roversfan99

What a terrible, terrible list. Mid table this season, relegation next.

People seem to get off throwing rubbish in at times like these.

The public statement yesterday was a stroke of genius to be fair. The last 24 hours have seen a lot more anti Eustace stuff off the back of it. I certainly dont wish him any success but equally I totally understand why he is going. He shouldnt be a focus of the attention.

Ive no idea who I would go for. Lets be honest, its all a bit depressing. All the names mentioned are downgrades and especially considering the upheavel, we wont be getting into the play offs and the club is in a mess. You said we needed a goalscorer to get into the play offs and that was working on the assumption that Eustace stayed. Now we have neither. Its going to be understandably toxic at Ewood on Saturday.

Im in no doubt that he wont come, thats not my question. Unless im mistaken, he was on your shortlist only yesterday. What has changed from thinking of him as a candidate to telling people he is unrealistic? I know Elliott Jackson said he isnt realistic so wondering if it was that.

Im sure yesterday that you put him on your shortlist. Why the sudden change?

Erm, ok. To simplify. The more people involved at a dysfunctional club like ours, the more chance of conflict, disagreements and ineffiency. As an aside, that £5m promise is totally unfounded.

When we decided to go for a director of football type approach, I remember saying that there are risks/downsides. Notably players being signed that the head coach doesnt want, internal fighting, disagreements etc and that those risks would only be increased at a club as dysfunctional as ours. You dismissed me out of hand as being negative. This always felt inevitable.

What you have quoted is quite the opposite of a snap judgement.

Yep, Kargbo showed some pace without much at the end of it, Dennis looked off the pace because he is nowhere near fit and our new 4th choice centre back used to play with him at Birmingham. Coupled with a sub left back, a striker who scores a goal a season and Adam bloody Forshaw, what more does he want to get promoted.

Talk about the elephant in the room. Here are some pictures of the cheap signings we made that tipped our soon to be announced manager over the edge.

Head coach, manager. Dont be pedantic. So what you are saying is if you think the head coach should get to choose the players he is working with, that makes you exempt from being able to critique them? What utter bollocks. He should have been given a new deal in the last few months but it shouldnt make a difference here either way. If we were run properly and gave him reasonable and competitive resources to do his job, then even if a side in the relegation zone activated his release clause, it would be laughed off. As it is and regardless of how "decent" you think the January window was. 22nd placed Derby is a more attractive proposition to a talented "head coach" as opposed to 6th placed Rovers. If ever you wanted to sum up Venkys run Rovers.

Eustace isnt even out of the door and his Stoke "win" goes back to Johnson.

Loving the naivety that he still might stay. Ridiculous that he has taken training and it hasnt been sorted since full time yesterday.

Youve never been able to grasp that thinking that the manager should have final decision doesnt mean that I have to then agree with every decision made should that happen. Its irrelevant here anyway as he clearly didnt here. We didnt even sign an out and out striker, just loads of squad fillers on short term deals. Wasnt decent, it was crap enough to push the manager over the edge.

The stuff about being promised x or y is total guesswork and rumour. But the reality is, no manager is going to be happy in the light of such significant sales, to be given such a minimal budget spread across loads of sub par sticking plasters, no contracts signed since Gestede was allowed on to the gravy train either is simply not good enough. The January window seems to be the straw that broke the camels back. A window you claimed to be a good one was clearly anything but.

If you genuinely believe that location/family is the main reason that he is leaving. Then why are you annoyed at the owners and board?

When he goes. Either way, terribly out of form side amidst the current disruption away versus a West Brom side off the back of a morale boosting win and with a much better team. Home win.

We wont have a manager to try it out in training.

I know you seem keen to be a contrarian. But even if you have seen evidence to suggest that he is good enough even to be 4th choice, at odds with everyone else. Why considering our position are we replacing a decent 3rd choice midfielder with a 4th choice midfielder when supposedly going for promotion?

I wasnt having a go. It was a joke. If you think this players not only get into the play offs but do so with the dusruption of the manager leaving due to shoddy running of the club with 15 games to go then your faith clearly goes above and beyond.

O'Neil? Absolutely not.

I dont even feel that angry, just disenchanted. Does it even matter really? Whoever comes in is destined to fail in these conditions. I can tell you one thing. We arent going to lose Eustace, take the time to appoint a replacement AND make the top 6 with this team.

Obviously I want Eustace to say. But he clearly isnt going to. And you are happy with every manager while they are in situ so you dont deserve to do the I was right routine. If he goes, is that it for the play off push?

He would have had to buy out his own contract to leave, like Tomasson was expected to which delayed his departure.