RevidgeBlue

Blimey. Tough crowd.

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This is the one thing that's keeping me going, the possibility that no-one has much of a clue what's going on and that the names still under consideration are actually quality candidates who haven't really rated much of a mention yet. Step down Dyche, Bilic Jokanovic or Santo. (Then I fell out of bed and bumped my head).

I know you're trying to be clever, but please tell me you're not comparing Tony Parkes with Lowe and Benson. Shame on you. Also Dalglish bought in Harford as his assistant who'd already experienced success as a manager at the top level in his own right and Hughes brought his own trusted team as well Bown and Eddie whose surname I can't spell.

Yep. Some short memories on here. Trybull and Barry Douglas also useless. Edun was a signing we didn't even need to make having signed Pickering and he's been poor to boot. Chapman didnt work out twice Zeefuick useless, Giles disappointing, Hedges looks really really poor to me. Signed Kaminsky but also signed a Greek keeper who never saw the light of day over two seasons, and two of the worst keepers ever to put gloves on in Walton and Pears. Gallagher - and we already knew he wasn't that good from his first spell here, although nowhere near as bad as now. Definitely way more miss than hit in the transfer market.

It might happen, anything could, but it's a complete non sequitur. Pardew didn't resign from his last Club to walk out and manage Blackburn Rovers, he walked out because his players were racially abused by the Club's own fans - allegedly. The fact we have a managerial vacancy at the same time is coincidental, the two things would not appear to be connected.

Yep, indeed.

Blimey. Fools and their money etc....

Yep, weird one. He was incredibly highly regarded after the job he did at at Leicester then seemingly the wheels fell off at Everton. Overall though, if true, about as good as we could realistically expect for DOF and anything which marginalised Waggott's input will do for me.

Nah, you were right.

Im confused. Did you actually have to pay for that non disclosure or is it designed to entice some mugs into paying for something else?

One thing's for certain though, we would never EVER have got promoted under Mowbray and he'd already outstayed his welcome by three and a half seasons. So for me his departure is a blessed relief, irrespective of what happens next.

Never had the chance in this League, doesn't matter if we win enough games to get promoted, completely irrelevant but I like it anyway.

Sorry just seen he's said "Wait until.it's almost official". I.e. He hasn't a scooby.

So according to Nixon (I know) any credit (or blame) for the appointment lies solely with Waggott? Who does he think is in the frame? Not clear from the above snippet?

Because?

Sounds unlikely but that could possibly tie in with what unleaded said about the DOF having already been lined up but not announced for some reason and said DOF having no actual authority.

Well, (clutching at straws) if Sharpe is to be believed we're down to a shortlist of 3 and if Sky Bet are to be believed there are currently only 3 serious contenders: Ferguson, Ainsworth and Farke. (Tin hat on) IF that were true, (which I don't really believe it is) that wouldn't be a bad final shortlist imo.

That's a new one. Most previous claims have placed him being involved in their core business back in India. So are you able to tell us exactly what he does here on a day to day basis? Because no-one else seems able to.

Ainsworth would actually be a bloody good option imo. Behind only Dyche and Farke in the pecking order for me. Critchley would also be good I would have been OK (ish) with Carvahal, no-one else mentioned so far really floats my boat, their only asset being they're not Mowbray. (Pardew apart who would be Mowbray Mark 2)

Not convinced he's an actual option but hypothetically if it happened, completely agree.

I'm not convinced that he's any more than a conduit tbh. Eyes and ears on the ground, former driver apparently. If I'm wrong on that, I apologise.

Blimey, Mike really? I'd see him as being as close to a clone of Mowbray as you could get tbh. Arrogant and obnoxious, thick skinned, history of good runs followed by worse death spirals and no particular success to speak for 7 years. I'm not going to refer to him as a "candidate" as I'm hoping him leaving his last job and our managerial vacancy are two mutually exclusive events which have just coincided at the same time. Worst name mentioned bar none so far for me though.

It might turn out that way, but if it does, it's Waggott doing the conning!

In answer to both you and Miller no mental gymnastics at all. If we end up with a dire appointment then ultimately blame lies at the owners feet as it's their name over the door. Not having it that it's nothing to do with Waggott however. He's the one who selects candidates for interview, narrows it down to shortlists (or extends it to long lists) and makes recommendations to the owners. Would the owners actually veto a really strong recommendation from him of someone he assured them was the outstanding candidate? I've absolutely no idea but it seems a fairly popular view on here that the owners are so disinterested that they have no idea at all what's happening down at Ewood. If that were the case, would they be invested enough to veto said strong recommendation? Not saying you're guilty of this personally but people can't have the argument both ways, you can't say 99 9% of the time that they're not even aware we've played on any given day etc, then when something really bad happens pin the blame 100% on them and absolve those on the ground at Ewood of any responsibility.