That's not me who is saying that no idea why my username is quoted as saying it

No we are not but the Venkies dream to be as soon as they can. Why donthey not just do one. It is onvious they have no interest in Rovers at all. Success is not required just the cheapest operating plan possible. I wish widespread Avian Flu on them. Shame to punish the chickens though. I hate em I really do.

Of course they are -cost cutting.

Because whatever the plan may or may not be, it definitely won't work unless they are.

I'll judge him purely on results. We've had plenty of other managers in the past who've had far less to work with.

Beautiful spouting of club's new narrative.

Bradford’s last win at Ewood was 1921, until last Tuesday.

You keep saying this "historic failings" Was Gestede not in position all last year?Was Pasha not here? They chose to wait until the summer(Gestede said this)

If Gestede doesn't know what he is doing and/or is hell bent on a project that cannot possibly work, why is it important they're both aligned?

How do we determine worst ever manager? Previously Iv been given excuses about managers because of injuries or lack of investment Surely val falls into the category of shafted by recruitment

Ok. No probs. I tend to post, then reread and correct and I thought you were criticising the unedited grammar / spelling.

I agree. He was asked a straight question and he gave a straight answer. That’s not “ throwing anybody under the bus” , it’s simply telling the truth.

Sorry, think I have misunderstood. I thought your post in quotation marks was VI -ie gobbledegook. Don't think there has been a post of yours I have disagreed with. 🙂

I agree. It's far from the first thing I'd be lining up to criticise VI for, I reckon he may well turn out to be one of our worst ever managers which is far more relevant. However If negotiations have been going on in private behind the scenes then for him to unilaterally announce this without the permission of the Travis camp then it's pretty poor form. Then of course, there's the possibility that Derby won't meet our valuation anyway in which case VI will have besmirched Travis's reputation in the eyes of the supporters for no good reason. It comes across as though he is acting to instruction and trying to ensure Travis leaves.

Don’t want to say I told you so…….but

That's down to the recruitment department .

Birmingham fan here in peace. I can understand the negative attitude amongst your fanbase, however you can take comfort that we don't have a great record at your place. Our last win there came in December 2013, but that is our only win in our last 30 league and cup visits to Ewood Park, dating back to January1968. Oh and no league double over you since 1950/51. I'm going 1-1.

I’ve been Venkies out since they sacked Big Sam. They obviously had a death wish for the club even then.

Mowbray represents the ONLY successful period in the Venky reign of the last 15 years that's why he is getting one. Even then we had to go to league 1 first but he stopped things getting instantly worse at the time so they should be eternally grateful.

He's shown signs of frustration at historic failings. This is now where we find out if they're all on the same page going forward. It's the reason I've been saying for months that the most important thing at the club is that Ismael and Gestede are aligned in what's happening.

In bold - 100% correct. Whatever reasons Val had, for me, it should not of been said.

Didn’t realise someone would quote me 20 seconds after I posted before I proof read it.

Suspect VI is trying to pressure Derby by making the situation public.

But what will you be saying if the replacements (if there actually is any) are more cheap foreign imports and it leads us to being relegated. When we start next campaign in League One will you be rubbing your hands together and saying well at least we got £2 million for our captain and 500k for our most experienced defender? Your point is valid at most clubs who would use the majority of these fees on replacements of a decent standard.We don't do that here

Ismael didn't need to say that Travis has asked to leave. He could simply have batted off questions and limited his talk to the dismal defeat to Bradford. As I said earlier, he's either an idiot and said it without thinking of the impact it could have on the player and fanbase, or he's complicit in the Regime's cover-up operation which has been gaining a lot of momentum the last few days. The Regime knows that eyes are on them and pressure is building. Turning the focus on 'wantaway' players and feeding Jackson sob stories about 'lifechanging' offers from Derby all part of that