300 games managing in L1/Champ. It's more experience than most being mentioned. His time at Rotherham has certainly been impressive, particularly after a quick look on TransferMarkt seems to suggest he's spent the square root of F. A. Having said all this, he never seems to get mentioned as a candidate for Champ jobs, so maybe I'm missing something

One I wouldn't be totally against. Done brilliantly at Rotherham. Spent NOTHING there yet constantly over achieves. Hasn't managed to keep them in the Champ which is his only blot in an otherwise impressive tenure.

I'm in Mallorca at the moment so thankfully tomorrow is Tuesday. Might have been tempted to believe your latest attempt at ITK'ing otherwise. Throw enough shit, some sticks.

I think you'd have been satisfied (or at least pretend to be) by any single manager that was eventually appointed. Many, many assistant managers would come highly rated by their former bosses. Brian Kidd, Paul Clement... Even Steve fucking Kean was hugely rated by Chris Coleman. Ultimately, there's nothing to suggest Ferguson is a good manager at Championship level... He might be, he might not be. Fact is we've been told for weeks we're seeking experience at this level. If they appoint Ferguson it's an instantaneous dumbing down of aims and expectations. In fact, it would stink of absolute failure and panic. Another risk by owners and their stooges who haven't got a clue. Your premature and over zealous reaction to this makes me think you'd portray this delight even if Mowbray was reappointed. No one could be this delighted with a totally unambitious and risky appointment.

All this nonsense isn't going to convince anyone to renew. Appoint a manager, set realistic pricing structures for season tickets, show a modicum of ambition in the transfer market. So far Rovers' communication this pre-season has been to acknowledge one or two birthdays, tell us the kit release date (amusingly an improvement on previous debacles), make a ridiculous excuse to extend the earlybird offer to mask woeful sales figures, and now these videos. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns.

Nervous about the possibility of having to justify a potentially woeful appointment, obviously. You've been telling us all for weeks how clueless we all are and how bright the future is... You'll be praying this doesn't get embarassing. In fact, I'm praying this doesn't get embarassing... But my hope is beginning to fade, fast!

Who to believe..... Unleaded or 1864roverite. One with a strong track record of having his finger on the pulse.... The other seemingly desperate to blame, antagonise and belittle other fans at every turn. You must be getting nervous now. Surely after all you've been told the club can't balls this up?!?!

And that’s fine, but don’t use Mercer as a credible source when you’ve been rightly calling out his nonsense predictions for months. For the record, being “correct” in my opinion isn’t as simple as making scattergun prophecies with an accuracy rate of 1 in 1000. On the Ferguson link, I don’t know what he’s done to deserve the job. Apart from that short stint at Everton he has no experience in a managerial capacity. All that running around dancing with ball boys doesn’t impress me either. Who knows, it might be an inspired appointment, but initially I can’t say I’d be very impressed with it.

Post of the year bar NONE 😂😂😂 You’re a super contributor on here, Chaddy and your insatiable social media quest for the merest hint at who our next manager might be is commendable, but you can’t be serious with that comment. You’ve been justifiably slaughtering Mercer on here, mocking his outlandish predictions for months …. But now that his latest stab in the dark suits your own narrative you portray him as a genuine source. If Ferguson is appointed it will be a case of throw enough shit, some sticks - you know better than to try to shoehorn a narrative using his ramblings. Using Nixon as a source is very borderline, using Mercer is just absurd.

I would be very surprised to see that. Have they released sales figures? Are you privy to such information? A good appointment could make all the difference.... a bad one, however.

Recently signed a 6 month extension with Stoke as a member of the playing staff.

Yet to understand why you tried to spin this as an argument that long-suffering Rovers fans have brought this complete lack of communication and stakeholder negligence on themselves. The Rao's MIGHT (according to what you've seen/heard/ allege to have been told) be trying to right the so very many wrongs of their ownership, but until there's tangible evidence, appointments, communication or results that support such whispers and hearsay, please don't try to push any blame on to the fanbase. It's embarrassing.

