Eustace…he gone…*official*

[broadsword]

29 minutes ago, Polky said:

The public face of our club.

 

Honestly, it's a joke. 

 

He looks like Mr potato head on a bad day.

[pick32]

To me that reads as he wants to stay and will use it as a bargaining tool 

[joey_big_nose]

I guess one option no one is talking about is they could just refuse to let him go... Then what happens?

[philipl]

3 minutes ago, RTM08 said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24921574.eustaces-first-words-blackburn-future-derby-links/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIVpylleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHakxNprr6F0p1FRp4TBDRXITJrUF4ow7EcRvZE9FeOgriQ1D_5tOsdBABg_aem_sBUpY7eTcvHq5uE9HGTBmA

If he's wanting assurances for support I doubt he'll get them.

That really puts the ball in Venky's court.

Get the contracts sorted and what's the budget for the summer?

Or good bye and good luck because the fans know you have done the dirty... 

[alex l]

1 minute ago, joey_big_nose said:

I guess one option no one is talking about is they could just refuse to let him go... Then what happens?

He resigns. 

[Craigman]

I think he has now put it in the owners court! So if he goes, everyone will know that Venky's won't back him and club. Very clever, and expect him to leave in next 24 hours.

[RTM08]

Just now, alex l said:

He resigns. 

If he has a buyout clause as is rumoured it won't matter right?

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, pick32 said:

To me that reads as he wants to stay and will use it as a bargaining tool 

He's probably watched Kargbo and Dennis for 60 minutes and thought "Ey up".

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

4 minutes ago, danger19_80 said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24921574.eustaces-first-words-blackburn-future-derby-links/

This sounds a bit more hopeful. Sounds like he's seeking assurances.

Is he calling it that he needs to speak to the owners about their ambition for the club or he's off? Really hopeful of this as surely he's got to think staying here and getting play offs is a better look on his CV.

Or does he know full well he's only speaking to that rat Pasha and never speaking to the chief cunts and so when it doesn't happen he leaves? 

[Tom]

Those sound like quotes about the legacy he’s leaving - he’s off.

Why would he trust any assurances given about summer etc 

[JHRover]

3 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I still cant get my head round a team that theoretically has a very decent chance of being involved in the play offs just sitting back and allowing a team in 22nd to come in and poach their manager without so much as a murmur of dissent.

I mean it has to be absolutely unprecedented in recent times doesnt it, can anyone think of any similar examples?

Just when you think we couldnt plumb the depths under this regime any further something else crops up.

Unsuccessfully attempting to flog Brockhall

O Brien and Brierley - sabotaging the paperwork and sending it in late 

Mcguire deal pulled mid Atlantic- -far less favourable loan deal agreed - "forgetting" to press send

A window where we've signed six players none of whom are fully match fit

And now this

As for Eustace himelf if he does want to leave, I wouldnt blame him for one minute but he shouldnt be involved today. Put Johnson in charge.

I'm sure when the dust settles there will still be people comparing it to the 70s and 80s when someone left to join someone else in a bid to try and normalise what is happening at Ewood under the filth. 

[Exiled_Rover]

29 minutes ago, Gordon Gekko said:

Time for the heat to be turned up on this absolute cretin! what’s his email address again? It’s like an endless remake of the neverending story 

He's a symptom, not the cause.

Don't get me wrong he's a horrible, horrible man who should be nowhere near this club, but the owners have turned the taps off. If we were awash with money many of us wouldn't even know his name. 

[joey_big_nose]

4 minutes ago, pick32 said:

To me that reads as he wants to stay and will use it as a bargaining tool 

To bargain for what?

[wilsdenrover]

I doubt it’s far up his reasons for wanting to leave but it does annoy me when managers mention how far from home they are. 

Unless you’re Robbie Savage you know this fact prior to joining the club.

[den]

He wants to discuss his move to Derby that’s obvious. It’s also obvious that Derby aren’t making a blind move for him either.

[joey_big_nose]

3 minutes ago, alex l said:

He resigns. 

This is where I am a bit blurry on contract law - wouldn't he have to pay up his contract to Rovers out of his own pocket?

[Eddie]

13 minutes ago, TommyRovers said:

He's off then.

 

My God, they've even put the 'you know' in the quote. 

[Exiled_Rover]

13 minutes ago, TommyRovers said:

He's off then.

 

"Something I'll have to discuss with the owner".

Good luck, John. I'm not even sure they know who you are. 

[Craigman]

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Percy

@JPercyTelegraph

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Derby have triggered the compensation clause in John Eustace’s contract (circa 500k) and are hopeful of talks soon. Eustace set to inform Blackburn of his desire to speak with Derby after official approach was made earlier today. As reported on Sat, Eustace is #1 target #dcfc

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John Percy

@JPercyTelegraph

Feb 8

Excl: #dcfc are targeting John Eustace as new manager after the sacking of Paul Warne. Blackburn are expecting an official approach for Eustace, a former Derby midfielder. Also in this: analysis on Warne sacking & why Derby were left with no option. https://telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/02/08/derby-blackburn-john-eustace-championship-paul-warne/

[Norn Iron Rover]

38 minutes ago, Polky said:

Fucking booooooooo!

[Bethnal]

Eustace is putting the ball in the club’s court, by name-checking “Steve” and “Suhail” (just as JDT did) he’s pointing to where the turgid blockage of putrid shit is in the club. He’s apparently never met or spoken to the owners, he’s now suggesting he’ll have to speak to the owners about it, unless that’s a shorthand for Pasha being the conduit.

Essentially, he’s saying to the fans, “I’ll stay if I get the resources the club deserves and that I was promised, but if I end up going, you all know what happened.”

Ultimately, he and we know that isn’t going to happen. Venky’s could sling £20m into the club tomorrow and place an equal amount into the bond account with their govt and he’d probably stay. But they won’t, obviously.

[islander200]

Just now, joey_big_nose said:

To bargain for what?

Contracts to be sorted out presumably 

Better budget 

With all the players leaving in the summer and our better players Travis,Brittain,Tronstad etc will only have a year left so presumably the club will look to sell them before they leave on a free. 

[den]

1 minute ago, joey_big_nose said:

This is where I am a bit blurry on contract law - wouldn't he have to pay up his contract to Rovers out of his own pocket?

It won’t matter. Theres nothing to be gained by keeping a manager who wants to leave.

[alex l]

1 minute ago, joey_big_nose said:

This is where I am a bit blurry on contract law - wouldn't he have to pay up his contract to Rovers out of his own pocket?

Imagine so. But he could receive a signing on fee from Derby which coincidentally covers this. 

[sharpysharps86]