I think like Brereton, Tomasson's already gone. A section of the fans don't like him, he wasn't backed when in a good league position, he now knows that the important staff behind the scenes aren't fit for purpose, and it's not as if he's inherited the greatest squad in the first place. He'll know he's gone as far as he can with them, and without backing what's the point? Staying here is only going to reflect badly on himself, as it is now. We needed to keep Tomasson and build on this season by replacing the weak links with a view to automatic promotion. However I fear that he'll be replaced by someone who will agree to every ludicrous decision that's made, with little money spent and any rough diamonds going to pastures new to balance the books.

Two excellent strikers too. One of them limited due to injury this season and the other is third top goalscorer in this league. Only cost about £2m between them.

Travis shouldn't be captain as he shouldn't be first choice on the pitch. I'd keep him as back up to a better midfielder and you never know it may prompt him to work on his game and improve. He makes so many mistakes every game and struggles to keep up.

Can you coach someone to score? I think we're expecting a bit much here considering our forwards (inc wingers and attacking mids) haven't been prolific under multiple managers if you look at their scoring records, aside from Dack for a couple of seasons pre injury.

When Thomas was wide and Dolan was wide we seemed to play more coherently. Not perfect but everyone seemed to know what they were supposed to be doing at least.

I agree with your first bit wholeheartedly. His only plus point is when defending a corner he's a big bloke in the box. Mowbray dropped a bollock by spending so much on him, to the point he had to save face and play him even if that meant as a wide player. He's obviously JDT's reluctant first choice as a senior centre forward. His other choices are to play the likes of Dolan or Szmodics out of position, or a kid with little experience. None of them good choices. I doubt either love him.

A similar argument is that we could play direct and have many more chances per game, have ten men in the box, but we still wouldn't score as our players struggle to finish their dinner. Our centre forwards are Sam Gallagher, a poor player currently injured, and Harry Leonard a teenager thrown in with little experience of first team football. The rest are wingers with no real record of scoring goals, and a bloke who can't wait to get to Spain. And as for the argument that we don't create enough chances, I disagree. There have been games where there have been crosses flying across the box and Gallagher has been trotting along with zero urgency. I've seen Brereton, Gallagher, JRC, Dolan and Hedges miss chance after chance and I've seen the likes of Travis in goal scoring positions bottle it and opt to pass it to a player, in a worst position to get it in the net. Just as they did with Mowbray last season. The only one of our forwards I can give any credit to is Szmodics as he'll consistently have a go.

Replace Gallagher with a better all round striker and we'd be in the play offs, simple as. I'll never understand why people who want to the club to kick on, also want to perservere with the same old faces that have let us down for years. I saw someone defending Travis the other day and he's been really poor when it's mattered the most. If we have any ambitions of promotion you can't keep expecting these players to suddenly be much better than what they are in their mid 20's.

If we had Morris upfront we'd be third in the table. Add to that Adebayo. Both of them are far better than any of our options.

Is it an obsession, or just that he doesn't have bugger all else apart from a teenager? He's dropped him several times, requested another striker, and criticised his striking options post match.

Aye. The project is bullshit.

If I remember correctly Madame Desai said we were to rely on the academy more, and it's pretty obvious that's what we're doing. So I'm just going off what's out there on that one. With the other stuff I was told something during the game by an insider, regarding next years plans and it confirmed what JDT said about loans and freebies and that we were allowing certain players to speak to clubs. If true then the project is another sham and most supporters will be absolutely appalled. If it is true then I'm sure the usual journo's will already know about it and it'll be reported soon. Btw, the last time I was "in the know" was back in the early days of Venkys ownership, and I realised then I wanted to be plugged back into the matrix. So no, I'm definitely not "in the know" these days. I'd rather be blissfully unaware at the behind the scenes antics at Rovers. The shambles in January pales in comparison to the Kean and Shaw days.

It'll be Gallagher and whoever Gregg can scrape from the bottom of the barrel, presumably on loan and assuming Gregg sticks around too.

Orders from wanky Venky HQ.

Me too but I believe he has to work with the same squad plus some cheap additions, but crucially, minus any quality we can sell. I can't see him sticking around for that "project". Next season we'll have Travis in midfield, Gallagher upfront and Dolan and Hedges being consistently inconsistent. I dread to think which out of work manager will sign up for that gig.

Enabled by a CEO with the emotional investment of a lobotomised snail.

I'm pretty sure Bowyer never had us in the play off positions at any stage. Always just threatening to creep in but never did, which is criminal when you consider the players we had.

In that case, you'd imagine a decent midfielder and a striker would have got us at least one extra win. And for that reason I blame the shambles of a CEO and his minions over the manager over the tippy tappy stuff. On occasion we do go more direct, and we still miss, we continue to miss, then we bring on some subs, and they miss. We've seen it all before. With all of his faults we'd have still made the play offs or challenged for the automatics had he been backed.

I'd be very surprised if he stays as I believe next season will be much more difficult in terms of recruitment and also players outgoing.

I pretty much said it in an earlier post. Don't be surprised if we separate the wheat from the chaff and keep the chaff.

Because they will appoint a bottom of the barrel yes man next.

Not enough goals from any of those players. It happened last year under a different manager. The only constant has been the dickheads in the boardroom. You look at the other teams around us and they all have players that can get you three points when you aren't at your best. The only one we have capable of that has been holidaying in Villareal since December.

I will if I say what I really feel about Waggott.

He's talking about the striker he was told he was getting in January.

I've said it since January, what's the point in bringing in an ambitious manager than not even bringing in a centre forward?! Especially as they knew the taps would be turned off next season. Waggott is definitely cementing his place alongside the likes of Kean, Anderson, Shaw and Agnew for most hated Rovers employees.