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How low can this man stoop ?

...Yer man must be thick in the head to sign what he has and to play the systems he has....he must now have skin to match. How can any self respecting football man not realise how of his depth he is ?? He’s embarrassing....but.....he’ll never be a burden to this club......as a man of honour, he said so ....well, I’m feeling that burden right now ....

...The players have no heart....the manager has no head ....grand

Surprised ?? He’s been Mowbrayed

Not interested in any line up / formation... too late for that. My interest is in who is going to lead this club out of the coma it is in ...both off the field and on it. We end the season with so many out of contract players, so little in terms of “ feel good “ , a stadium that requires much attention in terms of cleanliness and presentation, a training ground ( part) trying to be sold, a fractured and disillusioned fan base dwindling in number, ....all lead by such weak men as Mowbray, Waggott and Venus. .... It’s Easter ...a season of hope, of new beginnings...and where will we look for our new beginnings....probably Middlesbrough where their nobodies will be given new life to be our somebodies... ....no line up , selected by this management will be of any further interest to me ....and, as for those who wish to finish the season on a high....you’ve more stomach for the fight than I have ...

So true....delusional! Boothroyd to England is what Mowbray is to the Rovers

Great post....can’t wait for my call ....at least I feel that I can have some sort of “ voice”....I have written my response to make sure I leave nothing unsaid ....Whilst Mowbray remains ...I remain in lockdown

I’ve no idea how many opposition and recruitment analysts we have at Rovers......but , if they exist , ......and recent purchases/ loans and “ how to play the opposition” is down to them ....it’s God help us....the entire set up and management at Ewood stinks ... I firmly believe in data....but...it’s how it’s used that is key....the context ...Tony’s idea of data analysis is possession, possession, possession....outcome?? What outcome ...

......and, he doesn’t plod, he doesn’t gurn , he actually speaks on the touchline....and he doesn’t mention “ journey “ .... “

We could do worse....he’s had no money, made to sell anything of quality and hampered by Ridsdale “ hands on “.....compare this to Mowbray ....

....and, on North End message board they would be interested in Mowbray !!!!.. OMG 😱

What a shocking line up. If this had been my 4 year tenure/ journey I would be embarrassed...a disgrace Mowbray

Any reasonably run club would now be looking to next season....particularly with the Covid affect... *.asking, mailing, emailing fans about their welfare and their plans for season 21/22... * working to “ clean up “ the stadium * asking for imput on kits * offering reassurance on the future of the club and the academy * making “ can’t resist “ offers on season tickets ( let’s make our community strong again ) * asking for views on what ( or who ) would make them return to Ewood ......and what have we got ? ... Nothing but The Coventry 3 who slouch on the touchline offering neither inspiration nor perspiration They must be praying there will be some brave souls left to walk through the turnstiles ....but, as it stands I really believe that many of us, even the diehard support , will have found other things to fill our Saturdays . Come the reopening Ewood will be a mirror image of its management...tired, dated , devoid of passion, empty....a shell of what it was .....The Mowbray effect ....

We have a pitch we can’t play football on ....and a manager we can’t play football with ......it appears we are to rip up the pitch in May ......go on....dream....and complete this last line.... .

What fans ?

He plodded as a player...and he plods on as a manager...

They had the same level of intensity as I had interest....none.....all fashioned by Mowbray

“ take Mark Hughes ? “......I’d take Mark Anthony or even Mark(s) and Spencer over TM .....My post was wishing for an appointment that had legs , credibility and someone who could lift the gloom...with long term plan

....😳😳....these March minutes have frightened me to death “ the team played well on good pitches “ ” the owners have faith in the management of Mowbray “ ..oh dear.....I do believe that will be over and out for many....it certainly will for me. I will be much better off , mentally, distanced from these charlatans who present themselves like they are competent... it’s a statement too far for me 😡

Hi Chaddy....I like the mentality of the likes of Klopp, Farke, Tuchal, Wagner ....it’s a WE WILL rather than “ we’ll do what we can and go again “ ...ala Tony ......there must be more of them doing their thing in the German leagues ..

