38 minutes ago, neophox said:

Where was Douglas? Sending Pickering away on loan is true criminal and TM deserves the sack for that only.. Clueless is what he is. Tame today... Nowhere near play off quality. 

Awful result today. Fine margins in this league. Defence totally at fault for their goal. 

But can we please put this pickering shite to bed. The only reason we got the deal done at the price we did was that we gave him back to crewe for the rest of the season. 

Darragh needs to be doing much better there. Why did he head down? 

29 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

He has been weak for the past 2 seasons, we have much better now and it's time for him to leave. You would get on with Tony and his "get along gang"   handing contracts out like confetti.   

He must be on 10k per week, we need to pay a better player this money. Bennett Out!

Wow. "Bennett out" now that's a new low. I actually hope it's some sort of joke that I've missed. 

Whilst not being good enough for our current 11, Bennett seems to be a very important part of the squad who has done nothing but give his all for rovers. Why on earth would a supporter start wanting him out

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I bet he's tempted to play 3 at the back with wingbacks. 

By all accounts Harwood-Bellis is a fantastic player and we know how good Branthwaite is. He's not going to drop Lenihan AND neither Man City or Everton are going to loan us one of their hottest prospects to sit on the bench. 

I've been thinking about this since the city lad signed. 3 at the back with wingbacks must be in the managers thinking. Though I can't see how Elliott will fit into wla 5-3-2 or a 5-3-1-1

Absolutely no reason not to fancy picking up 3 points here. Some big decisions need made with players now returning from injury. Personally I would like to see. 

Kaminski 

Nyambe 

Douglas 

Lenihan 

Branthwaite 

Travis 

Davenport

Elliott 

Dack

Brereton

Armstrong. 

1 minute ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

He's got his own thread. His goals are posted on there.

His second today was excellent 

3 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

He is only away on loan, still might 

Pretty sure his contract is up this summer and can't imagine him wanting to sign a new one 

Can't see it mentioned anywhere else in the MB maybe I've been too busy debating with other members. But I just seen Chapman run riot today. Real pity it didn't work out for him here. 

1 minute ago, 47er said:

I'm not lecturing you on opinions just telling you not to call them "facts"!

You're perfectly entitled to believe Mowbray is a good manager, but "good' is a relative term.

If you mean "good relative to Coyle" then you are setting the bar too low---in my opinion! 

 

Yet you stated "too slow a pace" as if that is fact which it isn't. It's my view that the steady progress that has been made is acceptable. 

I didn't set the bar low either, that was forced on me/us by lunatic owners. But that was the reality of the situation. 

18 minutes ago, 47er said:

No facts to prove that. Just opinions. We have improved since Mowbray took over but at too slow a speed, especially since we have a good squad.

In any case he took over from Coyle---how could we mot improve on that?

 

I can pick so many holes in this. You lecture me on opinions yet you state your opinion that we have progressed at "too slow a speed". 

It's the improvement from the days of Coyle that I am most grateful for, as at that time I really feared for our future. But again had we made the wrong appointment after Coyle then we would still be in league 1.

18 minutes ago, 47er said:

 

3 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

No, you said the current Championship table suggested Mowbray was as good if not  better than Warnock and O'Neil. 

Managers live or die by there results so the current league table is a good way of judging performance. I really don't want to continue this argument any longer. 

3 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

You're basing your view of 10/20/30 year careers on the table at the halfway point of one season? 

The main part of my point was that we have improved since TM took over. 

17 minutes ago, 47er said:

People desperate for a good manager for the Club they love. Fancy that!

Looking at the facts I would say we do have a good manager. Just a quick look at the team now from when TM took over would suggest we have been improved. I think it would be hard to argue otherwise. 2 names that have been mentioned as better managers than TM are Michael O'Neil and Neil Warnock. A quick look at the table would suggest TM is on a par if not better than them both. 

1 minute ago, Mattyblue said:

As is ‘they want us to lose’, so maybe stop posting it.

I can 100% confirm people have posted they would accept a heavy defeat to get rid of TM

Just now, Mattyblue said:

That’s also ridiculous nonsense. Maybe both sides should grow up a bit? 

I agree that it is nonsense. That's why I am highlighting it

18 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

‘Some of you want us to lose’

’wonder if some of you are actually fans’

Can this divisive, lazy shite please not be rolled out every time we win a game.

FYI - nobody spends hours a day on an internet message board deep diving into the intricacies of the squad, manager, owners, pitch and on it goes of Blackburn Rovers if they ‘want us to lose’ so please stop.

