Despite the justified pelters on his day he's more than good enough so hopefully he's on it today.

Parking prats are parking prats it doesn't matter the venue or function they'll do it anyway and it's probably mainly visiting fans.

Get the clamps on them on they'll soon learn.

8 minutes ago, Danishfan said:

I just watched the video with our players arriving, and didn't like the attitude. No energy, heads down, sad looking, and entering the pitch with hands in pocket.

Welcome to the world of a stepping stone club !

Although to be fair if they were all smiles laughs and jokes they'd be getting stick anyway.

4 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Whatever happens today in terms of the result we need to see a big reaction from Wednesday's debacle and put in a decent performance and be competitive.

I've defended Eustace up to now and up until the  Bristol City game I thought we were improving but that simply wasn't acceptable. Whatever PR spin he puts on it in interviews he needs to have put some rockets up backsides in private and get them fired up.

I wouldn't have Hyam anywhere near the side after Wednesday, he'd be collecting his P45 if it was up to me, it's very easy for the attitude of one bad apple to infect the rest of the squad.

 

 

If there is any truth to the rumour they were trying to shift him in Jan perhaps that's why.

1 hour ago, ABBEY said:

fury would pull out pre fight to be fair.

Chuckle would put him on his arse before the PEDS kick in and he gets up to win.

Steve is a happy lad now Weds have shifted all their tickets, no need to bother with anything more than 12k home fans and a few extra kids.

20k crowd guaranteed.

At this rate there'll be another pay rise on the horizon.

4 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I went to a sportsman’s dinner a while ago were Dean Saunders was the guest speaker. He told tales of Ron Atkinson doing similar things when he was at Villa.

That was that era though and guys like Coyle are firmly stuck in it.

3 hours ago, Andy said:

Ah, the Ben Marshall 'Undr The Cosh' interview - only listened to it this week!

The level of unprofessionalism during Coyle's era; it's absolutely no shock we went down under him.

I also finally listened to King Rat Bradley Orr's one this week also.
What a fucking cock end.
'If only the fans knew what was going on behind the scenes...'

We knew more than you did, you big-nosed Scouse prick.
Completely whitewashed all of the Kean stuff and made him out to look like some kind of innocent party 🤮

I committed that sin and the only positive i took from it was he knows how much we detest him.

Happy to point the finger elsewhere but left out a lot of details as to why all that was happening, ie Kean and Anderson who were actively looking to move players out with pay offs after they'd given them a year extension.

All about percentages and Orr clearly speaks from that inner sanctum and he himself got rich from the clubs demise.

Absolute ####

35 minutes ago, lraC said:

That's  the big issue. If they do win on Saturday and we lose, they bring some real momentum into the game. they won their last away game 0-2 and assuming they do win, it would then be two wins and a draw from their last 3.

As we know, Rovers have won one under this manager, so why would we give them an even bigger boost by giving them an allocation of 7,000?

Self inflicted this, if it does go the way I fear.

You'd think that might have been taken into consideration in the upper corridors at Ewood especially seeing as recently they've been splitting bigger followings between the bottom corner and the top tier.

They've reduced to Coventry tickets obviously but imo that's on the back of this one subsidising it and that is Waggot all over, rather pointless exercise.

More brains in a pound of mince.

They'll probably beat Stoke at home whilst we getting beat at Leeds so yes they will be well up for it in that case and we are just clinging to hope that the team that has let us down all season can actually show up.

We both lose or draw this weekend then it's nerves all around.

Whatever happens it's a stupid decision to let them pack out the end and hand more backing than necessary to their team and i can't think of another club in the land would do something so stupid.

He's just treading the uber positive nice bloke line again we've seen so many times before and trying to keep everybody onside. 

If you can't call a spade a spade and take the players to task over that shower of excrement last night then you won't be going very far.

Another modern player turned coach who is afraid to get tough.

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

 

Think that's wishful thinking Michael!

This is by far the easiest of Leeds' remaining games (others M'brough and an improving QPR away and Saints at home) and after a loss and a draw in their last 2 games, they will be absolutely determined and ruthless in trying to get back on track in what will be a white hot Elland Road (I absolutely hate that ground and its mindless morons). 

I really fear for us and if they get an early goal then it could be anything from 5 upwards as goal difference might determine who goes up in the top 2.  They have players capable of ripping us to shreds and inflicting material damage.

I look at our soft boys and think most of them will just shrivel.

This has got horrible - another thrashing on Saturday and then the Owls at Ewood in front of 7,000 of their supporters (will seem like an away match for us) with our confidence in tatters.  Just wtf was Maggot thinking about in letting them have all those tickets - should have restricted them to 1,500 upstairs and tried to fill the stadium with our own fans at £5/ticket; survival is more important than a few extra grand in ticket sales. 

What an unbelievable and self inflicted mess we find ourselves in.

They'll say oh we can't do that but then can and have in the past when the club and local plod could be arsed.

4.5k would have been ample for Sheff Wed at normal price with the majority filling the upper tier that would have been the sensible thing to do. Didn't matter in the recent past our teams seemed to love it and it got them up for it but this lot have demonstrated it gives them the wobbles. 2 of the most nervous keepers iv'e ever seen, inexperienced kids and a few pros who are eyeing the door it's another recipe for disaster.

