RevidgeBlue

Yep. He's already done one nonsensical puff piece to placate the fan base where he suggests progress has been made on the RW position but then quotes VI as saying "It's difficult to say anything is close" which actually suggests the exact opposite! Never mind Rover the dog, I wish Eustace would come in for Jackson as well.

100%. Whilst JDT was constantly calling out the powers that be, you felt there was some hope despite the ownership. Eustace was slightly more professional as it were in the sense that he didn't make his dissatisfaction so public. But you could tell he wasn't happy, Towards the end you could hear the optimism draining out of him with every interview. This guy gives the impression all is well and he's 100 % on board. That may change of course but I doubt it.

Id rather that than sell him for £1.5m. Is that how little you value our Championship status at?

Take the plastic snake stuff elsewhere please. Things are bad enough as it is.

You've not seen the games this season then? Just on Gueye and Travis, if VI doesn't rate Travis and thinks Woodrow is a better option than Gueye that says a lot more about the manager than it says about those two players.

Of course he's in on it. All these cheap foreign imports from inferior Leagues are allegedly the right profile of player to suit him and the exciting high intensity pressing football he is claimed to favour. And of which there is absolutely no sign. I think they're all taking us for mugs - including the manager.

The above post is a prime example of why some people should be allowed nowhere near social media. No doubt Jack is a fervent member of the plastic snake brigade.

If we are eventually reduced to seeing what's left on the loan market at the last minute (as usual) I think we'll be sadly disappointed. For every Elliott/Van Hecke/Beck there's a lot more Barry Douglas's/Clarkson's/Poveda's/Cozier Duberry's/Woodrow's/ Dennis's who are either completely shite and/or a complete waste of money. It's the only thing I agree with VI on.

Is he unhappy? He's been quite blasé about the impending departures of Brittain and Travis as though they're only to be expected and he's known about them for some time.

What did he do tonight? After he gave the ball away on the edge of our area he perked up a little and played one or two nice balls but nothing earth shattering. The receiving player still always has it all to do. Does he score any goals? - No Does he provide any assists? - No Does he provide any defence splitting balls which leave the receiving player with a clear cut chance? - No. And this was against League 1 opposition.

I disagree completely on that point sg - regardless of quality you would expect a decent coach to be able to set the team up to be motivated and difficult to beat as a bare minimum. How often do we concede goals in the first 20 mins under VI? It must be more often than not, and quite often it's the first ten minutes and out of those, sometimes more than one!

Complete guess: Id wager he's on about £7-8k p.w. now and Derby have offered to double that. I remember years ago when Trav was a kid a mate of mine who knew him a bit saying he was threatening to leave because a) He was on £2k p.w. which he thought was a shit wage and b) He was behind Evans and Smallwood in the pecking order and he thought he was a lot better than both of them. He wasn't wrong on either count.

When did Travis last sign a deal at Rovers? I seriously doubt he's on anything like £15k -£20 k p.w. currently. If Derby are prepared to "double his money" it probably shows what a poor wage (relatively speaking) he's currently on.

I took it as a joke.

Why,? Came with a massive reputation but done the square root of jack shit since he's been here. Tonight included.

Yet here we are, still in exactly the same position as when I made it. Desperately short of attacking options.

It's alright Tommy. Good job it's not the end of the window. (I agree 100% about Travis btw)

He's going to start running out of excuses soon. "It's only a friendly" "It's only the first game" "It's only the Carabao Cup" Anyone got the faintest idea of the style of play he's trying to implement? It just looks a completely disjointed shambles.

That's a negative not a positive. A positive would be being embroiled in a relegation battle but gaining some confidence and momentum because of a good run in the Cup.

Only saw the second half but that was appalling. We're at a real tipping point, shit squad, no decent attacking options and imo a shit manager as opposed to JDT ( edit) and Eustace who turned water into wine when they were here.

Because it wasn't. Cantwell was looking for it and chucked himself to the ground.

Nonsense. It was almost straight at him!

Better from Kargbo. Poor from Ohashi. Shouldn't have given the keeper a chance. That's why (imo) he won't score more than 10 this season.

Someone's going to have to explain to me what the fuss about Kargbo is all about.

No. There was a lot to like about JDT's tenure but the thing I liked the most was the way we performed in the Cups under him. Every other manager seems to treat Cup games like inconvenient encumbrances you need to get out of as soon as possible.