Next Rovers manager

[Ricky]

We need a leader of men. We don’t have the quality in the squad to get out of it based purely on football ability. We need a manager who can get players to give that extra 10%. It needs to be a motivator who can build an ‘us against them’ philosophy. That’s the only way we get out of this mess. Trying to play pretty football in a relegation dog fight will only end one way. 

Im hoping Val wasn’t popular with the players and some see it as a new start. I know he bombed at his last club but would Will Still be worth a look. I’m not 100% convinced but he’s done well in his previous positions.

[Kjell]

27 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

They won't get someone in who's already in a job but there are still plenty to choose from. I would get Cifuentes in things were looking a little better, but we need a 'quickfix' for the season so I'm not too sure. 

I hope we stay clear of Rowett and especially Russell Martin.

Cifuentes is a good shout and could be a quick fix, having kept QRP up a couple of seasons ago. I think QPR had lost something like 10 of the 14 first matches of the season when he came in.

Even finished a place above Eustace.

But he'll probably get better offers somewhere else...

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Reckon we're likely to hear this week? Perhaps before weekend?

[Browjd]

Is Will Still a genuine option? 

[Madon]

Big Sam or Mowbray until the end of the season for me then reassess. 

I'd go Damien Duff at the start of next season, probably wouldn't be against giving Phil Jones a shot either. (😬)

[alexanders]

The only thing I want is a manager than is die hard and gets the players to go to war every match. There are enough battlers in the squad to ensure this. I also want a manager that has a bit of tactical nous and wants to stretch the opposition to give more freedom going forward. and I DONT want a manager who plays from side to side and tries to get a hopeless cross in. 

 

 

[Torgeir]

3 minutes ago, Madon said:

Big Sam or Mowbray until the end of the season for me then reassess. 

I'd go Damien Duff at the start of next season, probably wouldn't be against giving Phil Jones a shot either. (😬)

Duffer is/was my favourite player along with Ripley. Don't want to see him anywhere near this club again under the current circumstances.

[MarkBRFC]

Local or not, Gerrard wouldn't come here under any circumstances.

Genuinely no clue who they will get.

No doubt there will be plenty clamouring for Johnson when we win tonight.

[Eternal Optimist]

19 minutes ago, Kjell said:

Cifuentes is a good shout and could be a quick fix, having kept QRP up a couple of seasons ago. I think QPR had lost something like 10 of the 14 first matches of the season when he came in.

Even finished a place above Eustace.

But he'll probably get better offers somewhere else...

Do people forget he has just been sacked after doing a shocking job at Leicester 😳 we have just got rid of one manager with an awful record in English football bar one job let’s not hire another 

[jim mk2]

8 minutes ago, Madon said:

Big Sam or Mowbray until the end of the season for me then reassess. 

I'd go Damien Duff at the start of next season, probably wouldn't be against giving Phil Jones a shot either. (😬)

Duffy’s a prickly character by some accounts. Left his club in Ireland after winning the championship after some sort of bust up. I don’t think he’s what we need right now and would his name be touted if he wasn’t an ex Rovers favourite?

Eustace went to Derby about the same time last season and got them out of relegation trouble. We need a pragmatic hard headed manger like him 

[RoversSG]

2 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Local or not, Gerrard wouldn't come here under any circumstances.

Genuinely no clue who they will get.

No doubt there will be plenty clamouring for Johnson when we win tonight.

"If" we win tonight.

 

A bit off track but is everyone else having problems with the Lancashire telegraph website? I have been getting 404 type of errors and originally thought it was due to the China firewall but i'm still getting the same error in Singapore. Seems like i can't view even the homepage unless i use a VPN. 

[JHRover]

Cifuentes will have been on a good deal at Leicester fresh out of the PL. Three year contract I think. Don't think for one minute we'd be offering the money he wants.

[joey_big_nose]

6 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Duffy’s a prickly character by some accounts. Left his club in Ireland after winning the championship after some sort of bust up. I don’t think he’s what we need right now and would his name be touted if he wasn’t an ex Rovers favourite?

Eustace went to Derby about the same time last season and got them out of relegation trouble. We need a pragmatic hard headed manger like him 

The key there was Eustace could see be had a good management team to work with ....

[Tomphil2]

6 hours ago, Fraserkirky said:

Steven Gerrard is a good shout. Might fancy it and stay in his house. 

Should've gone for him instead of Ismael but they brought this guy in for the job in hand which was sell everything they could, replace with cheap development players and youth.

Be quiet and coach what you are given, just keep us treading water.

Gerrard or anyone with an ounce of ambition wouldn't touch it.

[alex l]

Bit of a punt but I wouldn't be against Bellamy being given a chance and see if he can replicate with Wales with us, like Hughes did. Get players doing more as a collective than their individual ability. However I don't think he'd put up with the garbage from the board and owners. 

