I accept that. I’m not in any way happy with where we are but ultimately, his target is top 6 and he’s still close enough with a better goal difference. That’s the way they’ll see it imo.

I’d stick until we are out of the top 6 running. Top 6 was his ‘self imposed’ and is now the clubs target. As per yesterday’s post I personally don’t feel there are the winners in this squad to get us into the top 6. But that is purely my opinion. So I expect the club to reassess in the summer. I feel that IF we fall far from this target, Mowbray may indeed walk and / or a change will be sought. But until then I’d be shocked to my core if anything changed on the manager front. Ultimately we’re 5pts off our target with half the season to go. That will be their focus!

What on Earth are you talking about. I stated clearly in the summer that it was top 6 or gone for Mowbray.

They’re two separate issues. Mowbrays job is to get us in the top 6. If he can’t do that then he needs to go. However, regardless of who the manager is, a blind man can see we need cb’s.

My expectation on Mowbray is that his team has to get into the top 6 this season. He’s focused a lot on getting footballers in but there’s no winners in that team. Craig Short, Garry Flitcroft types...we’re so weak and predictable. tip tapping around but no one crashing into tackles or busting a gut. No one playing brave passes through the lines. No one played well today but Buckley, Brereton, Travis and Bell (obvs) were literally horrible. Weirdly, still had enough chances to win the game. We will win games, but without big bollocks you ain’t achieving anything. Team of absolute pussyclarts. Simple as this for me. No top 6, sack the manager.

Not enough winners in that team. Can’t see them going up in a million years. They have to replace the manager.

We do now with 3/4 of our cbs injured!! Ffs it’s not hard lads

No one thinks any differently. I said only last week that bringing in kids was not the right thing to do. Whoever we do bring in has to be Tosin good to get us anywhere near the playoffs....that’s not easy!

Mate, you have got a clue what Mowbrays opinion was. The FACT is that 2/4 of our senior CB’s are out for the season and the other out for a month. The end.

Well, yes but that was direct from guys who have worked for Rovers under Venkys. We spent our budget (a very healthy one considering the climate) in the summer. Now the manager has gone back for a couple of loans and guess what? The money’s there...maybe they’ve only asked for money for loans? 🤷🏽‍♂️

I haven’t seen enough of Buckley to know if he’ll be a world beater but I do trust the opinions enough of those work with the players everyday. it’s a little over 12 months ago that I was at the match and spoke to two PL scouts who were there to watch him. I asked around at the time and the general opinion was that Buckley is “the one” they believe will be a superstar. As I’ve said many times, I haven’t seen what they see. There are lots of Rovers fans who watch the youth / 23’s and say that Buckley is every bit the one. But for those who doubt the above, look at how much Buckley has been involved. Since that time he’s made 40ish appearances and been included in nearly every match day squad. He has looked every bit a footballer at times and like a lost puppy at others. I know there were some lower Championship and League 1 clubs wanting him on loan in the Summer. They’ve turned down loans because they see him as a first teamer. I personally would let him go out now and get 15-20 games. He needs that imo. Can’t see it with the injuries and COVID.

Those clubs didn’t spend what we did in the summer and now have 2/4 senior cbs out for the season and one out for a month. Let’s have some context!

I have seen a bit of Whiteman and he looks good in league 1. But I wouldn’t spend 7 figures on him right now because I genuinely don’t think he’d play in front of Trav, Rothwell, Holtby, Johnson or Trybull. All of the above have better credentials and experience. I’m more excited at the potential of Davenport and Buckley. Hope it works out for BW. My gut tells me he’ll be a middle of the road Championship CM. Lets talk about Rovers. Where the f@&k are our cb’s!!? 🙈...

Whiteman is going in as the star of Prestons show. Good luck to the lad. I don’t think he’d get a game with us tbh...he better / more effective than Travis? Holtby? Rothwell?. No chance. Hopefully he does great and fulfills his potential. Tbf I couldn’t give a shiny shit about Preston. Be a couple in here excited about this deal though...👀🤣🤣

There must be two coming in if Carter has gone...MUST be!

Big Sam came out saying they needed to spend money on players who were “better” than they have currently...I think Kipre is a shoe in to come to Rovers. I also think if he comes and Sam performs his usual great escape then he’ll probably end up signing on a permanent deal in the summer.

Not really. It’s his job to make that decision. That’s why you have dedicated threads to sack a manager and not “sack the medical team” or “sack the analyst”....the buck stops with Mowbray. What it does tell you (if true) is that Mowbray needed to win that game yesterday. Which is interesting...

I just hope we go for experienced ‘men’ not youngsters. Looks like Kipre is one.

Yeah, with Dack to come on in the ‘10’ position...potentially for Gally with Elliott moving out wide. Quick one...why start Trav and not Dack?

Looks like 4231 to me... Douglas Lenihan Johnson Bell Travis Davenport Gallagher Elliott Brereton Armstrong

I think the team is missing ‘men’. We had the likes of Short, Flitcroft and Dickov the last time we went up. This team is full of absolute pussies. I’d have pulled Holtby off 20 mins after he come on last night. Bell, Douglas, Ayala, Rothwell, Holtby, Elliott and Brereton are all soft as shite. What about this...Pulis installed, Sell AA for £25m and let him buy 4/5 big, horrible bastards to compliment what we’ve got....?

Absolutely horrible. Languid, ugly football.

Anyone got a stream for u23 match tonight??

Unlucky lads, wasn’t meant to be. We’re a good team but we need to get better at grinding these 1-0’s out if we’re going to get in the top 6. Refusing to single lads out. A few weren’t up to it but we could’ve nicked one and we’d have all been happy. Gotta stay in touch with the top 6 by the end of this month. Get Dack and Trav back and see what we can do! NEXT!!

Lenihan got some hammer but I don’t know what else he could’ve done. Had to make an attempt, both players tussling, Toney went down. It was a really soft decision imo. We had to challenge it on principle!