They really just don't get it do they? Put prices up, put season tickets on sale late, shut home areas, move people around, move kick offs away from 3pm, surcharges, database only tickets, red button tv games, dreadful atmosphere at Ewood and mind-numbingly dull football. There you go - I've come up with just 10 reasons why crowds may be poor that could all quickly be reversed by Rovers if they were so bothered about it. Yet here we are, nothing happening, groundhog day stuff. It will be the same dull stuff against Stoke in a few weeks.

I worry that we're witnessing the signs of the manager 'losing the plot'. If we look back at Mowbray's career for whatever reason things have unravelled in spectacular fashion after positive starts at all his clubs in England - WBA, Boro, Coventry - all around about the point he's at here e.g. 2-3 years in. At all those clubs he was liked and respected by fans for being nice and honest but many reports read similar to what we're seeing here. I hope I'm wrong and I dearly hope he turns this around but our shocking form is now being picked up by the national broadcasters. When you're entering 1 win in 10 territory and 7 defeat in 9 which we are approaching it becomes a major concern and more than a blip. I wasn't fooled by an average performance against a dismal Wigan team which thankfully we got the win from. We're a mess in most aspects of football - selection, tactics, fitness, organisation and goalscoring. I'd suggest anyone who merely wants to ignore the next 8 games as being irrelevant and judge Mowbray purely from the summer onwards is barking up the wrong tree.

The only 3 that went to India and bowed down before Madame and then recieved funds. Which is why the worry if we do have to change manager because the next one will have to fly out and kneel at her feet for any sort of transfer kitty.

I don't like Mowbray's body language on the touchline. Quite often when the opposition score Mowbray goes and sits down in his seat for a few minutes. I want the manager to be shouting and screaming at players. Compare to Bruce/Agnew/Clemence who spend the entire game issuing instructions and making adjustments to their team. Their response to conceding against us was to go and get a 3rd to finish us off. Our response to conceding is for heads to drop and the manager to go and have a sulk.

Groundhog day stuff again. I was bored to tears watching that yesterday. So predictable in every aspect. I agree we played quite well, but once again it means absolutely nothing as time, after time, after time, we got into a decent position or were on top in the game but failed to seriously test the Wednesday GK. Not quick enough, decisive enough or ruthless enough when we get on top or into a good position. Its always the same - take another touch, find another pass, go backwards when on the edge of their area. A lack of decent balls into the danger area. There was an occasion in the second half when a Wednesday player tried his luck from the half way line seeing Raya off his line. He missed the target but it wasn't far off and was closer to a goal than we'd had all day until that point. Just by having someone in midfield with an eye on the opposition goal and with the balls to try something like that. Likewise when they brought on Nuhiu i said to my mate that he would immediately cause problems for our defence and lo and behold within a couple of minutes he's nodding in their 2nd goal. To be totally honest I find the performances and football to be extremely dull and predictable. People talk about a nice passing game but it is utterly pointless if there's no end product. Meanwhile Wednesday can turn up and score 4 without really doing very much due to our inability to defend properly. We have no identity. We aren't defensively strong, infact we're one of the worst in the league, we are wasteful in attack. I'm fed up with it. Another 8 games to go - if things don't pick up during those games then I'd personally be reviewing the operation and potentially making a change at the end of it. But we're a club that doesnt even have the foresight to get tickets on sale early so I doubt there's anyone with any interest in such important matters as that.

I often hear people bemoan our location in a 'small' town like Blackburn with its relatively low incomes and large ethnic minorities who traditionally haven't gone to football matches. But that neglects the 'greater' Blackburn area with the same population again - Chorley, Leyland, Bamber Bridge, Clitheroe, Whalley, Haslingden, Accy, Ossy, Rishton, Harwood, even Lancaster - all areas with traditionally large numbers of Rovers supporters living in them, all within 20-30 minutes drive of Ewood. People who have either never lived in Blackburn or haven't for many years and almost certainly wouldn't return given the way Blackburn has gone in recent years. Suicide to ignore these areas. As before it is either bone idleness or some strange 'agreement' they have with rival clubs to not encroach on 'their' territory. Mental.

