Certainly Cantwell, around 12 months ago - he had a few options available to him, but JE sold him the club / role / etc.

Set your expectations lower. You’ll probably still end up disappointed but it won’t feel so bad.

Yep! You really don't understand journalism or have a clue how it works do you? Do you really think John Eustace applying for a job at another club merited publishing a story in a serious publication? Maybe there would have been a story if it had been Pep, Klopp, Arteta etc Did you see reports anywhere about the other jobs we are given to understand Eustace was interested in (Coventry, PNE, Stoke, WBA)? There are a number on this MB who pick things up from various sources who posted about Eustace applying for other jobs There is a plethora of behind-the-scene activities and matters in a football club at any one time with very few of these seeing the light of day in media/press for various reasons. Even at a local level, Bayes and, to a lesser degree, Jackson will have a knowledge of the many behind-the-scene activities and matters at Rovers but you will not see these in the LT or aired on BBC Lancashire, again for various reasons.

Goodo. Looking forward to who the next Rudy Gestede randomer rocks up at Brockhall. I'm surprised there haven't been any links with anyone else from the J-League, or was that John Parks work to get Yuki in last summer?

it`s all lies,spin and gravytrain riding,until the rotten core are overthrown it`s always going to be this way

I know this was a rhetorical question but I can’t say I love modern football one little bit.

Gonna rematch the 3 stooges video to see what else was promised

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25055813.blackburn-contract-talks-futures-three-key-players/ This was Gestede quoted on 1st April. Nearly 3 months on and total and utter failure to do any of what he was talking about. Giving Forshaw another year all he has managed.

There is your right my point was he would/should have known this before taking the job….as stated it is all for there to see and played out publicly by JDT

Every time I see this topic as a "red hot thread" I think we've signed someone 😪

You don't give up a secure job when sat in the top 6 in February, in with a shot of becoming a Premier League manager, and gamble your career and reputation on an uphill struggle to avoid League One at skint Derby unless you are desperate to get away. Somehow I don't believe that the hours drive it saved was the crucial factor. Something deeply, deeply wrong behind the scenes and has been for a while and 'alignment' isn't the word for it Funny how travel keeps cropping up here as a reason for people leaving. Convenient because location is one thing the wretches cannot affect or control yet doesn't appear to be the issue at any other North West club. They make out like we are Plymouth, Norwich or some other distant backwater.

still concentrating on the lower intestines of european football,no doubt there will be links to someone this week

Got to be honest... If we were looking to spunk 8 million on a striker from the MLS I'd be pretty concerned to be honest. It just simply doesn't look like sensible business. Whilst I'd like Rovers to be showing more ambition I certainly wouldn't want them to be gambling big money on unproven players from shite leagues. Picking up players for 2-3 million I would argue is the way most championship clubs should be operating, with the exception of yoyo clubs. How many players are you going to sign in the championship that you can sell for massive money? Not many. If they sign this guy for 8 million what are the chances they could sell him for double? Not great IMO.

Aligned for now yes but lets not forget he was on the scrapheap for 12 months so he'll be aligned to the wage more than anything. I'm sure he'll be delighted if we are in 4th place in January and he gets a loan from Sunderland reserves and a 500k kid to develop from Southampton.

So a well respected journalist had information that wasnt reported anywhere else and instead of publishing a story, he told you?

Not sure man who responded read the most important bit of my post these managers know what their are getting into at rovers….so Iv little sympathy for any of them

So have we had any more links to players or are we now just debating Eustace and Derby again?

And if the coach is asking for players that the club says they can't afford,and swaps the play offs for a relegation battle, has he engineered a move? I'm guessing the truth lies somewhere in between,and highlights my initial post. Gestede and Ismael being aligned on transfers is the most important thing for Rovers this summer.

Seemingly Derby are preparing to spend big on a striker. Meanwhile Our DOF has proudly delivered the inspiring message that the days of us parting with a large fee for a player are over. I'd suggest that has a bit more to do with it than the respective distances from his doorstep.

The Plymouth one is not bullsh1t! I posted about it before when all the stuff was going on about Eustace. I am not going to name the respected journalist who told me this but if you knew his identity then you would not be so dismissive. By the way, did you ever track down Dyche in La Manga where you claimed him to be at the same time he passed me by in Brockhall!?!?

mowbray was happy to do that,he`d probably still be here if the chicken killers had offered him a new contract,any manager with any ambition,they are out of brockhall pretty sharpish when the truth of the scenario reveals itself,i expect val to do the same,he does`nt appear to be someone who will work with idiots

Chansiri is at least prepared to engage with the Press and Supporter groups...what the feck have we got other than complete silence?

Bullshit and you know it is 😉 He never applied for the Preston Job either, more nonsence.

I wonder how far away we are from this? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/28/sheffield-wednesday-financial-crisis-football-championship-dejphon-chansiri

Yep it wasn't the fans or lack of them, it wasn't to be closer to home although no doubt that was a handy bonus, it wasn't the group of players they loved him and he loved them. So i wonder what it was ?