Mike E
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Venky’s, HMRC…The Plot Thickens ?
Mike E replied to tomphil's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Things potentially have happened like that though? Any club that employed DJ Campbell runs that risk 😅 -
Generative Ai (ChatGPT)
Mike E replied to ben_the_beast's topic in I Can't Believe It's Not Football
I think the Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience shows that AI has a way to go before it can overtake actual creativity. -
Have you ever worked for a manager?
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That’s still all better than THIS.
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John Eustace - our head coach
Mike E replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Sounds like the Brian Clough school of thinking. Play to your strengths and work hard, and you’ll play better. If you play better, you’ll enjoy it. If you enjoy it, you gain confidence. If you gain confidence, you stand a better chance of winning. -
Heard that Robin Windsor died last week. One of the best dancers Britain has produced, and (along with his dance Partner Kristina Rhianoff) had the privilege of teaching me and Mrs E how to dance just after he left Strictly. A kind and generous teacher, and a big personality gone from the world of Ballroom and Latin.
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The Liverpool mention had me thinking, and Adam plays like a lanky Lancy Xabi Alonso.
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If you get on Richard Branson’s bad side, do you call him ‘The Virgin’?
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I loved an idea (although I hope it remains only an idea) that Rock’s demands to HHH to ‘fix it’ grow their feud further. Come WM Night One, Rock gets in the ring and calls out HHH. ‘You didn’t fix it. You disrespected me as a board member, you disrespected the Bloodline, you disrespected my family. I could fire your candyass right now but why don’t you step in this ring so I can whup it instead!’ HHH: ‘Rock, as much as I’d love to step in the ring, you know I can’t. My heart issues haven’t gone away. But I figured you’ve been getting angrier as the weeks have built to this amazing event. I figured you’d call me out. I know you want a fight, but you won’t get it from me… *Glass shatters*
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He’s Dickov, but without the aggression. If he can add the aggression (and I don’t mean petulance), he’ll be a bloody menace.
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v Stoke City (h) - 11/02/2024
Mike E replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I think it’s half-right. I believe the club (via Broughton) have known a while that Eustace would be their man to replace JDT. Having made the decision to sell Adam Wharton (this could’ve been the night of the Wrexham game, judging by Adam’s comments), JDT may have decided to leave and the club therefore consulted Eustace. I believe (as GB has harped on about contingency planning) GB may have consulted and obtained approval from both men for the signings of Fadz, Fleck, and McGuire. The failure to sign McGuire will have annoyed both men, but without employment, Eustace was still keen on the job. Not the truth, just how I believe it has happened. -
v Stoke City (h) - 11/02/2024
Mike E replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Luton with Edwards? Burnley with Dyche? Bolton and West Ham with Allardyce? Stoke with Pulis? Wigan with Jewell? -
v Stoke City (h) - 11/02/2024
Mike E replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
‘Like a dog with a balloon’ is perfect. -
v Stoke City (h) - 11/02/2024
Mike E replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
As usual, we win when we protest. It NEVER affects the players, but if it does we tend to win. -
John Eustace - our head coach
Mike E replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
But that’s how you do succession planning. Ensuring you get a candidate of appropriate quality in quickly. -
John Eustace - our head coach
Mike E replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Why not? The last appointment under Waggott didn’t happen for weeks UNTIL GB appointed JDT. -
John Eustace - our head coach
Mike E replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I personally suspect that such a quick appointment may be exactly because of the succession planning regularly discussed by GB. IF (a big one) my suspicion is correct, GB deserves some credit. -
I’m coming around to the Eustace appointment, strictly in the context of the situation we find ourselves in. After reading around about him, including on a Brum forum, he meets a lot of the criticisms we have of JDT, and probably fits a DOF model better. 1. He focuses on defense and set pieces as a priority, then builds from there. This is what we’ve all said JDT struggles with, and is reminiscent of our better post-Walker managers: Hughes and Allardyce. 2. He is tactically flexible, using at various points in his Brum tenure: 442, 424, 532, and 3412. This suggests a flexibility that meets our need for change and reaction in-game, or in form dips, or injury/suspensions. 3. He is predominantly a man-manager rather than a coach, preferring to work with what he has, rather than square pegs in round holes. 4. Combining 1+2+3 suggests to me that he’d be willing to ‘wee with the willy we’ve got’, using the players brought in by the DOF and make it work, in a way that JDT never really did. If this is successful we’ll like him, if not we won’t, I think he COULD be the best way (last chance) for this shitshow to work. Either way: Raos out. Suhail out. Waggott out.