WAYNE ROONEY SACKED: Simon Jordan SLAMS Birmingham's CEO Garry Cook For ADVOCATING For The Manager 🔥

TalkSPORT's Simon Jordan hits out at Birmingham City's CEO Garry Cook for reportedly advocating for Wayne Rooney at the club leading up to his sacking.
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[@ShaunLevett]

It's so bizarre that Birmingham employed him. This was the most 100% guaranteed outcome in football history. Literally every single person on Earth thought he'd be rubbish and get sacked. It's such an odd appointment.

[@willmunny9279]

Not everyone. Very small minority of Blues' fans who thought that Eustace was useless and Wayne was the answer. Good god.

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@willmunny9279 If Wayne is the answer, what the f*ck is the question??

[@l2dacreborn830]

​@@CB-xr1eg😂😂😂

[@Charl250]

@ShaunLevett I am a villa fan and I even said to my brother and my dad who are the blues fans you have just appointed Wayne Rooney, Good Luck he will get you relgated and he always has if it wasnt got Huddersfield keep losing, even they werent shocked by blues loosing game after game after Rooney said his mission is to get blues promoted and be in the Premier League first time round after that it was always going to go downhill. But my dad and brother said Rooney will get then relgated and why they appointed him in the first place when they weren't too bad and in the play offs🤯🤯 and they want Rowett back. Never know Birmingham can get Lampard now😂 but Birmingham City wanted a big name and backfired

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@Charl250 SOTV.

[@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh]

When Rooney left DC United they finished 13th. They’re now joint 1st 😳

[@MuhammadImHardBruceLee]

Gerrard, Lampard, Rooney... The 'golden generation' as players...the golden shower as football managers...

[@CraigWeir-q5v]

Gerrard won a league title and achieved decent results in Europe for Rangers.

[@JamesWilsonMD]

​@@CraigWeir-q5vThe SPL is an even bigger joke and worse football then the Saudi Pro League lmfao. It's a complete irrelevance when it comes to commercial football. 😂😂

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@CraigWeir-q5v For Rangers, in a 2 team league where you just have to finish above Celtic. What happened when he moved south to manage Villa?

[@minnielee3399]

Look at the transformation of Villa when Emery came in. 😄 @@CB-xr1eg

[@jtbonchek2able]

​@minnielee3399 Gerrard signed a few names at Villa that stuck.. Kamara and Diego Carlos. Overall though Gerrard was running Villa into the ground and had to go.

[@John_tilton]

Worst appointment in football history The bloke can't string a sentence together never mind manage a club

[@bobbypukes605]

I think you've been watching too much Darren Farley pal. When you hear Rooney speak, he's actually fairly articulate. It's just that wimpy little voice he's got (along with the constant 'uhms').

[@dave-jk6en]

erm

[@John_tilton]

@@bobbypukes605exactly mate he can't string a sentence together without pausing and stuttering and ermmming. Dunno who Farley is?

[@Hawkins123]

@@bobbypukes605you’ve got to be taking the piss?

[@billdoor3140]

​@bobbypukes605 "erm , erm I think we looked great for the first 35 seconds erm , erm "

[@shlokdave6360]

Finally Manchester United can sack Ten Hag and appoint Rooney. It’s a match made in heaven.

[@bobbypukes605]

They've been linked with Southgate too!

[@CB-xr1eg]

Been saying that, I hope it happens.

[@nathanmoore7120]

Imagine….. Man U appointing Southgate would be good for the nations morale. Imagine the laughs we will all have watching Southgates team selection. You know Southgates first signing would be Henderson!😂😂😂

[@ngqabuthodube2068]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@josephkerrigan733]

@@bobbypukes605 There's nothing I want more in the entire world than Manchester United appointing Gareth Southgate to save them. He could finally get to see Maguire in action in the premier league instead of just with England.

[@tunepatrol]

As bizarre as it sounds the best way to rectify this is to try and get Eustace to come back. He is still under contract at Birmingham. Everybody could try and pretend the whole thing didn't happen.

[@robertsellers9359]

He knows the players, their strengths and weakness's and can hit the ground running and steady the rot but probably no chance of that happening..

[@darrenlee9237]

BCFC should apologise to John Eustace, invite his reappointment and bump up his salary. The Birmingham board should eat a bit of humble pie and admit they got it wrong.

