mowbray would absolutely ruin rhodes,god alone knows what he`d do with him,i don`t think tony would recognise his unique talent of just scoring goals,more than likely he`d be on the bench,up front on his own or on the wing,the way we play is not set up for him,it`d be a disaster

I think you are confusing Allardyce's Rovers with Hughes'. If I recall it was his team that Wenger stuck on us the infamous Bully Boys tag. I was so proud im`e probably basing that opinion on the game against arsenal when sam put samba up front and he terrorised the arsenal defence from set pieces,i think we won the game and upset arsenals season,it certainly upset wenger,who was scathing about us!!!!!!!

getting on a bit,he`ll be drawing his pension by the time mowbray has got him to play the rovers way!!!

leaving brereton to stew here is tantamount to managerial criminality,the lad needs a change of scenery and regular game time in his natural position,we need to find out if he can actually do something on a football field,he`s not going to do it here

Fateful day? The football under Allardyce was unwatchable. thats the most stupid comment iv`e ever read on here,mid table in the premier league,extremely difficult to play against,a rock like back four and scourge of the big five,wenger hated us with a seething rage

there is an overload of john stones type defenders in the premier league.i.e they all think they are franco bareso but in reality they are all bang on average

tbh i don` t think anyone expects us to be blasting our way out of the championship,what they do expect though,certainly me,is positive football that creates opportunities to score,the football produced at the moment is the most boring iv`e ever seen,id`e accept it if it produced consistent results,but it does`nt,it`s uninspiring and if waggott thinks he`ll get more fans through the turnstiles he`s an even bigger prat than i thought he was

i f*****g hate timmy mallet

mowbray would be admitted to calderstones if he had to manage those types,any semblence of individuality,flair,positivity or devilment and he can`t handle it,it`s a sign of narcisism,he needs to be in total control imo

hav`nt the police got a say in this??,it could create quite a mess

if a winger is`nt flighty then imo he`s not much use,if someone on the wing can`t run,dribble or put a decent cross in then he should`nt be there,of course it`s different in mowbray land,he puts players on the wing who can`t run,cross or dribble,seriously,the man has reached the end of the journey at ewood

this windy weather will be a great leveller,im`e predicting another 0-0 draw,similar to the the wigan game ? or an uninspiring 1-0 win for us,either way im`e not expecting a classic!!!

find the moron who scouted brereton as well,he should be following closely behind them!!!!!!!!!

venkys are most likely taking more interest than appears,having given the go ahead to spend they`ve seen mowbray splash 12 million quid on someone who can`t even trap a football and a striker who is never ever going to get you 15/20 goals a season,would you give him anymore cash!!!!!!

i hope someone in our midfield takes out that pseudo hard man p**k pearson,a complete tosspot imo

mowbray has regressed him,2 seasons of being told you`re not big enough,you ar`nt old enough,you need to learn more,you don`t do this that or the other,all in the gaze of the local press as well,it`s going to knock anyones confidence

watching rothwell,he does`nt try to find space,the polar opposite,he runs into impossible positions,loses the ball and his head goes down,our esteemed coaching staff should be telling him to look for room and try to pass it forwards,i get the impression mowbray only picks him out of sufferance tbh,im`e sure there is a half decent player there,just needs nurturing,this lot are sucking the life out of him and others

irrelevant point of view really because we blew 9 points over christmas on teams you need to beat to get there,this side is going nowhere but the bottom half

he`ll have heard from the physio that bennett won`t make saturdays game,tony`s world is now in darkness?

id`e be happy with that line up,but i think captain marvel and mowbrays pet bennett will deffo start,injured,ill or unconscious,can`t see him picking chapman to start either,probably be rothwell on the left and bell at left back?,holtby must start,as apart from dack,he`s the only one with a final pass

mowbrays tactics are anything but conducive to scoring goals,it would`nt matter if we had mo salah up front,if you don`t give them the opportunities the goal tally will be low,we are all set up to stop the opposition,baffling to me as we can`t defend either!!!!!it`s why mowbray drives me mad,there is oodles of pace in our side yet we never play with any width to exploit it,nyambe combining with another wide player on the overlap could be a real weapon,same on the left,it`s never used because tony is terrified of attacking,he`s never got the mantra,the best form of defence is attack

cannot believe he`s not going out on loan somewhere,brereton desperately needs to get away for a couple of months to try and get his game back,there must be some ability in him surely,mowbray should drop him into non league for a spell,get his confidence and touch back,if he can`t do it 5 levels lower then we really have bought a duckegg

good player is sinclair,happily for us he`s not had much football this season,so he`s unlikely to start

not really into stats tbh,i see week after week(apart from 3 games before christmas)that we are far to easy to play against,teams walk through us,we can`t defend set pieces and have 5/6 players who are in a league above their ability

i don`t doubt he`d be a decent signing for other clubs,if he lands at ewood he`s most likely to end up treating the halfway line like an electrified fence with mowbray telling us he`s not big enough and he has`nt learned our style???probably get a perenial place on the bench with the odd 10 minute cameo