Simon Garner: 'My top five picks for the Rovers job' (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Riverside 7 wrote:
I just cannot understand how Tim Sherwood can be Simon Garner's first choice.
Serwood has had no managerial experience whatsoever.

He may be highly regarded as technical advisor at Spurs but that doesn't mean he will make a good manager.

Remember Brian Kidd & Ray Harford - both excellent coaches but they could not make the step up to manager.
And let us not forget Steve Kean - another coach with no managerial experience.

It has got to be OGS and quick bcause I am sure Bolton are thinking along the same lines.
I just hope that we haven't wasted the past 14 days and now need to get our new man in place by early next week so he has time to prepare the squad for Derby next Saturday.

Chrissaces wrote:
Guys, I'm with all the comments above... Venkys should only have 1 man they seriously want on that shortlist, and it has to be Ole!

I really fear they are going to put someone like sherwood or shearer in the hotseat... While this is nice as a gesture to give them a proper chance in football management, and a cheaper option probably, I see it turning sour if they oversee a couple of early losses (seen to not be up to being a manager)... Where as Ole would be seen as more proven success in management just 'getting his squad sorted'

I just want to see venkys actually do something, speak to us about your intentions... Or have you literally not got a single fcuking clue what you are doing??'

Markhecky wrote:
The talk was steve kean getting sacked,any normal company lines a replacement up not brfc.its quite obvious the pillock resigning was a big shock to them,thats why we r still in a quandary about a replacement.only us,god help us.

Harwoodstblue wrote:

Chrissaces wrote:
Guys, I'm with all the comments above... Venkys should only have 1 man they seriously want on that shortlist, and it has to be Ole!

I really fear they are going to put someone like sherwood or shearer in the hotseat... While this is nice as a gesture to give them a proper chance in football management, and a cheaper option probably, I see it turning sour if they oversee a couple of early losses (seen to not be up to being a manager)... Where as Ole would be seen as more proven success in management just 'getting his squad sorted'

I just want to see venkys actually do something, speak to us about your intentions... Or have you literally not got a single fcuking clue what you are doing??'

I think Venkeys are disgusting for not speaking to the people who pay their hard earned money to support the club........Just who do they think they are.

blueblooded wrote:
So good to see all fans on here singing from the same hymn sheet on this issue.

Ole Gunnar +1 from me too, but I'd be happy with Schuster too if OGS wont come.

Forever-Blue wrote:
Sorry Guys, but your all going to be upset, as the next manager of BRFC wil be :

Gary Flitcroft.

Watch this space.

Rovers1975 wrote:
Tick tock tick tock.....

Keans been gone 2 weeks now and Rovers have been linked with just about every manager, ex manager, young manager, wannabe manager and ex player, yet we are still left dangling without the first clue of who it might be. Once again Venkys and their cronies prove their complete and utter amateurishness and failure at running a football club. What the f00k is going on!? I realise this is a very big decision but surely they can shortlist 3 or 4 of the best candidates, interview them, make a decision, employ a proper manager and try to redeem some of the mayhem and shambles they have created over the last 2 years! Whats the odds we will have to wait another couple of weeks whilst Singh talks more political spin only to watch in horror as they make yet another catastrophic decision and we're back to square one!

wolsty wrote:
seems like the OLD OLD story they will do what ever she says,just a thought shebby if by any chance you lot dont listen I for one will still stay away from EWOOD until a PROVEN MANAGER INSTALLED whoever it is but not BLACK OR HENDRY or FLITCROFT

wolsty wrote:
seems like the OLD OLD story they will do what ever she says,just a thought shebby if by any chance you lot dont listen I for one will still stay away from EWOOD until a PROVEN MANAGER INSTALLED whoever it is but not BLACK OR HENDRY or FLITCROFT

wolsty wrote:
seems like the OLD OLD story they will do what ever she says,just a thought shebby if by any chance you lot dont listen I for one will still stay away from EWOOD until a PROVEN MANAGER INSTALLED whoever it is but not BLACK OR HENDRY or FLITCROFT

kazluvsrovers wrote:
Black will be in charge for the Derby game, if he gets 3 points he will be the
new manager.........Plea

se sell us on Venkys before we follow in the footsteps of PNE..

