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This one snuck through didn't it. Why are we still SO upset? Personally buying a club and then allowing an agent to catastrophically run it for what appeared to be his own financial gain against the wisdom of the established board is probably the main reason. The reason fans are still SO upset 10 years down the line is because in that 10 years we haven't been close to being back where we were when they took over, and they continue to run us with no structure or plan. Instead of being financially stable club punching above our weight, we are a financial wreck trying to compete at the level we have been for most of our existence. If this isn't the time or the place then you shouldn't have brought it up at all. But as you have brought it up then spit it out.

Apart from dismantling a 10 man Sheffield Wednesday last time out, its a style of play which has looked inept and toothless for a lot of the season.

If we are so good, how come we just played Wigan, Huddersfield, Forest, Preston and Birmingham (twice) and couldn't stuff any of them. We're a decent Championship side who is too inconsistent to challenge.

Exactly what people said about DG at the start of the league one campaign when he was left out. Remember that great run that actually almost got us into contention in November / December. Guess who started 5 out of 6 games? Against Preston he did more in two touches to bring others into the game than Gallagher had done in 75 minutes. He just doesn't fit in thanks to the spending narrative of the manager.

I get the logic behind the transfers of Gally and BB, but not the fees we paid. Gally had looked ok first time round and scored goals. However he had since spent a season at St Andrews where he was awful. I speak to a Blues season ticket holder on a weekly basis through work and he was forever telling me how bad he was performing. He then spent a year doing nothing at Southampton. As a backup striker I understand why a club would bring him in, but I don't see the logic in spending £5million and making him your main man when he had shown nothing for two years. To use the Gestede comparison is a bit silly as, although both had shown little in the previous seasons, one cost £250k and the other £5mill. If you remove the Arsenal game, it would appear that Breretons career at Forest was one of promise rather than performances. However I'm sure the major flaws in his game were present then, and whoever conducted our scouting reports were simply wrong. Gambling on him developing for a fee of £1 mill or something is logical. £6 or 7million is a disaster.

Got this for Christmas and just read it in 3 sittings. Starts off as a decent footy biography with a Rovers interest and becomes a more riveting read (sadly) post accident, especially with the story being punctuated with the views of the other contributors (souness, flitty, Sven, Peters etc..) What surprised me was the amount of time from accident to him leaving Rovers. I recall his goals at Villa Park early in his return, but would never have said he was here for 3 and a half years after his accident before he was released. I always remember him as having left by the time of Stead, Yorke and Emerton.

I don't think Smallwood has the reputation Marshall has that probably makes managers wary.

Can anyone point to which orbit Tom Lawrence's shot is currently in.

Waggot once again confirms the match day charge is introduced to put fans off attending, as they don't want last minute attendees as it screws up their catering and staff requirememts.

Silly stat. Did Nyambe, Brereton and Walton all score against Oldham? Rothwell was involved in the goals against Brentford and Shelf Wednesday. Or do we only praise players if they make the absolute final pass for an assist, regardless of what happens in the move previously? Having said that, his goalscoring record at Oxford was non-existent so why people thought he would step up and replace the Dack goals god only knows. For me, he is limited but does at least put us on the front foot at games. If we have Chapman and Armstrong in the team then I'd leave him out, but when the midfield consists of Trav, johnson, Downing, Evans etc.. Rothwell is useful in making us an attacking force. Interesting that his first spell in the side this year coincided with our winning streak.

I think his point is promoted in May 2018. Advertised in August 2019. Whilst not 18 months, 15 months is still a long time from promotion to advertising the role. That plan should have been in place during the league one season as what will happen IF we get promotion.

I suspect it's more of a case of him knowing we have paid players off previously. It's not working out for him at Wigan so he may as well go back and see if he can get a lump sum from Rovers to pay him to terminate his contract. Opens his options for next year.

I've not idea what happened. However is Waggot really going to say "Tony got me an interview " or vice versa if it was true? As for running the club, who interviewed Coyle? The million dollar question.

Ignoring social media, which is a breeding ground for trolls and reactiionists, what criticism is disgraceful? If I watch a player who is crap and doesn't look like a footballer I will say that. I cheer him on the pitch and have never booed or jeered him. History may well say he was hung, drawn and quartered by the Rovers fans, which simply isn't true.

We already know none of it sticks to this lot.

It was definitely sang clearly twice, once towards the end of the first half and one half way through the second half. It was also followed by a chant of Ooh Ahh Gallagher which showed that nobody was questioning Gallagher's commitment or effort. Just the fact he is clearly in the wrong position.

Pointless and misleading as you have left out the games he got points in!! Plus City and Spurs finished above Liverpool in all 3 of Alardyce's seasons.

As I said above, I meant on here. You have got frustrated by what you have seen at Ewood this season as much as most this season. When you spend time and money to go down, and see players out of position and players benched that should be starting, all to justify a failed transfer policy, it's annoying.

I meant on here.

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.