When mowbray took over I wasn’t overjoyed, as iv said in the past up here in Scotland he is laughed at for the mess he made at Celtic. I was prepared to give him a chance. He initially done well and I didn’t blame him for the relegation although there was a few games I wish he had been more gung ho in the run in. It was a very big ask to keep us up tho after the mess coyle left. going down to league 1, again I was prepared to give him his time, he done the necessary, but the performances started to grate me as there was very few great attacking performances, wee played in spells and had enough in games. Annoyed we didn’t go for the jugular at Charlton to win the league. We then get promoted, again I’m prepared to give him a shot here, he has money to spend to finally sort our defence but he doesn’t. Iv criticised Smallwood and Williams for years, not good enough but nice guy Tony sticks by them even giving them lovely new contracts. He can’t turn draws into wins. He can’t stop rots. He has taken us as far as he can. Nice guy Tony doesn’t have that adventurous attacking kill off teams that good managers have. Nice guy Tony is done here. Go and manage kids football where your non critical , encourage everyone mentality will work. Blackburn need and deserve better. Don’t let him waste another transfer window on whimsical ideas like brereton

Don’t dare criticise Emerton, what I wouldn’t do for the likes of him these days. Much as I appreciate Bennett he isn’t a patch on emerton

Here is a left field name for you, will probably go down like a lead balloon but.......... Aidy Boothroyd. was once highly regarded after doing miracles with Watford, lost his way granted through some strange managerial choices after that but is redeeming himself with youngsters of England. Won the u21 tournament. My thinking is he will be more than willing to work a team of youngsters and create something a bit special- quite possibly lift us where mowbray can’t. just thinking out loud really

For all the Doncaster joys, the game that sticks in my memory was the pboro game, down and soundly getting a bashing at half time, looked like we were going to have the wheels come off, dack and graham stepped up for a masterclass that had the corks hanging on by a thread ready to pop.

We invite pressure, keep the ball up top. We then panic and boot it to anyone, it’s honestly amateur stuff. speaking to a mate from a different club who said to me that he heard our fitness was crap and so teams ramp it up against us last quarter because they know we have fitness issues and a soft underbelly. Concerning

Smallwood gave away the free kick that led to their winner, I was screaming at the tele don’t foul him but standard Smallwood, he has no football brain. the one thing that will hold dack back is pace/fitness, he broke through on the Leeds goal and had a clear sight at goal but slowed up allowing a defender to get a toe in, top class player scores there. Our defence is woeful, can honestly say we need 2 new actual centre backs, a new left back and quite possibly a new rb. It’s a shambles. Lenihan should then be pushed back into midfield with Rodwell or reed, giving us some actual bite rather than the powder puff Evans n Smallwood. Armstrong is a one trick pony, knocks it on and tries to use his pace, doesn’t work at this level. Play him up top or not at all. Bell needs to work on his final ball and I just don’t think he is quite good enough in all honesty. New hard battering ram cocky striker needed to aid graham. sad thing is most of the rovers fans can see these points need addressing but mowbray can’t, it’s baffling

Reckon the tide is starting to turn with mowbray, in fact I’d be confident if there was a poll tonight more rovers fans would vote to twist with a new manager than stick going round in circles

We aren’t a good team, far from it sadly. Wouldn’t trust this lot to win any game

I’d agree the team could do with a few players edging towards 30 and over who are ready to walk into the side and have calm heads when late in the game

I’d go as far as to say he is the worst Chilean iv ever seen at Ewood Park, in fact I would rather have a flamingo up top, get more movement

At some point mowbray has to pull up the anchors and just bleeding try to be adventurous. As soon as I saw Evans and Smallwood I knew it would be a hard day. Bear in mind the reason we turned sheff wed so well was having an actual winger in Conway instead of a striker that can’t play there in Armstrong we may have well as raised the white flag, played for a point like derby and West Brom previously and got undone. 1 shot on target in 90 mins at home is questions must be asked time. So frustrating as I genuinely feel with a bit of ambition, a formation that works with the team and more astute in the transfer market and we would’ve had a real good chance at cracking the playoffs this year, as it is we are more concerned with relegation

Iv no issues with Gallagher, thought he was good for us bar a silly moment v Preston that can be expected from a young player, felt sorry for him having to play with us in that woeful season

Got to say if mowbray left I wouldn’t be too disappointed with Coleman and Symons in here. It’s not a glamorous name but it’s solid

My point was the fee, speculating about wages is another topic but the way they have been throwing new contracts about I don’t think that’s currently a major concern, and also we were prepared to pay another fee for freeman that we didn’t get

Il just say simply i expected more from brereton, came with a lot of hype and champ experience, I thought he would be starting games by now and chipping in with a few goals. Yes he hasn’t played much and out of position but until mowbray gives us an answer to that other than a vague he is one for potential than we as fans have every right to be a bit bamboozled by the whole deal. Had he been say just a loan like Palmer or under a mill like samuel yes he probably would be judged less but sadly that transfer fee deserves more results. For instance you can’t tell me that we wouldn’t be better off signing Edwards, Maddison and Toney, three players I imagine you could fit into that one deal. Potentially brereton is worth a catastrophic fee if he starts firing but it’s a huge gamble I didn’t think we should’ve been making. as a side note I really wish he would play Rodwell in midfield instead of defence, 100% upgrade on Smallwood and I don’t really like Rodwell in defence for the same reason as lenihan- rashness and always prone to a pen

Yea it was, he slightly reminds me of fletcher at this point in time, I just want to see more oomph and cockiness in saying to mowbray you will play me and I will score

Thinking about it I think my main issue with brereton is that he doesn’t ooze cockiness or that slightly nasty streak good strikers have. Looks like a nice lad you would take for tea with your gran. If a big boy asks him to give him the ball he would burst into tears. There is a swagger and a it’s your fault I missed that open goal attitude that I like to see I’m just not seeing. Doesn’t look like he is prepared to put himself about in a hard tussle and that concerns me

Was an excellent documentary, I watched 7 in a row, best one iv seen, the ones at the Man City, juve etc are boring, just all glitz and glamour. Still reckon a good few of the players seen could do a job for us, Oviedo, cattermole, mcgeady, Honeyman, Williams. Felt a bit sorry for Steele at the end. Terrible keeper tho. Glad we dodged the boy fletcher we were linked with, looked pretty awful from the clips

Bryan Oviedo for me

Some more from those New York rovers girls would be good ?

Mid table team with a mid table manager which is where I see us for next few seasons with Tony as manager. There will come a point we will need to take a gamble where we either give mowbray a significant war chest to strengthen squad to get rid of the Williams and Smallwoods of the team but allow for a mowbray dropabollock as we have seen with the breretons, gladwins, Hart, Samuel but hoping a pulls a few more dacks out that or we gamble with a change in the manager to pull us up to the upper echos of the league. If venkys do neither it could be a rather frustrating few seasons ahead

1-0 graham

I would like to see us make a move for Ivan Toney, looks like a player that could have an impact for us

Too many toon fans as friends for that to be a good draw for me

Boyata?! Jesus no