So he doesn't train them in specific fundamentals (as he has admitted), nor does he seem to motivate them... what exactly does Tony do in training?

Almost as if he's a left back who keeps getting thrown onto the right wing.

It's more and more clear that it was the win streak that was the "outlier" for our results, rather than the awful form surrounding it. Without that period we'd have just lost a relegation six-pointer. And yet some will still defend the dinosaur.

Don't worry, you won't have to after we lose the next 4 as well.

"Why does nobody turn up at Ewood anymore?" Have you seen this guff?

Getting absolutely pumped by the worst team in the league. Hand Tony is p45 and let him find his own way home.

Considering game management has been an issue for a long time now it absolutely comes down on the manager as much as the players.

We are sitting soooo deep. Does Tony even know the basics of setting a team up?

Kaminski and van Hecke (perhaps Wharton too) seem to be the only players doing anything,,, though I guess that argument could be used for all of 2022.

A step up from Rovers' terrible to watch and lack any quality tbf

Hopefully the lads tell Tony where to shove his ideas again at half time. Utterly clueless.

So let me get this straight... Gally is taken out by last man, and nothing. Edun booked and Breo disallowed for lightly touching the opposition. The officials in this league boggle the mind.

Who would have thought that continuing with the same tactics that haven't worked all of 2022 would result in the exact same level of dire performance?

Wow

I think the one think for me with Gareth that I absolutely despise about Tony is you know full well that win or lose as a fan he would be pushing that team, urging them to finish the job, and would be going through the same emotions we are as the game goes on. I can't remember the last time Tony looked like he remotely gave a damn, from his interviews to his touchline demeanour, and discounting the constant collapses is the number one thing I have to criticise him for.

For the love of god get rid of this absolute clown

How many times do I have to see this? We almost never respond directly to going behind. It's pathetic.

Forget about top 6. Priority has to be getting rid of this dinosaur and trying to build for next season. Getting outclassed by Paul Ince is arguably worse than losing 7-0

Imagine spending £5m and giving an extended contract to THAT.

It's also important to point out that these runs are constsntly in the same patterns each season. This isn't just bad runs, it's bad runs after the new year. When you factor in the same issues at Cov and Boro, that points to a chronic inability to change and by extension an inability to succeed.

I'd be getting rid of Tony after this game. He had a chance of turning it around going into a favourable set of fixtures and we still look awful. We can't afford to just throw this season away.

Yeah, as much as I hate to say it, we need to be looking at what Burnley did - go up, pocket the change while getting battered every week, use the payments to buy the Championship again, then look to solidify. Especially considering where we were, if we continue in this way and miss out on top 6 this can be considered nothing other than abject failure.

Tony having no idea how to make signings to actually suit how the team / players play? Never...

Can someone explain how Tony is so consistently abysmal in February? My understanding is that it was the same at Cov as well - is it just utter incompetency in the January window? In any case, I don't want to see a new contract anywhere near him. Have some ambition for once.

The thing is, even if we did manage to salvage this, it would be against lower level teams. Aside from the odd anomaly we never lay a glove on a decent team. It would take a miracle for us to do anything in the play-offs themselves. Also whoever threw money at a long term ckntract for Gallagher needs firing, literally useless.