You know the score, another few weeks of shocking results and then once we're just far away enough for it not to matter, we'll string some results together against teams we shouldn't. Regardless of how poor I think Ismael will turn out to be, Rovers have been mentally pathetic and predictable in this regard for at least a decade now, and until the owners change this will forever be the same. Can't expect the players to give a damn when the owners actively sabotage us on a seasonal basis and won't give them any future guarantees.

Eustace was taking over a team in freefall, Ismaeel is taking over a team that was (albeit falsely) in the top 6, that had won 2 of 3 under the caretaker. This is our "easy" run of fixtures, with some much more difficult games to come, and we're putting in some of the worst performances we have all season. The players look lost and we're just lucky we have points on the board, because I'll be very surprised if we don't proceed to get battered for the rest of the season.

Seen enough already, get him gone. How you manage to go backwards from Eustaceball I can't even fathom.

Absolutely zero pride or accountability in the entire club

If Eustace keeps Derby up this season they will finish above us next season, even if it's 23rd and 24th.

Hardly surprising - could barely get a game at one of the worst teams in the league.

He won't build anything, he'll get a bunch of cheap crap of Waggott and will have to make do, and at the moment he's not showing anything that suggests he is capable of doing anything .

You could print money betting against Rovers every time we play an awful team out of form. Especially promoted teams away - we can't have beaten one in a few years I'd have thought.

Game over. Season over. Cheap out on your players and managers and this will happen time and again. So unbelievably predictable.

Two poor choices for me, and only highlight how non-existent the club's future planning is. Christ.

They would paste us anyway.

Because Rovers under Venkys are mentally weak. If we keep a clean sheet we get points, but we generally fall to pieces if the opposition get in there first.

Absolutely no surprise that once the pure energy had run off from Eustace leaving that the guy in charge of putting cones out wouldn't be able to cope as a tactician. Waggott and Gestede should have had someone in nearly a week ago.

Yet again Rovers throwing the towel in against a team who haven't been able to compete in weeks. Forget the playoffs, the board have completely blown it yet again.

Who could have guessed that reverting to our team that was playing awful in January are struggling again against some of the worst sides in the league.

Southgate has underperformed in every job he's had (yes, including England). That said, for 14 games as just a motivator, could work. Wouldn't have him beyond the season though.

I'm really hoping there is someone out of left field being considered because no other clubs when 5th in the Championship would even look at the applications of pretty much every one of the rumoured candidates.

Let's keep it that way.

The outcome of the managerial search will have a huge bearing on the reaction now. Act quickly and regardless of the choice there would be at least some who would applaud the signs of a plan in place. However, if they're truly going through 100-150 applicants, taking weeks and then we still end up with someone like Boa Morte and Boeteng, it would be clear that there is no real effort to push on. With a long time to consider, and a long list of applicants, there should be no excuse for not getting a top candidate. Of course, this is Venky Rovers, so who knows.

I wonder if Eustace going might ironically be the thing that saves our play-off challenge. Players seem to be on another level this week compared to January.

I must confess, whilst we've definitely not "invested significantly" it does seem that the players that have been brought in could really a play a part in this run-in. At least compared to some of the names that have been banded about on Eustace's wish-list, they seem like better options.

It's clear (and not at all surprising) that we've signed a bunch of players who aren't fit enough because they haven't played in ages. I think we're going to struggle but the bench could make a difference if we don't let the game get away from us.

Surely no way Lowe can take it for the rest of the season, not just because he has zero managerial experience bit also because we're short two coaches as well. No serious club would even consider it, so we'll probably do it.

I'm more amazed that there seems to be no real rumours of note. That's either a good or a bad thing. Not really enamoured with most of the names though. I'd be offering Cooper a 3 month contract and a massive bonus on promotion but that's just me.

I'd imagine any respectable club keeps a list of managers together just in case there is a change at the top. To be fair, I seem to recall us being relatively fast in the past with mid-season changes(Eustace, Mowbray, Lambert etc) but I could be mistemembering.