I cant see us signing a CB. If he doesnt rate Nyambe or see's him as a CB now, then its a RB we badly need

Just now, Ricky said:

Interesting that TM has come out and said that. He’s clearly confident on something happening otherwise he would have played it down like he usually does.

You'd think so, but recently his mouth appears to be 5mph faster than his brain

Just now, Harry The Bass said:

I think Tosin and Lenihan could be a real dominating force at the back personally.

I think we can forget any new CB's arriving. Lenihan, Tosin, Williams, Mulgrew plus the kids is plenty. We can argue the quality, but we arent going to bring more numbers into that position unless we ship someone out. The issue if we strike gold and tosin and Lenihan is a success is full backs. We badly need at least 1 starting full back, but really need 2

I have always been a TM fan. Always believed he was working towards something and a plan but couldnt set the ball rolling last year as he was a peice or 2 missing and didnt want to change in the season. His singings seemed strange and not that well thought out, but gave him the benefit of the doubt and backed him. I believed this season he would unveil some tactical evoloution of this team and it would all seem clearer and a lot would have to eat their words.

Then the charlton game happened and its clear he has no real plan, this team isnt evolving, he has no long term vision, his transfer dealings are a bit mental and without much thought. Im also now certain he has taken us as far as he can take us. His treatment of Rothwell alone convinces me he has lost the plot, but add in everything else and it pains me to say its time to go. I just hope im wrong and that 1st game is a massive wake up call to him and he does a big 180 turn in coming days

Chicken and the egg with Johnson. Do we have good kids becasue he was a good coach, or did he do well as coach becasue we have good kids?

49 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

I can take a bad result like Saturday's on the chin because bad results can happen at any time to even the best teams but Mowbray has lost an awful lot of Brownie points by not strengthening the defence, and it is this failure more than anything that I think fans find most frustrating.

I can forgive the defence and give him the benefit of the doubt that he is trying and the window is still open. Its the Rothwell snub that has me fuming the most

Game day. Lets have it

3-1 rovers COYB

8 minutes ago, Admiral Nelsen said:

Think it's both good and bad. If Rothwell doesn't play, then that's the wrong call, but in fairness it's been a long time since we've had the options there that a call like that can be semi-justified, which it can be with the curren squad.

I think whatever team he picks a some will be unhappy. Hardly anyone has the same lineup in here, which does show the options we have.

The only thing that really matters is that by 5pm sat we are sat there with 3 points

Its been a long time since an opening day team selection had this much anticipation. Not sure if thats good or bad, but everyone is certainly keen to see what it is

Just now, Ewood Ace said:

As crazy as lining up with the same defence that shipped 69 goals last season?

To be fair our defence was pretty good at ewood. It was away we pooped the bed

Why would we promise any player game time? You sign and work hard and if you perform, you play. If you dont perform, you dont play. Simples

Listening to Pep and the city fans talk about this kid, it sounds like this is a big year for him and if succesfull could put him on the fringes of the city first team squad

Explains why the lad may be keen to ensure its the right move for him and also means we will get a really hungry player who will be busting to impress and take the next step.

TM has confirmed he is one that deffo wont be going out on loan

Sod sinclair. At this point im not convinced he would be any better than rothwell and chapman and certainly not at 2.5mil. We have enough attacking talent

Just now, DavidMailsTightPerm said:

Did he not play 90 minutes in mid week ?

He did, but if the aim was to play your strongest team today, then he wouldnt have given him 90 midweek if he planned starting him v charlton

Hope Im wrong but it looks like he will be on the bench next sat

Absolute certainty we keep a clean sheet today. The footballing gods will see to it

Not starting rothwell would be worse than not signing defenders for me. Give your head a wobble Tony #HeadsGone

Well that team is a bit worrying

Just now, Tom said:

Shame that Chapman doesn’t seem to be involved with the first team friendlies, doesn’t make too much sense to me, he was near fitness at the end of the season and had a full pre season, is he just broken?

Agreed. I think TM sees him as an impact sub. Its up to him to stay fit and take the chances he gets off the bench to force his way in. Which i think he will if he stays fit

This season cant start soon enough. Really need some actual football to discuss

1 minute ago, pick32 said:

Because only 3 go up but 6 teams can be in the top 6

Exactly making it less likely. So the odds should be greater than 10-1. With your way of thinking we should be 2-1 to be champions becasue only 1 team can be champions

Just now, Roaming Rover said:

Playing devils advocate a little, but didn’t we have the 5th best defence in the league at home. Better than Norwich and Villa? 

Granted away it was very poor and needs addressing but is it really as bad as some are making out? 

 

Tin hat time

It is a really strange stat though when you think about it

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

Ya, it should't really, but some of the refs are crap and he will have it put up to him more from a physical standpoint than he has under age. Dack gets fouled a lot, but he is a robust little fecker. 

Small person syndrome. They are all little s houses on the sly

Just now, DE. said:

Worryingly suggests that, as I suspected, TM does not consider LB a priority and is happy with Bell/Williams in that position. I think this is going to be a very weak link for us in the coming season. It's possible that Bell will improve, and I hope he does, but Williams simply isn't good enough to play LB in a team that's genuinely aiming for the top six. He showed far more capability at CB in his brief appearances last season than he ever has at LB, imo.

Silver lining and all that he makes no mention of Downing as a left back. So we can put that one to bed

Hardly anyone posting the same team. Shows how many options we now have in certain areas

Keeper is now set, forward 6 positions have options galore.

1 or 2 good defenders and we really could be a decent side this year