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National media ridicules Rovers for sacking Appleton
3:44pm Wednesday 20th March 2013 in Football
By Alex James, Assistant Sports Editor
SACKED Michael Appleton
BLACKBURN Rovers were today widely ridiculed in the national media after Michael Appleton was unceremoniously sacked yesterday.
Rovers have now had three full-time managers this season and five in total, with reserve team boss Gary Bowyer handed the task of steadying the ship until the end of the season.
Bowyer was in charge for four games prior to Appleton’s arrival and remained unbeaten during that spell.
Martin Samuel described the situation in equally bleak terms writing in the Daily Mail.
He said: “There really are few words to describe the idiocy of Blackburn Rovers’ decision to sack Michael Appleton, except to say that if the owners do not associate the crowd of 8,635 for an FA Cup quarter-final replay with their stewardship of the club, they are more stupid than they look. And frankly that isn’t possible.”
The boardroom divisions between Shebby Singh on one side and Derek Shaw on the other have attracted particular ridicule.
Ben Smith wrote for a BBC Sport comment piece: “The problem is bigger than any manager. At boardroom level, Blackburn is a club tearing itself apart. Singh and Shaw have not spoken since the turn of the year, avoiding each other on match days and watching from different boxes.”
The Sun described Appleton’s dismissal as chaotic and labelled the club a shambles while the Mirror described the shock axing as typical of Shebby’s Rovers.
The Rovers news was the main story in today’s Independent with the article pouring yet more scorn over the club.
Ian Herbert wrote: “Rovers continued their steep descent to becoming the most ridiculous club in British football.
“Appleton, the third Rovers manager to be dismissed this season, became the pawn in a power struggle between managing director Derek Shaw, who hired him, and global adviser Shebby Singh, whom Appleton believes wanted him out.
“What we have seen is the public unravelling of a proud football club because no one at the helm has the remotest idea about how to run one.”
Comments are closed on this article.

Comments (146)
3:54pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Donmartin says...
What is ridiculous about that ?
The rest of it we have known about since the takeover and more significantly since the appointments and promotion of
Derek Shaw, Shebby Singh and Agnew.
There really is no new news here.
Arte et Labore
3:56pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Chris P Bacon says...
nt.co.uk/sport/footb
all/football-league/
blackburn-rovers-far
ce-deepens-as-shebby
-singh-sacks-michael
-appleton-by-letter-
amid-power-struggle-
8541365.html
The description of 'Manager of the Month' isn't an award at Ewok, it's a job title.
4:00pm Wed 20 Mar 13
35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
4:01pm Wed 20 Mar 13
tugay 4 ever says...
Keep out, stay out until "these people" are driven from the club.
4:02pm Wed 20 Mar 13
1952 rover says...
4:03pm Wed 20 Mar 13
1952 rover says...
4:04pm Wed 20 Mar 13
35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
4:04pm Wed 20 Mar 13
maltese blue n white says...
4:10pm Wed 20 Mar 13
fanny.tickler. says...
4:13pm Wed 20 Mar 13
leonm987 says...
4:14pm Wed 20 Mar 13
riversidefan says...
4:18pm Wed 20 Mar 13
maltese blue n white says...
4:20pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Bangkok Rover says...
Good luck GB in the meantime.
4:28pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Dukes says...
4:33pm Wed 20 Mar 13
fanny.tickler. says...
Will the next shaved space monkey please step up to be strapped into the Ewood Park ejector seat.... destination League 2.
4:34pm Wed 20 Mar 13
mjp 53 says...
Oh yes the title, i nearly forgot, its called
FROM BOLL-EWOOD TO BUST !!!
4:36pm Wed 20 Mar 13
mjp 53 says...
Priceless.
4:38pm Wed 20 Mar 13
1952 rover says...
4:39pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Crow27 says...
If they watched us they would understand a bit more.
The situation is crazy because they appointed two unknown managers in charge of an ex premier league club with muppet owners!
The Venkys are the problem.
Probiz were brought into boost the PR of Rovers! The only way they ca do it now is by buying Rovers!
Venkys Out!
4:39pm Wed 20 Mar 13
1952 rover says...
