DavidMailsTightPerm

Keep reading about him having a resell clause. We paid well over the odds for him when we bought him - whoever negotiated the transfer from Rovers really need to be brought to account if it is anything more than 10%

Rev - what is his contract situation - seen lots of talk of us having a 1 year option ? Personally I hadn't seen that mentioned by the club - who gave the distinct impression this was his last contracted year.

Why snarky - you said we had a better option - I bowed to your greater knowledge of a player I haven't seen play in either full back position.

Normally I would be insulted by this - but seeing as it is you and having read your previous opinions, it really isn't worth the bother.

Lol 😆 I struggle how you think me comparing last night to last season is in any way saying Mowbray did great. Having said that it was past your bed time so you were possibly too tired to read to the end of my post 😉 Resident contrarian made me laugh - football is about opinions - obviously ours don't match.

I have never seen Edun play his normal position of left back - let alone right back. So I bow to your superior knowledge on Edun playing out of position. Magloire was out muscled for their goal - but where was Carter or Ayala ? The change of shape actually worked for a while. We always struggle against teams playing 3 at the back - matching the formation is one approach. TBH this match reminded me of last season - a plucky effort, odd good spells, but ultimately getting beat by the odd goal.

Which right wing back did we get ? Also - there were lots of mistakes besides Buckleys including Kaminski who could have done better.

And replaced with ? Mistake that "eventually" resulted in a goal apart he has played ok.

Just to add a hint of realism - the only team in form we have played so far has been WBA - who should have won by far more than 2-1. Anything can happen in this league - and confidence goes a long way - but still three points away from relegation rather than an end of season top 6 finish at the moment for me.

I thought it was just me with a tear in my eye 🙂 - it was a dream that many Rovers fans thought they would never see. I can remember going into every match expecting us to win - what a team, what a management team and the best owner ever.

Neither are reported as fully fit - if that is the case, would make sense

Akpan was the midfield equivalent of Gallagher - he could "trap" the ball further than I can kick it.

Linesman put his flag up - so it was offside 🙂 I did wonder at first whether he had flagged for a foul on Ayala in the build up.

Damien Duff looked knackered in the warm up - never mind 25 minutes into the match 🙂

Agree with what you previously said - but Mowbray got lucky ? or identified our shortfalls and addressed them ? Most managers can get formations etc wrong at the start of a match - it is how they address them during the match that is key. It isn't often TM gets things right - as you say the initial formation was awful - but I am prepared to give him some credit for at least changing it. If Hull could score they would have won that game - you could equally say they could be top of the league if they could score 🙂

Maybe scarred by last seasons collapse - but I still see last nights 3 points as being important as it was against a potential relegation rival - rather than getting us into the play offs. Other than WBA we have played either average teams, or ones out of form. Having said that confidence is a great thing - and this season we seem to be playing a lot more pragmatically than last season (when trying and failing to play a possession game).

Lets be fair to him - he was a loan ranger feeding off scraps in the first half. He was often surrounded by 3 or 4 Hull defenders with no help in sight. Flip forward to the second half subs - when he got a bit more assistance - and he looked a lot better. IMO most forwards would have struggled in our first half formation - as he was often left isolated.

Not the finished article - but seems to be improving game by game as adjusts. He has been targeted by a number of teams - and our formation doesn't really help the full backs (leaving lots of space behind them) - though not spectacular at the moment - he is definitely an improvement on last season

No - not for his centre forward play - but his height at defending set pieces (not that it helped much when they equalised).

The one issue that remains - Armstrong gave us a "get out" ball with his pace, where a lump up field could be turned into a good ball because of his pace. We also miss the effect that his pace has on the opposition defence - it was noticeable that Luton were able to play a fairly high line most of the time because we don't have a electric pace up front any more. We suffered when we had Rhodes - because lack of pace up front meant they could squeeze us in our half. There is a similar risk at the moment - though our front three are quicker than Rhodes - none really have outstanding pace. Be interesting to see if any of the wingers we brought on loan can change that dynamic.

Irrespective of tactics - we had enough chances to kill the game. There was a number of opportunities on the break we just wasted, as well as other chances. Just prior to their goal - Gallagher had the ball - and rather than pass to the player clear through and unmarked - he decided to go to the corner flag - and promptly gave the ball away. It was just one of those matches - TBH we were lucky to not be down to 10 men after 10 minutes.

I thought Buckley was one of our better performers. I think it is interesting that we blame going 5 at the back for our demise. I would equally point at our forwards who wasted numerous chances and good breaks. It is a match we should have put to bed long before they scored. I also look at the penalty we should have got when Dolan was mysteriously yellow carded. Whether Lenihans rash challenge (being polite) wound them up - Luton are the dirtiest team I have seen for some time. Over the match the game should have ended up 10 v 8 based on the red cards that should have been.

I stand to be corrected - but I thought it was an EFL and Premier League decision ?

Wow - the debate around who is to blame for the mess we are, or whether we are actually in a mess - is worse than Brexit. I predict the winner will be who can come up with the best catchy slogan 😀 I think we can all agree it started with the new owners - but after that it is open to debate. In my mind the one thing that is certain that there is no way they want us to be a failure - after all why would you want to waste £200m, and damage your reputation ?

I think there might be another side to this - players are only one injury away from ending their careers - so security will be a consideration for some players.