Tonight's game has been moved from Leek to Stoke's training ground and kick off is at 6:30 not 7:00, I was looking forward to going down to Leek but sounds like the rain has put that in doubt.

The sensory room has been there for years. Not sure if it has recently been improved or not. The Fosters Fanzone was done during the Myers days. Contactless payment is something that has been in place at rival clubs for years, we're only just getting round to it. Fylde had it before us. As you say, relatively minor things. What we need to do is reach out over the long run to different groups in society. There's more to it than sending players into primary schools or running a few promotions on tickets. It's a multi-year gradual build where you have to engrain loyalty to the club and habits into the minds of people who either haven't done it before or haven't done it for a long time. Waggott's comments that the club 'had done all they could' were alarming, particularly given he has only been here for just over 12 months. If he genuinely feels he's done all he can and exhausted all possibilities in the space of 12 months then that is concerning. The fact that he's now re-opening the Blackburn Upper tier for free tickets suggests the opposite - that there are other options available in an attempt to boost crowds and grow a fanbase. I've done it to death before but I've seen no evidence whatsoever that the club has made any serious attempts to entice fans to the club from outside BWDBC boundaries. Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble - nothing. No promotions, no travel, no posters, no school visits. Very foolish in my opinion given the large and I expect increasing percentage of our fanbase that live in these areas and have moved out of Blackburn. PNE ran coaches to Ewood last week from Leyland. I'd love Waggott to tell me why Rovers don't operate coaches to Ewood from these areas which are every bit as much Blackburn as they are Preston.

He's been at Barrow since January, and has just had his loan extended. Barrow were talking about making it permanent but I don't think it has been yet. Tomlinson joined Mansfield in January. Made a handful of appearances since.

You would think that purely by law of averages sooner or later in a season people like Smallwood and Evans would grab a couple of goals. Even if it's off their backside from a corner or a ridiculous deflection. If you're one of XI on the pitch 46 games a season I would expect every player bar the GK to score at some stage or other, even if it is just once by fluke. That we've numerous midfielders, some who claim to be attack minded (Bennett, Rothwell) and yet all have a big 0 next to them in March suggests a big problem for me. As you say, it has been going on for a long time now. When we go back to the Lowe/Williamson Axis with about 3 goals between them in 5 years.

Still no season ticket news nor any suggestion there will be anytime soon. Meanwhile down at Forest folk are queuing outside their ticket office this morning to get their renewals in. Norwich have shifted more than 20,000. Numerous others have got them on sale, many 'without knowing what league they will be in'. Meanwhile nothing from Ewood and I'd be surprised if there was anything before May. Then Waggott and co. have the brass neck to complain about the number of people buying.

The concern for me is the reliance on Mulgrew for scoring goals. Without his set piece brilliance we'd be struggling. I'm not really on about penalties (although we've had quite a few this season and he's scored them all from memory) as penalty takers can be replaced. It's the free kicks and corners that have been exceptional. The bigger concern is how few goals we've had from midfield this season. Smallwood, Evans, Rothwell, Bennett, Conway - how many goals? A couple for Harrison Reed. Nowhere near enough from a midfield however you want to dress it up.

I wonder if it is all part of the plan to go to Venkys at the end of the season to request additional funds - if he can show how after a few injuries we're so short on numbers we can't even fill a bench.

I will never, ever understand why at 2 days notice the manager is contemplating heading to Sheffield with an empty space on the bench. The only circumstances I could understand it would be if we came down with a virus on the morning of the game meaning a few were missing and we didn't have time to draft in replacements. Even with the U23s playing on Friday night, there should be no reason one of those who play could not be subbed off after 60 minutes, and get on the coach to Sheffield on Saturday morning, Unlikely that the player would get called upon to play but if he did it wouldn't be too much to ask for a young lad to play in 2 matches in 24 hours, and it would be a massive experience to some of them to travel with the 1st team to Wednesday and experience pre-match etc. Even more bizarre that two of those players, Chapman and Davenport, have been signed by this manager in the last couple of transfer windows and have seemingly got nowhere near the first team picture despite being signed as such.

