Win win really for Bowyer. A few months management job on the doorstep. Do well and there's a potential promotion or long term deal, but if not then he can simply go back to Derby's academy. Surprised Salford have gone for him though.

Money? A shot at getting to the PL? Both of which we can offer more of than Braga, or at least should be able to with billionaire owners determined to get promoted. Dan Petrescu is another interesting one I'd be looking at. Just noticed he's left his job in Turkey after a short spell so is back on the market. Again would likely cost but vast experience and a good record.

For me the list decreases by the week with other clubs taking action and making moves for managers that we should be interested in. Presumably we then get the buffoons online saying 'who can we get'? etc. when we've watched numerous good, sensible, available options all get snapped up elsewhere. In the last 12 months we could have had Warnock, McCarthy, Pearson, Cowley, Bowyer, Cook, Ismael, Hughton and others who would all have done better here than Mowbray is/has done. Right now the obvious sensible options are very limited. I'd investigate the Hughes one but would tread carefully given his situation. I'd certainly speak to Alex Neil and think he would be a good option at least for a couple of seasons, but sounds like he is on Aberdeen's hit list. I do think Garry Monk could do a reasonable job and probably better than Mowbray having worked at two crisis clubs recently but I'd also have concerns about the fact he doesn't ever last over a year anywhere. Gary Rowett would be high on my list but would require compensation and a good budget to get him out of Millwall neither of which these owners will cough up. He's got them well above us despite vastly inferior resources and is on a cushy secure number there so would need a much better package to walk out. I'm honestly struggling then off the top of my head for good options. I'm very reluctant or hesitant to start banging the drum for Scottish based managers due to impressive records or reputations up there. Examples - Alan Stubbs was excellent at Hibs, dire at Rotherham. Derek McInnes very successful with Aberdeen and St Johnstone, rubbish at Bristol City. Robbie Neilson - brilliant record with Hearts twice and Dundee Utd but couldn't make a do at MK Dons. Even Neil Lennon - trophies galore and success with Celtic and Hibs but failed at Bolton (albeit in difficult circumstances). It's a very different way. In terms of the foreign options people like Carvalhal and Jokanovic would be viable options if we were prepared to pay to get them and back them. You need to sell these managers the project and offer them the backing to deliver on it, not just baulk at the asking price. If it gets you promoted it is worth the asking price. If I were paid what Waggott is I could spend hours and hours scouring German, Eastern European, Serbian, Dutch leagues for up and coming managers worth looking at but I haven't the time or the salary to do that. Neither does Waggott presumably as his remit as CEO is to flog our training ground but sit idly by and do nothing about horrific results.

They sold up and went to live in Monaco a few years ago. Don't think there are many, if any, ties between the Walker family and Blackburn these days.

https://m.skybet.com/football/manager-specials/event/27332564 This is the list Sky are going with for the next PNE manager. I have to say that if that these were the sort of names linked with coming here I'd be concerned. There's only Stendel, Hughes and Wilder on there that would remotely enthuse me. The rest are huge gambles.

Hopefully, because if they stick with him they'll be in the top 6 next season. He did this at Brighton. Struggling down at the bottom when he took over, did enough to keep them up then turned them into promotion winners. I've no doubt he'll do the same at Forest if given time. The owners there are mental though so might not let him get on with it.

I'd avoid Pardew and Pulis because I think their race is run and wouldn't deliver what we need. Bowen has done nothing as a manager so not sure why he would deserve a shot managing us. With the exception of Gary Rowett who has done well at this level with Birmingham, Derby and Millwall I would avoid all those on your second list. These names are not people who should be being brought in to Blackburn Rovers in the Championship to haul us to the top 6 and the PL. We need to show some proper ambition and get people believing. Lee Carsley or David Artell do not represent that. I suspect the likes of Ainsworth, Davidson and Carsley are only being mentioned because of their various backgrounds with Rovers, which really shouldn't be a factor. None have done what is needed as managers to have a shot managing a club of our size and stature. None will get offered jobs at other Championship clubs. Finally your foreign names I'd certainly speak to Lage, Wagner and Silva to see what their demands are but I wouldn't be particularly ecstatic with any. I would much rather them than most names on the list yet all would still be significant gambles. Silva has pedigree but hasn't really delivered on the hype at Everton and Watford. Lage got the Benfica job more through accident and didn't last too long. Wagner hasn't done anything beyond an incredible 12 months at Huddersfield and has left his last two clubs in dire straits. I'd be adding to the list Oscar Garcia, Carlos Carvalhal, Slavisa Jokanovic, but these are just because they have good records at this level having worked at other clubs before. I would want to see other names on there that came about through us searching through countries and divisions and unearthing good options like other clubs do. Sadly I get the impression that a recruitment process here would merely consist of sitting there waiting for people to apply and then picking the one that would do it for the least money and working with what staff are already here.

