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  1. 2 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

    Brittains comments in press rather telling.

    As @glen9mullan mentioned (I think) JDT had lost the dressing room sadly.

    I think JDT was a fantastic manager, but he had flaws in terms of he was stubborn in how he wanted to play, whereas in the Championship where there is less money, you need to adapt to the players and situation you are in.

    Agreed. Just read that interview with Brittain. Certainly seems like the players weren't 100% on board with what JDT wanted them to do.

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  2. 59 minutes ago, Gav said:

    Why did his style of play suit us last season and not this?

    Do you not think a crippling injury list and zero budget has played a major part in our failings this season? Or how about not replacing key players that have left over the past few years? 

    Some of the football in the past 2yrs, at times, is the best I've seen in over 20yrs watching us. Could he have adapted his style to the usual mundane shite seen week in week out in Championship? Maybe, did I want him to, nope.

     

    Yep, maybe this, so then it didn't suit what we have now. What he was left with after players were downgraded.

    He didn't adapt the way we play to suit what we had (including injuries). He's trying to get a poor squad playing champagne football. Admirable but it wasn't working this season.

    As I said before, he's a good coach, he'll do well elsewhere, just right coach at the wrong club.

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  3. 1 hour ago, DuffsLeftPeg said:

    You’re talking nonsense to suit your argument…JDT’s football was excellent and we finished higher than at any point under Mowbray and would have made the play offs comfortably but for the O’Brien transfer failing and the inexplicable decision to keep Kaminski on the bench - he was clearly due to be sold and Pears needed Championship minutes, that decision was clearly above JDT’s head and he eventually left for a pathetic £2m, given he’s now worth at least £20m and we replaced him with a Swedish Flapper.

    We also had 2 brilliant cup runs, beating 2 Premier League sides along the way and almost getting to a semi-final at Wembley against Man City.

    JDT was a young, progressive and ambitious coach and he’d played the game at the very highest level. With backing last summer and if GB had the ability and funds to get the players in we need, we would’ve continued to progress this season. Unfortunately we replaced Kaminski with Leo who is clearly an awful keeper and since he came into the team we began conceding 2 goals per game. How is any manager expected to get results with players who aren’t ready for Championship football? Also see Ennis & Telalovic - not ready for the Championship. James Hill aside, who’s now left too, the quality of our loans has also been worse than in previous seasons.

    Good luck to Eustace, it’s a good appointment in the circumstances but under the same club ownership, financial issues and their stooge Steve MAGGOTT as CEO, this continues to go one way before the asset stripping really begins in the summer.

    New era my arse! This won’t end until the parasites leave.

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    Not really talking nonsense tbf.

    Last season, yep it was a good one, no doubts the cup runs were excellent.

    I also agree that JDT is a good coach, who will likely be successful at another club.

    Yep, had we backed him in the summer we could have very well built on last season and could have gone on one further and secured a play off place.

    JDT's style of play doesn't suit what we have now though, it's undeniable. We've conceded the most goals in the league, most from set pieces, we've not won a league game for 2 months and put in some abysmal performances along the way. He's also failed to beat/lost to Sheff Wed, Huddersfield, Rotherham & QPR.

    It's not his fault, the rug was pulled from under him but he failed to adapt and if he remained in charge for the rest of the season there is a good chance we'd be relegated.

    Glass half full says we finished 7th last season, excellent season.

    Glass half empty says we spent more time in the top 6 than anyone other than The Dingles or Sheff Utd and finished outside of it.

     

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  4. 4 minutes ago, goozburger said:

    For me, it's more about a Head Coach that didn't want to be here. It was obvious from his interviews from the last year or more that he wasn't happy and seemingly wanted to be elsewhere. That has to be the biggest effect on players more than tactics and philosophy.

    If your manager isn't committed, why should you be?

    Certainly wouldn't help, agreed.

    I just don't think that style of play suits the players we have at Rovers. And now Wharton has gone it's even more apparent.

  5. It feels like this appointment would be a better fit for us than JDT was.

    With JDT the club was trying to run before it could walk. I really couldn't get on board with the whole passing out from the back/trying to have all the possession stuff. A few worrying comments in Eustace's first interview about carrying that on but he does say to "put his stamp on it" 

    Ultimately, if we stick with what JDT was doing, we will get relegated. 

    Eustace needs to make us better organised, better defensively, better at set pieces and not to be concerned about how much possession we had.

    We need points on the board asap and we've gotta hope that's his only remit right now.

  6. 5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

    Who takes the side in the absence of any agreement?

    Damien Johnson or will they wheel out a reluctant JDT?

    We keep hitting new low after new low recently but surely even they couldn't do that.

    Could they?

    Johnson must have been taking training if JDT is resigning, you would think. So wouldn't be surprised to see him taking charge tomorrow.

    But with this club, you never know.

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  7. 7 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

    He's very pragmatic who focuses on getting the basics right and then evolving the playing style from there. If you speak to Brum fans, they will tell you he started by getting the defensive side of the game right and being strong at set pieces. That's 💯 the right thing to do. Compare that to JDT, we are the worst team in the league at defending set pieces, cannot do the basics at all, and are way too open. Yet JDT continues trying to play champagne football.

    Our two best managers of recent times - Hughes and Allardyce - they have both followed the same blueprint of making us us solid first. 

    Eustace came into an extremely poor Birmingham side in his first season who were strongly tripped for relegation and kept them up easily. He had some money to spend in the summer and they signed well, with a focus on exciting wingers. We desperately need those kind of players too. He had them in 6th place and should never have been sacked.

    Eustace also knows the championship far better than JDT and understands what it takes to get out of a relegation scrap.

    All in all, a big upgrade for me. 

    That's a great write up.

    *Awaits Robbie Fowler announcement*

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    😭

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