Trinidad Rover
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2 minutes ago, Eddie said:
He's already lost all credibility for me.
He came in and made a big song and dance about a 'no excuses' culture and every poor performance has been accompanied by excuses.
Just a man happy to have a job. I'll be glad to see the back of him.
Unfortunately, as he’s a Waggott appointment, I can’t see that happening anytime soon.
If he toes the party line and doesn’t rock the boat the job is his as long as he wants it.
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His ‘no excuses’ line didn’t last very long. Knew that would come back to bite him when he said it. He isn’t up to it - 0 wins in 6?
Really really poor first half. Second half better but damage was done.
Imagine this season without Szmodics? Good grief.
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Not up to it.
No win in 6?
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We are going down aren't we.
That was the worst half of football I've seen in years.
Togetherness......
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Interesting article: "They were cutting the budget" - Manager on leaving 'difficult situation' at Blackburn Rovers, pleased with present job - Sport Witness
He has confirmed he was talking to the Swedish FA since December:
Jon Dahl Tomasson left the club earlier this month but talks with Sweden first took place towards the end of December, a month after Janne Andersson stepped down from his post.
He revealed this when asked to share what he felt when he first got a call from Sweden, and his comments are relayed by Aftonbladet.
“We’ve been talking since before Christmas. The situation at Blackburn was a bit different then. But I got the perfect feeling right away that I wanted to be part of that journey. The conversations we had were extremely positive and I got a ‘wow’ feeling that I really want to be involved,” Jon Dahl Tomasson explained.
Writing was on the wall since then - he was checked out clearly, hence the lack of willingness to change tactics or grind out results? Once the budget got cut and he got peed off in the summer, we should have parted ways. Ultimately Venkys are the reason he left.
I am sure he will do well with them and go on to have a good managerial career at a European club.
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Proud of the team tonight. Superb.
Whatever happens in these pens.
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Pears has returned as Buffon!
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Koumetio. Good grief he is poor.
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Those subs changed the game for us. Problem having a crap squad. Siggy can’t win a header or tackle.
For 70 mins we were excellent though, credit where it’s due. Defensively much better.
Pears also not put a foot/glove wrong.
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The same issue as the Wrexham game. Pee up brewery. We really are the worst run club in the country.
Seeing Waggott there grinning with Shearer and a glass of champagne made me ill.
Come on Rovers though - do yourselves proud.
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Great move for him, hope he does well.
I wonder if Leo will get the call...........
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This is utterly woeful. Hard to believe how badly we have regressed since November.
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Szmodic feeding of scraps in this new ‘style’. He looks so frustrated.
We have been utterly dire.
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Our squad isn’t very good. Relative to the last few seasons….crikey.
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I really struggle with Eustace and his interviews. Says a lot without saying much at all.
Usually include: 'no excuse culture', 'togetherness', really excited', 'you know', 'working really hard', 'fadzy/hedgy/bucko/lowey'
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16 minutes ago, Danishfan said:Podcast with JDT: Everyday life in Blackburn
I don´t know if anyone still interested, but I decided to take the chance.
I have just listend to a Danish podcast with Jon and Troels Bech - Troels is a former coach, and it is like a coach to coach talk, the podcast was published on 23. october 2023. Don´t know how I missed it then, but I did.
This podcast is so interesting on so many levels.
JDT talks about the difference in coaching/being the leader in England and in Scandinavia and Holland. He is used to everybody in the staff speaking their mind and being critical, and is used to a more democratic way of leadership. In England, the boss is the boss, and if he says "turn left" everybody turn left. Remy and Ben Rosens tasks were, amongst many other things, to be critical and voice it to Jon. He talks about the hard time getting fans and players used to a new style of playing, and how he dealt with it.
I think Remy has been very anonymous, but JDT said: "Dutch people are so critical, saying it as it is, and never shut up" 🙂
He is so well spoken and even more so in his native language. He talks about his visions and ambitions, his care, love and pride for the youth department, and how proud he is of the fact that all Youth departments are now playing the style he wants for the first team. He is so passionate and devoted.
