DE.

"Has it shocked you, what you saw tonight?" "No"

Nah according to Mowbray we were giving them problems before the red card, despite being 2-0 down after 19 minutes 😂

At least as a result of being ridiculously played as a false 9 by our idiot manager he managed to get off the pitch tonight before the real hammering began.

I can't get over the lack of apology. The brass neck on this bloke. Might as well have thrown up his middle fingers as he walked down the tunnel.

Managers available to Rovers: Tony Mowbray (he's going nowhere)

Even if he doesn't feel like he has any reason to say sorry, logic dictates you apologise to the fans after a home drubbing. He either feels completely untouchable no matter what happens on the pitch, or literally does not give a single fuck about the club or any of the fans.

Lol yeah, although in terms of us shitting our pants at the sight of the playoffs this one will take some beating.

Because in his mind there's nothing to say sorry for - I can guarantee he won't think a single shred of blame falls on him for tonight. He never takes responsibility because is his view it's never his fault.

He knows that as far as his position is concerned it doesn't matter. Owners aren't interested. The fans that are left in the ground are too beaten down to react. Couldn't care less about the fans or humiliating the club.

Working on the assumption this changes nothing for Mowbray - because since when have Venky's ever made a decision that benefits the club? - I wonder if this begins the start of another death spiral? We only just finished the last one ffs.

Yep, it isn't that fucking difficult. Put everyone behind the ball, see the game out. The opposing team won't expend that much energy trying to break the resistance down because they're already assured of a victory and won't want to risk injury or using more energy than is needed. Not our Tony though. Like a rabbit in the headlights, no idea what to do. Joke of a manager.

The fact it was at home makes it so much worse. You see teams get spanked like this away from home every so often, but it's very rare to see a team get mauled like that on their own patch. Especially when they are supposedly a mid-table side.

"We're still only two points off the playoffs - or so I'm told, I don't look at the league table. We'll dust ourselves off and go again on Saturday. To be honest you can pin the entire blame for that defeat on Joe, after his mistake at the beginning there was no coming back. Not very good, is he?"

+7 GD becomes 0. Down to 12th. We all know Mowbray is useless, but his inability to react to going a man tonight made it painfully clear how out of his depth he is. The worst thing about this defeat? It changes nothing. He'll be in the dugout on Saturday like nothing happened.

Absolutely shameful. The manager, the players, the lot of them.

WE WANT EIGHT

Yep. The only surprise is that it's taken this long for a team to smash us like this. Speaks volumes about the division in general.

But I thought clubs like us and Preston couldn't possibly compete with the likes of Bournemouth and Fulham ? They're away from home as well.

WE WANT SEVEN

WE WANT SIX

I imagine Fulham are likely to finish in the top two this season, and in the past three seasons we haven't registered a single victory against a team who finished first or second. In fact we've only managed 2 points from 36 (2 draws, 10 defeats). As soon as we play one of the division's few good teams we are brutally exposed as the average Championship cloggers we've always been under Mowbray. I suppose my only point is that this shouldn't be a surprise at all. To coin one of Mercer's phrases, putting money on a Fulham victory tonight was a license to print money.

If they were mid-table it would be a much easier sell. The fact they are in the relegation zone and haven't won a single game so far this season makes it a pretty huge risk for any manager with a decent reputation, massive salary or not. Most managers of a high calibre will already have more money than they know what to do with anyway. If Emery and Howe were the two managers Newcastle had narrowed it down to, what exactly is the strategy? Two totally different managers with very few commonalities. I'd love to know what the criteria was to end up with those two as the final options.

Conte is a good appointment for Spurs, should shore them up and may help motivate some of their better players. If appointed Emery is better than I expected Newcastle to be able to get in their position, but I think their survival will depend on how wisely they spend in January.

Think Norwich might be on course to surpass Derby as worst ever PL team. Derby managed 11 points, and Norwich have only managed 2 from a possible 30 so far. Keeping in mind that Norwich are, I think, already 6th worst in history from the 19/20 season.

As I said, should have sold him in the summer. He just isn't motivated at all. Not saying I agree with his attitude, for the record, but that's modern football for you. It's the same with Pogba at United. He's wanted out for at least a couple of years and it shows in his performances.