I remain convinced some inside Ewood actually want relegation.

36 minutes ago, WacoRover said:

No doubt; Rovers are the Green Bay Packers of the EFL. my only point was, there are clubs elsewhere who have fallen upon tough times, yet, their fanbases are as rabid as ever:  I have no doubt our fans equal the zeal of those I mentioned. 

Yep that's the English mentality we love being up against it it's in our DNA although slowly being erased from future generations.

It's why the UK football pyramid is the deepest and best supported in the world from the Prem right down through division after division until you reach Sunday morning Pub league football.

And quite honestly some of those Sunday morning beer monsters deserve people watching more than a lot of the entitled little wankers in the paid ranks.

35 minutes ago, JHRover said:

I think regardless of whether it tipped JDT over the edge (and I'll maintain until my dying day that the move was 100% financially motivated and nothing at all to do with football) I am certain that offloading your captain in the first few days of the window to a league rival on loan will have had a serious impact on the dressing room.

Travis might not have been best mates with JDT but he will have been popular with quite a few in the dressing room I'm sure of that, and when such a decision is made people will rightly start asking questions and be miffed.

Imo it was forced from above although he might have okayed it because they weren't getting on and Trav himself had spit the dummy.

However at clubs who want a strong squad it's a case of look son you'll have to sit tight and wait for the chance when it comes around again and it will. Here though it get the impression of Waggot sticking his hooter in and saying look if you aren't using him i'm not having ten grand a week plus captains bonus sat on the bench and coming moaning to me.

There's interest so lets get him off the pay role (like Buckley) and save money whilst possibly generating a fee for him in summer.

'Ok but i need another good body to replace'

Well there's no money but i'll ring around and see who has an injured or old player they'll lend us for a few months, failing that it's another kid.

1 minute ago, CheshireRover said:

I would agree, but there's also been a lot of talk that they didn't like one another, so would he be that bothered?

I was thinking more in terms of the players behind the scenes.

Sending out Travis i think might have been the straw that broke the camels back for JDT he was club captain and probably the heartbeat of the dressing room.

3 hours ago, Miller11 said:

We have had a lot of discussions over the past couple of years about making a significant reduction to ticket prices but it’s always been countered with the need to hit a revenue target that Venky’s have set. They don’t believe that a big reduction would improve sales enough for them to still meet that figure and have dismissed the idea in previous years.

I should also point out that we first pitched our ideas for next season to them months ago, before the transfer window debacle and the complete collapse of our form. We’ve continued to have discussions and since pointed out that they ought to be expecting a significantly bigger drop off in renewals than they have seen for the past couple of years, and that they need to think about doing something drastic to mitigate this before they start thinking about attracting new season ticket holders or re-engaging with lapsed ones. 

Does it even get as far as Vs rejecting it or in reality is it just Waggot and their guy in the shadows batting it off using the excuse ?

3 minutes ago, cesus said:

He does realise there is a bumper pay deal for staying in the Championship this year doesn't he? Wednesday go 1-0 up early, they are having a party at our place at our expense in the league.

He's never had a plan he just wings it year to year just looks at the min income target to ensure he stays in his job then looks for ways to guarantee hitting it.

A few grand from a couple of thousand extra Sheff Weds fans isn't going to make or break this seasons finances we'd just sold 25 mill worth of players FFS.  Losing our Championship status might just break the club though over the next couple of years but i suspect he'll be sat at home enjoying the millions he's earned here by then.

Too many of the senior pros heads are elsewhere by the looks of it but who is surprised they've probably all been told they can leave for the right offer in summer.

Some are blaming the rumour that they tried to flog Hyam in Jan behind his back but is there any actual evidence of it and how do we know he didn't indicate he'd be up for it ?

37 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

There were scores of Rovers fans at that last one (including me and about 8 mates) wanting to witness the fuckers losing their league status.

Was at Oldham away and i recall it was scorching hot (yes in early May) and was puzzled Rovers fans were chanting Orient until my mates dad explained why 🤣

Only other thing i remember is we got walloped on the pitch and there was fighting in the enclosure at the side !

Yeah but they all turned up to the last one because they are the earths greatest fans.

One gate made the seasons averages above 3k 🤣

I expect some sort of reaction to that horror show last night but ultimately we'll crumble again.

Leeds   3     Rovers   1

15 minutes ago, TheKitGuy said:

Usually a 5-0 drubbing away from home means the fans get reimbursed doesn't it? seem to recall plenty of clubs doing so, will Waggot adhere to this sort of unwritten rule? my guess is no. 

A 40k bonus should more than cover it.

7 minutes ago, Gav said:

You would hope they're drawing up plans right now to offer home fans entrance for £10 and get the place sold out. 

Not a chance, all he sees is another 20k crowd, almost half made up of away fans.

How much did he waste on Fleck ?

Yet no one calls out these stupid decisions when it's easier to blame fans for not turning up.

1 hour ago, Upside Down said:

He went into games against Plymouth and Millwall looking for a draw. That says it all really. 

I said right at the time those games would haunt us, if we'd gone for it even if we'd won one lost one we are a point better off now.

People will say 'hindsight' but no the questions were raised at the time pre match they should have been viewed as must win, we've seen what we can do when that is the mentality.