If Palace really have pushed the button on £18.5M he is as good as gone by start of next season. There's not a player in the last 30 years whose turned down a move up a division.

Yeah tbh why i dont really buy that they are a malevolent exploitative force. They just dont really act like one. Though are they incompetent and disengaged - absolutely. And its fair to say incompetence has brought down far more companies and institutions than fraud or malice. So its not much of a comfort.

Given the way they operate on players I can easily imagine if they do decide to sell it could be a very long process as they will look for an unrealistically high value.

We explicitly said he was our number 1 target too. Leo obviously wasnt signed to sit on the bench. I think generally the recruitment has been pretty good in defence and midfield, but up front and in goal it's been disastrous and those are the two most important positions. Still I wouldn't write Leo off long term. The way its been at Rovers with keepers is we'll all slag him off on here and then he'll be playing in the prem getting highlight reels on his stella performances on MOTD in a couple of seasons.

Thanks for this! I wonder why we have higher "other operating expenses"?

That's absolutely brutal. I've got it down as more like 4 to 7 league games looking at the fixtures.

Personally I think I'd stick with three at the back and play Garrett at left wing back. don't think Brittain at left back works. Pears Hyam S Wharton Chisene JRC Tronstad A Wharton Garrett Szmodics Gallagher Sigurdsson That said given JDT's comments about overloads etc I wouldnt be that surprised to see JRC play RCB and Brittain at RWB?

I would definitely be interested in seeing a side by side comparison of PNEs vs Rovers accounts over last 5 years. Similar size fanbase, similar yo yoing around mid table. Would be fascinating to see how they have managed the cost vs revenue gap compared to us? -Did they pay players less -Did they get more revenue -Did they have other vehicles to manage the losses -etc Is that something @canadaroveror @wilsdenrover could do? Huddersfield might be another similar club worth comparing to? Basically we all want to get rid if Venkys so understanding how it could work is very important.

Im a bit more on the fence with JDT now. I was a big fan, but if you step back essentially we are great if we score first but if we concede first we more likely than not get battered. It's been like that since he arrived. Id be interested to know how it was at Malmo. When things are going well hes great, but the Championship is a brutal league and your team needs to be able to fight when under the cosh. 18 months in I would have expected to have a few games i could point to where he really dug us out with a team talk, subs, firing up players, smart changes of tactics. But he just doesnt seem to have that about him. If we go behind its game over. If we just scrape through avoiding relegation at the end of the season I would still change him as I would be terrified wed start poorly next year and then be fooked. Only way Id want to keep him is if he really showed some capability to turn our form around significantly in the next month. Ive definitely gone from a big fan to very worried that hes a fair weather manager with little to offer when the chips are down.

I think the worse we play the more likely he'll still be here next season. He isnt going to leave without an offer, and no one is making him an offer until we start looking decent again for a good run.

Also we have a full open week to prep and then another week until the next game after. Resting anyone does not really make any sense.

Rajovic is Danish so JDT may have some pulling power. They only signed him in August so feels like a loan to me? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mileta_Rajović

To be fair he did today - we played 343 till injuries meant we had a really bizarre setup at the end.

I am sure this is a big factor

If he's given up he's never going to make it as a manager, hope there's more to him than that other wise he is done. That said this run and the teams total inability to get back into games when we go behind since he arrived does suggest he is the epitomy of a fair weather manager.

Competitive with Coyle anyway. The change of system seemed to work okay (except for continued patter of conceding a cheap set piece) but the two defensive injuries really knocked us. Very lucky to come out with a draw. Huddersfield were overall very poor but had 3 guilt edged opportunities to win the game. Big big danger signs.

Christ Pickering off now. We don't seem to be playing. Hmmm not sure id go to a back four.

Weve got a bench with some options so im hoping we use them. JRC, Sigurdsson definitely. Maybe Ayeri for Tronstad who has a yellow

Think we need Sigurdsson as hes quite crafty and will find space in the box as Huddersfield sit deep.

Looks like a cb more than a full back/wing back to me. Also first game so could be rusty.

I would move Garrett to LWB and take Chisene off for Sigurdsson to play where Garrett was right side. Chisene has struggled on the ball and hes probably had it the most all half. Need someone better on the ball there. This is a really hard one to call. Weve got the overwhelming balance of olay but they look more dangerous to be honest in the few attacks they have.

Cheap set piece goal to concede which is frustrating as we looked solid in open play... Sure we will score again. But can we avoid conceding?

Goal is good but what Ive liked more is we have handled the long balls well and looked solid in midfield.

Already looks loads better.

Yeah think so, Pickering filling in at LCB? Or could be the other way round with Chisene as LCB and Pickering LWB. Trying to figure out if there is any way we stick with a back four? I guess only if we did this... Pears Brittain Carter Hyam Pickering Tronstand Wharton Garrett Szmodic Chisene Gallagher Doens't look right. Must be a back three. It would hearten me greatly as - at last - we are trying something different. Probably.... Pears Carter Hyam Pickering Brittain Tronstand Wharton Chinsene Garret Gallager Szmodics Happy with that. Will be interesting if we play a bit deeper and don't over commit.