4:39pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Donmartin says...
4:10pm Wed 20 Mar 13
"the most ridiculous club in British football", couldnt have put it better myself. What a joke you are, not just to the Clarets, but to all with an interest in football.”
More distressingly for you Mr Tickler is the news that Charlie Austin is on his toes!!!!
Everton, Celtic and Liverpool are all keen.
He needs to play at a decent club to further his career.
If only Burnleee could hold on to their players; they could be ok?
Still the transfer fee could be used to extend the capacity of Turf Moor....but what's the point...really.
Burnley FC are the laughing stock of East Lancs.
Dream on Fanneeee
4:45pm Wed 20 Mar 13
maltese blue n white says...
4:48pm Wed 20 Mar 13
maltese blue n white says...
4:51pm Wed 20 Mar 13
benal13 says...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!
4:52pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Donmartin says...
etelegraph.co.uk/spo
rt/football/10302154
.Red_Nose_Day_pays_o
ff_for_Magpies/
Another idea for our scumbag neighbours to raise some money?
Most of them have never seen indoor toilets!
5:06pm Wed 20 Mar 13
1952 rover says...
Here it is for all to contact him.
shebby@rovers.co.uk
i look forward to your reply ok
5:07pm Wed 20 Mar 13
1952 rover says...
5:14pm Wed 20 Mar 13
mjp 53 says...
They love a bit of chicken every now and then,lol !!!
5:15pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Fan@clared says...
5:15pm Wed 20 Mar 13
maltese blue n white says...
shebbysingh@gmail.co
m
but i expect both were changed today as both went viral on F/B yesterday!!!!!!
5:16pm Wed 20 Mar 13
mjp 53 says...
5:19pm Wed 20 Mar 13
up_norf says...
was that you were all giving it the Allardyce Out stuff in here when Big Sam was doing a decent job, complaining about 'the standard of football'.
5:19pm Wed 20 Mar 13
maltese blue n white says...
5:19pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Stone Island: says...
o.uk
5:19pm Wed 20 Mar 13
mjp 53 says...
5:21pm Wed 20 Mar 13
ghost of sceptic says...
5:22pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Fan@clared says...
5:27pm Wed 20 Mar 13
mjp 53 says...
I think there must have been a typo in the contract when they bought the club, it should have been run, but it actually said ruin, lol.
5:33pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Love Venkys - Hate Roverrrrs says...
If you can't take it girls don't give it!!
Quite ironic you were all bleating about burnleys jack walker/long live the venky chants on Sunday and yet the spoilt brats from Bolliewood were singing the sickening chants to Bolton fans about muamba.
Chicken jal crazy the lot of you. You reap what you saw
5:33pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Donmartin says...
5:27pm Wed 20 Mar 13
ghost of sceptic wrote:
1952 rover wrote:
must be all quiet at Turd Moor all the Dingles on our pages
Its always quite at the home of the knuckle draggers, there is no news coming out of there tiny litle club and no one but a few inbreds are interested n them they are a no news club.
No news is good news they say, but a good laugh is a different matter.I havent had so much fun in years, chicken farmers, horses, and indians who are more like cowboys trying to run, or is it ruin a football club.
I think there must have been a typo in the contract when they bought the club, it should have been run, but it actually said ruin, lol.”
You must have a very humourless life pal!
Stating the obvious......but have you considered following Burnley?
They're hilarious!
Bring Back Chris Waddle.
5:35pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Love Venkys - Hate Roverrrrs says...
5:37pm Wed 20 Mar 13
mjp 53 says...
Who needs Chris Waddle, couldnt manage and couldnt sing, how about taking on Susan Boyle i hear he is after another club.
5:42pm Wed 20 Mar 13
maltese blue n white says...
5:46pm Wed 20 Mar 13
A Rover 45 years and over says...
5:52pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Norma_scock says...
6:03pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Stone Island: says...
6:07pm Wed 20 Mar 13
icannotrace says...
.
This odious little Malaysian "MOTM against Shrewsbury Town", who anyone who has seen him as a pundit will tell you how clueless he is, is using BRFC and peoples lives to play his little games.
.
This waste of space and his BRAG mates needs to driven out of BRFC before his brings the club down another division.
