But it's the owners fault, not Tony's, that he spent a tonne of money, never plays them properly and will likely lose them for free with no value gained.

We spent half a season losing game after game because of this obsession. And then people have the gall to question why people have no interest in paying to watch this mess.

1. Hopefully not, but probably 2. Hopefully not, but probably will get a new contract if we manage to go two games unbeaten at any point 3. Kaminski 4. 23rd (Luckily derby are still more screwed than we are) 5. West Brom probably

I think he hasn't played well for a while, but he's not the same aggressive midfielder who pushes us up the pitch like he was when he broke through. As with any other player who has the hunger to move forward, the tinkerman coaches that aspect out of them. I'm sure if Dolan ever begins to push into the starting 11 more regularly he'll be similarly stunted.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19483009.mowbray-explains-absence-blackburn-rovers-defender-ayala/ I may have missed someone posting this earlier but as expected Ayala will probably be parachuted in against Swansea despite no training - he'll be lucky to complete 10 games this season. What a waste of money for a player who has never been that good. Also noting the comment about Bolton, interesting how Bolton are a big club but if anyone tries saying that about Rovers he gets all defensive. Get this clown away from the club ASAP.

I'll be honest, I never paid enough attention to Wycombe to know how good a manager Ainsworth is. However, one thing he will always have over Mowbray is he would actually give a damn. Very little more demoralising than a manager who sits in the stands unresponsive regardless of what's going on on the field.

Our U23's really look up for it and hungry. If we could find a manager who could keep that as they move up instead of coaching all positivity out of them (see Travis, Dolan etc) then we could genuinely build a half decent team even with our current transfer situation.

I seem to recall Magloire having Vardy in his pocket last preseason only to be immediately shipped out and never get another chance. You know full well we could beat Leeds 8-0 and Tony would still play a bunch of City/Liverpool youngsters above them at the first opportunity.

That squad would reek of relegation with even a half decent coach, having TM on the touchline does nothing but compound that issue.

Seeing comments about how "honest" Mowbray and Waggot are boggle the mind, they truly do.

Might not be our decision but if we waited until the last minute to confirm everything we'll have been punted to the back of the queue behind everyone else with actual organisation behind the scenes. It's all speculation though so who know?

There is absolutely no expectation from anyone that we should be competing at the top of the PL. FGS at this point we're barely competing with the likes of Luton and Coventry (the latter of which was left for dead by the trio we have in charge). He has had multiple chances to rebuild and improve and he has failed at every opportunity. Not to mention, he was the one who set the top 6 expectation before the season, not the fans. He will be here next season, but I fear a majority of the fans will not be. Keeping TM at this juncture may actually be more damaging in the long run than keeping Kean after we went down, both on and off the pitch.

Is there another job in the country where you could fail your job on pretty much every metric and not be under the slightest bit of pressure? Edit: I forgot politicians exist

So much for giving the youngsters a run out 🙄

Almost as if our fixtures have given him the absolute doldrums of the league to give him his last minute boost to round off the season.

I hate listening to him drone on with excuses every week. There's no passion there - just get rid. If he's here next season the club can forget about selling tickets, shirts etc.

Reports that Citeh are following suit. However, this can't be left - there needs to be sanctions on all involved even if they try to snake their way back in because they will no doubt make similar moves as soon as they possibly can.

Seems weird that they would sack him this close to the cup final even with their recent form. Distraction tactic or did Mourinho tell Levy that Spurs were a small club that don't belong near a "super league"?

I don't think I've ever given less of a damn about a last minute equaliser.

Yikes, that's a team really lacking in any form of attacking threat. We'll pass it around at the back, our defensive midfield trio won't get anywhere near our forwards and we'll create next to nothing. Though I could say that for pretty much any team under TM right now so why not I guess.

Imagine using the word "passionate" to describe a man who sits at the side unmoved every game, admits he doesn't take part in the training of football fundamentals, and sounds bored out of his mind at every interview. Please just give me a manager who at least looks like he gives a damn when we're behind.

Half an hour into the second half and this is the sum total of the updates on the Rovers twitter account - says it all. The clown has to go tonight.

We had the option to extend by a year. We didn't need to do anything.

We play abysmally regardless of the pitch. Not debatable.

As much as I love the guy we should never ever have given Dack a new contract until he'd proven he could stay fit and get back to his best. Yet more money pissed up the wall whilst complaining we have no money. Hope it isn't as bad as it looked but if it is I don't see a chance of him coming back from it.