Mashed Potatoes

Criticise on a messageboard - yes. But if it is true that the young man was driven to tears by his treatment from Rovers supporters -no.

Garbage to blame Mowbray; the people to blame are the morons booing.

Yes I heard the radio commentary on the game and they were very impressed with Matheson. To be fair to Magloire they pointed out that he had had a long absence with injury and thought that was the reason he was taken off; they suggested there was a 16 year old playing for Rochdale who was way off the pace and thought that was the player who would be substituted.

And yet the Rochdale manager started Magloire ahead of him ?

Bringing in young players is something of a poisoned chalice for a manager. If things don't go well they are criticised; yet, as we saw with Lewis Travis, if they perform well people complain the player wasn't in the team sooner.

If it is true there were "supporters" booing the primary responsibility falls on them, not the manager.

As you say, it is complicated. I think you are right about the academy although there is a grant from the Premier League for that which reduces the net spend.

Part of the problem is that unfortunately Brereton has been so poor that it is difficult to establish what his position is.

Well at least I can agree on the second sentence. As for the first the problem would come if we kicked off next season in the Championship.

Ever heard of FFP ?

I'm pleased to hear you don't think like that. We shouldn't allow the disagreements about Tony Mowbray's future to extend to a lack of sympathy for a young man who appears to be going through some kind of personal nightmare

Come on ; why do you think is he overpaid and not working hard. It looks like his transfer at the price paid has been a terrible mistake but the tears show that he does care.

We are talking about mental health. I have never had a problem with this and I hope you haven't either but I hope those of us who have been fortunate can just try to be a little bit more understanding with men who cry

Yes all those grown men who commit suicide should just have a cold shower and man up

Who do you think would come here who is better ? My view is no one and the likelihood is it would be someone worse. I assure you I do not post on here to wind people up. I'm posting a minority view but as we live in the UK and not North Korea that is still allowed.

He didn't come and won't be coming now so this is irrelevant - although I completely agree with you that he would have been the best since Sam

Ooh - get you, Mr Witty. He's average at our level; people like you just demand he is fired without addressing all the available evidence that no one any better would want to come here, even if the owners could identify them

By definition the facts are in the past but if you live your life ignoring them then that is up to you

On a day when football is bringing attention to those with mental health issues this is a particularly ill judged post

It's true

You want Mowbray fired as an act of revenge or some kind of punishment beating. If FFP is kicking in to hurt us the likes of Chris Hughton are not going to be interested in joining and it doesn't matter who was responsible - if indeed it was Mowbray. Meanwhile the likes of Peter Reid and Iain Dowie get appointed........

Of those 3 Coyle and Mowbray were not exactly in demand. Lambert made sure he had a release clause in his contract if working for Venkys really was as bad as he was told - it was and he walked

Sadly when these owners roll the dice they roll a pair of ones, not a pair of sixes

We need to be playing AFC Wimbledon for it to be a shorter commute for me ! More seriously, FFP is real and clobbered Birmingham last season and may get Sheffield Wednesday this season. As a general point the EFL are under pressure from some clubs, notably Middlesbrough, to come down harder re FFP and these cunning stunts of yours may not be there anymore

Irrelevant. You deal with the situation you have, not the one you want