Eustace…GONE

[islander200]

2 minutes ago, arbitro said:

On Gillette Soccer Special they weren't sure if he was there. Part of the WATR statement was read out too which I think raised a few eyebrows on the panel.

Phil Thompson was very sympathetic towards our plight with big sam(although he readily admitted that he didn't know the venkys were still owners until this kicked off)

Said it was a disgrace they hadn't been to a game in 10 years 

[neophox]

Well Derby are an awful team

[Tugayslongwalkoff]

 If John Eustace is pictured at the Derby game tonight when he is still technically the manager of Blackburn Rovers Football Club who are preparing for an important game tomorrow, then for me that is breaking new ground in terms of disrespect. As much as I am apoplectically angry at our sorry excuse of a regime and they must all leave the club, I’m actually starting to think John Eustace has been extremely disrespectful to our club by courting other jobs.  Not to mention disingenuous to the fans. 

[Ianrally]

And the Venkys haven’t been any of those things? Get a grip!

Nevertheless welcome to the board. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Ianrally

[wilsdenrover]

C’mon Oxford

[neophox]

If our players done what Eustace has with looking for new employees under his time as Rovers manager we would not been happy at all. 

[Tom]

Well if Norwich win tonight he no longer leaves us as a team in the top 6!

[Tugayslongwalkoff]

4 minutes ago, Ianrally said:

And the Venkys haven’t been any of those things? Get a grip!

Nevertheless welcome to the board. 

So you didn’t read my entire comment then? For your information you will not find are more vociferous opponent of those bastards, two can be in the wrong and on this occasion I believe they are to a large degree. 

[sharpysharps86]

11 minutes ago, Tom said:

Well if Norwich win tonight he no longer leaves us as a team in the top 6!

Dracula has just given PNE the lead.

This is really frustrating to sit and wait for the inevitable. You'd have expected it to be all done and dusted before Derby kicked off tonight. Just want it announced at this point so we can move on as best we can.

Edited 4 hours ago by sharpysharps86

[neophox]

13 minutes ago, Tom said:

Well if Norwich win tonight he no longer leaves us as a team in the top 6!

Well they are down 0-1 at home

[Upside Down]

21 minutes ago, Tugayslongwalkoff said:

 If John Eustace is pictured at the Derby game tonight when he is still technically the manager of Blackburn Rovers Football Club who are preparing for an important game tomorrow, then for me that is breaking new ground in terms of disrespect. As much as I am apoplectically angry at our sorry excuse of a regime and they must all leave the club, I’m actually starting to think John Eustace has been extremely disrespectful to our club by courting other jobs.  Not to mention disingenuous to the fans. 

He doesn't owe the club anything, the club owes him, a lot.

Ask yourself one question, why would a manager swap a promotion challenge for a relegation battle with a team in the same division?

Eustace has been lied to repeatedly and had the piss taken out of him by the club. He's done what any self respecting individual would do and got out of the place at the first opportunity.

[Forever Blue]

25 minutes ago, BigHoz said:

He’ll come out 2nd half when they are 1-0 up 

Those were the days, when the big talking point was whether Eustace could claim the Stoke win.

[bluefred]

Leeds 0-3 up after 30 min at Watford 

[Ricky]

2 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Those were the days, when the big talking point was whether Eustace could claim the Stoke win.

I was going to ask if they’ll claim this has his first win for them if they get a result. 👀

[Polky]

 

[onlyonejackwalker]

1 minute ago, neophox said:

Well they are down 0-1 at home

Yes to PNE who are catching us up rapidly. Adding to the frustration.

5 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Ask yourself one question, why would a manager swap a promotion challenge for a relegation battle with a team in the same division?

Ermmm its not rocket science. I can think of about twenty thousand reasons in month one.

[simongarnerisgod]

5 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Eustace has been lied to repeatedly and had the piss taken out of him by the club. He's done what any self respecting individual would do and got out of the place at the first opportunity.

jdt had the same scenario,though he had to engineer his exit,impossible for a credible manager to work here,sooner or later they`ll do the same as the afor mentioned

[martonrover]

7 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

He doesn't owe the club anything, the club owes him, a lot.

Ask yourself one question, why would a manager swap a promotion challenge for a relegation battle with a team in the same division?

Eustace has been lied to repeatedly and had the piss taken out of him by the club. He's done what any self respecting individual would do and got out of the place at the first opportunity.

Agreed.

Rovers agreed to inserting a buy out clause in his contract.

Eustace’s agent was very wise to have that included .

No half decent manager will stay at Rovers for long.

Managers will come with good intentions, and then realise what they are up against.

[M_B]

4 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

Thats straight out of the Waggott playbook.
 

It’s more down to the injuries to key men and lack of squad depth. 

It's straight out of my book, you are allowed to think for yourself rather than talking in clichés and automatically blaming Waggott for every I'll in the world.

If his heart/head haven't been in the job, then it's obviously possible that he hasn't been on the ball which could well have contributed to the poor form.

 

[M_B]

4 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

Thats straight out of the Waggott playbook.
 

It’s more down to the injuries to key men and lack of squad depth. 

It's straight out of my book, you are allowed to think for yourself rather than talking in clichés and automatically blaming Waggott for every I'll in the world.

If his heart/head haven't been in the job, then it's obviously possible that he hasn't been on the ball which could well have contributed to the poor form.

 

[islander200]

9 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

He doesn't owe the club anything, the club owes him, a lot.

Ask yourself one question, why would a manager swap a promotion challenge for a relegation battle with a team in the same division?

Eustace has been lied to repeatedly and had the piss taken out of him by the club. He's done what any self respecting individual would do and got out of the place at the first opportunity.

Do you not think he has let the players down?

We all get the major issue is the owners and the people running the club but if true that Eustace has been courting himself to other clubs for months then that's bullshit, and he has shit on both the fans and players.

Jdt was critical throughout, up to a few days ago Eustace is spouting the blackburn family line and going on about togetherness?Standard manager speak some may say but not if you have your heart set on leaving 

Like for example when he was speaking with Sanderson over a move here did he mention that he was itching for a move away?

 

[JCRovers]

What a mess all of this has been. All you can do is speculate on what is going on behind the scenes and that's it. Lack of commitment seems to be the wider issue at the club coming from multiple parties. Any new head coach will be very cautious or simply unaware of the financial situation before accepting the position. Don't want to see a revolving door of head coaches coming and going every year because it absolutely destroys any sense of long-term vision and strategy for the team and the players. 

[onlyonejackwalker]

1 minute ago, M_B said:

It's straight out of my book, you are allowed to think for yourself rather than talking in clichés and automatically blaming Waggott for every I'll in the world.

If his heart/head haven't been in the job, then it's obviously possible that he hasn't been on the ball which could well have contributed to the poor form.

 

Post it again MB.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, JCRovers said:

What a mess all of this has been. All you can do is speculate on what is going on behind the scenes and that's it. Lack of commitment seems to be the wider issue at the club coming from multiple parties. Any new head coach will be very cautious or simply unaware of the financial situation before accepting the position. Don't want to see a revolving door of head coaches coming and going every year because it absolutely destroys any sense of long-term vision and strategy for the team and the players. 

Anybody in pro football who is unaware of the situation at Rovers must have been living on the dark side of the moon.

[M_B]

Ko

4 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

Thats straight out of the Waggott playbook.
 

It’s more down to the injuries to key men and lack of squad depth. 

It's straight out of my book, you are allowed to think for yourself rather than talking in clichés and automatically blaming Waggott for every I'll in the world.

If his heart/head haven't been in the job, then it's obviously possible that he hasn't been on the ball which could well have contributed to the poor form.