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It appears to be the people who don't attend who want to stick with the manager.

And some people accept we may have to take a chance on a coach who hasn't achieved as much in the game yet, or struggled in a previous job, but may be able to make a better go of managing Rovers under the current circumstances than Mowbray is doing. I suspect both Johnson and the Hill-type manager would have got more bang for their 12 million bucks. Your solution appears to be hope Mowbray keeps us in the division as long as possible and hope Venkys eventually leave, with no ambition whatsoever to believe and aim for promotion. This gives no thought to how much we would have to be cut financially post-Venkys and will ultimately lead to even lower attendances as the club show no ambition whatsoever. Personally, I'd rather think big and gamble.

He has wasted £12 million on two strikers. One doesn't look a footballer. The other isnt great but keeps getting played out wide. Our best striker, who was voted player of the season above Dack last year, cannot get much game time because he doesn't fit into any formation in which Gallagher and Brereton start in. And having spent that much money on them at least one of them has to play. Therefore we have blown £12milln and actually weakened our starting line up. Add into that we have never strengthened a suspect defence in 3 years, Bennett is poor but plays out of position because 'he is a leader and needs to be on the pitch somewhere', creative players are often benched as we worry about the opposition more than let them worry about us, we sold our keeper and got a worse replacement in on loan and we make around 4 changes per game. Mowbray is a popular figure amongst the fans as a person and he was the right man at the right time. He is just making too many mistakes and doesn't show any signs of wising up or changing.

People were dissapointed when Mowbray was hired but gave him time to prove what he could do. Initially that was a good job. However he now seems to be struggling to manage the club because of the FFP situation which he has partly created by blowing the 12 million, whilst also jeopardising his team selections to justify those transfers. People do not trust TM to recruit suitably anymore. Of course people preferably want a proven manager, but like when Mowbray was appointed, they will give anybody reasonable a chance unless it is as iffy and dodgy as Coyle. However we are going nowhere as we currently are so if we have any ambition at all of kicking on we need a change.

It looked a 'do not concede' lineup with little creativity and so it proved. The Gallagher wide thing really is pointless. I cant think of many times all season it has had any benefit. Even when we hit long balls to him, he seems unable to pick up the flight of the ball until it has travelled half way towards him. Most of Prestons high balls where nowhere near that lump they brought on but he still got to most of them. Graham just has far more nouse as a striker. The penaly appeal on Gallagher is a nothing ball forward which DG manages to make something of. For the chance at the end when the Preston player cleared it and ran into the post, Graham was in the right place for the cross. Had that been Gallagher he would have been on his heels or making the wrong run. The fact he has been sidelines all season to make way for £12mill's worth of flops really is shocking. I'd be trying playing him with Armstrong in the Dack role and see if they can link up. I thought defensively the starting back 4 did well, especially Lenihan and Nyambe (who would have been MOTM had he lasted it out). Bell made some key blocks in the 2nd half but is shocking in terms of ability on the ball. Other than that the rest did OK bar Gallagher who doesnt know what to do when he gets the ball out wide. Armstrong was very good and also seemed fired up for the occasion. Would have liked to have seen Chapman or Rothwell late on but the changes due to injuries didnt give us that option. Preston, like practically every team this season, look very mediocre. However there will probably 2 or 3 of those teams that get in the play offs, and if Sinclair has an impact they might scrape in there. We are set for a 13th to 18th finish due to the loss of Dack. We are now just relying on getting the ball forward and hoping something happens rather than creating.

Could we have done worse though?

Surely that should be say "prove we are a better team," unless you are a Preston fan trolling away who hasn't been able to cover his tracks very well. It's a big game, just as Leeds is a big game. I'm looking forward to it. It's nowhere near as big as the Burnley game though for many of us, and doesn't attract the thousands of casual Rovers fans that turn out for that game.

Crosses? We put a few in yesterday but most games we now try and walk it into the box and create goals that way. It's our new 'style.of play'.

Gallagher looks less mobile and a worse player than he did 3 years ago. I see a Danny Cadamateri player here who was highly touted at a young age but gradually drops to find his level. What worries me is we are so obviously trying to get a return on investment nowadays that we will not play graham just to allow us to include inferior players. Therefore we are not felding our strongest team in order to win games, which is ridiculous. Now that may well have to be how the club is run nowadays, and I accept that to some level. However the problem has come because the two targets identified as strikers were so poor, and that's TM's fault entirely. Brereton was an unknown, but the majority of people on here had seen Gallagher for a season and could tell you he wasn't good enough (and did before he signed!!) Birmingham fans thought he was awful as well. So the club has to ask itself, if the model is to buy young and sell them on for a profit is Mowbray the right man to do this? Most evidence since we returned to the Championship says no.

How would supporters at the ground know that Ben Brereton was in tears on the bench?

Good job we didn't take that view in 2002.

Strange.

So you'd rather be out of the FA cup than have a replay?

Doubt anyone is going to come on and say we don't create any chances for Gallagher. I can think of 5 off the top of my head.

Gallagher is a mediocre player at this level but Brereton is a different level. He looks like he has been pulled out of the crowd to play.

It's nothing to do with PNE or the kick off time. This season we have put all away fans in the top tier. When that has sold out we have then opened the lower tier. We only do this with half of the stand if it's a smaller following, hence why Wigan filled half of the top tier, and then the bottom went on sale with the other half of the top tier being empty. Preston have been treated exactly the same as every other club at Ewood this year.

On Twitter their fans are saying it's a better starting XI than what they put out in their last league game.

I would expect this will be streamed live in the U.K. on Bet365 if you have a funded account.

If they are not releasing the next block in the top tier because there are individual and pair seats still left then that is ridiculous (which is what I read somewhere) However if you can get multiple,seats together at the moment and they just haven't sold out the upper tier then I don't see what their problem is. Also, many are saying the atmosphere is poor in the top tier and that the atmosphere will be better in the bottom tier, and then say they are going to go in th home ends where they won't be able to say or sing a damn thing. (although we have heard this many times over the years from bigger clubs than PNE and apart from City in 2001 and Celtic it's always been bollocks.

The problen is a pivotal part of Dacks 'role' has been to arrive in the box in space at the right time. Thats where his goals have come from. Holtby and Rothwell might be able to replace his build up play but they arent goal poachers in the same bracket as Dack. With him beung out we have two roles to fill.

https://griffinpark.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132179&page=18 Best keeper they've had by the sound of that.

Exactly. My point being that it is Forest who carried out the logical masterplan. I,d rather have took a punt on 3 or 4 from the lower leagues at 750k

Obviously not if you can find a mug buyer.

I agree in general. I just think his free kick delivery was so much better that we scored more goals from corners and free kicks into the box. Statistically that may be wrong.

We are still scoring away from home. Excluding the brum penalty, its just 2 goals from open play in last 4 game at Ewood.