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That’s pathetic to be honest, before a ball is kicked in anger, under his management. No way should he be spouting shit like that, until he has some wins under his belt. Whether he wrote it or not is irrelevant as his name has been put to it. Walk the walk, but do not talk the talk until you have. I was open minded about the appointment, but this stinks of taking the fans for mugs.

Spot on and let's get this signed and ramp the pressure up.

I think we all know that if he does well and for example takes us into the play offs and we don't go up, but then has us up there next year, by the end of January, then he will be looking to move and every job that comes available will be one, where he is mentioned as a possible candidate. Should he fail and have us near to the bottom of the league, then the fans will be calling for his head, but he will be safe, just like most other managers under this regime. I like the post made by the WBA fan and hope we have a gem on our hands, but as usual, it really doesn't matter one way or another, as we still have Pasha and his bosses, who will continue to cause their havoc, come what may.

It is a bad trait that a couple of posters on here have, but fortunately, they are in the minority.

Me neither, but for what it's worth my recruitment policy is try to choose someone who has been recommended for the role, by someone you know and trust. I have not yet sacked anyone, or had anyone leave on bad terms in over 30 years, of being in business.

Hope he manged to get his buy out clause on there as part of his package, as he might need it.

You missed Preston.

It is quite incredible really that we have one of our posters on here, calling it EXACTLY as it was with regards to the Eustace situation, yet people can actually satisfy themselves that the club did not expect him to leave, once the next managerial job came up. No wonder the owners, Waggott, Suhail and the others are getting away with making mugs of the fan base, when some people appear to be as naive as this.

You may well be right about no one expecting him to leave for Derby, but by all accounts he was touting himself for almost every job that came up. It also seems that he had offered his resignation over the summer and given his public displeasure at the January transfer business, do you not think someone at the club, should now be held responsible, for how long this is now taking After all, in your words, we had Eustace lined up, when it was known that JDT was unhappy, so why not have someone lined up with time too, especially with the prize on offer.

Exactly and given the practice they had 12 months ago, you would have thought they would have perfected it by now.

You are spot on, we were facing relegation under JDT. This time, with Eustace, we are in with a chance of promotion to the premier league and the riches that will bring. If it was done when bringing in Eustace, simply due to the threat of relegation, then why not this time, with the prize of a place, in the premier league on offer that the rewards that will bring. Does something not seem a touch strange to you with this?

Exactly this. Something isn't quite adding up.

It sees that Paul Mani knows more than you, me and Duncan Miller though.

But according to Paul Mani, it was a process that is followed by leadership Execs standards and was carried out, which JDT was still the manager. Something must be amiss then?

Really. I will ask them same question of you then And you know that, how? So after deciding that JDT was going all of this happened. Leadership / Execs standard = wishlist plus applicants sift, get down to a midsize list 10x, first iv’s (online), Get 10 down to 5 and then do second interviews (f2f) for the final group. Review and select successful candidate / finalise. 2-4 weeks. WOW

Well it didn't work like that, when Eustace was appointed.

Suhail had decided to wait and see how Lowe went. Do not be surprised if he suggests we lease a manager to Madame, as it’s cheaper

He was in hospital at the same time as my wife. She was having a wisdom tooth put in.

No way, should he be behind Forshaw.

What's even more interesting, is how the owners have still pumped over £200m too, despite this profit on player sales. You have t wonder, who is on BIG wages here, as I bet my bottom dollar someone other than the players, is on a nice little earner. Cheques to agents, especially the super agent, who once worked for nothing for us and had the place rocking, might need scrutinising.

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I couldn't agree more. He is a wonderful player.

It’s crossed my mind that we should go for Adam Wharton too. If we do have a sell on clause, then it could make it more affordable, if we have the premier league money. What a boost that would be getting him back. We can dream I guess.

I know you are probably already on it, but this guy is the reason why the transfer window was as bad as it was and the contracts of certain players are not being renewed. The narrative is, no need to send any money, it can run itself. You will find the Trust have in firmly in their sight, as you probably gathered from Duncan Miller and I think if the pressure is firmly ramped up on this guy and he is exposed for what he is, then it might start to change. The statement by the Trust of everything referring to Rovers as we and us but him referring to the VH Group and we and us, is as damning a statement, as you are likely to get. Make not mistake, this is the enemy within the ranks.

As others have stated, he’s gone now and let’s move on. He will never come out and say, my head was turned by the extra money, just like any other player or manager in the football business, but there is lots of greed and money will have been a big factor in this. Does Eustace really care, where Rovers or Derby will be in 10 years? Does he heck. Much as I hate the regime at Rovers, what Eustace thought of it all is irrelevant, as I would bet my bottom dollar, had Rovers offered him 20% more than what Derby have, he would be still here.