6:14pm Wed 20 Mar 13
spike t says...
6:15pm Wed 20 Mar 13
FCBurnley says...
6:15pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Norma_scock says...
6:31pm Wed 20 Mar 13
dangerous dave says...
OUT WITH THE LOT OF THEM
6:35pm Wed 20 Mar 13
nil bye mouth says...
6:48pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Stone Island: says...
OUT WITH THE LOT OF 'EM!
6:50pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Donmartin says...
Take away the number of goals scored by all clubs beginning with 'B' from the number of fixtures in the total season.
Add on the number of players in a team (11); times by 2 and divide by the number of times Woevers have won the Premiership. Multiply that by the number of millions John Bond stole from BFC and then divide it by the number of times Leighton James played for Swansea.
What answer have you come up with?
T H I C K B@ST@RDS.
You have until the end of the week ( I know some of you have work to go to )
6:54pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Captain Dreckley says...
6:54pm Wed 20 Mar 13
petergray says...
I believe it is about to snow over the next few days.
I hope he stays safe.
6:57pm Wed 20 Mar 13
chris283 says...
7:12pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Norma_scock says...
7:13pm Wed 20 Mar 13
vicn1956 says...
what are they good for?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
SAY IT AGAIN...............
...............
7:15pm Wed 20 Mar 13
bburnrover says...
7:29pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington says...
7:39pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Captain Dreckley says...
find a gem on the cheap . On the other hand Burnley recruit managers who walk out on them for bigger clubs such as Bolton and Bournemouth. A delve into their history and we find John Bond and the impact he had. Then we find them on here having a go at us even, at our lowest point in our history, they still cannot beat us
7:39pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington says...
7:40pm Wed 20 Mar 13
35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
7:42pm Wed 20 Mar 13
indiana patel says...
In India 60% are rich and middle class but would not help the 40% who are poor and destitutes
When i heard that BRFC was sold to Indian billionaires i told my friends it's end of the world for Rovers now and i am right now.Venkys have ruined this great club.
I heard that John Williams is heading a consortium from Middle East to buy back BRFC from Venkys.If it's true please John Williams come back and save us from this terrible ordeal.
7:43pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington says...
Dear Angry, it wasn't me, Sorry, Shebby.
7:45pm Wed 20 Mar 13
35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
7:48pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Hovis1945 says...
7:50pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington says...
7:53pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington says...
7:53pm Wed 20 Mar 13
35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
8:18pm Wed 20 Mar 13
FCBurnley says...
The price you lot have to pay for Jack Walkers dirty money is The Venkys and Super Shebby Singh.
Didnt hear any complaints when Jack was spending his millions so man up and stop whinging.
8:49pm Wed 20 Mar 13
bring back the good old days says...
This in itself will make many a reasonable manager think twice, no matter hw much the salary. Anyone with any semblance of pride and integrity is very unlikelyto be tempted.
But then again football is a money grabbing career / profession !!!
As for Venkys out/new board in? From where?
I am afraid this debacle has a few more 'acts' to play out yet.
I dread to think what is going to turn this circus around.
8:50pm Wed 20 Mar 13
unclejacklegend says...
8:51pm Wed 20 Mar 13
noddy57 says...
8:55pm Wed 20 Mar 13
silverstan says...
9:08pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Stone Island: says...
I'm afraid they're just BBB's. Bitter Burnley B'stards!
9:12pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington says...
9:27pm Wed 20 Mar 13
merlinrabbit says...
9:41pm Wed 20 Mar 13
noddy57 says...
9:56pm Wed 20 Mar 13
A Rover 45 years and over says...
10:07pm Wed 20 Mar 13
RoversMCMLXXV says...
Which is exactly what those revolting, tooth grinding, greasy haired, shell suit wearing strange folk, with flared nostrils and unusually swollen hairy monobrows from Bonleh witnessed first hand at Ewood on Sunday.
So so so very angry, bitter, infatuated deranged and devoted to a hatred uncomparable in football or life in general, you create bad Karma for yourselves and therefore, despite an absolutely shocking Rovers performance and the worst team in 30 years, you once again fail to defeat the most decorated and famous club in East Lancashire.