Try reading the board board after a bad result. 

'' it's the managers pension pot''

''He only picks his mates''

Etc, etc, etc...using your logic then it's "lazy shite" being posted every time we don't win. 

4 minutes ago, BigBar said:

Spot on. Happy with a win and you are pro Mowbray and he can do no wrong. It doesn't have to be one way or the other. I see people's reasons for wanting to keep him and ones who want a change. I wouldn't change him now but would I be devastated if he was replaced in the summer? No! The extreme views are frightening.

I'm with you on this. If top 6 isn't achieved this season with this squad then I'd say its time for a change. But the manager has absolutely earned the right to see the season out. 

Some posts on here at times have me wondering if they actually support the club. 

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

Dreadful performance yet again, inconsistent shape, and a semblance of Mowbray just changing things regularly throwing enough shit hoping some will stick. But its all about results, 10 points from 4 games in which we have scored a paltry 5 goals but have conceded only 1 because we are finally seemingly building from the back, 3 clean sheets and we have match winners, Dack coming back, Elliott and of course our main man Armstrong.

Some typical absolute nonsense about Armstrong. Any notion of a striker being overrated because of his goals is absolutely bizarre. He is not in his best form, but his drought is 3 in 11 I think. He has 18 goals, our next highest scorer is 4. Yet again, as he has done 2 or 3 times before, in games we have been dreadful in, he comes up with a late winner. When he comes short or goes wide, no one gets into the box.

Performance wise, Douglas looks a different player, even if Pickering signs he cant come straight in, you cant drop Douglas. Both centre backs were excellent, especially Lenihan and Kaminski just brings an aura where he is safe, he deals with everything with minimal fuss.

Travis was really poor, a lot of the time you wonder if it is rust or just the limitations in his game. The subs did make a difference, Dolan was bright and gives us something different even if there is rarely anything at the end of it and sometimes he doesnt seem to know where he is going, their full back didnt like him being against him and went off shortly after. Brereton and Rothwell were both really poor, the former looks back to his old self in recent weeks and Elliott is well off form too.

Very good summary. Even if I don't agree with it all. Shape wise I thought we were fine today. I just think Luton were able to match us for large parts of the game. 

Travis we regain his form, but it will take him a while to get there. We are a better team with him. 

I was surprised at how good Luton were to be honest. They were much better than I expected. Good 3 points and yet another vital goal by the best striker outside the Premier league. Let's hope we can build a bit of momentum now. 

2 hours ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Get therapy. It's embarrasing.

What exactly is embarrassing? 

Oh look Dael Fry starts for boro today. You'd have thought he died the other day going by some of the comments on this. 

I don't recall corry Evans or David raya making such a speedy recovery. 

It was an accident shit happens

3 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Im not even sure it is about making a statement, we made a few statement wins v Derby, Wycombe, Coventry and Preston but ultimately have been undermined by inconsistency. The statement would be to win a few on the bounce.

Following on from the boro win recent history would tell me we would fluff it at home against a team we would expect to be beating. 

I think it would be a statement to get the 3 points tomorrow, but for some reason I'm not 100% confident 

Think this is the 3rd time I have said this but tomorrow feels like another massive match to me. Can we go out and put Luton to the sword and make a statement, or will we bottle it and plod along in mid table. I hope its the former. 

2 minutes ago, SoldierMo said:

Apparently warm ups were sluggish...just like Mowbray

Nonsense 

9 hours ago, JoeH said:

Bradley Dack isn't any longer our best player. He may become that again, but that's a big maybe. Our best players are the joint top league goalscorer and the leagues best promising young talent in Adam Armstrong and Harvey Elliott.

Armstrong has thrived in the 4-3-3, scoring 17 goals in half a season and having the season of his career so far. Harvey Elliott has come from Liverpool, the masters of the 4-3-3, and knows the system in the RW and RCM roles like the back of his hand at just 17 years old.

But sure, let's permanently switch back to a 4-2-3-1 or to another old system, all to suit an unfit Bradley Dack. Weigh up the pros and the cons that it would bring along with it and surely the logical answer is to use the system that suits your current best players.

Whilst I respect your opinion I think you have called this wrong. Bradley Dack is absolutely one of our best players. He's in a group of 4 imo of vital players to us. Kaminski, Trav, Dack and Arma. Dack can fit into a 4-3-3 which I think is the formation we should continue with. We are a better team with Dack than without him