It said same rules as the nationwide lockdown except for places of worship. So therefore I presume they can.

I said it a couple,of games ago, I'll say it again. Tippy tappy shite with no plan B.

His vision to pick out a pass forward is something we haven't seen in a very long time. I recall Berkovic coming in and having the same ability at this level back in 2001. Difference being this lad is only 17 and has hardly played any professional football.

Mowbrays problem is stubbornness. Even his disciples, sorry, people who think he is doing very well, must surely admit that Gallagher on the wing very rarely bears fruition. Every time he got the ball wide last night it was held up and laid back to whoever was supporting him, thus ending of the impetus of the move. The couple of times he did try to go at the full back he lost it. When Elliot, Nyambe, Dolan or even Brereton get the ball in that position there's a chance we will actually keep the impetus going. Yet it took until the 90th minute before Mowbray decided this wasn't working and brought Dolan on. I'd be amazed if Gally isn't back out there come Saturday.

Except then 😀

Holtby and Terybull on.

It's a slow build FFS. Get behind the plan.

Not sure I agree. Mowbray set us up fine for how we have played in previous games. However we met a side on Wednesday that let us play in midfield but got men behind the ball and said break us down. We knocked it around well and tried to feed balls into Armstrong in the box but ultimately carved out just the one chance for Armstrong in the first half. The reason Arma kept shooting from 25 yards out is because we created very little any closer to goal than 25 yards because of how well the opposition manager set them up to cope with us. What we then needed was plan B. We didn't have one. That's where I think Mowbray was (and is) lacking. We no longer have the direct ball into Graham option because DG was on the wane, but wasn't replaced and we don't seem to be able to mix it up any differently when required. The one decent 2nd half cross I recall us putting in towards the back post caused panic. At some point Gallagher should have been put up top properly and we should have resorted to putting the ball in the box more direct on Wednesday. Ultimately, that's what Bristol city did and it won them the game. I'd say Mowbray was out-thought in the end.

The goal is frustrating. Douglas could stop the cross. Nyambe could win the header. Ayala could clean it up as it comes across and Williams could maybe be tighter in the scorer. If just one of them happens it stops the goal.

A bit like Cunningham last year, I fear Douglas's best attribute is that he is not Bell.

A lot of tippy tappy stuff again that failed to materialise into any clear chances. Bristol city probably had the best 3 chances / situations in the game with the exceptin of the Ayala header. We were never 'in the mix' for the play offs last year and I fear it will be the same again.

I'd have put Downing there. It too basic to think that any right footer would be preferable. Full back is often a position which is underestimated. Positioning, holding the line, tackling, knowing when to show somebody inside or out, cutting out crosses, dealing with high balls coming in to the back post. All attributes which a full back learns and understands. I'd rather have a player in that position that understands the role and knows how to defend rather than one who might be able to play a silky forward ball down the line just cos he has a right foot.

It annoyed me today. Funnily enough, it also annoyed me when Brereton did it when the red card came out at Preston. Not that i wasn't happy, but there's no need to actually celebrate it.

Yep. This is akin to when Kean played MGP at left back and he got mullered al game but Kean refused to change it.

I would have gone Downing at Right back. We've no suitable options so I'd have gone for experience. Any highball in to the back post with Buckley challenging is going to be a massive mismatch.

For your opinions in 2018 and 2019 you have obviously been proved correct. I've already said (in my linked post) " If the argument is that he is now proving effective and proving people wrong who said he'd never amount to anything, then I agree." So I'm not sure who is finding your opinion "hard to take" but it's not me, hence why I think you are making a point to other posters in your replies to me. And here's another bit I agree on. Ultimately he's making a bit of a fool out of me at the moment and long may it continue. The only difference of opinions seems to be whether he improved for having a run of games, or had a run of games because he improved.

