Aye, we could hire a triumvirate of Pep, Klopp and Mourinho and it will still all go tits up thanks to the twats in Pune and on the board.

There's more than the odd one where I've been looking, looks nearly 50/50 tbh. And not seeing anyone who has said this has changed their mind. I suspect all that's happening is the people who have been sick of it all for a while are being more vocal than usual, and some of the people who are slaves to this suffering are just keeping schtum, as really they know this is awful but don't want to call the club out. But some of them are still giving it ten about this being JE's fault.

Problem is, it's not us against the world. It's us against ourselves. We're the fucking ouroborus, the snake eating its own tail. Except it symbolises destruction and rebirth, and until these cunts fuck off it's just self-destruction.

Eh? He didn't leave Birmingham, he was fired unfairly. Shit hadn't hit the fan at Kidderminster as far as I can tell, he moved up several leagues. Here, shit hasn't hit the fan at all, we're in the top 6 after being relegation favourites when he took over and in the summer, but he's asked the club to show some faith in him, extend his contract so he can stay longer and for them to back our promotion plans in future by rebuilding the squad properly. They've rejected him on both counts by the sound of it, and he has felt so betrayed by it he has gone to a club in much worse immediate shit than us. He has shown zero form for jumping ship as soon as the shit hits the fan. He isn't being shown loyalty, so he isn't showing any back. That's fair. I'm not mad at him (I do think he could have waited for a better job though, and it's embarassing he is going to the relegation zone he's that unhappy here, but maybe the club needs embarassing right now), I'm mad at the board and mad at Venkys. It's really hard to keep caring right now.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24924657.eustace-agrees-derby-deal-showdown-blackburn-talks/ Read some of the fan comments under this article and tell me that some of them don't deserve this.

If his career goes nowhere because he made the wrong choice, that won't soothe for long.

That's gratifying. I hope he felt like an idiot.

The levels of delusion on the LT comments and some on FB are insane. I bet they're largely people who have been praising JE, but now it's all 'oh he's not that good anyway, there's loads of better managers out there we can get' and even some 'get shut' type comments. Honestly, some of our fans deserve what they've been getting and will get.

Minus the good season part. I don't see how he'll have one of those.

Why would he care if he looks good in the eyes of the owners if he was retiring soon anyway?

I don't see how an entire season of reviews from other fans and it's too early to judge, but 2 games in our shirt when he's spent most of the season getting splinters in his arse and won't have that sharpness that can only come from playing matches, and it's fine to criticise? I didn't think it was like you to judge so early. Do you rate Pears?

Are you not going to give him a chance?

How strong a side did Wolves put out?

I had to put up with Pears being shit for over 2 years, and he's still not great. I can give Toth more than 2 games.

I'm not watching, I'm at work, but my answer would be the same - I've no idea cos we've barely fucking seen him play and he's been getting splinters in his arse all season. Given how many howlers of Pears we have had to sit through, and even some balls ups recently, remains to be seen.

No, I'm really not expecting him to go to Derby whatsoever tbh. Not until the summer.

I'm sure he was made promises here. I suspect he'll be more reluctant to listen to those now.

Do we have any idea why Markanday was benched and didn't get on, considering it was against top tier opposition? I had thought his loan there was going well.

January isn't a great time, I think it didn't fit well with some big clubs' FFP cycles as they'd already more or less maxed out. Or they were looking for players they had more confidence could play immediately, or specific positions due to their needs mid season. So, wait until the summer when the bidders will be stronger and we'll get more, or sell mid-season for a bargain price and get less time with Adam ourselves. Obviously our fuckwit owners took the latter route as it stopped them sending a cheque.

Not taken it well then. Hopefully we can get a deal done for him to leave, don't want him stinking the place up. Personally I think the squad registration rules are a load of old bollocks, but it is what it is and he probably wasn't gonna feature in more than a smattering of games. I'm curious if the rumour earlier in the season about him refusing to play in the u21s is true. If so he only has himself to blame really.

Whilst the cost cutting here is a joke, shifting out our highest paid contracted player when he hasn't played pretty much all season and is still out, and is far from our most effective player when he is fit, makes perfect sense for most clubs. Especially when there's a spot needs freeing up.

There's every chance if he's never fit.

That lad can't catch a break. Love how your post implies the two things are connected though 😂

God I would hate that!

/\ I just came here to post that. If you go off highlights alone, which may be massively club-biased, it looks like we should have won that game comfortably.