Poor half. Tinkering Tony strikes again. Fingers crossed for a more balanced look about the side second half.

Fixed seating so that families can sit together...you are all very closely related anyway aren't you? ??

In every league in the world, it was an absolute screamer. Nobody is stopping that shit. Alongside Armstrong, Walton has been a stand out player in 2020.

Honestly, I'd sign him tomorrow.

...and in the blink of an eye, we are 5points off the playoffs. Football is a bastard. I hate it and love it in equal measure.

He's a poor, poor referee. Many are these days.

Was their 1st offside? I've not seen a good angle of it.

Buckley got wiped out. No question at all - a free kick anywhere on the pitch. Raya has done that a couple of times for us - he's thick.

Throwing far too many points away. Frustrating seeing us surrender the ball so cheaply and so often - especially with this possession play we apparently have. Both teams with lots of clear chances. Brentford the far better footballing side but that doesn't mean much. A good point in the end but never a penalty for them. One major plus - the sixty mins we were in the playoffs may become the stuff of legend.

Come on, let's feckin snatch this!

Terrible ball retention by Rovers. It is infuriating. Never a penalty but I don't see why ours wasn't - Raya lost the ball and flattened Buckley.

Our basic passing drives me up the wall!

Seriously, I don't know if you are muddling my arguement with someone else's. I said things are similar but Bowyer's squad had more value. It clearly did...and you said Dack is worth more than them combined - which I think he is nowhere near (I forgot Josh King too btw). That Bowyer team had a number of top-flight quality players - as mentioned, many who have spent a number of seasons there. There was no mention whatsoever about who signed who etc. So I'm annoyed by that side of your arguement. Regardless, what would that list of Bowyer's players be worth now?? Currently, I'd say a fit Dack has a chance of playing top flight. I'm not a big fan of Lenihan at all, reckless and panics when facing his own keeper - but I reckon he would interest someone. I honestly can see Nyambe interesting teams in the Prem. Possibly Armstrong at a real push. Travis, no chance - not until he stops gifting the ball away. They aren't the same class of player as what we had under Bowyer - but I'd say that is a damning reflection of the Championship. Some very poor quality teams in it these days. The basic passing etc. drives me up the wall.

I totally respect what you say there. I think that Mowbray is very similar to Bowyer - he can spot a good lower-league player/reserve and is a largely capable manager and thoroughly decent guy. I personally think we need more than that though, someone more demanding , even ruthless, like Hughes/Souness because we lack belief, presence and fight. Who knows though - maybe things fall into place. I certainly hope so.

What arguement are you wittering on about? Nobody gives a shit who signed who. So, with the greatest respect how about you re-read the crap you posted, then come back to me. Or be a man, hold up your hands and say, "Actually, I got that one wrong because I forgot about those decent players".

Who said you denied the existence of it? It was the impending threat of us being unable to spend that you skirted around. What's with the rewriting of history nonsense? I try to state facts...unlike shite such as no other manager would come to Rovers etc.

You are talking absolute nonsense. Dack currently has no value - that's a sad fact. Despite your claim, at his fittest and best, he isn't worth more than the combined total of those I listed - which is another fact. Duffy went for £5m + Dann £4.5m Hanley £5m + Cairney £3m Rhodes £8m Gestede £6m Also, I have no idea why you are trying to bring who bought who into play...oh yes I do - to strengthen that nonsensical arguement of yours.

Yes, really. During a number of your deny any criticism at all costs defences of Mowbray. Like a number of the more balanced said (who you like to simply refer to as the Mowbray Out brigade), the wasteful big money signings brought FFP right back to the door. Only hindsight and an interview in the Telegraph has shown you that it actually has. Anyway, it is going to be a very slow build if we don't sell a big asset this summer or rake in some serious revenue. It's looking like Nyambe and Armstrong will command the highest feed imo.

Funny how times change. We were pointing this out to YOU before. Now you're the self-proclaimed expert on it ?

How in God's name?? Haha, comical that. I'm happy to see past the fact Dack currently has no value and pretend that he is worth £10-15m but Bowyer had Duffy (a long-term Premier League player) Dann (a long-term Premier league player) Hanley (a current premier league player) Rhodes (has had x amount of muti-million pound moves and played in the Premier League) Gestede (same as Rhodes & played in the Premier League) Cairney (very highly coveted and played in the Premier League). I'm sure I've forgotten someone else but regardless, you've got a very short memory or ridiculously high valuation of Dack if you think he is worth more than them combined.

The club certainly feels better and TM has bought few good players but in truth, out of the 22+ signings he has made, there has also been a hell of a lot of wasted funds and pointless signings too. The spine of the team in L1 and last year (Raya, Mulgrew, Bennett, Lenihan, Graham, Nyambe, Evans, Williams, Samuel, Conway etc.) were already there but Mowbray's signing of Dack was his masterstroke and Smallwood, astute. My main criticism would be there doesn't seem a genuine belief that we can kick onwards and it has developed a small team mentality. Like under Bowyer, I honestly think a lot of the tools are there, they just needed to be freed up sooner and utilised properly - we definitely wasted games earlier in the season with the square pegs in round holes experiment - but at least that's been cut down to just one or two now. I'm glad our youth players are getting a chance now - although I'm not sure where the thanks are owed for the excellent set up - a number of key people over the years and ultimately Venkys I suppose because despite the fears, they invested in it and didn't dismantle it. Mowbray has led us to safety already so credit where it is due, that's job number one done - but come the end of the season if that is all we get, it just isn't enough for a club of our size, needs and outlay (in my opinion). There's nothing to lose this season and everything to gain now. We have shot ourselves in the foot a number of times this season, whether that be selections, tactics or mistakes on the field - we must really go for it though because if we are also-rans, our better players simply won't stick around. If we can make it into the playoffs, who knows? I certainly fear nobody else in this league.

Some superb goals. That 3rd one was absolutely top drawer though. Unstoppable.

Clearly? Is it really? It seems on a par from when Bowyer was here but with a squad with far less value. We've still achieved nothing and yet to reach the playoffs. Fingers crossed, by the end of the season that we do make some genuine progress and finish top 6.

Keep out of the Dack and into the red. There's nothing in this game for two in a bed.

I'd sign him. He's made some saves that reminded me of Friedel - I can't give a better compliment than that.