Kean’s out, new search begins.

 

After months of venting anger & frustration at the Scot formerly in charge at Ewood, he finally resigned on Friday. True to recent history at Rovers, it came completely out of the blue, the evening before an away match at Charlton.

It seemed as though nothing short of the end of the world would convince Kean to go. Hostile fans, relegation, top players departing, contracts freezing players out. The list goes on. We will likely never find out the 100% truth behind Kean’s resignation, and in some quarters, frankly, who cares? He’s gone and now it’s time to get on with looking to the future.

Quite rightly, Rovers have indicated they are ‘in no rush’ to appoint a successor. Make no mistake, this decision will have a huge impact on the direction of Rovers season. Venky’s absolutely must get this decision spot on. So far the claims have been made of the younger end of the spectrum such as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer along with former Ewood favourites Henning Berg and Tim Sherwood being touted.

Purely from a personal preference, I wouldn’t like any to see any of the younger names get the role (perhaps one exception – MK Dons boss Karl Robinson). I’d prefer an older been-there-done-that head, someone who really knows what it takes to sort out a horrendous mess and get things back in order. One name that springs to mind is (as much as I dislike the guy) Leeds boss Neil Warnock. Just one guy’s opinion.

Hopefully, that poisonous atmosphere around Ewood will begin to evaporate and return to it’s formerly much more harmonious incarnation. Reports suggest that there was a late surge in ticket sales for the Charlton game, and even a queue at the ticket office Saturday and Sunday for tonight’s game against Forest. I guess we’ll see if the slump in attendances will begin a climb, whether today will be a one-off or whether people will wait to see who is appointed manager on a fulltime basis.

Whatever happens, one thing is clear. There is simply one goal - and that is promotion. The style of play is irrelevant, what matters is getting the most out of the playing staff to achieve that goal.