He praises the staff, and talks about all their different tasks. Personally I am chocked about the amount of staff members - almost more staff than first team players 🙂 He had 3 ass. coaches, a keeper coach and ass, keeper coach, a physical coach and 2 ass., 3 video analytics, 4 young lads from University who helps with the video analytics, 4 physiotherapists, and then there is the recruitment team, which he is not in charge of. He talks about hour long meetings with staff and players and a 24/7 job.
He also talks a lot about the supporters, how much he admires the passion and the love for their club, how much money they spend for tickets, travelling etc., and how important it is to show respect and pay something back to them. He has studied the culture and history of way of living in Blackburn, not just the football aspect of it. He talks with so much respect for fans, players and staff.
He said, that it came as a chock in the summer, that the budget had been cut. He was told the day before he was to return from his summer holiday, By then Rovers had already let 13 players leave in the hope to sign a lot of new players, which didn´t happen.
The podcast is 1 hour, and this is just a very short summary. He talks about lots of other tings, i.e about handling the media, the expectations and pressure, and about when it it doesn´t go as planned.
I know, I am biased, but I really think that JDTs departure is a great loss. Imagine what it could have been like, if Venkys hadn´t cut the budget - he would have taken Rovers to PL.
I am sure, the new coach is good and will do his his best - but from my point of view, there is a great difference in the level of ambition between the two coaches.
And for you, Callum Brittain, have you ever heard of hybris and nemesis?
Thank you for sharing this.
Confirms a lot of what I already believed to be the case. JDT is a class act. Ultimately, he was failed by the club and not the other way round. If he had got what he wanted in the summer, 'the project' would have continued and I believe eventually he would have got us to the PL.
I also agree and feel like we have downgraded with Eustace. Nothing against him, of course he would take the job. He should be honored to. He has a minute fraction of JDTs pedigree and standing in the game and strikes me as a bit of a standard journeyman football coach. He is less articulate in his interviews that JDT and uses cliché after cliché, its horrible to listen to - particularly in the knowledge he is towing the party line; togetherness bla bla bla. It is dumbing down of expectations and a regression in my view.
The problem was never the manager, it was the owners and those charlatans who lied and broke promises. I was extremely excited at the end of last season.
What could, and should, have been.
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£25 tickets for Plymouth at home.
Staggering.
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Shown his ability on the ball. Pace of the game quicker than he is used to but he will be just fine.
Palace fans love him already.
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49 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:
This is great. Why didn't GB do more to keep JDT then
Because Waggott is back in full control.
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Eustace doesn’t stand a chance of being successful.
1. Because the root of all the problems still exist.
2. The vast majority of fans are fuming/disappointed/apathetic after the manner in which JDT left. JDT left on the side of the fans, Eustace has serious work to do to get that support.
3. He has accepted the job working for and under the charlatans running the club. This smacks of a Waggott appointment. A journeyman with little to no gravitas or heritage. Compare his and JDTs pedigree. It is no surprise he took the job, anyone in his situation would be lucky to manage Rovers.My issue isn’t with him, I wish him the best in very difficult circumstances. My main feeling is now apathy. A mediocre, cheap and boring appointment. Until the board and the owners go we are in purgatory.
Miserable.
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Sad and disappointed in how the JDT era has ended.
The man is a class act and has higher standards and ambitions than the charlatans running the club. Just look at his career. His statement is excellent and shows his integrity. He will go on to be successful as a manager, zero doubt. Good on him for trying to raise the standard at the club in impossible circumstances.
Eustace….just totally apathetic. Another journeyman and back to the level I’d hoped we had grown from. Nothing against him, I’m just totally underwhelmed and frankly, over it all. The timing of the announcement from the club and the wording is totally classless.
It’s all just very sad. I think I’m done with it.
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That the club think they can still charge £30 quid to go to this is quite staggering.
Will we all get an audience with Waggott and the players for that?
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Another reason to appreciate JDT. Speaks the truth and what we are all thinking.
Where does this end?
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Jon Dahl Tomasson - Officially No Longer Our Head Coach
in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
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Brilliant post.