Dingle Infiltrator wrote:
KEAN WAS TOO GOOD FOR YOU

And so is Jimmy Savile - dead or alive

At least Jimmy had a bit of get up and go about him, not like Eric Black and that deadbeat Hendry

Dingle Infiltrator wrote:
Just who is Simon Garner? Seems like a man of very low intelligence to me...He says of Roy Keane:

"They need someone to tell them exactly how it is and to not be bullied by his bosses. Keane is that man. "

And Keane wouldn't bully them at all would he?

And then his best idea? To appoint Tim Deadwood, a no good selfish lout who will fall out with players quicker than Nzonzi chinned that bald Alkie Steve Kean

On Deadwood "I would be all for breaking the bank to bring him to the club."

BREAK THE BANK ON THAT PR*ICK? You mug Garner. Deadwood is utter filth of a person and is so thick he finds Jamie Redknapp a good conversationalist.

But Garner's best comment comes later where he manages to contradict himself in one sentence.

"People say he (Sherwood) is inexperienced but I don’t agree. Maybe he has not managed before...."

Garner, the reason people say Deadwood is inexperienced is because he has no experience. NO EXPERIENCE. Zero. So you disagree all you like.

They say you get what you deserve and you mongolids deserve what Garwood is advocating. Good luck in administration

modan wrote:
Venky are offering £2 million a year salary for the manager and i want the right man for the job this time. I want Redknapp or Shewrwood for the vacant manager's post.The fans need to get behind this new manager and Venky must listen to fans.The Club was heading in wrong direction under Kean,he spent a lot of money buying rubbish players .The club got relegated .This is a great club and fantastic fans BRFC was in the premier league for total of 18 years wiinning title in 1995.BRFC is big club in a small town,Venky must spend big money to compete with likes of Sunderland,QPR,Fulha

m and West Ham.We might not compete with the likes of Man City,Chelsea,Spurs,L

iverpool,Arsenal and Man Utd because these top six clubs have more incomes from gates and other revenues like sponsorship and merchanise deals.Finally if any of fans think Venky should sell up then i will tell you now ,have you got £50 million to buy out this club ? Yes we are Asians we own lot of business in UK likes of Land Rover/ Jaguar,British Steel,Tetley Tea,Dr Reddy,New Look,Bestway Cash and Carry ltd,Accrol Papers,Northern Foods,Poundstrecher,

B&N,Voi Jeans,Caparo Groups,Euro Garages and many more.Britain's richest man is a Asian Mr Laxmi Mittal who owns the largst steel plants around the world.The Venkys are worth £2 Billion and they are one of the richest family in India.They bought this club from The Walker family of Blackburn and the Venky wrote of the Club's debt.Brfc was in the market for over two years no American or Arab buyers were intrested so the Indians have bought his great club because of the town's large Indian population.Bollywood or bust !

Harwoodstblue wrote:

modan wrote: Venky are offering £2 million a year salary for the manager and i want the right man for the job this time. I want Redknapp or Shewrwood for the vacant manager's post.The fans need to get behind this new manager and Venky must listen to fans.The Club was heading in wrong direction under Kean,he spent a lot of money buying rubbish players .The club got relegated .This is a great club and fantastic fans BRFC was in the premier league for total of 18 years wiinning title in 1995.BRFC is big club in a small town,Venky must spend big money to compete with likes of Sunderland,QPR,Fulha m and West Ham.We might not compete with the likes of Man City,Chelsea,Spurs,L iverpool,Arsenal and Man Utd because these top six clubs have more incomes from gates and other revenues like sponsorship and merchanise deals.Finally if any of fans think Venky should sell up then i will tell you now ,have you got £50 million to buy out this club ? Yes we are Asians we own lot of business in UK likes of Land Rover/ Jaguar,British Steel,Tetley Tea,Dr Reddy,New Look,Bestway Cash and Carry ltd,Accrol Papers,Northern Foods,Poundstrecher, B&N,Voi Jeans,Caparo Groups,Euro Garages and many more.Britain's richest man is a Asian Mr Laxmi Mittal who owns the largst steel plants around the world.The Venkys are worth £2 Billion and they are one of the richest family in India.They bought this club from The Walker family of Blackburn and the Venky wrote of the Club's debt.Brfc was in the market for over two years no American or Arab buyers were intrested so the Indians have bought his great club because of the town's large Indian population.Bollywood or bust !

