Seems to me that Mowbray has simply failed to move the playing squad forwards in any way whatsoever since promotion. Given the financial backing he’s had and the size of the club relative to the league we are playing in - that really isn’t good enough. Next season is already a worry because of our two best players Graham will be another year older and Dack might not be here. There is a lot of truth in the saying that if you stop going forwards as a club, you go backwards. Would any of you guys want to start next season with Mowbray in charge? Given how bad things are results wise, how he’s reverted to humiliating players in public I would say move on.

At a time when violence at football grounds seems to be declining, north end do seem to have a minority of pretty nasty fans. They’ve been around for a few seasons now. They never used to have - or I don’t remember them having this problem. Its something the club itself should be looking at and taking responsibility for.

Never a foul.

I’m not happy, no. Just wish we’d beat this lot anyway at all. It’s embarrassing how easy it is to score against us.

Told you, no pace. williams had a stinker at Deepdale and here he is again.

No way we’ll keep a clean sheet. One of the worst defences ever to turn out for us - anywhere.

When the teams announced and fans can’t work out what the formations going to be, it’s a sign of a struggling side. Not that we didn’t know that anyway. however, it’s bloody PNE and I’m not sure Mowbray gets it.

They’ll do us for our lack of pace at the back.

That’s a disappointing team. No pace anywhere.

Anyway, seeing we’re in the match thread, I’ve not seen the game but I’ve seen the goals. I know it’s been said by others, but the defending for the first goal in particular was beyond poor, it was embarrassingly pathetic. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like that from a rovers side. While Mowbray really shouldn’t name individuals it’s understandable how angry he would have been. If an entire defence just stands there and allows a cross from a throw in to go completely unchallenged he has every right to completely lambast the lot of them. Let’s just hope that there is a positive reaction from every single player on Sunday.

? to be fair I also remember some magazines - not all - from many, many years ago saying rovers played in blue and white quarters. The photos above surely show which is a halved shirt and which is a quartered shirt - assuming you don’t open them up and roll them out. Doesnt really matter does it, apart from the fact we play in blue and white halves now does it ?

Quarters.

Halves

Rovers have played in blue and white halves all my supporting life. I’ve never heard anyone refer to them as anything else.

Picked wrong team again.

They don’t see football like this every week at Man City, do they.

So - lay down or fight like men?

Our midfield is woeful. That’s where most of this is coming from.

We are very weak in midfield. If I were boro I would stick 5 in there.

Only Reed and Evans are true midfielders. Those two are going to need Brereton and Armstrong to do a lot of defensive work to give cover for the full backs. There lies a potential problem. That’s a worry for me.

He’s got to be able to make a position his own Parson and at the moment he doesn’t look like he’ll ever be able to do that. That’s what I think you’re saying and it’s what a lot of us on here think. Being able to run with the ball does very little towards that.

We need a bit of Howard Kendall’s approach. The first thing he said he would do - and did do - was make us hard to beat. In other words he concentrated on and succeeded in keeping clean sheets. We are far too easy to score against. The two goals we conceded last night were down to firstly awful defending from Bell and then poor marking in the box - and for the second goal people are blaming Rodwell. If you get the chance to look again, see if you can spot any cover from the midfield. There was none. Far too many midfielders caught chasing the ball upfield. Why - we had just got back level, we weren’t losing. That all comes back to player discipline and being hard to beat. still, I personally put this defeat down to Mowbray. I can understand PL clubs leaving some of their better players on the bench against inferior sides, because they would still have the fire power to beat these teams. For Rovers though leaving a host of our better players on the bench away at another Championship club? Do me a favour, we’re not that good yet. Starting under strength then going behind possibly because of it is giving the opposition an immediate advantage and like I said, were not that good yet. Start with a strong side then if things go well change it if you have to. Don’t give them the advantage before we kick off.

Bells useless isn’t he.

Get t’ subs on!

Puzzled at that one.