I don’t think it’s delusional nonsense to attribute some significant blame onto Eustace for this! You do realise it is possible to not like Venky’s, Waggott and the general running of the club, but also think that Eustace has stitched up the famous club of Blackburn Rovers, the players who have done well this season and the fans who’ve really backed him.

The fact that there was hardly a queue for him when he came to us, and we gave him a chance. The fact his stock has risen with us. The fact he’s peddled out the family issue when there’s reports he’s been sounding out other jobs no closer to Birmingham, and Derby is hardly next door to Brum. The fact he has given the impression to the fans that it’s one happy camp. ‘We are all in this together’ etc The fact he’s dumping us when we are in 6th position, and still have a reasonable shout of play offs. The fact he has clearly had serious conversations with Derby when his focus should have been on the cup match. The bit about him asking for extended contract to try and save face with the fans is garbage. Even if there’s truth that he asked for it, he was going to Derby the moment they suddenly sacked Warne. The fact that regardless of reports, he must have had an input in at least some of the signings. Dion Sanderson has literally followed him around! Apart from that his departure washes really well! I am staggered that some of your hatred for Venky’s is blinding any culpability on behalf of Eustace in this. I also repeat that I am no fan of Venky’s!

Why is anyone with the alternative view a bellend? I’m no fan of Venky’s nor Waggott etc. However I’m with Simon Jordan on this! My finger is pointing at Eustace more so than the ownership on this one - and it will remain that way unless Eustace is actually going to say something. If Eustace was so unhappy with the running of the club then he should have told us. JDT did so at least and his departure came as no surprise. Eustace has orchestrated a move away on the eve of an fa cup 4th round match, whilst bleating on about togetherness with the fans. It’s not washing with me. If that makes me a bellend then so be it.

Yes the club absolutely should be doing these things. The club previously abandoned the traditional Rovers strongholds such as the Hyndburn towns. Indeed we seemingly backed down to Stanley chairman Andy Holt a few years ago, who complained on Twitter about Rovers community trust going into Hyndburn schools. Hence Stanley have dished out free shirts every year. Places like Rishton, Ossy, Harwood etc are as close to Blackburn as they are Accy, nevermind some made up Hyndburn boundary, and Rovers should go back to being active in these schools. On the positive, I do get the impression that the penny has dropped in recent months within the Rovers hierarchy. Hopefully they now recognise there has been a demographic shift of our support, largely away from Blackburn to the surrounding areas in a 10 mile radius. And also a recognition that we get support from across east Lancs and parts of central/ north Lancs. The club do now seem to be broadening their horizons outside of solely BB1.

Are you on about the correct Dembele? Siriki Dembele isn’t too old. He’s 27!

If these ST prices are not significantly reduced, the club are going to have disastrous sales. BB is the poorest town in the league with the 4th most expensive ST’s. Our average attendance places us at 23rd in the league. If Bolton get promoted, and Burnley and Forest go down, we will have the lowest average attendance in the league next season. With the new sky tv deal which is rumoured to bring in an extra 3 mil per championship club, and the 30 year anniversary of 94/95, surely there must be someone on the fans forum pushing Waggott to do a great deal for next season?

Seen a Facebook debate about this. Someone, claiming to be a qualified ref, is saying that it wouldn’t have been a foul if he had used his hands. The reason being is he made a genuine attempt to clear the ball, it then became a new phase of play and so he could legally have then used his hands. Said person is claiming this is why the ref came and spoke with him after. Ie telling him he could have used his hands because he made a genuine attempt to clear. It was a bit unusual for the ref to speak with him at that point. Appreciate you reffed at the highest level. Is there anything in what our FB ref is claiming or is he talking nonsense?

Correct I will give you that! 3 times in the bundesliga

He has played over 60 times in the premier league. Have any of our current squad played in the premier league? Or for that matter in any of the top 5 elite leagues in Europe? Off the top of my head I can’t think of any.

On what basis? Our form in the last 12 months is relegation form.

I like JDT as a person. In the right club he will be a very successful manager. Even though we missed out on the play offs last season, it was an exciting season, particularly with the cup runs. I feel for him having to work under clowns. However we are going down with him in charge. He has lost the heart for it. The revelation he offered to leave in summer speaks volumes. Ive heard from a very credible source that he has lost the players and morale is at an all time low. Yesterday the QPR manager never stopped remonstrating on the touchline. Conversely JDT was hiding away in the corner, sinking into his chair. What kind of message does that send to the players? Tactically he has lost the plot. Anybody with half a football brain can see we need to tighten up at the back, go back to basics with aiming for a clean sheet and rebuild. Instead he persists with this inverted attacking full back philosophy; how many times did QPR exploit this? What were the substitutions about? How has Moran played a full game? How has Hyam played a full game? How has Sigurdson not been criticised by him for hiding away on the left? Hyam is becoming a massive disappointment and should have been hauled off. Mcfadezean did more on the sideline with his encouragement than Hyam did on the pitch. With 10 to go, and desperate for a goal, why not send on John Fleck? The lad has played at a higher level than anyone else in our squad. Instead he brings on subs who actually weakened the team. The epitome of his ego getting in the way…. I can’t possibly bring on Fleck because he isn’t up to speed with my system. Sadly JDT’s ego, with his stubbornness of playing ‘that way’, is sending us down and to oblivion.

Apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere on here. I’ve just been sent this from a fellow fan. I don’t know where he got it from. I don’t know if it is legit or not! But if it is, the club really is in trouble.

A few of us got together yesterday for this. Walked out at half time straight back to the Vine pub! Won’t be rushing back to an away game with this current setup. Rovers must be the softest side in the entire football league. Apart from possibly Tronstad, none of the players put their bodies on the line. The only other one who did has been loaned out to Ipswich. What has happened to Dom Hyam? I thought he was a colossal hard defender. He’s anything but at the minute. He looks like an unfit uninterested Sunday league centre half who’s been out on the razzle all night. The lack of desire is epitomised by Callum Brittain. When he scored at Millwall I thought we had a real player. I’m speculating that he has a bit of an attitude problem. He was pathetic for their 2nd goal. He should have been hauled off for his half hearted attempt at closing & blocking the shot. Were Leonard, Moran & Sigurdson even on the pitch yesterday? When you pay £28 for a ticket, the least the players can do is give their all for the shirt & fans. They didn’t yesterday and that’s the most annoying bit.

I wonder if there is a contingency plan to open another part of the ground such as 1 half of darwen end lower or blackburn end upper? I guess the problem will be staffing and catering. Sales have pleasingly picked up over the last couple of days. We don’t want a situation where there’s a real late surge and fans are turned away on the day.

I know there is over a week to go…… but the online seat map shows ticket sales have been somewhat underwhelming so far. I honestly thought they would fly out.

It is fair to say our club are being more hospitable with Watford fans, than what their club were with our fans earlier in the season!

Amazing how fans see things differently. I thought he did quite well when he came on. He worked his socks off, chased everything, ran the lost causes etc. Just what the team needed with Gally going off. I like to see this in a striker as you will eventually get rewarded with chances. However on the way home, someone said he looked like he’d won a competition to be a footballer for the day! For the reasons stated above, he’s already a better player than likes of Vale and Butterworth in my opinion. They both used to infuriate me when they came on towards the end, do very little running, not harass the defenders and put in a poor work rate shift for the team. Sure it’s no coincidence they aren’t at the club anymore! This lad however showed at the very least he’s a team player.

Struggling to see how this benefits Rovers in any way? I would have thought it’s quite the opposite

My lad & I had a very enjoyable evening in the hospitality. I booked it the moment the draw was made as not part of 1875, and wanted to tick this ground off. It was only a small room, sold out very quickly and we had good company on a table of Rovers fans. Their manager did a pre match Q & A and surprised everyone when he said he had made 9 changes as the league match on Saturday is very important. Their fans weren’t happy about that as the match went on. Excellent performance. The future is bright with some of these kids coming through. If you are standing out against League 2 opposition on your debut or 2nd appearance, like all of ours did, you have a bright future in the professional game. As an aside, I thought our fans were unusually very quiet. I don’t recall their being one song. Indeed I thought the 20 or so Rovers fans in the home end hospitality seats were more animated, and the pre match itinerary included a directive not to display visual or audio support for the away team! At 7 nil down, the home fans were still singing. I just thought a record away win deserved a bit more atmosphere from those lucky enough to be there.

Mods not usually one to tell tales…… but it seems I’ve got an imposter! And even worse’s he’s a Burnley fan! Any chance of sorting this?!

I am the real david brent and I’ve posted on here for 20 years! Albeit not as much recently! I didn’t know about this imposter until now!

Genuinely didn’t know that! I seldom come on here these days and just seen it now! I’ve been posting on here for 20 years; I’m going to have to change my profile name if possible!

Took my 10 year old lad last night who, bar the league 1 promotion, has had very little to be proud about Rovers in his lifetime…… that changed last night! So refreshing to have a manager who cares about the FA Cup. Just watched it back on BBC, and equally refreshing to have an accomplished commentator in Guy Mowbray who had actually done his homework on Rovers. Both him & Leon Osman clearly really enjoyed how we played. Also surprised to see the negative comments re Morton on here. He put a hell of a shift in. Admittedly he loses the ball too often, but he did a lot of the dirty work last night.

Whole coach stinks now 💩

Whilst I agree, Waggott has already confirmed it’s not going to happen. He says there has been no approach by EFL & it’s too late to arrange police / staff to hold it