2 billion eh.. Well why don't the tight assed bast*rds get there bloody hands in their pockets then ?

noddymcleod wrote:
Simon, you're usually a sensible chap, but Vialli ? Multi-millionaire comes to Blackburn to work for Venkys ?
Sherwood is a gamble, but an expensive one, he gets a million at Spurs, plus compensation to buy out his contract.
My bet is the cheapest option and that looks like Black.
Second best, some out of work hack - McCarthy, Coyle, Reid.
The OGS, Schuster, etc list is a repeat of the Ronaldhino, Beckham nonsense, it's just Shabby clowning around.
What odds on a coaching job for Ali ?

Angry From Accrington wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

modan wrote: Venky are offering £2 million a year salary for the manager and i want the right man for the job this time. I want Redknapp or Shewrwood for the vacant manager's post.The fans need to get behind this new manager and Venky must listen to fans.The Club was heading in wrong direction under Kean,he spent a lot of money buying rubbish players .The club got relegated .This is a great club and fantastic fans BRFC was in the premier league for total of 18 years wiinning title in 1995.BRFC is big club in a small town,Venky must spend big money to compete with likes of Sunderland,QPR,Fulha m and West Ham.We might not compete with the likes of Man City,Chelsea,Spurs,L iverpool,Arsenal and Man Utd because these top six clubs have more incomes from gates and other revenues like sponsorship and merchanise deals.Finally if any of fans think Venky should sell up then i will tell you now ,have you got £50 million to buy out this club ? Yes we are Asians we own lot of business in UK likes of Land Rover/ Jaguar,British Steel,Tetley Tea,Dr Reddy,New Look,Bestway Cash and Carry ltd,Accrol Papers,Northern Foods,Poundstrecher, B&N,Voi Jeans,Caparo Groups,Euro Garages and many more.Britain's richest man is a Asian Mr Laxmi Mittal who owns the largst steel plants around the world.The Venkys are worth £2 Billion and they are one of the richest family in India.They bought this club from The Walker family of Blackburn and the Venky wrote of the Club's debt.Brfc was in the market for over two years no American or Arab buyers were intrested so the Indians have bought his great club because of the town's large Indian population.Bollywood or bust !

2 billion eh.. Well why don't the tight assed bast*rds get there bloody hands in their pockets then ?

Possibly because they are conscious that there are still too many disrespectful individuals around the club, always too willing to make stupid and insulting statements like that one.

Dingle Infiltrator wrote:
KEAN WAS TOO GOOD FOR YOU

And so is Jimmy Savile - dead or alive

At least Jimmy had a bit of get up and go about him, not like Eric Black and that deadbeat Hendry

carribbian wrote:

Forever-Blue wrote: Sorry Guys, but your all going to be upset, as the next manager of BRFC wil be : Gary Flitcroft. Watch this space.

sky sports saying the same heavy money going on gary flitcroft to be the new manager .what happend to a experiance manager or is it just cost cutting

ronnie clayton wrote:
Please DO not underestimate Indian business people ,they are nobody`s fools, I am a Lancashire man through and through ,but I have lived and worked many years in Mumbai, ChennaI ,Dubai (a nearly Indian city) the Punjab, and their muslim neighbours in Karachi and Islamabad..

Indians are not all jiggly janglies ,not all waiters, Indians are VERY smart people, prepared to take losses in business as long as they are going in the right direction, Indians are good people, most Indians are good and decent folk.,and very intelligent.

Its not the Venkys fault it is the people giving them advice , they need people to give the VENKY`S Honest advice , believe me the Indians will very quickly find out the people that are giving bad advice and they will find out the ones providing honest advice and they will be relentless in their success in their business ,the only advice the Venkys have had so far is from people that are agents/investors/emp

loyees people that are looking for their own self gain , the Venkys (not Shebby) but the two lads have to go into town have a meeting and say ,right now how do we move on from here, with the Rovers faithful voice with them.

