Well it is the start of what some call of a new era for others it is just the same old situation with Venky's. On the surface he ticks the box as to what Rovers are seemingly looking. A coach who is driven and who loves to develop players while staying out of the day to day management stuff like transfers. I think this is the first time since Venky's time in charge that somewhat of a structure has been put in place. Personally, I think it is an exciting time management apart but for the squad as we are losing some familiar loved faces who will need to be replaced with new ones. Carter seems like a natural candidate to move to the first time, and Nyambe could still stay. Captain should be Travis over anyone else. Do we need additional bodies yes, but i think it is time to cash in on Brereton (Should he not want a new contract), and Ayala. I would also sell off Butterworth, Magloire. To do list? Honestly i don't see Rothwell too much of a lost as i would take Dack any day of the week over him. Dack's body just needs to hold out now, if it does then we have a cracking player back. Outside of that I think we do need two strikers and two CB potentially a RB is Nyambe leaves but Brown does not look too shabby!

I have never ever seen a single club across the entire spectrum of football announce a player, a manager, or a member or staff without a valid Work Permit. Should be the permit fail whoever takes over after that you publicly announced that they would always be the second choice. No announcement until everything is sorted is i am sorry to say just very sensible

Just a thought that crept but giving thst the Scandinavian league pay less than the championship could this be a shrewd appointment Brentford lived off that structure for years in terms of taping into smaller leagues small contracts and wages but quality players 👍🏻

Well first off I am the first to slag Venkys off for the miss fortunes that have occurred at our clubs. Some of the language used here though is quite remarkable just shows how fractured this fan base really is. Between the angry teenage like attitude of just expecting daddy to cover the bill no matter the cost just because we have wealthy owners. From being against Ainsworth for seemingly not having enough experience (not that I am for him) but then other shouting for JDT are the very same people saying one doesn’t have experience when from a game perspective he has managed more games and knows British football better than JDT (not that I am against JDT being manager either!) it is more just to say some people just seem happy moaning for the sake of moaning. is our structure a mess? Yes, however, I am willing to give the new DOF a chance to It out at the end of the day that is what he is paid to do. Only time will tell what happens. manager situation a farce? Yes, but I personally believe in living within your means. Not to be overly reliant on an owner i can name thousands of sad ending for clubs who went down that path. So what? We missed out on carvahal who got more money and Farke (who I wanted) got more money and a better league. Can I blame them? No. Hunt goes until we find someone who fits our price structure like with any company you don’t throw money just to throw money. Have we got a big rebuild? Transition yes, but not as big of a rebuild as when TM came in. Lenihan it is sad to see him go but Carter sounds exciting, Nyambe fingers crossed re signs. From there I would cash in on Brereton and Ayala and kickstart the transfer window with some cash in the bank for the new manager to spend. There must be some talent in the Scandinavian leagues that we don’t know about…

I do find it quite fun log in here after every single article that appears online with the latest exclusive of "insert name" close to being appointed as manager of "Insert Club" and seeing the meltdown that happens on these forums. It is crazy even though i am in my early 30's the instant gratification of each and every person wanting there man. The truth is regardless as to what is quoted in the press no one will know the outcome other than Venky's or Glen or Kamy who have always been absolutely incredible with their information and what they have shared. Asking these individuals to share their source as well and blaming or trying to create a stir is just weird and random to watch. Have you ever seen a journalist publicly announce their source? No...A source is a source for a reason. Either listen to what they say or don't you have every right to. But this forum is far too guilty of instead of engaging pointing fingers at one another. Season is over we have a big appointment on our hands. Carvahal is by far not my choice, he has never achieved much and i would have rather kept Mowbray if it was to have Carvahal. Farke for me is the stand out choice with a Director of Football. We have a huge core of good players if he is able to join, i do see Nyambe and Lenihan staying as well.

Wouldn't touch Tom Lawrence at all....huge salary, big ego, would rather invest in an up and coming talent like Jack Rudoni from AFC Wimbledon who had a great season and who AFC are looking to sale for a record transfer for the club so think around 500k/1m fee. He is a wonderful little player.

