John Eustace - our head coach

[J*B]

4 hours ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Is this your way of saying that Sammie wanted to be anywhere else but at that meeting?! His body language certainly looks like it.

I mean, we’ll let him off given he’s our only decent player now.

Not at all, it’s one moment from a 2 hour meeting on a camera he (like the rest of us) had no idea was recording. 

[NeilInBristol]

6 minutes ago, J*B said:

Not at all, it’s one moment from a 2 hour meeting on a camera he (like the rest of us) had no idea was recording. 

2hours blimey. 

 

[chaddyrovers]

5 hours ago, martonrover said:

I simply do not rate or trust Broughton.

Another window like last Summer and we are sure to go down (even if we survive this season).

I would be prepared to give Eustace (or another DOF) the benefit of the doubt.

Rate Broughton? He has done very well in shit circumstances. 

Give Eustace the benefit of the doubt? On what?

4 hours ago, martonrover said:

It's obviously very difficult to deal in the market under these circumstances, but at least have someone who has the slightest clue doing the job.

The guy is massively out of his depth imo.

What experience have you got in a Football DoF role? 

He has been a DoF for nearly 2 years..

So who would replace him then? Any names? 

[martonrover]

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Rate Broughton? He has done very well in shit circumstances. 

Give Eustace the benefit of the doubt? On what?

What experience have you got in a Football DoF role? 

He has been a DoF for nearly 2 years..

So who would replace him then? Any names? 

From the man who told us in November that JDT was taking us to the Play Offs.

Also, are you still expecting great things from Ennis?

[Roverthechimp]

6 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

2hours blimey. 

 

That our players can focus för 2 hours is a revelation - I thought 45 minutes was the max 😈

 

😉🥳

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, martonrover said:

From the man who told us in November that JDT was taking us to the Play Offs.

Also, are you still expecting great things from Ennis?

We were 7th at that time. Things look good at the time. 

Ennis has gone and somehow we got 500k for him. Did you miss that transfer? 🤔🫡

[martonrover]

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

We were 7th at that time. Things look good at the time. 

Ennis has gone and somehow we got 500k for him. Did you miss that transfer? 🤔🫡

😂😂😂 
 

 

 

[chaddyrovers]

4 minutes ago, martonrover said:

😂😂😂 
 

 

 

No answer to simple questions posed?

Give Eustace the benefit of the doubt? On what?

What experience have you got in a Football DoF role? 

He has been a DoF for nearly 2 years..

So who would replace him then? Any names?.

 

[roversfan99]

What experience do you have as a director of football, surely only a valid counter argument to suggesting that you should take the job.

Being asked to have a complete scouting knowledge of European players is one thing too, but random fans arent going to be able to recite potential DOFs. Doesnt mean they dont exist.

[Mattyblue]

This is Chaddy’s new thing.

’’Well what experience as a DoF do you have?’”

”What Swedish goalkeepers valued at £800k would you have bought?”

[NeilInBristol]

"It is something we're looking at, we've been in for a week and you can't change everything straight away with the amount of games that we've had.

"We haven't had much time to train. We're tweaking little things here and there. At Birmingham, we defended them very well.

"We just need to keep working on the training field and work as hard as we can on that.

"We have to give responsibility to the players to understand what it takes to defend the goal. It's not just the first phase of the attack, it's the second and third phase until we clear the ball out of the danger zone.

"That's what we have to do on the training field and we will be doing that. It's evident that we didn't do that on Saturday."

[martonrover]

43 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

No answer to simple questions posed?

Give Eustace the benefit of the doubt? On what?

What experience have you got in a Football DoF role? 

He has been a DoF for nearly 2 years..

So who would replace him then? Any names?.

 

Look, may I politely suggest that you tone it down a bit.

There is a more courteous way of disagreeing with someone else’s viewpoint than jumping in and tearing a strip off them, (your reply to my original post).

Also, it really is better to have a shred of credibility on here before being so outspoken.

I don’t rate Broughton.
I think he’s a typically dreadful Venkys appointment and I would rather see Eustace at the forefront of transfer dealings, (hence the benefit of the doubt with no history of poor signings).

Thanks to our owners landing us in the brown stuff (again) we need a more pragmatic approach, and for me that does not include a DOF, or at least certainly not one who is another blatant chancer.

If you rate Broughton, that’s fine.

You will no doubt back him until he leaves, (hopefully soon), when you will say that it was the right decision.

You do not the ability to be objective about Rovers and still struggle to believe that any decision made is a bad one.