[@moggpiano8043]

No. Eustace was never going to maintain the top six position. New manager and a few, at least new players, is necessary.

[@darrenlee9237]

Would you have written-off Eustace before he got them into the play-off places? Is he incapable of getting Brum back into promotion contention with new players, the board's backing and a few quid behind him?

[@Midori_Ringo]

Yeah but does Eustace want to come back? I mean the team is in freefall, 14 points behind a playoff spot, I'd imagine morale is in the toilet and there will be no trust with the board. He comes back and he's on a hiding to nothing. He gets relegated he'll be sacked and has that on his resume. He keeps them up it's almost guaranteed he'll never be backed by the board. He better negotiate a hefty termination clause and significant transfer funds to even think about it

[@jamescole8771]

John Eustace must be pissing himself laughing

[@BritishRosie-es3zr]

Steve Cooper will have you in the playoffs before the end of the season, give him a ring

[@joescott5322]

He won’t the squad isn’t good enough nowhere near

[@crosscounty24]

Steve Cooper is a premier league now , Crystal Palace should call him.

[@ejc636]

What a joke

[@Bluejohn]

I don't think he would answer the phone.

[@eric934]

BCFC is a poison chalice for any manager. A graveyard of careers. The zombie of the EFL. Steve Cooper would have to be clinically insane to take them on. Mind you, I said the same about Rooney.

[@charliesarasyoutubeadventu7539]

Rooney, Lampard, Gerard. Great players, but just like everyone else, they need to coach at a lower level and work their way up. It’s actually more damaging to a new manager to just give them a managerial role at a big football club. Don’t blame the manager though. Blame the people that run the club.

[@wheeldesire]

He has managed at a lower level?

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@wheeldesire Yes but not successfully. Watch him rock up at man utd when they sack Ten Hag. 🤣

[@multipl3]

At least Gerard won a league once

[@MathewParker-by4nx]

All this learning your trade at a lower level is utter nonsense. You can either manage and motivate people or you can’t. It’s not something you can learn.

[@billdoor3140]

To be fair Rooney has consistently tried to take teams to the lower levels to manage them...

[@9k49]

I feel bad for the Birmingham City fans, players and staff. For the owners and/or chairman, this is what they get for how they treated John Eustace, a perfectly good manager who had gotten them to 5th place and had done nothing wrong

[@thomasoflaherty3520]

6th

[@ianmckenzie2680]

You know what? I don’t 😢

[@9k49]

@@thomasoflaherty3520 According to wikipedia it was 5th, but either way very good (a play-off position)

[@9k49]

@@ianmckenzie2680 ?

[@Lionboy2930]

Spot on...

[@deanlowdon8381]

More proof, if it was ever needed, that being a football player and being a football manager are two very different skills…

[@masilomoshesh1475]

It was bad decision from the start. The team was play-off bound. Now someone has to clean up the mess and try to salvage what's left of the season.

[@socalju2447]

As an Englishman in the US, Rooney was horrible at DC United. There has never been any indication that he can actually manage, yet look at all the opportunities he is getting. See also: Lampard, Gerrard, and the Nevilles.

[@roccoparks]

As a villa fan I loved him shame he’s gone

[@darm1735]

What a state our game is in these days, MONEY will eventually DESTROY it. People who are running these clubs, have no clue on football whatsoever. Just a business enterprise with an instant success attitude! Becoming too Americanized I’m afraid. VAR, OVERPRICED PLAYERS, the great game has left us, no MORALS or VALUES, and the fans will be the ones who SUFFER. 🤔🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@delboy013]

Too late, it's already destroyed

[@ACshinealight]

Money destroyed football long ago

[@vinylsx92]

Been looking forward to Simon's reaction all morning 🤣😅😁

[@MJ1931.]

Rooney in charge of the mens Utd team and Giggs in charge of the womens Utd team, what could go wrong.

[@Zombieturtles]

'Wayne the manager is Wayne the manager' - more incredible insight from Jim

[@MarknoblesAcidhouseparty]

as apposed to wayne the player .....

[@ruddock7]

The Scottish goblin!!

[@66Viscount]

Jim White……..don’t start me off on that subject.

