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One for @StubbsUK - but he’s in Norwich…probably feeling quite miserable…

Today’s Wordle

Make sure you listen to the end…😉

About £3.5m more than we will want to pay…👀

Lengthy discussion on this topic in the new podcast episode… https://www.brfcs.com/podcasts/the-what-now-show-breaking-it-s-aitor-karanka

The NEW MANAGER thread is here folks…👀 *hint*

How much do you think he was on at Chelsea?

Not managing football teams.

The 4000 Holes podcast returns with the review of January & there's a LOT to discuss. Your host Roger Whiteside leads the panel of Ian Herbert, Rory Larmer & Rich Sharpe through the events of a testing few weeks. LISTEN HERE Part One - to what extent was it inevitable that Valerian Ismael departed Blackburn Rovers this week? Part Two - who would you like to see installed as the next permanent Rovers manager? Part Three - January Player of the Month in association with SuitsMe Card Transfer window concerns - who should miss out on the final 27? Macron suing the club. Podcast extra Rovers quiz If you can - please support Blackburn Foodbank's Winter Appeal HERE Commercial Corner:- The BRFCS Online Shop - support the site with our exclusive merch Site Sponsor - The Terrace - Code BRFCS at checkout Match Centre Sponsor - SUITS ME Card Classic Football Shirts - affiliate link - Code BRFCS10 at checkout NordVPN special offer

The BRFCS Player of the Match in association with SUITS ME - the official Rovers debit card provider - is SONDRE TRONSTAD...⚪🔵 MOTM template.mp4

I would like another 20 points…

Sam is 71 & hasn’t managed for five years. Warnock is 77 & hasn’t managed “properly” since 2022. They might have been the answer in 2021 but not now.

One of the best “Subs - please check..” I think I’ve ever seen on here 😆

“NURSE..! He’s out of bed again…” 😆

Unless you are Tony Mowbray…when some folks still assign the “Owen Coyle relegation” (“Two more from them later…”) to Tony 😉

If I was a recruiter/headhunter taking the brief to find the next manager I'd insist on a job specification that clearly stipulated the competency/capability requirements & the expected length of the contract because I think there are two (possibly conflicting) sets of requirements that lead to two quite different candidate profiles. 1. Urgent & Important Keep Rovers in this division - so need someone who understands the division & with as much knowledge of the Rovers squad as possible A motivator An organiser A communicator - not just internally but also with the fans 2. Important - but not quite as urgent Willing to work in a given hierarchy with limited influence, to a budget Proven coaching ability Proven ability to develop players for resale Tactically flexible Proven capability to learn to operate in a new division, new country You'd perhaps go Gary Rowett for 1. & someone like Will Still for 2. I fear Rovers will be driven purely by cost & the need to appoint someone to placate the fans...a former player?

I’m reading all this anti-Coleman diatribe & I think we all need to remember, he did a decent job at Stanley for many years…👀

Those two might yet prove consequential…

Desperate, but the win is ultimately all that matters. So much work to do for the incoming manager…whoever that is.

Indeed so - he’s 71, hasn’t managed since 2021 (I’m ignoring 4 games at Leeds). How well versed is he about the Championship in 2026?

January's Player of the Month in association with SUITS ME - the official Rovers debit card provider - is BALAZS TOTH... MOTM template.mp4

Another good source list… c/o @Miller11

Here’s a database to start the search… https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/trainer/verfuegbaretrainer/statistik#google_vignette

He’ll have a salary expectation too rich for us