Still, at least you smashed the toilets up in the Darwen End and threw some seats (that hit your fellow gurning champions)
Surely that ranks up there with Bonlehs greatest achievements?
Well done. You should be proud.
RTID
10:08pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Love Venkys - Hate Roverrrrs says...
10:10pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Norma_scock says...
Great retort by the way mungo.
10:13pm Wed 20 Mar 13
RoversMCMLXXV says...
10:21pm Wed 20 Mar 13
RoversMCMLXXV says...
now get up them stayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
yyyyyyyyyers and get your fist up the whippets brown star again you filthy pig
10:32pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Love Venkys - Hate Roverrrrs says...
NB Stick to horse fiddling MCMXXl - you know your place and its running away from the Burnley!
10:46pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Stone Island: says...
11:15pm Wed 20 Mar 13
canadianrover says...
11:20pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Norma_scock says...
11:20pm Wed 20 Mar 13
35yearSurrenderMonkeys says...
1 Every downsatirs cloaks in lancashire
2 Every siphonic dual flushing white microphone
3 Display items in the plumbing centre window and
4 Every faucet bidet and Urinal at the thought of being used for washing your underpants in.
I in particular had to chuckle at you munters shouting to one another, every time you pull this handle it delivers more water to drink. In future we will put instructions on the doors.
Blinding
12:08am Thu 21 Mar 13
burnleyglentoran says...
Well said that man!
BURNLEY FC - TOP DOGS IN EAST LANCS
12:10am Thu 21 Mar 13
riversidefan says...
12:10am Thu 21 Mar 13
maggie-T says...
12:14am Thu 21 Mar 13
riversidefan says...
12:19am Thu 21 Mar 13
maggie-T says...
12:20am Thu 21 Mar 13
riversidefan says...
12:21am Thu 21 Mar 13
maggie-T says...
12:22am Thu 21 Mar 13
maggie-T says...
12:31am Thu 21 Mar 13
maggie-T says...
12:33am Thu 21 Mar 13
maggie-T says...
The problems did not start with Venkeys taking over, rather the issues were that the Walker family did not want to back BRFC in the manner that 'Our Jack Walker' did.
The demise began from when the family of Jack walker were not prepared to back BRFC in the manner that OUR Jack Walker would have expected.
The family had been trying to sell BRFC secretly just after the death of Jack Walker.
The problems of BRFC started from that point onwards.
BRFC waited for many months / years to find some buyers but to no avail.
It seemed no one wanted to buy the club. Eventually Venkeys bought the club.
Actually BRFC were fortunate that Venkeys did buy as there did not seem to be any other interest at all.
BRFC had no choice as the family of Jack Walker wanted to get rid of the (BRFC) family jewels.
We need to get used to the idea that foreigners own our football clubs,
If the people of Blackburn were so interested why did we not come up with a plan for the club together with the Jack Walker foundation and family.
Unfortunately, the Walker family were not interested in selling to the people as they would have not got much money from the people of Blackburn.
And the Walker family sold as they knew it was time to stop bank rolling BRFC and get as much as they possibly could , which they did and have now disappeared. away from BRFC.
12:35am Thu 21 Mar 13
maggie-T says...
12:35am Thu 21 Mar 13
burnleyglentoran says...
then,
look down - league one beckons...........
12:43am Thu 21 Mar 13
Stone Island: says...
12:47am Thu 21 Mar 13
riversidefan says...
1:08am Thu 21 Mar 13
BRFC75 says...
1:11am Thu 21 Mar 13
BRFC75 says...
om
2:01am Thu 21 Mar 13
rovers82 says...
I only blame those people who doesn't do their job right, and those are the people who decided to sell our club to chicken farmers
shouldn't they do a better background check before that??
3:04am Thu 21 Mar 13
jim 2012 says...
or what the media put in there papers its just an opinion nothing more
but a lot of blackburn supporters had the pi@@ taken out of them by managers at the club the ramblings of steve kean are well documented
berg and appleton couldn't get it right so venkys rightly or wrongly took action
to try and halt the slide down the league in my opinion was the right thing to do
5:59am Thu 21 Mar 13
whappen says...
