Heads should have rolled after last January's embarrassment, but they didn't. If the McGuire transfer goes the same way we'll get some mealy mouthed excuse, probably a sob story about the EFL being overly stringent, and everyone moves on. With the exception of JDT, who may well just say fuck it and leave. I just hope McGuire can head back to the States and continue on as normal until the summer. Not fair on the kid at all. Must be wishing he'd signed with Wednesday instead.

Zero accountability at Ewood. Remember when Derek Shaw "went rogue" (Venky's own words), costing us millions in Berg's payoff, and then proceeded to stay employed for years afterwards?

Guess we'll have to plonk Dunc on the turnstiles.

It's a very weird situation. GB clearly thought that money would be available from the Wharton sale. Somebody must have told him this. Hence the permanent deal for McGuire being all but done. Then all of a sudden the rules change, and suddenly we can't sign anybody for a transfer fee. McGuire transfer and any involving permanent fees thrown in the bin. Can't blame GB for that if this is what happened. With that said, we had enough time to complete the loan deal, so if it's once again a case of fucking up the paperwork then it's sheer incompetence. If it's a case of Venky's/Suhail interfering again to make submitting the paperwork a nightmare then it's on them. JDT suggesting to ask Steve, Suhail and the owners perhaps gives us a clue.

He says he offered to walk away in the summer for free and they said no, although of course that isn't the same as an actual resignation. According to this under UK law an actual resignation can't be turned down by an employer. https://www.irwinmitchell.com/news-and-insights/newsletters/employment-update/myth-busting-employers-have-to-accept-an-employees-resignation#:~:text=It is a common misconception,employee%2C without the other's agreement.

"No comment but you probably already know" says everything. It's actually what we all thought - he was absolutely fuming at the state of yet another terrible transfer window and was going to unload if allowed to speak. Evidently he's been instructed to say nothing, but what he's just said is enough without him having to break any rules imposed upon him.

What a fucking mess.

Our stall was set out at the start of the season when our CEO admitted we were nothing but a development team with no pressure on results. An embarrassing statement that gave a middle finger to the entire fanbase. No ambition at all. It clearly fucked JDT off as he's been having digs at Waggott ever since, and things have only gotten worse since then.

I believe that's one point taken from the bottom four in our most recent matches against them. Beaten by Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield and now QPR. No question we're on our way down as things stand, we're one of if not the worst team in the division and have been for over a month.

Condolences Mike, losing a pet is absolutely horrible.

Could have been an extra 90 mins and we wouldn't have scored. Going behind is enough to destroy this fragile team of rubber dinghy men

Does our conditioning department actively try to make our players more injury prone? For fucks sake, it's a joke.

Yeah, we're going down. Remains to be seen if JDT walks post-match.

The forgetfulness of how rubbish Gallagher is always wears off so fast after injury. Then sets back in just as quick afterwards. Lad would be solid for us if we were playing the likes of Wrexham every week. Alas we'll have to wait a couple of years for that. Maybe he'll still be here.

I think the vast majority of people would have to go with option 2, but then most of us haven't spent decades in a field that pays incredibly high salaries, so it's impossible to judge how badly JDT would be affected by being out of work for a few months. If he's been sensible with his money then one would assume he could prioritise his wellbeing and sanity over a contract payoff. There's also his future to take into consideration. His contract doesn't expire until summer 2025, so if he waits for a payoff that never comes, that's another year and a half of dealing with this nonsense. With the way things are going it seems unlikely things will improve any time soon, and there's the real prospect of him ending up with a relegation on his CV. Of course he can point to the utter dysfunction at the club, but if the subsequent question is "if it was clear you couldn't achieve what you wanted because of the club hierarchy, why did you stay?" and the answer is "because I wanted a payoff" that obviously isn't a great look. Fact is JDT may well need the money, if so then yeah, sure, makes sense that he begrudgingly slogs on. Could be that he feels like quitting would be giving up and his pride won't let him do that. Could be that he doesn't want to uproot again, assuming he and his wife have settled here. There are many reasons why he could be choosing to stay, but if none of those are a significant factor then it won't surprise me at all if he decides he's had enough and walks out. I suppose we'll see soon enough.

Depends on my financial situation. I would assume JDT is not living paycheck to paycheck and would be able to find work elsewhere with his reputation and his achievements last season with us and Malmo recently. I can't imagine he'd be destitute the moment he left Rovers. Sometimes it's about more than just money.

There's a difference between the jabs he's made and coming out and going scorched earth on the club, which has to be the suggestion of what was going to happen if he was blocked from attending the press conference. Either way we don't know at the moment so it's all speculation until our shambles of a leadership clarifies what in the world is going on. I would agree that at a normal club the onus would be on them to remove the manager if they feel the situation has reached an untenable point. This isn't a normal club, however, so JDT has to consider his own reputation and how much it could be damaged by remaining at this circus for too much longer. For the past year he's sucked it up and continued on amidst the nonsense happening above him, but at some point he may have to accept enough is enough and move on for his own sake. You'd think it has to be a pretty miserable working environment for him at this point.

Genuine question - of that analysis what would you say earmarks him as being different from Gallagher? Other than potentially being less injury prone. I've only seen clips and was reminded of Gally in that the lad was a bit clumsy and more like an athlete than a footballer. I'd be interested in some further details as YouTube clips aren't exactly a great way to judge a player and we may not see him for a whle yet.

We don't know JDT's state of mind or demeanour so stating this as fact rather than opinion isn't helpful. If the manager is so angry about the transfer window and state of the club that he's being blocked from speaking to the press then you can't spin that as a good thing. It's an untenable situation that, if true, would leave little choice but for JDT to leave. How can the players believe in the coach if he's made it clear he doesn't think they are good enough for what he wants?

Indeed so. It's like asking someone to paint you a masterpiece and then providing them with crayons and toilet paper. You can say that's what you want, but if you don't provide the resources then it doesn't matter. JDT did a great job last season trying to implement what was asked of him with a squad that was not really suited for it, but since then he's had less and less to work with. At some point it just becomes an impossible ask.

I could sit my 6 year old niece in front of a Year 11 GCSE paper and she wouldn't want to fail, but neither would she have the knowledge to answer any of the questions. With that said I'd expect by the time 13 years had passed she'd be able to handle it comfortably. With that said, with Venky's it'd be more like plonking my dog in front of the paper and watching as it got eaten.

You do wonder why they even bothered giving him the job in the first place. Since day one he's had more ambition and expectation than the owners or indeed the majority of the fanbase can muster. It was never going to work unless, by some miracle, he got us up in his first season. He might have managed it, too, if he'd been backed last January. Instead since then he's been systematically undermined to the point where he would have every right to walk.

Would imagine the most likely internal candidate would be Damien Johnson? Seem to remember his name being banded about previously.

What a crazy last two days it's been. Three windows in a row of absolute chaos and dysfunction.

If you're reading this JDT, I appreciate that you tried.