I posted my link as, rather than type it out again, my reply to you would have been the exact same reply I gave you you about an hour ago. Hence why I just linked to it. The comment you have linked to has no relevance to my post. As I said in my post, I don't really understand what you are arguing here any more. Or if you are still arguing, I don't think your arguing with me. I think your arguing with other people but replying to my posts as though I hold the same viewpoint. ?

https://www.brfcs.com/mb/index.php?/forums/topic/33524-ben-brereton/&do=findComment&comment=2141293

And likewise, he has only had a proper run of games because in the first couple of games this season he actually played well. If he had played well previously he would have had a run of games. Otherwise let's drop Dolan and Elliot and throw Chapman in for 6 games to get match fit.

And in other peoples view it was easily enough time for him to show some potential, which he didn't. I never made a full judgement. I just kept saying that "on what I have seen so far he is pretty shite". I've never been one to not hold my hand up, and he's showing a lot more this season regularly being one of our better performers. I'm not actually sure what the argument is here to be honest. Brereton was poor for 2 seasons and, based on what we saw, many people said as much. Naturally then people give their opinion on whether they think they will improve or make it. It has always happened with practically all players. If the argument is that he wasn't poor in those first 2 season then I completely disagree. If the argument is that he is now proving effective and proving people wrong who said he'd never amount to anything, then I agree. What I did get frustrated by was the fact someone like Chapman would get 10 minutes here, vanish for 4 months and then 10 minutes there, despite showing more for the Unders 23's,. Whereas Ben got a lot more chances. And that was purely because they needed to try to make sure their 'investment' wasn't being squandered, even if it was to the detriment of the team and performances.

I do think it's fair. Until the end of least season, he made 45 appearances for Rovers of which 28 of those were 20 minutes or more game time. I'm sure many of those appearances were weren't always 'chasing a game'. I know its more difficult for an attacking player to show their potential, but I just think in that amount of time on the pitch he should have shown a lot more than he did, regardless of his fee. Regardless, that's history now and he does look a different player, albeit playing in a different role which seems to suit his game far better. As for irony, the reason he's had a decent run in the team is because he has actually performed well. See Tyrhys Dolan. Get an opportunity, take it and you will keep featuring for the first team. If you don't perform you will get bombed out rarely to return like Harry Chapman. Brereton ultimately got a lot more game time than most youngsters because of his price tag. Had he cost £500k he would have been shelved a long time ago.

And Shearer had criticism when he signed because he wasn't Speedie and didn't do an awful lot in pre-season. That's what happens with a lot of players. They then have to get their chance and prove what they can do. Brereton had chances and didn't do that for two whole season. I've posted stats on this thread about how may of his appearances were 25minute+ appearances alongside his starts. It wasn't a string of 5 minute cameo's in which he consistently showed nothing. And yet, whilst people grumbled in the stands to each other about being "a waste of money", he always received support from the Rovers following, so to suggest otherwise is ludicrous. It's going back to the poster who was basically saying "don't state your opinion on a message board if you don't think a player is very good". As for playing in an unnatural position, we thought he came in as a striker. There were calls to play him upfront with Dack or Armstrong in behind. There was quotes from inside Ewood about his finishing being superb in training. He simply doesn't have the touch, technique or instinct to play a goalscoring role. What we are now realising is that his strengths lie outside the penalty box, picking the ball up and driving at opposition. He's more of a Rothwell than an Armstrong, and playing him to his strengths is turning his career around at Ewood. His intentional lack of balance is also proving to be another huge asset too ?

Ok. I'll slow it down for you. You said one on one finishing would stop Armstrong being a 'top striker'. I pointed out Andy Cole wasnt the best one on one but he was a top striker. You said Cole wasnt a top striker. I said that if your expecting Armstrong to be Ibra, Aguero etc.. thats a bit unfair, to which you said- So we are back to the original point that it didnt stop Andy Cole, who was without doubt a great Premier League striker, even if not a 'top' striker by your definition.

It wasn't a dig at anything. I just don't think most people would have seen Mattyblue's interesting post on this thread / forum as not many people visit it. I'm not sure why pointing out the fact it's got far less traffic than the other forums on the board appears to have rattled your cage !

But you said it would stop him being a top striker. When I said it didnt stop Cole you said he wasnt a 'top striker'. Now you are backpeddling a bit claiming it will stop him stepping up to the Premier League. So, again, it didnt stop Cole.