I think Leeds are down and aren’t going to pick up anything from their remaining games. Burnley have one less game than Leeds so that may have some bearing on it. Everton always escape.

You can’t deny TMs record. He struggles to manage a game for an entire match never mind an entire season.

But under what circumstances was he played there? I don't think any Rovers fans have an issue with players playing out of position. All managers do it. Anyone remember a silver haired Mark Hughes playing in midfield? Those times Hendry or Samba played up front? Look at Chris Sutton, started life as a centre half. The difference is, those either worked or the manager was forced into it. In many cases Mowbray isn't forced into it, he just does it for fun. And he does it week after week as if he's too stubborn to back down. Giles on the wrong side, Gallagher out wide (and full back!), Dolan as a false 9, Clarkson as a false 9, Armstrong out wide... Bradley Johnson as a false 9 😄 and he'd have done it again if Johnson hadn't gone public about it not working.

Did he do it every week? Did it work? Because Mowbray plays several players out of position sometimes twice weekly and it's never worked. Who was the striker by the way?

I always thought his contract ended on May 31st. I can't remember where I got that from. Anyone know when his contract ends?

Lancs Live will be making an educated guess. We won't be getting Farke. And they are probably right. We'll get some dolloper.

Or are his agents trying to force Hibs to get him first? Kean out.

Financial fair play unless you’ve just been in the PL, in which case do whatever you want. It needs scrapping or heavily revising.

Farking good work.

Everton always stay up no matter how awful they are.

His record in the last ten matches at Derby are similar to TM's at Coventry. Sounds like the ideal candidate then. You'd hope that they aren't giving TM a contract because they want better but if they get this fellow in, it's another very odd and self destructive decision.

They'll wait till all the good and half decent appointments are snapped up. Guaranteed.

Please tell me the penny has finally dropped.

And TM was wrong for going after him because he clearly isn't good enough for what was required. I'm not sure how going for him, getting him or not getting him is a plus for Mowbray.

Farke would be a brilliant appointment, but let's face it Ainsworth will be a lot cheaper. Ex Premier League vs League 1. Whoever gets the job it's going to take them a couple of seasons to sort out.

So plan for that possibility in January.

So he pinned his hopes on getting one of only two players that we couldn't afford without any backup plan. Sounds like terrible forward planning to me. What happened to his 3 short lists for different price brackets?

Well that’s what you get for giving managers on the scrapheap a contract, and giving them £5m to spend on an underwhelming player, who continues to underwhelm. By the way I didn’t say no championship manager would have him - Mowbray did and gave away almost all of our transfer kitty in the process. I’m sure someone out there would have him. Not for £7m+ though. But if by some act of God we did get a decent manager I don’t think they would want Gallagher ball watching for most of the season whilst flicking the hair from his eyes. I honestly believe he only gets in the side to justify the purchase to Suhail and co - and maybe because TM is quite a stubborn guy as we know. As you say a bench player at best but any manager with any nouse would sideline him immediately with a view to moving him on imo.

That's actually true and frustrates me more about Mowbray. On occasion he's shown he can do a decent job at getting the team to play but then he'll follow that up with baffling tactics, teams and subs. If he could reign in his giddy inner Pep and was a bit more pragmatic he could be a decent manager.

You said if he's as bad as I say. I don't see him being bad as a subjective thing to anyone with a pair of eyes. I didn't say anything about anyone buying him, I said moving him on. Personally, I'd give him away. Or are you saying that he's that bad that no one would have him if he was a free agent?

But worryingly, what a rich man it can make you with very little effort. What was it, two months in the job?

As I say? I'd hope that people would be able to see with their own eyes that he's simply not a good footballer. He's applied himself recently in a few games like he did last season. And like last season a few seem to have had a system refresh and forgotten how poor he was overall. He's been here for 3 years now and at 26 year old I can't see him developing into a good player. It's not just his ability but his attitude seems off, like he doesn't have any desire for it. He's looked up for it these last few games but that's in complete contrast to the rest of the season.

Maybe not immediately but he'll be sidelined and eventually moved on if the new manager has any ambition. Unless the new manager is capable of working miracles with poor to average players. He's been a passenger in most games, even the games he hasn't played wide. A few games at the end of the season doesn't cut it. If you're happy to play with 10 for most of the season then he's your man. Pickering is another that needs to be replaced if we want the club to do anything other than mid table plodding.

No wonder you wrote it in white.

From absolutely terrible to bang average? Aye, I'm sure he'd be on every Championship managers team sheet. He has been mismanaged but can you honestly say if you were the boss you'd pin your hopes on him consistently scoring over a season, as a number 9?