9 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

This is him no?

bloody looks like him, yep.

3 minutes ago, ROVER_N_OUT1978 said:

Who is Remy R?

remy reijnierse. jdt's assistant coach.

1 minute ago, Inferi said:

It's still early days but is Eustace's football philosophy to just park the bus and hoof it and pray? Surely there's a middle ground between this and what was before?

he mentioned in his interviews this week wanting to maintain the tidy play but amalgamate it into something a bit more mixed and pragmatic. hopefully that comes next once we've a foundation to work from that isn't just "get points however possible"

Does anyone know if there's any truth to the random "Remy was in the away end" rumour? Just keep seeing people asking if it's true on SM, but absolutely zero source point for where it might have come from! 

11 minutes ago, goozburger said:

Eustace said he was asked to come and enjoy working with the players. That, along with many awkward interviews with Tomasson, tells us a lot about what Tomasson thought of the players at his disposal.

OK, recruitment didn't go Tomasson's way, and whatever was thrown his way, he didn't seem to enjoy working with, but for all the talk of "team is number one", he gave up on that very team in my view. That has to be why the players gave up. If your boss can't be arsed, or doesn't think you're up to it, why bother?

Although it's only one game, the fight in the team on Saturday was something I hadn't seen for a long time. It was a joy to watch an imperfect performance where the players looked happy. More of the same, please.

absolutely spot on. his bbc lancs interview today bangs this drum. he comes across really well and is quite the startling contrast to what we've had. 

42 minutes ago, goozburger said:

Perhaps the constant public irritation from Tomasson with the state of his squad got on their nerves.

Tomasson handled this extremely poorly in my opinion. He should have taken everything up with those above him behind closed doors, and got the players he did have well and truly onboard, up for every game, etc. Take away all of the interview fluff, and he was publicly belittling his own players. I bet some of these players couldn't wait to publicly get their own back a little.

i should've been clearer – worked a charm in respect of the players having and using their voice.

you're bob on though. it's clear he rubbed them up the wrong way at times and that was clear as day from the very start. i don't think "lost the dressing room" is much of an understatement.

4 minutes ago, harryhealless1928 said:

If tippy-tappy has been banished for eternity

hopefully not. hoping we can keep it in the locker but be more pragmatic with it. less tactical rigidity all round, but definitely utilise it when it'll be effective. we can move the ball about against quite a few teams in this division, so it should be handy in build-up and as an option on the counter. 

would like to see us focus on shoring up around McFadzean for now and just find goals wherever we can, but very much keep an eye on maintaining some positivity in the play.

5 hours ago, Groundhog said:

Was chatting to my Dad this weekend after the Stoke game, who has witnessed far more football in his 74 years than I have, we're both delighted with the win but almost a deep frustration who it can take a change in manager to totally shift the players as a group. To him, having watched some of the most famous successful sides down the years, he finds it almost unbelievable that a team can be so wedded to a set of tactics even though it clearly ain't working, with players just doing what they are told. 

I'd like to know from people who have played to a decent level, how is t possible for teams to continue with systems that clearly aren't working, following them to the letter. What's it like in the dressing room? Is it just a case of the players with their heads down, shrugging their shoulders, "it's what the gaffer wants"...

Is it case of the game now being so professional that players carry out tactics regardless, or is coupled with the fact that we haven't had any real leaders or experience on the pitch to help manage certain situations - i.e at Turf Moor last season, "put your foot through it Clinton!"

I've been guilty of being jobsworth at times when certain bosses, managers and clients treat you in certain ways or tell you what to do even though you disagree - I suppose you just coast through, get it done and go home. It's so hard to imagine this happens in football, but it must like any job. 

If anything the game on Saturday made me more and more angry at the last 6 months of JDT's reign if I'm honest, that through this blind commitment to this style of play we're risking a dalliance with relegation.

I find Brittain's comments pretty revealing:

"As a group, we have spoken in the last week about using Gally's strengths. Hedgey coming in at the back post, we don't do it enough."

"I think we turn down crosses and we come out too much. We want to put the ball in dangerous areas and we did, it caused problems.

"I think it is a strength for me, crossing. It wasn't something the last gaffer wanted, it was a different style," he explained.

"The manager (Eustace) told us to take the shackles off, I think we did that today. I'm very excited to work under him."

