The majority of fans still defending the club or Mowbray also appear illiterate. Interesting correlation.

In

Out

1. Brad Lyons
2. Charlie Mulgrew
3. Amari'i Bell
4. Elliott Bennett
5. Corry Evans
6. Stewart Downing
7. Derrick Williams
8. Lewis Holtby
9. Tom Trybull
10. Harvey Elliott
11. Jarrad Branthwaite
12. Taylor Harwood-Bellis

... I'd want to meet with the CEO too.

Pleased to miss out on Reach. Not pleased with the lack of forward thinking and activity from the club.

Fully understand why patience is running out for many, although it's far too early (and unreasonable) to judge a new signing.

Either way we've taken a massive step back from last year and have the same manager that failed to get the best out of a much stronger squad. That in fact feels like a massive understatement, the results were totally abysmal and it wasn't normal for it not to result in a sacking. Still can't quite believe Mowbray is here. Will the club allow a run like last season to happen again? Is that the new standard? I don't see any reason why it won't happen again. 

You won't see anything like it at another club at this level (or at least shouldn't); a manager speaking in interviews in the manner he was - leaving pundits lost for words and still retaining his job. It's not something any fan should have patience for. What we saw last season were media professionals left uncomfortable by a brief encounter with a dysfunctional football club and we've had to put up with it for 11 years now.

Let's see how the season goes but personally I don't see a way back for the club, or myself as a fan anytime soon. I'd love to support Rovers kids and a good manager, under passionate ownership but too many things are misaligned as it stands.

The fans are out there and will bring revenue through the door but things have to be done to the standard set throughout our history. That should be the minimum and it isn’t happening.

A statement from the owners would be nice.

When did the fans last hear from them? The silence and disconnect they've created wouldn't be acceptable in any other walks of life. Why is it OK here?

Life, love and excellence needs bringing back to Rovers. I don't see Mowbray, Venus or Waggott bringing that and it isn't Pickering's fault. My message to fans still inside Ewood this season would be to take it out on the owners and management, not the players.

6 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

What a mess this Club is in both on and off the field of play.

Clusterfcuk fc.

The reality is if we did have a decent manager... they would walk away.

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Didn't we offer him a new contract last summer and been in talks for 12 months but no new deal sign yet?

The point is we failed to get our best player tied down to a long term contract and the cost of that is going to be significantly more than an extra 5 - 10k a week. We're a badly run business.

I won't blame it on Mowbray or Waggot this time, as there are clearly people above them preventing fundamental footballing decisions from happening and with that any real progression of the football club.

Armstrong should have been offered a much better deal last summer, after scoring some standout goals. That would have been a priority at any well-run club. Fast forward 12 months...

This will keep on happening and it all circles back to one thing: A neglected secondary business ran from a galaxy far far away.

Probably linked to why the squad's never quite ready for the first game of each season either and why revenue is down. Bad planning, bad foresight and an inability to get things done throughout the club. We seem to have a kit released when there's no choice other than to release a kit i.e. the season is starting. Right now a shirt isn't absolutely necessary so we don't have one. A bit like a squad of permanent players, we will scrape one together on deadline day if allowed to do so.

11 hours ago, JHRover said:

Quite astonishing that it seems some people are willing to just erase last season. 

I fully understand that some are desperate to get back to watching live football at Ewood (I dearly wish I was one myself). 

I'm not sure why that means that the slate should be wiped clean.

It is almost incomprehensible that Mowbray is still the manager of this club. His performance and body language last season, never mind the results of the team, clearly demonstrated that he had lost the dressing room and was ready for the sack. 

Because he's surrounded himself with sympathisers and sycophants at the club and the 'inner circle' he'll have a small army of people working away to eradicate last season and, of course, criticism or doubts about him moving forward.

Should he be here? No

Does he deserve to be here? No

Yet we have to put up with it because of the joke owners and joke structure we have here.

After 4 years most of us know how this is going to unfold and are bored stiff of the same old story.

It's hard to have any optimism when you know the setup isn't good enough and also know that it won't be changed regardless. No HOPE.

Great post and astonishing is the word.

Ayala should be totally forgotten about. If we're building season aspirations on him then we are in a real mess this year.

52 minutes ago, JHRover said:

All these other clubs busy snapping up the free agents. What market are we in again and what are we waiting for? 

Any frees that don't get picked up.

Good decision by Harwood-Bellis and a similar one will be made by Elliot. MOWBRAY OUT!

1 hour ago, DE. said:

Honestly I'm at a point where I just can't get excited about new signings as long as Mowbray is in charge. Even if the signee appears impressive I already know his impact will be neutered by Mowbray's coaching and style of play, and will be lucky simply to play in his natural position. 

If I had to guess, I would say that thousands are with you on this. 

1 hour ago, Sparks Rover said:

Oh, so don't play him if he's on 10k, but if he's taken a pay cut he can?

Can the club stoop much lower.? Bennett should be decent and feck off

I was being facetious and saying he can no longer contribute enough to justify his salary. He should have been cut.

Is Elliott Bennett still capable of Championship football? Very strange decision to keep him, unless he's taken an appropriate wage deduction.

False promises to mask over an issue that WILL reoccur. I did not believe it at the time, although it was a good experiment to prove right - that anything said by the club, like any badly run business, has to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Do journalists really believe that the owner's can't afford £2 million on a new pitch??? This isn't a financial issue it's a lack of interest and ownership issue. Ask the awkward questions. It's chump change to them!

Our pitch doesn't need to hold up for a full season, just like the manager doesn't need to perform for a full season.

In my opinion it epitomises everything wrong with the club. The problems are glaring, the fixes are obvious but instead corners are cut and we fail to achieve.

We are no longer a club of progressive and continuous excellence. As it stands we do not have the right executives or owners to move the club forward. The only way to get their attention is to show how it can be monetised. They're everything that's wrong with club ownership today.

When are we going to hear from them?

Are we still 5 or 6 years behind Brentford now?

We still have one of the worst managers in the league and it's going to continue into next season with a few thousand less fans.

18 minutes ago, WIR Second Coming said:

There can only really be one reason for the constant changes to formation and the bizarre rotation of players and that is, he doesn't actually know what he is doing.

He was keeping the squad fresh to ensure we got promotion... 😂

4 hours ago, JHRover said:

I detect a whiff of concern in Mowbray's latest comments on Armstrong. He's been advertising him for sale for the last 6 months so has now backtracked slightly in saying he would like him to be here and would like him to extend his deal.

some of that is stating the obvious and sending a message to the fans, but I suspect some of it is a dawning realisation of the predicament we are in, both in terms of sheer dependence on Armstrong and also the financial implications of being forced to sell him this summer from a weak bargaining position.

Clearly if the club had proactively dealt with this situation- handed him a bumper deal last summer as his hot streak was beginning- we'd be sitting very pretty now. 

But whatever we do get for him will be much less than we could. I suspect this is why Mowbray is now talking about a new contract but not stopping him moving if a PL club comes along.

Presumably it is going to reflect badly on Mowbray if we end up getting a low fee or even nothing in 2022. 

There's a lot of talking going on about new deals yet little result. Good talkers here. Less doing rather hard luck stories.

A completely reactive football club. No wonder we're 5 years behind Brentford... sorry Barnsley.

How has this man still got a job

Surely he is done? I mean surely this has to be it? No more of this please.

I won't be watching or attending a single game with him in charge.