roversfan99

You was very frustrated at the owners/board for not giving Eustace the contract and assurances he wanted to build. Has any of your personal frustration moved towards Eustace?

Short term at least a really good opportunity has opened up. Giving the job full time to a caretaker more often than not is a bad idea so no way should Lowe get the job. He has done very well covering and the side has responded excellently to Eustace leaving. I would be furious if we appointed someone like Boa Morte or Boateng. They shouldnt even be getting interviewed.

Had the feeling of a game we just had to get 3 points in however we did it. The first half was dire however the second half was much better and we deserved the win against a poor side. Lots of talk about Forshaw, I know people will think its confirmation bias but I dont think Forshaw was particularly good, in fact he (like a lot) was particularly poor first half. One dodgy backpass should have led to a goal and he gave the ball away a few times. But the game felt like it was drifting and his goal was not only brilliant but the timing was critical so lets hope come May we look back on that as a really crucial contribution. Its ridiculous that we have Ribeiro on such a short term deal and typical of the club. He looks a real find and if we can get him signed for longer (no contracts given out in over a year is it?) then left back is sorted next season with him and Pickering. Deserved man of the match. The centre backs were solid as was Brittain. Dodgy Pears feel like he is back again though. Travis is so important to us, good to see him getting up to speed and hope Tronstad is back soon to partner him. Cantwell had a strange game, he does things no one else is capable of but he was wasteful in the fimal third. Dolan impressed and deserved his goal, and also took on his man a few times and opened up space. Cozier Duberry seems to constantly be falling over and aside from winning the ball and a good cross for Gueye didnt justify starting. Kargbo only really had one chance to show his pace so it was great to see him show another side to his game with a lovely one two with Gueye and a perfect pass for Dolan. Often quick wingers can be neutralised when a team sits in. Gueye missed a couple of good chances but some of his hold up again was very good.

Obviously being a former Rover player isnt a PROBLEM. I never said that. I just dont think that a playing career here over 20 years ago should have any bearing on the decision. Its a huge step up from the Irish league.

Why would you love Duff? Just because he is a strong personality? He wouldnt be mentioned if he didnt play for us.

You speak about the problems in recruitment in the past tense but with the same dysfunctional setup I see no reason why things wont continue. My point about sustainability has been taken out of context. I was saying that the West Brom game in the immediate aftermath of the embarassing way that Eustace left, it created a seige mentality and the performance was well above normal standards. We cant rely on that feeling across the rest of the season, it was relating to discussions of leaving Lowe in charge which obviously shouldnt happen. I think alledgedly interviewing quite so many people shows they havent a clue what or who they want. Feel free to forward on these supposed articles on Wicky, if you google his name they dont come up. Either way, I dont see how a couple of articles can make him suddenly become the one you want but thats up to you. You definitely did say Wellens lives local and it certainly didnt read as tongue in cheek but if it was, ok.

The point im making isnt about Dolan. He did ok on Wednesday but most of their compliments came at the start. Its about the idea that its better to listen to opposition commentary for a more balanced opinion. What you actually get is an opinion having not seen much of the players in question.

The commentators of other teams will rarely have seen our players live though. A lack of supposed bias will be massively outweighed by that. I also watched with West Brom commentary and they started by talking about Dolan and Hedges out wide. They did that because Mowbray had mentioned them pre match.

That is correct and I told you that when we were debating but you stuck with your initial opinion.

Im sure you said the opppsite before.

Im sure his ambition was what took him to Saudi Arabia.

May aswell add Pep aswell as theres just as much chance.

Most of what has been said are things we already know. No new contract for Eustace, no new contracts for the players, infrastructure not being maintained, money not reinvested at all, transfer targets not always endorsed by the manager. Its amazing how the narrative has turned so strongly towards Eustace and away from our terrible owners. Troy Deeney is a bell end and obviously biased but in this instance, its all believable and we already knew it.

