Another brilliant away performance. 5 wins on the bounce with 4 clean sheets and 4 away wins in a row. Insane really. As others have said Eustace has done an incredible job. The squad is a reasonable championship squad, contrary to what others are saying, however I do completely agree that he is ringing the best best out of a well below average forward line. They would all be squad players at pretty much all other championship teams at best. The fact we are winning games is a miracle. I was not sold on him in the least after the pathetic end to last season, but wow was I wrong. Chaddy I doth my cap to you. I agree with some things you say and other times I don't. However you were constant in your desire to give Eustace the opportunity to sign his own players and play his style. Fair play to you. The sad thing is the hope that kills you. We need 2 players in Jan. A quality striker and a pacey wide player. And we'd have a chance. Sadly we'll be shopping at poundland and shit prem teams U21s. Wankers.

We were pretty much 2nd going into Jan in both 21/22 and 22/23. Pricks barely spent a cent either window. Despite our 40m windfall over the last 12 months, what makes you think it will change now?!

Wasn't sure where to put this, but Rangers announced to their shareholders that their summer sales totalled $810k. This included Cantwell and 4 others, so maybe his fee was even less than we thought?

As an aside, whilst we are talking crowds, I think the Sunderland game will have the largest Ewood league attendance that we've recorded since prem relegation (bar oxford). Boxing day, 3pm ko not on TV, cat B prices and Sunderland have sold out 7,300 already. Could be around the 25k mark

Odds will be a damn sight higher after those 3 wins on the trot. We're looking up not down at the moment. Reading the thread for the first time, it's amazing what 3 weeks will do in football.

Hopefully Hull fart arse around all week anointing a new boss..

Biggest fraud in football that wanker!

Depends on your definition of overplaying. Working an attacking corner back to your own halfway line and then getting dispossessed, is the epitomy of overplaying it imo!

Hull conceded 2 goals to sheff U through over playing. Both goals from when they had corners. Sheff had more opportunities to score due to overplaying. It's amazing how many teams engage in this ridiculousness, especially at a level where players don't have the ability to consistently carry it out. Whatever the opinion about Eustace, I'm glad he hasn't succumbed to this disease.

Your fees look a little inflated, but that's the ball park figures! Don't forget £5m for raya!

I feel like we talk about that squad with a fair bit of rose tinted hindsight. Yes there was Rudy, Rhodes and Cairney, but there was some serious dross too wasn't there?

Absolutely spot on. Apart from the Hill part, which seems fanciful. The rest of it is entirely plausible and the club should work towards happening.

Baker has been in Stoke's first team and scored the winner in opening day. What's the reasoning behind it from their perspective? Need him off the eage books?

Although the signings rumoured look good , it looks like another window going by with no significant investment. Our outgoings would be covered by Gally, Teleovic, Ennis, wahlstedt, Gent xfers -all of which are largely finge players. Without even touching the money from Raya or SS, let alone Adam Wharton. F**king cheapskates

We need some pace ffs. Where are the links to some quick wingers and striker?!

100% agree. And this is exactly what I have tried to explain to the apologists on Facebook. You need to invest money to make money. Otherwise you're just selling the crown jewels until there is noone left. Yes you will do the odd miracle and invest 500k on someone and they'll turn into a 15m man. However it is far more likely if you're spending 1.5 to 3m ala SS, Armstrong etc.

Another game where away fans can't pay on the day? For a midweek league cup game where there will be 20k empty seats? Is this just another version of pathetic cost cuttings? People want to be able to make a last min decision a pay a few quid on the gate. Just nuts

Closing down sale. Everything must go, 50% off their retail price!!

An excellent victory for us yesterday. Really happy with the start to the season and JE must take alot of credit. Especially with the substitutions so far season, an unprecedented number of goals and assists already this year. As far as I'm concerned, we're aiming for 52 points. 7 up with 45 to go required from 43 games. If only these disgraceful clowns would bloody back him ffs.

To be fair, I was a regular poster on claretsmad (same username) from about 2003 for a number of years. So much so that when newbies on their forum questioned me posting, they were immediately shouted down by the seasonsed posters. Run by a rather authoritarian figure called Tony from what I recall, who often annoyed a fair number of his fellow dingles. I remember him celebrating us getting Hughes as manager and thinking it was the beginning of the end for us..

There are some real pathetic Stockholm syndrome type Rovers fans on the facebook pages aren't there? Telling me to get real and go read a book. Quite embarrassing. I've been abusing a fair number of them after that pathetic 'club statement' bollocks.

All ticket for oxford fans. Bizarre with 15k empty seats in the ground.

£15m rising to potentially £20m with add ons. I think we can put an end to the SS debate now about the fee. Clarke is 23 and has a far higher ceiling imo but has only gone for £5m more (garanteed).

Why would you want to do something crazy like that? Far better to cut inside into traffic and play more tippy tappy shite with our keeper and centre backs to see if we can get robbed in our own third. Probably my least favorite ( on the pitch part) about modern football.

This is absolutely spot on. I don't understand how people are arguing against that. People don't want 29 year olds. They want 19-22 year olds that they can mold, wait for the market to inflate even more and then go against their ffp in the future.