[@deeestuary]

The person who appointed Rooney in place of Eustace needs to be sacked as well.

[@stephenbutler6819]

That would be our ceo then

[@stephenbutler6819]

Not the owner however he would of green lighted it

[@wesdavies2455]

This lad is not a manager…. He’s a brand, he’s an ex player who’s trying to stay within the game and follow a trend of newly retired players chancing their arms at management….. like a lot has already said, go and be part of a coaching staff and spend time learning or take over reserve teams etc and start a career

[@callumhayes7502]

Is Jim White incapable of just talking? The 🔔 shouts EVERYTHING

[@eL--RaL]

Rooney to United, Neville for Assistant and Scholes for Sporting director

[@loudmouthdiaries5188]

United for relegation

[@EvoGoody]

What were they smoking when they offered Rooney the job? Whoever was involved in this ludicrous decision needs to be held accountable.

[@eL--RaL]

Don't worry, the media will make sure their darling's image doesn't get tattered.. They'll cover him with some blanket of pathetic excuses "he's been sick ever since he took on the job that's why his tactical mind hasn't been fully unleashed"

[@environm3ntalist549]

😂 you really don’t know English media…we love to destroy our own

[@eL--RaL]

​@@environm3ntalist549YEAH RIGHT!!! Who do you think you are fooling?? 😂😂😂😂

[@jonnyhull7860]

​@@eL--RaLfor once i agree with 😂😂

[@chrissilvester5663]

It's shocking that Birmingham even went in for Rooney in the first place tbh. It was such a bizarre appointment that it was never gonna work. I mean at where they were before Rooney came in compared to now. Enough said

[@gazof-the-north1980]

Biggest joke is - He'll go home to Coleen and the kids with a nice big pay off.........

[@stretchystretch269]

Just remember him as a great player

[@adamg8814]

Ennit! James Cook is the main culprit

[@mcg5404]

Rooney is as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike

[@rickygray448]

Steve Cooper is the fans choice for the majority including myself its a perfect fit going forward creating an instant positive atmosphere the players will also get behind his man management style as he would play them to their strengths BCFC make it happen.. KRO

[@brenb70]

Why would Cooper lower himself to Blues? 😂

[@rickygray448]

Because Steve Cooper is simply an option for Crystal Palace as i believe that Graham Potter is the favourite why be an option one one club when your wanted needed and respected by a club that has future ambition and has one of the best fan bases in the league.

[@MARKETMAN6789]

What about Diane Abbott for Birmingham manager she ticks alot of the boxes ,that employers are looking for today

[@Jaysusitsme]

Give it to John Eustace until the end of the season.......

[@drubry1854]

Gary Cook was behind Rooneys transfer request at United to join Man City

[@hughgrection5674]

Lampard….Gerrard…now Rooney 😬 these owners really can’t be so naive to think that once great players will make decent coaches 🤔 fools and their money….😂😂😂

[@pascalthe8th66]

Gary Cook is definitely a goose. What an embarrassing joke of a ceo he is. And I don’t want to hear former player pundits giving every excuse under the sun for Rooney not working out there. It’s clear to see that he can’t coach. Full stop.

[@davidborkwood2368]

Bring back the original manager?

[@jayjayb89]

Would love rooney to come on talksport to have a chat with simon Jordan... That discussion would go off 😂😂

[@ragrago]

It's a shame that these ex players don't go through a proper football education, look at klopp, wenger and hodgson they all started at lower clubs and worked there way up, Rooney should have started in the 3rd or 4th division, away from scrutiny instead he went gun ho all the whoile lacking basic skills!

[@HardlyQuinn]

Klopp, Wenger and.... Hodgson? 😂🤣 one of these things is not like the others!

[@pahakuutti]

Rooney needs to coach at an academy because that's his level. Only strikers tho. Never allow him to coach any defenders again.

[@eric934]

​@@HardlyQuinnClearly you know nothing about Hodgson's history. Taking Inter Milan to the UEFA Cup final, winning 5 consecutive titles with Malmö, and being manager of 4 international teams in his long career to name but a few. He might be nearer the end of his career now, but he's still a manager in the PL. I suggest you check a few historical facts before you embarrass yourself with your ignorance next time.

