roversfan99

You are an absolute lunatic if you are using Rovers as a basis for why a club should have a director of football. Or any "structure." Any system we adopt is doomed because of our owners and the board. We have displayed every downside available to having a director of football too. Disputes between too many peosple wanting to have the final say, players provided for the head coach that he doesnt want, head coaches getting fed up and leaving, delays in decision making even to the point of failing to complete deals. Recruitment has been crap ever since we adopted the model, it hasnt improved. And now we have a snake in that role who has no experience. When we signed Gallagher, it was for that one year where Venkys seemed slightly interested which soon stopped. The suggestion was that they authorised the 3 deals individually, whether that was true I dont know.

With an option and also as someone who will not be demanding high wages so will be an easy one to pad out the squad. No interest in improvement here.

Dolan after numerous years has not really progressed and is so frustrating, hes indicative of a side that struggles to maintain anything like a promotion push. But at least he does have something in there, he occasionally will score maybe a few a season, he will have the odd good game. Ryan Hedges on the other hand, a total non entity. He will be here next season, make no mistake, but hes shocking.

Why people ask that idiot questions is beyond me. Although sadly there is no way a manager gets a 3 and a half year deal with a break clause after 3 months.

You think we are likely to spend the money to progress? Deary me.

Would he get into the team?

Still Ismael out? A point at home to Sheffield Wednesday isnt a good one overall. Suppose its fairly inconsequential.

The man of the match tonight should have gone to whoever brought in the Pasha our flag. Never felt so apathetic seeing us score an equaliser. The stadium was so empty, felt like an early round cup game. We were dreadful in the first half and again Ismael's tactics left us not pressing at all, letting them have the ball. He is a fraud and everyone seems to agree hence asking for him to be sent off. It felt like the players after getting the early set piece goal (great header) really built up some momentum and showed some character (bit late) and were playing on emotion rather than to a plan. Cantwell was much more involved and Ohashi gives us far more than Gueye even if he is very limited himself. The Montgomery sub felt a bit cynical to prove that Ismael will use the youngsters. He personally should feel very proud to make his debut and certainly didnt let anyone down. But equally, and understandably, he did look very pensive and had Sheffield Wednesday not sat in 2 nil up and never really got forward to take advantage, I dont think I would have been confident in them not exploiting him. But he is a young lad who was playing at Chorley the other week.

He was poor, he isnt missed. Although another symptom of the current regime. We had a player who was scoring for us, we rejected bids instead allowing him to leave for free. We signed a freebie to replace him, he didnt do anything, then we unprofessionally kept him beyond the window closing and showed a total lack of class, leaving him unregistered and having to be paid off.

Why do Wednesday need the points?

Even if we lost the last 6, it would make the next month uncomfortable for the board but then be followed by 3 months of nothingness which would calm everything down. With our negligent owners not caring and not budging.

Rothwell debunking any myths about his wife wanting to move "back down south." She isnt even from the south.

I definitely have never said that the manager should be in control of everything. I do however think it should be solely down to the manager/head coach to decide what bloody tactics he uses. Rather than some head in the skies suit wearer behind the scenes deciding what the "philosophy" is or the "right way of playing." Its all drivel. Its hardly an outdated, antiquated outlook to management. Obviously, at our club this is particularly relevant as we are so terribly run. People in jobs they shouldnt be in, constantly changing staff, constant disagreements, constantly changing what "style" we should be playing in. And now we have a dreadful head coach to top it all off because we scared off the decent ones.

Your point seems to be, thats whats happening. Do you think the head coach should have sole autocracy to decide on tactics or should the director stick his beak in and decide? I dont think it makes sense to have a (novice) director of football deciding which tactics to employ. I dont think its in the best interests of the team to have demands set regarding minutes given to academy players. I dont think it makes sense to employ a shit manager. I dont think it makes sense to employ manager whose only successful spell in this country came playing tactics which are the opposite of what Gestede wants to play. Little makes sense at this club. I dont know why you are believing anything that the snake that is Suhail says.

Yes, he probably did agree to play this "style" before. But again, it comes back to this point where you seem to think that any decision that is pre communicated and made must be logical and make sense. We have a novice of a director of football overseeing and instructing a poor manager (whose success in the past came playing a totally different style) on what style to play. Im still none the wiser as to why that makes any sense. It will be loans, frees and if we are lucky the avoidance of our remaining few decent players leaving and a couple of sub par randomers from abroad.

I presume he was told beforehand, still doesnt make it logical. Their "reasons" were clearly flawed.

They wont sack him sadly. They wont back him either, not reasonably, another summer of scraping the barrel scrambling around for loans and cheap deals. And it isnt "his style," he has to play the style that Gestede has decided is "the right way." So all in all, crap manager, insuffucient quality and depth on the playing side. Not something to look forward to. The social media keeps saying be part of the story. That story is a horror.

The centre backs got injured again because he rushed them back. But even allowing for the injuries. To be 14th with only 37 points from 31 games with that squad is inexcusable.

He was crap at Watford. No idea if he played that way at Beskitas but wasnt there long either. So as I said, in English football his only successful spell was playing long ball. So why was he appointed here anyway but especially if they "want" to play possession football. Its one thing appointing someone who tends to play a way that suits the type of player you have. And another thing telling him he has to play in a certain way. Thats what is backwards.

You seem to think that anything a football club does must be right. Well no, you probably wouldnt. You also wouldnt employ a crap manager whose only successful stint in this country relied on long ball and tell him to play possession based football. But thats modern day Rovers for you. A manager/head coach should be allowed to play whatever style wants and feels is most suited to what he has at his disposal and be then judged on the results that follow. Im yet to see why it makes sense not to do that with your only attempted counter argument being that "well football clubs do it."

The Premier League has been crap this season. An average Liverpool side miles ahead and the promoted sides massively cut adrift.

Yeah because Ange is doing a great job.

My point is that its a backwards way of working.

The manager should decide how he wants to play and shouldnt have any stupid instructions or demands.

Sorry, I thought you meant that Ismael deserves respect for doing good jobs at other clubs. Means what it says. Fair play for saying that Ismael needs to go rather than potentially sticking to your guns as you have in the past.