Michael Appleton: Blackburn make approach for Blackpool boss

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Michael Appleton

Blackburn Rovers have approached Blackpool for permission to speak to Tangerines boss Michael Appleton about the managerial vacancy at Ewood Park.

Rovers sacked but have won their last three games under caretaker Gary Bowyer.

Appleton, 37, only joined Blackpool from Portsmouth

Rovers managing director Derek Shaw saidexternal-link: "He is the only candidate we have approached."

Appleton has only won two games since taking charge at Bloomfield Road, drawing eight and losing two, and has won just 15 games since making his managerial debut for Pompey in November 2011.

Blackpool's last win came against Blackburn on 15 December and the two sides are one place apart in the Championship table.

Rovers are in 13th place, five points short of the play-off places and one point above Blackpool.

A short Blackpool statementexternal-link confirmed that Rovers had made an approach for their manager.

Last week, Rovers global advisor Shebby Singh told BBC Radio Lancashire that the club wanted their next manager

Singh said: "If somebody has got the ambition, the knowledge and the experience, there will be people who will take the job.

"We are looking to offer a short-term contract with specific targets, and upon achieving those targets it will trigger a longer-term contract."

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  • Comment posted by fevrd, at 00:19 10 Jan 2013

    "We are looking to offer a short-term contract with specific targets, and upon achieving those targets it will trigger a longer-term contract."

    Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
    Straight out of Baldrick's Book Of Cunning Plans.

  • Comment posted by U14621928, at 23:17 9 Jan 2013

    From what planet are these Venkys from? Who in their right mind would give up a job to take a 6 month contract at a club that's on the slide?

  • Comment posted by Cockney White, at 00:48 10 Jan 2013

    @33 You'd have to be a recluse not to be familiar with your recent history! What BRFC was screaming out for was stability & unity, yet your supporters undermined Kean, & therefore the club, at every turn. Kean maintained his dignity throughout & the end product of that loathsome behaviour was the alienation of BRFC fans from their peers, whereas previously most had no opinion of BRFC either way.

  • Comment posted by ashtongatejim, at 00:44 10 Jan 2013

    The thing I always felt with Blackburn is once they entered this season with Kean they should've stuck with him. He wasn't doing that badly when he was sacked, certainly better than Berg did.

    If Kean was sacked over the summer then they could've taken time to replace him, and got the right person in. Instead, they delayed the inevitable and showed their ineptitude again.

  • Comment posted by Football_understand, at 23:23 9 Jan 2013

    Blackburn lol, you just have to laugh

  • Comment posted by U14352677, at 23:13 9 Jan 2013

    WBA fan here. Don't do it Michael! Yes, they probably have a larger fanbase than Blackpool but they're so poorly run it's beyond a joke. The now abandoned pub opposite my house is run more appropriately than that club, and they went out of business two years ago!

    You deserve better than that, Michael!

  • Comment posted by U15568579, at 00:36 10 Jan 2013

    Has anyone told the Venkys that the highly rated, passionate and proven manager with promotion credentials has actually left Blackpool or do they think Holloway is still there? I am sure Appleton is a good guy but why go from one unproven risk to another, then another. Doing the same but expect different results??? Er madness

  • Comment posted by umpteenth_time_user save 606, at 23:37 9 Jan 2013

    The venkys have a thing about bald, unproven managers.

    Blackburn have possibly the worst fans in the country, so its appropiate their club is run so badly.

  • Comment posted by bobbynoble, at 00:45 10 Jan 2013

    Pep Guardiola was seen in a pub in Oswaldtwistle tonight. It was thought that he was on his way to Accrington, but perhaps not.

  • Comment posted by U15112941, at 09:17 10 Jan 2013

    A new beginning is needed. It should be a requirement of membership of the Prem and the Leagues that a nominated member of a clubs fan club must be a board member and if the board is larger than 6 members then it should be 2 fan club members. At the moment the fans have no say whatsoever in the running of the club they follow often for life.

  • Comment posted by bilbo, at 08:46 10 Jan 2013

    Sad to see the mess that Venky's are making of Blackburn

  • Comment posted by U15568683, at 08:43 10 Jan 2013

    As a life long Blackburn fan I feel I can speak on behalf of everyone else who have been true blues that we are hitting our head against a brick wall!!!!!! We are never adressed by Venyey's nor told what is going on with OUR club. I would not mind but I think I could do a better job and would prob say I have spent more time myself exploring the world of football manager over the years!!!!!

    COYB

  • Comment posted by U15568657, at 07:47 10 Jan 2013

    Two clubs have owners who are ruining both clubs. Appleton as manager bizzare choice has no record to cheer about.

  • Comment posted by U15420107, at 06:08 10 Jan 2013

    Not had long enough at Blackpool to say how good he is,Gary Bowyer has a better record God help you.

  • Comment posted by U9348939, at 05:36 10 Jan 2013

    Appleton is a great move by Blackburn. Forget about his abysmal record. Its unimportant. He has lost every dressing room on day one...so what? He loves chicken and that is what counts. As manager he must force the players to eat more chicken. that is the way out of trouble.

  • Comment posted by U15568616, at 03:05 10 Jan 2013

    I had to endure Shebby Singh when he worked for ESPN in Singapore - the mute button was much used on my remote as the man was utterly clueless and out of his depth. I feel sorry for Blackburn - they have someone as director of football who loves shooting his mouth off before thinking,undermines his manager & players at every opportunity. Isn't he accountable for his all failures so far ?

  • Comment posted by U15509910, at 02:08 10 Jan 2013

    Mark Hughes is out of a job?

    Joking aside, no-one else is going to hire him any time soon, and no-one else with a brain cell is going to take the Blackburn job for a while. Match made in heaven.

  • Comment posted by U15568581, at 00:58 10 Jan 2013

    i don't blame bowyer for not pouncing on that job! Six Month contract and high posibility of the sack if it doesn't go his way. As he said in interviews him and mcphilips arnt stupid they have actually got each other for guidance. Im ashamed personally, im not a protester like these other stupid rovers fans i know what im on about, i didn't want kean out in the end but i didnt want this !

  • Comment posted by U15568581, at 00:47 10 Jan 2013

    there is a cancer running through the core of the club especially behind the scenes. What is this global advisor playing at im actually that disgusted that im no longer going to use his name. And this global advisor needs to look very closely because our caretaker manager has one more games than appleton is just three matches. God give me strength! 6 month contract aswell ... who in the right mind

  • Comment posted by bobbynoble, at 00:26 10 Jan 2013

    @24
    What have you got against KFC?

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