be true. 

[alexanders]

Bradford City boss Graham Alexander is the surprise favourite to take charge at Blackburn Rovers following the dismissal of Valerien Ismael.

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   Chris Dunlavy
• 8 February 2026

[den]

If they continue with wanting a manager who does his best with the players provided to him, there’s no future. If they want to appoint an experienced manager and actually listen to him we might at some point move forwards. If they do that there’s no need for Gestede.

[Ossydave]

1 hour ago, alexanders said:

Russel Martin apparently favorite for the Leicester job 

Joint favourite at 4/1 which means nothing at all, when they’re odds on it’s usually more telling. 
 

As an aside the names listed for them are a lot better than our duds list 

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, alexanders said:

Russel Martin apparently favorite for the Leicester job 

lol,further proof that some ceo`s should`nt be anywhere near a football club,

[M_B]

1 hour ago, alexanders said:

Russel Martin apparently favorite for the Leicester job 

Legend in his own mirror. 

[DutchRover]

Graham Alexander would be surest indication we are planning to be a L1 club for foreseeable future, and on top of that a dingle.

Rowett is at least a solid mid table championship manager, but even that feels beyond us with the clowns in charge. 

If I was a manager my first requirement would be to sack Gestede and bring in an actual CEO to sideline Suhail, but then I guess I'd also need to be the owner...

[Exiled_Rover]

2 hours ago, Tomphil2 said:

Yes Rowett like Lambert or Eustace will present them with his 3 year plan A and plan B.

They won;t like that though because V's don't do plans they do whims and they've already installed the 'planners' they want in Suhail/Owen and Gestede.

So it'll be 'Gary you come in to coach the team and be on the touchline whilst we take care of the rest'

 

I think they'll do what they did to JDT (and Broughton) and Eustace - promise them that they're aligned, let them coach the team for 6 months then pull the rug. 

[Exiled_Rover]

9 minutes ago, M_B said:

Legend in his own mirror. 

To be fair he's bagged Lucy Pinder, so he's living his 15 year old self's dream.

[simongarnerisgod]

2 minutes ago, DutchRover said:

Graham Alexander would be surest indication we are planning to be a L1 club for foreseeable future, and on top of that a dingle.

Rowett is at least a solid mid table championship manager, but even that feels beyond us with the clowns in charge. 

If I was a manager my first requirement would be to sack Gestede and bring in an actual CEO to sideline Suhail, but then I guess I'd also need to be the owner...

he`s in a promotion race with bradford,he won`t come here while they are still in the play offs and getting crowds of 20000

[Penwortham Blue]

30 minutes ago, alexanders said:

 

Bradford City boss Graham Alexander is the surprise favourite to take charge at Blackburn Rovers following the dismissal of Valerien Ismael.

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   Chris Dunlavy
• 8 February 2026

I’m not keen but more importantly, would Alexander be keen ! Why would you swap a vibrant club on the up with a vociferous 20,000 support cheering you on at home for the corpse of Blackburn Rovers and the funereal atmosphere of Ewood Park 🤷‍♂️

[wilsdenrover]

20 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

To be fair he's bagged Lucy Pinder, so he's living his 15 year old self's dream.

Perhaps she’s happy with the messing around at the back. 

[ElTwis]

Every online piece has to be taken with a pinch of salt, the majority are either agents or a club looking to put a name out there or improve a bargaining position with someone else

[bazza]

How I miss Steve Waggott. At least he knew how to run a football club.

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

1 minute ago, bazza said:

How I miss Steve Waggott. At least he knew how to run a football club.

And the bloke bragged about leasing a coach ffs, the absolute state of this place 

[Upside Down]

The fact that this hasn't been sorted yet shows exactly what is important for Venky FC. 

They're not interested in remaining in the championship, it is a league beyond their capabilities and ambition. 

Eventually they will drag is down to their level. Just how low that actually is remains to be seen.

Edited 8 hours ago by Upside Down

[Tomphil2]

33 minutes ago, bazza said:

How I miss Steve Waggott. At least he knew how to run a football club.

A water treading budget slashing one.

His problems began when he ended up with a Head Coach and DoF who didn't want to do that.

[ageoftherover]

1 hour ago, wilsdenrover said:

Perhaps she’s happy with the messing around at the back. 

Likely frustrated hes not banging them in though.