Desperately needed some creativity today. Changes came too late in my opinion. A lot of poor games there. Travis stand out as per - what a player.

My red button is down. Does anyone know where it can be viewed online? ?

Not a single defender on the bench, save JRC at wing back. Good squad though, strong starting line up with plenty of attacking options available.

With any luck it fails. I don’t think so though, I have as much faith in UEFA as I do in clubs like city ever telling the truth. Football is rotten.

You believe that certain fans are "dumbing down expectations" so that, on the occasion their opinion on football is wrong, they can fall back on that argument? What a load of horse shit. People just have different expectations and see situations differently. It happens in all walks of life. Your opinion is based on your interpretation of current events, theirs likewise. Just because theirs is more conservative than yours doesn't mean they are 'setting up a defence'.

Waggott is a money man and there's money in a hotel. What the owners want is another thing though.

They don’t half give that impression. If you’re desperate to spend money to improve the club then there’s a perfect opportunity to. In fact it would pretty much be the perfect PR stunt for them. It needs doing and we need to believe they’re here to better us and not just use us as a loss making enterprise. They definitely have a reason for owning us but the betterment of this club isn’t one of them!!

A single tier enclosed at the corners with a hotel / club shop / bars at the back of it would be great. Then knock down the existing club shop to make room for more public realm space. None of this will happen. That stand will eventually be shut down and left with scaffolding around it with this lot. It will just be further embarrassment for us and another sign of their neglect. Don't even begin to think of infastructure spending underneath this lot..they're tighter than a ducks arse. If they won't invest in a proper board why the feck would they build us a new stand / commercial venues? Madam was meant to give to the town of Blackburn when she took over but she's given absolutely fuck all to the ground or surrounding area.

There are days when Goodwillie would tear Arsenal's defence apart in truth. Ben Brereton isn't worth £7m and I don't think potential is worth that risk either but nevertheless he's our player. Best thing the club can do is protect him from the drama surrounding his fee and keep him playing at either U23 level or first team. I've not been impressed though it has to be said. He has a lot of improvement in front of him if he's to become a fraction of the player he's supposed to be.

The next two games actually are must wins in the scheme of things. 2 home fixtures against teams any promotion chasing squad should beat. Nothing to fear about with Stoke really. They aren't the best side. We should see plenty of the ball so would like to see us start with the same team. I think this is more a game for Buckley. Do understand though that changes will have to be made. Samuel is just coming back from injury so 3 games in a week may be a bit much. Start with Gallagher in his place, he looked lively when on against Brentford with a good few flick ons and runs at the defender. A win + clean sheet. 2 - 0. Arma to get his usual goal 15 minutes into each half.

Some great challenges made and no whiff of an argument from either side. Out of your seat stuff. I like Brentford, the way they played was difficult to set up against. Quick football all round. Travis and Johnson absolute shit houses in the middle. Couple of errors from brilliant but completely up for it. Marked improvement second half.

I don’t think there was anything mentally weak about our performance today.

Travis second half performance was unbelievable. What a man. Could be happier but also delighted with the players today. A lot of confidence going into Stoke and Swansea this week.

Do you know what lads I’m actually as equally gutted as I am impressed. Top 2 form sides put on a spectacle. We looked dangerous every time we got forward, in behind the back line and looked at one point in absolute control. Pegged back by a worldy. Reminiscent of the Torres goal against us the once. Honestly you cannot criticise a man for that goal, it was beautifully taken. The penalty definitely shouldn’t have been given but it probably levelled out the penalty he gave us. Knew he was going to give it. I was impressed with us all over the pitch. We went there and gave it our all, not a fault to give really. I’d have taken a draw at the start but so so gutted not to come away with all 3 points. Armas 1-1, he a fraction off side at the very end too. On another day it could have gone any way. Take that form into stoke and Swansea and we will win. We are the two sides to beat right now and neither could beat the other - says all ya need to know. Onto next Tuesday full of confidence now. Great game.

