I'll go back to this. The rest of the fanbase (Facebook) need to realise the depth of damage caused by managerial and ownership shortcomings. I'm not saying Obafemi was the answer but the reality is it's going to be difficult to attract good players to the club.

This summer should have started by sacking the manager and making the club a more attractive proposition. I do not see Obafemi joining, or anyone on a permanent basis that has options elsewhere. Give this 3 months and all the fans will have turned.

You've got to laugh

A signed agreement between the two clubs... surely?

No doubt about it, any passionate owners would have been there to show their delight. They aren't interested and do the bare minimum needed.

Maybe they do read the forum 🤣

Perhaps we can point 800,000 Chileans in the direction of Venky's

Yet the local press do nothing but cover non story transfer possibilities and how a sale of the unsellable Phil Jones will affect us. We have absolutely no voice.

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

In Out Brad Lyons Charlie Mulgrew Amari'i Bell Elliott Bennett Corry Evans Stewart Downing Derrick Williams Lewis Holtby Tom Trybull Harvey Elliott Jarrad Branthwaite 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.

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

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.

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.

Any frees that don't get picked up.

The two sentences weren't meant to be related, although I do think some blame can in fact be pointed at Mowbray as any returning loans after last season's humiliating form were always going to be unlikely regardless of who the player was. Results are key to success, long term and short, that's why football is a results driven business... at most clubs. Bellis and Elliot were never going to happen regardless and the manager did well to sign them a year ago, unfortunately that doesn't change anything. He is completely substandard in too many areas and is incapable of getting results. We could spend £60 million this summer and would be in no way guaranteed a play-off spot under him. That is the reality of how bad our manager is. The quicker everyone comes to terms with that the better.

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

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

Absolutely terrible decision by the club not to replace the manager immediately as the season ended. It's a decision that's going to cost the club revenue and the team support on a match day. Understandably so after the manager was on national television, crying out for the sack with the season still ongoing. There is no coming back from that in a dressing room of winners, which leads to be believe the notion that Brockhall is a holiday camp for a better than average Championship pay. Next season is going to be a total disaster regardless of what players he manages to bring in. I'll be playing very little part in it as a supporter thanks to Mowbray, Waggott and my own lack of trust in a club that fails to deliver the minimum in fan expectations. My prediction is an underwhelming start to the season, a build up of a toxic atmosphere with the owner's being forced to make a change by Christmas and announce more plans for the pitch to be replaced in the summer. Sincerely, A fan that will be spending his money elsewhere

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.