This referee is all about himself and putting on a performance. Can see it in the way he prances around and his theatrics at every opportunity. He was dying to give Montgomery a second yellow then, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he managed to find a reason to give another one at some point before the game is over.

Woodrow looks like he’s running through treacle. Absolutely baffling he’s starting ahead of Gueye.

How long was left on his contract? 18 months or so? edited bad maths out

Perhaps they aren’t fit enough yet? Adapting to the system? That aspect I don’t quite understand either tbh. I just know this info came from someone close to one of the players (allegedly).

Bit of info I got that came from a very reputable source, which would have probs been better off in the manager search thread… But Eustace on £5k pw here, Derby offered £15k. He was also asked by the board to play signings made by the club in summer and Jan at the expense of players already at the club. JE asked them to match Derby wages but obvs they told him to get stuffed. Bit worrying and I’d hope that VI won’t be selecting his team based on anything but what’s best to win games but who knows. Could explain why Buckley been dropped for Forshaw lately. Apparently academy grad players been told to expect less game time. This was a couple weeks ago. Anyways don’t shoot the messenger but this is info coming direct from the inside the club apparently.

He won’t be coming to Ewood if that’s a metric he’s judging the job on.

If Eustace’s staff took the team tonight before signing for Derby tomorrow, it would be absolutely ludicrous, even for our circus.

How do you know he wasn’t lied to?

That Roverend is a piece of work. Mentions “dire football”… you just know he was jumping for joy when Big Sam was axed and replaced by K**n, as I imagine a number of them numpties were.

One bit of hope I have is that the likes of Travis can rally the troops (fans included) and galvanise an “us against the world” mentality. Heaven knows we need it.

Personally I’d have Dave Challinor near the top of mine. His record is impeccable, albeit in the lower leagues.

These are the sort of people that would have sold out their neighbours to the Gestapo in 1940s Germany.

Reading the comments section on the LT is enough to make your blood boil. Venky’s and the club can do no wrong in the eyes of this little gang of vomit-inducing superfans that plague every article with their nonsense.

We’d be better off blooding youngsters like Tyjon from the bench than giving minutes to Woodrow. At least then we are developing our own talent. Christ, this is even worse than I thought and my expectations were rock bottom to begin with.