Dingle Infiltrator wrote:
KEAN WAS TOO GOOD FOR YOU

And so is Jimmy Savile - dead or alive

At least Jimmy had a bit of get up and go about him, not like Eric Black and that deadbeat Hendry

Harwoodstblue wrote:

Angry From Accrington wrote:

Harwoodstblue wrote:

modan wrote: Venky are offering £2 million a year salary for the manager and i want the right man for the job this time. I want Redknapp or Shewrwood for the vacant manager's post.The fans need to get behind this new manager and Venky must listen to fans.The Club was heading in wrong direction under Kean,he spent a lot of money buying rubbish players .The club got relegated .This is a great club and fantastic fans BRFC was in the premier league for total of 18 years wiinning title in 1995.BRFC is big club in a small town,Venky must spend big money to compete with likes of Sunderland,QPR,Fulha m and West Ham.We might not compete with the likes of Man City,Chelsea,Spurs,L iverpool,Arsenal and Man Utd because these top six clubs have more incomes from gates and other revenues like sponsorship and merchanise deals.Finally if any of fans think Venky should sell up then i will tell you now ,have you got £50 million to buy out this club ? Yes we are Asians we own lot of business in UK likes of Land Rover/ Jaguar,British Steel,Tetley Tea,Dr Reddy,New Look,Bestway Cash and Carry ltd,Accrol Papers,Northern Foods,Poundstrecher, B&N,Voi Jeans,Caparo Groups,Euro Garages and many more.Britain's richest man is a Asian Mr Laxmi Mittal who owns the largst steel plants around the world.The Venkys are worth £2 Billion and they are one of the richest family in India.They bought this club from The Walker family of Blackburn and the Venky wrote of the Club's debt.Brfc was in the market for over two years no American or Arab buyers were intrested so the Indians have bought his great club because of the town's large Indian population.Bollywood or bust !

2 billion eh.. Well why don't the tight assed bast*rds get there bloody hands in their pockets then ?

Possibly because they are conscious that there are still too many disrespectful individuals around the club, always too willing to make stupid and insulting statements like that one.

Disrespectful !!!.....As far as I'm concerned respect has to be earned in these parts, and Venkys' have done nothing to earn respect. The broken promises and lies and the way they have run a once proud club into the ground with their disastrous, unbelievable and catastrophic decisions, and you expect Rovers supporters to respect them. YOU can respect them all you want, but you my friend are in cloud cuckoo land.

ronnie clayton wrote:
Please DO not underestimate Indian business people ,they are nobody`s fools, I am a Lancashire man through and through ,but I have lived and worked many years in Mumbai, ChennaI ,Dubai (a nearly Indian city) the Punjab, and their muslim neighbours in Karachi and Islamabad..

Indians are not all jiggly janglies ,not all waiters, Indians are VERY smart people, prepared to take losses in business as long as they are going in the right direction, Indians are good people, most Indians are good and decent folk.,and very intelligent.

Its not the Venkys fault it is the people giving them advice , they need people to give the VENKY`S Honest advice , believe me the Indians will very quickly find out the people that are giving bad advice and they will find out the ones providing honest advice and they will be relentless in their success in their business ,the only advice the Venkys have had so far is from people that are agents/investors/emp

loyees people that are looking for their own self gain , the Venkys (not Shebby) but the two lads have to go into town have a meeting and say ,right now how do we move on from here, with the Rovers faithful voice with them.

Dingle Infiltrator wrote:
Just admit it

You got Venkys

You got Kean

You lost the great Kean

Now you're getting Alan Shearer

And he will send you into administration

jogalot wrote:
I just had a horrible realisation. I hope I am wrong.

Shebby is Global Advisor and has said that his remit is to get Rovers promoted this season. It follows, therefore, that he will not and indeed cannot allow a manager to have full control of footballing matters at Rovers. If he did, Shebby would no longer be able to directly influence the direction of the club. And he would, in effect, be abdicating from his Global Advisor role.

