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Just to be clear, what's your raison D'aitre for hating Eustace? Is it because he said he was unaware of any interest from Derby before the Wolves Cup Tie or something? Have you never ever told a white lie to protect someone's feelings? Would you prefer he'd said 'Yeah, well, Im just in charge for today but I'll be off to Derby next week if I can't make any headway with the owners?"

Forgot it was the transfer deadline tomorrow. Never felt less enthusiasm

There’s more to it than a bit of routine maintenance I believe. I think there’s some legal/fire safety related work required with regards to the stands. I can’t quite remember the deadline we have to complete the work but it’s expensive, well over a million to complete it. I’ll ask my contact for more detail when I see him but it’s not optional work I know that.

Probably not, they've had 17 managers since

Szmodics was his one big success. Brittain/Hyam we paid decent money for and they've been good at times not so good at others. I appreciate most people like Tronstad. Let's see how he fares without Travis doing all the donkey work for him. We didn't do well when Travis was on loan at Ipswich. Too many disasters though- the two January transfer window debacles - Wahlstedt/Hirst/Telaloic/Ennis/O Riordan

It it was us (if we are honest) we’d love it, Eustace has exploited them and took a good player and signed players who have done well for him. If we raided Watford and took players who did well for Ismael would they call him a snake and bring inflatable snakes to ewood?

you mean like Eustace 😉🤔😂

Hit the jackpot with our fans it’s honestly embarrassing.

well clearly you do. Football clubs will have alot of players they look at and scout who are interest until we scouted them Ismael said actually he hasn't spoken to the player personally. Like I said yesterday, it could be case Gestede spoke to his agent and Sunderland but the deal isn't what we want. Ismael wanted Morishita all summer but has he said they did look at other options all summer.

Fully agree on this, personally couldn’t give a shiny shite about Derby. A lad in one of the group chats I am in said it was a dilemma the other night on whether he wanted Burnley or Derby to lose I mean wtf? Burnley to lose every game they play at every level regardless of opponent, it’s that simple. Eustace has been well backed for what it’s worth, he really needs to achieve now or he will come under pressure. I do however believe a fair few of the players signed are average, I’d much prefer their current attacking options to ours though unless Gudjohnsen ends up like his old man.

Maybe Ismael is lying!

Its a well written summation about our current predicament Ian,it is all about Club Austerity and its self inflicted limitation's.There is no hope of a crack at Promotion,there wont even be an attempt to better last Season's League position.The powers that be have zero interest in our 150th year. Transitional! cry the gullible,yet again depressing thoughts rise in my Mind...what's the point of it all?. Another shit Weekend down 'owd Ewood way.

He literally said yesterday rovers were interest in Browne and Val said we aren’t not sure what more proof is required there

No I dont think that, stop being patronising. But it doesnt mean that all of his stories are accurate. Take Browne. Ismael was unaware of any interest whatsoever. Take Smit. The Go Ahead Eagles journalist said the club had heard of no interest. Take Afolayan. And probably Gassama. We clearly were waiting on Morishita all summer.

Thanks for the reply Duncan 👍

My Glasgie mate just messaged me, said exactly the same, I replied that it's a good reset for the Teddy's. Hoops win the league again. Martin gone by Christmas.

did he ever say we would sign any them? yet again people like you misread his stories and confused/misunderstand our interest in a player that we will deffo sign them. That your problem as always RF99

From my limited interactions I’d say Gestede conducts himself professionally and shows basic manners, which is a step up. However, people whose word I trust tell a very different story when it comes to their interactions. I’m a lot less interested in what he has to say than Suhail as I’m a lot more concerned about what’s going on off the pitch (Suhail’s remit) than on the pitch (Gestede’s remit), and any on pitch problems are likely to have a root cause of Suhail anyway. That said, much of what he has come out and said publicly isn’t great. He appears happy to dumb down under his mates instructions. The clubs stance against Travis supposedly refusing to play seems highly hypocritical on his part.

Would you like to buy some magic beans?

We have wage budget and you have to stay within that Just like every football club and business as told. I don't think Ismael does he is told but he is actually aligned with Gestede and Owen in trying to build a squad in what he actually wants like centre midfielder like Baradji who can box to box and score goals. I think your opinion that Ismael is yes man is total bollocks. The cub have backed Ismael with 8 signings and spending money more than the original transfer budget(which was £5m according to Fans Forum meetings)

Hes also got a lot wrong this window. Including Alan Browne, Armstrong, Smit, Afolayan, Gassama and Pye.

So not even an attempt at an explanation forthcoming about how we ended up with various sets of minutes coming out of the last meeting or how the sanitised/edited/enhanced version was apparently agreed with the Club? Brush it under the carpet and hope it's forgotten? Back to tea and biscuits and the Club saying "We'll look into it" to everything?

What are you going on about now? he has had stories spot on about Rovers like Gudjohnsen coming here ??? Let's see how the next 25 hours 9 mins pans out Rovers wise and football wise Its deadline day/48 hours before the window closes, anything can happened as we witness in football.

Irony being most in Ewood would aim their anger at Eustace, Travis and co. Rather than those sat just above Jack Walkers old seat.

I never met him so I can't comment. You have met a few times and you are much better to comment on this. Have you met Gestede at these FF meetings and what is he like?