I promise you it isn’t

These little catch lines of how people are always out to portray others as something there are not are getting boring man. It's a forum - you are judged by the content you put out. If you aren't putting yourself across as you intend then that's your look out and up to you to change the way you word things to suit. Alternatively, discuss your points and try and change that perception. Is it discussion we want or an echo chamber? You've changed from an undoubted failure to your opinion. That's better. It's an opinion at the end of the day but you won't get full agreement from the fans on that. If you are going to throw the word failure around you save it for when something has failed: Whittingham or Gladwin. Gallagher is playing and we are winning matches when he plays. The money spent on him is testament to the fees commanded in modern football and is £5m a lot of money for an English centre forward? We have all seen the difficulties clubs are facing trying to attract quality strikers because they demand such insane fees. £5m on Gallagher isn't money wasted. His goal scoring record should be better but I'll wait until the side is properly settled before I judge him. I fully expect us to go out for wingers in the summer which will solve the problem of playing him out wide. You know, in my opinion, Downing and Antonsson were successful for what we needed them for. Each played their part in the promotion, cost us nothing and then left without any fuss made. That to me is a successful interaction between a player and a club. You won't deem that successful because they didn't turn up trees or get sold for multi millions of pounds but they did the job required, reached targets and moved on. How is that not a success? It did exactly what was intended to do. What I will end the post on is that I've not implied you are out for the manager but you are dealing in absolutes. "He is a failure" then when it's argued against you are trying to claim people are out to paint you in a negative spin. Of course it will be argued against because there's not many people who will call Gallagher an objective failure. You put in your posts plenty of caveats to as why people can't be considered as successful signings but none for why they are considered failures. To me failure is something that has been exhausted and is no longer workable. Gallagher has brought results, as shown in another topic, and has scored some goals too. He has a future at this club. To me that isn't a failure and to judge him as so only discredits the supposed facts you are using to back up what is ultimately just an opinion.

Gladwin is definitely a failure. I apologise for that. Was always a bit of a weird signings. You go on about people being defensive but you make outlandish statements like the one in bold man. Gallagher isn't "undoubtedly" a failure. The entire fan base will stand with you in saying Gladwin, Caddis, Whittingham and maybe even BB. How can you say that Rothwell, Bell aren't successes if they have played but Gallagher is a downright failure? It's like it's one rule for one and another for another. This isn't me saying Bell and Rothwell are particularly successful signings but by the same token you can't call Gallagher a failure. Gallagher might get 10 goals next season and linked with a big move away like Armstrong now - would that turn him around from an undoubted failure to a success? I also forgot Armstrong from the list of successes. Perhaps tells me you are more keen to spot the failures than the successes. We can all go into individual opinions of signings, which effectively this discussion is, but by and large I will judge the incomings / outgoings of Mowbray based on the state of the squad now vs the state of the squad when he arrived. Is the squad in a better state? Yes Is there more value in this squad than when he arrived? Yes However, are there arguments to suggest 12m could have been better spent? Definitely. However, speaking from a broad range like we are, it is without doubt that our squad is far better therefore it would be unwise to call him unsuccessful in recruiting. Coyle was unsuccessful because he brought in past-it players or chancers (Stokes) that didn't have any resale value or ambition. Now the argument is he didn't have 12m but that's a different matter entirely; Mowbray works with what he has got. At 20 years old I'm willing to give Brereton another 2 years. Likewise I'm adamant that Gallagher isn't an undoubted failure. It's harsh on the lad. However I'll let roversfan99 have his moment because he's adamant for all the world he is. You can't change the opinion of a man who has his mind up, no matter how often he tries to say his thinking is fluid when it comes to Rovers. We've posted stats about how we win games with Gallagher on the wing but he's still, in his eyes, an "undoubted failure". A player who has played the majority of our games as we sit here 3 points from play offs, 1st in the form table since December and he's an "undoubted failure" because of a few poor games.

