Is it me or do we go through medical and conditioning staff quite quickly these days ? Anyway it's a real blow for Wharton and us he was looking like his old self again under Eustace. Hopefully fit and well again soon as possible, another decent centre back is a must now for next season and by that i mean one with some Championship experience.

Just the same when Mowbray took over and even often in league 1. Eustace is cut from the same cloth, standard coaching manual British coach.

I'd limit every team to 4,500 spilt over the two tiers and empty some brain cells finding a way to charge them as much as possible in the process. That could be worth 6 points a season - to cover for the 6 Pears throws away.

The striker pool below Gallagher now consists of Telalovic, Vale and Leonard. That says everything you need to know about operation downgrade.

I don't think Merce has been around the away travel scene much in the last decade.

Wasn't he one of the lads that had the same agent as JDT ? Now he's getting even less of a sniff than before, make of that what you will.

I don't agree with flexi tickets etc as good as they might sound to some it's self inflicting even lower turn outs actually in the ground for a lot of games. Only way it works is a good discount on full ST early birds, some kind of attractive offer for lapsed / newbies and kids then sell as many as you can. Then you can look the database and perhaps come up with something to try and get the irregulars to be more regular.

That's the argument against Waggot though maximising the guaranteed cash grab before trying to maximise as much home advantage as possible. Neither end was very vocal until they went 3-1 up then it was loud understandably whilst the rest were in stunned silence at the shit they were witnessing. If he thought for 1 min Coventry would guarantee 6 or 7k at full price then full price it would be.

The 'timing' of all those court hearings has been just perfect enough to impede the football club. Another monumental Venky coincidence.

The latter definitely as at cheap tickets they'll not want to go to any extra expense of stewards and police etc. If it was full price they'd be given as many as they wanted.

When you turn your first team squad into a development squad at Championship level with the only aim to stay up and sell players then who can be surprised this is where it leads ? You reap what you sow and the main issue has been individual bad mistakes and the only thing as consistent as that is Sammies goals. They are the only thing that has kept us from complete disaster up until now and along the way one or two other senior pros who have been trying to carry the can have dropped off badly down to the level this stupid new 'model' has taken us. All alright upstairs though because we've raked in 25 million in sales to rescue the owners blushes so the execs are blue eyed boys in India, bonuses and hampers all round. Downgrade continues in summer one way or another.

If someone is paying you 300k a year plus perks for a part time gig you'll tend to portray they are wonderful because to you they are. To most others they are to running this illustrious old club what Eddie Edwards was to Olympic Ski jumping.

Hide in the shadows and give the impression it's nothing to do with you when it's exactly the opposite. This guy is the 'Operations Manager' that is on the official site so what is he operating. the whole club ? Time for answers is long overdue.

Phillips was happy to trade becoming an established first teamer here in a side that finished 7th with the prospect of getting many games/experience and a big money move down the line. Instead it was double or treble the wages, a London penthouse and a loan to Plymouth. Forget him, he'll still be plodding around the loan market in the Championship next season and probably the season after. It was all on him and his agent.

I'd like to think the only way he's dodgy is in the eyeballs but that lowlight reel is grim. If you're going to purposely let one in though there are less obvious ways than Sundays howler.

Him and his 15k pwk will be long gone whether he wants to stay or not.

We've already blow 800k plus add ons probably on Leo so the chances of any keeper changes are virtually zero i'm afraid. The only chance was when Pears was doing ok earlier under Eustace he might have caught the attention of another Champ club who want an English keeper in their squad for a modest fee. That would've freed up a wage and position but i dread t think who Broughton would've foisted on us next, most likely Leo !!!

We continue the Waggot Venky express train to be the new Crewe of League 1. Income targets reduced and easier to hit. Wage budget and matchday expense reduced and easier to manage with less from India. Academy downgrade and merged with first team on one site - cheaper and easier to manage. Pathway to first team squad easier for more players. Less big money sales but more quicker cheaper ones with add ons to Championship clubs. Ta ta DoF in cost saving measure but CEO and Shadow remain in well paid part time work running it all.

A brainless one seeing as Coventry are likely to be pushing a result or at least just celebrating another good season and having a party in their last away fixture. Roll up roll up to the Ewood red carpet Sky Blues, if you're lucky you might get gifted a goal or two as well.

That team might be enough to see midtable in league 1 and bugger all else.

Brittain, Hedges, JRC, Markandy, Garrett, Pickering, Wharton should all be above average in league 1 consistently. Pears will still be Pears and Leo will shit bricks at the amount of hoofs and set pieces coming at him in that league. All the other pros will be gone and the rest of the youngsters have it all to prove, it will be a long hard winter for sure.

Iv'e said it many times since we aren't losing that pathetic last min goal to Coventry at Ewood with TK in the sticks. Main difference is though he was a keeper who earns points with vital saves at crucial points in games, Pears and his ilk still make good stops but 9/10 a half decent effort will beat him too easily. It''s those fine margins between real class and bang average.

The main point being once Weds went two up down that end having so many fans having a carnival in one end became more of a help to them than it should have been. And it was avoidable so why give teams that opportunity in the first place in what was really a one off 6 pointer not a run of the mill game.

Yes Pears has rescued both him and Hyam a time or three this season from their constant presenting the ball to the opposition.

I see nothing in him or his style that would give us a real chance of bouncing straight back his football would only prosper in league one if he can bring in a couple of bruisers at the back and a couple of strikers. I'm still mixed in opinion on his actual impact since taking over as although he made strides tightening up there are half a dozen games where we can justifiably say we should have have been displaying a clear 'must win' attitude but didn't. If we do survive it's going to be by the skin of or teeth rather than some heroic rescue act by him but yes the problems run deeper as we say on Sunday.