Mashed Potatoes
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Rovers v Derby - 6pm, Friday 16th
Mashed Potatoes replied to Stuart's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
EFL have confirmed that all 3pm kick offs will be changed -
This is obviously very good news. Quite how the change of heart will have come about is not clear at the moment. This won't be a popular suggestion but is it possible that Tony Mowbray objected to the proposal on the grounds that it was going to make team preparation harder and the Raos then listened to him.
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Tony Mowbray Discussion
Mashed Potatoes replied to Neal's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I have no intention of smearing anyone. I responded to what I thought was very unfair criticism of Ben Benson. Good old Johnno gets a free pass on here because he is a popular former player whereas Benson is not. But I can see no reason for getting rid of Benson. -
Summer transfer window 2021.
Mashed Potatoes replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Flattered, old boy. Let's hope we are still in the Championship which sadly is not a given. -
Tony Mowbray Discussion
Mashed Potatoes replied to Neal's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I think Benson has been coaching at the club since 2015 so is no longer a novice. Good old Johnno may have been a decent player but he is listed as being the Technical Coach and Head of Player Development so can hardly be absolved from responsibility for the disappointments on the pitch - if only he had been as successful as Ben Benson. -
Summer transfer window 2021.
Mashed Potatoes replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I think you are the only person who truly believes Nyambe to be "top class" which I would define as being the sort of player who the top 6 or so clubs in England would be interested in. I'm going to post my views on Tony Mowbray after the final game of the season. -
Tony Mowbray Discussion
Mashed Potatoes replied to Neal's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Yes - and Bill Belichick, the most successful NFL coach in history, never played the game after the age of 23. -
Tony Mowbray Discussion
Mashed Potatoes replied to Neal's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The problem with your sort of argument is that Benson can never win - if the player he coaches does well then apparently it is all down to the player. Noboby is going to tell me you would use the same argument if Benson was a popular former player like "good old Johnno". -
Summer transfer window 2021.
Mashed Potatoes replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
You don't say what you mean by "top class" but if at now the age of 23 Nyambe really had reached that level I would have expected a Premier League club to be in for him rather than Stoke. Lenihan has become an Irish international under Mowbray. Travis keeps picking up injuries. -
Tony Mowbray Discussion
Mashed Potatoes replied to Neal's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
It's a fallacy to believe that someone has to have played at a high level to be a good coach. Not sure why you have something against Benson. He is the goalkeeping coach - the one area of the team where there has been visible improvement this season. It is a pity that the other coaches like Lowe and Johnson have not had the same impact. -
The issue was never about a view being challenged but rather the absurd and I would have thought insulting accusation that the poster was a "plant" - a point you don't address. I find it hard to believe there are any on here - the board is just not that important. There's been a bit of a hiccup on the progress front.
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Mowbrays Successor
Mashed Potatoes replied to Darwen Rover 007's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The word is that he will get the Celtic job. -
Rovers v Watford Wed 24th Feb 19:45
Mashed Potatoes replied to davulsukur's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
This is complete nonsense.It is impossible to sneak large scale developments through planning in secret; the local council will write to those who live in the vicinity. -
One point about this proposal. In the discussions about possible successors to the present manager there are some names flying round - Howe, Lampard etc- which had already struck me as completely unrealistic. Nobody now can surely believe that those sorts of managers are going to be attracted to a club which wants to sell off half its training grounds ?
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Tony Mowbray Discussion
Mashed Potatoes replied to Neal's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
And Mowbray wins the game. -
Tony Mowbray Discussion
Mashed Potatoes replied to Neal's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
A fair point but I suppose the question has to be : does he go so far with his behaviour that his players lose all respect for him and effectively down tools. Based on their result last night after his behaviour at the end of our game the answer may well be yes.