Quite interested to see the outcome of this managerial appointment. I have to say regardless of all the grief that Mowbray got he has overall done a very decent job. I am sad to see him go in a lot of ways as he has been the main part of a lot of things that were good for us the last couple of years. I think we do look like quite an attractive proposal when i see the team we have lined up for next year. Yes we need to get the recruitment right but a lot of the core of the team is strong (especially if we keep Lenihan and Nyambe). I would be curious to know should they resign how many other clubs can compete with us with regards to the amount of academy players that have made it through to the first team because if i add up correctly we could potentially be fielding Carter, Lenihan, Wharton, Nyambe, Travis, JRC, Dolan (counting him! hahaha), Buckley all within the same team. With regards to managerial appointments Carvahal i would not go anywhere near I think he is past it unfortunately. Farke i think would be the correct one he has a track record of developing young players are Norwich so he would be an upgrade. If it falls through on him I honestly do not know who would get me excited or who i believe would be good enough to get us to move forward.

Will Mowbray start getting a bit of credit?

I agree with you but would you trust the owners, the CEO to bring someone who could?

Why is it having a different opinion being a troll? Have i insulted anyone? No so your personal attack just means you need to grow up. One can debate and argue that is the purpose of a forum. It isn't to push people into agreeing with you and throwing names. Cut off the Cancel Culture rubbish of extreme opinions. Ridiculous.

Because we are fans we would all make that decision as would i but they are not looking to invest more it has been said over and over again. they want the self sufficient model.

I believe our budget is not competitive to our target

Since when was our goal top 6? This season even Waggott Mention expectation was top 10. Had he failed all target he would have been sacked as all manager under performing. To be honest Mowbray is steady Eddy he will not over deliver just about get to where owners set the goal. Just because you hope for top 6 doesn't mean the goal is top 6

ANd that is my point, they are not willing to spend it...So why hope for it?

No poisonous personalities is because he got rid of them. I find it incredible the short term memory of a fan. By exactly the same thing as a Burnley fan you would say they should be in the Champions league because they have a competitive budget and Dyche has been there for numerous year. I mean seriously, budget and time doesn't mean anything just like a new manager means that will change anything. When we win 2 games in a row it was he is lucky and when we lose 2 it is he should be sacked. I am as ambitious as anyone else, but i simply refuse to send spite at every occasion to a man who has actually been one of the most successful ones under Venky's

Our point per game ratio this year is better than last. Plain sailling i wouldn't describe what he inherited as plain sailling it seems that way based off the squad he has assembled which he doesn't get credit for. The rest i agree 🙂

hahahahahaha we all might be!

Yes currently pre covid our attendances were around that for ROvers Watford, Reading, Brentford, Bournemouth all pull in larger crowds.

I am not even trolling :). I am not a Mowbray in either or a Mowbray out. If the season ends up being terrible then I will say get rid of. If we improve on last season then we are slowly going in the right direction

I am in my 30's mate so it has been a while. I know what Blackburn is and what it represent reality today our club has 12 to 13k attendance per game, Bounemouth, Norwich, Reading, Watford, even Brenftord get more than us as does Swansea so yes they are bigger clubs with parachute payments on top of it.

I can answer that simply 12 to 14 players injured at the same time. We have had over 8 different defensive partnerships, Johnson Lenihan Ayala Lenihan Williams Lenihan Lenihan Braithwate Lenihan Wharton Ayala Wharton Williams Wharton Hardly the chance to build anything mate in such circumstances. I would be curious to see the difference with other teams around us

ironic part i forgot i was against him but a poster repost my comment the other day hahahaha 😅🤣

Seasons go up and down and we haven't been rubbish all season

Manner of the defeats is that we have barely been able to field our strongest side since the beginning Big money transfered failed and i agree, but he has spent wisely for the most part 🙂

He did the job, got us promoted, then stabilised how was that not enough? Did you expect back to back promotions? No one deserve diddly squat.