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Appointing someone who has been fired in his previous three jobs within 12 months was stupid and made even more so with the award of a contract for more than 3 years. His position will become untenable when the club is adrift at the foot of the Championship table before Xmas. I listen to his interviews and am not surprised the players are so clearly confused by his spiel.

Going the same way as Blackpool c2016 and Wigan a couple of seasons later. Venkys won't be bothered because the losses and funding required to avoid administration will be significantly less than currently.

It's no exaggeration to say this team would currently lose to most of L1. Frightening to think that next seasons team is likely to be even worse after the departure of several senior players and under the same coaching /management regime.

Would Ismael resign if all the remaining 8 matches are lost? I doubt it and certainly not without a payoff.

Wagsail - and their paymasters Venkys - WANT relegation as the losses in L1 are lower. that's ALL their interested in.

This shower will certainly lose toWednesday. Frankly I don't see more than a couple of points at most being added to the 52 so far.

Relegation absolutely nailed on for next season with this shower of crap led by an utterly clueless coach and managed by a bunch of lying self-serving idiots. Probably the most hopeless situation I've seen in more than 60 years.

He's been one of the worst ever loan signings.

£400,000 down the pan in wages. Utterly predictable that he would contribute the square root of nothing.

Same old story with both of them. As weak as piss.

Good job we've got 52 points. Probably won't get another this season.

We're seeing now what we expected at the start of the season. Next season is a horror show in prospect. Ismael and his side kick Whitehead clearly haven't a clue. But then their track record suggested nothing else.

Nailed on.

Any chance the Owners will mark the occasion with a public appearance? 😂

Is it April 1st today?

It'll be 9 months and a payoff then onto the next one.

Are those who are saying Toth is worse than Pears basing that on inside info from the training ground as it surely cannot be from only 3 first team appearances. If he cost a few hundred thousand he should surely be given a few more matches to show he's not up to it?

Lose at Stoke as they will and this thread can certainly be closed.

Hamstring is usually 6 weeks so season effectively over for him as it is for the entire club anyway.

Five defeats in the last six away matches and all of them with dismal performances back to front. Scarcely looked like scoring in most of them. Just four efforts on target today against the worst defence in this league. Already I've decided I won't be going to any more away matches this season.

Looks like the players are as uninspired by this appointment as I am. He will find it difficult to reboot for next season when this one finishes as dismally as seems likely. Ismael was a poor choice as he has no track record of success other than a single season at Barnsley 4 years ago. He's been sacked in each of his last 3 head coach posts after less than 12 months. Did they all get it wrong?? Add to that, his assistant Whitehead, hasn't held a coaching position anywhere for more than 6months. Compare that to the vast experience of the previous assistant Keith Downing. Giving Ismael a three and a half year contract was crazy and clearly motivated by trying to show the owners are looking long-term when they obviously aren't.

Pears is undoubtedly the worst keeper at Rovers for at least the last 60 years I've been supporting the club. There may have been one or two worse but they played less than 10 games and could not be considered as first choice eg Ramsbottom, Collier and Dickens. Pears has absolutely no presence and no clue how to deal with high balls in the box. Whoever - we know it's Benson-is responsible for scouting and prepping the keepers should be out of the door. But we all know it won't happen under this regime.

Will be gone by Xmas when we're rock bottom. Then again Venkys won't want to pay 3 years of compensation so he might hang on a bit longer.

He missed some matches a couple of months ago with what was described at the time as a recurrence of an old injury. The meniscus was probably the issue then.

Hopefully in L1 where he belongs.