The next Rovers manager

[Barmitzvah Boy]

From the Press Conference at Ewood today. I like this approach.

“ GB: “I work collaboratively. One of the reasons we recruited Jon was because he has worked with the European model.

“One of the first things he’s done is take away the manager’s office, he wants one room where the coaching staff are sat around, planning together every day, it’s not him and the coaches, they work together collaboratively.

“Hopefully I can just help in that process.”



GB: “It (the manager’s office) will still be there because we need somewhere to meet privately with players one-on-one but in terms of Jon’s workplace every day, he wants to be in the room with the coaches deciding on how we can affect the players on the pitch.”

 

[Drog]

That’s my line!

If it is it's cos you nicked it from me!

 

[Drog]

“ GB: “I work collaboratively. One of the reasons we recruited Jon was because he has worked with the European model.

? Relevance? Are the EFL thinking of redoing the Anglo Italian Cup?

 

[OnlyOneTugay]

GB: “I think Tony Mowbray has overachieved over the last few years and deserves great credit for that. Whether you describe it as overachieving, or just having a really good plan, staying with vision and strategy “

The new director of football understanding and appreciating the work TM did to establish Rovers as a top ten championship team . Good man , now we move on .

The new set up has given me belief that at last the club has got its act together. There seems to be plan , a strategy. Admittedly I’d feel safer and more certain of success if Big Sam had come back but everything coming out of the mouths of the DoF and the Manager should enthuse and excite even the most pessimistic and negative supporters.

Rovers have done more than their bit , it’s now up to fans to put their hands in their pockets , turn up and back the team .

 

[blueandwhitehalves]

I think you’ve adopted the “anyone but Mowbray as manager” stance and you are placing a lot of faith in JDT. I too am a positive person and I wish him success but don’t forget our owners haven’t changed.
How tightly they hold the purse strings will determine this coming season.
Will our new guy be good in the Premiership loan market? Is he familiar with players in the EFL? I hope JDT gets it right and is a quick learner as the Championship is very unforgiving.

Exactly my feelings. The "nice change" positive vibe around new managers is pretty meaningless beyond the 5-10 game honeymoon period. I was at Everton away in Ince's first PL game where we won 3-2, amazing atmosphere, great performance, positive vìbes to the hilt.

But what matters with JDT is the resources he gets and his ability. There's every chance he's losing 4 key players from last season's side, how much will he be given to replace them? Like Mowbray in recent seasons, he'll be outgunned in this league and have to rely heavily on loans and the academy.

I really hope fan expectation isn't as high as it was under Mowbray, or JDT's positive vibe allocation will likely vanish faster than the Riverside 5 minutes before full time. If he manages mid-table he'll have done a very good job.

 

[Chaddyrovers]

I think you’ve adopted the “anyone but Mowbray as manager” stance and you are placing a lot of faith in JDT. I too am a positive person and I wish him success but don’t forget our owners haven’t changed.
How tightly they hold the purse strings will determine this coming season.
Will our new guy be good in the Premiership loan market? Is he familiar with players in the EFL? I hope JDT gets it right and is a quick learner as the Championship is very unforgiving.

not at all, but Mowbray needs to be left in the past cos I believe had more than enough backing from the owners to get at least playoff place in those 4 years.

JDT is a head coach and Broughton's job to bring the players in but as JDT has the final say on whether a player comes or not. He said this today on BBC Radio Lancs.

chaddy I'd estimate your age as top thirties although I could be wrong, but that would mean you will have seen at least 14 managers in the hot seat at BRFC. Forgive me for asking but how many times have you said the above whenever a new Manager has turned up?

I am 37 years old. Not many times. King Kenny was already the manager when I started watching Rovers. Mark Hughes appointment got me very excited and he proved that right. I thought Bowyer would take us back there aswell. Apart from that not many I have been excited by.

The managers/head coach I have seen in the hot seat is

Dalglish, Harford, Hodgson, Kidd, Souness, Hughes, Ince, Allardyce, Kean, Berg Appleton, Bowyer, Lambert, Coyle, Mowbray and JDT. Plus caretaker spells of Parkes and Black.

 

[Chaddyrovers]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537375815247470593

 

[Chaddyrovers]

For me, Rovers fans should be very excited by the appointment of JDT as head coach here.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537469897600647168

 

[OnlyOneTugay]

Exactly my feelings. The "nice change" positive vibe around new managers is pretty meaningless beyond the 5-10 game honeymoon period. I was at Everton away in Ince's first first PL game where we won 3-2, amazing atmosphere, great performance, positive vìbes to the hilt.

