The unfolding crisis of today - managerless, confused, skeletal squad and key players walking away for nothing- is a crisis that has been left to grow for the last 2 years. The owners and their stooges have done nothing to deal with it - and look what happens. It's going to take more than the appointment of a good talker to convince me all is in order. I'm getting flashbacks to 2016.

Why? Venkys are richer than Gibson.

Middlesbrough have an owner who wants to invest and wants his club to improve and progress. That's how they continually attract good managers and good signings - because Gibson will pay for it. Notice despite lots of hot air that they are taking our captain away by paying him more the Spectre of FFP goes quiet. It goes quiet because we've been told that big spenders like Boro will get their FFP comeuppance eventually (they havent) whilst measures taken at Rovers are entirely suitable to avoid FFP trouble (they havent). Meanwhile we've to find a player as good as Lenihan with no money and no manager. I've been predicting this one for months yet now we've lost a multimillion pound asset to a rival for nothing and have a big hole to fill. Meanwhile said rival is a promotion favourite and has its house in order. Despite the inevitably of it all I'm still bitterly disappointed and let down by this Club. I'm just expecting another hammer blow with the manager appointment. It never ends but I'm sure Waggo will be out from his hiding place soon to try and convince fans #we'vedoneallwecan.

Not really interested in what is said. Waggott has said plenty and delivered little, Paul Senior was the best talker going and had fans eating out of his hands in the lounges before games, yet did little and left. Proof will be in the pudding. First up - new manager. Let's see what he delivers. Second up - transfer window - a lot to be done Third up- longer term. Will he have power and decision making ability or just another voice to put further distance between the owners and fans.

Whether or not this Broughton is any good of more importance is that he is given the tools and freedom to do the job. That means that he should be central to the manager appointment and should be judged on it. I hope he has been contributing to the manager 'search' because if not this is likely to be a problem from the word go. He will also have to direct in conjunction with the loons in India, their messenger man and Waggott so let's hope he's given some power and autonomy otherwise there's little point in this.

Warnock sounds willing to come out of retirement to join Barnsley. I'd rather give him a season and do this again next year than hand a 2-3 year deal to these dire names.

In 2015 or 2016 a joke appointment could be shrugged off. Still early days, still learning, still cheap tickets so people would buy and take the risk. 6 years on we've had Coyle, League One and are now one of the most expensive clubs in the division. Game has changed. Not sure I can play it any more.

Looks like I'll be finding something else to spend my £600+ on this year. If the best they can come up with is the bloke many fans have obsessed over because he's a 'Blackburn lad' and a serial Championship failure working at Rotherham I'm afraid the lot of them want sacking. The club supposedly wanted certain criteria meeting: Championship experience - both Ainsworth and Warne have that - 4 seasons 4 relegation Track record of progressing youth players- certainly don't have that at Wycombe and I don't think Rotherham do either? Reputation for playing decent football? Wycombe and Rotherham two notorious for their physicality and directness. But hey, both cheap, local, would be grateful for the job so that ticks the boxes here.

The lack of communication from our so-called CEO since last season has been nothing short of a disgrace. First he stayed silent as Mowbray was left to face the press whilst the season was still going on. It then took over a fortnight between Mowbray saying he was leaving before the Club finally released a short statement confirming what we all knew. A month has gone by since without any communication. No interview, quotes, anything. Appalling.

So does the new manager report to Mr and Mrs Desai, Balaji, Suhail, Waggott or the as yet to be named Sporting Director? What happens if the Director wants to make a change but Suhail doesn't agree? Emulate Brentford? This lot don't deserve to even be in the same sentence as the people running Brentford.

We need to change our requirements and search if after over a month scouring the globe that's the best that they can come up with. Championship experience is only any use if its successful experience and relatively recent. Ainsworth and Warne both failures in their limited Championship careers. Jose Mourinho has no Championship experience- does he get overlooked? If the Club wants to hamstring itself by insisting existing staff are retained then that's their choice, but I won't support acts of self destruction and let's not pretend that things couldn't be done differently and for the better. Jobs for the boys at Brockhall though.

