Hasn’t played at this level in 9 months, the adrenaline has probably burned out. He’s doing well to be as active as he is.

Athleticism of an unfit Dennis contrasted with the gangly take-off procedure that Gueye has when he starts to run is crazy. Gueye looks like a newborn foal by comparison. Could be an incredible double-act, though.

JRC really is a shocker. Massive drop off. Possibly the definition of a confidence player and he really doesn’t look like he has the confidence at all anymore.

Comments from the Blackburn End have included “Forshaw wouldn’t get into the Waddington FC first XI”

And while I’m at it - if Eustace is off, he can take Cantwell with him. Been very patient and was a fan of a lot of his early work for us, but he’s somehow looking worse and worse over time.

Can safely write Toth off now. Wasn’t great in his last game but the first is an absolute howler and the second - his confidence keeps him glued to the line, could’ve come out to meet it more and be bigger.

That’s a penalty in the Premiership

Shocking offside call. All three of the new signings look very game. Would expect none manage more than the hour, but I think they can get up to speed quickly on this viewing. Buckley nailed-on for a red. The pre-window players all seem fired-up, (“one last dance”??) but let’s hope they’re not too fired-up.

I think the thing you might need to consider is what the existing morale among the squad is, if Eustace feels comfortable leaving. People leave places of work for lots of reasons, but very rarely do their colleagues look down on them for it. Players can’t apply to other jobs and exit their situation outside of a transfer window, but I reckon a lot wish they could. I don’t think we can underestimate the effect on the squad of Siggy being left out against (apparently) his and the manager’s will. It looks like the final straw. It might go some way to explaining performances recently.

Pasha, Waggott and Gestede will be sauntering around the fan lounges today, maybe the more expensive ones. I wonder if any of our fan group leadership will express the dismay of the fanbase at such news on the morning of an FA Cup fixture against Premiership opposition? No, surely the wise folk “representing the interests of their members/the wider fanbase” will see the wood for the trees, that £500k is a sensational deal for the club and that we never really wanted Eustace anyway, this was all to bide our time until Ryan Lowe was sacked by Preston. After today, all three should be made to feel as though their positions are untenable and the only option they have is to resign.

“We are a membership organisation, but we don’t really like what the membership tells us.”

Not having the assertion that “these people do more than you, stop complaining,” justifies their total inaction. For a start - I’m confident that “voluntary” means they choose to do it. Complaining about criticism over your doing a bad job of a role you asked to do is a narcissistic trait. Outrage at being questioned over your actions equally so. I was a member and stopped being because nothing comes back. It’s not democratic and the attitude of the Chair online speaks to the prospects of the organisation as a whole. For all those that spend time with the guy, who may privately confess to one way of thinking around the owners, ask yourself what he actually says publicly or does. Ask yourself what the real end goal of publicly declaring Rudy Gestede a good successor to Waggott as CEO would be. Ask yourself how someone who professes to love the club as much as being the chair of a supporters’ trust can hobnob and mingle with the very people holding the club down in the fan lounges. Engagement only works when you get something back and for the trust, that applies both to their membership and the owners. They get nowt meaningful from the owners and their membership get nowt from them. Again - complaining about criticism from your target stakeholders, over a job you volunteer to do, exposes the ego drive that leads people to take these roles. Biting your tongue over the past few years in the vain hope you’ll be given a board seat by the people killing the club, even moreso.

1-2 Rovers. First half lead, second half buckle, Kargbo on to make an instant impact late on

Really hope the Woodrow deal doesn’t come off, so this guy can finally delete his account.

I cannot get the image out of my head of Waggott and Gestede stood in front of a whiteboard trying to decide which player to drop from registration, having not counted their players before asking two new signings to come and do a medical.

Three-way fight between them and Bamford for the one loan contract Waggott has chained up like Jabba the Hutt had Princess Leia.

What the fuck is going on?

Just seen. I’ll take this and the Romani tweet as “this is on” but I still think the probability puts us on whatever sleight of hand Pasha fancies pulling out to scupper it.

From a Forest mate: Emanuel Dennis to Blackburn is a good buy imo. I like Dennis, but frustrating for us when he’s trying to take on every player instead of squaring the ball but he’s a good weapon. Fast & Good finisher too

What if I don’t want Woodrow or Shankland? What are we supposed to be hoping for? I genuinely thought they’d pull a finger out and JE seems the right kind of manager to get the best out of what he’s given. Certainly don’t think he’d be shitting over a new signing that does make their way to us. But I reckon he’s made his agent more than aware that he’d be open to a move, at least by the end of the season, if not before. Again, how Suhail or Waggott walk freely among the punters in the fan lounges is beyond me.

Ironically on the Jackson/stag do controversy - I’ve taken the day off for transfer deadline day. Something about it made me think we were going to leave it late again. I think this time, we’ll probably end up doing nothing, despite leaving it extremely late already. I’m also squeezing in a medical procedure today, tbf, so it’s not a total waste of time. Every likelihood that I grab an Ole & Steen Stænger on the way home as well, because I’m quite cosmopolitan like that.

Why are we looking at central midfielders when we brought Forshaw in? He’s garbage, I think we’re all agreed, but why waste the money, the effort, the time and the registration place on him at all, if we were always going to be looking for another one? It wasn’t hard to shuffle the team around until players were back, less than ideal, but needs must. We’ve got kids we could’ve played and been at least as useful as Forshaw has proven so far. Squad planning is surely the first port of call for recruitment. Why have they failed so badly here? players requiring registration that could do a job at CM/DM after the window: Trav, Sonny, JRC, Buckley, Forshaw, Sanderson, Cantwell, Weimann, McDonnell (new from L’pool) Depth of 9 for two positions, nice one, great job, pick your cheque up and back to eating play-doh, you fucking morons.

I’d say more attractive as he’ll get more minutes here than at Sunderland. I like Danns from the two occasions I’ve seen him play, but both were against “weaker” opposition in the FA Cup, which is a different proposition than week in week out in the championship. Even still, he looks like he’s got the thing you need to be a player at the top level. Would be an excellent signing.

Is it just me not seeing how Mohamed fits into our side? Could see him being very effective elsewhere in the Championship, but a lot of goals from corners, his own direct free kicks and flat crosses from deep. Brittain especially has started getting those crosses in more regularly, but the general quality of our crosses has been quite poor for a while. Corners have improved a bit in the past few weeks, but that’s probably from the batshit routines we’ve come up with (which I like, but are still batshit). We really don’t win free kicks around the edge of the box, either. The more impressive (to me) goals on the break - maybe, but I struggle to see him afforded as much space against a lot of sides. He has a hell of a shot on him, looks very strong and a good touch, but looks like a player that works a lot better for a different side. Lots of chat in the general football discourse about January signings needing to hit the ground running. Wouldn’t mind us looking again in the summer, but with the amount of adjustment he’d have to make and it having just turned pride month, could see this going sour quickly.

Genuinely thrilled for him that he’s finding form. Assuming we have the standard year option, we should be looking to tie him down if his form continues for Orient.