Ifs and buts. If we hadn't had such a poor start to last season we'd have won the league comfortably. If we'd have been able to defend a lead late on in games we'd have 10+ more points. Mowbray's job is to eradicate those maybes and near misses.

Was just going to put something similar about Sheff Wed. Just noticed that members prices start from £23 and 'Gold' members get bigger discounts. Meanwhile nailing away fans for £33. Is there anything stopping Rovers charging £20 for home members and £30+ for all away fans? Would certainly provide a bigger incentive to join the 1875 club if you were saving £10+ on all home tickets.

Any manager that delivers 6 defeats in 7 at any professional level is going to attract criticism and begin to have his position questioned or doubted. You've only to look at the stick Parkinson is getting at Bolton or Cook at Wigan where circumstances have arguably been far more difficult than they have here yet their fans are completely fed up with it. PNE lot were calling for Neil to go after the first few months of the season yet now are worrying about him being poached and Dingles were after potting Dyche before Xmas and no doubt will be again if they go down. Welcome to the world of football! If you can't handle criticism or questions about futures when plummeting down the division and losing every week you should probably go and watch another sport because I don't think any club in the top 4 or 5 leagues could go on a long losing run and not see stick towards the manager. For some reason it is seen as 'loyal' or 'superior' to attack or ridicule anyone who expresses concern or doubt. I haven't reached a stage where I've sought for Mowbray to go and hope I don't reach that stage any time soon, but I am going to criticise him when we perform as we have recently, and nor am I going to go round calling people pathetic who do have big doubts about him. Delighted we ended the run with a win on Tuesday but if we go on another 6 game losing streak the one looking daft will be Smith.

Just looking and Reading have some tough games to come - away at Stoke, Hull, Norwich, Bristol, Middlesbrough and home v West Brom, Preston, Brentford and Birmingham. Pretty tough run in there.

Still no news on the Birmingham points deduction? Rumour was that the League were seeking a 12 point deduction which if imposed now would dump them right into the middle of the relegation fight.

Last night so important with Millwall and Rotherham picking up surprise wins this week and Reading enjoying a bit of a resurgence. Looking bleak for Ipswich and Bolton but wide open for the other place - Rotherham, Wigan, Reading, Millwall and even QPR looking dodgy. On form Wigan must be very worried.

Any idea on ticket sales? At £33 a head I can't see them flying off the shelves.

Cook won't be used to this sort of position. He's never managed at this level before this season, he's no longer a big fish in a small pond as he was at Wigan, Portsmouth and even arguably Chesterfield when they had a bit of money behind them. Apart from his brief spell at Stanley he's never really had to battle against bigger and better equipped sides. Observing the way he conducts himself on the touchline I can see one or two pampered players getting a bit fed up of his approach.

Stanley took another big step to safety last night but still only 4 points off the bottom 4 but with a game in hand. Big match against Rochdale on Saturday. A couple of wins should be enough for them.

Has Paul Cook ever agreed with a penalty against his teams? I can't stand the man although last night he and his team looked a pale shadow of the team we battled with last season. We question at times how much we have progressed this season but in Wigan's case they look well short of what they were last year.

What a massive relief to get the 3 points, which should be enough to survive given the gap. With a couple of tough away games coming up where wins will be unlikely we simply had to get the 3 points last night. To get 3 goals and a clean sheet should hopefully improve the confidence. A few bold decisions by Mowbray, the inclusion of Magloire was certainly one that didn't fill me with optimism in the car on the way over, but very pleased to see him perform and come out with a clean sheet. On the downside I felt for the first 45-60 minutes we were poor. Going in at half time we were saved by the penalty but other than that we'd offered little. Only once we were 2-0 up in the last 30 minutes did we start to play some good stuff and looked like we were dangerous. Lots of work to do but given the circumstances with injuries and form delighted to get a 3-0 win.