He's better than Mowbray, that is clear, as positions and results have shown over the last few years. Even now, despite them supposedly struggling, losing their best players and him being sacked they are still only 2 points behind us on our 'journey' to nowhere.

Fix It as in run down to the shop and do my dry cleaning? Or competently run a multi-million pound football club on the other side of the world? It's strange because I'd never heard of Pasha being in any way involved in the football club prior to 2015. Then we had the Bowyer sacking, Lambert fiasco, Coyle fiasco and now 4 years of 'stability' under Mowbray yet end result is we've gone no higher or nearer the Prem than 2014 & 2015 when he wasn't involved. He also delivered the own goal of the decade by turning down Neil Warnock and employing Owen Coyle which delivered relegation to League One. Things certainly haven't been fixed under his involvement. They're arguably worse than before he was involved, and definitely were before Mowbray was stumbled across.

I could almost understand the 'going with youth' excuse/philosophy if that was actually what we were doing i.e. accepting short term inconsistency and learning on the job on the basis that in the next couple of years we will have a squad ready to mature and storm the Championship. There's absolutely no evidence for that. Anyone who has paid any attention to the contract situation and the number of loans we have will see what I am talking about. It's a myth. But it sounds good to those of a clueless or delusional persuasion.

Not many signing on fees and %s to be made if you've got a good squad of 20 odd players all under 4-5 year contracts.

An impressive performance and decent point at Norwich will of course now lead to a couple of weeks of 'all is well with the world' from Mowbray, Rovers and the media. It's still only 1 win in 12 which is dire by any measure and at most clubs would see the manager axed. If you are someone who forms your views and goes from one match to the next then you're probably quite happy with Mowbray and will be happy to let him plod along for a few more weeks. If you see the bigger picture and look at things holistically then you form a view based on the season so far, our form and position, not one decent day at Norwich.

I dont think Venkys will need much convincing re. A new contract. I suspect Waggott could probably give him one and Venkys wouldn't even know about it or care, but Mowbray and Waggott have it stitched up here now so a call to India and it would probably get done quite quickly even if there was any persuading to be done. Feet under the table = safe as houses. Sadly as alluded to above the summer will represent clean slate time for many fans prepared to just ignore this season and prepare for another crack at it under Mowbray. Let him have the summer window We're going to get some good business done Covid We've no money boo hoo nobody would come here And so on. I won't be signing up for it.

Another option passes us by. I don't know what is worse. That there are/have been plenty of good managers available and ready to work who would all likely have been better than Mowbray, gradually all have been snapped up by smaller or similar clubs (lucky them). Many like Pearson, McCarthy, Cowley all willing to accept short term deals to get back into work. Or that despite a horrendous season there's absolutely no reason to believe that Mowbray is under any scrutiny or pressure or that those running the club have even considered getting rid of him, never mind looked at alternatives to bring in. Case in point will be Chris Wilder. He's going to at best get a decent Championship club (of which we are one). He's got an incredible record in the leagues, and he's available. We need a new manager. It is so obvious and logical it is untrue. We will need a minor miracle to get to the Prem. He performed that with Sheffield United and kept them there on a small budget. Yet we will do naff all. Plod along going nowhere whilst Mowbray ties himself in knots and watch as some other struggling Championship club makes their move for him and reaps the benefits. Expect him to end up somewhere like Derby when they realise Rooney's not good enough or Stoke when they get fed up with O'Neill.

I completely agree. I think Mowbray was fortunate to inherit a squad that shouldn't have gone down, was far too strong for League One plus he was allowed to add strength to that with funds that nobody else in League One could ever hope to compete with, enabling us to add serious quality like Dack and Armstrong at that level. Even when back in the Championship Mowbray, rightly or wrongly, largely stuck with the leaders who had got us back up, and it worked in keeping us mid-table in the Championship. Mulgrew, Bennett, Smallwood, Evans, Conway, Graham. That core of experience and personalities he heavily relied upon and he's said as much. He's tried moving away from that so that now we've only got Evans and Bennett still here and neither are regularly playing (albeit due to injury). I don't think Mowbray has been able to move away from that core of players, despite plenty of time and opportunity to do so. He relied on them so heavily and now they've moved on he hasn't been able to deliver without them. We've regressed because of it when we needed to progress. I'll be honest I'm terrified about the upcoming summer with or without Mowbray. Either way we are looking at another substantial turnover in numbers and players. Some who love the transfer market hysteria or idyllic notions of us constructing a competitive squad out of academy players might relish that but I'm terrified of it. Lose 15 players from the squad including most experience you have and you've a hell of a lot to do to replace, and the evidence shows Mowbray has struggled to replace past departures.

