Not read the rest of the comments....by christ that was a tough watch. You wonder for the millionth time how dollopers like Hedges and Gallagher have ever carved out a career in professional football. What was Brittain doing for the goal? He's a bit of a liability defensively. If we play like that until the rest of the season we're in trouble. We probably needed a change but under JDT at least you felt we had a chance of outscoring the opposition. Last night we showed nothing.

As I said earlier, don't think we get those 3 points today without the managerial change. Vital win. Now let's shove Mowbray closer to the drop on Tuesday(?) then we can breathe a bit easier.

No way that happens without the new coach/manager.

That's a dire looking X1 to me.......let's see what happens.

Birmingham now 2 down. 3 defeats in a row in all comps incoming for them. The Mowbray death spiral appears to have kicked in early.

Amen to that my friend, amen to that.

Allegedly coming in initially in 3 lots of £6m and I bet they don't bother going back to Court in March and use the AW money in lieu. That only keeps the lights on until sometime in June by my reckoning. Not to excuse the situation or defend them in any way.

££££ which we haven't got.

Impossible imo to disagree, but you have to allow yourself that little bit of optimism that the change will bring about an improvement in the short term. There's nothing else left to cling on to.

A Agreed. In the long term this looks tantamount to rearranging a couple of deckchairs on the Titanic given that Venky's still have their financial issues and Waggott and Broughton appear to have emerged from the latest debacle unscathed. In the short term however a different voice and possibly a more pragmatic approach at times, hopefully he can provoke a reaction out of the players and get us the points we need to avoid the drop this season. A very warm welcome to the Club and the best of luck John.

Yep, you can clearly see where Broughton's coming from - he's well up for " the project" I.e. sell anything that moves. As for JDT, sad to see him go, I'll remember him not for the recent bad League results but as someone who tried to instill pride, standards and ambition into the Club. Ultimately to no avail sadly. Oh and some fantastic Cup results. Wish him all the best for the future.

Grrr.....didn't refresh the page. A lot better appointment than I expected in the circumstances, he's going to need all the luck in the world working for these owners, Waggott and especially if GB is picking the players for him.

Yes true. (Head Coach)

Wasn't mentioned as leaving along with JDT and Rene, you just know he's going to pop back up like a bad "egg".

So we're plummeting towards the relegation zone and have no manager but at least we've started looking for a new one! Nothing much gets past those in charge at Ewood. You've got to get up pretty early in the morning to get one over on them. It's truly heartwarming to know we're in such capable hands.

Things are on hold while Balaji just takes a call from Simon Grayson's agent.

I actually quite wish he was staying for the Cup games.

"No further news today?"

Especially if Eustace is announced as the new "Manager". If he's described as the new "Head Coach" I'll be panicking.

I'm just going to put that down as a bit of guff in the Press and not even entertain the possibility

"David Lowe's Blue and White Army!"

Which one, Steve or Owen?

Agreed, but I wouldn't be that surprised if we miraculously somehow just miss out on Eustace and end up with someone way worse. I wasn't comparing the 2 directly.

It wasn't me that said that about putting tickets up but if they do you'll be right.

Whilst I'm not overly excited at the prospect I actually think it would be a surprisingly solid appointment in all the circumstances. My worry is, it's not done yet and I hope it doesn't turn into another Warnock moment. (There you are, I was the first to say it)