I meant that chaddy wouldnt say a bad word about him and was fuming when he left. Now all of a sudden like with Mowbray before, he is happy to criticse him and shield the current manager from any sort of criticism. I agree with you and as we will likely just about stay up, its the first third of the season that has done all of the work under Tomasson.

I dont get why you dont have enough faith in your opinion to just pass it off in favour of McKenna's. We dont even know if he picked him but he wont have seen him week in week out for years like us. That being said, there is an element of truth in what you say about losing him. Hes proven himself over many years to be somewhat effective at this level, he usually gets 8 or 9 goals and he offers other things, I'd say he is Championship standard but bottom half. If we signed a player with his record for a free, we would probably be saying he is a decent squad pick up. We are also likely to be scrambling around in the frees and loan market, and we know from experience that it is difficult to get anyone anywhere near good enough under those conditions, so to get 2 up to standard will be hard. That being said, he has had a particularly bad season this season, especially with his recurring injuries, and he is the top earner. It would be a no brainer to let him go if we had competent owners and room to manouevre budget wise, as we likely wont then it is a bit of a risk but I still think he should probably be let go.

I love how Tomasson has started to get some criticism now he is no longer our manager. Same happened with Mowbray and now Eustace can do no wrong.

Yep, by the owners who decided they clearly wanted Wharton sold so we had no choice, and rejecting substantial Brereton bids when he had a year left.

Not the narrative you ran with when he was here, similar to Tomasson, and more importantly, not relevant to the point I was making.

No, thankfully. I wonder how many first team signings weve made who havent played a senior minute.

In the final season, he wasnt backed at all. He had to sell Armstrong and that summer was all loans and Edun for a nominal fee. Then in January, he spent another nominal fee on Hedges, a couple of loans and Markanday for 500k who instantly tore his hamstring and missed the rest of the season. The death spirals are a result of us constantly having thin/young squads and never getting backed in January, regardless of manager.

Especially when Koumetio is on the bench. His only contribution was a sub appearance in the cup where he seemed unfamiliar with a football.

I dont see how anyone is pining their hopes on a Broughton interview where he merely said that he RECOMMENDS that we invest in the playing squad etc. He knows more than anyone that its probably unlikely, and even though his competence is at best highly dubious, hes a good speaker and it isnt hard to know that the normal thing to do is to reinvest some if we have even a shred of ambition. We did sell Wharton late in the window but dont swallow rubbish about it being too late. Simply because we had a McGuire buy lined up for a fraction of those funds and the owners refused to authorise it. So clearly no willingness to invest. Then there is Armstrong, even if you believe that every single penny had to go to FFP, thats another sale where we didnt reinvest. Then when we sold Rhodes, we got a few loans and didnt buy anyone. Then there is Gestede, Cairney, Hanley, Duffy, the list goes on. On the rare occasions where we have had a bit of money to spend, it hasnt ever been the direct proceeds of a sale. And its usually following a few seasons of frugality so it boosts us a bit but not from a position of strength. They spent 4 or 5 million when Tomasson came having been directly responsible for players leaving for free. They also gave Mowbray 10 million but that was on the back of a League 1 campaign that happened after years of budget cuts that led us there in the first place.

There were plenty of teams between us too. Although the gap we had on Wednesday was considerable has now been wiped. Partly down to them picking up, partly down to us picking up less than a point a game since.

Im not saying they will or can be. Just that holding any of the clueless employees they keep in situ on behalf of them is fairly pointless.

We had a 7 point buffer when he came in.(I think)

Thats what a functional, well run club would do. It will not happen here.

Its Venkys who havent allowed any to be reinvested and need to be held to account.

It will almost certainly have been Venkys who decided how much to sell him for. Like they did for other players, notably Brereton by setting an unrealistically high price tag with no flexibility and when no one got near it they chose to stupidly let him run his contract down instead.

It is easier to slight those who wont boycott when in a different country.

In Eustace's last 4 home games, we have 1 goal. And in the 3 prior we got 1 in each, so 4 in 7. Its a very shoddy record and it was little surprise that he had the lack of ambition or competence to oversee us scoring even against 10 men.

I have answered, but like you say Hasta. I would have gone personally for Ayari for a CB, McFadzean off as we could then play further up. JRC out wide. Failing that, I know they arent the best options but Moran/Markanday for McFadzean. Not Telalovic.

Plus if he does go the price is pretty irrelevant as it wont be used for the benefit of the club.

Why did Eustace get a massive round of applause after getting sent off after being involved in something he didnt need to meaning that he forfeited being on the touchline as manager for the 1 and a half games that will determine our survival? I always find it strange when players get a round of applause too when sent off leaving us in the lurch.

He is just doing what the owners want from him. They are the problem, he is just an ugly symptom.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/27584023/brentford-luton-championship-sammie-szmodics-blackburn-sheffield-united/ Every week, desperate for idiots willing to pay for this rubbish, another article linking Szmodics to every club under the sun whilst leaving open the possibility that he stays to cover all bases.

Says a lot about the direction of the club and what has happened in the last 6 months that weve gone from 7th to being happy about other results because teams might try harder against teams in order to keep us up. Best player sold, captain loaned out, no funds from the owners and an ambitious manager quitting and replaced by one that seems out of his depth. Thanks Venkys.

When JRC played under Tomasson it was clear he had instructions on how to play and he followed them and thrived. Eustace doesnt seem to have any plan on how to attack and JRC is new to the midfield position which he might prefer but he is not as good in at this moment. He looks like he has gone from a player who knows exactly what he needs to do to one who has no clear instruction from a clueless manager.

Also in addition to absolutely no impact in our shoddy corners and free kicks. What are those pathetic long throws about? Our full backs clearly cant throw it far but lets do it anyway.