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From the videos of training that have been posted JDT looks to be well involved with the players and pushing them relatively hard, whilst giving players both old and young a chance to give their ideas. It's refreshing to see a manager who takes training seriously and clearly has a plan he wants to implement.

That logo is ghastly, I really hope there is a sponsorless version available (unlikely but one can dream).

Letting Rothwell, Lenihan and Nyambe go is less of an issue because of their ability, and more because we could have got a reasonable amount of money towards replacements. That's the difference between replacing them with proven quality or having to go through the bargain bucket for a uncovered gem. Across the 3 there have definitely been rumours of a total of £10m+ bids that would have made a massive difference. It's absolutely criminal that we let the contracts run down and to be honest they should have been sold 12 months ago when it was clear they wouldn't sign.

At the end of the day no coach worth a damn doesn't bring their own people in - simple as that. If this is going to be a hard limit for Venky's we're going to be really scraping the barrel.

Probably weren't willing to pay that much for Ayala because he's only ever fit for a third of the season whereas we signed him out of desperation. Not every club wastes money like we do.

Whilst I agree with the gamble I'd rather see us go for something a bit out there over some of the proven to be dross options we've discussed over recent weeks.

Wouldn't be top of my list but that Derby squad was closer to surviving than they had any right to be considering the squad, the points deduction and everything going on around them.

Honestly on the face of it a good pickup, and gives me a bit of faith that the manager won't be as bad as feared. Hopefully we can get the manager in place soon and begin to build for next season ASAP.

Deila isn't someone I'd particularly want, but his record is better than I gave him credit for. Has won the league in every country he's managed in, and whilst those leagues aren't the highest quality, he clearly knows how to drive a team home, which is what we desperately needed in the second half of this season. Certainly an upgrade on Mowbray in any case.

Crucially for me whilst he isn't a Farke or Carvahal, out of the lower league picks he is someone who will genuinely care. I don't want another dosser who spends all his time sulking about how we're not the best team in England anymore. Plus, a manager who is actually up for derbies in a season where we are playing so many local teams? Could do a lot worse.

Will to win means absolutely nothing without the ability to actually manage. He has no experience and even as an assistant has only consistently underperformed with a very expensive Everton side. He has done nothing to eatn a Championship job and if he wants to manage should prove himself further down the pyramid. Anyone wanting him over even the likes of Ainsworth is off their rocker.

I'm getting that feeling too, and honestly that would be miles worse than Pardew imo. Proven himself to be nothing but an abject failure even with PL money behind him.

Awful decision for me that screams "we can't attract a decent sponsor". Even without the moral implications the logo is hideous and likely to ruin any shirts we get.

As with the last few appointments it will be someone no one has talked about that is with a certain agency and well and truly on the scrapheap. There was a real chance to make a statement with these appointments, and really push season tickets with a new dawn of kicking on from a reasonable (albeit frustrating) season. Instead, they'll likely fumble it, appoint someone who inspires literally no one and will continue to complain that they can't attract the fan base they lost. I'd honestly love to know what Venky's end goal is if this is the case, because aside from when we first came down they've shown literally no ambition to improve.

Considering the amount of decent managers with proven track records that are out there this just screams "cheap agents' choice". If they want to cement low season ticket sales this is the kind of appointment to make. JFC

I remember watching Magloire in preseason a couple of years back against Leicester and he look really good, but then when he was needed in league games he fell to pieces multiple times. Shame as he was always touted as a potential star. Doesn't seem to have done much on loan unlike Wharton and Carter. Maybe the hope is a decent coach can actually get a tune out of him.

I still can't believe Spurs potted him the week before the final. I appreciate in the leagues they were a bit all over the shop but if there ever was someone to beat Guardiola in a final with a weaker team it was Jose.

My hope is the retained list hasn't been released yet because they're still negotiating with Lenihan and Nyambe. However the silence on everything else is amateurish.

No. I wanted him gone last season where we had nosedived for the second successive season and were in relegation form. I wasn't particularly high on our position in January because I knew in the long run we would fall way short. This second half season pattern is a Mowbray thing, not a Rovers one. Even a semi-competent manager would have had us in the play-offs from where we were. He has been holding back a reasonably talented young squad for a while.

A bit rich coming from someone who by his own admission had the blessing to go out and bolster a squad that was 2nd in the league and managed to come out of the January window and not even make the play-offs. He's been backed more than multiple managers before him and is outperformed season after season by teams with worse pull and resources. Shut up and get gone.

If we manage to blow another 2-0 lead 15 mins from the end I honestly couldn't think of a more fitting tribute to Tony's time at Rovers.

I don't care if it's a dead rubber next week, get him gone after this match. He shouldn't be anywhere near the rebuild process.

You say that but under Tony we are generally horrendous at picking up points from behind.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20100946.tony-mowbray-gives-biggest-hint-yet-blackburn-rovers-future/ That's him going surely? As much as he's driven me up the wall over the past year I think if that's the case it's now important that we just throw everything behind him and the team and pray for a miracle ending.

Not to mention he isn't our players after a couple more games. Should be giving time to players here next year.