Antonsson scored some valuable goals for us and was instrumental in our winning spell pre-Christmas of that season. A lot of accusations of revisionism on this thread so let's not do that ourselves. Nuttall got a few goals for us too. Signed on a free, left on a fee. Does he deserve to be behind so many of them players? It was decent business for the club really. He performed very, very well for our U23s in their great season. Payne was back up to Dack. Not particularly great but useful in his time here. A loan signing isn't bad. Difficult to disagree with the likes of Caddis, Hart, Whittingham, Harper. Although they were free / loans so it's not exactly an outlay for the club. They filled a gap where required and were largely League 1 signings. I also think it's harsh on Johnson. He's not been spectacular but he's had a few good performances too. If that post was meant to signal Mowbray as a failure in the transfer market then I think it's done the opposite for me unfortunately. Brereton so far is the only signing I'd consider a real failure because he cost a lot of money. Most of his signings have been free / loans and they are that for a reason. Some work out, some don't. I think his good signings far outweigh his terrible ones. Good - Dack, Holtby, Downing, Reed, Tosin, Smallwood (for the league), P. Downing (League 1), Outright Bad - Brereton, Caddis, Whittingham, Harper. I even think Harper in that list is a bit of a tough one for him. He did ok when back at West Brom. Overall I think there's too much desire from both sides to either label Mowbray as a big success or a big failure. He's neither, really. He's operating within the clubs limitations and we unfortunately were at a position where we couldn't attract the better names when he came. This season he's added the likes of Tosin, Holtby and Stewart Downing to the club and his signings are showing much more promise, naturally.

I like Dominic Samuel to be truthful. He has been unlucky with injuries but that's probably why he's at the level he is at. He hasn't played much football for a 25 year old and you wonder when he'll have a full season. I hope he starts on Saturday because I think he gives us an extra bit than Gallagher does out wide. The more the week goes on the more I feel a bit anxious about Buckley starting. You look at Brentford's defence and you can imagine a young lad like him being kicked about a bit by Pontus and co. Problem is we don't have many other options. Dack bounces off players like that and that's what makes him so good whereas our younger lads, or even if Rothwell or Holtby where about, have it in them to go missing against an opposition like that. Nervous isn't even the word about Saturday for whatever reason. I still maintain we can "afford to lose", maybe a counter phrase to a "must win", but a win and we are well in the mix after a superb couple of months. Coupled with the fact I think a few players are back in the coming weeks and it will be a sensational weekend.

Defo the latter. We are never far from a conspiracy theory on here ?

Whilst it isn’t a must win game a win certainly changes our season. Confidence is key at this stage of the season and more often than not teams that go into the play offs with that confidence get promoted - see Aston Villa. a loss and our season isn’t over, so in that case it isn’t must win. The Stoke and Swansea games are though.

I’d probably rather JRC than Chapman. Don’t think he does much when he comes on. Pace can be a game changer though. Don’t think Brereton should be dropped from the bench though. He’s been ok in his last few games when coming on.

But this season he’s Rovers’ number 1. To describe him as Brighton’s no 4 is a bit harsh because he’s our player for the season.

Walton is a good goalkeeper. Don’t know whether he’ll leap straight into a top tier club mind but I’d imagine we will see him there eventually. As we will with Raya

The phrase there’s no smoke without fire springs to mind. Goals and assists are what I care about. Swear people said Dack had a bad attitude too. He’s loved here. Ive always had Rovers fans as a club where bad lads can thrive. I don’t know why. Perhaps it’s one for that myth thread there is somewhere. There’s endless talent come through here that perhaps had an attitude that wouldn’t fit in most places. Dunny being one, loved a drink. Bellamy, Bentley, Savage, Diouf as mentioned. Tugay was a heavy smoker which may not have washed at most clubs. I’m kind of rambling here but I wouldn’t say no to a player based on what other fans and clubs have said about him. As an example I never saw much of Rodwells supposed bad attitude here. He did alright on the pitch he just wasn’t good enough for what we wanted.