You speak as if nothing is wrong. Our head coach who was doing great has just left us to join a team that could go down. We have 11 points from 12 games. Weve a squad full of short term contracts and all of our best players see their contracts expire next year. The performance and result on Wednesday did surprise me, Eustace's coaches had set up the team on Monday and obviously the players had a seige mentality and showed great character directly after what has unfolded. I dont think we csn sustain that purely on that feeling. These options being put forward are underwhelming. The reason your supposed short list has about 10 names on it is because even you know none of them stand out as a particularly good choice. One of them you want because he lives local and another after reading a couple of articles online, that tells you a lot.

I feel like a mixture of the pushing of the anger onto Eustace and our league position and win on Wednesday will quash the movement and dissent unfortunately. Nothing will happen, we will appoint someone sub par, the season will fizzle out, the issues will remain but things will stay the same.

Because the options are so underwhelming that such futile points are put forward to support one of a pretty poor set of potential downgrades on Eustace, as I listed above.

This on top of the statement which has led to the brunt of the criticism going straight to Eustace. Theyve dealt with it all brilliantly in terms of managing the dissenters, one thing theyve got right amidst a total mess.

You can tell how underwhelming a list of candidates we are discussing is considering the reasons that people are opting for who they are. Gerrard for a "bit of blood and thunder." His playing style was blood and thunder but as a person and manager he doesnt seem to be. And you cant just rely on that anyway. Gerrard because he would get us media attention. As if being "Steven Gerrard's Blackburn Rovers" is a good thing. Gerrard because he has a connection to Liverpool like other successful Rovers managers. Now that is clutching at straws. Duff because he knows the club having worked here. It was over 20 years ago and it was a totally different club. O'Neil because although he failed at Wolves he has excuses due to player sales. Ignoring the fact that his replacment has more points in half the games. Wicky because of a couple of nice articles online. Wellens because he lives local. Depressing.

Gerrard used to plan his training sessions in Saudi Arabia around when Liverpool were playing.

The head coach should always get the final say on transfers. Point being, we shouldnt get a head coach specifically because he is willing/desperate enough not to have the final say on transfers. I dont get your mindset of accepting a dysfunctional behind the scenes structure with people seemingly disagreeing on signings and just picking someone willing to put up with it. Hardly screams going for the best candidate. It was reported in the Lancashire Telegraph that Eustace didnt get his targets and youve echoed that. He clearly wasnt happy with January so I am guessing he didnt want the players mentioned. I dont think recruitment has been that good but then again its hard when your budget is a bag of magic beans. You missed Cantwell and Cozier Duberry who have both been crap. Ive already given my opinion on O'Neil prior to this vacancy. His replacement has more points for Wolves this season in half the number of games. Prepare for lots of goals going into our net if he comes. But why is Wicky your choice? How much do you actually know about him aside from the rumour that he is on the shortlist?

Yes, I was also wrong.

Why was it an impossible task? Their new manager has got more points in 8 games than O'Neil got in 16. Theyve still got a competitive squad with some good players in it. They were a disorganised and ill disciplined mess under O'Neil. Merely BEING in the Premier League doesnt make you a good manager if you dont do well. Hes certainly not got anything on his CV to suggest he would be a suitable choice to get into the play offs.

Not really answered my question. The structure we have had where people above the head coach often decide players against the head coaches wishes has proven dysfunctional. It pissed off Eustace to the point that he left. Why are we not bothering to change that? Why are you just accepting that when its caused issues?

Only Neto and Kilman that were important players that I can think of but I may have missed one or two. But either way, does that excuse conceding so many specifically from set pieces? Or his players repeatedly losing discipline? And is that squad really as bad as it was showing itself under him? Results since his departure suggest not. But even if that somewhat excuses him this season. What has he done to specifically make him an attractive proposition? Because hes seemingly a potential option, hes just hedging his bets to try and make it seem like something he wanted in case it happens.

Wolves did sell a couple of players but as youve seen with the improvment since he left, that squad was not as bad as it appeared under him. They had conceded over 20 set piece goals I think so early in the season. The players clearly cant have respected him much because towards the end they seemed to have a public showing of ill discipline in each game.