[@prideofdurham4776]

Rooney"s 40 wins from 146 games (26%) makes him unemployable now, no club will take the risk hiring him , not even the Dog & Duck Second Eleven.

[@CraigBuckton-o3q]

We do need a kit man, if he's interested??

[@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh]

Wrexham 🤔

[@MohammedAhmed-tg4vu]

As a Liverpool fan, I was happy to see that he was being exposed as a manager but on the other hand I really feel for your club. John Eustace 2.0 at the club now?! I hope you get a better manager or get him back for the sake of your club. Wishing you luck.

[@weescottishguy8950]

Couldn't trust him with a transfer window. Are Birmingham close enough to the relegation places for Warnock to come in?

[@66Viscount]

It seems to me as a total neutral that Birmingham City FC is and has been a dark dismal club for several years.

[@mycoshe]

"He must have interviewed well" If he was interviewed at all.

[@slightlyconfused876]

I rarely agree with Simon Jordan but for once I totally concur. I don't blame Rooney, he was not up to the job but he clearly thinks he is capable, and of course he was going to take the job when it was offered. Cook, as the CEO should have known Rooney was not up to the job and never appointed him. I no longer have faith in Cook, Tom Wagner has done all he is capable of to restore the club but the man with day to day control of the club is debatably not up to it.

[@GVGames1986]

I feel bad for Wayne, because I think he is probably better than people give him credit for. I would suggest he takes up coaching instead perhaps.. I am sure he has the passion/experience to be a top coach.

[@jaswinderbhogal2035]

The daftest decision was to sack a manager who had them in fourth place and put a person with no management experience and now they are 19th

[@CB-xr1eg]

They were 5th or maybe 6th when Rooney got the job but not 4th.

[@1Jameskelly]

Manchester United s next manager

[@dreddykrugernew]

Imagine employing someone because he is your mate and it turns out the be the worst appointment and it costing your employers millions to fix. If I was the owners id be questioning Cooks appointment and id be looking for another CEO, the reason why he wanted to stick with Rooney is because its already cost millions to sack the previous manager and he didnt want egg on his face with the owners. If I was the owners id say Wayne Rooney is your appointment and we will be expecting you to pay the rest of his contract off out of your own money, employing your mates on someone elses dime, the balls on this guy...

[@encorefootball]

Mourinho, Klopp & Benitez were average to mediocre as players, but that never stopped them from succeeding as managers. On the contrary, a smart and articulate character with a great playing CV in Vincent Kompany is stuck in a relegation fight at Burnley.

[@sparephone8228]

Only few great players make great managers instantly. Brian Clough is an excellent example. But he was clever and knew how to get the best out of average players. Dalglish relied heavily on the Liverpool players he inherited but did buy some great players in his time Barnes Beardsley Shearer

[@pak8606]

The board deserve everything they get. They were stupud sacking Eustace.

[@paulhaynes3688]

Has Cook apologised for the decision to sign him

[@ricardobaggio4330]

Simon how many chances does Rooney needs ?? As a manager the guy is a disaster

[@clipped6963]

6th to 20th lmaoooooooo Roney is only getting jobs like Gerrard cus of his playing name. Why can't they judge people by their managing roles both are AWFUL

[@relax9674]

As horrific as he was at least gerrard won something!

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@relax9674 "as" he was not "has". As for Gerrard winning something, yes in a 2 team farmers league. He couldn't do it in the PL, he looked lost and way out of his depth.

[@relax9674]

@CB-xr1eg lol thanks for that and i agree but hes done it and you cant take that away from him.

[@michaellaing9328]

This was always going to happen John Eustace was overarching before Wayne turned up

[@lewis9815Z]

As a blues fan I look back and think what could have been - ultimately appointing Rooney got us relegated. A season wasted in league 1 even if I do believe in what the owners are doing now.

[@topgsfifagaming]

Get in Roy Keane

[@camoli744]

I'm gutted I thought he was doing an amazing job. UTV🦁🤣🦁😂!!!!

[@wolfman9132]

Gary Cook hoodwinked the new owners to take Rooney on, hopefully they won’t be mugged off so easily in the future.

[@callumkenmuir2825]

Great players don't necessarily make great managers. Gerrard, Lampard and Rooney have shown that. I wouldn't have thought Rooney has the right temperament for management. A manager has to be shrewd and capable of motivating players. That doesn't sound like Rooney.

