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Not seen odds so low for any candidate. When they get so low........

Ferguson now 1/5 with Bet Victor. That's a big shift.

But you say M'boro have higher income streams (twice as much as us) , bigger attendances (10,000 more) and a bigger wage bill. This is wrong. In the last season, their average attendance was 7,600 higher than ours - strip out VAT and that would leave them with roughly £2million extra (chicken shit in the scheme of things). Their wage bill in last reported accounts - there in black and white - is the same as ours. Sounds to me like you are trying to defend the loss of Lenihan on behalf of the club by distorting facts. IMO, the bottom line is we lost Lenihan through the club's negligence in not getting him nailed down at least a season ago and also a shambolic recruitment process which has left us managerless and rudderless for weeks. All these excuses have to stop. I think our club is probably the least well operationally managed in the Championship - simply a shambles and it's indefensible.

Latest filed accounts for both clubs blow your arguments out of the water. Rovers turnover £15million v M'boro £14million Rovers wages £26million v M'boro £27million

I understand that by the end of May deals with both Lenihan and Nyambe had been agreed - the contracts were there for signing and all that was missing was a feckin new manager who they were happy with!!!!

We now begin to see the consequences of our shambolic managerial recruitment process. Lenihan off to Middlesbrough is, IMO, an avoidable loss. Seems, quite reasonably from his point of view, he was waiting to see who our new manager would be but the lad wasn't going to wait for ever. The signs were the new contract with us had been agreed. Not a world beater but will be difficult and costly to replace at this level. This means immediately our new manager will have less to spend on strengthening other parts of the team as we will need a replacement for Lenihan because if anyone thinks we will get through a season with two from Ayala / Carter / Wharton then they need to think again. Don't think our owners and Waggott will ever learn - completely and utterly shambolic management.

Nothing wrong in saying: 'Our main aim has to be to secure a return to the PL as soon as we can - it's where the club needs to be. At the same time we need to put plans into place which will give the club a sustainable growth'. The fans want real hope today and not wishy washy bullsh1t about journeys and exciting futures for the tomorrows.

Always suspicious of guys with journeys in mind (Mowbray) and long terms goals (Broughton) "We want to become a sustainable Premier League football club. That's not going to happen overnight, but with a really clear plan and by sticking with that plan, I really believe we can get there." We've been promised jam tomorrow for far too long. The bottom line is we need results and fast - the only goal the club should focus on is promotion to the PL this coming season. Achieve that and all the 'nicer long term stuff' should more readily fall into place.

TBH, never heard of this guy but also willing to give him a chance. Big question is does he have the experience for a 'senior' role like this? Think it's a huge step up for him. To me, this is another 'cheap' option. The name I was given had a wealth of experience from Academy through to 1st team and is widely respected and still employed in a football capacity. I think we probably baulked at the cost of that experience / quality.

Absolutely. Would be a superb choice and would give the whole club and its fans a lift.

Journalists get 'knowledge' and 'exclusives' through relationships and 'oiling the wheels'! IMO, Sharpe hasn't a clue what is going on. A 'clued up' journalist would know what was going on and although unable to fully 'reveal their hand' until the right time would at least be able to give their readers / followers a far sharper insight than what Sharpe does.

Not sure about that but it was 'heavy' stuff!

Deila doesn't float my boat either and wouldn't be my choice. Only consolation is that, IMO, he must be an improvement on the hapless Mowbray as he did a better job than Mowbray at Celtic though having said that, don't think it would be too difficult following the dog's breakfast I think Mowbray was.

Ask the Millwall lads what happened outside the Darwen End one night match!!!

It's what all switched on organisations do. The Human Resources' bods called it 'succession planning' - can work well if done properly but I've seen the process vary from the sublime to the ridiculous! I think Rovers' did have a plan back in April 2021 with either Wilder or Neil the candidates. Sadly, I think they either bottled it or 'flip flopped' as when Coyle was chosen over Warnock. However, I think the last few weeks have been an utter shambles.

Indisputably, a Rovers' super fan but never been sure why he's known as 'Birdy' when his surname is Birkbeck? In my mind, the late Stuart Baird (think I've got his name right) was the original, and in many ways unique, 'Birdy'.

Told Duff and Evatt are two of the three and the third candidate is from left of field!

Instead of f@rting about like, IMO, Waggott has done, their process will be done and dusted in a week or less.

Friend of mine who is a big Blackpool fan and uses their corporate facilities tells me their new manager will be in place within the next two days and by Friday at the very latest. Seemingly, three targets identified and already they are well down the road to finalising appointment. A club with a plan and a CEO who knows what he's doing!

I have never rated Waggott and Mowbray and have posted about this consistently since their appointments. I think the last five and a half years have been wasted. IMO, as a club, we have regressed in every operational area - this is what happens if you employ, IMO, fourth or fifth raters. I think we are a club bereft of passion, nous and hope. Until we employ a first class CEO and football manager we will continue to regress and Venky's will have to continue pumping in some £20million a year or we will go to the wall. It is simply unbelievable that our owners don't see this and under their ownership, IMO, Venky's are the personification of crass stupidity.

Spot on. Mansford is a smart cookie who, IMO, would leave Waggott trailing in his wake. Casey Wasserman does not employ w@nkers.

With all due respect to the likes of Ainsworth and Warne, I think it's symptomatic of the fears in the fan base about another botched appointment. Even Carvalhal and Farke wouldn't have merited a mention in the halcyon days of Jack. Feck me, we are Blackburn Rovers, a club with great history, traditions and relative recent success (PL, League Cup, Europe qualification). We don't want any more 'steady Eddies' with delusional journey plans in their heads, we don't want, IMO,'has beens' / 'never have beens' like Adkins / Graysons, we don't want, IMO, no hopers like Woodgate, we want someone who is going to ignite the passions of the club and its fans, someone with hunger, aggression and a will to simply win. We may have to roll the dice, take a chance in order to give us some hope of a better, brighter and more exciting future. Surely that is better than continuing in the moribund state we find our beloved Rovers in.

Feck me, would steer well clear of Warne. If Championship experience is a prerequisite (and it wouldn't be for me) then Warne is a serial faiure. Difficult to be more underwhelmed. As I've said before, the devil is in the detail. There is a big difference between a manager who is currently in work (like Ainsworth) and a candidate currently employed in football but not as a manager (like Ferguson).

From Sharpe in LT - like Nicko, two weeks AFTER Ancelotti's phone call and my posting about 'heavyweight' backing for Ferguson: "Ancelotti, winner of four Champions League and domestic titles in four countries, contacted the club to put forward his backing for Ferguson who is the bookmakers favourite to land the Ewood Park job". If you don't like what I post then just put me on ignore.

It happened as sure as tomorrow's Monday.