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Ferguson in line for Blackburn job
Duncan Ferguson is being considered for the job of manager at Blackburn Rovers.
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2 Posted 30/05/2022 at 12:52:43
3 Posted 30/05/2022 at 12:55:17
4 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:08:14
5 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:10:14
Because only someone of Zidane statue in the game means you start managing at the top. Even Frank and Wayne Rooney with all their experience of the Premier League and Europe, including many honours started in the Championship. Ferguson and Unsworth both need to start at a lower level.
6 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:10:56
7 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:13:30
8 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:18:02
My only negative is that he should have done this much earlier.
He's 50 now and has been warming the bench in terms of manager / coach status for many years wasting time, in my opinion.
Good luck to him though. The icon that was all the lost generation had to cling onto and a true adopted Evertonian.
9 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:19:03
10 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:41:10
I wonder if he's already had a nod and a wink from Blackburn? A wink he'll welcome. A nod invites an involuntary reflex response in the form of a Glasgow kiss.
11 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:46:53
12 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:52:11
13 Posted 30/05/2022 at 13:57:10
14 Posted 30/05/2022 at 14:13:24
Get out there Dunc and cut your teeth man, and do it quickly.
15 Posted 30/05/2022 at 14:14:02
16 Posted 30/05/2022 at 15:05:39
I wish him the best of luck, it would be a sight to behold him getting Blackburn promoted next year in the play off final.
17 Posted 30/05/2022 at 15:13:07
18 Posted 30/05/2022 at 15:14:54
19 Posted 30/05/2022 at 15:39:28
20 Posted 30/05/2022 at 16:30:26
21 Posted 30/05/2022 at 16:39:44
22 Posted 30/05/2022 at 16:43:00
23 Posted 30/05/2022 at 16:45:00
You don't get many of his kind in the players these days, Noble at West Ham is the only other one that comes close. We know he'd die for the club, which for some on this site seems to be a negative???
Interesting that people say he's taken too long to go it alone, there may be two very good reasons in that:
1. His obvious love and dedication to the place;
2. He's taken his time to learn from others, what to do from the best (Carlo) and what not to do from the dire (Benitez).
That experience could be invaluable rather than running headlong into it and getting the bullet straight away.
24 Posted 30/05/2022 at 17:57:14
But, I am a bit disappointed that he's stayed in a coaching capacity for so long. He's already 50 and far too old to suddenly become a very top manager, but he may do well at a Championship club.
I was put off him becoming our manager when he said that he favoured the 4-4-2 formation, and that just screams long ball football to me. I wish him all the luck in the world, though.
25 Posted 30/05/2022 at 18:14:04
26 Posted 30/05/2022 at 18:19:50
His first management job might possibly prove the beginning or the end for him, with little in between. He's had a huge experience of different managers afforded to few, in recent years (bad or not). If he can implement that learning, he could do very well. Good luck, if he goes for it.
27 Posted 30/05/2022 at 18:21:15
28 Posted 30/05/2022 at 18:51:20
29 Posted 30/05/2022 at 21:05:51
30 Posted 31/05/2022 at 13:47:52
31 Posted 31/05/2022 at 15:36:54
32 Posted 01/06/2022 at 08:33:45
He has a wealth of experience working with some pretty experienced managers which he could bring to a management job, but as (I think) Jamie mentions he seems to be suffering from a lack of confidence which is quite reasonable given he has been left out in the cold pretty much over the last 3 years or so.
Despite his bravado and bluster which we have all seen in the past, I think Duncan is probably quite a sensitive character and mentally may be suffering because of this. He is there as a potential asset, whoever is in the hot seat at Everton, but to be continually left on the sidelines can be pretty demotivating.
I noticed in the various video captures following our 3rd goal against Palace that his celebrations were, by his standards, pretty muted and he was not really embracing other touchline staff.
As I said, he seems a bit like the spare part left over from a flat-pack job so do hope he can get a real crack at a proper, as opposed to stand-in, management role, and wherever he goes, I will be watching the results.
33 Posted 01/06/2022 at 08:59:25
He's lucky – as long as Uncle Bill is here, he'll be looked after...
34 Posted 01/06/2022 at 09:05:42
35 Posted 01/06/2022 at 16:10:26
36 Posted 01/06/2022 at 16:40:56
37 Posted 09/06/2022 at 14:13:06
They are a great example on how bad Everton could become should we continue our shambolic performances on and off the pitch.
Avoid Duncan, there's better run clubs to take a chance with.
38 Posted 13/06/2022 at 15:02:50
39 Posted 13/06/2022 at 16:01:34
Who did get the Blackburn job, Joe?
40 Posted 13/06/2022 at 16:09:07
41 Posted 13/06/2022 at 16:34:25
42 Posted 13/06/2022 at 17:54:26
43 Posted 13/06/2022 at 18:08:04
Don't ask me why.
I don't think Duncan is interested in managing but I'd like to see him give it a go. I've not been a fan of calls for him to be Everton manager, but if he can go and prove himself, then maybe he's a future option.
Blackburn would have been, still could be a decent one to cut his teeth with.
44 Posted 14/06/2022 at 13:57:20
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