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Another odd one, but new owners with big ideas I suppose



Thoughts on betting market for replacement...over to you!

Pardew

Sigh

Football management is a funny old game! One I will never understand!

"decision taken as part of our ambitions and wider plans for the club"

a big name lined up?


already rumours of Big Sam to WHUFC

wow madness

Jol?

this.

hughton?

wtfffffffffffff

Worse decision than Newcastles last week imo.

They should move heaven and earth to get O'Neil imo, he might be tempted if they promise him the world to spend.

sad face

Megson must be nailed-on.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope not, just going sideways.



Surely with new owners (and not hating the club yet i.e Mike Ashley) making decisons like this they'll have someone lined up already?  Jol, or O'Neill

At least this will give Big Sam a little holiday before he takes over at Man Utd/Real Madrid/England

He should never had left Notts County.

I feel really really sorry for the slobbering walrus-chopped **** ;woohoo;

Larve it

Phil Brown seen in the Ewood car park wearing a turban and declaring a love for Bhangra, Shilpa Shetty and Slumdog Millionaire

terrible decision

Just read this from before this weekends fixtures:

Twelve points from six games puts Blackburn fourth in the Barclays Premier League form table


What more does he have to do!

Sure is

I think the new owners want a manager that doesn't get everyone to launch the ball into orbit every game.

I've never rated Allardyce and if Capello is recommending him as the future England manager gg England qualifying majors.

The Hughton sacking was miles worse.

Also Hodgson's a lucky man atm considering were only 1 point ahead of Blackburn.

This is a misperception about Blackburn. Just sayin'

not for sam allardyce teams, sticking a  6ft 8 centre half up front when u have recognised centre forwards on the bench isn't conducive for free flowing football

It depends what you are looking for in your football club Maldini.

The style of football that Allardyce and Pulis play will keep their sides in the premiership without too much danger. It will not entertain the fans or owners, but they will continue to survive and possibly thrive as a Premiership club. The style of football that good sides play (and you can include the likes of Bolton and West Brom in this) can not be implemented with the sort of ability of player that Blackburn and Stoke currently hold. West Ham and Wigan are proving as much. People say Blackpool are an exception to this rule but i'm not convinced their football is that good, they are just fantastically motivated and driven by a great manager with the tag of ultimate underdogs and nothing to lose.

If Blackburn's new owners are prepared to invest a hell of a lot of money to bring in the sort of player that can produce good football then fair enough re: the decision. But its an extremely risky move to sack Big Sam at this point in the season rather than at the end. It is their prerogative to do so if they want to be entertained but its such a gamble with the clubs future to do it now. They could go down if the wrong man is appointed.

There's a big difference between new owners coming in and changing manager because they don't like his style which is totally acceptable to sacking a manager who'd done a good job and replacing him with a manager who has done nothing to suggest he's better than the man he replaced other than he's the owners mate,not really sure how it's even close tbh.

Tomorrow's tabloids have the Blackburn owners wanting Maradona as the new manager


Apart from the LOL factor, there is a huge disconnect between what the new overseas owners want at these clubs and what historically has kept them in the Premier League. Presumably large amounts of sustained cash from these owners will overcome the huge hijacking of the cultures of these clubs

Is the 31,000 capacity not a bit of a stumbling-block to lofty aspirations?

We get 50,000 when we hate the owner and that doesn't seem to entice anyone decent to want us so maybe they have a different requirement ?

not if the new owners are prepared to accept annual trading losses. Of course if that ever ends, the club can be stuffed. A bit like Chelsea will be if Abramovic ever has had enougg.

lol Allardyce wanted Robbie keane in Jan, the owners told him to buy Kris Boyd and Geovanni  :D

I agree with this analysis in the main but only to the point where Fat Sam stops getting my praise as he has never produced another style. A few nice touches from Okocha aside (and Djorkaeff) and what evidence is there that Sam can do anything else?

Far more kudos to Coyle, Di Matteo, Holloway etc imo

Nah disagree, You say they will keep their teams up without too much danger, maybe 10 years ago not now. If Blackburn stuck with Allardyce they were going down, losing 7-1 and then a local derby and your team plays shite football cant argue with the owners wanting more. Blackburn fans also seem to be happy he's been sacked.

Blackpool play cracking football, they ARE fantastically motivated but they play attacking football and dont give a shit about reputations. They play a high temp, high pressing game which is working wonders for them atm.

Ill give you the point about the owners having to put a bit of money to improve the quality of football but the team he has now does have the ability to string 5 passes together.


Oh and he's fergies bum chum which pisses me right off

know idea what that means or what your trying to say

FMP

oh ok, im guessing your on about the hughton sacking. Yea that was the dumbest decision of the season by a country mile.

Next manager to go Grant? Hodgson?

BH said this was worse my post was to that but cba to quote :)

Neither of them will be at there current clubs by the end of the season.

Million!!!

Blackburn are a small club, small crowds and shit players.  Unless they spend vast amounts and get lucky with the people they bring in this will not change. Allardyce saved them when he came in and has been rewarded by some dillusional owners with the sack. Good luck Blackburn the only way is down.

This could be out-dated info, but don't Blackburn have the highest ratio of attendance to town/City population?

*In the Premier League

that's true, and its why buying the club has less upside than buying a club down on its luck where attendances could rocket if the city became energised.

They want a British manager who plays good football and get into the top 5. Who could they attract that gets close to fitting the bill?
Hoddle? McClaren? Hughes? O'Driscoll?

O'Neill's not working at the mo is he?

I was thinking the other day, I've not heard a word or seen him since he left Villa, vanished!

Blackburn Manager Market Update:

 Martin Jol 6.2, Steve Kean 8.8, Alan Curbishley 11, Martin O'Neill 11.5, Dave Jones 13, Diego Maradona 15

Not one of them would do better than SA on the same budget and group of players ready to inherit imo.

They do realise they bought Blackburn don't they!  Saying that there's only £5m available for signings when they took over hardly gave Sam a lot to work with.

They'll offshore it and some random will manage them from India

this x million

fwiw Blackburn wouldn't of gone down this year, but next season without an improved squad would of easily been one of the favs.

talks with Maradona confirmed

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/8202948/Venkys-reveal-talks-with-Diego-Maradona-about-Blackburn-Rovers-managers-job.html

not bringing anyone in until the summer? can't see it, would be really bizarre if true

They know maradonna isn't British right?

I think after the Hand of God he became an honorary Scotsman.

they do think it should be a top 4/5 club...surely 30k attendance and £5mill spending kitty is enough?

Karma, it'll teach me for mocking others instability, joke decisions and Scottish football. 

It'll be fun at least.

Surely Maradonna will just tell them to feck off?