Much as I enjoyed Hughes’ time here....for me our last “ proper manager “...I would not rush to have him back. He was of an era..and I believe that era has passed. We are all desperate to see the end of the current regime...it moans, it dumbs down our club, it feeds mediocrity.....we need to look to a hungry , yet to prove himself manager. All appointments are risks , and we have a good track record in those .... For me it’s the foreign market ( particularly German ) or it’s the likes of Crowley( currently unemployed) or ....down the leagues to the likes of Bowyer at Charlton , Jimmy Floyd ( currently working miracles at Burton ) ......even Ian Evatt at Bolton ..nothing but success at Barrow and Bolton..... You might say ...is this a list of how far we, as a club , have fallen.....and it probably is ....but we are in trouble and I am desperate for a way out of the slow, painful decline ......of course, THE answer to our prayers would be Wilder ...but, there’s probably a queue ...and our friends in Pune aren’t even aware of our plight ....never mind the queue

Not sure where to start this morning.....Dack’s injury is devastating for him, and, without being mercenary, financially difficult for us. We , as a club, are at an extremely low ebb due to dereliction of duty by owners and management.....didn’t think it could get any worse than it was...but, it has. Not only is there sympathy being offered , and rightly so, to Dack....large parts of the fan base are lauding Mowbray as “The Father of this family “........it’s surprising how often opportunity comes from adversity and I have the feeling that The Daddy will come out of this well.... *not his fault...last night was all down to the ref and the pitch..... *injuries have derailed his journey... *he is what we need, a man of integrity, at this , our time of need..... * Dolan will continue to buzz in the 9 position The truth is ...we were buggered before the injury...I’m sure Mowbray feels the loss .....as was evident on Sky ...but .... the bigger picture needs to be addressed ....He’s still here, still likely to be here for some time and we will be left with very little of a squad come May. I applaud @darren_rover for his desire for us, as a fan base to unite......and I do live in hope for the future of our club.....but Mowbray and his men really dull that hope....he just has to go if there is to be any actual support post Covid

Did anyone see a leader out there? Did anyone hear a leader out there ? Men against boys, and timid boys at that..... so limited in skill, so limited in football intelligence, so limited in desire.... The team that Tony built.....

We should be all over this one. Wilder is quality. He is everything Mowbray isn’t. He’s brave, he operates without bullshit, he knows a defender when he sees one.....but there is one similarity...they’ve both been in a journey.....but, oops....Wilder’s was from league 2 to The premier league .... what his appointment would do for the town, for the turnstiles ....

Tony is a very lucky lad ....when things couldn’t get much worse his “ main man “ Armstrong, gets injured and forces his hand ....has that happened before ? Evans / Smallwood ? ....so step forward Dolan and Travis ....the question is ....would they have ever stepped forward without being forced? Our current crop of academy graduates is making him look a half decent manager...JRC , Nyambe, Lenihan, Buckley, Travis ,Wharton ....plus the emergence of Pike, Dolan etc .....compare this to what Tony’s signings have brought us.....Ayala, Bell, Douglas, Downing, Johnson, Brererton , Gallagher...and too many duds in his first couple of seasons to mention .I’ll give him credit for Dack and Armstrong...if he were to play them correctly ( even I get a golf swing perfect occasionally...law of averages) Without Jonno formerly, and Billy Barr currently...we would be in one hell of a mess ....I cannot stand his bleatings about bad luck....he must be the luckiest man in the Championship....our luck as fans, has to change at some point...so ...thank you The Academy ...let’s hope more of them get game time ahead of loanees ...and Tony takes his luck back to the North East....just imagine what a half decent manager , with this Academy and the millions this bloke has spent could do for our club?? I Iive in hope ...because when those turnstiles do eventually turn....we could be on the the edge of something good.... these kids that but more experienced ...and a new man driving us to what we can be instead of currently what we are ....