They run a successful business, made commitments and promises which seemed honourable enough. One was they wouldn't change the management structure of the club. That went out the window in a matter of weeks and would have been when the bells started ringing; by then it was too late.
No one could have predicted they were going to be useless at running a football club or that they were liars.
As for the Andt Cryer piece quoted by one of our dingle friends; that was his opinion and is flawed. The Walker Trust (not "Foundation" BTW) had not been putting in much money, if any, for some time yet the club had been bobbing along quite nicely thankyou. We would have been relegated eventually, it is the way of things with a club this size.
They may well ave been trying to sell the club but that in itself did not have an adverse effect.
I've had to wait before selling my car; it didn't immediately break down the moment I put an ad in Auto Trader though.
6:36am Thu 21 Mar 13
Dublin rover says...
6:41am Thu 21 Mar 13
Roverthere says...
6:51am Thu 21 Mar 13
Roverthere says...
Now we need to support the team, the club and GB as one, and finish mid table above the 34's
7:00am Thu 21 Mar 13
philmoulden says...
most scum have never witnessed a scum win against Rovers . No wonder theres so much bitterness spouted from your tongues . To US Rovers fans its very nice indeed to feel the utopia of a result against you lot , its the norm for us every time we play you ,,its so so wonderful it feels like heaven . That goal from Dunny against ten men felt just as sweet as ALL the others ,if not sweeter coming from a local lad and fan . It really does,nt get any better for us . 1979 i was 19 and know how it feels to lose to you bstds . most Blackburn fans these days dont know that feeling , i KNOW how you feel .
I actually feel sorry for you .
t,up Rovers
7:45am Thu 21 Mar 13
1952 rover says...
7:50am Thu 21 Mar 13
Harwoodstblue says...
7:53am Thu 21 Mar 13
maltese blue n white says...
7:55am Thu 21 Mar 13
Harwoodstblue says...
34 yrs superiority and still counting.
7:57am Thu 21 Mar 13
1952 rover says...
SO YES HE DID CONTACT ME. OK
8:08am Thu 21 Mar 13
Harwoodstblue says...
8:08am Thu 21 Mar 13
Mill Hill Mob says...
clueless classless classless clueless classless clueless clueless
You must have most of the pages in your scruffy little Dingle Dictionary missing because you only seem to know a couple of words!
Change the record!
8:21am Thu 21 Mar 13
Harwoodstblue says...
8:25am Thu 21 Mar 13
lusorover says...
These are the same journalists that called us fans scum for protesting at Steve Kean.
An apology would be very welcome but I am not holding my breath.
Only Henry Winter of the Daily Telegraph ever showed any interest and sympathy for Rovers fans' plight
8:32am Thu 21 Mar 13
BlueSkies says...
They don't know how to run a football club and furthermore don't appear to care. Do they talk to anyone at all?
This situation isn't about to get any better with these goons in control.
The circus is still in town with more thrills and spills to entertain, yet to come.
8:36am Thu 21 Mar 13
Harwoodstblue says...
8:56am Thu 21 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington says...
8:58am Thu 21 Mar 13
fanny.tickler. says...
9:05am Thu 21 Mar 13
Mill Hill Mob says...
I can honestly say I've never gone over to one of your pages and posted a comment (feel free to check).
Yet you find the time in your worthless little life to come on here daily, posting over and over and over again about OUR club.
It really is true about Burnley isn't it - there's actually nothing better to do there.
Just go away the lot of you, we're bored of it!
9:21am Thu 21 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington says...
9:24am Thu 21 Mar 13
owd nick says...
As we lurch from one disaster to another under these clowns I am now pretty much convinced that the club that has been a significant part of my life for 43 years is nearing the end.
I am not too concerned that Appleton was sacked if truth be told, but the method of his dismissal is simply not acceptable and shouldn't be to any decent person.
To learn from the TV that you have been sacked then to be handed a letter by a secretary confirming it shows nothing less than cowardice from the person concerned.
And that person can only be Shebby the snake.
It's also quite obvious that the lack of spine and honour runs straight up the food chain to the top of the Venky's hierarchy, that is evident in the simple fact that they are reneging on Henning Bergs contract.