[@Ian-vv6tf]

Cooke should be sacked too. Put his friendship with Rooney above the wellbeing of the club.

[@alantan8616]

Bermingham sacked John when it was 6th on e table...n replaced him with Rooney...now only 15th games he was incharge they were 20th on e table....what a disgrace!!!

[@andrewmitchell8859]

Rooney for England manager !

[@markcooke5270]

Damn no more Rooney in an American football helmet on Farley TV....

[@juz882010]

why did they even hire him ahaha they were doing so well before.

[@Nonprofitgenie]

Thank god he is gone! 2024 Christmas has come early!

[@jamesellis3535]

Should have ridden off into the sunset when his playing days ended. It’s not like he needs the money. If he carries on he will just be remembered as a failed manager/coach and not the great player that he was.

[@A.J.Austin]

Aren't the best managers usually the ones who played in midfield and were grinding it out, and were not exactly the biggest stars out there? But why sack a manager who was sitting so high up the table. They only got what they deserved. Just wait when they appoint Lampard next.

[@johnwarren9112]

Best news ever 😁 Thanks Wayne for f**king our season up we'll done

[@paulmcnallyfll8228]

If it’s true that they sacked the manager who had them in 6th to the relegation zone with Rooney, then the owner, director etc need to take 💯 accountability and should also go. Embarrassing decisions at every level

[@davidwarren3152]

Eustace followed by Useless

[@alantan8616]

Gerrard, Lampard n now Rooney...great players didn’t mean they would be great coaches!!! They just have to start learning it from e basic in coaching!!!

[@FirstBorn__]

Waza shouldnt have taken that Gig. Now its a shame on his career

[@b14ksy17]

Steve Coopers home number begins with 01159.

[@frederickhewlett9044]

City need to sue Rooney for their money back !! As his claim of being a manager was totally fraudulent !! NOB !!!

[@courtneywalcott513]

Garry Cook, is definitely the villain in all this.

[@rickyraw5457]

Great players don't often become good managers..... happy new year Wayne 👍

[@thesoultwins72]

I can't believe that any football club owner/CEO in their right mind could hire someone like Wayne Rooney. [what is this obsession with 'ex-players' - and that they will suddenly become accomplished managers?!?] Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney are utterly inept - yet some clubs are still prepared to 'gamble' on them! I obviously don't know Wayne Rooney personally, but he always comes across to me has an extremely poor 'communicator'. [ie: he can't string a coherent sentence together]. I would have thought that this is an essential skillset for any manager. However, the single most glaring takeaway from Rooney's appointment [and subsequent sacking] is that Rooney's incompetence is only surpassed by that of Birmingham City's CEO.

[@frankmcconnellogue3351]

It’s clear he’s not got the experience of management,being a good footballer doesn’t mean it’s a given .

[@markcooke5270]

Has a Villa Fan this is GOLD...... Just wish you kept him and definitely got relegated.... SOTC.... VTID

[@andrewmitchell8859]

Rooney to take over Man Utd

[@martinnewtonholmes]

I think we`d all love that

[@kevingates8339]

Bring him in at United Sir Jimmy

[@liamwalters5029]

Graham potter would be a decent appointment for city kind of project he likes too

[@waynewayne2472]

Beg for John Eustace to come back ;-)

[@bowlingarry]

Rooney is proper eustace🥁

[@stephenhodgson3506]

Sir Bobby Moore, Sir Bobby Charlton great players, much better players than Rooney, Gerrard or Lampard could not do it as managers so why do people think Rooney, Gerrard or Lampard could do it. What's more when those older great players took their step inti management they didn't go to big names they were willing to start at the bottom and work their way up. Owners need to realise that great players (with a few exceptions) don't make great managers. Much of their ability as players was god given talent and they simply didn't have to think about the game it came naturally. Great managers tend to be students of the game they live and breath it and want to know all about it and that is what club owners should be looking at.

[@garylago9123]

How were Moore and Charlton much better players than Rooney, Gerard and lampard? Also ex players don’t make great managers? Like clough, Keegan, dalglish, zidane and Guardiola you mean?