[Jimmy612]

38 minutes ago, Ricky said:

We need a leader of men. We don’t have the quality in the squad to get out of it based purely on football ability. We need a manager who can get players to give that extra 10%. It needs to be a motivator who can build an ‘us against them’ philosophy. That’s the only way we get out of this mess. Trying to play pretty football in a relegation dog fight will only end one way. 

That's the way I see it.  I don't want some experimental, swallowed the book, play my way at all costs, manager.  We need someone to come in, assess the squad's strengths (sigh) and weaknesses and fit round pegs in round holes.  Results driven football... someone of the ilk of Allardyce, Dyche, Warnock.

And if that means a short-term contract with a big survival bonus, so be it.  

Edited 5 hours ago by Jimmy612

[alexanders]

To put a name out there; Eirik Horneland. 

Just sacked from Saint-Etienne after only 5 wins in 14 in the playoff race back to Ligue 1. He had a PPM on 1.62 in Ligue 2 with Saint-Etienne. Before that he was head coach at Brann SK in Norway where he won coach of the year when Brann was in second division (equal to Championship) and he then went on to win the cup and reach the UEFA playoffs with Brann. 

He also worked together with Sondre Tronstad in Haugesund. 

He would be risky, but is a coach that would suit the Championship with his no nonsense style of play and his ability to create a "togetherness" and team spirit. 

[davulsukur]

Best Case

Carlos Carvalhal 6-18 month contract if we can do it. If it's 6 months, spend the rest of the season seeking out a successor for the new season.

Next best option

Probably someone like Rowett till the end of the season. Knows the league, should be able to grind out results to give us a fighting chance.

Other options (might be out of reach)

Billic, Wagner, Hasenhuttl, Cifuentes

Avoid

Will Still,  Russell Martin, Mowbray, Hughes, Souness (really Nixon?), Chris Hughton, Karanka

What I think will happen

I think the club will either be looking for a relatively unknown manager from a foreign league (data driven approach) or they'll plump for a "young and upcoming" coach, a Ryan Mason type appointment which will fail spectacularly.

Out of left field

Can only be Damien Duff, won't happen though.

 

[Waggy76]

4 minutes ago, alex l said:

Bit of a punt but I wouldn't be against Bellamy being given a chance and see if he can replicate with Wales with us, like Hughes did. Get players doing more as a collective than their individual ability. However I don't think he'd put up with the garbage from the board and owners. 

We have the worst owners in football, so a good chance he will acquire  a shocking manager .

By all accounts Broughton got JDT.

Waggott got Eustace.

If we win tonight (big if ) Johnson will be favourite! Would be surprised if he wants it though ..

I cannot believe the 2 stooges or the owners ,will appoint someone who will give us a fighting of staying up !

The squad is so bereft, of talent and fighting qualities and fitness ! 

Best outcome is , we get relegated and the Venkys sell or put us in administration!!

 

 

 

[sharpysharps86]

I'd be very surprised if it was someone with championship experience. I imagine Gestede and Suhail's reputation in the industry is awful.

I don't want him anyway, but I'd be surprised if someone like Rowett came in. I get that someone like him might be desperate to get back in somewhere, but equally he can't be THAT stupid. He failed to save Birmingham a couple of years ago, does he really want another relegation on the CV? He also tends to pop up as a studio pundit on sky's EFL coverage when he's not in a job, so I imagine he's in no rush.

There is no particular name that jumps out to me. The clubs reputation is on the floor, so any self respecting head coach would surely not take the job seriously. Equally I don't really want a former player to take the job because I know it will mean their legacy will be tainted when it all goes wrong under the clowns in charge.

[Dreams of 1995]

It's a bit of on awkward time to appoint a head coach. Straight out of the transfer window with no ability to change a player you really don't like.

Can you imagine Mark Hughes or Souness coming in to training and seeing De Neve try and trap a ball and Cantwell laughing at him like he did with Gueye. It would be bedlam from day one.

We sold players based on Rudy and Ismael's feel for them. Now that whole ethos will change, but with a head coach that has to play with the hand he's been dealt.

 

[Torgeir]

We're not signing Bellamy...

[Comfortably numb]

For some reason, the more I think Tim Sherwood, the more I get onboard with it.

Did more than decent jobs at Spurs and Villa and is known for promoting youth.

And he'd take it in a heartbeat 

[MarkBRFC]

Just now, Comfortably numb said:

For some reason, the more I think Tim Sherwood, the more I get onboard with it.

Did more than decent jobs at Spurs and Villa and is known for promoting youth.

And he'd take it in a heartbeat 

Not for me.

Hasn't managed for over 10 years!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

24 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

We're not signing Bellamy...

I’m sorry but some posters have delusions of grandeur about the current Rovers set up. Nobody even on the level that Ismaël was on when we appointed him will come here now. It’ll be somebody even further down the food chain. They may be successful or they may not but the likes of Bellamy wouldn’t entertain us for a minute.

Edited 4 hours ago by Tyrone Shoelaces