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I work with a couple of Wolves fans and consensus is pretty much the same. Their opinion is that he needs to have a clear out in the summer and a proper pre-season to sort them out. They're confident of still being a Championship team this time next season.

Nah, as long as he keeps us up he now has "a man's promise" that money and players will be on the way in the summer.

He needs to take a trip to "the village" (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Correct. Early on there were plenty of people who were supporting Kean - the same people who, no doubt, were booing when we were 3-0 up against Wolves. The thread where we beat Liverpool and the Steve Kean thread just after we stayed up during our first season with him in charge make embarrassing reading for certain posters. Coyle was mostly greeted with negativity, quite rightly, although there were still a contingent who inexplicably thought he'd do well for us. IMV Mowbray isn't in the Kean or Coyle category, but to expect fans to be anything other than cynical over this appointment is barmy. I'm sure Mowbray will be given a chance at Ewood, but if there is skepticism online then that can hardly be considered surprising.

Go back and read the Paul Lambert appointed thread. When a good decision is made people are pleased. It's hardly the fault of the fans that practically every decision made in the last six years has been wrong. Any sensible person would become jaded and cynical after such a long period of poor management.

The simple truth is that your last two jobs aren't SISU owned Coventry and Venky's owned Rovers unless you're kind of desperate. Nonetheless, it just clicks for some managers at certain teams. Look at Coyle and Burnley. Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll click with us and Mowbray. Sad fact is even if he does succeed and keep us up, another round of cost cutting in the summer will put paid to any chance of competing at this level and leave us at a point where even the elite managers couldn't stop the inevitable.

As an aside, it was Mowbray who brought Steele through at Boro.

Swift is debatable. Apparently the players were told last week that Coyle wouldn't be taking training (probably around the time a certain agency started a media blitz targeting Venky's) yet he was still in charge for the United game and only sacked yesterday. Meanwhile Senior has basically wanted Coyle to be removed since he was hired at the beginning of January. It was the same with Bowyer. Apparently he knew well in advance that he was going to be replaced, possibly before the season had even started. Venky's don't do swift.

We're in a terminal downward spiral under Venky's anyway, so if there's someone in the dugout who I don't despise then that's a bonus. I'd rather it was Tony Mowbray than one of our former players dirtying their hands with this mess.

General consensus seems to be decent bloke, not much of a football manager. So basically Bowyer Mk II, but with a much worse squad.

His win % in his full time positions, for those who are interested: Hibs - 48.15% WBA - 40.71% Celtic - 51.11% Boro - 39.87% Coventry - 34.67% Overall - 41.98% In comparison, Coyle's overall win % is 39.32%. Overalls arguably aren't a great stat to use though, as Lambert is only 38.9% (Rev will like that), and Bowyer is 35.63%.

He's not Coyle either? I don't know, it's pretty slim pickings. Got promoted with WBA in 2008 but they were relegated the following season. Sacked after nine months at Celtic. Joined Boro in 2010 when they were in a bit of bother and got them out of danger, eventually sacked at the start of the 13-14 season after a poor start. Joined Coventry at the end of the 14-15 season and kept them up, but was sacked in Sep 16 after a poor run of form. Basically, he has a couple of great escapes on his CV and a promotion to the PL 8 years ago. With all that said, as long as Venky's and/or unnamed others are here we are screwed regardless of manager... so it doesn't really matter.

Preparing for League 1. Might as well have brought Bowyer back.

Well, that confirms it. League 1 here we come.

More worrying is that most (all?) of our wins have been absolute flukes, where the opposition has dominated the match but had lapses of concentration in front of our goal and defending their own. You'll always get the odd match where a team gets a result they don't really deserve, but over the course of a season it's extremely rare for a team that regularly plays poorly to pick up enough points to survive. How many league matches have we had this season where we've been objectively better than the opposition and won the match? The 4-2 against bottom of the table Rotherham, maybe? Overall, as you say, the season's performances and lack of action from anybody at the club paints a bleak picture and I can only see this season ending in relegation.

The red wine might be gifts from Mercer's bookie tbf.

The reason Kean was in situ was so that Anderson could get his own clients in with absolutely no resistance from the manager. This motive is so well established by this point that I can't believe anybody would suggest otherwise.

What is it with footballers wanting to have sex with a girl at the same time as their mates? Is this normal behaviour? I wouldn't even want another bloke in the same room, let alone joining in.

I'm planning to pick it up at some point, but I need Steins;Gate Zero first.

No doubt about it. The remake will be interesting, but nothing will ever beat the original. I generally play it through at least once a year. Have to give a shout out to FFVIII too. It gets criticised for its overall storyline, but I absolutely love the atmosphere and game world as a whole. I participated in a top fifty games ranking on another forum a couple of months ago, FF7 came first (of course) and FF8 came third. FF6 was back in 31st. Never completely understood the hype behind that one.

I'd like to, but will probably wait for the price to come down first. I've spent quite a lot on VR games (and various other retro games) recently, so FF15 may have to wait until a later date. I still have 4, 5, 9, 10, 12 and 13 to complete, too, so I'm in no rush

Yeah, no hope of us staying up with Coyle in charge. A very small chance of surviving if a decent manager was appointed, but we're more likely to end up with Warren Joyce after Wigan sack him.

I think we'd be comfortably mid-table, we wouldn't have thrown away points at home against the likes of Burton, Fulham, Ipswich or Wolves. You can see there's enough talent in this squad to stay in the division, but our organisation and fitness is such a severe handicap that I'd be shocked if we are able to overcome it by the end of the season. We're basically back in the same position we were under GB in his final few months, but with an even weaker defensive shape. GB could grind out results where required, but Coyle's persistence with a rigid 4-4-2, even in the closing stages of games when we need to shore up the defence, leaves us extremely vulnerable.

He's doing a concert at Portman road too.

Possibly, but he'll also know that if Punk gets murdered again in his next UFC fight he'll become pretty worthless as an attraction. Punk's next fight needs to be given careful consideration. I've been watching SD since it became live, and it's actually a pretty good show. It feels a lot fresher at two hours, whereas Raw often feels like it drags at three hours. AJ is shining bright, which is great to see, as I've followed him since he was wrestling for TNA back in 2004. It's cool to see so many TNA alumni getting a chance in WWE, whether that's in NXT or on the main roster. Those guys deserve it.