IMHO, no manager worth his salt will want his every daily decision scrutinised by someone with the power to say "Don't do that. Do something else." Normally the owners are not so intrusive and allow the manager to take care of all footballing matters until such time as results don't match their expectations. But the Global Advisor, even if Shebby says he is only there to support the manager, can intervene at any time at all.

I cannot see anybody but a desperate yes-man taking on such a manager's role. Even Kean didn't want it. So when Shebby says they are compiling a shortlist of the right 'type' of manager, I think that 'type' has got to be someone who will accept Shebby's power to be able to override or suggest otherwise at any time.

Venky's have allowed someone with no practical experience of English league football to run things. This is no better than JA running things. I can see manager contract negotiations dragging on for months and months because no manager with any self-respect or common sense will want to work in that kind of a setup.

Have I got it wrong?

modan wrote:

Dingle Infiltrator wrote:
Just admit it

You got Venkys

You got Kean

You lost the great Kean

Now you're getting Alan Shearer

And he will send you into administration

Well dinglehead if you think that Venky will go into administration you are the biggest clown in this side of planet.Look just around the Asian business around this part of Lancashire,Voi Jeans,Bestway cash & Carry,Accrol Papers,Euro Garages,New Look,Pounstrecher,B&
amp;
N,Northern Foods and many more creating jobs and prosperity in Lancashire.Around the UK British Steel,Land Rover/Jaguar,Tetley Tea,Caparo Group,Reliance Group,BP holdings,Euro Packaging,Laxmi Mittal richest man in UK who owns the world's largest steel plants around the world.Venky corpration is one of fastest growing company in India and expanding in Asia,Europe,South America and North America.What Venky has paid for BRFC is just a small change for them.BRFC is their little baby and the Venky will invest and will get the right manager who could guide them back to the Premiership where BRFC belong.Dont be a fool the Indian businessmen are very shrewd ,look how the Indian businessmen turn around Land Rover/Jaguar from a loss making company into a highly profitable company and expanded the Jaguar and Land Rover plants thus creating more jobs in UK where the Bristish and the American companies failed the Indian Company has shown how to run a successful company into a world leader.

Dingle Infiltrator wrote:

modan wrote:

Dingle Infiltrator wrote:
Just admit it

You got Venkys

You got Kean

You lost the great Kean

Now you're getting Alan Shearer

And he will send you into administration

Well dinglehead if you think that Venky will go into administration you are the biggest clown in this side of planet.Look just around the Asian business around this part of Lancashire,Voi Jeans,Bestway cash & Carry,Accrol Papers,Euro Garages,New Look,Pounstrecher,B&
amp;
amp;
N,Northern Foods and many more creating jobs and prosperity in Lancashire.Around the UK British Steel,Land Rover/Jaguar,Tetley Tea,Caparo Group,Reliance Group,BP holdings,Euro Packaging,Laxmi Mittal richest man in UK who owns the world's largest steel plants around the world.Venky corpration is one of fastest growing company in India and expanding in Asia,Europe,South America and North America.What Venky has paid for BRFC is just a small change for them.BRFC is their little baby and the Venky will invest and will get the right manager who could guide them back to the Premiership where BRFC belong.Dont be a fool the Indian businessmen are very shrewd ,look how the Indian businessmen turn around Land Rover/Jaguar from a loss making company into a highly profitable company and expanded the Jaguar and Land Rover plants thus creating more jobs in UK where the Bristish and the American companies failed the Indian Company has shown how to run a successful company into a world leader.

All of which matters not. Venkys could be multi billionaires or even trillionaires and that won't help your little club.

BRFC is a just a limited company and there is no law to say that the owners aren't obliged to bail it out when it goes tits up. They can walk away and let it die and the wonderful empire you talk of can still flourish.

And when they do, I will laugh. At you, at Hendry (not that he gives one solitary f*uck), at Shearer. And at the the memory of Steve Kean and Rao's pony tail.

unclejacklegend wrote:
3 of those 5 wouldn't even be in my top 10.