How many other contracts have been reneged on?
No understanding, gross incompetence, cowardice, morally bankrupt and totally out of touch with reality.
This one single episode proves beyond any reasonable doubt that Venky's are not fit and proper owners of our once great club.
9:33am Thu 21 Mar 13
Dublin rover says...
9:36am Thu 21 Mar 13
Angry From Accrington says...
9:45am Thu 21 Mar 13
owd nick says...
But there are ways of doing things in a civilised society that obviously don't apply in India.
10:14am Thu 21 Mar 13
fanny.tickler. says...
11:43am Thu 21 Mar 13
Gammon Flap says...
Beyond deluded.
12:10pm Thu 21 Mar 13
French Rover says...
Burnley where?
worse than the Rovers
and full of air
good for smashing up toilets
and shops in their own town
worse than the Rovers
and soon to be going down
their chairman got parachute cash
and spent almost every penny
tried to buy some class (haha)
but Claret Monkeys never had any
just about ready to sell their charlie
best player going can you parlez
yes burnley fc
will always be
Worse than the Rovers
1:14pm Thu 21 Mar 13
madari says...
You certainly are an intellegent twank, What on earth has he above article got to do with the `Mighty Clarets`?? Below is what you should be losing sleep over:
4 points off the bottom three
9 games left to play
4 home
5 Away
Come the 4 th of M,ay at Birmingham relegation becons...PNE Accy Stanley here we come with the bolywood party ...hahahaha!! party time it wil be for sure here at the Turf that day...hhahahaha!!!
It all leads to one direction,,,,relegat
ion...hahahahaha!!!!
1:17pm Thu 21 Mar 13
j bee says...
1:43pm Thu 21 Mar 13
ashman says...
The fans have been blaming the owners for a long time now and the ridiculed us for doing so. Now they agree with us!!!!!!!! well thanks but no thanks.
The media have the luxury of saying things like they do, we as fans dont, we know what the last 2 years have been like not them.
4:30pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Fan@clared says...
5:15pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Dublin rover says...
5:39pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Harwoodstblue says...
8:05pm Thu 21 Mar 13
jim 2012 says...
we know most burnley fans that infest this board
have one less brain sell than a ameba but this one really is taking
his level of intelligence to a new low
11:31pm Thu 21 Mar 13
merlinrabbit says...
12:17am Fri 22 Mar 13
goldfinger59 says...
9:18pm Fri 22 Mar 13
handyamBRFC says...
Top players do not always make good managers.!
def the case with R Keane.
Unfortunately, as a manager, Roy keane is and has been a total failure.
Managing requires different skills and attributes. It is evident that Roy Keane does not have those.
for example:
he still thinks hes a top player
but reality is he's not anymore
and still he does not see himself as retired...!!
he still thinks like the top player he was with quality players around him.
Actually, even at Man UTD where all are quality, it was common for Roy to get angry everyday with the players.
This increased towards the end of his career so much that Fergy. had to safe guard his other players and hence Roy had to go.
he has bought many players as a manager but most have been bad buys.
he rarely made a good choice with players bought most were average or not good enough..!
He has very poor financial sense.
his track record at buying players is very poor.
he gets angry very quickly.
he easily falls out with his players
if he does not get on with players.
he gets angry & he sidelines too many players.
In fact, Roy has fallen out with too many players and likely always to fall out with other human being and players because of his personality adn fiery temper & he wants all his way
so much that he would disregard or banish players. He would never play them again.
Hence with all the previous teams he has managed he has managed to have more players that he would not play again then those actually left to choose from. ....!!!!!!
He is a hot head and likely to fall out at any time, he is not dependable, he has no successful management record, & def. not BRFC management material.
We need stability, and success.
above all else we need a manger who can get on with all concerned especially winning over the fans and uniting everyone at the club.
We need someone to bring in quality players from the Uk and abroad. someone with connections to clubs and players.
We need someone who can take us back to the Premier and that requires someone who is hard working, someone who is not coming only for money, someone who can lead by example, someone who is motivated, someone who can deliver the results required by all fans, someone with charisma, style and passion.
always
Arte et Labore