Trolling again. Tut tut.

The worst away defence out of the 92, bar none. But apparently that was just a 'blip' according to Waggott and Mowbray, caused by Lenihan being injured for a couple of months. As long as we improve though Tony will be happy. He said so. And that's all that matters because Tony's happiness is far more important than promotion. So I'm looking forward to us having the 91st best away defence next season. Lets build a club.

It's been obvious for months. Waggott and Mowbray are two mediocre and uninspiring operators who are making sure they look out for each other.

I used to think he was ok and stuck up for him a few times on here, but the quality of his writing is appalling for a journalist. "Bauer, 26, is likely to be one of two central defensive options arrive this summer, with Rovers also tracking a younger option, despite looking at a more experienced free agent, having released Paul Downing and Jack Rodwell’s future remaining unclear" Word salad.

I just want to see some good humans in the building, then on the grass.

Gary Bowyer connection.

It's linking us with Hart not Butland.

If course he's dampening down expectation. That's how he's going to keep his job. Him and Waggott used to talk about 'building a club' slowly and how they had to get Venkys to understand how important it was. Now it's all about Rovers being 'middle of the food chain'. The excuses are already being built in ready for the new season. Although there's nowt middle of the food chain about spunking £7m on a Championship teenager. But we aren't allowed to mention the price, Tony said. So, he won't resign, it's the total opposite. He's desperately trying to cling on to his job and so he's getting his excuses in early and massively dampening expectation. His comment about being happy if we simply improve and selling players for profit and reinvesting as his long term strategy tell you everything you need to know. Mid-table Championship and a profit on players and he'll be happy. The real question is, will Venkys? If so he's going nowhere.

LOL

If Matt Clarke is the Pompey CB then he's being linked in the press with Leeds and Brighton for £6m. I always thought Marcus Maddison was the fabled 'baseball cap and ripped jeans' guy. Hopefully he turns up in Tony's office this summer in a bowler hat, 3 piece suit and a monocle.

We can form the opinion he isn't good enough to get in a rank average Championship team despite costing £7m.

£7m......we paid £7m!!!????

Knee jerk reaction after 12 months? That's a very slow jerk. It's almost tantric.

At £6m-£7m he is probably the most expensive teenager ever signed by a Championship club. He has scored 1 goal in 12 months. He can't get in the 1st team. Based on the above so far he is a terrible signing. Above are the facts. No-one knows if he will improve. Nobody blames BB. The responsibility for his signing lies with Mowbray for saying he wanted him and Waggott for agreeing the price.

If he isn't good enough to get in the 1st team then we shouldn't have been spending £7m on him. It really is that simple. We wouldn't get anywhere near that if we sold him tomorrow. Dreadful business by whoever agreed the fee.

Dack is quality in a painfully average and pedestrian team. His ball retention, skill and finishing ability are lower half Prem standard. Considering how few chances we make from open play his goal return is excellent. He's needs to look after himself more though because he was obviously overweight in the 2nd half of last season. Or at least he looked it. The pace thing is a bit of a non-issue. You don't have to be especially quick to play as a No.10. The timing of runs and a good football brain are far more important in his position.

Nonsense. You've obviously never really watched him live.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/june/a-productive-trip-to-pune/ No guarantees when he talks to the owners, but Top 6/Top 2/Bouncing through the leagues when he aims his message at the fans. He wants his Lemon Drizzle cake and he wants to eat it. Where was the article he mentioned the Top 2. It was in the LT I think but can't find it?

Waggott lied about the number of ST's sold last season? Classic Bullshit Brothers.

I don't often laugh on here. Cheers.

Are you just going to ask silly questions or do you have a point to make?

“I think there are some good options for us now. But their agents can phone the people who deal with the money and they want three times more than we were expecting. Those are the difficulties" - Mogga He came out with exactly the same last summer. Prepare to be disappointed.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17694601.rovers-transfer-latest-from-boss-tony-mowbray/ “The only way to get players in early is to pay top dollar and over the odds and you get who you want,” the boss added. But we aren’t that club, we won’t spend the cash willy-nilly" - Mowbray

He's not a troll though. Definitely not??

That's an awful team, Friedel being the exception. The rest were either over the hill, played out of position or just plain shite. Matteo in CM was the moment Souness and the plot parted company. His team that got promoted from the Championship was better than that rabble. The way Hughes turned that club around was phenomenal. Nelsen - Free; Samba - £500k; RSC - £3m; Benni £2.5m etc etc. The only big outlay was £6m or so on Bellamy. Very few signings he made flopped and some were sold for a huge profit. Only Bowyer comes close for the amount of money he made the club versus outlay. In the 'Bang-For-Your-Buck' stakes Hughes is probably the best manager there's been in my time watching Rovers. Overall Hughes is in my lifetime top 3 with Dalglish and Kendall (An argument can be made for Souness) Compare and contrast Mowbray. A lot of his signings have been average at best. Dack has been a revelation. BB an absolute joke for the money. In between there are some failures and others that have been half decent. There's only Dack that we could sell for good money at this moment in time. Mowbray has also been been very, very fortunate to be backed the way he has. For a club £120m in debt he can't complain at the resource he's had. As for work rate, I've also never seen a team work as hard as Hughes'. Dalglish's team was very similar. Mowbray's team do work hard for each other but they are nowhere near as fit. Hughes wouldn't have tolerated Dack's obvious weight issues or Armstrong's strolling.