You might be right, I'm braced for it not being an exciting appointment. But that doesn't mean I will accept rubbish and pay top dollar for it. If Warne, with 3 Championship seasons and 3 relegations at a club that is well run and stable where he has been for years, is the sort we are turning to I'll be honest I'd sooner bring Mowbray, Bowyer or Lambert back. At least they have shown they can keep a side in this division which is becoming an increasing risk. Given the work to be done and time to do it in I think it would be foolish to hand the job to people with relegation records in this league. I would of course want one of the 'big' names linked but failing that would want someone with Championship or European experience of some degree of success. If the big names aren't coming I'd be talking to Hughton, Monk or trying to get Rowett.

Warne has had 3 cracks at the Championship and been relegated in each. Until he can get through that barrier and keep them up he shouldn't even be considered. They might have meagre resources but so do many other clubs that have survived in the Championship over the years If success in League One is our focus, why?

Very unpleasant wording from the Club talking about a "loyalty" deadline of 11th June. Suggesting that you are loyal to the Club if you cough up your money between late April and early June but if you can't or won't renew during that time then you aren't loyal Most clubs have 'early bird' which rewards those paying early but doesn't differentiate between those loyal and those not.

This. I thought it was strange because it was unlike Sharpe to mention someone specific and it seemed to come from nowhere. I'm convinced he got the heads up from somewhere before mentioning Woodgate.

Preston through the 11,000 mark. Bolton over 13,000 in a lower division. Silence from Rovers tells us everything. This alone should be sacking / resignation material for Waggott. Disgraceful mismanagement

Diaz will have to go. This is no league for kids, it needs experience to go with it. Unless there is a budget to replace the departing CBs and get some goals I'm going to be very worried.

I'll have a bet on one thing. If we appoint such a person it will either be an existing staff member taking the job or an ex player brought in to do it with no experience of the job on the cheap to deflect attention away.

Ainsworth might come in handy when we're in League One which is increasing as a possibility with every day Run by cowboys, no manager, no plan, half a squad and no money with the club captain set to walk. I've seen this one before and it doesn't end well.

Does any of it matter anymore? If Ainsworth gets it we can debate all day whether it's the right decision or whether he'd have even been considered had he not got a Blackburn connection. My own view is it would be a ludicrous decision, but typical Rovers of this day and age looking no further than 'one of our own' because it fits that strapline for season tickets and it's an obvious, easy one to do. But ultimately if the requirement is that he works with the irreplaceable coaching staff then it matters not. Because he'll be starting with one hand tied behind his back and without the ability to work with his own people, being dictated to on key decisions by buffoons who don't understand football.

Can anyone tell me what "a willingness to work with young players" means and how that is determined in an interview? What is a young player? How many need to be played to claim he is willing to work with them? What happens if he gets the job and doesn't use them? Sacked? What happens if no players coming through are good enough? Most importantly how do dollopers like Waggott and Pasha know and filter candidates on such criteria?

The process isn't to get the best manager possible. It might be to get the best possible according to warped requirements e.g. development of kids, within our strict financial and practical parameters, but unfortunately that means nobody decent is coming. Our process means sifting out those interested but incompatible with our existing coaching staff or self imposed financial restrictions. Not easy when lots of good managers would want to come to a club of this size and stature, but this lot will manage it and find someone absolutely unacceptable .

This is it in a nutshell. For all the wailing about no money and FFP the cash saved by keeping Lenihan and Nyambe, which it seems is much more likely with an ambitious appointment, outstrips the cost of a contract for Carvalhal and his coaching staff. They just don't seem to even contemplate this at Ewood or the local media.

Could do worse IMO, than going for Evatt at Bolton. Not had much of a mention but done a good job. But suspect bringing him in and paying compensation is a non starter. Plus if we are keeping the staff on then pointless talking about decent options. Mowbray had them imposed on him but was willing to do it to get back into management

I'm getting tired of the financial excuses too. Only a matter of time now before we get the twitterati out telling everyone how due to our limited income Mowbray was the best we could hope for, how we could never afford better, never afford to bring in a new management team or back them in the transfer market. Anyone hazard a guess how much our wage bill will be come July with our threadbare squad (compared to what it was in the summer of 2020) - it has been demolished. Anyone else bring in £10 million+ net from trading last season? Anyone else going to have to sell another £15 million player this summer? Top end ticket prices, billionaire owners, excess of £15 million losses a year and I am still supposed to accept we can't afford to do better than this?