Tony Mowbray

[bluefred]

Mowbray is not the answer ! 

[M_B]

56 minutes ago, LeftWinger said:

11th, but point taken

8th I think you'll find, but regardless, I think it's a wind up anyway. 

If it is it worked judging by the reaction on here. 

Edited 1 hour ago by M_B

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, M_B said:

I know he failed, we went down, but the damage was already done, otherwise we'd have finished 8th. 

Before rallying and winning the last couple of games when it was too late, we had a run of something like seven games without a win.

He initially guided us to a position where we almost had our noses above water and he had ample opportunity to keep us up.

Not ALL or even primarily his fault of course.

[Andy]

That relegation was absolutely not on TM.
The rot at the club was deep and almost irretrievable.

He then did a lot of good work to pull various bits of the club back together, not least the relationship with the fans.

However, did indeed undo a lot of that in his final couple of years, with the points almost mentioned.

[M_B]

8 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Before rallying and winning the last couple of games when it was too late, we had a run of something like seven games without a win.

He initially guided us to a position where we almost had our noses above water and he had ample opportunity to keep us up.

Not ALL or even primarily his fault of course.

Well no, virtually none of it.

It was also a record(or virtually) points total for a relegated team, which didn't help the situation. 

Thought you'd be well chuffed 🤣

Edited 1 hour ago by M_B

[Tomphil2]

He left some good foundations to be built on which they failed to do and by now ALL his good work has been undone.

[RevidgeBlue]

Did a good job until we got promoted back to the Championship.

After that an absolute disaster imo. Stagnation at a time when the owners still retained a bit of interest.

We all knew they would give up and lose interest at some point and unfortunately Mowbray oversaw that.

We could have done with someone ambitious like JDT or Eustace at the Club after we got promoted.

[roversfan99]

The side that went down had been absolutely ravaged of any remaining assets by the owners. The team that came up even with the addition of Dack (who obviously succumbed to injury) was nowhere near being a team to look towards the top of the Championship. Even with £10m spent on it, which was the one summer when maybe they had a shred of "interest."

The summer after, we spent another £5m predominantly funded by the sale of Raya. From then on, the interest had gone again and not enough time or crucially money had been spent to get that side justifiably looking towards the top. It wasnt a wasted opportunity in that the money and period of supposed interest wasnt sufficient to prop up a side competitive at the top end. 

When we did start challenging, it wasnt by design or because of owner funding. The core of the team at the heart of those top 8 finishes under Mowbray and then Tomasson were Brereton, the main player signed during that flash of interest who needed time to develop. Rothwell who again needed time to develop. And also graduates like Travis, Dolan (signed very young for the academy but fasttracked), Wharton, Carter and the odd clever loan.

This idea that Mowbray spurned a golden opportunity of owner interest is totally flawed and I hate it because it gives them far too much credit. £10m added to a good League 1 squad and a year of interest wasnt this huge opportunity.

[B16Rover]

That Wigan team was nowhere near our team 

[Upside Down]

This tosser wouldn't have got anywhere near Ewood Park under an ownership and management team that even slightly resembled competency. 

He's an awful manager and a complete dick head. His numerous disparaging remarks towards the club and fans, whilst he was here none the less, should make any supporter of this club want to kick him up the arse all the way down Livsey Branch Road.