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He hasnt justified us signing him or proven to be a good signing. And again, it wasnt questions of him as a player as id never heard of him. It was about the nature of our business. I have liked what I have seen from his very limited game time so far though.

I never said there is a problem interviewing candidates. I dont know why you keep saying that. Obviously you interview potential head coaches. I am saying there is a problem with not seemingly having a succession plan and reportedly (only reports) interviewing so many people as it suggests that you dont have a clue what you want. And chaddy, my point had nothing to do with having faith, writing us off, being negative. It was purely that the probability of us being 2 of 8 or 9 teams to finish 4th or 6th multiplied by then being the best of 4 teams in the play offs is very small. Nothing to do with opinions or writing anyone off. We are considerably more likely to be a Championship side next year compared to a Premier League side. You cant argue with that.

The chances of promotion are very slim, regardless of optimism/pessimism. The % chance of us getting in the play offs multiplied by the % chance of us being the best of those 4 teams is low. So the likelihood is the mess of lots of players leaving, key players with a year left, a minimal budget etc are all there, without the incentive of being 5th with 13 games left. We are almost certainly a better proposition now than we will be in the summer. Lowe deserves lots of credit but equally its an unusual situation where the players have a sense of injustice and an added motivation of the immediate departure of the manager.

Absolutely. Managers in the summer will be getting a squad where half of it has left and all of the key players are going into their last year. There will be a pitiful budget and a refusal to renew contracts. But being 5th with a 4 point buffer on 7th, thats the incentive.

I dont think it is aimed at me, I just dont think anyone wants anyone to fail to prove themselves right. Take Gueye. The majority thought he wasnt up to it, but the reaction to his goal at Wednesday and what has happened since has delighted everyone.

Promotion would likely lead to a massive bonus and/or pay rise for Waggott. And the financial benefits for the club would look great in terms of what is thought of him. The budget has consistently been low for a while, summer and winter windows. The owners just dont give a shit. Their sole focus is slashing costs. Often the most logical reason is the correct one.

Again, not wanting a player to be selected in the next match doesnt equate to wanting him to fail to prove themselves right.

Pears Brittain Sanderson Hyam Ribeiro Travis Buckley Dolan Cantwell Kargbo Gueye Could do with getting ideally a full game in the legs of Carter, Dennis and one or two others if the under 21s are playing early in the week/in a behind closed doors game too.

It probably wouldnt to be honest.

So when those 2 players you mentioned scored yesterday, you think anyone was anything other than delighted? Its rubbish.

Yet when a player has been here for half a season or even a season and is struggling and people are saying he isnt up to it, you rubbish them and say he will come good. Kargbo looked promising yesterday but its very early days to put any doubters (which were more at the lack of money spent and the level Kargbo individually had played and done well at, no one had heard of the player himself) "in the bin." You are already on the turn though against Eustace and justifying the running of the club. Nornal service has been resumed. Recruitment has been very short term focused and mixed but the main reason is the shocking lack of reinvestment.

Yes, im sure that people spend so much time and money watching Rovers because they want them to fail.

As the feeling of injustice wears off, you are left with a coach above his pay grade steering you through such an important part of the season. But its cheap and easy so I suspect it will happen.

We dont do new contracts here.

He may have told a white lie, who cares. He left because the clubs a mess. That should be our primary concern. The owners and board still carry on and they are the issues.

Interviewing a large number of people suggests that they dont know who or what they want. Obviously the main thing is quality but it doesnt suggest that they anticipated what to do when Eustace was no longer here. It does also matter though when the decision is made. We only have 13 games left and are in mid February so we need to make a decision soon. You like with transfers were asking for a decision to be made soon. Because you know that isnt likely you are changing to justify it. And how do you know that the decision lies with Gestede and Owen?

The players have been united all season, its totally irrelevant to the point that Eustace was justifiably irritated by the transfer windows both in January and the summer. The main issue was the lack of budget considering the sales but this was compounded seemingly by the jumbled nature and often the fact that the head coach is getting enough of a say regarding the players he will then be judged on. And has Kargbo "put all of the doubters in the bin?" Again, most people (even you didnt seem too impressed) raised a question mark over signing a player who had struggled to make an impact above Serie C. We all hoped he would be a hidden gem but its too early to say either way. His cameo yesterday was very promising but hes played about 40 minutes of league football so far, plus an hour in a cup game.

Absolutely. Decided and didnt bother to tell him. But at least then we had the summer. Now we need to make a decision quickly.

The club has done very well to manipulate the situation so now most of the anger is at Eustace and not at the real problem. Venkys.

Its clear that there was no succession plan for what was to happen post Eustace and the fact that he had shown his frustration publically for some time prior to leaving means there really ought to be. So many alledged interviews suggests that they dont even know what they want. I cant see past the likelihood of them just giving it to Lowe. They dont have a clue who to appoint so its easier for them just to let him carry on. I would be against that, hes done very well in covering but the feeling of injustice that Eustace left has been raw. That will ease. But any decision needs to be made ASAP as there arent many games left.

He worked here as a young player over 20 years ago under different owners. I dont see what relevance it has.

Same with Derby surely. Yes, it would be great if both failed to get promoted/avoid relegation. But our focus is surely on us so we need results to go in our favour.

How did you know it was and come across a Venkys advisor, out of interest? "Another line on the P&L" doesnt really make sense but it is clear that they do treat us with the total disregard that you suggest. They couldnt give a shit about us and their lapdog essentially said as such in a recent fans fans forum by saying they wont be coming any time soon as they have more important matters to attend to.

Dolan and Hedges are often coupled together because they are usually the 2 that start out wide. And both have had poor seasons from an attacking perspective, but Dolan has always been much more effective than Hedges, or at least more capable. In terms of balance, it probably does suit Dolan far more to have Kargbo on the other side as mentioned above. There is then less reliance on him in attack and he also has someone on the other side opening the game up. Hedges was never particularly good but 2 things I think have made him even less effective. Moving him to the left which is not his position. And also the 2 bad hamstring injuries have made him even slower and more unable to take people on. He needs letting go, hes not capable at this level. Dolan probably can point to games played and expect to be towards the top earners. If so, thats an issue as he hasnt done enough to warrant that. But if we could agree some sort of deal, even though I and many others have been critical of him, at the age hes at, I wouldnt be against it. But we dont offer new deals out anyway. So Dolan will go and Hedges will have his extenson activated.

The narrative has definitely changed significantly after the statements by the club and also off the back of a couple of wins. Short term, I still understand why he would have been frustrated by the January window. Will Dennis and/or Woodrow have any significant contribution in them between now and May? Ribeiro looks a shrewd short term pick up, and Kargbo has impressed in cameos. Sanderson seems a decent player to have to cover in defence, I still dont think Forshaw is what we needed but his goal was important yesterday. But obviously in terms of building, our squad is still lacking any foundations. A large chunk of our squad is here short term and arguably our best 4 players (Brittain, Hyam, Tronstad and Travis) are all out of contract next summer. We havent renewed a contract for so long and that doesnt appear to change anytime soon, and the fact that Eustace didnt get any assurances regarding the summer suggests that we wont be in a position to rebuild. Naturally our focus needs to be on this season at the moment, but the percentage change of promotion is so small. Even if say we have 50% chance of a play off position, which I would say is very generous, it leaves us with probably again a generous 10% chance of promotion from there. 3rd and 4th place will be heavy favourites. Then we are back to square one.