Hasta

When is it due to snow again? That one snowball had more impact on the owners than any financial loss, protest or media campaign ever seemed to have had.

Cos he gets a bonus on reducing losses / savings?

Last year I think internally JDT was going for a while before it actually happened. That’s why JE was in within days. I think this situation would be a little different.

And we won't score enough goals under Rob Edwards cos we've not brought in any proper strikers. And then half the squad leaves in the summer. We then replace with cheap signings and loans. Edwards gets frustatrated and wants out. Fuck him. Off you jog. Lee Johnson comes in. Players out of contract. Replaced with cheapies. Relegation. Fuck him. Off you jog......

If your Waggot, and you know you are retiring this summer or possibly next, why do you care who is contracted for 26/27 ? Especially as increasing wages on new contracts now might affect this years financial performance and therefore make you look 'not as good' in the eyes of the owners. Where's the motivation to give a shit?

Because in the squad he is a direct replacement for Baker, and he is inferior as everything implied he would be. Due to availability, he's currently 3rd choice CM (as he was when he was brought in), and for spells here has been 2nd choice. Therefore from the start of the window to the end of the window we downgraded. Why would that not be a reason to complain??

Too early for me. I support all our players.

Well he signed Gestede when he was at Boro, and Rudy does like his old Boro mates, so possible.

But we know those first 3 points will not happen under Venkys and the current situation with the court case. Do you really think Venkys give a shit about John Eustace enough to suddenly start committing money again long term. They’ll just bank the compo figure and move on. He knows that as he will surely have been asking for contracts for players and quality signings since he arrived. Therefore he’s already arrived at point 4.

He knows they can’t. He’s just doing what JDT did and shining a light for us. ”Can you renew the contracts of certain players and guarantee a healthy budget” ”err, court case. matched bonds.” ”See ya”

He’s took a job based on promises the board made to him. The board clearly have broken those promises. Even Eustace probably has no idea how much of a squad he will have to work with next year due to the out of contract situation. Trying to get whoever is left competitive next August will be an absolute impossible task. He knows he could have a shortage of first team players come July, and based on this window there will only 12 month freebies and loans coming in. Another drop in quality and next season will be an absolute struggle. That’s not what he signed up for, it’s a shit situation for anny manager to work under and his reputation will take a knock. He can’t just quit because, as JDT found, they won’t let him. He has to pay his contract up. And there’s no guarantee another club will come in and take him in the summer. Suddenly he can see an ‘out’ going to Derby, who by meeting the supposed release fee . Any manager with common sense would take it.

If you are on the ‘sooner we end up in administration the better’ boat then fair enough. But otherwise, clearly we do need the money.

Do you not think we probably need the £200k to £600k we could generate for being on TV against a big club in the next round?

Personally I thought we did ok considering the number of new signing in there. It was only a 2 minute spell shooting ourselves in the foot that cost us. Up until then we were well in it and should have been infront with the Hyam header. Kagbo looks lively but is clearly going to lack end product. Still, a fast Dolan may be better than a Dolan. Toth looks a liability and JRC was awful. Ultimately , a bit like against Forest in the league cup QF a few years ago, you just saw the gulf between bottom of Prem and our level.

Defender hangs a leg out and Kagbo sees it and moves his foot into it. It’s not a penalty.

You’re correct. Instead of being fucking awful he’s just been generally poor when we are out of possession.

No he was Rudy’s mate from his time at Boro.

Cantwell shite. Toth shite. And as much as some will try and defend him, Forshaw shite.

Self inflicted.

I mean, they will have to discuss compensation and Waggot / Suhail / Venkys have to agree to it. With our internal communication and politics we know this could drag on (like Rhodes leaving). We also know the logic of "you can't keep an unhappy manager" doesn't apply as they kept JDT for 7 months after he wanted to quit. I'd be a bit sceptical of Eustace going into Derby and trying to utilise last seasons negative, defend at all costs tactics. Ultimately it was only Szmodics hitting unlikely winners at Leeds and Leicester that kept us up.

Course it would. Cos it would be a more attractive game. That would happen at most clubs. Im not going cos I have plans on Sundays, Waggot is a nobhead, the transfer window has been a joke considering the postition we are in and if the owners can’t commit to the future of the clubs playing staff then I’m not not going to commit to a game which isn’t glamour and I can watch on bbc.

No one’s boycotting. The fixture just doesn’t appeal after the shambles of the transfer window, the recent let downs and the stupid kick off time. A quarter final, one game off Wembley, would be a different situation and different appeal.

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Looking at the seat plan this will be an awful home attendance. It's the first home cup game I'll have missed in a long time, mainly because its on a Sunday lunchtime. If it was today (even at 12pm) I'd have been there.

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine It may have been broken for a while but I start typing www.brf the browser autofills it I must have it as a bookmark.