Andy Bayes
Sports Editor at BBC Radio Lancashire
45, Husband, Dad and Sports Editor @BBCLancsSport. Supporter of @GaryParkyTrust @TrustLen & #allforrio. @NWFAwards Broadcaster of the year 2019 & 2022.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Andy Bayes
With 11 games remaining and fans dreaming of a further three, the prospect of losing your leading scorer for all of them is a sizeable blow. Andi Weimann has proved to be one of Blackburn Rovers' key signings of last summer. He turned 33 just as the season started and had spent most of the close season as a free agent. Nine goals later (in all competitions), without playing in the traditional number nine role, he's made a firm case for a new deal.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Andy Bayes
Rightly or wrongly, first impressions are really important to me. In 26 years in the industry, I've lost count of how many new managers or head coaches I've been privileged to speak to. The first meeting is generally a pooled interview or press conference, and it's only when things get to a week or so in, that faces become familiar and a level of trust can hopefully be established.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Andy Bayes
It's a fifth spell in English football for Valerien Ismael - his fourth as a head coach following his time as a Crystal Palace player more than 25 years ago. He's been out of management for just under a year after a 40-match tenure at Watford came to end in March 2024 and inherits a Blackburn Rovers team that sits sixth with a dozen games to go. The contract might be long-term (three years), but the short-term objective is clear - secure a play-off spot.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Andy Bayes
Blackburn Rovers' search for a new head coach has reached the stage of face-to-face interviews, following on from phone and video calls. It's hoped that an appointment will be made, if at all possible, before Rovers play Norwich at Ewood Park on Saturday (12:30 GMT). They began with back-to-back 2-0 wins over West Bromwich Albion and Plymouth, however Rovers slipped to sixth in the Championship table after a 3-0 defeat at Swansea on Saturday.
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2 months ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Andy Bayes
The wait for a head coach goes on at Blackburn Rovers. It's been two weeks since John Eustace first heard of Derby's interest to take him from Ewood Park to Pride Park and well over a week since he said his goodbyes in Lancashire and joined the Rams. His departure could have set the players back. It hasn't. The togetherness that Eustace so often preached has never been so evident. Back-to-back 2-0 victories have been both convincing and comprehensive.
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