They obviously know what they want, but under the previous regime couldn't do anything about it. I find it really frustrating.
 

great post. i find it fascinating that this outspoken nature of the players likely only exists because of how JDT empowered all of them when he first arrived; asking for presentations, opinions, ideas, thoughts. He opened the whole thing up and gave everybody a voice and it seems to have worked a charm. it's just a shame it came back to bite him a bit, even if it is now to our full advantage as a club with these players.

they're hungry and want to show the best of themselves, which is abundantly clear now. the "remove the shackles" comment, whether it's a direct quote or paraphrasing Eustace, tells it all.

Just now, ScorpioRover said:

Bloody hell Rooney is at Sunderland 😂🤣😂 that's funny as fuck!

Mowbray was sacked at Sunderland. Rooney was sacked at Birmingham, Mowbray replaced him! Michael Beale is at Sunderland at the moment, I believe 

22 minutes ago, ScorpioRover said:

Hang on…. When did Mowbray go Birmingham? Thought he went Sunderland?

sacked by Sunderland, replaced Rooney

Just now, metalrover said:

Who's taking charge of this game by the way? Saw somewhere it is Johnson and not Eustace

Eustace has fully taken charge now, I'd say.

Eustace in the dugout is great to see. Not happy with something, shouting orders. Fantastic to see a coach not sat on his arse while we lose.. sorry JDT, hard to say but it's true.

Looking so much better today.

1 minute ago, wilsdenrover said:

Two big ones up front?

was tempted to go for "The Tits" tbh

be fascinated to see how we line up tomorrow tbh. would imagine it'll be more or less continuity, but some of the changes the double D's make could be pretty telling compared to JDT

1 minute ago, KentExile said:

 

Looks like the actions of someone still in position to me

 

 

cheers. i remain fully convinced that this is a Broughton appointment through and through, as much as he seems to be being kept in the shadows at the moment. 

keeping an eye out for the extended follow up piece, might have a few quotes if player signings are to go by.

9 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Gregg Broughton posted a welcome to Eustace on his linkedin, from which, I am guessing that he is definitely staying

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7161786303720763393/

any chance of a screenshot? 👍

11 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I disagree. He has made out in the past that Tomasson would be replaced by someone similar in style. Eustace isnt that, he is much more pragmatic and probably a better fit for a struggle.

he said that LONG before the rug was pulled. he even said something of the ilk "plans can change and you've got to be ready for that" which is exactly what this would be. lists for jdt headhunted in the play-off places (similar style, foreign coach), lists for jdt sacked at the bottom of the table (pragmatic, rallying coach).

he isn't thick, he knows we need someone for a fight, which is seemingly why eustace fits the bill. young, coaching-forward, adaptable, relegation turnaround on his cv.

of course, all conjecture until anything official is announced, but i remain unconvinced he's gone... (watch him be the first to be announced as leaving now!)

i know it's all quiet about GB, but this appointment has all of his hallmarks i feel. a very quick turnaround, which he has mentioned wanting to get a handle on before, researching candidates and having a solid list ready for as and when JDT left. his coaching style seems to fit the model well too as mentioned above.

time will tell, i suppose!

Glen didn't thread, so read up from the very bottom 👍

2 minutes ago, sverrehh said:

What's this? CCTV of a recent emergency-meeting?

it appeared on twitter just after glen started tweeting the general minutes of the fan/ "senior players council" meeting this afternoon. (seriously, do we actually have a "senior players council"???)

1 minute ago, booth said:

The dressing room were pissed off with the higher ups, not the coaches. Whether that's changed I don't know.

That meeting seemed cynical to me. I just hope the players realised the anger is towards the reckless and stubborn owners.

totally. but the section about being desperate to win "no matter how ugly" feels pretty telling to me re the players and the tactics they've been playing.

3 minutes ago, CD_93 said:

 

Szmodics, Hyam, Gallagher, Pears and Hedges the senior players

1 minute ago, Roverthechimp said:

Link or screenshot?

they aren't threaded, but easily readable from his timeline if you scroll down and read up 👍

https://x.com/glen9mullan

anybody reading glen's tweets about a fans and players meeting today? reeks of the dressing room is totally done with jdt and is desperate to grind out some results to me.

1 minute ago, Tugayisgod said:

Absolutely correct, we go down, we ain't coming straight back like before

Had characters like Danny Graham , Dack and Charlie Mulgrew. There's nothing like that here now

i meant from the premier league!!