12 out, none in. Turn up with your boots lads and you'll probably play second half.

25 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

Mowbray has not said Armstrong wants to leave, he said he knocks on his door daily and has been very professional about his situation. At no point does he infer Armstrong is demanding to leave or asking for a transfer.

As it stands there is no one inside Rovers set up to either confirm or deny any speculation nor have we a roverswiki leak that feeds us titbits.

Anyhow until anything occurs it’s not worth getting het up about it👍

Mowbray is never likely to say he's spat the dummy and is being a nightmare, nor is he likely to say "we're a basket case and he's better off doing one".

Both would put pressure on the selling price and like you said, no point worrying until it's done.

I am in the camp that thinks he's too valuable an asset to let go for nowt in a year, but I'm also saddened that such a goal machine wasn't tied to a longer contract way before now.

This article made sense to me:

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/opinion-blackburn-rovers-are-dangerously-close-to-making-same-mistake-that-could-have-cost-them-last-season/

16 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I didn't expect promotion in the first season after our league 1 promotion. I think our first season back in this league was the promotion to build the squad we need to get promotion by signing a proper centre back, left footed winger and centre forward. But we went big on Brereton and not look at signing a proper centre back. They were a couple of players we should have signed them like Konsa and Osborn

I didn't say I expected promotion, I said we never even threatened to make the play offs, a big difference

1 minute ago, Mercer said:

Sadly, I think there are so many connected to Rovers who are hugely out of their depth.

IMO, Mowbray, Venus, Lowe and Benson would never get another job at Championship level working with a first team.  For me, it's the stuff of nightmares.  Nevermind, at least @chaddyroversis happy - he thinks they are better than Sean Dyche!

For some ridiculous reason I always have this image that you look like Jason Mercier (professional poker player). I know,  there are a lot of broken biscuits in my head.

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

I think we can agree on last season but have to agree to disagree on the first 2 seasons

Why, we never even threatened the play offs, every season under him except League 1 promotion has closed with a whimper

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I was happy with the first season back in the championship after our league 1 promotion. 

second season I was ok with until this pandemic stop the season. 

3rd season was unacceptable looking back and he was financially backed again by the owners so to finish 15th was unacceptable 

Any manager worth a toss would have got us promoted from League 1 with the squad and finances Mowbray had, since then it's been mediocre at best with last season being absolute dross. His failure to address key squad deficiencies, his poor management of younger players, his tactical ineptitude, his bizarre positioning of players and reliance on his past their sell by favourites and that's not including some of the pearls of wisdom that he's spewed out make him an absolute tragedy.

11 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I don't agree that we are a dysfunctional mess and no more what then someone like Watford

😂😂😂😂😂😂

11 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

He has made enough comments about the way he wants to play and this style has been implemented through the club age groups. 

do we need to keep going this again and again?

Results and our league position make a compelling argument that way he wants to play doesn't work the way he set us up. Rovers are very thin on numbers and are likely to lose our only real goal threat in the next few weeks. So how are we likely to transform from the shambles of last season to being top 6 material? There's more chance of me dating a super model than Rovers making top 6 and I'm a retired ex squaddie that has a bald head and no fortune.

5 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

You are obsess with fans opinions which aren't objective enough and bias.

Hello pot this is kettle

This dishonourable shower of shite aren't leaving any time soon, despite all his protestations of not being a burden. If he can have the sort of relegation type runs he has had and constantly keep his job, then there is no chance of ridding ourselves of this poor, poor excuse for a manager. We are destined for repeated death spirals, confused and poor tactics, players out of position, shite man management and excuse after excuse from the so called leader, who's only remit is to feather his and Boro players nest. Mowbray is rapidly becoming Kean Mk 2, a massive steaming pile, incapable of speaking the truth, totally inept and with no moral compass.

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Think he is, but he hasn't exactly been on the money with much Rovers related stuff in recent years has he?

Note to self: I need to stop this, I'm descending into wishful thinking 🤔

Rev it's the hope that kills you. Drink more, think less 😂

2 hours ago, Ulrich said:

I'm not common, thank you very much 😋. Any failings on my part, in regards my language skills, are representative of the poor education in this country hahaha. I will take the common stance of students these days, and blame everyone and everything bar myself.

How very Mowbray of you 😂

1 hour ago, Admiral Nelsen said:

 

Sorry, that's ridiculously unfair. Mowbray is the same position as lots of people where the best way they can provide for their family is by accepting an antisocial/long distance job. Not take the job? Fine, but how else is someone who has only ever known football going to earn decent money at his age? Move his family down? Fine, but that means taking his teenage kids out of school, and probably away from literally everyone they know. These are really difficult decisions and he's entitled to miss his kids without the likes of us having a go at him for it. 

 

I wouldn't care but there are more than enough footballing reasons to want TM gone. I don't understand why so much attention needs to be paid to throw away comments he makes when someone shoves a microphone under his nose, especially when it comes to something like this. 

I served 23 years in the Army, I knew that involved spending considerable time away from loved ones and places I'd like to be. As many others I restricted to my whinging to those in the same place and same boat as me, we chose our path and public moaning and attempts to source sympathy for our choices would receive the contempt it deserved.

2 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Like a clown? I amuse u?

How do these dickless, spineless journos keep letting this auld baw bag get away with spouting this ridiculous drivel.

Shove your XG and your possession stats up your arse, 1 win in 14 and our table position tell you everything any fan needs to know......Mowbray has massively under achieved with this squad of players

5 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

What a morning! The Jam reformed, Tony Mowbray resigned, Darwen Tower got relocated and they found a bloke in Burnley with a full set of teeth and only 5 fingers on each hand, and all before 10am!!!

First saw The Jam in Leicester in 1980, went to t5he afternoon sound check and met the band....happy, happy days

1 minute ago, West Yorks Rover said:

Goal inspired by Tony Mowbray's substitution, according to Talksport, 

PNE losing at home to Luton, that could be Neil's out, surely.

 

 

Mowbray to PNE, I'll carry him there on my back

7 minutes ago, alcd said:

So far the only team to lose to opposition from a lower league. Any management with a spine would be handing out the sack. But Mowbray is safe as houses thanks to having his mate as CEO and the disinterested and gullible Venkys.

Derby got beat by Chorley

No changes at HT, guess Mogga is ecstatic with the performance

Benteke just scored for Palace, SKY online had this to say " That's three goals in three games for Big Ben. Ding dong." The fact that this amused me shows how little interest our game is generating.

Knob Enders have equalised

18 hours ago, Mercer said:

Me too with Blackpool, Fleetwood and Norwich thrown in!

Nice result Mercer

1 minute ago, Stuart said:

I’m not a betting man but if I were I’d be sticking a few quid on 1-1.

Don't say that I've got a Rovers and Reading double

With a loan player are Rovers still liable for the whole fee if a player is injured and returns to his parent club for treatment? an obvious example being Cunningham last year