I'm trying to think of a suitable horror theme tune.....

He's just covering up and spinning the fact he's made another boo boo. Similar stuff trotted out with the Brereton and Gallagher signings and we are still waiting for those to click. Midway through next season he'll be suggesting Ayala is struggling due to relocating. Full of shit.

We actually lost what could be argued our other main center half in Williams not this sick note. He's absolutely getting away with spouting crap again why isn't he asked directly why he signed him ? Given, he hadn't played all year and then he went on record saying he wasn't suited to our style. No way can i stomach this guy any longer he is literally winging his way to his pension. Proper clown.

I'll give him the benefit of doubt on this one and say it was a panic signing. After promising defenders for 2 years then letting Bauer slip i think it's a typical Mowbray signing. Refs from his old club who know him, not fit but another project and the human angle handing out a contract to someone he likes. Then pay the price for being a nice guy again. Despite that though iv'e grown very uncomfortable with all this ex Boro stuff in recent times. It's never going to sit well after whats happened in the past and it's beginning to look a little suspect now. More in a jobs for the boys familiarity kind of way than a percentage skimming effort though. It's hard to stomach thinking we are about to get Mulgrews wages off the books but might have to carry this guy now instead. Maybe the can write it off with the insurance if he retires or something. Like i said though if he left i'd fully expect it to be with some of his terms paid up. Then him to be fit almost straight away for some foreign team. That would certainly prompt accusations of piss taking....again.

He also got good backing yet again in the summer to bring in the experience he said we needed to make the difference. Nobody really expected much backing in the middle of a pandemic with no income. In fact most expected sales instead. He got the wages to bring in Ayala, Douglas, Trybull & wonder kid Elliot. Only ONE of those has been long term absent. He's made a cock and balls of it this however anybody tries to dress up the excuses. And its mainly down to this daft fantasy of dominating the ball with possession football. Funnily enough i was talking about this with a mate who supports someone else. He couldn't believe the sheer number of players we've used all season between one game and the next. When i described all the Mowbray side of it he just said 'to me it sounds like he's been stealthily trying to get himself sacked. It happens quite often when managers have had enough but won't leave their contract'. Might not be far off the mark there to be honest given his nonsense and shoulder shrugging attitude. I don't think he's trying to lose games on purpose but he just doesn't give a toss if we don't win. The constant bizarre changing around of the team is the stealth bit. He knows damn well it's counter productive for the situation we've been in but he's stuck his middle finger up and carried on regardless. Even if we'd won a few he'd still jumble it up again. Very odd behavior from him since January, all season if we are honest. We all need putting out of our misery including him.

Thats confirmed it then he's going nowhere unless he wants to. The reason ? Well it doesn't need reviewing does it so basically that's put out just to pacify people. Then they'll spin it to he'll get another season to put it right because of all the variables this season. Of course the goalposts will move again as it turns into Mowbrays phase 3 rebuilding job.

I smell something not very nice brewing there, probably a parting of the ways on mutual agreement terms. Then he'll suddenly be fit to play for someone else somewhere warm. A seasons wages for doing sod all and a nice little pay off with a percentage of his contract. That'll be another million or two down the drain on him and Downing this season, by Rovers version of Bill Shankly building football clubs !

Whilst he does his coaching badges. Iv'e heard that's what Downing has been up to, nice work if you can get it. Mind you i wouldn't be averse to him taking over ! However it sounds like another Mowbray favour sponsored by Rovers money.

So the only sensible thing to do is continue to make the best of what they have. I'd rather we just become the real Blackburn Rovers again than a Brentford hybrid version.

Separated parts that have helped us win the Prem, get promotion back to the Prem, win a league cup, spend 10 consecutive seasons in the Prem. Been graced by some of the finest players in England & Europe at one time or another and have helped attract those players. And turn out some good youth of our own in the process already. Now we are managed by a set of people who - if they were a supermarket - would be Aldi and it all isn't good enough for their grand plan of midtable championship mediocrity anymore. If Waggot and co hadn't washed up here from footballs forgotten ocean i doubt anything like this would ever have been mentioned. The absolute only way any sense could be contrived from it is if they got an astronomical amount of money for the whole Brockhall site. That enabled a fresh cheaper site to be bought and covered the cost of a genuine state of the art modern facility that was big enough and covered all bases. Even then you'd have to consider a need to attract players so you wouldn't want it in the center of town or the edge of an industrial estate.

It's an absolute tie between him and Boris who has done the most U turns and goalpost shifting over the past 18 months !

7 mill on a whizz kid, who played well in a couple of games for Forest in 1 season, in the hope of doubling the money or more in a few years. Or 3 and a half years funding the cracking academy as it is. With far more chance of turning out a few to make money on. No brainer, but they collectively haven't got many if that's what Mowbray and co prefer instead of funding a Cat 1.

