Anyone currently semi addicted to Warzone at the moment? 2 wins currently but in the top 10 96 times. The most frustrating game on the planet

If you have direct contact with anyone over the age of 60 then for their sake you have a responsibility to stay away. I won’t be going to the pub or any public place, except the shops and office, until we are advised otherwise.

Yeah the Telegraph has a lot to answer for in our early years of Venkys. Any real reporter would be looking at speaking to those with an inside track to try and uncover the goings on. Instead ours was obsessed with the status quo and did a sum total of 0 investigative work. Haven't bought it in years. The only time the club really needed it in my lifetime and it was absent. Nothing they print I can't get off the Rovers website anyway.

Nah, I'm probably inclined to agree with you on the ability side of it. I haven't seen much in any performance really and didn't buy into the whole mini-hype after a few decent cameos. I struggle to see what he brings to us unfortunately. When you compare it to the likes of Watkins, Benrahma and co at Brentford it is gut wrenching we've landed up with him. There are far better players out there for sure.

I'll be honest I didn't read it the same way as you. I think he acknowledges that last season Dack and Graham got goals and that's why he was perhaps not started often. His last quote: "his time is coming now and he has to step up to be the man". In fairness to Mowbray BB has been injured for most of this season so I wouldn't imagine he's trying to say the form of them this year has kept him out. He mentioned Dack and Graham, not Gallagher or Armstrong. The only mention of them players were saying they had goals in them, BB was included in that list. I genuinely didn't take that interview as him saying he's not performed because those in front of him have, except Dack / Graham. It's him saying his time is coming and he has to step up and he has faith in his ability.

Blue blood, I honestly think you should try and detach yourself from the situation a second before saying he's spouting lies. At the end of the day he's only protecting his player. Mowbray gave some stick to players like Nyambe when they first came on the scene and everyone, incl me, said it was wrong for him to do that. He's here now and he's trying to keep the players hopes up by backing him in the public press. Managers from all generations have done exactly the same. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Personally I'd rather see him backing the lad than sniping him down even if we all know it's probably misjudged faith.

So the game does matter then, yeah? I could be forgiven for assuming that comment meant the result didn't matter and our season was over, given the general theme of posts on here since Sunday.

Pretty big contradiction there. It does matter.

Our colours should be blue and white at home, red and black away. No variation in colour just variation in design.

You have a thing for Fulham we can tell that much.

Yeah, when you play football you know how easy it is to get lost in the general atmosphere in the heat of the moment. You’re doing everything you can to get the ball back and show some fight and the line is very fine between brilliant and reckless. The man did what he could for his team, I’ll never fault him for that. Young players get red cards it’s all part and parcel of their development. Those that chastise him have probably never stepped foot on a field of play before and are Monday night football experts.

That last paragraph makes no sense. We have 9 games to go and sacking the manager all of a sudden gives us a chance of promotion? The same manager that put us in this position to begin with. We are 3 pts from 6th in March. There’s 27pts to be won between now and the end of the season. I don’t for the life of me see how our season is over. Lastly we’ve been on bad spells before and came back so the idea that there’s no inclination it will change is wrong. History tells us Mowbray goes on losing streaks and winning streaks and we finish seasons strongly. I don’t doubt the despair at the moment but it certainly isn’t reason to not go to the game - we are still in this.

Bristol, Wigan and Barnsley are teams we should win. Like I say if we don't get at an absolute minimum 7pts from them games then I will admit to you there's nothing left to look forward to this season.

Much better. Tony's selections have put us in this position though.

You are obsessed with making this into an issue. Think this is your third(?) post along similar lines. Some posters prefer to post a lot when we lose; some prefer to post when we win. I guarantee you there are at least 4 posters who's post count went up exponentially last night. Just like the reason for them is 'there's more to discuss when we lose', some posters are probably that gutted we lost they didn't want to come on here yesterday. Quit trying to make this into something it isn't. Anyway, to the game. Yesterday was a humiliating defeat. We were shite from start to finish. Team was all wrong in fairness, we were never going to get a grip with just Travis doing the dirty work and it was no surprise to see him getting booked early on. That's the problem when only one player is making the tackles. Downing doesn't have it in him to mix it about when the going gets a bit tough, never has, and that's why he didn't play centre mid in his peak. The season isn't over though. We are fortunate that literally everybody else around us is losing too. For perspective, Forest, PNE, Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea and us have all won 1 in 5 whilst only Milwall have won 2 in 5. We are on the same patch of form as them. Next week is the big one we have 3 completely winnable games and 7 points is the absolute minimum we need in my opinion. After that we play Leeds, Cardiff, WBA and Milwall. Such a tough run but also a chance to gain 6pts from play off rivals. This season is very tight but to say there's nothing to play for is wrong.

You don’t have to wait, no. The fact of the matter is though it’s early March and we are 3 pts from play offs and have to play our rivals still. Despite the doom and gloom felt after yesterday’s capitulation the season is far from over. We’ve had bad spells like this before (Wigan, Blues around Christmas) and hopefully we can get back to winning ways next week vs an even poorer Bristol side. This league is changing by the match day and the last thing we need is a new manager right now. All this talk of “let someone have a look” is bollocks pal. Mowbray got us here, he said his aim was top 6 so let’s see the season out with him. If he doesn’t get it then you have to evaluate the season as a whole before deciding to get rid. I was as gutted as the next man about yesterday but somewhere in the middle of it all I think people forgot the grand scheme of things - 6th place is still open for business.

It’s an opportunity missed but it isn’t the end of the season by a long way. We have to play Bristol yet and PNE are losing points the same way as us. Gutting performance but Lenihan is back next week and we go again. This season isn’t over yet, believe it or not.

Our problem with Travis is because nobody else is doing the dirty work. This was 100% a game for Johnson. We need a miracle in the second half but I just don’t see it happening.

I actually hate Elliot Bennett. I think he’s by far our worst footballer in the squad. The only shining attribute the man has is his work rate but that should be a given for a professional footballer.

Our right side looks shite. Coco is no dickhead so I don’t doubt for a second he’s targeting it

And the injury and suspension to the remaining players. I think if Mulgrew and Williams were fit we’d see one of them in. Likewise Cunningham injury didn’t help matters did it. I agree with the poster above too. I’d have been much more happier with Johnson in the middle. Not a huge fan of this line up but let’s see how it goes. 45 mins until another cup final.

Any team that has Bennett in it at RB is concerning for me but our hands are tied. I have a horrible feeling our defence will let us down again this season. It just isn’t good enough unfortunately. Big game for BB! This is the time to show it man, he can go from zero to hero with a performance today

No I didn’t. I said our attacking side of the team is doing it’s job, which it is. Gallagher has played most of his time on the right. He’s chipped in with some goals too.

I’d say that post was the opposite to angry. More bemused at the reaction I got from my original post in truth. Nice try.

The topic wasn’t about Sam Gallagher, neither was my post. Stop getting worked up about it. In your dramatic reaction to a single sentence in my post you’ve allowed the point I’m making to go completely over your head. Never mind.