The Daily Mail comment pages.. . That's the source you've come up with after broad brushing Rovers fans as being cruel towards the owners? That's your argument as to why the owners continue to stay silent and not engage in any way with the fanbase? Absolutely astonishing. Even if those comments pages were filled with hatred for some absurd reason, is it a requirement that each poster has to also reveal which football club they support?

The bit in bold 🤣🤣🤣 You're absolutely spot on, we've been without a morsel of well-formed dialogue for 12 years!! Have you considered that some well-formed dialogue from the club might assist in getting a positive response from the fanbase, rather than the other way round? How can you expect fans to engage in well formed dialogue via the available communication lines of twitter, unread email inboxes, a once in a blue moon evening with Waggot and comments on the LET webpage. Get real.

Hmmm, was it a meltdown? I stand by what I said. The Rao's bought one of the best run clubs in English football... 12 years later fans are getting giddy about the prospect of their son, with absolutely no experience in football, coming in at boardroom level. Your comment on Waggott only really reinforces my point. Adopting an 'anything but him' approach. Forget appointing a proven, experienced candidate, yon lad can't do any worse, give him a try. I mean, have we all just forgotten what a proper football club looks like? ** As for comparisons with the John Williams model. Williams was appointed by Jack Walker - the man who transformed BRFC, took us to the very top of the football pyramid and had the very best interest of the club and the town at heart. No doubt he made mistakes during his ownership, but he quickly rectified them and you could never, ever question his motives. The Rao's on the other hand.... **EDIT - Apologies, misread the Waggot paragraph, realised you aren't recommending him for that role, more mocking how hopeless Waggot is. Still I maintain, what kind of company position is a 'snidey go between' to spy on the CEO THEY employed 🤣 it's fucking bananas and once again reinforces my point that our expectations have been eroded away to the point of complete despair!

I know, I did spot that and couldn't be bothered to change.

You may be right Phili, but can you believe it's come to this? They're so petrified of being rinsed again that the only people they choose to trust are their driver, or their son. Neither of whom have ANY experience or expertees in the world of professional football. Pathetic.

What about this one: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6459615/Britains-YOUNGEST-football-boss-19-inherited-1M-West-Ham-Womens-team-billionaire-dad.html

An extraordinary marker of how just how far we have fallen as a club, but also how it can, over time dumb down the expectations of the fanbase. To think John Williams was chairman 11 years ago. Now we've got genuine positivity about the owners son, fresh out of a top uni, taking a senior role on the board.

What about a sporting director?

Stuart Pearce just left West Ham..... He must have something lined up.

You must have a new source then? I can think of at least 65 reasons to doubt ANY of your previous ones. I do tend to remember the occasions when you're completely wrong.... I won't start reeling them off. But can you point to any occasion in the last 10 years where one of your ITK titbits has come to fruition?

I highly doubt that this is the main or only reason for not having already made an appointment, but isn't there a likelihood that someone like Farke might hang on to see who is relegated before committing to a job like Rovers? He may already have been told not to take another job quite yet... Sometimes it's easy to think the only barriers to an appointment are created by the owners or their merry men. Might not necessarily be the case.

Pearce's managerial record leaves a hell of a lot to be desired BUT, he is a huge advocate for developing the younger generation - he peddled the importance of the younger England teams for many years.... failing miserably with them at many a major tournament I may add. If the V's are looking at this idea of utilising and developing the academy, Pearce may be someone you would look at for a role upstairs. I always think he speaks well when I hear or see him on the media, seems to be an intelligent guy.

Better than Mowbray.... who spent less than £20m in five seasons and (about £0.00 net) and is still criticised for not reaching the playoffs. I am always uncomfortable with this thought. If the coach in this DoF scenario isn't heavily involved in the identification of transfer targets in my opinion it's a recipe for disaster. Your explanation above seems to be that a player just turns up with his boots one day and Carvalhal asks what position he plays. The detachment of any blame (or indeed praise) for transfers to and from the club is a get out of jail card in my opinion. Anyway, I was quietly impressed when we was mentioned the other day (like you, I remember his Sheff Wed stint and it seemed impressive) - just noting some caution given the reasons above. I had no idea of his recent success in Portugal, so that's a positive.