[@stephenhodgson3506]

@@garylago9123 Well lets see both Moore and Charlton won world cups to start with. They didn't play a huge number of international friendlies to get their cap or goal numbers up. Clough a great player, you're having a laugh. Never played in the top league and no top clubs were interested in him, got two caps in friendlies and didn't score then never chosen again. Was Keegan a great manager what did he win? As I said with a few exceptions most great players don't make great managers. What did Klopp or Mourinho ever do as players? Alex Ferguson wasn't much of a player but look what he achieved as a manager.

[@garylago9123]

@@stephenhodgson3506 yes Moore and Charlton won a World Cup on home soil. Rooney until Kane was all time top scorer in pretty poor England teams. I wouldn’t choose any England midfielder in front of gerrard. He single handedly dragged Liverpool to the champions league against ac Milan. Clough has the best goal to game ratio of any player ever and managed Nottingham Forest!! to two European cups!! Keegan took over a struggling Newcastle and won the second division, made them the most exciting team in the country and came within a whisker of winning the premier league. He also won the second division with man city. And you don’t mention dalglish who won liverpools first double, zidane and Guardiola.

[@stephenhodgson3506]

@@garylago9123 So you class a player as great because of what he did in one match and if Gerrard was so good how come he failed in every World Cup and European championship he played in? Then disregard what Moore and Charlton did because it was on home soil. You seem to forget that England were the only side to give Brazil a game in the 1970 world cup. Brazil failed to win a World Cup on home soil with great players. Rooney 53 goals in 120 matches as a forward, Charlton 49 in 106 matches playing primarily as an attacking midfielder. Oh an Rooney got 1 goal when it mattered in World Cup Finals. Bit like Kane who scorers many of his England goals against the so called lesser nations. Clough played all of his football in the second tier of English football and based on the comments of his former colleagues did nothing else but stand around the goal hoping to score while letting the rest of the team do all the other work. Where you score matters as much as how many you got. Possibly a reason why no First Division (Premier League ) club was interested in him. Oh and while Clough was a manger he failed without Taylor. Then you mention Keegan's second division titles what happened when he was subject to the pressure of a real title race? answer he buckled. Oh and I did mention the other three in the comment 'with a few exceptions'.

[@stephenhodgson3506]

@@garylago9123 oh I forgot to mention that at the same time you say you class Gerrard as the best England midfielder you then say Rooney was a top scorer in pretty poor England sides. Rooney and Gerrard played most of their England careers in the same side. Just how can Gerrard be good but be a part of a poor England side? Also in that England side were Cole, Lampard, Terry, Ferdinand. In fact they were known as 'The Golden Generation' I've never heard a pretty poor team called a Golden Generation before.

[@DarkEldar2304]

I agree,it was madness. Total madness.

[@GVGames1986]

Steve Bruce if he is still open to managing.. good firm pair of hands till end of season?

[@matthewwassall798]

Could you say Wayne Rooney a few more times please.....

[@kanteiroo]

Frankie Lampard NEXT PLEASE

[@robinmonchgesang1523]

What a waste of time Rooney is as a coach .

[@HRGLIV]

What was the logic in recruiting him? Decision maker need sacking as well. KRO TO LEAGUE 1.

[@stuarthardy8202]

Same old rubbish from a football club board who lacks any form of determination to back their man! I genuinely thought they would back him in the January transfermarket

[@graemeyetts3465]

Poor appointment,poor ownership.

[@grahamatkinson8727]

Can hear Robbie Fowlers CV getting posted through the letter box.

[@meetjamesfox]

Great job for Steve Cooper

[@keithbrandon3660]

Gerrard or lumphard next.

[@manhattanmurphy8978]

Rooney has been awful as a manager everywhere. He doesn’t deserve these big paydays that deny better and more deserving managers. Rooney’s character as a man leaves a lot to be desired.

[@rhinoskin180]

Suprise Suprise that's what happens when you employee a manager that isn't a manager lol😅 can I have a job Birmingham

[@HorseMalone]

Never mind...He's still got his job as poster boy for the Potato Marketing Board.

[@christopher1474]

who could've seen this coming I wonder

[@seancharlie8476]

I'm happy Rooney was sacked as it deserves the owner right. I think John Eustace was unfairly dismissed. Now the owner will have to pay off Wayne too 😅