Alan Shearer is not a nice bloke and hates being reminded that he won the league at Rovers.

If nothing else BB has got us talking to each other (mostly about other things but still)... Maybe this is why he cost so much - he is actually a socialmedia guru ??

Anyone still think Mowbray isn't doing a decent job?? ??

Worth thinking about from Rodwells perspektive - just how many games has he actually whilst here when Mulgrew is fit?

So an transfers then... Mowbray - take away the fee for BB and i think most would say he is doing better than expected this season. Include the fee and many will suggest we could/should be doing better. Fine line to draw.

Haven't seen the game but just a comment on Bell. Reminds me of Nyambe 1-2 years ago. The raw material is there but many thought Nyambe wouldn't cut it - hopefully Bell can develop in a similar way with coaching and perhaps a bit more gym work in the summer.

Imagine a "fill in the missing Words" question from when he joined compared to now..? ? (Apologies K-Hod)

Jason Roberts... ? Totally agree though - kept them busy and got a goal as well (they all count ?)

Thought he looked like a different player today compared to last season. Pretty much gave a performance that BB needs to learn from...

Are people allowed to point out positives without being labelled* or does it really only work one way? *Circus chimps is a new one though i would reserve it for previous managers, executives and the owners themselves post Allardyce and pre Mowbray. (Bowyer excepted despite his flaws)

Interesting - most of us are celebrating a great away win. Does this give you a better insight K-Hod?

It rubs both ways. Plenty of point scoring after a loss or draw or is that ok?

Think we do a decent job of trolling ourselves... As for the last bit: i hope TM today was deliberately choosing to finish the game strongly having seen how the team can't hold on to leads. If it was just luck then fair enough - a lucky manager is even better than a good One ???

Hmm how many attacking players did we finish the game with?

Nuttall just won a header - that puts him 1 ahead of BB on that front

Actually happy (ish) that Nuttall has, rightly imo, moved up the pecking order based on merit (even if u23) Also not the first time BB has been omitted when DG doesn't start

A wild theory: Bring Graham on after 70 minutes to make us more resilient in the last 20 minutes? (Or rest him if we are already 4-0 down)

Fair enough. Buffon is old school for me while courtais is something inbetween. Seem to remember ter Stegen being comedy gold when he first moved to Barca though?

World level.

After being literally knocked out from a very wet, old and heavy "casey" as a 12 year old i was never busting my ass to win headers afterwards ?

Regarding Raya: personally think he is a very good "modern" keeper - kicking aside but that is improving. Trying hard to think of a keeper in the current game that dominates his area? Seems more that reflexes and distribution are the key attrubutes

Impressed with hos comment that it was a penalty yesterday straight after the game. Most would have "not seen it" or blamed the ref/var for the result.

Both. But being honest they obliterated our defence for large periods - Raya saved us a few times and even Danny Graham gets a mention on BBC for blocking shots ?

I hope the above was written with a touch of irony because otherwise i respect your opinion about TM even if i think he is doing a bloody good job. Little bit worried that the disconnect between fans and team is creeping in but apart from shambolic defending i still see players running and battling hard - something lacking pre TM under Vs. Not all is rosy but better than i expected at the end of last season.

Need to stop slowing it down in games. Looked good until we decided to "keep it calm" when we had an extra man Thought Armstrong was the wrong sub and both Palmer and Rothwell should be fucked up n down for diving