Mashed Potatoes

I think Mowbray is average at Championship level, as were Bowyer and Lambert. Unfortunately in the 7 managerial appointments made by Venkys in the last 9 years that has been as good as it gets because the other 4 were a lot worse. In forming a view as to what they are likely to do then if Mowbray went, in the words of Nye Bevan, "why look in the crystal ball when you can read the book " ? Add to that the other points : 1. Anyone who is any good is likely to have a choice as to where they work. 2. The owners are toxic. Their track record includes an unsuccessful attempt to renege on a commitment in the employment contract of a previous manager and one of the most distinguished players in the club's history in Henning Berg. Who wants to work for them ? 3. FFP rules may severely restrict the club's transfer dealings in the next few windows. Who wants to be the manager of that ?

How much does that cost ? What are the FFP implications ? Which managers are the geniuses who own the club going to identify as the next manager ? Would that person want to work for people who were sued because they attempted to renege on a commitment in the employment contract of one of their appointments ? Would that person want to work within the FFP constraints /

Yes , and along with Bowyer and Lambert he is one of the 3 managers who have returned an average performance. The other 4 they appointed on the other hand........... I don't believe they will do any better and with what FFP may mean for us I think no one who is any good would take the job anyway

And yet Buckley is frequently described as the best young player at the club and prior to his most recent contract people were criticising the club for not giving him a new contract ! The same people are now demanding that the manager bring in the other young players in to the team

So you want the crowd sacked as well ?

I do , which is why I don't want the clowns who sacked Sam Allardyce to replace him with Steve Kean being set loose once again. On the other hand if that's ok with you...........

Believing in high standards discredits nobody

Yes he will - the problem is that so will anyone else who isn't desperate

What if Stewart Downing does not want it ?

Yes, just trying to help the poster - it's amazing how often that particular spelling error is made I don't attend games at Ewood Park but there seem to have been predictions about the crowd turning for at least a year now

And yet got West Brom promoted to the Premier League ?

It is spelt "principles"

Club record since 1888 - if you were unhappy that season you should do something else with your time

Needs a loan out to another club to get fans with a bit more patience - the "I want success this instant" here will never give him a chance

No "scam" mate, just useless owners and things are unlikely to change whilst they are here

He "bumbled" his way to a club record number of wins and points in league one

And yet elsewhere people are demanding that young players be thrown in to the team. Which begs the question, which ones ?

Presumably the owners know something about what it would cost and how we are placed re FFP

If you look at the abuse being meted out by some "supporters" to John Buckley you will see why that is unlikely to happen

Cooper plays for the club who currently sit in 7th position in the table.Has he really let his contract run down so that he will be able to engineer a move to the club who are in 13th ?

As a general rule I think many of these links are just journalists putting 2 and 2 together and making 5. They know that Sheffield United put in a bid in the past - when they were in a lower division - and since Lenihan is still with us drag the "story" back up again.

We'll have to see how those 3 work out; they seem to be players who flatter to deceive

I agree with you that Mowbray out would not be the right move now. But as a matter of fact Coyle arrived in the close season; Mowbray was brought in mid season

Yeah it was a great game. Roll on the play offs- hope the Ravens win the Superbowl

I'm more concerned with results than playing style but if you are not going to be happy with a record breaking season then I really don't understand why you bother with football in general and Blackburn Rovers in particular.