Those games along with Derby and Preston have achieved almost mythical status this season as time has passed and we've slipped down the table. But let's remember that against Wycombe, Preston and Coventry we had a man advantage for long spells and against Coventry and Preston we were handed early penalties that set us on our way. Of course they were committed by opposition struggling to cope with us but those scorelines were built on the above advantages. It has been weary, weary stuff now since November. Poor performances, poor results, relegation form. Only at Rovers does a 4 month long run of dire results and performances see the manager still in place, barely a whisper of serious pressure and club commentators describing results as "a concern". Every day that goes by now with this limping along is a day less to find a decent new manager, a day less for him to assess the squad and sort things out for next season.

Nigel Adkins got the Charlton job. I think he would have been one of the most likely to get the job here if Mowbray left.

Danny Cowley looks to be getting the Portsmouth job. They sacked Kenny Jackett despite 4 years of progress and play off attempts with them still in a reasonable position. Ruthless yet decisive and know what they want. I think we are a lost cause. I really do. Mowbray needs to go yet there's no clue at the club. Options keep on passing by.

https://www.stanleytrust.co.uk/5m-stanley-sports-hub-expansion-vision-revealed/ Meanwhile, over in Accy, more new facilities on the way. Why are we the only club and area downsizing and downscaling?

There's a whiff of something with the Armstrong one. Wouldn't be surprised if he didn't pull on the Rovers shirt again. Mowbray certainly sees him as the asset to cash in. Maybe a couple of dead rubber appearances in the last few games to hold/increase value heading into the summer.

Mowbray's signings: Smallwood, Downing x 2, Johnson, Armstrong, Chapman, Dack, Samuel, Pears, Ayala, Douglas, Cunningham I don't think Mowbray Signings: Brereton, Kaminski, Davenport, Rothwell, Braithwaite, Stergiakis, Harwood Bellis, Pickering, Adarabioyo, Dolan, Nuttall, Hart Middle ground could be Mowbray but maybe not: Gallagher, Holtby, Antonsson, Bell, Gladwin, Payne, Trybull

It will be the easiest trick in history to push this through, end up with everyone together on the bottom site and then a couple of years later we lose Cat A status blaming ever increasing costs, more stringent requirements, rules that favour the big rich clubs, poor us, we've done all we can. Unfortunately you can't magic acres of land out of thin air so when its gone, its gone. Any complaints from fans will fall on deaf ears. The Coventry 3 will be long gone by then and Venky's will be their usual distant selves. I reckon an atom bomb could drop on Ewood and they wouldn't know about it until months down the line. Then a quick glance at the buffoons on Facebook happily accepting everything then any complaints will be minimal. Half of the matchday going fans will not even know what or where Brockhall is never mind Category A academy status and what we stand to lose. Little wonder the likes of Waggott and others have the confidence to give it a shot.

But there's where we will have to disagree. £20 million annual losses at Rovers are not natural nor necessary. They are inflated due to the choices these owners have made. These include neglecting commercial and corporate income streams, pitiful sponsorship, no commercial director and employing substandard salesmen like Waggott on 300k a year plus god only knows what Pasha takes home for his services. Why do we need to lose £20 million a year when PNE, Millwall etc. with gates that should be less than ours lose half that normally, yet still out perform us on the pitch? Any alternative owners with interest and skill would be able to drastically reduce the 20 million figure. It won't take a radical plan. Just the basics of care and employing adequate staff. Yes we will still lose substantial amounts, as does everyone and so will Wigan if they intend on getting back to the Championship. You have to assume their prospective new owners will have done the sums on that and have a plan. The fact remains that as things stand Wigan may well survive in League One, be debt free and under ownership. We keep being told that Venkys are the only option if this club wants to remain in business I dont agree. It be painful in the short-term but there will be options out there.

Craig Gardner was already there working under Karanka. He did leave for a short while to be assistant to Pulis at Sheff Wed but went back to Birmingham straight after being sacked at Sheff Wed. Birmingham labelled a basket case and I don't like Bowyer but suspect his arrival might be the shot in the arm they need to get themselves safe. Shame as I'd like to see them go down but he's done ok at Charlton in tough conditions. Imagine such swift decisiveness at Rovers rather than 'together' and confusion.

Doesn't matter what he paid. Maybe it will be good, maybe it will be bad. Nobody knows. But it proves there are people out there who will buy these north west town clubs when they fall on hard times. I keep being told that if Venkys leave Blackburn Rovers goes the same way as Bury. Bolton and Wigan have both come through difficulties and are looking forward with optimism debt free. Why couldn't Blackburn Rovers do that?