If any evidence was still needed he's lost it this is it. The man is obsessed with opposition stats and many have always felt that's part of his problem. Too worried about cancelling them out than driving his own team forwards. This is what contributes to see the likes of Gallagher in wide right and left positions. I'd wager with anyone this man knows every league position and every player in every other club. I don't think anyone would ever doubt his knowledge of the championship. Another bizarre comment.

I can just see the spin on that one. What will this revamped recruitment dept be thinking when they are showing prospective signings around Whitebirk instead of the Ribble Valley. No good is going to come out of this.

I think they just wanted the PP granting then they could flog the land, or use it to borrow against after its big uplift in value. Just after getting a few million quid in asap then bothering about the rest after. When you consider the covid black hole, deferred wages etc, possible emergency external borrowings. Then chuck in that a quick injection of funds would help the FFP balance sheet i think it all adds up to being about the money. Too many factors point to that, the timing of it being the biggest.

Trouble is they still seem to treat it like their other businesses they just haven't learned it needs the personal touch. So it gets reviewed at some point in summer and nothing can happen before then. In some cases nothing happens even then if they don't all agree on it Manager is still the line manager and they probably don't take anything on board until he's sat in front of them. The rest might have some title or other but are just box tickers. To be fair in recent years things have speeded up a bit in summer compared to what it was. That seems to be because Mowbray had stimulated their interest again after promotion and Rovers got an earlier slot than usual in their summer schedule. They probably do this review stuff for most of their large parts of their portfolio. So now the heads have gone back in the sand and interest has probably waned. Along with all the other stuff the past 12 months covid related god knows were Rovers will fit in this summer. I'm 100% certain it won't be marked as urgent on the discussion list, all this works in Mowbray & Waggots favour. Stupid set up that has never and will never prosper.

First seaon back in the Championship after one season out. We need to follow the Sheff Utd model, we are 2 years behind Preston... I need 3 or 4 windows to build a squad to get out of this league... We need to do it like Sheff Utd, i need the summer defenders are coming.. We need to transition to possession if we want to get into the top spots. We need to follow the Swansea model and dominate the ball. We are 5 years behind Brentford we need to follow their model, even though iv'e sold them Raya for a few million and signing Gallagher with the proceeds. Him and Ben are our future. We need a new pitch we can'[t play our game on it. We need a new training ground to follow the Brentford model. The statistical approach like Barnsley might be the way to go here. We might be only be winning 1 in 15 but we are topping possession every week. We need to dominate possession and be like Swansea..... Just a small collection of his pearllers over the last few years, arse and elbow spring to mind. In a similar amount of time the likes of Dyche & Wilder set out a plan, used their budgets wisely. Stuck to a style and got promoted. Nee chance in hell of that with this mon.

I can see that happening and he was on course for similar at Boro but they pulled the plug at the right time. Even if there was no covid and Ayala had got fit i still don't think we'd be anywhere near it. Better off than we are yes but still in the middle pack somewhere. He's far from the worst manager but too many things he does seem counter productive and go against any kind of consistency.

We were never going to keep that little early season purple patch going but to fall away so badly is criminal. All the warning signs there though after lockdown last year, started well, reeled in. Back to the transition to possession. Fall away badly, finish ok when end in sight.

Beach is getting closer and closer, contracts need renewing, scouts are watching and we must be getting due the 1 in 6 good effort. With those things in play the players tend to suddenly rind a little bit more motivation going off previous seasons. Was the same with Bowyers boys yet when there really is something in sight at the other end of the league they can't seem to find it.

He clarified that bit by saying he meant any income from a land sale would down as club income on the FFP sheet.

It's that sterile now on and off the pitch that games at even championship level are played like chess by some managers. More content with stats and cancelling out some bog standard opposition right back than working on their own teams strengths to have a real go at winning. The game is going to be overloaded by backroom staff it doesn't really need but has to have because everyone else is doing it. What happened to real entertainment on the pitch and players as well as fans looking like they enjoy it ?

Yep the absence of a real Blackburn based board of directors. Not employed by or provided by any outside source with their own self interest in mind, or the first team manager. That is the problem here literally nobody to give the right advice based on what they see and know. Just a gaggle who are telling their side of it and a messenger who's still learning the difference between football and cricket.

However did football manage before these lads turned up with their ipads, degrees and percentages. Its improved the game and the managers no end, i wonder if stats can be bet on by any chance ?

That's what i'd expect or maybe sell off the smaller site instead. Seed already sown with Mowbray wanting seniors training on the other bit. After all the feelers out and dealing with RVC on this 'shelved' project i'm sure they've got a few inside tips on what else might just be favorable instead. They'd perhaps get a nice deal for the whole site from some huge developer or fund who's happy just to sit on it for a while. Maybe even - shock horror - rent it back to them !