Go on lad! This will fuel the debate.

Can't stand this lot, absolute roasters the lot of them. Dacky to run the show and get one in a 4-0 drubbing. A lack of kids in the squad will push a few into the hypertension zone.

Sometimes you're hard work.

Software sales is very similar. At my company they spend months creating a target that is so complex that it actively looks to take money out of your pocket.

Would the U23 game on Tuesday not be a factor?

Thoroughly enjoyable performance that, QPR were poor but a lot of that was down to how good we were. I have to hold my hands up in regards to Williams - he looks like a proper footballer at centre back, his attributes are so much more suited to that position so perhaps I underestimated how much Mowbray playing him at LB was to blame for previous performances. Armstrong also had a great game for me, so much pace it will always cause problems. Dacky looks back to his best, Travis was top drawer again and DG is so important for us. The negatives for me were Leutwiler - add a goalkeeper to the shopping list for the summer. Bennett - I thought he was going to get pumped all game by the chap that tried to kill him towards the end but he just about held his own. Still a huge weakness for us in that position though if we have any aspirations of play-offs next year, that'll end up being an issue no doubt as TM HAS to fit him in somewhere. Nuttall; I really worry for Brereton if he is behind him in the pecking order, had several chances to get on the end of some decent deliveries and he just wasn't where he should have been - either through laziness, or lack of positional knowledge, either way it's not good enough at this level. It also would have been nice to see some kids on the bench but perhaps the U23 game on Tuesday was a factor.

Bennett is going to get roasted today ?

My main concern is he will stick with his favourites and we kick off the first game next year with Smallwood and Evans in the middle. This would be a clear sign that he hasn't learned anything from this year and would be the final straw for me. We're four players off giving the play offs a decent crack next year imo and I'm hoping Mowbrays comments in the media about needing to strengthen the current squad only in case of injury are a smoke screen, though I struggle to see how that'll work in the budget meeting with Venkys. So I've voted for him to go but I've accepted he has the summer to improve the squad, more for my own sanity than any rational thinking because he ain't going anywhere.

I thought Conway played well actually, put in quite a few decent balls into the box and kept running till the end. Bennett on the other hand...

Well done boys, top performance

Where has this performance come from? Credit where its due, a million miles away from where we've been recently. I call 0-0 though, Derby robbing us of a deserved win like we did at their place.

Williams. Seriously Tony?

He's just not a very good manager, this is the main problem.

I've thought this for a while as well

He's built up quite a lot of leeway with a chunk of the fanbase I get that. And in some ways I wish I was given to that way of thinking. But in truth it's naivety at best for me; we're getting nowhere near the PL with Mowbray as manager. His player recruitment, the fact he still doesn't know our best system, playing people out of position, sticking with players that got us promoted from an inferior league last year and sound bites in the media blaming the players every week are just some of the reason he's reached the end for me. As you say though... Bomb proof.

Well as long as he still has all of our shit players on side, thank f7fk for that ?‍♂️

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17535359.rovers-boss-reveals-transfer-plans-after-defensive-injuries/ Tony is on fire this morning. I will paraphrase the best bits so no one has to suffer the LT website; “I’ve talked about it for a few weeks now. It’s an area of the pitch that we have to strengthen. “When I say strengthen I mean add competition." Firstly; a few weeks Tone? A few f7cking weeks? Secondly; I could 'add competition' to our back-line at the minute, and my touch is further than most people can kick it. Again this screams of him not wanting to upset his favourites. It's pathetic. “Ultimately it doesn’t matter to me who plays in the team, the team has to win, and when you win you stay in the team. I’ve said that to them all." Firstly; what? Secondly; the team isn't winning is it T? “I talk about the depth. Jack Rodwell’s a midfield player who we’ve converted into a centre half and when he’s played I think he’s done extremely well and is very focussed on his job." You converted him Tony you wand, stop clawing for excuses it's ruining a lot of the good work you have done. “We want to create competition in our team with what you might called stereotypical old-fashioned defenders who want to head the ball, defend and be the main man at the back.” Why are you realising this 87 days later than everyone else? You had the opportunity to strengthen that area in January and didn't.

Have you been in a basement somewhere for the last few months? Tony's basement.

We're going to get bummed, 6-2. Tony blames each player individually after the game and absolves himself completely.

Not for me skipper.

Great Post. Totally agree. I wish I could think about it like you have on a rational level but I'm too angry. I will therefore continue with the 'oh f7ck off Tony' approach whilst yourself and others analyse our situation more sensibly.

6-2 is 200/1. I'm thinking stick £20 on it and when it's 2/3-1 after 20 odd mins they will offer a tasty cash out option. 4-1 @ 22/1 & 5-1 @ 75/1 also would give good options.

I think we will score. 6-2 is getting a fiver put on it.

If you're moaning TM must be f8cked ?

“If a specific player can dance past someone once or twice a game, it doesn’t mean that he’s helping the team, specifically defensively, throughout the whole 90 minutes.” Oh f8ck off Tony, you're starting to sound like an absolute clown. How exactly do you think you have been helping the team defensively given our goals against column this season? Blaming a player who has started 6 games for our defensive frailties is 'Keanesque'. And if he isn't blaming him and merely explaining why he hasn't started him more, it can hardly get any f7cking worse can it? Throw him in from the start I say.