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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.

We do not need David Dunn.

He hasnt and doesnt. You just convinced yourself that he did to justify the appointment. But fair play for at least admitting that he needs to go.

To be fair, stuff like touchline demeanour im not arsed about. But hes doing incredible to make poor players look far worse than they actually are. No wonder West Brom and Watford got shut. Here, he will be here for a long time being "helped" by the idiot Gestede telling him how to play. Under these owners neglecting us. League 1 here we come.

Go on chaddy.

Embarassing appointment. Useless tosser.

Embarassing yet again. Shit players. Terrible manager. Run by a dismal board. But all symptoms of the absolute scum we have as owners.

Common, yes. Sensible? Not necessarily.

Gestede is the one picking the style of play and saying he has to play youngsters for x minutes.

That has to be the end for Ange. A manager with an opinion of himself that is well beyond his ability.

Another higher up telling the manager which players he should and shouldnt play. Its a conflict of interest to supposedly want to win games and also to give youngsters x number of minutes if those players arent ready to play in the Championship.

Big questions need to be asked about what Ismael's training as injuries have multiplied since he came in.

Yasir Sufi comes across terribly on twitter. He is keen to push the merits of the Ewood Express in any conversation, to which I cant see any criticism and indeed people seem to acknowledge that its good but either ask questions about how its reported or be more criticial about other failings. To which he seems to take as criticism of the ewood express and seems aggrieved.

Ribeiro started with a couple of really good performances but since has fallen to the same level as the rest of his struggling team mates and has been unremarkable. Still, with him and Pickering we have 2 solid enough options going forward. As has been pointed out. Convenient how it happened off the back of what has gone on and makes a mockery of this idea that we have gone nearly 18 months without renewing any deals "because we dont know what league we will be in."

Do you think Ismael is a dud of a manager?

Good to see them rattled but I cant see anything changing. They just say the same things, the owners clearly arent interested but they claim they are. Lots of excuses, lots of hot air, lots of waffle. The work done in the last week has been excellent in at least rattling them although I do think there is maybe a little lack of direction regarding the next step. Depressingly feels like a lost cause though, the only solution is an ownership change and it wont happen.

If the funding, the recruitment and the general way the club has been run has satisfied you enough to suggest that a head coach has no reason not to fully trust the club to the point of not raising objections, then your standards must be in the gutter. And I understand thats how some football clubs want to work. But I am not just assuming that it makes it right. Having a director of football telling the head coach how to play is backwards. You dont seem capable of critical thinking.