Goodnight Chaddy, sweet dreams about JDT giving Ennis a big hug after he scores the winning goal at Wembley in May.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[yoda]

3 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

People who spend hours on an obscure message board obsessing about the minutiae of a football club telling others who spend loads of time on their football club to get a life.

Yep, makes you wonder why clarets mad is still going

[yoda]

whot! No new players ?

Chad and Useless Eustace are intrinsically linked

[Blue blood]

If ever there is evidence there's a troll in our midst that is it. 

No one, well over the age of 11, no one would be thick enough to challenge someone on their experience as a DOF when they have bugger all themselves.

Nor do I think anyone would be championing the expertise of a profession in one sentence - what experience have you got as a DOF - and at the same time expecting said person to have the expertise to suggest an alternative. 

In fact no one is stupid or ignorant enough to think one's lack of knowledge means an answer doesn't exist. I mean just because I don't know how to fix my car doesn't mean there isn't a solution. 

Also the respons when asked how Ennis  worked out, ignoring the obvious that it hasn't shows either a complete lack of understanding of English or a willfulness not to engage properly with people. Again even a child would have worked out the said question and implications. 

And all that's before we get to the tone. I'm all for different opinions and debate but such posting is really low imo. 

[Armchair supporter supremo]

12 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Rate Broughton? He has done very well in shit circumstances. 

Give Eustace the benefit of the doubt? On what?

What experience have you got in a Football DoF role? 

He has been a DoF for nearly 2 years..

So who would replace him then? Any names? 

Well considering that I very much doubt you or many others on here knew Broughtons name before he arrived here that question is a bit dafty bum. 

Edited February 20, 2024 by Armchair supporter supremo

[RoversClitheroe]

12 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

No answer to simple questions posed?

Give Eustace the benefit of the doubt? On what?

What experience have you got in a Football DoF role? 

He has been a DoF for nearly 2 years..

So who would replace him then? Any names?.

 

Caddy, what gives you right at all to have an opinion on a DOF? 

Why do you always insist on names? I doubt you know any names other than the obvious ones, who's to know what good looks like? None of have a clue unless we've worked in elite football.

Just because you have experience doesn't immediately make you good in any walk or life.

"I'm an experienced 5k runner because I've been running for 2 years" yet can't even break 25 mins. (Fyi I run a 19.30) but it's beyond the point.

[Trinidad Rover]

I really struggle with Eustace and his interviews. Says a lot without saying much at all.

Usually include: 'no excuse culture', 'togetherness', really excited', 'you know', 'working really hard', 'fadzy/hedgy/bucko/lowey'

 

[NeilInBristol]

4 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

I really struggle with Eustace and his interviews. Says a lot without saying much at all.

Usually include: 'no excuse culture', 'togetherness', really excited', 'you know', 'working really hard', 'fadzy/hedgy/bucko/lowey'

 

Yeh I'm the same. Part of me tho is thinking he needs the summer to get his tactics drilled and embedded in to the squad so it's worth ignoring all the BS that comes out of the club for now because they are trying to paint a picture of positivity.

[windymiller7]

11 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

I really struggle with Eustace and his interviews. Says a lot without saying much at all.

Usually include: 'no excuse culture', 'togetherness', really excited', 'you know', 'working really hard', 'fadzy/hedgy/bucko/lowey'

 

That is really starting to irritate me, it's a least twice in every sentence.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

12 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Yeh I'm the same. Part of me tho is thinking he needs the summer to get his tactics drilled and embedded in to the squad so it's worth ignoring all the BS that comes out of the club for now because they are trying to paint a picture of positivity.

Really want him to succeed but cant help but think he's a ready made yes man who will toe the party line.

[Mattyblue]

Standard lower league manager speak, we’d just forgotten what that was like after JDT (and jumpers for goalposts Mogga).

[RevidgeBlue]

21 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

I really struggle with Eustace and his interviews. Says a lot without saying much at all.

Usually include: 'no excuse culture', 'togetherness', really excited', 'you know', 'working really hard', 'fadzy/hedgy/bucko/lowey'

 

His interviews are a bit soundbitey granted but I couldn't care less as long as he gets results.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Really want him to succeed but cant help but think he's a ready made yes man who will toe the party line.

It would appear certainly that one of the reasons Waggott brought him in is that he will keep his head down and not be openly critical like JDT was.

Again I have no particular issue with that but IF and only if he gets results.

[Exiled_Rover]

41 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Really want him to succeed but cant help but think he's a ready made yes man who will toe the party line.

It shows a distinct lack of ambition by the CEO.

He'll be employed with the remit to keep us in the league - both this year and going forward - with a shoestring budget. 

Look forward to being big, physical and good at set pieces for the next few years.