Wasn't it Sterling that he marked out of the game in one of his first few appearances for the club? How the mighty have fallen indeed.

Sensing a bit of the Lambert's about the V's ahead of this summer. No doubt all "yes, yes we can discuss that in Pune, of course we want to get back to the riches of the PL" ahead of Tony turning up. Then when he's there "well we've actually looked at the budget and..."

95% of the people on here have been saying this was no doubt the outcome of his trip to Pune so haven't been getting ahead of themselves... Twas ever thus with Venky's I am afraid. Surprised the other 5% didn't realise this! As for Mowbray leaving; the only two realistic 'ambitious' clubs IMO would have been Boro or WBA and they're both now out of the equation.

Agreed. I know hindsight is a beautiful thing but I’m sure most have us would take one of McGinn, Celina or Freeman over Brereton let alone two of them! Hopefully Mowbray can twist the V’s arms to be a bit more savvy with their finances for transfers this summer (if they are indeed the problem as I would imagine they are).

The other silly thing is he bemoans players wanting £5k more - why not be flexible with the wage if the fee is lower? All of those CM's weren't close to Brereton's fee individually. Perhaps a conversation to be had with Venky's there but we need some flexibility!

Mowbray’s team work harder than any since 94-95?! Whaaaat? Hughes and Allardyce say hello! The amount of times we downed tools last year was galling.

Tragic news. Had just guided them back into the FL too. RIP.

May have already been mentioned but Vorm has been released by Spurs. Similar age to Downing et al but GK’s can go longer and he’d be a good tutor to Raya.

You missed an ‘o’. It’s actually 52 year old Mexican legend Jorge ‘Campos’ coming in alongside the evergreen Downing and Whelan.

He's been their best player for the past couple of years. Not a chance we could get him I'm afraid.

Liverpool were even worse if that’s possible. The early goal, which shouldn’t have been given, ruined the game. Barca Ajax would have been ten times better.

Downing is 35 next month. 35. No, God no Tony.

Best decision for both parties this. Great servant to the club, always got his head down and never seemed to kick up a fuss when he was out of the side. Awesome crosser particularly in his first couple of years with us. Thank you and all the best to the lad.

Celtic and Fenerbahce would surely blow us out of the water wage wise. Probably his agent doing most of the linking at this point though anyway!

Yep. Surely clubs with bigger wage structures will come in for him. Good to see us linked to somebody who didn’t play in the famous Cov 15-16 team though!

Sharpe has just posted an article about our RB’s since relegation from the PL. If ever a list of players was an indictment of our fall from grace under this lot... Starts since 2012: Nyambe 69, Henley 61, Marshall 38, Kane 36, Bennett 30, Lowe 26, Baptiste 20, Orr 17, Caddis 13, Keane 8, Reed 2, Ribeiro 2

What a man, what a player. The stunning volley against Spurs, the rockets against Saints and Brum (to name just two), the passing, the vision, the ability to make great players look ordinary, the slow walk off. I miss the lot.

I wonder how many times we’ll see the line ‘X who worked under Mowbray at Coventry’ this summer. Jesus wept, as you say I really hope our net is cast a little wider than TM’s former players for a change following all this scouting chat peddled by the club.

I’m pleased that any false optimism that I may have had later in the window has been quashed already to be honest. If TM had been banging on about us having a Bowyer esque ‘right good go’ only for us to follow it up with a few freebies and league one signings then I’d be thoroughly disappointed. I think it’s obvious that they’ve not backed him as he’d hoped during this trip to Pune. What he’s saying now doesn’t mirror to what it was a couple of months ago.

Yep - screams uncertainty over budget to me. Yet again.

Yep I wouldn’t be happy one bit. Keeping Jayson yet letting Raya go? Sane decision is to let Jayson go and get in a decent experienced GK to help mentor Raya. Will be peeved off if this happens.

Probably already been posted elsewhere but is there a remote chance that Boro could come in for Mowbray? Seen a fair few of their fans mention him on Twitter.

Hahaha That is all.

Yep. Has TM already sniffed that the V's purse strings are incredibly tight for next season? I wouldn't want any of Conway, Gladwin or Leutwiler at the club for next season. Conway as a coach at most. Already sensing another frustrating transfer window.

Coutts has only played a handful of times this season after coming back from a broken leg hasn’t he?