But what matters with JDT is the resources he gets and his ability. There's every chance he's losing 4 key players from last season's side, how much will he be given to replace them? Like Mowbray in recent seasons, he'll be outgunned in this league and have to rely heavily on loans and the academy.

I really hope fan expectation isn't as high as it was under Mowbray, or JDT's positive vibe allocation will likely vanish faster than the Riverside 5 minutes before full time. If he manages mid-table he'll have done a very good job.

'Healthy budget' - Gregg Broughton outlines Rovers transfer plans

Rovers will push ahead with their recruitment plans, irrespective of the outcome of interest in Ben Brereton.

www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk

I’m not sure what the DoF means by a healthy budget but it appears the new manager will receive financial backing with or without money from a potential sale of Brereton .

Whether the new management team and the financial ‘muscle’ behind them will be able to take us forward and improve on TM’s excellent achievement is anyone’s guess . The Championship is a dog eat dog league , but Rovers seem to have got serious about competing in it . Fingers crossed

 

[OnlyOneTugay]

For me, Rovers fans should be very excited by the appointment of JDT as head coach here.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537469897600647168

Enjoyed that and JDT is already in my good books by calling our club ‘ Rovers ‘ on 7 minutes

 

[blueandwhitehalves]

'Healthy budget' - Gregg Broughton outlines Rovers transfer plans

Rovers will push ahead with their recruitment plans, irrespective of the outcome of interest in Ben Brereton.

www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk

I’m not sure what the DoF means by a healthy budget but it appears the new manager will receive financial backing with or without money from a potential sale of Brereton .

Whether the new management team and the financial ‘muscle’ behind them will be able to take us forward and improve on TM’s excellent achievement is anyone’s guess . The Championship is a dog eat dog league , but Rovers seem to have got serious about competing in it . Fingers crossed

Extremely sceptical personally. The only player in 10 years I can remember Venkys properly splashing out on is Rhodes.

I'm not knocking them since relegation, our wage budget alone is costing them £15m a season of their own money, given our very small revenue as a club.

But it feels like more of the same to me, talk of looking internally (so the academy), mention of the loan market. Even "regardless of Brereton" doesn't sound encouraging, that sounds to me like they've decided to spend about £5m and JDT gets that whether BBD leaves or not. If BBD leaves, they need to get on with selling him and then give JDT £20m instead.

But again, I don't blame them if they pocket the money like they did with Armstrong. Rovers as a business hemorrhages money in this league, credit to Venkys for even just taking that.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

JDT “Good to see a striker”
Gally sorted then

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Extremely sceptical personally. The only player in 10 years I can remember Venkys properly splashing out on is Rhodes.

I'm not knocking them since relegation, our wage budget alone is costing them £15m a season of their own money, given our very small revenue as a club.

But it feels like more of the same to me, talk of looking internally (so the academy), mention of the loan market. Even "regardless of Brereton" doesn't sound encouraging, that sounds to me like they've decided to spend about £5m and JDT gets that whether BBD leaves or not. If BBD leaves, they need to get on with selling him and then give JDT £20m instead.

But again, I don't blame them if they pocket the money like they did with Armstrong. Rovers as a business hemorrhages money in this league, credit to Venkys for even just taking that.

Cough cough, Gally and Super BBD?

 

[blueandwhitehalves]

Cough cough, Gally and Super BBD?

Yeah fair point, although I think £5-7m signings in 2019 packs less of a punch than an £8m signing in 2012, considering the parachute payment rise in the intervening period. But yeah you're right they did spend big that summer, nothing since though and letting contracts of key players run out seems a weird approach if they intend to get the cheque book out again.

 

[davebirch]

Well, those interviews gave me a lift on a cold friday morning in Sydney.
Must admit to being excited about the coming season.

 

[khmerblue]

Must be cold not impressed

 

[Barmitzvah Boy]

JDT “Good to see a striker”
Gally sorted then

We also have Markanday who I am told is back fit and raring to go.

 

[Alan]

We also have Markanday who I am told is back fit and raring to go.

I thought that he was more of a winger. Just as an aside my sons are named Mark and Andy.

 

[davebirch]

Must be cold not impressed

Waggy, I've been here too long.
It's not that often it's been this cold.
however, the spark from Ewood has been heartwarming

 

[Husky]

Unproven? Seriously?

What's he done? Nobody has heard of him. He wasn't even on any of the "fans in the know" i.e. - (The Tw@tter bullshitters) lists and their lists were so long I thought it was going to take until 2023 to get through all the interviews.